Chapter 8 Golden Silver Prosperity
Master of Fate, when that word came from the mouth of the Jin-surnamed girl, I knew why she wanted to force a kiss on me.
Of course, it wasn’t because she was into me, but simply to awaken herself.
She saw me using Destiny Power in the park and knew I was the Master of Fate. Then she eavesdropped on my conversation with Shirley and thought that by touching the mark on my tongue, she could establish a connection…
While that was indeed the case, Miss, you might have misunderstood…
“How could… my first kiss be… so meaningless…”
It was even her first kiss. She had given her first kiss in vain and hadn’t achieved the desired result, which was a complete loss.
Then, when things become desperate to a certain extent, people fall into a vicious cycle of not believing anything, harboring suspicion towards everything, and even refusing to admit reality.
She had fallen into that situation.
Saying that, she was about to pinch my cheek and kiss me again, the kind of kiss lovers share.
I quickly leaned back and stopped her.
“Wait a moment, Miss, trying again won’t work. You might have made a mistake…”
“Impossible! You are the Master of Fate, I saw you using Destiny Power just now! If you aren’t the Master of Fate, how could you be able to use it?”
“Uh, I am indeed the Master of Fate… but you are not my F, you know.”
“How do you know that! Is it because I have a bad personality that you don’t want to get involved with me! I can change, alright! Please don’t refuse…”
You know you have a bad personality too…
Her forceful tone turned weak at the end. She looked helpless, like an orphan.
But I could do nothing about it.
“Even if you say that…”
I’ve already confirmed the identities of the Four Calamities. There’s no room left for you.
Ah, but Zihua did say that I have the destinies of the Three Disasters and Two Difficulties. I already know that Lan is the Water Calamity Witch and Xiao An is the Fire Calamity Witch. The remaining two people’s identities are still unknown… Could it be this girl in front of me?
It’s not impossible, but nothing happened when I kissed her earlier.
“Wh- … If… if I don’t awaken… I won’t be able to…”
Her dull eyes showed how helpless she was currently.
By the way, why did she just kiss me? Did she know her mark was also in her mouth? Is there such a coincidence? Or is it common for the mark to be on the tongue?
Then another possibility immediately came to mind. Could it be that she simply didn’t know she had to touch the mark at all…
I think it’s very likely because she doesn’t seem to have ever awakened.
“By the way, do you know your mark is in your mouth?”
“Huh? Isn’t kissing enough…”
The girl looked at me blankly.
Ugh, she didn’t hear that part. It’s about touching each other’s marks. It just so happens that the mark is in the mouth. Even if she were an F, her mark wouldn’t necessarily be in a peculiar place like my tongue.
“Everyone’s mark is in a different location. Mine is on my tongue, but yours isn’t necessarily on your tongue…”
I regretted saying that as soon as I said it.
Because I immediately thought about what kind of expression she would have and what actions she would take upon hearing this information.
As expected, upon learning this, new hope ignited in her eyes, and she eagerly grabbed me, saying, “Then I understand! It must be the wrong location! Come on, let’s try again!”
Haa… I shouldn’t have brought it up.
Although a tiny thought sparked in the corner of my mind, ‘Before going to see Lianbing and the others, I might as well practice my kissing on her. It’s free anyway, no need to refuse,’ it was ultimately overwhelmed by my kind and pure heart.
“Before that, I think you should take a bath and change your clothes. It must be uncomfortable being wet.”
At my words, the Jin-surnamed girl seemed to realize her discomfort and slightly hunched her body, becoming fidgety, looking very uncomfortable.
I sighed and said to Shirley, who had been silently observing the whole time.
“Shirley, could you look after her for me?”
“Of course, no problem. However, I only have maid outfits here. Is that alright, Miss Jin?”
“Mm…”
It seems she also understood that her current state was not good. Her arrogant demeanor completely vanished, and she became a bit more compliant.
With Shirley’s help, it was very quick. After taking her into the unknown space for some fuss, a brand-new maid was born.
Oh, isn’t this quite nice? A proud and willful girl in a maid outfit, isn’t this contrast quite adorable?
However, looking at her expression, she still seemed to be recovering from the shock.
“What was that just now! Are you a monster?!”
Shirley nodded directly without any pretense.
Yes, Shirley is indeed a monster, a Laplace demon.
“It’s… well, since gods exist, it’s normal for monsters to exist…”
Oh? She accepted it so quickly? And judging by her tone, she seems to have seen a real god.
“Have you seen a god?”
“That kind of thing… isn’t a god at all! It’s just the realization of calamity!”
She seemed to hate the god she was talking about, as if she had experienced something.
“That guy is a God of Poverty, also known as the poor god in folklore. He possessed our ancestral land and caused…”
Ah… So that’s how it is. Being plagued by a God of Poverty is truly unfortunate. No wonder this seemingly arrogant young lady was wearing such, well, plain clothes earlier.
She should have been living a rich life, but later her family’s finances plummeted. Her family probably went bankrupt.
But what does this have to do with her desperate desire to awaken?
“I don’t fear a life of poverty, but my family, my mom…”
I can probably understand what happened to the girl afterward. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say her family was destroyed.
It might be possible to get used to a poor family becoming rich, but a once affluent family suddenly becoming poor might make life unbearable.
“I understand. If I can help you, I will try my best to help you. By the way, you should tell me your name first. I don’t know who I’m talking to… Oh, right, I haven’t introduced myself yet. My name is Juncheng An, an ordinary student.”
The girl hesitated for a moment, then finally made up her mind and said.
“…You’re not allowed to laugh at my name for being old-fashioned!”
“Don’t worry, I won’t laugh at you.”
“Jin Yinhua…” “Huh?”
“So I’m saying! My name is Jin Yinhua!”
…..
“You said you wouldn’t laugh at me!”
The girl, enraged, started to punch me.
But she was too small, I blocked her with one hand, and used the other to hold my stomach.
“No, but isn’t that the name of a Chinese medicinal herb…”
Hahahaha!
Her name is Jin Yinhua! A good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying~… Hahahaha!
“Cough, cough, cough… Alright, alright, I’ll just call you by your name, Yinhua. It won’t sound too strange that way.”
The girl, that is, Yinhua, became much more honest, not as aggressive as she was at the beginning.
It’s possible to communicate properly. It’s just that because her family’s situation was so urgent, a series of events made her mood terrible, which is why she was so irritable.
“By the way, do you know what your destiny is?”
“That God of Poverty said that I have a destiny of great wealth and prosperity. If I meet the right person, I will gain an immensely noble status and immense wealth. At that time, that guy won’t be able to affect my family anymore.”
“In other words, prosperity…”
This has nothing to do with the destiny I carry.
Whether it’s Calamity, Disaster, or Difficulty, I can be described as a gatherer of misfortune. It has nothing to do with prosperity.
“Then you might have found the wrong person. My destinies are all negative; there’s nothing so good about them…”
“…You’re not lying to me, are you?”
To prove I wasn’t lying, I even asked Shirley, who was watching, for confirmation.
Shirley then obligingly confirmed it and even revealed more explosive information.
Yes, to be more precise, Young Master Juncheng is not only not Miss Jin’s Master of Fate, but in a sense, he is also your enemy.
Yinhua and I exclaimed at the same time, looking at each other with confusion. Neither of us understood what Shirley meant by me being her enemy.
“Young Master Juncheng carries the destiny of the ‘Four Calamities,’ while Miss Jin, as an F, carries the ‘Prosperity’ part, which is one of the Five Blessings. Therefore, you are the Witch of Prosperity.”
I know that. There’s that idiom, “Five Blessings arrive.”
But I never really knew what those five blessings were. So, ‘Prosperity’ is one of them?
Speaking of which, blessings and calamities are exactly the opposite of each other.
“Since you saw it earlier, you should have told us sooner… Earlier was, uh, sorry, my first kiss was given to me.”
If Shirley had told us earlier, Yinhua wouldn’t have kissed me like that.
Yinhua shook her head, her mood much calmer now, and said with a wry smile.
“It’s alright, I misunderstood myself.”
“That…”
I couldn’t say anything comforting. Encouraging her with “you’ll meet him sooner or later” would be too irresponsible. In the end, most Masters of Fate might never meet their F in their entire lives. Only someone like me, who was “specially summoned,” would have the F right by their side.
But the price might be that none of the destinies I carry are good. Heaven must have wanted to strike me down millions of times already.
“However, it’s not a bad thing to meet you. At least I know that Masters of Fate do exist–. The goal, which was once very vague, is now at least known to be real.”
Although she smiled, it was a forced smile.
…I can’t stand to see this!
Really, seeing that expression, how could I just ignore it!
“Phone, take it out.”
“[Take out your phone and give it to me.]”
I directly used my ability, forcing her to hand over her phone. Once I had the phone, I immediately opened the chat app and added her as a friend. Then, I saved my phone number in her contact list. Speaking of which, she doesn’t have any numbers saved except for her family’s. Don’t you even have a friend? Isn’t that just like me before?
After I finished, I returned the phone to her, who was staring blankly.
“Here, my number is saved. I’ve added you as a friend too. If things get too difficult, come find me. I can help a little. Don’t hesitate. Use the same boldness you used to force a kiss on me to ask for my help. I tend to be a busybody.”
Yinhua seemed to want to say something, her mouth opened and closed, hesitating for a moment, and finally looked at me with a complex gaze.
“…One… One…”
I shrugged and habitually patted her head. After patting her twice, I realized something was wrong. I was treating her like a younger sister who needed to be taken care of.
I quickly moved my hand away and said,
“Anyway, that’s it. I should be heading back. Can you go back by yourself?”
….
If I don’t go back soon, Xinran and Keling might start bombarding my phone.
Climbing onto my bicycle and waving Shirley to sit behind me, I started pedaling. I looked back and waved at Yinhua.
She also waved back at me and watched me leave.
Phew, I guess this is resolved for now.
I wonder if she’ll come bother me? Although I’ve said all this, Yinhua seems to have strong self-esteem. She probably won’t bother me unless it’s absolutely necessary.
The surroundings turned into lines again; I was transmigrating back.
As it became quieter, Shirley, sitting behind me, said to me.
“Amazing, Young Master Juncheng, to conquer a Witch of Blessing from the opposing faction just by going out for a bit. This is a remarkable feat, isn’t it? Hahahaha~”
“Conquer my foot… And what do you mean by opposing faction? Blessings and Calamities are opposites, so are they opposing sides?”
“You will know about this matter soon.”
Can’t you just tell me everything at once?
Shirley really likes to be mysterious and keep me in suspense by only saying half the story.
“It’s not that I don’t want to tell you, Young Master Juncheng, but if I were to say it, it would be equivalent to ‘spoiling the plot,’ so I cannot!” Hahahaha~” “Yes, yes.”
This kind of inexplicable reason again.
Well, since Shirley said I’ll know later, it must be the case.
For now, I should think of a reason for being late, so I don’t get interrogated by my two younger sisters when I get home.
