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𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙮

chapter forty: “void.”

(n/a: I love Guizhong, hates dni and kinda rushed)

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     “LET ME READ IT FIRST, CHONGYUN!”

     “IT HAS AN EVIL SPIRIT ON IT!”

THE EXORCIST AND YOUNG MASTER were fighting over the novel, having a tug-of-war with it. Turns out to be one of Xingqiu's books of interest that were now sadly sold out (for good). The Queen was trying her best to calm both boys fighting over a silly book...

     "Okay, you two, please calm down..." She favored, pulling their collars to remove from each other, which resulted in them dropping the book from the ground. "Chongyun dear, explain how will you exorcise the spirit?"

     He cleared his throat, "There are many ways to exorcise the spirit like using this piece of parchment!" He showed the retrieved paper (from Xingqiu). "However, there's a preferable method to unleash spirit from its confinement—destroying the book!"

     "I WON'T LET YOU DESTROY THAT BOOK!" Xingqiu said, trying to remove (Name)'s stronghold from his collar. "Let me read it first, please! I want to know what're the contents of it!" He pleaded, reaching for the book with his foot.

     "NO! NO READING IT!" Chongyun denied it, also using his foot to steal the book.

Then a cryo mini-claymore and hydro swords appeared around the young teenagers. It almost froze the woman between them, who ducked as soon as possible before their blades crashed against each other. They didn't notice the essence of their elements dripping on the novel, being the victim of being frozen instead...

     "AH! WHO DARES DESTROY MY HOME?!" A void figure emerged from the frozen book, rising from it. Everyone froze at the sight of it, "Ah... Youthful souls... I see one of you has been tainted by the contents of this book. How splendid," it grinned at them.

     "You must be exorcised immediately!" Chongyun yelled.

     "Oh~? A child exorcist?" The void grinned at the Cryo element user, almost going towards him as if the ying (his positive) energy was just a joke. "Your soul seems so pure, too... I wonder how it tastes. It's been a while since I devoured someone like yours~! If you only read the book, maybe—"

     (Name) pulled both children behind her, "Don't even think about preying on children's souls, or else you'll be meeting your maker." She threatened, glaring at the void. "Basing on your looks, you feed from people's souls. As long as they read the book, you'll share some feelings to them to believe the contents. Aren't I right?"