Free Web NovelChapter 184: Chapter 184: Gu Yuan’s Heart Demon, Triple Seal, a Phone Call from the Orphanage
In Wansheng District.
Gu Yuan was playing a Souls-like game.
With his superhuman reflexes, he cut down any boss he faced as if they were nothing. A game that took others a month, or even several, to beat, he was effortlessly plowing right through.
He had only been playing for two days, and the game was already almost over.
He was a little bored.
DING~
Suddenly, Gu Yuan glanced to the side and saw the screen of the phone on his desk light up.
He paused the game, picked up his phone, and took a look.
It was a message from a friend at the orphanage.
"Mr. Gu..."
"The children seem to have sensed your aura. They’ve snuck out. Did you know about this?"
A thought struck Gu Yuan.
He immediately used his powers.
He transformed his television into a Ghost Artifact that could monitor the world.
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With a wave of black and white static.
The game screen vanished.
In its place, an image of the orphanage appeared.
Under a dark and windy sky,
several mischievous kids were stealthily climbing over the orphanage wall.
Each of them carried a small bag, which seemed to be stuffed full.
The children worked together, extremely cautious, not making a single sound.
But what they didn’t know was,
on the second floor, a woman holding a bone flute was watching them with worry.
The children could sense the bracelet’s aura, and so, naturally, could the adults at the orphanage.
They just chose to turn a blind eye,
not knowing if this was part of some plan of Gu Yuan’s.
"It’s fine. Let them go out and play for a while."
"It’s no fun being cooped up in the orphanage all the time. I’ll be watching them. Nothing will happen."
Gu Yuan sent the message immediately.
"But... that being followed them. I’m afraid he will destroy everything," the woman with the bone flute replied.
Seeing this, Gu Yuan turned his gaze to the television.
He saw that after the children had climbed the wall,
a dark figure was following behind them.
The dim light revealed its strange, humanoid shape.
The figure’s hands and feet were bound by heavy, blood-red chains that dug deep into his bones.
There was even a shackle around his neck.
Beneath his tattered clothes, old wounds could be seen overlapping new ones, and bruises spread across his pale skin like a web of red and black.
Yet he seemed to feel none of the pain.
He was like a starving wolf, oblivious to pain, radiating the ferocity of a creature that refused to die.
The strangest part was,
the figure’s face was strikingly similar to Gu Yuan’s.
He looked like a younger version of him, around eleven or twelve years old.
If you didn’t know better,
you might have mistaken him for Gu Yuan’s younger brother.
"It’s fine. Don’t worry about him."
Gu Yuan replied.
This figure...
—was his Heart Demon.
Named "Yuan."
To be precise,
Gu Yuan had created a puppet modeled after himself.
It was meant to protect the children when he was away.
It hadn’t always been like this.
But one day, Lily went on a rampage.
To prevent Lily from harming the children, the puppet voluntarily shouldered all the malice she carried.
He also unexpectedly gained an ability.
This ability allowed him to peer deep into others’ hearts and replicate their negative emotions.
He could therefore empathize with them, entering their hearts to help them.
At the time, Gu Yuan was unaware of this. He was preoccupied with his own affairs and was rather distressed.
The puppet, wanting to help Gu Yuan, decided to reach out.
But when he truly peered into the depths of Gu Yuan’s heart,
he discovered that the negative emotions there were more than he could bear!
If the limit of what he could bear was a cup of water, then Gu Yuan’s heart was a bottomless abyss!
Although Gu Yuan forcibly severed their connection, he was shattered in an instant. Gu Yuan’s negative emotions poured into his heart, washing away all his memories!
He forgot everything, left only to bear Gu Yuan’s Heart Demon.
Gu Yuan had many ways to deal with this.
For example, he could have reforged the puppet and stripped away all the memories.
But he refused.
He wanted to help Gu Yuan, to try and resolve his Heart Demon, seeing it as a trial to overcome!
But how could that be easy?
The sorrow, suffering, and despair Gu Yuan had experienced, from his past life to his present...
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would be enough to make a Great Evil self-destruct.
For all these years, he had merely sealed himself away in darkness and pain, making no progress. Later, to avoid harming the children, he chose to bind himself with the heaviest of chains.
He had Gu Yuan place three seals upon him.
As for breaking the seals?
That would require the Unity Bracelet.
The children at the orphanage were terrified of this strange puppet.
He would often lock himself in his room, wailing and roaring in agony.
He was nothing like a normal child.
Even if a child tried to communicate with him, his blood-red eyes would make them cry.
The puppet knew he was too frightening, so he would only ever watch the children from a distance.
He must have followed them out this time because he was worried.
At this thought,
Gu Yuan sighed and put down his phone.
’I’ll just keep watching for now.’
’If things get out of control, I’ll have no choice but to step in.’
...
Eternal Night Manor.
True to its name,
the manor seemed to be eternally shrouded in night.
The women were deep within the manor grounds.
They could see the manor’s iron gate swinging in the wind, and the path was lined with strange, blood-red roses, each one the size of a human head.
A butler in a deep red tailcoat, his face unnaturally pale, stood before them.
"I am already aware of the purpose of your visit."
"Wishing to learn etiquette at Eternal Night Manor is an exceedingly wise choice."
"Relax. As long as you work diligently, you will gradually be refined. Even a little of our influence is enough to make the most vulgar person cultured."
"Now, is there anything you wish to say to me?"
Hearing this, none of the women dared to make a sound.
When they were first teleported here,
this Blood Race butler had mistaken them for intruders and had nearly attacked.
He had transformed into a sky-filling swarm of bats!
It scared Han Sumei so badly that she fell right on her butt.
Thankfully, Bonnie from the Corruption Country quickly presented the Holy Blood and explained that her husband was none other than Count Dracula, which finally put the Blood Race butler at ease.
"Very good. It seems you are sincere about your desire to learn."
"Now, I will assign you your jobs."
Seeing the women’s obedient expressions, the Blood Race butler nodded in satisfaction, his posture the very picture of elegance.
"First, Miss Bonnie."
Bonnie, having been called, pressed her thin lips together, her heart pounding.
To obtain that vial of Holy Blood, she had suffered greatly at the hands of Count Dracula.
She had thought he would be a polite Prince Charming.
Who knew he would be even wilder than her previous partners!
The bathroom, the wardrobe, under the bed, the kitchen...
Traces of the two of them were left everywhere.
What’s more, the more soundly her previous partner slept, the more excited Dracula became.
In his excitement,
he would even drink the blood from her neck.
Due to anemia, Bonnie’s legs were still weak.
After she had just handed over the Holy Blood, she had clearly seen the deep greed in the butler’s eyes.
’If he doesn’t give me a good job after all this,’ she thought, ’I’m not accepting it, no matter what!’
"My dear lady, because of your beauty, I have decided to make you a maid at the manor."
A maid?
Hearing this, Bonnie breathed a sigh of relief, a look of gratitude in her eyes.
The job of a maid was not only easy, but it would also allow her to get close to the manor’s strangeness, which was extremely beneficial for completing her mission.
Soon,
the other women were also assigned their jobs.
"You seem quite knowledgeable. You will manage the library."
Yamada Aiko nodded.
"Your figure is a bit... full. You can be the cook."
One of the participants flushed with anger and embarrassment, but reluctantly agreed.
Han Sumei crossed her arms.
She had no expectations.
It was always either cleaning toilets or sweeping the manor grounds.
And sure enough!
The Blood Race butler looked at her calloused hands and exclaimed, "What sturdy hands! You can clean the manor."
Han Sumei: "..."
Finally,
Yun Zhenyue was also assigned a job.
"There are traces of soil on your sleeves. You must know how to care for flowers and plants. The role of gardener will be yours."
Yun Zhenyue blinked.
Only then did she notice she’d gotten a bit of dirt on herself while watering flowers earlier.
She had to admit,
everyone’s job was a surprisingly good fit.
