novelraw Chapter 186: Slut
Chapter 186: Slut
Loren hadn't noticed anything particularly special about that little girl before either. She was just a bit cute, that's all. As for the age issue, while a vampire's lifespan isn't as long as a witch's, it's still much longer than a human's.
"She might really have some connection to the Observer..."
It's normal for other people to obtain the Observer's Tarot cards too. Loren's most important card, the High Tower, was snatched from the hands of an Outer God believer.
But possessing a Tarot card while also knowing about the Observer... that's not simple.
However, her airheadedness probably isn't an act either. That kind of foolishness is impossible for a smart person to imitate. Take Scarlett for example;
anyone seeing Loren and Scarlett together would think Loren was taking care of a mentally challenged person.
"Do you know where to find her?"
"No. I was still young back then. We just met by chance, and she told me a few stories, that's all. I don't even know her name."
"Is that so?"
The Fool's Card isn't very important to Loren. He can wait and look for it next time he goes to the Kingdom of Uridia.
Loren is satisfied with having gained so much information. He never really expected to truly learn Gabriel's background.Gabriel's motives are hard to figure out. She's not even really in the same camp as the Pseudohumans. She can control Pseudohumans, but she doesn't actually control them, letting them live or die on their own.
The only thing Loren is certain of is that Gabriel wants to become a god. Loren once achieved an ending where Gabriel replaced the Orthodox Gods. A Gabriel-turned-Orthodox God was much harder to deal with than the real Orthodox Gods.
Gabriel isn't someone to be overly wary of. Overall, Gabriel falls into the chaotic neutral camp, and it's clearly she who has a request of Loren. She won't genuinely harm Loren or the people around him.
As for the method of becoming a god, Loren truly doesn't know. If he knew, he would have ascended to godhood himself long ago. But he does know how to completely kill an Orthodox God.
Setting aside the matter of Gabriel, Loren discovered another problem.
"Movila, come back to the room with me."
"Oh! Okay!"
Facing Loren's request, Movila felt a surge of pleasant surprise. But what she imagined didn't happen. Instead, she was met with Loren's interrogation.
"Movila, how long have you been spying on us?"
"Ah? This..."
Loren suddenly asking this made Movila feel a wave of shame. Having such stalker-like behavior, taken to the extreme, pointed out so directly by Loren... she wished she could lose her memory immediately.
"It concerns our safety. Please tell me."
From beginning to end, Loren has been extremely cautious, precisely because he fears someone discovering his secret. Every time he returns home, his first action is to cast a Shielding Spell to prevent being watched. Yet, Movila still found out.
"Ever since I learned of your name, I've been secretly watching you. That was a few years ago... Since then, I've been peeping at you. I've watched everything you've done...
"You killed Valentina, who murdered her companions for merit. You gave the weak the power to resist. You dealt with the scheming Plague Believers. You judged Eldrin, who killed people indiscriminately for his research into Crimson Magic. You even caused a major reshuffle in the corrupt Gedlan royal family..."
Speaking of Loren's deeds, Movila recounted them as if listing family treasures. Stars seemed to sparkle in the depths of her eyes as she spoke.
"And also... you helped the Bardo Kingdom deal with a group of wicked nobles. You saved the Kingdom of Anselm from the hands of a necromancer. You made the evil pirates sink into eternal silence. You even helped the villagers solve the problem of the Murmuring Dragon!"
Movila counted on her fingers, listing the good deeds Loren had done. She just didn't notice that Loren's expression had suddenly turned ugly.
Loren felt a sense of horror. This feeling was like him being a celebrity, chatting with a fan, and then the fan wanting to show him their photo together, only to pull out a picture of Loren sleeping.
Moreover, Movila seemed to view things through a very thick filter. Many things Loren did couldn't really be considered good deeds, but in Movila's eyes, they all became acts of justice.
"Right, it wasn't until Luna helped you deal with Eldrin that I realized she was a witch. The other one is Scarlett. I often saw her take things out of thin air...
"So I deduced that the people around you are all witches! But you chose to call me into the room to question me, which means there was someone in the room just now who wasn't completely trustworthy. Was it those newly arrived maids?"
"You even followed us when we went to sea?"
"Yes! I didn't want to be separated from you for even a moment! You even fed me by the seaside... After that, I hid on the ship..."
"..."
No wonder there were a few crows mixed in with the seagulls. And Loren just threw her a few fish, yet she made it sound so ambiguous...
Only now did Loren realize how obsessive Movila actually was. She had already shown her greed. She desperately wanted to know everything about Loren.
"Forget it. It's fine as long as I didn't reveal any flaws..."
To discover Loren's secret, one would need to be as crazily obsessed with Loren as Movila is, possess the ability to create clones and conceal one's form, and have been spying on Loren from beginning to end. But in the whole world, only Movila could do that.
Only then did Movila notice that Loren's expression was off. She finally realized how perverted her behavior was. Her head hung lower and lower, not daring to look at Loren's face...
"Let's go out. It's almost dinner time..."
In the end, Loren didn't do anything. He just patted Movila's head. Movila did all this simply because she loves Loren. Even though this expression of love is somewhat twisted, as long as it doesn't harm Loren or the people around him, Loren can accept it.
Same as before, Loren still isn't good with words. He only knows how to pat heads.
But this simple action stopped all the explanations Movila wanted to give. Those explanations all turned into a single "Mm."
Movila numbly followed behind Loren. She felt her steps were light. Everything felt so unreal.
She sat down at the dining table. Seraphina placed the cutlery in front of her, simultaneously giving her a smile full of maternal radiance.
"Thank you..."
Movila's grip on the chopsticks was very clumsy. She didn't know how to use them at all. In the end, she could only grip both chopsticks together, using them like a fork.
Finally, Loren couldn't bear to watch anymore and changed them to a spoon for her. But Movila still didn't know how to use it. Loren had no choice but to feed her personally.
"Haven't you ever used cutlery before?"
"This is the first time I've changed back into a human in front of other people."
"..."
Loren suddenly fell silent. He hadn't expected Movila's past life to be so bitter. But being able to survive until now, she's considered lucky among the witches.
"How old are you this year?"
"Probably eighteen. I don't remember much from my childhood."
After thinking for a moment, Movila said.
Loren could guess her experience too. Discovered as a witch in childhood, turned into a crow before being killed, then lived an entire lifetime as a crow, eating the same things crows eat...