Chapter 81: Adding Fuel to the Fire
What the—!
Why is Xinran the last calamity!
I didn’t even realize this was happening!
What is going on!
“That’s right, that’s what I’m going to talk about next.
“Lan, you already knew?!”
Am I the only one who didn’t know! It’s that usual ‘everyone knows but me’ development again. Why!
Why didn’t anyone tell me something so important sooner!
“Yes, but I only remembered it after I found out. Juncheng, do you remember when we had that sudden typhoon during our school trip?
That typhoon suddenly blew me out to sea, where I drifted to a deserted island and met Zi, who came from the Mirror World to reality. At the time, we had no idea what was going on or what would happen later… In fact, everything was a setup.
Well, let’s not talk about things that have already passed. The key is the wind, right? That typhoon was indeed a bit strange. How should I put it, it came too fast. There were no signs before such a strong typhoon, it was quite strange.
“But when I investigated later, I found that the meteorological bureau had not issued any typhoon warnings at all.”
“So… did that typhoon not spread, and only happen ‘in our area’?”
“Yes, that’s right. Juncheng, you should know what’s going on by now, right?”
At that time, the wind direction was indeed very strange. I was about to run into the hotel, but a typhoon blew directly towards me and swept me away. Logically, the hotel was in front of me. Could the wind be coming from the hotel? Recalling further, the last person I saw before being swept away was…
It was Xinran, reaching out to me!
…It was like this… So there were already hints! Ahhhhhh!
“Xiao An, how did you know that Xinran is the Calamity of Wind?”
“I’ve seen her before, by your side in your past life. So, she should be someone connected to you by fate in a past life. Moreover, she belongs to the Three Calamities, and there’s some sort of mutual sensing between us. I think the Calamity of Water is probably the same.”
I see, the sensing between Calamity Witches. And Xiao An has lived for a long time and met my past self… Wait, speaking of which, Yu Hui also mentioned something about Xinran in one of her past lives… Ugh! I forgot something so important!
Given so many hints, I didn’t realize it. I’m an idiot!
Then I suddenly realized something and blurted it out without thinking.
“Speaking of which, you can finally talk to me properly now, although you still can’t…“
Xiao An rolled her eyes and threw my bolster pillow at me, meowing.
“Are you listening or not! If you don’t listen, I won’t say anything more!”
“Sorry, sorry, I’m listening, I’m listening, please continue.”
Cough, cough, cough. Perhaps it’s because I always notice strange things that I fail to notice important things.
“Muhu! Really, if you interrupt me again, I won’t care about you anymore! Well… also, the things happening around you recently have been more or less affected by the Calamity of Wind.”
“Hmm? Is that so? But there hasn’t been any strong wind recently.”
“I’m not talking about wind in the physical sense. Although we can directly interfere with such natural phenomena, it’s not just like that. You see, besides manipulating water, the Calamity of Water also has other special abilities, right?”
I glanced at Lan, and she smiled back at me.
Besides manipulating water… Time backtrack!
Yes, as long as there is enough Destiny Power, time can flow backward! And Lan can use water to substitute souls to control inorganic matter, she’s incredibly powerful.
“The Calamity of Wind can not only control the wind but also influence ‘the occurrence of events’. Don’t you think more and more things have been happening recently? And other Masters of Destiny have appeared around you, all coming for you… That’s because you’ve become the ‘eye of the storm’.”
The eye of the storm, the center. This means that the recent events are all influenced by Xinran.
Xinran, you’re setting me up…
No wonder I’ve been receiving strange missions frequently lately.
“That’s terrible… Wait, Xinran hasn’t fully awakened yet, has she?”
“Yes, it’s only an incomplete awakening. She hasn’t realized her abnormality and is just using it unconsciously.”
“She can cause such phenomena just by using it unconsciously? That’s amazing!”
“Destiny itself is like this: the closer it is to ‘one’, the stronger it is. The Three Calamities are already the second strongest destinies in descending order.”
Yang Shifan’s Blessed Witch-like ability doesn’t seem as outstanding. I originally thought every Blessed Witch was a character with super high destructive power, but his Blessed Witch can only grant him some personal buffs.
Although it can even add buffs like resurrection, it still feels not strong enough, right?
Lianbing, as the Calamity of Death, can make him die countless times.
“So, unfortunately, this time the target for攻略 (conquest/winning over) isn’t me, but Little Sister Jiang?”
“Haa… Fine, I accept my fate.”
So, I still have to go down the path of German orthopedics…
“Oh dear, feeling tired? I’ll comfort you then~ Although I’m already ‘conquered’, Juncheng, you can still try to increase my affection, you know. *Heheh*.”
Lan spun around in place, her skirt fluttering, and her halter-style panties looked very cute.
“And you can increase other stats too, like YL points.”
“You just said a rather startling word.”
“Think about raising slave-like girls. Just petting their heads to increase affection is clearly missing something. We need more direct contact to become closer, don’t we? *Hehehe*, no connection is as strong as this.”
What is she suddenly talking about… Sylvie?
Come to think of it, Xiao An’s current state is very similar. She always lives in my room and all her needs are met.
Although unlike Sylvie, Xiao An isn’t pitiful at all. She has no respect for me whatsoever, and she dislikes me. She always has a look of disgust on her face… Damn it!
Why am I keeping such a conceited loli!
“What rude thoughts are you having? Whatever, I can’t see the Calamity of Water, nor do I know what you’re discussing. I’ll pretend I didn’t see it. I’ve told you everything I can. What to do next is up to you to figure out, *fuah*~”
Xiao An jumped off the bed, scratching her stomach as she took a can of “Otaku Happiness Water” from the mini-fridge I bought her, then returned to the “lazy chair” I bought her, ate some potato chips, turned on the “Fourth Princess”, and began her adventure in the Southernmost Land.
…All right, let’s continue our discussion. Lan, you wouldn’t have said that the key this time lies with Xinran and Keling if you didn’t know this, would you? Speaking of Lianbing… she shouldn’t know either.
“Little Bingbing, she actually thinks similarly to me. Even if there are differences in the amount of information, the ending and the methods used are not much different.”
“So, we need to make Xinran awaken first… How do we do that specifically?”
“Hehehe, it’s already in progress. Recall, Juncheng, what was the trigger for Little Bingbing’s awakening, and the awakening of other Calamity Witches?”
In the underground… and a few times afterward…
“My death.”
Lan snapped her fingers and pointed at me.
“Yes, more accurately, it was ‘stimulation’. Because they directly witnessed Juncheng’s death, a strong desire caused Destiny Power to surge.”
“Uh, does that mean I have to die this time too…?”
If it’s for Xinran, I don’t mind dying… but that’s not allowed. I can’t die.
“No need. I said ‘stimulation’ just now, didn’t I? Anything that can stimulate her will do.”
“Oh, oh!”
“Then we need to know what she wants… Let me test you, Juncheng, what do you think Younger Sister Xinran wants?”
She never really said what she wanted since we were kids. We’re a pair of Buddhist siblings with no desires.
And even if she wanted something, Xinran wouldn’t say it. She would just silently… Hmm?
Is there really nothing?
No, what she wants is obvious. Am I an idiot?
“…It’s me.”
SF Light Novel
She wants me.
“Bingo~ Good. Good.”
“That was a pointless conversation. *Hehehe*, Juncheng, you’ve really grown. You’re less obtuse now and are slowly becoming a Casanova.”
“Ah… I don’t feel happy about that.”
This means I’m really turning into a scumbag.
“Hehehe, Younger Sister Xinran wants you the most, which is why you’ve become the center of events. Have you ever found it strange? Why did Li Nai propose such a strange condition?”
“It was indeed ve—”
“Women are selfish and malicious. If they can’t succeed themselves, they’ll fulfill others. Such naive ideas are impossible. Even for Li Nai, I don’t think she’s that kind.”
“Could it be that this is also Xinran…”
“Exactly. It’s precisely because she wishes for things to ‘become like that’ that events have unfolded this way. This is her own wish.”
“Which is Destiny Power.”
Does that mean Li Nai was also influenced?
So, Xinran is the root of everything, the cause.
“Of course, it can’t happen directly, so it has to be achieved through many indirect influences.”
As Lan said this, she suddenly leaned forward, getting close to my face. Our eyes met.
“Ren… we absolutely cannot let her succeed.”
“…”
“We must make her even more desperate, make her feel like she will never get you.”
“Is this the stimulation?”
“Yes, and to deepen this stimulation, Juncheng, you must now go and night-attack Younger Sister Keling~”
Lan said with a smile, while I was completely bewildered and my brain crashed again.
“…Huh.”
Although my EQ has improved, I’m sorry, my ability is limited. This mind jump is too much…
Why do I have to night-attack Keling to stimulate Xinran!
What kind of routine is this!
