Great! I'm surrounded by villains!-Chapter 399 - 318: A Gift

Duan Mingyuan spoke, and suddenly, A’jing felt a chill.

If Jiuyue was a troublemaker who liked to play smart but always messed things up, then Duan Mingyuan was an ambitious criminal mastermind with ability and extremely high efficiency, capable of turning insignificant pranks into serious crimes.

In any story, Duan Mingyuan had all the traits of being the mastermind behind the scenes.

And now, A’jing could see that this mastermind was plotting some terrible scheme.

He dismantled the love curse created by his predecessor, specifically extracting features like "cognitive change" and "forced replacement," which were highly relevant to criminal activities just by the sound of them.

But at the moment, A’jing had no time to consider anything else.

Sharp-eyed Jiuyue noticed something was off and asked, "A’jing, why does your face look so... pretty?"

After Jiuyue said this, she also felt that something was odd.

Normally, one would describe someone’s complexion as "bad" in such situations, but A’jing looked exactly the opposite; her cheeks were flushed, and her eyes seemed to ripple with water, looking like a girl in love.

Of course, using "girl" to describe a witch who had lived for hundreds of years wasn’t quite appropriate, but in her recollection, A’jing had never looked this attractive.

Jiuyue placed both hands on A’jing’s trembling shoulders, "Do you want to go to the party too?"

"Shut your mouth!"

Although the words were stern, they came across as somewhat petulant from A’jing’s mouth at this moment.

How good it would be if it had always been like this!

Jiuyue mused inwardly – if the renowned Dawn Witch had always spoken like she did now, she wouldn’t have been single for a hundred years. Even if she herself had no interest in romance, many would be unable to contain themselves around her.

But as far as Jiuyue knew, A’jing’s claim to be disinterested was just one reason; it seemed that no one had ever pursued A’jing.

A’jing thought she was glaring fiercely at Jiuyue, but her eyes were nearly brimming with water.

This change left Jiuyue dumbfounded—she had never expected A’jing to be equal to the Fox Demon clan when affected by the stirrings of spring.

"Go get the materials I need!"

A’jing urged.

The effects of the love curse intensified, and although it was bound to some pleasant things, it was still a genuine curse.

As time passed, the desires in the heart of the cursed would grow stronger, until they completely overthrew their reason.

The only antidote to the curse was a meeting with the other party.

Their mutual longing would compel them to meet, and once apart for a certain period, it felt like a fire burning inside them.

The more A’jing looked at the Fox Demon, the angrier she became. By now, she should have already cast the dispelling spell, but instead of getting the materials she needed, this fox had sent plenty of Witch Council members to the "slammer."

"Why don’t you go find them yourself?"

Jiuyue seemed to suddenly realize something and spoke up close to A’jing with ill intent, "Could it be that you’re in no condition to go outside now?"

Her hand rested on A’jing’s shoulder, and she felt that A’jing was soft all over, like a clump of cotton.

A’jing simply frowned and did not retort.

The actual situation was even worse than that.

The urgency with which she had wanted to teach Jiuyue the spells was not only due to what Duan Mingyuan had said earlier, but there was another reason.

The Grimoire mentioned that the curse’s greatest trick was that the victim couldn’t break the curse cast upon themselves, no matter how deep their expertise in the domain of curses was, unable to resist the desires welling up from deep within.

This desire would stop them just as they were about to sever the ties of affection.

The witch who created the curse had used this feature to defeat many of her contemporaries.

Therefore, only Jiuyue could help her lift the love curse cast upon her and Fu Ling.

Plans can’t keep up with changes, and A’jing never imagined that the arrow of the love curse she launched would end up rebounding onto her own shoulder.

She was prepared to pay with her life if necessary, but she certainly didn’t want to end her life as the Dawn Witch in such an undignified way.

"Alright, I won’t tease you anymore."

Jiuyue fumbled around in her fluffy tail for a while and started placing the prepared materials on the table one by one.

This was the advantage of a fluffy tail; she had been accustomed to hiding her treasures in it since she was young.

After knocking down the members of the Witch Council with a hand grenade, she slipped into the Eco-zone during the chaos and collected all the necessary experimental materials without making a sound.

"The next spell won’t have any strange side effects, will it? Like transforming you into a person who’s heartless and devoid of all emotion?"

Jiuyue distrusted the spells in the Grimoire, as they seemed to often come with odd side effects.

Moreover, Ajing had mentioned that this spell could hardly be considered a curse-breaking spell; rather, it was more like another curse deliberately designed by a witch minotaur to break apart a couple deeply in love, for her own twisted amusement.

"No."

Ajing said firmly, trying to rally her spirits.

According to the content of the Grimoire, the only effect was probably that she would no longer be able to fall in love with Miss Fu Ling, no matter what happened in the future.

But that could hardly be considered a side effect since she and Fu Ling weren’t supposed to have any interaction in the first place.

"Alright, you said it."

Jiuyue was ready to go, eagerly rubbing her hands together, "If something goes wrong again, you can’t blame me!"

......

Finally, in the afternoon, the odd sensation in Fu Ling’s heart dissipated.

She sat at her computer desk, frowning.

Definitely something strange had occurred; she had to inject herself with three doses of sedative to calm the restlessness in her heart, but eventually, the agitation grew so overwhelming that even the sedatives couldn’t suppress it.

Even more suspicious, as soon as the restlessness subsided, He Ya in the living room let out a sigh.

She looked at her with eyes filled with regret.

"Did you do something to me?"

Fu Ling confronted her, suspecting some kind of wizard trickery.

"No."

He Ya shrugged, "I’m just feeling a bit wistful."

"Wistful for what?"

"You just missed out on a love affair that would have been etched deep in your bones."

One was a witch who had been pursued by the company for over a hundred years, and the other was the new director of the Department of Life Sciences.

He Ya believed that just these two statuses alone were sparking wonderful flames, bringing many unexpected pleasures to her tedious life.

It was a pity that a love affair that could have been turned into a novel had ended so prematurely.

"Boring."

Fu Ling rolled her eyes at He Ya.

After a morning’s effort, her investigation had finally yielded results.

The person who mobilized the security forces of the Saintfield family was Jean Saintfield, the great-grandson of Saintfield the Sixth.

More intriguing was that, in the past few years, he had been purchasing many items through black market dealers that seemed like ritualistic objects; many of which had passed through the hands of her own mentor.

Thinking of this, Fu Ling glanced at the somewhat disheartened He Ya, "What’s wrong with you now?"

This mysterious woman was truly an enigma; she had tried to investigate her identity but came up with nothing. freēwēbηovel.c૦m

She seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, as if she didn’t exist in this world at all.

Not even the company’s intelligence network had any record of her.

Before this, Fu Ling had never encountered such a person.

"I’m reflecting."

He Ya looked up seriously and replied.

"Reflecting on what?"

"Reflecting on my past actions."

Another mysterious yet seemingly meaningless smile.

He Ya was indeed reflecting.

Perhaps she should have never included the spell to break the curse in the Grimoire in the first place.

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