Girl in the Box: Please tell me why I was reincarnated as a mimic monster!

She suffered a lot because of this constitution. The world is full of magic, and she was constantly enduring the discomfort caused by allergies.

When she was five years old, her parents sold her to slave traders because they could not afford the cost of her treatment. Her brother, Natsuki, was also sold with her.

This kind of thing is very normal in this world.

The reason why Natsuki was sold was simply because he pretended to be crazy and smashed everything in the house, which angered his parents so much that they sold him.

Xia Ling asked him why he did that.

"I don't know any of those despicable people who abandoned their daughter. Besides, isn't it only natural for an older brother to take care of his younger sister?"

He said that.

That day, Xia Ling cried. She felt she had let Xia Shu down. But at that time, there was nothing she could do; she even needed Xia Shu's help with her daily life.

Later, thanks to the Borg Merchant Guild—that is, Olito—they were freed from their status as slaves. Now, Natsuki works for Olito, working desperately to earn money to treat her.

Not long ago, he suddenly told her that she had a job to do. At that time, she didn't have any particular thoughts. She just thought that if she could work and get paid, she could relieve some of the pressure on Xia Shu.

With this in mind, she accepted the job. She had mentally prepared herself for anything, knowing that a job for someone like her with a magic allergy wouldn't be pleasant.

But she never expected it to be such an ordinary job—working as a maid.

Ah, it's a very normal maid job, with accommodation and three meals a day provided, and there's also a salary. I heard the workplace is quite far from home.

Now that she's actually done it, she feels there's nothing wrong with it.

It was an extremely ordinary job... except that the person who hired her was anything but ordinary.

The work environment was excellent, and the family that hired her was very kind and friendly. Not to mention, her magic allergy had been greatly relieved since she came here. This was the job she had been longing for.

She threw back the covers and got out of bed. The cool air refreshed her skin, quickly waking her up. She quickly tidied herself up, put on the maid's uniform, made her bed, and began her day's work.

She left the room her employer had given her, quietly closed the door, then opened the windows one by one to let the air in, before going into the storeroom.

"What should I make this morning?" She looked at the wide array of ingredients in the pantry. "Hmm... this will do."

After selecting the ingredients for today's breakfast, she carried them into the kitchen and skillfully began to process them, soon getting into cooking mode.

The employer's house is amazing, with all sorts of things I've never seen before, as well as some very strange props and furniture. For example, this kitchen is very convenient, but I don't know what it is.

"Mmm... Ahh... It smells so good..."

"Ah! Xiao?!"

Usually, the first one to wake up at times like this is the youngest master of the house, Xiao, a demi-human with furry fox ears and a fox tail.

Every morning, she would unconsciously follow the scent and groggily come to the kitchen. Today was no different, and she was even holding her cat, "Shuangyue," both of them looking half asleep.

"Wait a moment..."

She temporarily stopped what she was doing, turned down the stove, washed her hands, and immediately led Xiao into the bathroom.

After carefully washing her face and hair, and smoothing her tail fur, I took her back to her room to change her clothes. After doing all this, Xiao woke up.

"Sister Xia Ling, you're amazing!"

"Okay, okay, that's enough. I'm going back to work now."

Xia Ling gently stroked her head before returning to her work. Surprisingly, she didn't act up when facing Xiao, which surprised her greatly.

After that, breakfast was prepared, and the head and second-in-command of the household woke up.

"Well, hard work."

This seemingly aloof blue-haired girl is Ning, the second-in-command of the family. She is an intelligent and beautiful young woman who spends most of her free time reading. Anyone who has seen her profile would be captivated.

"Wow! It looks really good!"

This is the head of the household—Riri, a kind-hearted girl with cherry-blossom hair. Just her presence brings warmth to everyone. She is the one who runs everything in this household, although she doesn't seem to have much authority in front of others.

Serving these three people every day is what Xia Ling does every day, and she is very happy to do it.

After breakfast, Li and Ning went out to their shop. Xiao would also go out at this time, but not with them; she would just go to the outer courtyard of their house to play.

After that, Xia Ling's job consisted mainly of cleaning and washing and drying clothes. Her work was quite leisurely, and she had so much free time that she was practically idle.

She had also borrowed Ning's books, but she had never seen the language used in them before, so she could only borrow some that she could understand. At that time, Ning just smiled wryly and accepted the books, then gave her a few books that looked like picture books.

Looking back now, it's a bit embarrassing, but it was still worth it. The book she borrowed was a very long story about the love between two girls.

She was initially somewhat resistant, but later she was unknowingly drawn into the story, to the point that she couldn't extricate herself from it.

"call……"

She closed the book. Now, she had finished reading all the books she had borrowed from Ning. What made her a little itchy was that this book was not yet finished; rather, it was only halfway through.

Ning seemed to have deliberately given her only half of the story. How to put it? It was like becoming addicted after reading it once. These words all seem to be handwritten, right? Could it be that Miss Ning wrote them herself?

Ah... what should I do... I really want to see what happens next...

I guess I'll just have to wait until they come back tonight... then I'll borrow it from Miss Ning.

Thinking about this, she went into the storage room to consider the menu for the evening.

Without realizing it, Xia Ling seems to have become unable to leave this home (laughs).

What is the structure of the Dragon King's head in the side story?

Turning a page of the book in her hand, sipping a cup of red tea on the table, savoring its exquisite flavor, and enjoying the gentle breeze blowing in from the window, it was truly a rare and peaceful day, with nothing to do. Since leaving the maze, Ning had barely had a proper rest, and now she finally had some time to process the fatigue that had accumulated over the past period.

Originally, she planned to take Ri and Akatsuki out to live a peaceful life after finishing everything in the labyrinth, but she forgot that Ri, that blockhead, liked to stubbornly stick to certain things, so now she's plunged headfirst into a very troublesome matter. There's nothing she can do but accompany her and finish these unnecessary tasks... But this matter... if we were to use a game as an analogy...

That's a large-scale task, a very long-term task that requires a lot of effort and mental energy. It will probably take a long time to complete, and the conditions are much more complex than those of simple tasks in games. To complete this large-scale task, all the necessary elements must be combined to achieve the desired result.

Speaking of which... opening a shop in Akihabara right now wouldn't be very efficient, would it...? Ah... I almost forgot...

Ning shook her head, putting all these unnecessary thoughts aside. She subconsciously began to think about modernizing the other world. Of course, she herself was a slime born from this world, but after obtaining Li's memories, she regarded herself as an Earthling.

Putting that aside for now, it seems that because I've been helping out with chores for a while, my mind has unconsciously switched to a work-oriented mode. This won't do; today isn't for work. Ning temporarily puts aside her work and sits on the sofa by the window in her new home, enjoying her day off.

There are only three people at home today, including Ning. The other two are Xiao, who is clearly a fox but acts like a cat, and Salid, the Flame Dragon King, who is clearly a tall and majestic dragon king but acts like a child. Ah... I almost forgot about you...

"Meow~"

"Shuangyue, come here."

After calling the cat's name, a small kitten jumped from the table into Ning's lap, letting its owner pet it. And so, that's the entire household now. You might ask, where did Li and Xia Ling go? Li, of course, went to discuss some things with Olito. As for Xia Ling, as a maid, she had the task of buying groceries, and she's probably on her way back now.

There were only three people at home right now. Salid and Akira were probably playing Monopoly, which Li had taken out of the extra space. The rules were simple, so even Salid could understand them. But if it were a board game like Spy or Werewolf, he would probably be completely lost.

However, it's too much of a coincidence. The Treasure Gathering skill is too random. Even Li himself doesn't know what kind of things it will produce. After all, Ning has done relevant statistics and classifications in the past few checks, but the results are all random. Apart from being activated periodically, there is no pattern at all.

This tycoon appeared in Li's body by chance. Adhering to the philosophy of not wasting things, Li basically never throws things away casually, which is why she can always accumulate a large amount of things unintentionally. It's like playing an online game; she picks up anything she thinks is useful and keeps it for later use, resulting in her backpack being insufficient.

Ha... though as the Dragon King of Time and Space, this kind of thing shouldn't happen to him...

Ning put Shuangyue down to let it play by itself, and it started running towards Xiao. Without even looking, Xiao scooped Shuangyue up and held it in its arms, showing how practiced it was...

but……

"So much free time..."

Ning said subconsciously.

It was supposed to be a day off for rest, but Ning found herself with too much free time. Of course, this might be her imagination, but being suddenly free from a heavy workload was somewhat disorienting; or rather… she felt the house was too quiet…

For some reason, the two usually noisy children were engrossed in playing Monopoly, not exchanging a single word. They understood each other's intentions with just a few glances. There was an unsettling calm in the house, making one feel that something was amiss. If I had to pinpoint what was amiss... it was that the calm was too much... an eerie calm...

Let's find something to do...

Ning thought to herself.

Ning realized she couldn't concentrate on the book anytime soon, so she started looking for something else to do. She didn't close the book, but her gaze wandered around, searching for something to pass the time… but… nothing…

There's probably nothing she can do to pass the time. Xia Ling has taken care of all the housework, and as for work, there are only one or two tasks that Lian Li can handle herself. If you're asking what else in this house she can do to pass the time, it really seems like there isn't anything...

Thinking about this, Ning's face began to break out in a cold sweat. What should she do...?

Then, she remembered something.

Li had never known about Ning's process or method of acquiring the ability to think. However, that was after their first attack on the dragon ant nest. After that, Ning left Li and acted alone. At that time, she did not have a very clear sense of self until she encountered a human corpse.

Ning used the skill its race excelled at: simulation. This skill is usually used to change oneself to adapt to the surrounding environment. However, at this moment, Ning had a bold idea: after simulating the human brain, it gained the ability to think, its self-awareness became clear, and it ultimately became this Ning.

This is thanks to her bold idea back then; without that bold idea, Ning wouldn't be here today.

So this time, she naturally set her sights on the brain. Ah, don't worry, the process is safe and there won't be any bloody violence or other disturbing content. Ning was just curious about what the Dragon King's brain looked like.

Why was she curious about this? It's because the functions of the brain are all similar. Humans have brains, and the Dragon King also has a brain. Ning wanted to know which brain was superior.

This matter has successfully caught Ning's attention; it's necessary to find out more about it.

Ning's gaze drifted to her research subject, the Flame Dragon King Salid, who was facing away from her. The two were engrossed in their game, and this was undoubtedly a perfect opportunity, but why did Xiao seem so hot…?

"Ah! Oh right!" Xiao suddenly spoke up, "Xiao forgot to take Shuangyue out for a walk, does Salid want to come along?"

"Oh, okay."

Salid nodded, and the two of them quickly put the Monopoly toy back into the box in three seconds. Then they rushed out of the living room. For some reason, although they ran out in a hurry, they didn't make a sound. What was wrong with these two...?

However, since the subject of their research had run away, Ning had no choice but to go out with her. After all, Li's brain was not a suitable example to use as a reference. After all, she was originally an Earthling, and perhaps her brain was different after reincarnation. Therefore, it was much better to use local materials for research. Using a special case like Li as an example would not be rigorous.

She closed the book in her hand, tidied up the things on the table, and left home, stepping outside. Their home was a clearing in the middle of a dense forest on the outskirts of the city. There stood the house they had bought from Olito, the large tree they had brought from the maze, and two children and their house cat playing at the door—these were the basic elements that made up their home.

This place is not bad as a place to settle down. There is plenty of space to move around, the environment is nice, and there are few people coming and going. If the scientific and technological level here could catch up with that of Earth, it would stump many people.

Ning pulled out a chair from under the small shed outside the door, sat down, and watched the cat and two people running in the distance. For some reason, the short-legged Shuangyue could run incredibly fast. At least in Xiao's opinion, a kitten that could keep up with Xiao's usual running speed while still a kitten was quite an anomaly. It seemed necessary to investigate Shuangyue...

Well... if athletes on Earth heard these words, they'd probably vomit blood, since you can't judge another world by Earth's standards...

The polarization between these two worlds is very pronounced, especially in their evolutionary paths. Humans on Earth evolve through external forces like technology, while this world evolves by unleashing its own mysterious potential, resulting in a stark cultural contrast. This makes Ning even more curious about the structure of Salid's brain.

Why limit it to the Dragon King? Well... the longest-living intelligent being in this world, and the one that's relatively easy to find, is probably the Dragon King. Only the Dragon King's brain is worth studying. But if we want to analyze the structure of Salid's brain, we have to get close to him and use our magic to scan his body in order to obtain a model of Salid's body.

However… it seems a bit difficult now… because no matter how you look at it, these two seem to be avoiding Ning. After she came out of the house and sat down, they took Shuangyue and ran off. Regardless of what they're planning, it's best to keep them out of the dense forest.

To remind them, Ning stood up to say something, but the two of them, along with Shuangyue, dashed into the dense forest...

"...What's going on?" Ning was puzzled for the first time. "Am I that scary?"

She couldn't understand it, she couldn't understand what the two of them were doing with such strange behavior. No matter how she looked at it, she couldn't find a clue as to why Salid and Xiao were always avoiding her, or even staying away from her.

"There's no other way but to go and look for it."

Ning stood up helplessly and walked into the dense forest.

"Whoa...that was close."

"Yes, we almost ruined Ning's day off..."

"Meow!"

The two people and one cat who escaped from their home are now catching their breath in a tree.

"Ah, Twin Moons! We can't go down!"

Seeing that Shuangyue was about to jump down from the tree branch, Xiao quickly grabbed it and pulled it back.

"Honestly," Xiao said with a headache, "I told Shuangyue this morning not to disturb Sister Ning's rest..."

"Can you talk to cats?" Salid asked a stupid question.

"Hmm, is that okay?"

"Why a question?"

"Because Shuangyue won't answer, it will only meow."

The two engaged in a speechless conversation, intending to stay there until Xia Ling returned in the evening. The reason for this all stemmed from Salid's suggestion.

Actually, Li had reminded the two of Ning's day off before leaving in the morning, and that it would be best not to disturb her. The sensible Xiao naturally wouldn't disturb Ning's rest, and Xia Ling praised her and patted her head as a reward. Salid came over later, and Xiao relayed this information to him, and he then gave this advice.

Try to keep quiet as much as possible and not disturb Ning. If you notice anything amiss, immediately leave Ning's side to give her a quiet place to rest. Ning agreed to this, and the Wenser inside her didn't think it was a big deal, so he didn't stop them from doing it, and that's how it ended up.

While playing Monopoly, both of them had their attention focused on Ning. When they saw Shuangyue run over to Ning, their hearts nearly jumped out of their chests. After Shuangyue returned, Xiao immediately caught it to stop it from causing trouble. Then, Ning kept watching them. Sensing something was wrong, the two immediately fled the scene, only to be followed by Ning. At this point, they had no choice but to hide in the dense forest.

"Hehe, that's perfect!" Xiao chuckled as she patted Shuangyue's head.

"Yes, my plan is flawless," Salid hummed proudly.

"So... what kind of nonsense are you two thinking about?"

"Eh!? Whoaaaaaaah!?"

"Wow!?"

The two were startled by Ning's sudden appearance and almost fell off the tree branch, but Ning quickly grabbed them and pulled them up.