novelraw Chapter 533: Your Pillow Moved
Chapter 533: Your Pillow Moved
Finally, he lost track of how much time had passed.
"Miss Puppet, it's ready now. All the critical components that needed replacement have been changed. Apart from the arm, the body has no major issues left."
Lynn finished the last stitch, and the smooth spine once again regained its previous pale appearance.
Because the clothing had been torn during his earlier rough work, Lynn casually draped a bedsheet over her, then helped her sit up and used the sheet to cover the exposed area of her chest.
And in his manner as a gentleman, Lynn of course did not look at things he shouldn't, nor did he accidentally touch places he shouldn't.
Then he took out the Remote Control and deactivated the immobilization mode that had been enabled to keep Miss Puppet from moving.
"How do you feel? Any uncomfortable spots?"
Lynn sat before her with smiling eyes and asked.
Hei Xianyue shook her head. Her slender hands gripped the sheet at her chest, trying to force herself to forget the strange noises she had involuntarily made during the operation.
She looked at Lynn with a complicated expression."But how can I possibly repay you?"
That was the question that had been circling her mind since earlier. Such a gift could never be accepted with a clear conscience.
No one had ever cared for her like this before; her consciousness had no prior reference for this. It left her feeling awkward and unsure.
He was domineering, certainly.
But he truly thought about her welfare.
"Don't dwell on useless thoughts for now."
Lynn patted her shoulder, smoothed the silver hair that had fallen messily over her cheek behind her ear, and smiled:
"Try running your Cursed Arts and see if the flow is normal. If there's abnormal rejection or jamming, I'll replace more parts for you."
Hei Xianyue lowered her lashes slightly and bowed her head a little.
"Okay."
She had no idea why she felt this way. By her old standards, she absolutely would have ignored him, and the moment she recovered she would have left far away.
It felt strange.
As if she were seated before an ever-warm hearth, that blazing heat enfolding her body from every direction.
It seemed to pierce her heart with irresistible force.
It left her unsure, flustered in a way she could not explain.
She tightened her hold on the sheet, closed her eyes, and decided not to think about anything more. She activated the Cursed Arts energy.
Slowly, violet, eerie patterns bloomed around her cheeks and eyes. Halos of light on her neck and skin began to glow, then little by little passed through every component in her body, eventually converging along her spine into a violet enchantress.
"Cursed Arts energy operating normally—detecting device update—integrating capacity—device match and reboot complete—"
"Detected full-range skill enhancement—Cursed Arts efficiency increased to 140%—reaction speed increased to 130%—motor function increased to 120%—energy consumption reduced by 20%—"
Accompanied by mechanical voices sounding inside the body, even she could clearly feel the massive boost this update brought.
"Body efficiency… improved."
She opened her eyes. Violet Cursed Arts energy wove a brilliant bud within her irises; even she couldn't help but show surprise.
She stared at her long fingers, then instinctively formed a sigil with them.
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—
In an instant the entire room filled with fine threads almost invisible to the naked eye. All the furniture in the room moved, like tasks that previously required intense concentration but now only needed a single thought.
Her senses were unusually sharp, and her control had improved remarkably.
Her ring finger twitched lightly.
Sput—sput—
Threads immediately pierced the wall, forming one hole after another.
This component replacement had increased her overall strength by at least thirty to forty percent, and that was only from a few internal parts, not a full-body upgrade.
Is this the massive amplification the Dead Star Crystal provides?
She lost herself in the heightened efficiency of her Cursed Arts and didn't notice the sheet at her chest slipping. Under the violet radiance of the Cursed Arts, her body looked like a rare, magnificent work of art.
She had no idea what kind of temptation she had become to opposite-sex beings in this moment.
So beautiful.
So beautiful that someone might want to pin her down on the bed and...
But the thought sprang up and was instantly suppressed by Lynn with absolute force. He snapped back to reality, snatched the fallen sheet, and covered Miss Puppet's eerie, ascetic form.
"Brain, what's wrong with you? Your hormones are spiking at an abnormal rate!"
Zuo Zuo cried out, stunned, inside his mind.
Lynn pinched his temple, his expression serious as he replied mentally:
"The curses seem to be showing signs of being hard to suppress…"
"What?!!"
Zuo Zuo was bewildered, then immediately remembered: Lynn looked normal now, but in reality he had only removed the effects of two curses. Besides those, at least four curses still lingered in his body.
And the most outrageous one hadn't even activated yet!
Could it be…
Zuo Zuo instinctively lowered her hand and glanced toward a certain direction on his body.
"…"
A brief silence.
Zuo Zuo suddenly (ΩДΩ) yelled: "Brain!! Brain!! It's swelling!! Something's swollen…"
Before Zuo Zuo could finish, Lynn, in a move both hasty and decisive, ripped a pillow from behind him and placed it on his lap with lightning speed—speed worthy of a striking serpent.
When Hei Xianyue looked over in confusion, Lynn was smiling politely, covering Zuo Zuo's frantic mouth with one hand, sitting properly in his wheelchair with no sign of abnormality.
Hei Xianyue paused, clutching the sheet at her chest, then looked at him and asked:
"What's wrong?"
Lynn flicked his Left Hand playfully, as if nothing had happened, and said pleasantly:
"Nothing. You know how my Left Hand gets startled. It couldn't help shrieking when it saw Miss Puppet recovered and got happy."
Hei Xianyue didn't think too deeply about it and nodded lightly. "Thank you."
Lynn averted his gaze and quickly changed the subject with a smile:
"By the way, how do you feel? Judging by your state, you must've improved a lot, right?"
Hei Xianyue nodded. Her lashes lowered, and her delicate fingers rested on the violet pattern at her neck as she spoke softly:
"Yes, the Dead Star Crystal increased my power significantly. Right now I…"
But she only half finished her sentence, because her eyes were suddenly drawn to the pillow on Lynn's lap.
For some reason, she seemed to see the pillow move faintly, as if it had risen a few centimeters...
Was it an illusion?
She looked at Lynn's face and saw nothing odd, then shook her head and tried to continue speaking.
But at the exact moment she was about to resume, whoosh—
The pillow rose again, like an elevator lifting a few more centimeters.
Hei Xianyue: "???"
"Is there something under your pillow?" she asked, peering at him.
"The pillow just moved a little."
Lynn cleared his throat loudly, then pushed the pillow back down with his Left Hand and declared seriously:
"Ah! Yes, you know I have a lot of cursed items. My mental energy was heavily drained just now, so it's normal that I temporarily can't fully suppress some of that huge evil. It'll be fine after a while."
Hei Xianyue immediately thought of Lynn's Scythe and the Substitute Death Doll—those were indeed bizarre and powerful cursed items.
"Do you need help?"
"Can you help?" Lynn blurted reflexively.
Hei Xianyue didn't doubt him. She retracted the violet Cursed Arts patterns on her body, sat quietly, and shook her head:
"You don't need to ask me. As your employed puppet, it is my duty to share your burden. During the contract period, I will strive to complete the tasks you assign me."
Lynn felt sheepish. "Ah, is that so?"
His eyes couldn't help staring at Miss Puppet seated before him: the long silver hair like a waterfall, the vivid violet patterns that had just faded but made her skin look even paler.
The ascetic charm that emanated from an abstinent-type puppet gave an indescribable sense of beauty.
But should he really take advantage like that?
If he used the Dead Star Crystal to force Miss Puppet to comply with his more wicked impulses, wouldn't he risk destroying the relationship he'd just managed to build?
While Lynn pondered this philosophical problem, a buzz ran through him.
Lynn suddenly shivered and straightened up, eyes wide.
"What's wrong?" Hei Xianyue looked over.
Lynn tensed his face and let out a strained breath. "N-nothing. Helping me isn't urgent right now. If I really can't suppress it later, you can help then. For now, I'll help you forge your arm!"
He then angrily grabbed Zuo Zuo's wrist and twisted it aside, glaring at her as if he would kill, baring his teeth:
"Zuo Zuo, what are you doing?! Is that a place you can just bite at?! Don't you know that'll hurt?!"
Zuo Zuo o(≧口≦)o shouted: "But you poked my face!"
Zuo Zuo screamed: "That still poked my face!"
"……"