Chapter 184

PS: The title of this chapter is "Three Red Hearts," but it is not displayed due to an issue with Qidian.

Damn it, even musical notes would have worked!

Revision/Addition: This chapter has undergone extensive revisions. — Heral Calendar, October 12, 4243.

Night, capital of the Frost Kingdom, Winter City.

In a room on the second floor of the Red Thorn Hotel.

Click.

Yun Mu followed behind Brenna, closing the room door softly and carefully.

The latter's body trembled slightly upon hearing the sound of the door closing.

"Hmm?" Yun Mu noticed Brenna's reaction and asked with sudden curiosity, "Brenna, are you not feeling well?"

"I-idiot, of course not!" Brenna was silent for a moment, then gave her a somewhat resentful look.

Her slender fingers tangled helplessly below her abdomen; she then looked away with a slight blush and said, "It's, it's just, that thing from before..."

"Ah."

Seeing Brenna's reaction, Yun Mu finally remembered.

The promise the other party had made to her when she had casually asked for a reward after providing the recipe for the Dundee Cake.

"This, this isn't good, is it..." Yun Mu said with some embarrassment.

"Hmm?"

Brenna looked at her in confusion, wondering what had gotten into this person today to make her become so cowardly.

"You were the one who started it, so why are you trying to back out now?"

She took a step forward, walked to Yun Mu's side, and teased.

"Cough, cough, it's different; the timeline has already changed three times." Yun Mu suddenly said something inexplicable.

"Is something wrong with your brain?" Upon hearing her words, Brenna reached out and touched her forehead in confusion.

"It's not even hot?"

"Stop it." Yun Mu rolled her eyes speechlessly, reached out to swat away Brenna's palm, and said sternly, "I am a man of honor; this bit of temptation cannot sway me."

"Get some rest early." As she said this, she stood up, took off her coat, and walked toward the hotel's double bed.

"Fine."

Seeing her like this, Brenna realized she truly had no interest, so she also took off her outer jacket and hung it on the hotel room's coat rack.

Yet, in her heart, she felt a strange sense of regret.

She always felt that things shouldn't have developed this way.

The next second, perhaps due to being distracted, a mysterious force tripped her as she walked forward.

"Eek!"

Brenna knocked Yun Mu directly to the floor; their chests pressed together, and even the sound of each other's heartbeats could be heard clearly.

Her silver-white hair scattered on the floor, brushing against Yun Mu's cheek and making her skin itch.

"S-sorry, I didn't mean to!" Brenna hurriedly propped up her body, saying with a slight blush.

"Gulp."

A sliver of bright moonlight spilled through the window into the dim room, making the young girl's silver-white hair appear even more dazzling. Yun Mu looked at Brenna's face, now mere inches away, and couldn't help but swallow.

"Cough, cough, I'm fine." She looked away, her face burning, and said.

"Hiss..."

Although she said that, when she stood up, a sharp, indescribable pain still radiated from the back of her head where it had hit the floor.

"And you said you were fine!" Brenna gave her a reproachful look, then took her hand with her own slightly cool palms and whispered, "Wait a moment, I'll apply medicine for you."

After speaking, without waiting for Yun Mu to reply, she took a box of medical supplies from the spatial item she carried with her.

As Brenna drew near, the sweet scent of blood flowing through her veins became apparent.

It caused Yun Mu, who originally possessed the 【High-Speed Regeneration】 trait capable of rapidly healing wounds, to swallow the words she had been about to say.

Sniffing the slightly sweet scent at the tip of her nose, an intense, bloodthirsty craving surged from the depths of her heart.

【Your status 【Scarlet Curse (Dormant Period)】 has changed to 【Scarlet Curse (Blood-Thirst Period)】.】 【Your bloodthirsty desire surges in your heart; your Path 【Desire】 points +2.】 【Your Path 【Scarlet】 points +4.】 Oh no, today is the tenth day since she last consumed blood; it is the day the Scarlet Curse triggers again. She had actually forgotten such an important matter! She needs to take out the Blood Brewing Bottle—no, it's too late! The craving for fresh blood, combined with the prey mere inches away, caused Yun Mu's sanity to collapse instantly.

Sorry, Brenna! She thought with a hint of apology in her heart.

Amidst Brenna's exclamation, Yun Mu tackled her to the floor.

Then, to prevent the other party from resisting, she pinned both of her wrists down with her hands and lowered her head slightly, revealing two sharp fangs.

"Hmph..."

Brenna let out a muffled groan as her brows trembled, but she did not struggle, allowing Yun Mu to lie on top of her and feed on her blood.

Clearly, she had already realized that Yun Mu was in the midst of a Scarlet Curse outbreak.

It was only a portion of blood being consumed; as a Third-tier Expert Transcendental, she could handle it... It's just, why did this feeling feel so strange?

"Ha... ah... mmm..."

Brenna subconsciously bit her lip, suppressing the moans in her mouth. At some point, the bright silver moon had hidden behind dark clouds as if shy.

And when the moonlight pierced through the clouds again and shone into the room, Yun Mu had already quietly released the fangs bitten into Brenna's neck.

【You have drunk fresh blood; your status 【Scarlet Curse (Blood-Thirst Period)】 has changed to 【Scarlet Curse (Dormant Period)】.】 【Your bloodthirsty desire has subsided, but this is only temporary. (10 days)】 【Your Path 【Scarlet】 points +8, 【Desire】 points +4.】 【Your Path 【Desire lv1】 has increased to 【Desire lv2!】】 【Desire lv2: Attack Power +5, Spell Strength +5; when you cast a skill, there is a certain probability of increasing the skill's numerical value.】 【Each battle (including at the end), you can roll a Dice to randomly increase the effect of the next skill cast or increase the harvest of loot.】 【Your Max HP +2, Attack Power +2, Spell Strength +2, Dodge +2, Speed +1.】 【You have gained the trait 【Language Affinity】.】 【Your words will more easily stir the emotions of others; as long as you wish, you can make a long-resentful worker beat their boss to death in a fit of rage at any time. Similarly, you can also bring salvation to a suicidal soul; it all depends on how you choose to use this ability.】

【【God of Greed and Lust Linfulei lv??? (Myth)】 favorability toward you +2.】 "Is it over?"

Brenna, whose face was somewhat pale due to excessive blood loss, asked Yun Mu, whose sanity had returned.

"Sorry, I just..." Yun Mu heard Brenna's words, suddenly snapped back to reality, and sat up from her with some embarrassment.

"Phew... I'm fine." Brenna took a deep breath and said with a weary expression, "But let's stop the playfulness here; I'm a bit tired."

"... Yeah, get some good rest." Looking at the other party's pale face, Yun Mu said with a sense of guilt.

She got up to pull the curtains shut, then lay down quietly on the hotel's double bed with Brenna.

In just five short minutes, Brenna, who was beside her, had fallen into a peaceful sleep.

The sound of the two people's breathing was all that could be heard in the entire room.

Perhaps because she felt cold from excessive blood loss, the already sleeping Brenna subconsciously curled her body into a ball. Yun Mu, who possessed dark vision, took this scene in, and after a moment of thought, she reached out and pulled the other person into her arms.

She hoped this would make her a little warmer.

Yun Mu thought to herself.

The night passed without incident, and the next morning soon arrived.

Yun Mu opened her eyes, and the first thing she felt was something pressing on her chest; then, as soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Brenna, who had been sleeping soundly, now sprawled across her chest, with a patch of drool even flowing onto her.

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Damn it, I am not your pillow! And my pajamas!

Yun Mu wailed in her heart.

"Mmm," seemingly sensing the movement of the pillow beneath her, Brenna opened her bleary eyes and looked at Yun Mu with a somewhat dazed expression.

"Aba aba, is it morning already?" She rubbed her eyes, then noticed the wet patch on her face and the water stains smeared on Yun Mu's chest.

"Ugh!"

Almost instantly, Brenna jumped up from Yun Mu's body and raised her arm to cover the traces on her face.

"I already saw it; what's the use of covering it up now?" Yun Mu got up and rolled her eyes.

"Get ready to get up and wash up," she said.

"Oh."

Brenna looked somewhat blankly at Yun Mu as she left the bed, then, remembering that the water stains on her face hadn't been cleaned off, she hurriedly got up and followed her into the hotel bathroom.

It must be said that Transcendents do indeed recover quickly.

After just one night's sleep, her complexion looked like it had mostly recovered.

This immediately eased the worry Yun Mu had originally felt.

The two of them finished washing up quickly, and Yun Mu left the bathroom, put on her clothes for going out, and placed her sunglasses on her face.

Just like yesterday, Brenna chose not to eat at the Red Thorn Hotel, but instead took her to a nearby, affordable restaurant she found at random.

And after finishing breakfast, the two took a Steam Taxi and headed once again to the street opposite the Winter Cathedral.

"Ha~ wait for me here for a moment; it should be over very soon." After stepping out of the Steam Taxi, Brenna forced herself to perk up and said to Yun Mu.

"Mm." Yun Mu nodded, not saying anything else.

She watched Brenna cross the street and walk toward the inside of the Winter Cathedral.

It was only after the other person's figure disappeared from sight that she silently began to observe the surrounding environment.

She wanted to see if anyone was secretly following them today.

And the result was obviously that there was no one.

At the very least, she hadn't discovered anyone.

It seemed she could only stay here quietly today and wait for Brenna to return.

"Good morning, Bishop Muse." Walking into the Bishop's room, Brenna greeted the other person and then asked, "How did your communication with the Lady of Dark Night go yesterday?"

"Good morning, Princess."

Bishop Muse also greeted Brenna first, then replied, "The communication went very smoothly; I think..."

"The Lady of Dark Night has confirmed that Bishop Land of the Frostfall City diocese has abandoned the faith of the Dark Night."

"However... He will not withdraw the blessing there for the time being."

"Is it to avoid alerting the enemy?" Brenna didn't feel surprised by this and asked with a calm expression.

"That's right." Bishop Muse narrowed his eyes and said, "As I said before, simply stopping this Evil God's descent is meaningless."

"We must hurt that Outer God named Scarlet so that His tentacles will leave this world for a time."

"Do we still need to find that Anchor?" After thinking for a moment, Brenna asked.

"That's right." Bishop Muse nodded and said, "Only by destroying that Anchor Point can we make Him stay far away from our world."

"The only problem is, we don't know if that Anchor Point is in the hands of Bishop Land."

"And if our actions make that Scarlet aware, He will inevitably try every possible means to hide the Anchor Point."

"Therefore, the operation must be completed before that Scarlet reacts!"

Pausing, Bishop Muse saw that Brenna didn't speak, so he continued, "I will accompany you to Frostfall City; because this incident requires a covert operation, I will not bring too many personnel."

"If things eventually develop to an uncontrollable point... That One will take action," he said.

"Phew." Hearing Bishop Muse's last sentence, Brenna was visibly relieved and said, "That would be for the best."

"Can you leave Winter City right now?" After finishing speaking, she asked again.

"Of course." Bishop Muse nodded and said, "I already delegated the matters that needed to be delegated yesterday."

"However," the old man chuckled twice and said, "You have to wait for me to go change my clothes first; if I walk out like this, I will be surrounded by Believers."

"That wouldn't achieve the effect of a covert operation."

Hm? Finally coming out! After Yun Mu stood on the street opposite the Winter Cathedral waiting for Brenna for nearly half an hour, the other person finally walked out from the main entrance of the cathedral.

And behind Brenna, she also saw an old man in plain clothing, as well as four... hiss.

Her Blood Perception ability expanded, and it was only then that Yun Mu felt the strength of that old man and the four professionals following behind him.

One Champion, four Masters?

Is this the reinforcement Brenna brought from the Winter Cathedral?

It is truly terrifying.

If you add Edward and President Sixin from Frostfall City, wouldn't that be six Master-level Transcendents, plus one Champion-level Transcendent?

Now that she wanted to deal with only the Master-level Scarlet Messenger Natavia, wouldn't it be as easy as pie? Wait, hold on, don't pop the champagne at halftime!

Had she forgotten what happened last time she thought things were in the bag!

She absolutely must not be careless.

Yun Mu thought to herself.

PS: Glug glug~ (End of chapter)