Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 395 - 314: Cupid

"Wouldn’t this be somewhat inappropriate?"

This was a bet between Jiuyue and the witch Miss, yet Duan Mingyuan was dragged over at the last minute to act as the "absolutely impartial" and "fair and just" referee by both parties.

He couldn’t help but raise his doubts.

Because after some discussion between the two, Fu Ling became the target of the spell.

At the moment, Fu Ling was busy in her room, having recovered from the early morning’s attack and was now fully immersed in investigating the activities of the Saintfield family over the past few months.

After all, the Consortium was her superior department, and the investigation was fraught with difficulties.

She was completely unaware that two sets of evil eyes were now fixed on her.

"There’s nothing inappropriate about it, Miss Fu Ling has always been single, and she’s even older than you,"

Jiuyue said, "Besides, this is just a demonstration. All spells have ways to be undone, right, A’jing?"

"Of course,"

A’jing snorted coldly.

Along the way, she had come to realize that Jiuyue’s disrespect towards her stemmed from the fact that the Fox Demon was an outsider who knew nothing about wizards and couldn’t understand the weight of the Dawn Witch’s status within her kin.

Therefore, in the coming time, she would personally make Jiuyue understand the value of the identity of a witch.

"The first spell is named ’Cupid’s Arrow’. This incantation can fundamentally change human emotions. Once two people are linked by the spell, even if they harbored irreconcilable deep hatred, they would develop feelings of love in an instant,"

A’jing was very confident about this.

Because this was a spell detailed in the Grimoire.

The witch who created this spell was a predecessor who excelled at manipulating hearts, but she didn’t craft this spell to unite lovers. She did it to satisfy her own twisted tastes—it’s said her favorite thing to do was to link two people who loathed each other with the spell, then sit back and enjoy the emotional entanglement derived from this twisted affection.

This made that witch Miss a playwright who was wildly popular for a time.

However, human desires are always more difficult to satisfy as time goes on, and witches are no exception.

A’jing had heard that in her later years, human enmities and loves could no longer satisfy the threshold of interest of that witch Miss. She began to experiment with linking humans with various other beings, venturing further and further down that path.

Well, the original generation of witches mostly had peculiar quirks that were hard for ordinary people to accept.

She stopped thinking any further.

The reason she had never used a love curse was not only because she personally had no spiritual need for love, but also because she was influenced by the deeds of her predecessors.

Simply put, she didn’t want to become a pervert.

But this didn’t mean she wouldn’t use those spells—even if she had only seen them in the Grimoire.

She whispered the incantation, her eyes shimmering with amber light.

Jiuyue, who had been blustering until then, was stunned by the scene before her. A’jing seemed like a stranger to her, the spell evoking strange sensations in her. For a moment, she actually felt like A’jing had truly become the deity who reigned over love.

A moment later, the abstruse incantation coalesced into a bow and arrow glowing with pink light.

Atop the bowstring was an arrow with a heart-shaped tip.

"This is ’Cupid’s Arrow’."

A’jing stopped chanting, trying to rally her spirit but unable to hide the lack of confidence in her heart.

No one had told her that casting this spell required her to shoot the arrow herself!

This was a common problem with the ancient Grimoires. Those witch predecessors wanted to leave behind their masterpieces but also kept certain aspects secret, never fully explicating the actual effects. Therefore, when their successors practiced these spells, there were always some unexpected "surprises".

Of course, this could also be the predecessor’s twisted sense of humor.

She inwardly criticized her predecessors, then, feigning calmness, shifted the bow to the side and cleared her throat, "The next spell is..."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, this spell isn’t over yet!"

Jiuyue wasn’t about to let her get away with glossing over it.

A’jing had only recited the incantation and broadly explained the spell’s effects, but there were no practical cases to prove it.

"Spells shouldn’t be overdone, and besides, ’Cupid’s Arrow’ is meant to link two people together. She’s currently by herself..."

"Isn’t there still one left?"

Jiuyue pointed to He Ya, who was enjoying the snacks.

"How could this be! That’s a lady!"

"Didn’t you say ’Cupid’s Arrow’ can connect humans and animals alike? Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to prove it? After all, you can lift the spell in a bit."

"This..."

"Your ’Cupid’s Arrow,’ it wouldn’t be a trick to fool people, would it?"

The doubtful look in Jiuyue’s eyes made Ah Jing grit her teeth, "You said it yourself; if anything happens later, don’t you regret it!"

That’s right, she’s the Dawn Witch.

How could there be a spell in this world that could baffle her?

Just a love curse, just archery—

With a "biu" sound, the heart-shaped arrow flew past Fu Ling’s head and pierced straight into the bookshelf.

A deathly silence spread among the three of them.

Fortunately, the arrow was made of energy and didn’t cause physical damage. Fu Ling, being overly focused, didn’t notice the heart-shaped arrow above her head.

After an unknown amount of time, Ah Jing said in a voice as fine as a mosquito’s, "It’s still not too late to stop now."

This scene piqued Duan Mingyuan’s interest, "According to the effect of ’Cupid’s Arrow,’ would a person fall in love with a book?"

"...They shouldn’t, the Grimoire says the spell only works on living creatures."

"What kind of target is this!"

Jiuyue once again expressed skepticism, "Did you deliberately miss because you knew the spell was useless!"

"I’m only giving you a chance to change your mind, as there’s no going back with love!"

"You better aim properly!"

...

After Ah Jing’s relentless attempts, she finally managed to hit Fu Ling’s back with an arrow after successively hitting a chair, laptop screen, and coffee cup.

Fu Ling suddenly shuddered as if she’d been electrocuted. She looked around, saw nothing amiss, and returned to her work.

"Well done, Ah Jing!"

Jiuyue got excited. From the recent events, she realized that Ah Jing wasn’t deliberately stalling; she was simply a terrible shot. If you let her play an FPS game, she probably wouldn’t even make it out of the newbie village.

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"Now’s the moment, press the attack!"

Her enthusiasm infected Ah Jing.

Inspired, Ah Jing cast aside other thoughts, turned around, and aimed her bow at He Ya, who was still enjoying the snacks.

Now’s the time!

She is the famous Dawn Witch, just archery—

In a flash of lightning, she met He Ya’s eyes.

A horrifying scene occurred.

It seemed He Ya had noticed them all along and gave back a smile of ambiguous meaning.

Consequently, Ah Jing’s hand trembled.

The speeding heart-shaped arrow collided with the doorframe and, in the eyes of the three onlookers, ricocheted in an elegant parabola, and then...

Pierced into Ah Jing’s left shoulder.

"You see."

After a long while, Ah Jing’s quivering voice finally rose again, "This, this is the power of ’Cupid’s Arrow.’"

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