Chapter 171: They’re Actually Doing That? (Part 4)
Karsus hadn’t yet realized that his head, like the Grand Prince’s, had turned a vibrant shade of green.
Rage boiled within him, yet strangely, he managed to cling to a shred of sanity, preventing himself from exploding into violence. Perhaps the sheer intensity of his fury had brought a strange calm? He wanted to see just how far these two shameless bastards would go.
He watched as Qin Chu carried Norma, that shameless woman clinging to him so intimately, her hand gripping his arm, her body pressed against his chest, small and delicate…
Couldn’t she walk on her own? he fumed. Didn’t she have any strength left?
Wait a minute… Why didn’t Norma have any strength?
Could it be that they had just been doing that? Was that why Norma was so exhausted, so weak that Qin Chu had to carry her to the hotel? Just how intense had it been?
No, wait, they were only going to the hotel now?
Could it be that they were…outside before?
Karsus trembled, his mind conjuring all sorts of obscene images.
Moonlight illuminating their intertwined bodies… Norma leaning against a tree…
The images sent a surge of blood to his head, the blood-forged armor around him rippling with his rage.
Norma, that shameless woman.
She had always acted so demure in front of him, dodging his advances like a frightened rabbit… and now, she was behaving so wantonly with Qin Chu in the wild? Quite the open-minded girl, wasn’t she?
Shameless, filthy creature…
Karsus cursed inwardly.
What did Qin Chu have that he didn’t?
The more he thought about it, the more his hatred and anger intensified.
She was his fiancée, yet he hadn’t even touched her, and Qin Chu had taken her first!
Although he no longer had any flesh and blood, Karsus’s breath came in ragged gasps beneath his helmet.
And now, these two bastards were going to the Sykes Hotel. Karsus knew exactly what that place was for. He had been a frequent customer before his fall.
He never imagined that he would see his fiancée enter that hotel, and with another man!
Rage threatened to consume him, yet a strange calmness settled over him. He wanted to see just how shameless these two could be.
He watched, his eyes burning, as Qin Chu carried Norma upstairs.
Inside the room, Qin Chu finally put Norma down.
Norma was acutely aware of her own uncleanliness, the lingering smell of her unwashed body. She was embarrassed that Qin Chu had carried her, worried that the smell had transferred to him.
She wanted to clean herself. It had been so long since she had a proper bath… The shared bathroom at Sunset Manor always had a long queue, and she didn’t have the courage to go there. Although she was a mage, she only knew Earth magic and couldn’t conjure water for a bath.
Qin Chu, sensing her thoughts, said, “Rest well. I’ve already paid for the room. Don’t worry. And the hotel will send up some food later… You must be hungry.”
Norma’s cheeks flushed. He must have heard her stomach growling on the way here.
How embarrassing.
As Qin Chu turned to leave, a strong sense of reluctance surged within Norma. Gaia’s will within her boiled, and she felt a strange irritation.
She didn’t understand why the other consciousness within her was reacting so strongly to Qin Chu.
“Miss Norma, are you alright? You look a little pale,” Qin Chu asked, noticing the change in her expression.
Norma instinctively shook her head, saying she was fine.
Qin Chu touched his nose, choosing his words carefully, “I might be overstepping, but… do you have symptoms of…split personality?”
Norma’s face paled. “Mr. Qin, why would you say that?”
“While talking to you on the way here, I occasionally felt your reactions were a bit strange, as if you suddenly became a different person. So I wondered if you might have a split personality? You wouldn’t happen to have two little Normas inside you, would you?” Qin Chu said lightly.
It was precisely because of this peculiarity that she had been mocked since childhood, so Norma was very sensitive about it.
She peeked at Qin Chu and saw no mockery in his eyes, feeling slightly relieved.
After hesitating for a moment, Norma finally decided to confess. After all, Qin Chu had already noticed, and keeping this secret was a burden. “Mr. Qin, you’re right. There’s another consciousness in my body, but she’s not called Norma. She calls herself Gaia…”
Qin Chu’s lips twitched slightly.
“She also calls herself the Earth Witch. Isn’t that funny?” Norma said with a self-deprecating chuckle.
Gaia, the Earth Witch.
As expected, just as Violet had sensed, there was a Witch’s remnant soul residing within Norma.
Shaye had said that Gaia, the Earth Witch, was killed by the Space Witch, but it seemed that a strand of her soul had escaped and attached itself to Norma.
Confirming this made all the effort of saving and carrying Norma worth it.
However, Gaia?
This title was quite arrogant. And the title of Earth Witch, could it be that there was some connection between her and the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess?
Qin Chu felt a strange sensation… It seemed that he had a certain inexplicable attractiveness that drew Witches to him.
It was like this with Shaye, the Dark Witch, and then he met Violet, the Storm Witch.
While investigating the Flame Witch, Gaia, the Earth Witch, had appeared before him on her own initiative.
It was as if complex threads connected him to these Witches.
Was this purely a coincidence, or was it the guidance of some mysterious force? Qin Chu didn’t like the latter possibility.
“Norma, it’s not funny,” Qin Chu said gently, shaking his head slightly, “I believe this must have caused you a lot of trouble… Your life must have been very difficult, right?”
Norma took a breath, her eyes darting around, avoiding Qin Chu’s gaze.
If she continued to look at him, she was afraid that not only Gaia, but even she herself might develop some strange feelings for the Hero.
He was truly a gentle and elegant gentleman…
Norma hadn’t never told anyone about this before. She had confessed to Karsus once, and he had just looked at her with amusement and said, Now I believe that there’s really something wrong with your brain.
Norma even felt a little ridiculous. Because of her peculiarity, even though her appearance and figure weren’t bad, no noble family had ever proposed marriage to her. Her parents, worried that she wouldn’t be able to marry, had found an old comrade-in-arms, who, out of loyalty to their shared past, agreed to take her in as a concubine for his son, Karsus.
That was how she and Karsus became connected.
It was because of this connection that Norma believed he was her destined husband. Even after Karsus slaughtered his family, and everyone abandoned him, she still kept trying to find a way to save him, to free him from the darkness. She keenly sensed that that power would bring disaster to Karsus in the future.
She searched for rare herbs alone in the wilderness, she studied ancient texts in the library late at night until her eyes ached, she brewed all kinds of dangerous potions and even tried them herself, she spent all her family’s fortune and sought help everywhere to save Karsus…
Norma had always believed that, as his fiancée, this was what she should do.
After all, for a woman with problems like her, being taken in by someone was something to be grateful for, right?
But Norma was also a woman, and she would also get tired.
She had persisted alone for five years since Karsus’s fall. Although she kept telling herself that it was okay, that as long as she persisted, there would be hope, she was already exhausted, both physically and mentally.
She longed for someone to see through her weakness, her fatigue, to offer a word of concern, and she would be satisfied.
She had hoped that this person would be Karsus, but ever since he met Jie Luo, his attitude towards her had become increasingly cold. She could even sense disgust in his eyes.
Sometimes, Norma even wondered if Karsus had fallen for Jie Luo?
She sniffed, maintaining a gentle smile on her face, “It’s nothing, I’m used to it. And with Gaia, I’m not alone. She keeps me company.”
Qin Chu smiled, “It’s good that you have such a mentality, but you must still feel tired, right? And if the pressure you’ve accumulated isn’t released through proper channels, it will only make you more and more tired. So… if you encounter any problems in the future, you can talk to me. Although there’s not much I can do, I can at least listen to you vent…”
Please don’t be so gentle to me, Norma thought.
She pursed her lips and didn’t respond.
Just then, a knock came on the door. The hotel staff must have arrived with the food.
After all, most people who came to the Sykes Hotel were here for some strenuous activity, which would consume a lot of physical strength. It was necessary to replenish their energy beforehand.
The Sykes Hotel thoughtfully prepared exquisite food and drinks, which were, of course, included in the expensive room rate.
If needed, they would even provide potions made from pure Moonflowers, produced by the Mage Association. If you lacked experience, they could also arrange for a professional team to guide you.
And if you lacked a partner and could only engage in solo activities, the hotel would also provide some… assistants.
In short, the hotel’s service was almost perfect in every aspect. The only flaw was its poor soundproofing.
But the knock on the door gave Norma a reprieve. She quickly ran to the door and opened it. As expected, it was the hotel staff delivering food: pan-fried steak, strawberry cake, and coffee…
The rich aroma made Norma’s stomach growl again. She was truly hungry.
“Mr. Qin, the food is here. Let’s eat together,” Norma invited.
Qin Chu just sat opposite Norma, shaking his head with a smile, saying that he wasn’t hungry. Inwardly, however, he was thinking about how to make the other consciousness within Norma appear. He wanted to talk to Gaia face-to-face, to see if he could obtain some information that even Violet and Shaye didn’t know.
There were several questions about Norma… no, about Gaia, the Earth Witch.
First, whose Divine Authority did Gaia possess? Was it taken from her when she was killed by the Space Witch?
Second, was there a connection between the Earth Witch and the Church of the Earth Mother Goddess?
Third, did Gaia know about the Witch hunters?
Fourth, did she know the truth about the divine war a thousand years ago?
And most importantly, did the Earth Witch, like Violet, receive an oracle? What was the content of the oracle?
Norma tried to maintain her ladylike demeanor, eating in small bites. Qin Chu’s silent gaze made her feel a little embarrassed. She cut a piece of steak and offered it to him with a fork, “Mr. Qin, have some too. It tastes quite good…”
Qin Chu opened his mouth instinctively, but before he could swallow it, the steak slipped off the fork and fell onto his trousers.
A large stain appeared on his expensive suit from the steak sauce.
Norma was filled with annoyance. She couldn’t even do such a small thing right. She apologized profusely, then pulled out a tissue and knelt beside Qin Chu, carefully wiping the stain, even though he kept saying it was okay.
…
At this moment, Karsus’s figure drifted past the window.
He hadn’t been able to see them since Qin Chu carried Norma upstairs, which made him increasingly irritated. He floated around the Sykes Hotel, searching for them through the windows.
If he couldn’t find them, he would just destroy the entire building… Just as he thought this, he suddenly saw Qin Chu’s figure, sitting casually in a chair with his legs spread apart.
Finally found you, you damned bastard.
But only Qin Chu was in the room, he couldn’t see Norma!
Where was that little bitch? Could she be taking a bath?
The more Karsus thought about it, the angrier he became. His red glowing eye sockets searched frantically, and then he suddenly saw something moving between Qin Chu’s legs…
Karsus focused his gaze, curious.
Hum…
Even though he no longer had a heart, Karsus felt as if his heart had been struck by a heavy hammer.
Wasn’t that Norma kneeling in front of Qin Chu? As an experienced Death Knight, Karsus naturally knew what she was doing.
These… These two bastards, they were actually doing that in the hotel?
The red light in his eye sockets almost flickered out.
A sudden surge of rage almost shattered Karsus’s consciousness…
At this moment, Qin Chu also noticed the Blood and Bone Knight floating outside the window. But there was no panic on his face. He even smiled at Karsus provocatively.
Hiss…
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