Designing the interior, a bald muscular man was cutting fabric, modifying patterns, and making samples. The whole room was filled with various mannequins, fabrics, and accessories, but it was not messy at all. Everything was neatly arranged, giving a pleasing feeling.

“We made it! We made it!”

A young female prisoner pushed open the door of the design room excitedly and said, “Master Longna, our design proposal has been approved. Kaycee’s main style for this summer will be your ‘Dreamy Mirage’ series! Congratulations!”

“This is our shared honor.” Longna smiled faintly. “Annette, with this successful experience, you are already a qualified fashion designer.”

“It’s all thanks to Master Longna’s guidance.” Annette bowed deeply. “If it weren’t for your wholehearted teaching, I wouldn’t have improved so quickly. This is your honor, Master. My contribution is insignificant, and I am unworthy.”

“Alright, enough with the formalities. If you don’t mind, join us for dinner tonight.” Longna’s lips curled up, and his eyes were filled with joy. “I have to share this good news with Ronnie.”

“Can we order food?” Annette joked.

“Yes, but the total price must be within five contribution points.” Longna winked. “Alright, let’s get back to work. Don’t slack off just because we have contribution points from Kaycee. You can never have too many contribution points, and you should also try designing independently. Perhaps you will be in charge of the next season’s design proposal…”

“Alright, alright, I know. Master Longna, you’re great in every way, except for being too talkative.”

Longna sighed helplessly and lowered his head to continue working.

Annette looked at the pile of fabrics in front of her, but she had no motivation to work. Her attention quickly shifted to Longna, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt that the man in his work was truly charming. The more she looked, the harder it was to hide her infatuated smile.

Unfortunately, he didn’t like women.

Annette sighed, feeling that the world was so cruel. It was already difficult enough to compete with women when she finally met someone she liked, but now she had to compete with men as well.

She had been in Shuihu Prison for over a year, just like most death row inmates. She didn’t have any skills for survival other than the law, and she didn’t have the ability to fight in the death arena. Perhaps this was a good thing. At least she wouldn’t be beaten up by those fierce men from the Death Battle Society who pretended to be weak.

Naturally, Annette didn’t dare to bet that the citizens would let her survive the Blood Moon Trial just because she was beautiful. On the contrary, it was very likely that the impulse to destroy beauty was deeply rooted in people’s hearts.

In this country, there were not only death row inmates locked up in prisons who were perverted.

But it was almost as difficult to learn a skill that could earn contribution points in prison as it was to encounter a vortex in the Sea of Knowledge.

Repetitive physical labor had no value, except for unique skills such as the orc’s maze toys, the goblin’s bone carvings, and the ogre’s oil paintings. Annette only found out after coming in that ogre’s oil paintings could sell for so much money.

In addition to that, there were complex tasks that required mental labor, such as writing, composing music, and tax processing. Because of the ‘harmlessness’ of death row inmates, the tax accountants in Shuihu Prison were particularly popular among the wealthy. As long as they could survive the first Blood Moon Trial, most death row inmates with actuarial, tax accounting, and accounting abilities could live well in prison.

Annette naturally didn’t have the time to learn a skill or the brain for complex work. Just when she was about to give up and wait for death, she accidentally wandered into Longna’s design room.

There were fabrics and materials everywhere in the design room, and Annette’s eyes could hardly move away from the sets of clothes on the mannequins. The prison only provided plain white prison uniforms, and she hadn’t worn nice clothes for a long time.

She looked around the design room for a long time until a deep male voice suddenly came from behind her.

“Do you like this outfit? Do you want to try it on?”

And then she became Longna’s design assistant, becoming an apprentice fashion designer.

It was difficult for anyone who knew Longna to associate his appearance with the profession of ‘fashion designer’, but Longna was the exclusive designer highly valued by the Blood Moon’s famous fashion brand, Kaycee. Almost every design proposal he made became Kaycee’s main style for the season.

The girls and young women wearing fashionable styles would never know that the clothes they were wearing were designed by a bald death row inmate.

Although the brand’s promotion played a role, Longna’s designs were able to lead the trend every season, which proved his outstanding ability. Even Annette, who had never been exposed to fashion design before, grew step by step under Longna’s guidance. Now, their joint design proposal even gained recognition from Kaycee!

Annette even began to be grateful for being imprisoned. If her past twenty years of life were a dark chaos, then Longna was the most brilliant rainbow she had ever encountered.

Longna’s personality, talent, and demeanor were all so attractive to her.

Even that bald head emitted a unique light of an artist.

If she could be with Longna for the rest of her life, it wouldn’t matter if she stayed in prison. Compared to the murky society outside, the small prison could better accommodate a quiet design room.

Unfortunately, he didn’t like that woman.Whenever Annette thinks about this, she feels sad and unable to break free. She has actually considered whether or not to go to the treatment room and have a gender transformation. In the Blood Moon Kingdom, gender has never been an insurmountable obstacle.

But it’s really hard to make up her mind about this, and Annette doesn’t know if Ronald would mind her not being a native man. And at that time, Ronald was single, so Annette wanted to use time to develop feelings for him and straighten him out. There’s a saying, “Even the most crooked man will be straight when he’s hard.” Annette is confident in her physical condition and flirting skills.

If it weren’t for the chip restricting any violent behavior, Annette would even consider getting on the train without a ticket.

However, a year has passed, and Ronald has already found a new partner, while Annette hasn’t even touched Ronald’s bald head. She even has to have dinner with the two of them at night, with the sour smell of their love as the seasoning.

Thinking of this, Annette feels that the fabric in front of her is that stinky man named Ronald, and she wants to cut him into pieces with scissors.

Knock, knock.

The door of the design room was pushed open, Ronald looked up, his eyes narrowed into crescents, and his dimples appeared as he smiled, “Ronnie, why do you have time to come here? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Do you want me to accompany you to the treatment room?”

Pale-faced Ronald shook his head, “I’m fine, Ronald. I came here today because I have something to discuss with you.”

“Actually,” a handsome man walked into the design room, “we have something to discuss with you.”

Ronald’s face turned slightly cold, “‘Beast’ Igura… Ronnie, he’s dangerous, come over here quickly. Igura, don’t think that the prison can protect you. If you dare to harm Ronnie, I have many ways to make you wish you were dead.”

Another person walked into the design room and stood between Igura and Ronald, “Don’t worry, Ronald, no one will be harmed here.”

Ronald no longer had any smile on his face, “‘Demon’ Asho, I thought that between us, even if we’re not friends, we’re definitely not enemies.”

Asho smiled, “We are friends, in the past, now, and in the future.”

“Ronald, we’re here to discuss cooperation with you.”

Suddenly, Ronald raised his hand, “Annette, you go out first.”

“Master—”

“Get out!”

Annette glared fiercely at Asho and the others, biting her lip and leaving angrily.

Asho glanced at the closed door, “You should be able to guess why we’re here. We’re not here to talk about explicit topics between men, and we don’t mind having one more accomplice.”

Although Igura didn’t announce with a loudspeaker that he was going to escape, he had already contacted several famous prisoners, and the news had already spread. With the power of ‘Gourmet’ Ronald, he must have known Igura’s intentions, so he deliberately sent Annette away.

Ronald completely ignored Asho, his blue eyes quietly staring at Ronald, “Ronnie, is this what you want?”

Ronald, who was a little timid at first, faced those deep blue pupils and couldn’t help but recall the brutality that happened on the deathmatch arena. He gritted his teeth and made up his mind, “Ronald, I want to join Igura’s team and escape with them!”

“Ronnie, we can live well in the prison. The contributions I’ve made are enough to ensure that we will never be selected for the Blood Moon Judgment—”

“But I want to leave!” Ronald said loudly, “Ronald, do you want to go with me or stay here!?”

Ronald remained silent for a long time, glanced at Asho and Igura.

When his gaze swept over them, Asho’s whole body was covered in goosebumps, and he felt a fear as if he had encountered a natural enemy, and even had the desire to escape!

It was like… facing an executioner!

“Ronnie, you know that I can’t refuse the request of someone I deeply love.”

After a long time, Ronald let out a sigh, calmly saying, “Beast, Demon, as you wish, I, Ronald D’Inio, am willing to follow your orders. But remember, if anything happens to Ronnie during the operation, you will also be buried with him.”

“Tell us your plan.”

“Because we haven’t gathered all the people yet, we can’t reveal too much for now.” Igura said, “I can only tell you that Asho has a way to remove the chip restriction.”

Ronald looked at Asho with astonishment, but didn’t say much, “Who else do you need to find? I can help.”

Igura shook his head, “No need, but you have to tell us what abilities you have after the chip restriction is removed. Maybe you can make up for the team’s shortcomings, and we won’t need to find new members.”

Ronald remained silent for a moment, seemingly contemplating whether or not to reveal his true abilities. Everyone was patient and waited quietly for Ronald’s decision.

In the end, he sighed, “Leave one lamp on.”

When there was only one lamp left in the design room, Ronald walked into the shadow where the light couldn’t reach, blending into the darkness.

“I am a Moon Shadow.”

Igura trembled, “Impossible, Moon Shadows and Blood Saints cannot enter the Blood Moon Judgment. The Institute and the Church would never allow such a tarnishing of the reputation of the two races to happen—””But I am an exception. Unlike my kin who need the glow of the Blood Moon to transform into their lunar forms, I must hide in the shadows to do so. Under the illumination of the Blood Moon, I am unable to transform, so the church need not worry that I will do anything to tarnish the honor of our race.”

“Furthermore, unlike those who resonate with the Blood Moon and fall into a frenzy, I have never heeded the call of the Blood Moon. After transforming into my lunar form, I only become more ruthless, more rebellious, more… cold.”

With the light and agile steps of a predator, a werewolf, standing two meters tall and covered in grey fur, stepped into the light.

Its deep blue eyes made the three of them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cave.

“I am a traitor to the church, a disgrace to the Moon Shadows, a beast even the Blood Moon spits upon. I am neither a pure Moon Shadow nor a devout human, every strand of my fur is filled with disloyalty to the Blood Moon.”

“They call me, the Werewolf.”

PS: This is the fifth update. The subscription goal hasn’t been met yet, but I’m betting it will reach 5000. You don’t have to wait, if there is any, there will be an additional update at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.

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