Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 122 - 96 Difficult Woman (Additional - for Recommended Votes)

Chapter 122: Chapter 96 Difficult Woman (Additional Chapter for Recommended Votes)

Asina had a rather tragic past; she was the daughter of a baronial family, and because she was born beautiful, her parents used her as a tool to climb the social ladder.

Her family was not wealthy, but her parents placed great importance on the façade of nobility, even if it meant going into debt to furnish their home with expensive furniture, paintings, and porcelain they knew nothing about; they insisted on using delicate silver plates, silver forks, and silver spoons for dining; and although their finances were stretched thin, they still employed a large number of maids and attendants, because in their words, only such a display was befitting of their noble dignity, otherwise they would be the laughingstock of others.

She also had a younger brother; for a poor baron in a remote area, it was common for the heir to choose a suitable woman from a knight family within their domain as a wife, but her parents believed the daughters of knights unworthy of a baron’s son; they wanted an equal match and sought to marry their son to a baron’s daughter in order to maintain the purity of their bloodline— they even dreamt of marrying the third or even the second daughter of a viscount’s family... which would bring greater glory to their own.

And this required a substantial amount of money!

At the age of seven, her parents had already chosen for her a sixty-year-old earl, waiting for her to reach the age of sixteen to become his seventeenth concubine. This earl had given two hundred thousand mana as a betrothal gift.

It was a pure transaction.

This was probably the fate of a daughter from a minor noble family.

Asina did not struggle against her fate; she knew it was futile.

Her pure and delicate body would be at the mercy of that disgusting old man, who was rumored to be a pervert; several young and beautiful girls had already died by his hand.

After the earl died, she would either be passed on to the earl’s son or possibly chased out by the earl’s legal wife; from there, her own parents might trade her as a commodity to a wealthy merchant, as her value, having been married once, would be greatly diminished. However, some wealthy merchants who wished to add a trace of noble blood to their lineage would still engage in such transactions.

But her fate changed on the day she married the old earl when a powerful magician, visiting the earl, saw Asina for the first time at the wedding and recognized her potential.

The magician requested the earl gift Asina to him, promising to guard the earl’s family for one hundred years for free... but the earl refused.

The earl would not let any delicacy that came to his lips escape.

That very night, the earl and his household met a brutal end.

The magician took Asina away.

In the magician’s words, her very existence was the finest of magic potions; Asina’s body was extremely sensitive to magic power, essentially being a human-shaped magic power reservoir, capable of quickly absorbing, purifying, and storing magic power. Once the magic power reached its limit, the first person to harvest Asina would reap immense benefits, and Asina herself could wither, age, or even die.

Even if she did not die directly, Asina, having lost her value, beauty, and figure, would be killed by the magician.

With a brutal method, like force-feeding, the magician rapidly enhanced Asina’s magic power level, using magic potions, magic stones, and magic beast cores. He pushed her magic power to the level of a Great Sage in a very short time without teaching her a single spell.

Finally, at the age of twenty-three, the magician was ready to enjoy the fruit of his long cultivation; he planned to absorb the pure magic power in Asina’s body to break through the barrier of the Great Sage, becoming one of the most powerful beings in the world.

Asina faced her impending doom with despair; she knew that after today, she would die.

She wanted to fight back but had no strength to do so.

In Asina’s moment of despair, First Generation Brave Hero Jie Luo appeared; he killed the powerful magician and rescued her from the abyss. From that moment on, Asina knew Jie Luo would be an irreplaceable presence in her life.

Jie Luo taught Asina magic.

She wanted to give her body and magic power to Jie Luo, but he said, "How can there be a home if the demons are not vanquished?"

Mr. Brave must have had his concern for her and refrained from doing so. Truly, he was a gentle and considerate man.

"How can there be a home if the demons are not vanquished?" What noble sentiments those were.

Asina could not forget the way Jie Luo would gently pat her head when they were alone and affectionately call her Little Xina.

The title of Brave belonged only to Jie Luo; no one could replace him.

But, if the life of the Second Generation Brave Warrior could be used to resurrect Jie Luo, then it was different; Asina felt it her duty. Although she harbored no animosity towards the Second Generation Brave Warrior, for Jie Luo’s sake, she had to make a sacrifice of that man.

To use the Second Generation Brave Warrior, she needed to fully understand him; this would facilitate manipulation and control.

Asina had only heard a bit about Qin Chu from Rose Vesper, but she judged the reliability of the information Rose Vesper provided to be dubious at best, as Rose Vesper had an aversion towards Qin Chu, tainting her perception with strong subjectivity.

To truly understand the Brave, more accurate information would come from his guards and attendants.

Still, Asina had not expected to receive such an evaluation.