He Felt His Conscience Teetering on the Brink

Seeing him so frantic, Chrollo instead comforted him a little. "Actually, you don't need to be so anxious. Things haven't reached the worst possible point yet."

Although Xiao Ai had been affected, she didn't seem to be in any trouble at the moment. Otherwise, Omokage wouldn't have attacked the protagonist again.

With Omokage's ability, he wasn't capable of controlling two people at once. Otherwise, he could have simply controlled Xiao Ai and attacked them instead of running away.

Didn't running away mean that he couldn't control her, and that was why he had to flee?

Luo Ye thought of this as well and immediately calmed down.

Chrollo was right. The only reason Omokage could have fled so hurriedly was that something had gone wrong while he was controlling Xiao Ai.

Luo Ye wiped his face and regained his composure. "Where is she?"

Chrollo thought for a moment, his tone peculiar. "Mm, she said Grape Spider eggs tasted better with tea leaves, so she went to find some tea leaves just now. She should be boiling tea-leaf eggs now."

Luo Ye: "..."

Something serious had happened, and she had nearly been controlled by Omokage without realizing it at all. She had even run off to eat something. It was infuriating just thinking about it!

No matter how delicious those Grape Spider eggs were, they shouldn't have made her this obsessed, right?

However, when he thought of the egg Feitan had held to his mouth today—fine, he admitted that Grape Spider eggs really were delicious. It was normal for Xiao Ai, a devoted foodie, to be unable to control herself.

Not to mention her, he himself hadn't been able to resist. He had still eaten the food Feitan fed him, even though he had clearly intended to refuse before.

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