kvmb Chapter 67 I'd Love You to the Death and Be Fearless
Chapter 67 I'd Love You to the Death and Be Fearless
"Xuehui, what are you afraid of?"
Jiang Lin's eyes seemed to see right through people, making the young girl uneasy.
"I... I'm just afraid of witches."
Jiang Lin took in the girl's guilty expression and grabbed Ding Xuehui's hand with an irresistible force: "The witch doesn't have the ability to kill directly, so there's nothing to be afraid of."
After the three entered the attic, Bernard closed the door.
The interior of the attic was different from what Chen Jiangqiao had seen in the real world; it was not an art studio, but a woman's bedroom.
The entire room was decorated in a traditional Western medieval style. A bed was placed by the window, and a person veiled in black sat under a lace canopy.
“Countess Greenshire, Princess Theresa, witch? What should I call you?” Jiang Lin said, glancing at the direction the bed was facing out of the corner of his eye.
There was a canvas there, with a palette and brushes still wet beside it, as if someone had just sat there and painted the beauty on the bed.
The Sleeping Girl! Ding Xuehui also discovered the canvas. Although it was covered by a white cloth and the contents of the canvas could not be seen, it was highly likely to be the quest item "The Sleeping Girl".
Before the girl under the black veil could answer, Jiang Lin continued, "I think you prefer to be called Countess Green Xia Li, don't you?"
A soft laugh came from beneath the black veil; her voice, just like her name, Green Xia Li, was clean, natural, and innocent.
As Mo Xizheng and Ding Xuehui held their breath in tension, Jiang Lin slowly stepped forward and, to their astonishment, lifted the black veil covering the girl.
The girl was more beautiful than Princess Teresa in the painting.
Her long, golden hair was like silk kissed by the sun, her fair skin was without a single pore or blemish, and her light blue eyes shone with an ethereal light like jewels. It seemed that just being looked at by her for a moment would bring God's favor, and her small, peach-like mouth was smiling gently at the three of them.
Mo Xizheng's eyes widened. In his original imagination, the witch was an evil being, a killer who could kill without a trace.
Even if she were beautiful, she should be the kind of woman who bewitches all beings, similar to the image of Medusa in Western mythology. He never imagined that a witch would be so sacred.
“Countess Greenshire,” Mo Xizheng stepped forward, took a deep breath, and mustered her courage to ask, “Do you know where Liang Yuan is?”
Green Xia Li looked up: "You want to see him?"
Suppressing her fear of the witch, Mo Xizheng gritted her teeth and continued to ask, "I hope you can tell me where Liang Yuan is."
Green Xia Li's eyes were deep and unfathomable: "Is this your wish?"
Mo Xizheng didn't understand the witch's meaning. He was clearly asking where Liang Yuan was, so how did it turn into making a wish? The unease in his heart grew stronger with the passage of time.
Mo Xizheng pleaded in her eyes, "I just want to know where Liang Yuan is?"
“I can grant your wish,” Green Xia Li suddenly raised her hand and threw out a dagger inlaid with seven-colored gems: “as long as you kill anyone.”
Mo Xizheng's pupils contracted sharply, and the next second Jiang Lin and Ding Xuehui looked at him at the same time.
Jiang Lin merely frowned slightly. Ding Xuehui's eyes filled with suspicion and wariness, and she even secretly took out a folding dagger hidden on her person.
“I won’t kill anyone,” Mo Xizheng replied to Green Xia Li, her face pale.
Green Xia Li wasn't angry; she simply stared at Mo Xi Zheng with calm eyes, as if stating a fact: "You don't love him. If you love someone, you can do anything for them."
"That's not true! I love him!" Mo Xizheng's eyes were red, but even if he loved Liang Yuan, he couldn't lose his bottom line as a human being! Jiang Lin had saved him so many times, and Ding Xuehui was innocent too.
Ignoring Mo Xizheng's inner struggle, Green Xia Li's tone remained calm and even: "Since that's the case, I can't grant your wish."
"Why!" Tears streamed down her face as Mo Xizheng pressed on, roaring, "Where is he?!"
Green Xia Li: "The world is fair. You have to pay a price for what you want. If you don't want to pay the price, why do you ask me to give you what you want?"
Mo Xizheng was stunned by these words, a deep sorrow spreading across her face, enveloped in an aura of despair. Her shoulders slumped, and from behind, she appeared to have aged decades in an instant.
Just when Jiang Lin thought the long silence was about to end, the man suddenly bent down and picked up the gemstone dagger from the ground.
Moxi Zheng gripped the knife in his palm and turned around at an extremely slow pace.
He ultimately made his choice, for Liang Yuan's sake.
Ding Xuehui held the folding knife behind her back, poised to strike; her fingertips were white, a testament to the girl's inner tension. If Mo Xizheng chose to kill her, she would definitely strike first!
Ding Xuehui breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Mo Xizheng walk towards Jiang Lin.
Mo Xizheng finally stopped in front of Jiang Lin and raised the jeweled dagger in her hand.
Jiang Lin saw the tear stains on Mo Xizheng's face and the pain in her eyes, and sighed, "I respect your choice."
Mo Xizheng raised her hand, and the jeweled dagger pierced flesh with a soft sound.
Jiang Lin's pupils shrank sharply, and even the blonde girl showed a surprised expression.
Because Mo Xizheng did not stab Jiang Lin with the knife, the end of the gemstone dagger pierced his own heart!
Have you ever loved someone so much that you weren't afraid to die for them?
Warm blood gushed out and spread across the floor.
Jiang Lin quickly supported Mo Xizheng, only to see Mo Xizheng turn to the blonde girl with a victorious smile: "You said you'd kill anyone, you didn't say who... My life... is yours... Tell me, where is Liang Yuan...?"
"A madman!" Ding Xuehui stared in disbelief, a chill running through her body. How could anyone be willing to exchange their own life for this?
Jiang Lin looked up at Lü Xiali: "Save him!"
Green Xia Li frowned; no human dared to order her around like that!
"If he dies, you won't be able to fulfill his wish!" Jiang Lin stared at the blonde girl and said coldly, "And you won't be able to fulfill your wish either!"
For the first time, Green Xia Li's expression showed a noticeable change, and her gaze towards Jiang Lin became as sharp as a dagger.