Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 396 - 315: Breaking the Curse

"This is a Counter-Curse Magic Field!"

A hint of redness emerged in A’Jing’s pale face.

The good news was that she lived up to the name of the Dawn Witch; no curse in this world could bring her down, even those cumbersome spells recorded in ancient tomes that she had never practiced.

The bad news was that the curse had taken effect.

"Cupid’s Arrow" was a kind of magic curse that directly changed human cognition, no matter how strong the will of the cursed, the spell found a way to pry open their hearts.

When she looked at Fu Ling again, she could no longer avert her gaze.

The Dawn Witch had always scoffed at love and never believed she would fall for anyone in her life. All this stemmed from her proud heart, yet at that moment, her heart fluttered like a startled fawn.

The heart-shaped arrowhead embedded in her shoulder was nowhere to be seen, and the arrow that had hit Fu Ling’s back had also disappeared.

This was not a good sign.

She immediately retreated to a distance, eliminating any possibility of the two meeting again. Although it made her feel a sense of loss, an indescribable bitterness swept through her heart, she was well aware that the curse of "Cupid’s Arrow" would intensify with each meeting until it was uncontrollable.

In the words of her witch predecessors, it was a fiery situation, irresistible.

In the past, A’Jing had not fully grasped the meaning of this description, but now, she understood the heat of these emotions more than anyone else and also realized that He Ya, who should have been struck by the arrow, was no simple character.

The Counter-Curse Magic Field was a countermeasure invented by high priests of the Ashen Church during the Wizard War. It could rebound a curse onto the caster upon realizing one was cursed—a rather ingenious skill.

But Jiuyue had a different opinion, "What Counter-Curse Magic Field? You clearly just shot crooked!"

She had seen A’Jing’s hand tremble, resulting in the arrow hitting the doorframe instead.

The Fox Demon had not a bit of sympathy and even seemed to take pleasure in the misfortune, "This is good!"

"Good what good!"

A’Jing glared furiously, now she had to take out her collection of ancient books and find a way to break the love curse.

"You’ve been shot by the arrow, so you can describe the effects of this spell more vividly. How do you feel? Do you really want to hold Supervisor Fu Ling in your arms, long to kiss her lips?"

A’Jing always mocked the relationship between her and Mr. Mingyuan. Now it was her turn to experience the awakening of feelings.

Although it was the effect of a spell, Jiuyue was quite willing to guide her as someone who had been through the same.

"Get away from me!"

Fire was almost shooting from A’Jing’s eyes. She couldn’t bother arguing with Jiuyue and rushed headlong into the glass on the side of the road, disappearing from their gazes.

Left to ponder on the side, Jiuyue suddenly had a revelation, exclaiming, "So it turns out A’Jing was the passive one!"

"You’ve teased her a bit too much."

Duan Mingyuan had his arms crossed.

He had witnessed a farce but ultimately the love curse had indeed worked. This was an unknown Domain to him; the spell connected Fu Ling and A’Jing with some kind of invisible bond.

This invisible tie was intangible, and even he couldn’t think of a way to sever it for the moment.

This was probably the reason for A’Jing’s hasty departure.

At this moment, Fu Ling walked out of the room in a hurry as if sensing something, looking around the corridor with a worried expression.

She asked, "Was there someone else here just now?"

"No."

To prevent the situation from getting out of control, Duan Mingyuan had no choice but to tell another well-meaning lie.

"I see."

A wistful expression overflowed in his words.

Fu Ling found it hard to articulate her feelings, but just now, she felt as though she had been guided, led to the doorstep at a brisk pace, understanding that here she could meet the one destined for her.

The two said goodbye to Fu Ling and returned once again to their temporary operation command center—their room.

Ah Jing was already there, sitting in front of the desk, almost burying her head in a thick Grimoire.

"I think ’Cupid’s Arrow’ has significant limitations."

Jiuyue pulled up a small chair, took a seat next to Ah Jing, and began to study the Grimoire with her.

At the moment for a debrief, she now fully believed in the effectiveness of the love curse, but as a spell created by ancient witches, it suffered from many limitations of its time and was in urgent need of improvement.

First and foremost was the inefficient hit pattern.

In her view, bows and arrows were no longer keeping up with the times.

The outdated activation method and slow trajectory made it too easy for accidents to occur during the casting of the curse.

Just now, Ah Jing had demonstrated the dangers of this spell through practical action, even the mighty Dawn Witch had an accident, which meant it would be even more challenging for beginners to grasp its essence.

"We should change the way the spell is activated and phase out the bow and arrow, turning it into a ’Cupid’s Barrett’ or a ’Cupid’s AK47’."

That would be more suited for beginners to learn.

"What in the world do you want to do with ’Cupid’s Arrow’!?"

Ah Jing said irritably, truly admiring the Fox Demon’s train of thought.

In the legends of the Wizard Star, Cupid was a fairy capable of manipulating love, and the curse was named after him for this reason, with the fairy’s bow and arrow being the most symbolic item.

They would shoot lovers who prayed to the fairy but were not blessed by the world with arrows adorned with hearts to give them courage.

Nobody had ever heard of a Cupid fairy using a Barrett to snipe lovers.

"Cupid is a fairy, not a serial killer!"

Just now, Jiuyue had shattered the beautiful image of fairies in Ah Jing’s mind.

She was also busy, her gaze fixed on a page of the Grimoire, "Go get me some dog blood, catmint, mint, and... bachelor’s bone powder? What are these things?"

The earlier ingredients were okay, but bachelor’s bone powder seemed a bit too aggressive.

As the name suggests, this ingredient was made from grinding the bones of deceased bachelors into powder, with a note that the older the bachelor, the more effective it would be.

What had bachelors ever done to deserve this?

Ah Jing, who had been single for over a hundred years, felt she was being offended.

But this was the "counter-curse" created by that senior witch.

However, it would be more accurate to call it another curse for satisfying her personal vicious tastes than a counter-curse; theoretically, it was a spell to alter human cognition, capable of rapidly deteriorating the relationship of even the most loving couple once applied.

It was said that this was because the senior witch had a wide range of interests.

In her later years, her vicious tastes became increasingly hard to satisfy.

Ultimately, she embarked on the path of the minotaurs.

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