Chapter 231 - Su Luxi (6) (1/2)

That night, the female lead whose thoughts had been seen through tried to hypnotize the Wade Dukedom's heir to make him sign a contract saying he was willing to be wed to her. The girl had an outburst before that, spitting out her desire to be freed of the crown prince's grasp. Yet at the same time, she still wanted to retain her noble status and take care of her household.

Let's say it was not entirely out of greed, but pragmatism.

But how should Jiang Li face a woman who had seemingly gone a bit crazy due to the villainess' appearance and her nearing doom?

While the other girl was busy formulating plans with the Pope to make herself the Empress, the one here was clutching on the person she thought could fulfill all her wishes.

She wanted to cancel the engagement, but the plot would not let her. She didn't want to love the future Emperor, but even the right to that was being taken away from her. Was it strange for her to momentarily lose her reason?

When thought from a different perspective, the desires of the two women did not truly clash. Yet because of divine intervention, they could not just talk it out between themselves and not involve Jiang Li. He suddenly felt tired.

'Is this the plot's machinations against me? Rumina Bolden is not playing by its rules sometimes, so it wanted to use that to get rid of me before forcing her to be with the male lead?'

Le Majeste. No. Jiang Li actually didn't know what it was called. But a man coveting a woman betrothed to royalty was treason, right?

”I like you, Luke Wade.” That was the first time in her two lifetimes that the female lead confessed to somebody.

Yet even though she was a sobbing mess, the sight was in no way touching nor heartbreaking. It was making one's blood cold. In her momentary fit of insanity, the girl wanted to put him under a spell and then control him.

He laughed. '... She doesn't like me, but my identity and status.'

A woman in her mid-twenties wearing the skin of a gentle and delicate girl barely sixteen years old. Was she under the control of the Creator or the will of this world? He was not interested to know. He just couldn't help but wonder whether he had been too cold to even attribute her weirdness to the plot instead of pitying her helplessness.

She wanted to be saved. But if he did, who would save his own villainess?

System: ... Uh, is my host is finally being humane?

Looking at the emotionless face of its host, the system kept its silence. Anyways, it was muted, as usual. Silence was golden.

Half a minute passed since the girl's outburst. Jiang Li was forced to left his wheeled seat. The female lead who firmly believed he was not ill was not surprised, but was alarmed. A couple of seconds later, he flickered to her side.

All sorts of scenarios played in the girl's head, but she didn't panic much since she had confidence in her own skills.

Only, she just didn't anticipate that he would be faster than her and would attack her before she could react or cast any spell.

”Stop! Don't come ever! I said, stop!” When he closed in and raised his hand, she hurriedly yelled.

However, the fist mercilessly and heavily fell on her stomach. ”Sorry. Your hypnosis failed, Miss Vessel.”

”Luke...” She cried as her vision blackened slowly. The attack instantly made her groan in pain and knocked her out. Yet she still continued trying to cast the mind magic on him.