Darling, Time to Take Your Medicine! Chapter 48

Could it be that he had discovered her true identity? If so, things would be rather troublesome.

Although Candice's strength had improved somewhat after studying the Skyfire Meteor left behind by Lord Horus during this period, she did not think she was a match for the Hero, Maritis, and that large group of Knights outside.

A flash of wariness passed through her jewel-like purple eyes. "Honored Hero and Knight, what would you two like?"

"A glass of Witch's Heart, thank you!"

"I'll have Witch's Hair..."

Candice gave a seductive smile. Her long, slender, pale fingers deftly shook the bar tools in her hands, and before long, a glass of scarlet Witch's Heart was pushed before Qin Chu.

Meanwhile, black liquid bloomed like silk in Maritis's glass. At first glance, the entire glass seemed filled with fine strands of hair—beautiful, yet faintly eerie.

Swirling the liquid in his hand, Qin Chu wanted to clink glasses with Maritis and then say something like, "A toast to your eyes..."

That should have been quite atmospheric.

Instead, Maritis merely raised her glass toward Qin Chu. "Bottoms up..."

Then she drained it in one gulp.

The next second, with a clang, Maritis collapsed face-first onto the counter.

She was already drunk.

This big sister's alcohol tolerance was still just as hopelessly terrible.

She basically got drunk the moment alcohol touched her lips, and once drunk, she slept.

Yet she still loved drinking...

Qin Chu had heard that the Knight Order even had a special wager for Maritis: whoever could finish a bottle of wine before Maritis passed out would receive a reward of one thousand Mana.

Even Candice was stunned by such an absurdly low tolerance. She looked at Maritis in confusion. "Hero, this Knight..."

"It's fine. She's drunk..." Qin Chu shrugged and replied lightly. If not for that, he would not have entered the bar with Maritis. He probably would have found some excuse about wanting to soothe his grief and drunk alone.

"Miss Candice, may I ask you a question?" Qin Chu asked with a smile.

"Of course... Cough, cough. Hero, have you mistaken me for someone else? My name is Catherine, not Candice..." Candice pursed her lips, her speech unconsciously speeding up as her purple eyes glanced around.

"Hehe, Miss Candice, there's no need to be so nervous. I mean you no harm." Qin Chu smiled and brought the glass to his lips. "I merely came to collect some intelligence on someone's behalf."

Candice narrowed her eyes. "Sorry, I'm only the owner of a small bar. I don't have any intelligence here. Are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else?"

Qin Chu glanced at Candice with a smile.

"My eyes pierce through a thousand years!"

This time, Qin Chu intended to personally exchange intelligence with Candice. There were more and more people around him now, making it inconvenient to act in many situations. He could not frequently appear in Horus's guise.

To keep Candice under control, the identity of Horus had to remain mysterious.

Besides, Candice was a smart woman. From Horus's arrangements and the Hero's actions, it was not hard to infer that there was some connection between the two. Since that was the case, it was better to take the initiative.

Qin Chu was not worried that Candice would expose him. On one side was the Hero, while on the other was a half-demon with succubus blood. There was no need to think about whom people would believe.

Moreover, he had more than enough ways to intimidate Candice and prevent her from acting rashly.

Hiss!

Candice sucked in a sharp breath. From the moment the Knights drove out the other patrons until now, this was the first time her expression had changed.

My eyes pierce through a thousand years.

Those were words Lord Horus had once said.

Women were always good at filling in the blanks.

She did not hide her shock. Her crystalline purple eyes were filled with admiration.

Why did the Hero know those words? Could it be that the Hero had also come into contact with Lord Horus?

Ah, as expected of the great Lord Horus! The Hero had only arrived in this world a few days ago, yet powerful figures surrounded him. The Holy Church, the Earth Mother Goddess Church, the Empire—forces from every side were watching the Hero. Yet even under such circumstances, Lord Horus had managed to take the Hero under his wing. He was truly incredible!

Her hands clasped together, and her body leaned forward slightly with excitement.

She really had not chosen the wrong person to follow.

In this world filled with darkness and despair, only by closely following Lord Horus's footsteps could one glimpse that faint light.

Candice glanced at Maritis, seemingly concerned about her presence.

"She's drunk. She won't know anything."

No one could wake Maritis from a drunken stupor.

"Hero, are you also one of Lord Horus's subordinates?" Candice asked cautiously.

If that was the case, then the two of them had to determine who ranked above whom first, right?

What should this relationship even be called? Since they both served under Lord Horus, should they call each other senior sister and junior brother?

For some inexplicable reason, her competitive spirit flared. Being called junior sister by a Hero younger than herself would feel rather damaging to her pride.

"Subordinate?"

Qin Chu gently shook his head and leaned back.

"Miss Candice, I think you may have misunderstood something. I am not Horus's subordinate. We share a very equal and intimate relationship."

Qin Chu added, "We're so close that we're like one person."

An equal and intimate relationship... Candice puffed out her cheeks, feeling a little depressed.

By that logic, did that not mean she had to call the Hero uncle?

Not junior sister—she was directly a whole generation below him.

Still, why was Lord Horus so close to Qin Chu? This Hero was clearly weak; he was not even her match.

Could it be that Lord Horus saw the Hero's potential? She had heard that this Hero was dozens of times more outstanding than the First-Generation Hero...

Looking at the little uncle before her, Candice was curious. "Where is Lord Horus?"

Qin Chu smiled leisurely. "He went to a very, very distant place..."

"Where?" Candice seemed extraordinarily interested in every detail concerning Horus.

That left Qin Chu somewhat baffled.

His gaze turned wistful as he looked toward the night beyond the bar, then slowly spoke two words.

"The Void!"

He thought of the prison within the Void and casually made it up, after all, he still needed to preserve Horus's mysterious and magnificent image in Candice's heart.

However, he had a feeling that one day, he would truly confront the beings within the Void, even though all he wanted was revenge.

Buzz!

At that moment, Qin Chu's head suddenly spun violently. In the next instant, his consciousness seemed to return to the endless Void. A massive spherical lump of flesh was covered in countless vertical pupils. Pairs of dark-red eyeballs wriggled as they cast their gaze upon him.

An indescribable gaze. Qin Chu's body immediately reacted. As his head throbbed as though his soul were about to shatter, countless eyes rapidly sprouted across his skin like parasites. Cracks split open beneath his flesh, and agile, trembling eyeballs stared at Qin Chu's eyes, every pupil overflowing with madness and chaos.

The corruption erupted once more.

Qin Chu did not panic. Holy Light blossomed with a gentle radiance, and the abnormalities on his body vanished in an instant.

Candice's face was deathly pale, and her entire body trembled. When the abnormality had appeared on the Hero just now, she felt her ears fill with maddening whispers, as though her soul were about to be torn apart. Her skin itched unbearably, as if those countless eyeballs might burst from her own body as well.

That was absolutely an existence she could not look upon, nor even listen to.

"Hero, just now..."

Qin Chu spread his hands, his tone calm.

"You know, we have always been fighting the mysterious and bizarre beings within the Void."

Candice's eyes held both terror and worship.

The Void?

That was a forbidden realm beyond the reach of humans and monsters alike. To her, it was an entirely mysterious and unknown world, yet Lord Horus could actually travel within the Void.

This woman had completely become Horus's little fangirl. She did not doubt Qin Chu's words in the slightest; she even felt that this was precisely what befitted Lord Horus's identity.

Even the Hero was the same. Just now, a being from the Void must have attacked the Hero. Though she had not even been the target, she felt as if her soul were about to be crushed. The impact endured by the Hero, the direct target, must have been hundreds or thousands of times greater than hers... Yet in the end, it was the light emerging from the Hero's body that dispelled the whispers in her ears.

This Hero was countless times stronger than she had imagined. No wonder he could become Lord Horus's companion.

She could not help murmuring, "What exactly is in the Void..."

"At the end of the Void... is the enemy."

Qin Chu lowered his eyes, continuing to maintain that profound and distant air. He curled one finger and lightly flicked the rim of his glass, producing a crisp sound.

"Our world is wrapped in chains."

"We are like the liquid in this glass, living inside a massive prison without realizing it."

Candice's body trembled. She felt that she had glimpsed a tiny fragment of this world's truth.

So the world she lived in was actually a massive prison. Then were the great Lord Horus and the Hero running about to break the shackles binding the world?

Think of all the life in this world, humans and monsters alike, fighting until their heads bled over land and wealth.

Compared to them, Lord Horus and the Hero were simply far too great, far too worthy of admiration.

Ah, Lord Horus, you are so captivating... Candice's cheeks flushed, and her eyes sparkled with little stars.

Huh?

Come to think of it, was this woman not going to question it at all?

I just made that up...

"Miss Candice, Horus is very busy and may not be able to come see you sometimes. So occasionally, I will be the one who comes to meet with you. If you have any intelligence, you can tell me. Understood?"

Candice suppressed the endless admiration surging through her heart like an overflowing river and took a deep breath. "I understand."

"If nothing unexpected happens, Ramon will attack Benson in three days..."

Time was a little tight. He had not completely subdued Ekaterina yet.

It seemed he needed to speed things up.

Qin Chu leaned back, set down his glass, and crossed his hands beneath his chin.

"Find a way to notify Ramon. Tell him that Rosweisse and Ekaterina will leave the Orwell Empire's Imperial City in three days to support Benson. Have him find a way to intercept them on the road..."

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Candice agreed. She secretly studied the Hero's face, but her little uncle's expression was calm and devoid of any emotion. She had no idea what he was thinking.

As expected of someone capable of standing on equal footing with Lord Horus. He truly had the bearing of an expert.

After a long while, Qin Chu drained the wine in his glass. "Continue monitoring the monsters' movements. If anything unusual happens, notify me immediately."

Candice nodded silently.

Qin Chu stood and placed a banknote on the counter.

"Wait..." Seeing that Qin Chu seemed ready to end the conversation, Candice suddenly spoke up.

The woman seemed somewhat hesitant. After deliberating for a while, she took a small box from her clothes and handed it to Qin Chu.

Qin Chu accepted it suspiciously and opened it. Inside was a necklace that gleamed with silver light, with a star-shaped pendant hanging from it.

"This is..." Qin Chu was somewhat puzzled. It certainly was not for him, considering this was the first time he and Candice had met in their true appearances.

"This is something I... Cough, cough, happened to find while shopping. It seemed very fitting for Lord Horus's temperament." Candice's cheeks flushed slightly.

"I originally wanted to give it to Lord Horus personally, but Lord Horus comes and goes without a trace, and Hero, you are very familiar with Lord Horus..."

"So you want me to give this necklace to Horus when I see him?" Qin Chu raised a brow, a faint smile lingering at the corners of his lips.

Candice nodded her little head repeatedly like a pecking chick. Her face grew redder and redder as she twirled a lock of long hair around her finger, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip.

As expected of someone with succubus blood, her charm was truly exaggerated.

Normally, she was already enough to make people lose their souls. Now, with that bashful and timid appearance, her charm was even more boundless.