To the Hotel, Then Let's Get a Room (1)

Norma took a deep breath and opened the window; at least there was some fresh air outside... Looking at the dirty blankets on the bed, which emitted a nauseating, strange smell, Norma finally lay down on the bed and pulled the blankets over half of her body.

She was really exhausted.

These days I've hardly had a moment to stop and rest.

Even while sleeping, Norma still held her magic wand.

Norma wanted to rest quietly, but that was destined to be impossible.

Just past midnight, a rustling sound suddenly came from Norma's room door, and the rusty lock that had worked hard for who knows how many years began to turn automatically.

A few seconds later, a crisp cracking sound was heard.

The door lock was open.

Norma suddenly opened her eyes on the bed. Her face was deathly pale, and she instinctively curled up at the head of the bed.

She was clearly a very powerful magician, but her extremely timid personality prevented her from unleashing her true potential. Even her mentor, Anthony, said that if Norma could one day overcome her inner obstacles and break free from her shadows, her achievements would surpass his.

But at this moment, all she felt was fear, and she longed for someone to appear and help her.

With a creak, the door was pushed open, and several burly, rough men appeared in the doorway... no, not just several, but more than a dozen, and even a few distorted figures could be seen outside the door.

It's rare to see such a beautiful girl in the Commoners' District... Her delicate skin and exquisite features clearly indicate she was once a noblewoman... But they weren't afraid.

Being a noblewoman in the past doesn't mean she's still a noblewoman now... If this girl still held a noble status, she would absolutely not be living in a place like the Sunset Residence.

She appears to be a magician, but her strength is definitely not very high. Powerful magicians are practically arrogant, they wouldn't be as timid and fearful as this girl. Most importantly, that magic wand in her hand... is that thing some kind of branch broken off from a tree?

That's something even beginners wouldn't bother using.

Therefore, to these ordinary people, Norma's situation was quite obvious.

This is just a poor girl who was once a noblewoman, but was stripped of her noble status for some reason and became a commoner. She carries a wooden stick and pretends to be a magician, hoping that she will not be violated.

Even if she possesses some magical knowledge, she probably won't be very strong.

Low-level mages are weak in combat; at worst, they might take a small fireball, which these grown men could easily handle, especially since some of them had even been mercenaries.

Dealing with a girl like that would be a piece of cake.

There might be some risks, but it's entirely within my means... After all, opportunities to enjoy such a beautiful girl like this are rare, and if I miss this chance, I'm afraid I'll never have another one in my life.

A group of men, their dirty hands rubbing themselves and strange smiles on their faces, walked into the room step by step. They were slightly surprised that Norma was awake, but they didn't think much of it and approached Norma.

Norma gripped her magic wand tightly. "You... don't come any closer, don't come any closer, this is my room..."

Karthus, where are you?

Please, please save me.

Norma called out to him in her heart, but unfortunately, Karthus could not hear her voice. Even if he could, given Karthus's current condition, he would probably be powerless to help.

"Don't be so scared. It's too dangerous for a girl like you to live alone. Let your brothers protect you..." A man who looked much older than his age said shamelessly, his yellowish-white tongue tracing his lips. He was already losing control. "Of course, you should also repay your brothers a little..."

They are commoners... but they don't behave much better than nobles when it comes to the weaker. Wielding their swords against the weak is what they do best.

The thought that this commoner woman had once been a nobleman filled him with even greater excitement.

The man at the front could no longer contain his excitement. He suddenly let out an excited howl, spread his dirty arms like a baboon, and pounced on Norma, who was huddled in the corner.

That sight terrified Norma, who couldn't help but let out a piercing scream.

He unconsciously swung his magic wand once.

The next moment...

Hiss hiss hiss hiss...

Strange noises filled the room.

Ripples of jagged earth spikes spread out in front of Norma like festering wounds.

In an instant, the entire room was completely filled with soil spikes.

The poor man who charged at the front was pierced by six or seven spikes, his head, neck, chest, abdomen, and thighs... Bright red blood dripped down his body.

His body convulsed like a dried-up piece of meat hanging in mid-air.

His eyes were bloodshot, and his body convulsed violently, clearly indicating he was going to die.

Not only those at the forefront, but all seven men who entered the room met the same fate: the floor of the room was covered in a pool of blood, and the pungent smell of blood was rapidly spreading.

Those outside the room turned pale upon seeing this scene; their bodies trembled uncontrollably, their faces filled with terror.

Who would have thought this girl possessed such powerful magical abilities?

In particular, she didn't even chant any incantations?

When had those civilians ever witnessed such power? They were all terrified. The three people remaining outside the door screamed in fear almost simultaneously and turned to run away.

Norma was left alone in the room, trembling.

"Norma, you are too weak. You should be stronger."

Norma made a sound, and then she hugged her knees tightly with both hands, sobbing softly.

She wants to be strong, but... it's really hard for her.

Even at a very young age, and without any guidance from a professional magician, Norma was able to communicate with Magic Power on her own...

She could manipulate the soil into different shapes, and control the stones to be stacked together... When she proudly showed it to her mother, the Magic Power went out of control.

The rampaging Magic Power transformed the soil into a giant clay figure, which sent the mother flying with a single punch.

The mother did not die and gradually recovered after three months of bed rest.

But the painful and fearful expression on her mother's face at that time was forever etched in Norma's heart when she was still very young, becoming a shadow that Norma could never shake off.

After discussing it, Norma's parents found an excellent magic teacher to help Norma gradually learn to control the amazing Magic Power within her.

Even so, the shadow in her heart remained, causing Norma to have an extreme resistance to magic.

Norma is unwilling to use it unless absolutely necessary.

The magic we just saw was used by another Norma.

The other Norma is like another consciousness of Norma...

She calls herself Gaia... the Witch of the earth!

Just as Norma was crying with her knees drawn up to her chest, a shadow silently approached.

His figure had almost completely blended into the darkness, with only a poisoned dagger gleaming eerily in the moonlight.

Chapter Four is here; that's all for today.

Chapter 168 Going to the hotel and getting a room (1)

When Norma was three years old, she couldn't even speak. Girls from normal noble families would have already started learning various etiquettes at this age, but Norma didn't. She just poked at the mud on the ground all day long.

Everyone felt there was something wrong with her. Her mother took Norma everywhere in search of Norma cure, from the most famous doctors and Church to even alchemists. The final conclusion was that Norma was born with a defective soul.

This is incurable; for the rest of her life, Norma will remain simple-minded and foolish.

For this reason, Norma was teased by other children from a young age, but Norma never argued back and didn't care at all; she just smiled foolishly.

Then, when Norma was six years old, she suddenly started talking and her walking stopped being so unsteady...

Gaia also separated from Norma's consciousness at that time.

Although she has returned to normal, the other children seem to have made bullying Norma a habit. Coupled with Norma's occasional self-talk to her inner self, she is still seen as a strange person by the other children, who laugh at her and ostracize her...

Norma was used to this; she still had Gaia, so she wasn't lonely.

Her magical talent began to emerge... until she harmed her own mother.

A cowardly personality is a result of these various factors combined.

Ever since she hurt her mother, Norma has harbored a deep fear and aversion to the power of magic. She learns magic only to control her own Magic Power and prevent herself from hurting others.

Norma had never seriously practiced Magic Power, but who would have thought that her Magic Power would keep increasing? Even her mentor, Anthony, was amazed.

Norma didn't want to kill anyone, no matter who the person was, whether they were a bad guy or not, or whether they wanted to hurt her... Although she knew very well that Gaia had only temporarily manipulated this body to protect her from harm, the twisted corpses in front of her, still bleeding profusely, still terrified Norma.

Compared to Rosweisse, Norma is perhaps more like a true saint.

Just as Norma was consumed by self-blame, and Gaia was comforting her, no one noticed a shadow silently drifting in from outside the window.

The figure, like a ghost, floated over without a sound or aura, and appeared behind Norma.

In his palm appeared a sharp dagger, coated with deadly poison, gleaming blue in the moonlight.

With a twisted smile on his ferocious face, he stabbed Norma in the back of the neck with a thin sharp blade.

Norma was unaware of the hunter's appearance behind her... and the so-called hunter was also unaware that he was being watched as well.

On the rooftop of a building a hundred meters away from Sunset Residence, Qin Chu Qin Chu against the wind, the night breeze rustling his clothes.

He spread his arms and used his Battle Qi to condense a sharp longbow, with a light sword formed from Holy Light resting on the bowstring.

The bowstring was drawn taut, and in the next instant, Qin Chu let out a sharp shout:

"Pseudo-Spiral Sword!"

Okay, actually it has absolutely nothing to do with it; it's just that Qin Chu wanted to call out that name.

He looks so cool!

Buzz...

The sharp lightsaber shot out instantly, tearing through the night with incredible speed, leaving a trail of silvery light in mid-air, like the Milky Way.

Just as the mysterious assassin's dagger was about to touch Norma's skin, Norma seemed to sense something, her expression suddenly changed, and it was too late to dodge; she only felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck.

The other consciousness, not being in control of this body, was also unable to sense the sneak attack from behind.

Just when Norma thought she was about to die, she heard a hissing sound, and the spiral sword pierced through the assassin's body.

A large hole was torn open in the chest cavity.

His body was like a broken sandbag, thrown away by the impact of the spiral sword, crashing heavily against the wall, and then pierced by the spikes on the ground as he fell.

Seeing the black-clad assassin who had been blasted away from behind her, and the dagger lying on the ground, Norma's face turned pale, and her body trembled violently.

"Hi, Miss Norma, how are you?"

A familiar sound came from outside the window.

Norma turned her head in surprise and saw the Hero standing outside the window, his hands gripping the windowsill, gazing at her with a gentle smile.

When Norma saw Qin Chu's face, she felt her heart, which had been pounding in her throat, suddenly settle down.

That face gave Norma a sense of security she had never felt before.

That was a feeling I had never experienced even in Karthus.

She gently bit her lower lip with her pearly white teeth, trying hard not to let her expression falter, but tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

She was saved by the Hero.

Qin Chu glanced around the room, his brows furrowing deeply. "Miss Norma, is this the 'nice environment' you described?"

"Phew, I really shouldn't have let you leave like that..." Qin Chu said with some regret, then turned and went into the room.

Norma felt embarrassed, after all, the place she was living in was so messy.

All her elegance and decorum vanished at this moment; she worried that the Hero might laugh at her.

But no, Qin Chu ignored the mess and bloodstains in the room, and simply walked over to the assassin, whose situation was clearly different from the other civilians. "Norma, do you have any clues about this assassin?"

Norma sniffed sharply. "It was probably my uncle who did it..."

There wasn't much surprise on her face, clearly indicating that this wasn't the first time something like this had happened.

Although her uncle has seized all the family's wealth, the title of earl still belongs to Norma... As long as Norma, the direct heir, lives, her uncle will never be able to obtain the title of earl.

Qin Chu removed the assassin's mask, and when he saw the face, Qin Chu stomach twitched slightly, and he felt a wave of nausea.

The feeling was like having a red-hot metal mask placed on the assassin's face, scorching and damaging the skin, and then tearing the charred flesh off along with the mask, leaving only the remaining appearance.

His face was uneven.

Everywhere there were charred, knotted patches of skin, making it look exceptionally gruesome.

On both sides of his face, there is a hideous scar that crosses the middle of his nose, forming an X-shaped pattern.