Chapter 524: Are You Jealous?

Chapter 524: Are You Jealous?

It was simply because he was too awesome. So if his abilities and traits were leaked, he would be like an ordinary person carrying heavy treasure—who wouldn’t want to rob him?

“What a great start I really had!” Zheng Yichen said sincerely after listening to Annie’s explanation. Annie nodded in agreement.

“Indeed. Back then, if you had been captured by humans, or if you had encountered a witch other than the Cursed Witch—like me, for instance—there would have been no ‘then’ for you,” Annie said bluntly. “When we weren’t familiar, if I had discovered your abnormality, my residence would have just gained a new specimen.”

“Hey, hey! Anyway, dragons are considered protected animals, right? Is it really okay for you to say that? And can’t you think about my feelings at a time like this? Is there no problem saying things that lower affection points!?” Zheng Yichen was shocked. Were all witches this brutal?

“What do protected animals have to do with me? And didn’t I say it already? We weren’t familiar back then. Since we weren’t familiar, of course I would act according to my own whims. Or perhaps, if you had the ability to make me change my mind back then, it might have ended differently. But, well, it’s too late to talk about that now. After all, I wasn’t the one you met first,” Annie said with a regretful look.

After the Cursed Witch took the initiative, not only her, but even Irene could tell that Zheng Yichen held special feelings for Loris. These feelings couldn’t be replaced by someone who came later. As for Dan Marina, who always wanted to move up in position, that woman was still striving hard.

Them?

If it was to fix their own flaws, they would seek out Zheng Yichen when needed. Besides that, their relationship was basically above friendship. To have a relationship above friendship with a witch was already extremely remarkable. One could even say this was the only case among non-witch creatures.

Witches wouldn’t make friends with humans!

“Then I’m really lucky.”

“In a sense, yes, whether it’s the characteristic of your Otherworldly Soul or your circumstances,” Annie agreed with a nod. With Zheng Yichen as an example, those so-called ‘Otherworldly Souls’ that had appeared in the past could basically be ignored. Those came from Derivative Worlds, while Zheng Yichen was an Otherworldly Soul from an unknown world outside those Derivative Worlds.

Wasn’t that lucky enough? And even more fortunate was that after crossing over, he didn’t end up in some other creature, but specifically in an ownerless Dragon Body. Annie knew about Zheng Yichen’s past experiences. Judging from the fact that he came out of a stone and some reactions from the Dragon Clan, she guessed that Zheng Yichen’s body likely belonged to the level of an Ancient Dragon.

The history of Ancient Dragons dated back to the era when gods truly roamed. The most recent was over ten thousand years ago! However, much of that past history had become blurred. As for witches, compared to that era, they were special existences that appeared in more ‘recent’ times.

Only Dragon Bodies from that era were hard for the Dragon Clan to find substantial records of internally. In recent times, the Dragon Clan kept extremely clear records of their members’ numbers, even for stillborns. In other words, if Zheng Yichen’s body wasn’t a ‘stillborn,’ he might have been the ancestor of most dragons in the current Dragon Clan.

Hmm… these were some of Annie’s analyses and speculations. Whether it was exactly as she analyzed was hard to determine. She had examined Zheng Yichen’s body before. Because Zheng Yichen crossed over, this body had always been in a fetal state, so traces of time couldn’t be specifically detected. After all, time only truly began to affect Zheng Yichen after he hatched from the Dragon Egg.

The examination results showed Zheng Yichen was only a few years old… As for why his body couldn’t grow, it might be because he was too young, or it could be that his body had settled for too long and become fixed. After all, from breaking out of the shell until now, Zheng Yichen’s growth rate had always been abnormal.

Otherworldly Soul, suspected Ancient Dragon, perfect Cursed Dragon—with all these factors combined, Zheng Yichen couldn’t be described as merely lucky anymore.

“Actually, I’d prefer to have all I have now, plus a human form,” Zheng Yichen said, looking down at his own Dragon’s Claw.

Annie rolled her eyes at him. “How greedy!”

“Tsk! What’s wrong with being a bit greedy as a human? Alright, I won’t disturb you all anymore. I’ll go back to my own work…”

Returning to the Town, after that strange ordinary woman disappeared, Zheng Yichen came to his senses this time and didn’t see any new figure in the room. Having tentatively confirmed that there indeed was a Derivative Witch in this Town, Zheng Yi decided not to move from this spot. Of course, he also intended not to speak here.

He remembered Irene’s warning clearly. He really didn’t want to unknowingly synchronize his Soul due to the weird traits of the Derivative Witch. Even if it didn’t affect him directly, having a witch with the same nature as himself—even if she had no abilities—but who could steal his power through this synchronization was quite concerning.

Zheng Yichen’s powers all carried the traits of his abilities. Even when he used a witch’s power, that Mana, while it couldn’t manifest the witch’s abilities, bore the contamination characteristic of the witch’s abilities. If a Derivative Witch could steal his power, the consequences… tsk, this was a Derivative Witch related to the Undying Witch. Who knew what trouble she could stir up because of that.

“Huh? Sir Connor, what are you…?” Oro looked puzzled at Zheng Yichen, who was communicating by writing with his hand. Then he realized something and also took out a pen and paper. “Is there a problem with the Town?”

Zheng Yichen nodded. Oro drew an emoticon on the paper. “Thank you very much.”

Oh? This guy is quite playful too. Whatever, anyway, my warning had been given. What happened afterward had little to do with him. He just needed to wait for the person he wanted to wait for.

After Zheng Yichen left, the bodyguard man beside Oro looked at him somewhat perplexed. “So, you found out again… uh?”

Looking at the pen and paper Oro handed over, the man reluctantly took them. “Found out what again?”

“The Derivative Witch in the Town is a big problem. Perhaps she could affect us through our speech. (serious–)”

“…Can you not add these emoticons?”

“Looks pretty fun, doesn’t it?” Oro raised an eyebrow and added, “Honestly, I’m starting to regret coming here.”

“Yo-ho? You actually have regrets?” The man was surprised by what Oro said!

“Actually, I regret many times, regret provoking certain people.”

“I can’t tell!” The man added two exclamation marks after his written words on the paper to emphasize his tone, along with a vivid expression for aid.

Oro shrugged and quickly wrote a new sentence. “Of course you can’t tell. My regret is only about the timing of the provocation. People definitely have to be provoked. How else would there be pressure?”

“I think you’re just looking for trouble!”

“You got it!”

“Da…” The man nearly threw down his pen and spoke out loud. This guy was so infuriating, admitting it so frankly. What terrible luck did those you provoked have?

Back in his own room, Zheng Yichen knocked on his head. He forgot. Irene said not speaking was preventive for himself. For others, if they weren’t existences like witches or Saintess, speaking or not speaking meant the same thing. The difference lay in how long they were watched by this Derivative Witch.

Hmm, forget it, just consider it prevention.

Zheng Yichen took out the remaining two Compasses to look at them. One Compass had actually stopped working? He shook it hard a few times and couldn’t help but purse his lips. Okay, it really had failed. He actually didn’t encounter the 33.3% chance? So now it was a 50% chance. Should he open another thread?

Truthfully, Zheng Yichen felt a bit averse to this behavior. On one hand, making too many Alchemical Avatars felt awkward. On the other hand, he didn’t want to attract extra Derivative Witches. Who knew what bizarre abilities they had, like the one in this Town!

After contacting Qin, Zheng Yichen temporarily gave up on the Alchemical Avatar in this Town and shifted his attention to the Containment Zone. In the Containment Zone, the Isolation Camp where he was located had unknowingly gained a four-person Portable House. A four-person room wasn’t just for housing four people; it was also good for office work. Otherwise, the Church wouldn’t have ordered extra.

In the camp, the four-person room was a very good choice.

Originally, there weren’t many four-person rooms inside this Isolation Camp. But now, as soon as Zheng Yichen returned here, he noticed a new four-person room in the outer ring, and it was a high-spec version, even better than the one the person in charge of this camp had. Since he had nothing to do for the moment, Zheng Yichen, holding the book on Spatial Expansion techniques, came to the person in charge of the outer ring. The person in charge, whom he had contacted several times before, was packing some things.

“Hey, brother, where are you going?”

“Ah, it’s you, Sir,” the person in charge of the Isolation Camp said upon seeing Zheng Yichen, putting down his packing. “This camp has a new person in charge now, so I’m moving to work elsewhere.”

“Who has such a big presence?” Zheng Yichen asked in surprise. In the situation within the Containment Zone, generally, unless a camp’s person in charge died, there basically wouldn’t be such high-level changes. After all, things were like this here; there was no talk of position changes or promotions. After the Containment Zone disappeared, everyone would go back to their own work, and then rewards would be given based on merit…

“…” The original person in charge of the Isolation Camp whispered, “It’s the Chief Supervisor.”

“Okay, that presence is indeed quite big. Also, how arbitrary!”

The original person in charge didn’t say more and quickly finished packing. Shouldering his luggage, he left the Portable House. As for where he was moving to, there were related accommodations; no need to worry.

Behind Zheng Yichen, the Chief Supervisor was looking at him with a not-so-good expression. Turning back, Zheng Yichen realized why the original person in charge had reacted so strongly just now. Tsk, when the boss comes here, blabbing more would just be asking for trouble. And also, after having so many contacts, he didn’t even give me a hint!

“You talk too much nonsense!” the Chief Supervisor said to Zheng Yichen with a dark face.

“After inflating, isn’t talking more normal?” Zheng Yichen said with a slight curl of his lips. “Well, I have quite a few new designs in progress. Do you want to review them later?”

“…No need!” If Zheng Yichen hadn’t brought this up, it would have been fine. Mentioning it made the Chief Supervisor’s face even worse. “Don’t let me find out you’re stacking quantity for profit! Otherwise, you’ll have it coming!”

Zheng Yichen shrugged. “I’m so scared… cough Let’s let bygones be bygones. I’m a bit curious, what exactly is the reason you hold such a big grudge against me? Is it because I’m associated with witches? That shouldn’t warrant such resentment, right?”

There’s no love or hate without reason. Even if some people in the Church looked down on Zheng Yichen for being associated with witches, that couldn’t be called hate, could it? He hadn’t done any heinous evils that angered the heavens and the people, nor had he actively made enemies. So why hate him?

Because of the witch? Loris had always kept a low profile. Apart from the incident during her Awakening when her power went out of control, she hadn’t done anything particularly special at other times. So where did the hate come from? Because of the remnants from the moment Loris awakened?

That would be tracing back too far…

“Want to know? First tell me the locations of the witches you know, then I’ll tell you!” the Chief Supervisor said, squinting her eyes at Zheng Yichen.

“You tell me the reason first, then I’ll consider telling you, okay?”

He had always wanted to figure out this confusing hatred. If there were traces to follow, knowing the reason might not bother him. But this inexplicable one, without figuring it out, was like a thorn stuck in Zheng Yichen’s heart.

If he didn’t figure it out, it would keep nagging at him. So what exactly was going on!

“Hmph, you can just die together with the witches!”

“Hey, speak properly. What kind of thing is cursing someone? Do you really think a single sentence can actually curse me to death?” Zheng Yichen picked his nose. “What’s wrong with me being hopelessly addicted to witches? Are you jealous?”

“Get lost, get lost—don’t let me see you for another second!!”

The Chief Supervisor shouted angrily, grabbed Zheng Yichen’s shoulder, and flung him out. Yes, flung him out. When she grabbed him, it was like grabbing a feather. In that instant, Zheng Yichen tried to resist with his Alchemical Avatar, but the resistance was meaningless!

Goodness, this woman looked frail, but she was actually a tough character too. Was she this powerful?

The flung Zheng Yichen tried to regain control of his body. However, a force restrained his body, making him fly through the air for a while before landing face-first, grinding against the ground for over twenty meters before stopping. The visual effect was like in Dragon Ball… just missing a hand pressing his head against the ground for friction.

After a while, Zheng Yichen rubbed his face and stood up, wiping off the soil. He faintly heard some murmurs from Church members. The content?

By slightly expanding his perception, Zheng Yichen heard clearly: things like “his face is really thick,” “his head is really hard,” etc. Looking back at the deep friction mark on the ground, indeed, it was thick and hard… after all, it was a high-quality product he made himself. With Magic enhancement, this face of his could easily withstand machine gun fire head-on!

Speaking of which, even if he was addicted to witches, it shouldn’t have provoked such a big reaction from her, right? Which part of his final sentence had hit her trigger point?