Chapter 645: Chapter 645: The Priestess’s Charms (21)

Yes.

It was said with a thud, firm and earnest.

Lingji’s ears were continuously haunted by that word.

He slightly clenched the hem of his garment, his fingertips turning pale blue from the force.

“You can’t like me,” he said hoarsely, turning his head towards another direction.

Chuzheng: “Why?”

Lingji: “I am a Temple Priest.”

Chuzheng did not understand what that had to do with anything: “Can’t a Temple Priest be liked?” What kind of bizarre rule was that?

Lingji shook his head, the temple never said that a priest couldn’t be liked.

Priests could also be with someone they liked.

But priests often chose not to have partners.

Because they couldn’t focus too much attention on their partner, instead of having their partner live in cold and lonely waiting every day, it was better never to touch it at all.

This was what his predecessor had told him.

Love, for a priest, was a luxury.

Lingji said slowly: “Liking me… won’t lead to a good outcome. I don’t know when what just happened will occur again, I…”

Chuzheng interrupted him: “The outcome I give you, is the outcome.”

The young lady was arrogant and domineering.

That stirred endless ripples in Lingji’s heart.

He murmured: “Why do you like me?”

“Do I need a reason?” Because you are my Good Person Card!

Lingji’s voice was deep and ethereal: “They like me because I am a priest, because of this face, but you, why?”

Why like him.

I don’t know why I like you.

I just feel that you are mine.

I want to claim you for myself.

[Miss, come and recite with me.]The King’s Account maintained a smile.

Chuzheng’s small face was tight with seriousness: “Because it’s you.”

Because it’s you…

Lingji raised his hand, feeling his way to Chuzheng’s head, his fingertips slowly landing on her forehead, down her nose.

His fingertips curved slightly: “Do you want to be with me?”

Chuzheng didn’t even think about it: “You are mine, you can only be with me.” No one else but me.

“I want to be alone for a while,” Lingji withdrew his hand: “Can you leave first?”

Chuzheng looked at him, got up quietly, took two steps, then turned back to remind him: “Take care of your injuries.”

“…Okay.”

–

“Master, this…”

Jiu Qu looked at the mess around the gauze, a little at a loss, what had happened here?

Lingji sat down dejectedly on the floor: “It’s nothing.”

“Master, are you alright?” Jiu Qu looked at Lingji with concern. Why did it feel like the master wasn’t quite right, was it because he used the Light Series Magic and was too tired?

Lingji called out to him: “Jiu Qu.”

Jiu Qu immediately responded: “Master, I am here.”

Lingji asked him: “What do you think is the most important thing in this world?”

Without any hesitation, Jiu Qu said: “For Jiu Qu, Master is the most important.”

“Why?”

“Because my life is Master’s, so you are the most important person to Jiu Qu.” If there was no master, there would be no Jiu Qu today; in his heart, the master will always be the first.

Love what he loves, despise what he despises.

Taking a bold risk, Jiu Qu asked: “And for you, Master, what is the most important?”

The master had been a priest for so many years, seldom leaving the temple.

Although the master never expressed discontent and never showed any sign of impatience, Jiu Qu still felt that the master was unhappy.

The temple imprisoned the master.

There was a sense of solitude about him.

“I… don’t know.”

The gauze fluttered, and the man’s figure became hazy and blurred.

After a long while, a sigh echoed within the hall.

–

Chuzheng got up at her usual time, got dressed, and stepped outside.

As soon as she looked up, she saw Priest Lord standing at her doorstep.

The morning mist lingered, and he, dressed in his moon-white priest’s vestments and wearing a jade crown, had a pair of clean and beautiful eyes that calmly gazed in the direction of the doorway.

Chuzheng’s eyes met his.

For a moment, Chuzheng felt he could see her.

However, upon closer inspection, she could see that those eyes had no focus, like beautiful pearls set in their sockets.

“Are you awake?” Lingji asked.

“What are you doing at my door?” she inquired. In the early morning–did he want to scare her to death?

“…” Lingji hadn’t expected Chuzheng to respond with that remark, slightly pursing his lips. “I’ve brought you something to eat.”

Chuzheng’s gaze dropped to the tray in his hands.

“Wasn’t it someone else… who delivered before?” Had the Priest Lord fallen so low as to personally deliver breakfast?

Lingji muttered, “I want to eat with you.”

Chuzheng showed no change in expression. “Didn’t you always eat by yourself before?”

“Do you… not want to eat with me?” The young and handsome priest showed a hint of disappointment and embarrassment.

“That’s not it,” Chuzheng said, stepping aside to make way, honestly expressing her confusion, “It just seems strange to me.”

Lingji did not answer her question but proceeded inside.

The side halls were actually quite similar.

But upon entering, Lingji felt this one was different–it seemed more alive than the other halls, perhaps because she was here.

“The Temple has many rules. Although I am a priest and usually in charge, there are actually a few elders behind the scenes. You… you should not leave Qingfeng Hall, lest you be seen with me by those elders, which could provoke some trouble,” Lingji said in a gentle voice, as if he were giving a reminder and expressing concern.

If she weren’t a Dark Series Magician, Lingji would not worry about these matters.

The elders, even if dissatisfied, would not object.

But she was a Dark Series Magician…

“You’ve agreed to be with me?” Chuzheng caught the key point.

“…Yes,” the Priest Lord promised softly, with his eyes downcast, “I…I’ve never been with anyone else. If I don’t do well, tell me, and I will change.”

“Mhm,” Chuzheng nodded.

“…”

Chuzheng didn’t care whether Lingji agreed or not; after all, she had long since claimed him as her own.

However, his proactive agreement certainly pleased her.

“So, do you think I’m a good person now?” Chuzheng seized the opportunity to ask.

Lingji nodded his head.

Chuzheng: “…”

She knew he was a little deceiver.

–

Jiu Qu soon discovered the fact that Chuzheng and Lingji were together.

“What does the master like about you?” Jiu Qu curiously asked Chuzheng when Lingji was not around.

“I don’t know.” Who knew what the Good Person Card liked about her–it was probably because she was good, right?

Conquering the Good Person Card by skill!

“…” Jiu Qu pursed his lips. “Since the master likes you, Jiu Qu will also like you. But Miss Chuzheng, I still have to remind you not to leave Qingfeng Hall. You are a Dark Series Magician, and if found by others, it would eventually also implicate the master.”

“Oh.”

“Woof!” Yi Cun sat on the ground, barking at Chuzheng.

It sure didn’t like that little thief!

Even if the master liked her, it was no good!

“Woof woof woof woof!!”

“What is it saying?” Chuzheng asked Jiu Qu.

“Yi Cun says to give it back its collar,” Jiu Qu translated.

Can things bought be returned?

King’s Account online tells you–they can’t.

Chuzheng calmly stated, “I threw it away.”

“Woof woof woof woof!!” Yi Cun barked even more fiercely, but its body retreated backwards.

Jiu Qu: “…”