Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 493 - 338: Shaye’s Astonishing Discovery (Request for Monthly Passes and Recommendations)

Chapter 493: Chapter 338: Shaye’s Astonishing Discovery (Request for Monthly Passes and Recommendations)

The chandelier suddenly plunged to the ground, shattering glass everywhere, with even a shard flying into Qin Chu’s mouth.

For a moment, the hall fell into utter silence, with no one speaking.

Angelica, who had been about to speak, found her words stuck in her throat and instinctively picked up a broom to start cleaning up the glass debris.

With a crunch, Qin Chu crushed the glass shard between his teeth.

Spit it out.

He gestured for Angelica to stop and walked over to a pile of broken glass, casually glancing at it, "Angelica, continue."

Even Angelica, who tended to be a bit simple-minded, could sense that something was amiss at this point.

It was the middle of the day and the weather was quite good, yet Angelica felt inexplicably cold and subconsciously wrapped her arms around her shoulders, her lips parting slightly, "Last night... I suddenly felt as if the moon above was drawing me in..."

A snap...

A bird slammed into the window, shattering the glass.

Angelica’s body jerked again.

"Don’t stop, keep talking."

Taking a deep breath, Angelica even shut her eyes tight and covered her ears with her hands:

"I don’t know if it was an illusion, but I even saw a hazy outline on the moon."

"I could hear strange voices in my ears, and when I reached out my hand, it seemed as if I touched something, I felt a warmth and reassurance, I didn’t sense any malice..."

Only after she had finished speaking did Angelica let go of her ears and open her eyes.

The chaos in the hall seemed to dissipate after Angelica had finished speaking.

Angelica’s face flushed red, the short speech seemed to have exhausted a lot of her physical strength, and she gasped for air.

Qin Chu’s expression grew grimmer by the moment.

The starry sky? The moon?

A silhouetted contour, barely visible.

Strange whispers in the ear.

What had the fingers touched?

Damn it.

Recently, Qin Chu had become somewhat allergic to the Evil God.

Sylph, Asina, Wozworth, and now Angelica, after hearing her words, Qin Chu subconsciously feared his beloved maid might have caught the attention of some weird evil.

Could it be the Lord of Pleasure’s revenge against him?

As for Angelica’s feeling of warmth and reassurance, with no evil thoughts?

What a joke, isn’t it that even swindlers promise a bunch of benefits first before they deceive?

Not just Qin Chu, but Sylph and Catherine at his side also turned pale, almost sharing the same thought, and began to understand why Qin Chu had become so irritable.

It may sound a bit like jealousy, but among the many women in the palace, Angelica’s strength was only slightly better than Little Karin’s, yet she was Qin Chu’s favorite and most cherished girl.

Now that Angelica had caught the gaze of the Evil God, no wonder Qin Chu was so perturbed.

Qin Chu’s face darkened to the extreme, "Angelica, come with me to the room, I need to thoroughly inspect your body and soul..."

"Something filthy might have left a mark on you."

Angelica’s face turned instantly pale, but soon a hint of color returned, and she replied softly, "Let me get ready first."

Qin Chu was slightly curious, it was just a body and soul check, what preparation was needed?

Seeing Angelica’s insistence, he didn’t press any further.

Sylph and Catherine, seeing the situation, also realized it would be better not to report their side of things for the time being. After all, Qin Chu’s mind was entirely on Angelica at the moment, and even if they did report, he probably wouldn’t be in the mood to listen.

Qin Chu waited alone in the bedroom, and after a long while, Angelica finally appeared at the door.

At first glimpse of Angelica now, Qin Chu’s eyes briefly lit up; she looked like a lotus emerging from the water, possessing an innocent charm.

She had changed into a maid costume.

Well, if the original maid costume belonged to a normal maid, then the current one was slightly bold.

A breeze blew through, lifting the hollowed-out black skirt lightly, revealing slender, well-rounded legs. Enveloped by pure white stockings, the shape of her legs seemed even more beautiful and curvaceous.

Her soft, green hair, freshly combed, naturally fell over her shoulders, like an elf who had stepped out of a forest, exuding a fresh natural allure.

Qin Chu’s throat moved slightly, "Angelica, what is this...?"

"I, I heard from sister Sylph that I should be treated like this, so..."

Angelica’s voice was as faint as a mosquito’s, she never knew that there would be such strange treatment methods in this world, but if it was what the master wanted, then of course there was no problem.

And besides, since she was coming to receive treatment from the master, she naturally had to present her most beautiful side, right?

Qin Chu was filled with black lines, wondering what nonsense Sylph had been teaching Angelica, who said that treatment had to be like this?

Uh, it seems I spoke to both Sylph and Asina that way.

As the master sat stupefied in the chair, Angelica’s teeth gently nibbled her lips, feeling she should perhaps take a more proactive approach.

After taking a deep breath, Angelica slowly approached Qin Chu. Before she even arrived, a fragrant wind had already entered Qin Chu’s nostrils—the most natural and enticing scent from Angelica’s body.

Angelica crouched down, her delicate hands gently brushing away the long hair that had fallen, seductively tucking it behind her ears.

That simple gesture had an endless charm.

...

After a careful examination, Qin Chu confirmed there were no problems with Angelica’s body, and no weird markings had been left on her.

Finally, after some effort, Qin Chu’s consciousness entered Angelica’s soul.

The soul world of Sylph was shrouded in gloomy darkness, like thick mud, emanating a repressive aura.

Asina’s soul world was an endless desert.

Angelica’s soul space, however, was a vibrant, lush forest, a crystal-clear brook.

Just by seeing the state of Angelica’s soul, Qin Chu breathed a sigh of relief—at least this soul world did not appear to be heavily eroded.

However, he did not dare to be careless; the soul worlds of Sylph and Asina were not that gloomy and oppressive from the start.

It was not an easy task for Qin Chu to find the true location of Angelica’s soul within this vast forest.

...

Elsewhere, on the top floor of the palace.

Shaye was gazing intently at the glass bottle in her hands.

After calming down, Shaye felt increasingly familiar with the aura of the blood inside the glass bottle.

But, at that moment, she couldn’t remember where she had encountered it before.

Shaye didn’t risk conducting an analysis of the blood. Instead, she first tried to sense it with her own magic power, and the energy contained within the blood shocked her, a witch.

This energy was incredibly pure, virtually free from any impurity.

It seemed to radiate a temptation, as if anyone who swallowed this vial of blood could make its strength their own, receiving a substantial boost in power.

For those chasing strength, few could resist such a temptation.

But Shaye was not an ordinary person; the greater the temptation, the more vigilant she became. How could power in this world be obtained so easily?

After careful sensing, beneath the pure energy was a suppressed frenzy, an evil, almost twisted will.

After much time, Shaye poured a bit of the liquid from the bottle into another glass, diluting the blood.

After dilution, the strength of the blood seemed to thin out a bit, and that astonishing temptation also became much less intense, while the familiar feeling grew stronger.

All of a sudden, Shaye slapped her forehead, remembering.

The material that Demon King Nage had given her when she was experimenting under his command—that was this thing, right?

The diluted blood.

Yes, it was too familiar a sensation. She simply hadn’t recognized it earlier because that initial vial of blood hadn’t been diluted and was too pure.

But why on earth would Wozworth have blood that only Demon King Nage should possess?

Where did they collect that blood from? Surely it wasn’t drawn from the same existence, was it?

Speaking of which, Demon King Nage was obviously much more cautious than Wozworth.

Wozworth, sensing the amazing energy in this blood and driven by a thirst for power, chose to ingest it and, as a result, suffered from the corruption of the Evil God’s will.

Now he’s essentially turned into something neither human nor ghost.

On the other hand, Nage acutely sensed the hidden perils beneath the astonishing energy and specifically hired her, a witch proficient in magic potions, for her research.

It’s probably false that Nage wanted her to create super demons; his real goal seemed to be for her to thoroughly analyze this mysterious blood so that he could absorb the energy within it.

What a sly one he is.

Speaking of which, it makes one wonder if there is another me in Demon King City, still helping Demon King Nage research this mysterious blood?

Even Shaye herself is unsure whether the original her still exists after deploying the Time Retrospection ability and sending herself and Qin Chu back to an earlier time.

Logically, she should wake up again in the Demon King Palace.

But, the ability of Time Retrospection is not absolute. Despite consuming the souls and blood of countless lives, Shaye still depleted all her magic power and even life force.

She completely overextended her soul.

The physical body could not even be maintained, and coupled with that damn Heavenly Lock’s function, binding her and Qin Chu together forcefully, she could only exist by attaching herself to Qin Chu.

As a result, Shaye now doesn’t know if there’s another her out there.

Perhaps a trip around Demon King City might clear things up.

If two selves met, that feeling would probably be quite interesting, wouldn’t it?