Chapter 111: Athena, You Wouldn’t Want Me to Crush Jie Luo’s Soul Fragment, Would You?
Athena, with her voluptuous and graceful figure, walked towards the residence against the night wind. Her body seemed particularly sensitive.
Her large chestnut eyes were filled with a layer of mist. As the night wind blew past, she couldn’t help but shiver, her legs feeling weak and almost unable to support her weight.
Her fair fingers gripped the nearby lamppost. She needed to rest for a moment.
Life in the noble district was truly luxurious, and pest control was done very well. Even under the lampposts on a summer night, there were hardly any insects to be seen.
Athena panted, trying to suppress the images that kept appearing in her mind. Was that man a beast?
She didn’t doubt what she had seen and heard. What others told her might be lies, but what she overheard was most likely true.
A strand of Jie Luo’s remnant soul, for some reason, was residing in Qin Chu’s body. This strand of remnant soul was very weak and couldn’t fully control Qin Chu’s body, only able to appear occasionally.
If that was the case, many doubts could be easily explained.
If it was Jie Luo’s remnant soul, it would naturally know the nickname “Little Athena” and naturally know about her secretly giving him bread.
Ekaterina’s deep affection wasn’t directed at Qin Chu, but at Jie Luo.
Natia fell in love with Qin Chu because it was actually Jie Luo who met her. Athena was certain that Jie Luo had that kind of charm.
And Ekaterina’s rejection of her meeting Qin Chu was actually because she wanted to monopolize Jie Luo.
What a selfish woman.
Athena took a deep breath and adjusted her physical state. Feeling that her legs had recovered, she continued walking forward.
Soon, the residence appeared before her.
Although she was 70% certain in her heart, this cautious woman still didn’t fully believe her own speculation. She had to meet Qin Chu in person before making a decision.
Under the bright moon, Athena stepped into the residence, the night wind blowing her skirt and revealing her two slender, shapely legs.
The guards at the door couldn’t help but swallow their saliva and greeted Athena with a smile. This woman was as alluring as ever.
Athena walked quickly along the familiar stone path. With a creak, she pushed open the door, and a figure suddenly appeared before her.
It was Ekaterina.
There was still a blush on her face, and when she saw Athena, she looked surprised and nervous.
The master was right. Athena appeared immediately. She was a little worried that her acting skills might not be able to fool the clever Athena. If she couldn’t complete the master’s task well, it would lower her standing in his heart.
Because of her nervousness, Ekaterina felt her mouth water, and she couldn’t help but swallow. She forced a smile on her face:
“A, Athena, when did you come back? I missed you so much…”
Hehe…
Athena sneered in her heart. This woman was nervous because she had just desperately tried to stop her from meeting Qin Chu, so she felt guilty, right? She had just said that she absolutely couldn’t trust Athena, and now she could actually say “I missed you so much.” How shameless.
If Athena was 70% sure of her speculation before, now it was 80%.
Women…
Of course, Athena was smart enough not to show her true feelings. She put on the most joyful smile on her mature and charming face, and even endured the disgust to give Ekaterina a warm hug:
“Ah, Sister Ekaterina, I miss you too.”
After separating, Athena looked at Ekaterina’s flushed cheeks and teased deliberately, “Sister, why is your face so red? Do you have a fever?”
Ekaterina was immediately embarrassed, her crimson eyes watery, “Ah, no, no, I just did some exercise.”
Well, it wasn’t wrong to call it exercise.
And it was the kind that consumed a lot of physical strength…
Athena complained in her heart, “By the way, you’re back, so Qin Chu is back too, right? I really want to see this Second Hero. Where is he?”
Hearing this, Ekaterina immediately panicked. She spoke quickly, “Qin Chu? He’s already asleep, yes, he’s already resting. After all, he’s been traveling for many days, he’s very tired. If you want to see him, wait until tomorrow…”
What a selfish woman.
The more Ekaterina tried to stop her, the more Athena believed that she just wanted to monopolize that man.
Dealing with smart people was that simple. Just do something to make them believe in themselves even more. After all, smart people always firmly believed in their own opinions and deductions.
“Hehe, it’s okay. I think Qin Chu wouldn’t mind meeting a beautiful older sister like me.” Athena smiled, feeling even more disdainful of Ekaterina in her heart.
Ekaterina became even more anxious. She scratched her beautiful hair, “Athena, really, listen to me. I don’t know how to explain it to you, but you absolutely shouldn’t meet Qin Chu. This man is very dangerous.”
“Don’t worry, I’m a Grand Mage. He can’t eat me, can he?”
Taking advantage of Ekaterina’s inattention, Athena bypassed the Valkyrie and walked upstairs with quick steps.
Downstairs, Ekaterina retracted her outstretched hand in a daze and slapped the side of her head in annoyance.
She felt that her acting skills were really too bad. She must not have fooled Athena. The master would scold her again.
In the room, Qin Chu wasn’t resting. He was sitting quietly by the bed, holding a book in his hand, still Loseweisse’s diary, flipping through it page by page.
The diary recorded all the scenes of the Hero Squad members interacting with Jie Luo, more than half of which were private interactions.
When Loseweisse was with Jie Luo, could it be that she didn’t do anything serious and just focused on stalking?
Everyone who spent time alone with Jie Luo would be followed and cursed by Loseweisse, even the male teammates were no exception.
Loseweisse had even planned detailed ways for them to die. Some of the content made Qin Chu’s scalp tingle.
Women could be truly terrifying when they were ruthless.
The commotion downstairs clearly reached Qin Chu’s ears. He closed the book and waited quietly. Ekaterina had perfectly completed her task, using small obstacles to reinforce Athena’s judgment. Now it was time to test his acting skills.
Knock, knock, knock…
Not long after, there was a knock on the door.
“Come in.”
The door creaked open, and Athena’s tall and voluptuous figure appeared before Qin Chu.
Even the loose mage robe couldn’t hide her ample figure. Qin Chu’s eyes suddenly brightened.
What a beautiful woman.
Delicate lips, a graceful nose, bright eyes, and pearly white teeth.
Her every glance was full of charm, every smile enchanting.
The most attractive thing about her was her explosively hot figure. Any man who saw Athena for the first time would be involuntarily drawn to her absolutely perfect figure. Under the tight mage robe were sexy curves, the subtle contours mesmerizing.
To be honest, her face wasn’t the most stunningly beautiful. Compared to beauties like Shaye, Loseweisse, and Anthea, there was a slight gap. But her lazy and charming aura had a seductive power comparable to a Succubus.
If Loseweisse and Athena were placed together and someone had to choose, most men would definitely choose Athena, because this woman, at first glance, let you know that she was a enchantress who could drain a man’s energy.
She would let a man experience what heaven was like.
While Qin Chu was observing Athena, she was also paying attention to him.
This man was Qin Chu, not Jie Luo.
She immediately confirmed this, feeling a little disappointed. But Jie Luo would never have such a lecherous expression.
Lord Jie Luo was an excellent and upright man with noble character.
The undisguised desire in his eyes made Athena disgusted, but she continued to observe him carefully. Although Qin Chu had Mana, it was very weak and impossible to detect the Eye of True Sight.
This Mana should be the influence of the “Champion of Justice(Justice’s Companion)” ability. It was said that with this Super-tier ability, as long as Qin Chu participated in battles against Demon Beasts, his strength would increase with every Demon Beast he killed.
Such a scumbag was actually worthy of being called a Champion of Justice?
However, the acquisition of abilities was inherently chaotic, so Athena didn’t doubt this point.
Although Qin Chu had obtained Mana, he clearly didn’t know how to use it. The Mana fluctuations in his body were chaotic and mixed.
“Ahem…”
The man in front of her coughed softly, seemingly feeling that his gaze was a bit too impolite. He tried to regain his gentlemanly demeanor and straightened his chest.
Athena sneered in her heart. This Second Hero didn’t seem to realize how unsightly he had been.
Qin Chu tilted his head slightly. His breathing had returned to normal, but his gaze still swept over Athena’s body unabashedly, “Ah, what a beautiful lady.”
“It’s my honor to meet you.”
Qin Chu placed his hand on his chest and bowed slightly, performing a flawless gentlemanly salute, “I don’t know your name, miss. I’m so rude…”
Did this stupid man think she was some idiotic noble lady throwing herself at him?
Athena sneered in her heart, but a smile brighter than the moonlight outside bloomed on her face, “Hero, I think you should have heard of my name. I’m Athena, a member of the Hero Squad. From now on, I will be the one to guide your magic training.”
A member of the Hero Squad?
Qin Chu seemed startled. Then, right in front of Athena, the expression on his face became more and more evil, more and more unrestrained, more and more disrespectful.
This reaction was clearly beyond Athena’s expectations.
She never expected Qin Chu to show such an expression, even more brazen than when they first met.
What was wrong with this guy?
At this moment, Qin Chu suddenly spoke in a sinister tone, “So you’re a member of the Hero Squad. I heard that you have a very good relationship with the First Hero…”
Faced with Qin Chu’s question, Athena didn’t know how to answer for a moment. It wasn’t strange that Qin Chu knew about the relationship between the Hero Squad and the First Hero. After all, it wasn’t a secret, many people knew about it.
What was he trying to do? Athena didn’t understand!
At this moment, Qin Chu suddenly stretched out his hand, two fingers pinching a diamond-shaped crystal the size of a fingernail, “Look what this is?”
Hiss…
When Athena saw the diamond-shaped crystal, her whole voluptuous body trembled.
Few people had seen a soul fragment, and most people didn’t even know the concept.
Athena had never seen one either.
But even at first glance, Athena immediately knew what it was. This was Jie Luo’s soul fragment… She felt Jie Luo’s aura from this crystal.
Everything else could be faked, but this aura could never be disguised.
It was a kind of almost spiritual connection that they had developed after spending many years together.
This was a risky move, but also a very crucial step… Qin Chu was step by step guiding Athena to believe that Jie Luo’s remnant soul was in his body…
It was going very smoothly, too smoothly.
The reason why Athena hadn’t become suspicious yet was simply because she was too shocked by her own speculation. As long as she calmed down, she would discover the traces of his guidance, which would arouse her suspicion, and then she would investigate thoroughly and might even discover the truth.
So what Qin Chu had to do now was to make sure that Athena didn’t have time to doubt this point. Nothing could take away her rationality more than Jie Luo’s soul fragment.
The danger of this move was that as long as Athena calmed down, she would quickly guess whether Qin Chu had learned the nickname “Little Athena” by reading the memories in the soul fragment.
Of course, Qin Chu was prepared for this.
Firstly, exploring the contents of a soul fragment required a very high level of Mana control, and the current Qin Chu clearly didn’t have that level on the surface.
Secondly, this was also a flaw that Qin Chu deliberately exposed. Athena was a smart woman, but precisely because she was smart, she would think more… She would think that if all of this was an act by Qin Chu, then he would never show her Jie Luo’s soul fragment, leaving such a big flaw. Therefore, she would believe in her own deduction even more.
He dared to make this move precisely because of his understanding of Athena.
However, Qin Chu might have overthought it. He didn’t know that Athena had never seen a soul fragment and didn’t understand this kind of thing. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed to go through so much trouble.
Athena’s chestnut eyes flickered violently. The shock of suddenly seeing Jie Luo’s soul fragment was too strong. Her eyes, her consciousness, her soul, were all captured by this small crystal, leaving her no time to think about anything else.
As if she had gone mad, she pounced towards Qin Chu, a scream escaping her cherry lips, “Give him back to me…”
But Qin Chu calmly took a step back, “No, no, Miss Athena, please don’t misunderstand. I found this crystal by accident. I thought it was just a beautiful stone. I only learned from Ekaterina that it was Jie Luo’s soul fragment. But it’s mine, not yours. There’s no reason for me to return it to you…”
That idiot Ekaterina, she probably reacted too strongly when she first saw this thing and didn’t know how to lie, which was how Qin Chu knew it was Jie Luo’s soul fragment, right?
No matter how intelligent Athena was, she couldn’t calm down at this moment. Seeing that Qin Chu had no intention of returning it to her, her expression instantly turned icy cold, and the surging Mana in her body churned. She was ready to use brute force to snatch it back.
But before Athena could make a move, Qin Chu also spoke in a cold voice:
“Miss Athena, you wouldn’t want me to crush Jie Luo’s soul fragment, would you?”
He would play different roles in front of different people. Now, he would play the villain.
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