Chapter 63: Harbinger of Disaster
When Luo Ling opened her eyes again, she saw a familiar ceiling.
…The ceiling of Qingshan Hospital.
“Oh my, you’re awake, cutie?”
A sweet, seductive voice whispered beside her ear, and Luo Ling brushed it away without even looking.
“My, my, such a cold personality for such a cute face… You’ve wounded this older sister’s heart~”
“A kiss and a hug will make it better, mua~”
The annoying voice continued, and Luo Ling finally glanced over to see a flamboyant woman she had never met before, dressed in exotic clothing, her tanned skin faintly visible beneath a sheer veil.
Unfortunately, Luo Ling wasn’t interested.
“Tsk, why are you all so boring? How dull.” Gypsy Girl pouted, but still extended a hand. “Nice to meet you. I’m the Harbinger of Disaster of the Speaker. You can call me Gypsy Girl, or just Sister~”
“Speaker?”
Luo Ling frowned slightly, a faint memory stirring in her mind.
After her dreamless slumber, she had forgotten many things, or rather, hadn’t recalled them yet.
“That’s right, the client who issued your commission. You did an excellent job finding our little Seer, and your reward is a loving kiss, unlimited refills!”
Gypsy Girl winked at Luo Ling, who didn’t even look at her, her eyes downcast, lost in thought.
After a moment, Luo Ling asked,
“Gypsy Girl, how are An Yu, Elsa, and the Seer doing?”
She had remembered most things, but some details remained elusive, as if something was preventing her from recalling them.
Probably things she shouldn’t remember…
“I can tell you, but you have to give me a hug first!” Gypsy Girl closed her eyes and spread her arms, her ample bosom practically in Luo Ling’s face. “Come on, little girl, don’t be shy, give your sister a big hug!”
“…”
“How boring. I’ve made it so easy for you.” Gypsy Girl pouted, her seductive face taking on a pitiful expression. “So cold at such a young age, sigh~ And after I painstakingly carried you all the way back!”
Luo Ling’s eyes widened slightly. Looking down, she noticed her clothes had been changed, and she had even been bathed…
She instinctively recoiled, looking at Gypsy Girl warily.
“Pfft, relax, I’m not interested in someone your age.” Gypsy Girl chuckled. “Maybe in six or seven years, when you’re a proper high school girl… that’s more my type.”
Luo Ling, who was a high school girl, became even more wary.
“Alright, alright, just kidding. Let’s talk business,” Gypsy Girl said, sitting down gracefully. “I don’t know the specifics of your group members’ conditions, but the Seer, due to her special constitution, is doing relatively well. She just fainted for a while and is fine now. She’s in the next bed.”
Relatively… well?
Luo Ling was shocked. The Seer had survived for three months in the subterranean cavern by eating Grotesqueries, and she was… fine?
Wait, the Speaker’s definition of “fine”… might not be the same as a normal person’s.
Luo Ling remembered An Yu saying that the Speaker had made the Seer even crazier, claiming it was for her own good…
“Heh, I’m not lying. It’s just that her ability is temporarily unusable.” Gypsy Girl sighed. “She’s exited her Premonition state. Sigh, who knows when she’ll enter it again…”
What did she mean by “exited her Premonition state”… wait, could it be that she had regained her sanity?
Luo Ling had seen the Seer’s crazed state in the subterranean cavern, even witnessing through her Spores how the Seer had slapped Performer repeatedly…
Even she had been stunned, let alone Performer.
“If you don’t believe me, you can go ask her yourself,” Gypsy Girl clapped her hands and stood up. “Alright, Sister has things to do. I’ve delivered the message, and now you have to deal with your own group’s problems, so I won’t disturb you~
“Oh right, considering your outstanding performance on this commission, besides the reward the Speaker is giving your group, I have a small personal reward for you… Don’t look at me like that, it’s not kisses and hugs, although you can have those too if you want!”
Gypsy Girl smiled mysteriously, took off a bracelet from her arm, and handed it to Luo Ling.
Gypsy Girl wore similar bracelets on her wrists and ankles, jingling as she walked.
“This is…?”
Luo Ling took the bracelet, still warm from Gypsy Girl’s body heat.
“A favor,” Gypsy Girl said, placing a finger on Luo Ling’s lips. “Don’t ask how to use it, just keep it. One day… I’ll come and take it back, and then I’ll repay this favor.”
Before Luo Ling could understand, Gypsy Girl turned and left the ward, swaying her hips as she walked.
“So it’s not for me to use, but a premonition of a future crisis, and she’ll intervene to resolve it…?”
Luo Ling quickly understood Gypsy Girl’s meaning and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
Awakened Ones on the Other Shore path were so troublesome, with their premonitions and cryptic messages. Why couldn’t they just be straightforward?
However, Luo Ling decided to keep the bracelet safe. Just in case.
She casually tossed it behind her, and the bracelet disappeared into her long, white hair.
“…Eh?”
Luo Ling was taken aback, quickly reaching into her hair, then pulling out the bracelet with a puzzled expression.
“Is there… another space in my hair?”
Luo Ling was confused, but after a few tries, she confirmed it was real.
She put some of her belongings inside, then stood up and jumped around. Nothing fell out.
How magical…
Oh right, during the Baiyan Village battle, she had eaten something extraordinary…
But the details of how she had eaten it were hazy, another part of her memory she couldn’t quite recall.
“Never mind, I’ll test my new abilities later. Now… I should go check on the Seer.”
Luo Ling composed herself, and with a thought, her Spores passed through the wall, showing her the scene in the next ward.
A quiet girl with round-rimmed glasses was sitting on the bed, calmly reading a book.
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