[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-a-core-ship-from-the-start":3,"chapter-a-core-ship-from-the-start-a-core-ship-from-the-start-chapter-291":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","A Core Ship From The Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1603650,2072,"Chapter 291 - 232: Surprisingly Strange_1","a-core-ship-from-the-start-chapter-291",291,"\u003Cp>Chapter 291: Chapter 232: Surprisingly Strange_1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the guidance of Ann, Duanmu Huai arrived at the prison to see the girl who was accused of being a succubus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was a beautiful girl with long golden hair and a slender figure, with burgundy eyes. She looked incredibly enchanting. Hmm…just judging by her appearance, it wouldn’t be difficult to enchant a few men. According to the previous investigation results, this miss was called Kristin, a merchant’s daughter in Manaria. Though she was about the same age as Ann, she couldn’t attend the magic academy because she lacked magical power. Instead, she went to a regular school and helped with family matters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did such a young lady end up mingling with a group of noblemen’s sons?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, when Duanmu Huai began interrogating her, the answer shocked him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not in a romantic relationship with them. In fact, they just paid me to play the role of another woman.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uhh…what do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In essence, they all fancied a lady from a noble family, but they didn’t dare approach her. They referred to her as their goddess. I happen to resemble her, so they paid me to serve as her substitute.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to this young lady, her daily job involved dressing like that noble girl and hanging out with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For instance, accompanying them to work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or going shopping with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or dining with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterwards, they would pay her a large sum of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Honestly, I considered being a bit more accommodating, considering the generous payments. However, whenever I got close, they would push me away, declaring ‘Don’t deceive yourself. You’re just her stand-in. I won’t fall for you. My body and heart will forever belong to her’……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How can you bear this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s unacceptable about it? As a merchant, you deal with all sorts of strange customers. Even if their attitudes are unpleasant, they pay in pure gold and silver. So long as I play the part they want, there’s no harm. It’s just words and no physical touching, and I get paid handsomely. Isn’t it great?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Well………”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having heard her side of the story, both Duanmu Huai and Ann were bewildered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So they give you money, ask you to impersonate someone else, buy you clothes and gifts, accompany you to meals, but don’t touch you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yep, where would you find such good clients? Hence, I might have gotten a tad greedy and thought if I planned my time well, I could earn even more money……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon saying this, Kristin spread her hands helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As a result, it turned out this way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why on earth would they do this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How would I know what you men think?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I apologize, I too can’t fathom what these idiots are thinking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Kristin’s response, Duanmu Huai was left speechless. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Ann beside him who clutched her head, as confused as he was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Duanmu Huai quickly noticed a discrepancy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait a minute, by your account they couldn’t care less about you. Yet, why would they fight for you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I have no idea. I was originally accompanying one of them to a dance. But at the entrance, we bumped into the other four. They were in shock, staring at me as if I was being unfaithful. They confronted me, and then they started fighting……”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kristin shrugged nonchalantly as she spoke; Duanmu Huai knew too well what she meant. In Kristin’s view, this was more or less equivalent to a cosplay work. She dressed up as a doll according to the men’s requests, accompanied them for a while, and then got paid. To her, this was a straightforward transaction. As they treated her so coldly, she never expected they would get into a fight over her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was utter nonsense according to Kristin. There were no ulterior motives, she just wanted their money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn’t it just a transaction since both sides are willing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the questioning session with Kristin, Duanmu Huai and Ann went on to interrogate the noble sons. Their responses were surprisingly consistent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That woman, despite taking my money, flirted with other men. She’s not the woman I expected. Indeed, she’s just a substitute. Despite the similar appearance, she is inherently different! She’s not as kind, innocent, cute, beautiful, pure as her, not as…… In short, I must have been blind. Yes, it’s that woman’s fault!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all agreed on this, believing Kristin had betrayed them. They were influenced by some spell when they fought in public, thinking they were tricked by a succubus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I really can’t take them anymore!”\u003C\u002Fp>",764,"2026-06-06T09:53:48.638Z",1,"novelbin.me","3950e32e6a7be9688279db82096a5c64e4e207c3e4d3dee698d313ba1596494a","a-core-ship-from-the-start-chapter-292","a-core-ship-from-the-start-chapter-290",2580,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fa-core-ship-from-the-start-cover.jpg"]