Above the dark night sky, the crimson full moon hung high.
The moonlight is as gentle as water, pouring into the chess and card room through the oriel windows on the wall.
Varina was caught between two contradictory feelings.
On the one hand, he felt the growth and activity of his own spirituality, and felt quiet and peaceful, as if he had been soothed by the goddess;
On the other hand, through the "Prisoner's Ring", what he felt was an intensified curse, oppression, and the temptation of indulgence, as if the evil god was whispering in his ear.
As the night deepened, the latter's influence gradually increased, and Varina finally put down the holy book.
He needs to concentrate on using his extraordinary will to resist this influence.
With Maric's guidance, he gradually became familiar with his extraordinary will and got out of the primitive stage of wielding brute force.
11:58.
"Let's do it now." Maric lowered his head and shouted.
Varina had been preparing, and after hearing this, he quickly stretched out his hand in front of his eyes, connecting Maric with a living corpse behind him.
"call."
At the same time that Maric let out a deep breath, the living corpse suddenly jumped up, his expression ferocious and twisted.
Varina was horrified.
But before he could do anything, a dozen other zombies jumped up one after another, suppressing the zombie who jumped first.
It's Sharon!
Wariner praised "Well done" in his mind, and then his attention turned to spiritual consumption.
He found that the two effects of the full moon on him, one positive and one negative, canceled each other out. He could actually persist for about the same time as before, maybe even slightly longer.
On the other side, Maric, whose pressure had dropped sharply, did not speak, but quickly entered a meditative state and resumed his previous consumption.
After all, Varina can only buy him a few minutes of halftime, and time is precious.
Four minutes later, Maric opened his eyes and said, "I'm ready."
"I still have energy left, you can rest for another minute." Varina gave kind advice.
"No need," Maric's face looked paler than usual, showing a determined expression, "You don't need to push yourself to the limit for me, that would be too dangerous."
Varina wanted to explain that he had left some room, but after seeing his expression, he took it back.
This is Maric's choice and his own responsibility, and others have no right to comment.
Varina indicated with his eyes, and after receiving a response, he stretched out his hand and touched it again, canceling the connection and the gray vision.
"throat."
Maric snorted and took back his curse. He didn't look much different from before.
"Thanks."
He didn't raise his head, but his tone of voice was already calm.
Varina laughed and said, "We are on the same team, you're welcome."
…
Wednesday the 13th.
Morning.
Like yesterday, after having breakfast outside, Varina planned to return to his residence to catch up on his sleep.
He opened the door and saw someone lying on his bed.
It's the witch Qili!
Varina stood at the door, thoughts racing in her mind, considering her possible reasons for coming.
Qili leaned on the bed and slept lightly. Due to inspiration, she opened her eyes when the door opened.
Seeing Varina stunned at the door, she asked first: "Where have you been, and why didn't you come back all night?"
"Well, I went to the bar..."
Qili was his superior and leader, holding his handle. Faced with her question, Varina subconsciously chose to answer.
"What to do?"
Qili sat up from the lying position, took her slender legs out of the quilt, and put them into the light pink velvet slippers in front of the bed.
After being surprised, Varina was even more surprised when he saw Qili wearing home clothes that looked like pajamas.
But that didn't stop him from answering questions skillfully.
"I went to a gathering of extraordinary people," he said.
Then, Varina tried to regain the advantage and asked: "What are you doing here?"
"Didn't you read the newspaper? I'm wanted for a reward."
Qili shrank her neck artificially, acting pitiful, weak and helpless, and said:
"I have no place to go, so I can only come here and beg you to take me in."
"You won't reject me, right?"
Varina is familiar with the witch's tricks, and of course he will not be deceived by such means. He rubbed the "Prisoner's Ring" a few times with his right thumb and answered simply and neatly.
"meeting!"
"If there is nothing else, please leave immediately, immediately."
"Where you come from, there you go."
As soon as she finished speaking, Qili's eyes were covered with mist, and she looked like she was about to cry. Even her voice was choked, "Don't you have any sympathy at all?"
Is this... the "instigator"'s ability to "charm" with words?
Varina rubbed the "Prisoner's Ring" and clearly felt that his desire was strengthened under the stimulation of these words.
Of course, because will mainly comes from various desires, the extraordinary will guided by Varina has also been strengthened at the same time.
"You are much stronger than me and don't need my sympathy."
Warina calmly watched Qili's performance and rejected her again, "I need to catch up on my sleep. I hope you can let me go."
"snort!"
Qili, who lost the first battle, suddenly changed her expression, put on a pretty face, glared at Varina fiercely, pushed his shoulder away, entered the next room, and closed the door with a bang.
Varina's eyes widened again.
In the short time it took to open the door, he could clearly see the layout of the next room, and it was obviously different from before!
Did she... move next door?
What about the previous neighbor? !
Warina's heart thumped, and he hurriedly knocked on Qili's door and asked urgently: "Where are the people who lived here before? What did you do to them?"
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"
Varina pounded the door and shouted, "Speak, what did you do to them?"
"Boom!"
Something in the room hit the door, and then Qi Li's voice came out, "I just forced them to cancel the lease, get out of here."
Such an answer made Varina feel much more at ease.
In order to eliminate the last trace of doubt, he went downstairs and walked out of the house, walked around to the front door of the house on the first floor, and asked the landlady for confirmation. After receiving the same answer, he felt completely at ease.
It's good that nothing serious happened.
After all, if you are involved with the witch, minor disasters are inevitable. It is a good thing if there is no fundamental damage.
Varina circled back to the rear entrance of the house again, climbed the stairs to the second floor, and entered his one-bedroom apartment.
Lying in bed, he suddenly felt a headache when he thought about having a witch neighbor.
He had just established relations with the temperance faction, and now was a critical period for deepening mutual trust between the two parties.
If Miss Sharon discovers that he is "living" with a "happy" witch, how will it end?
Will they believe it if I explain it?
