[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu":3,"chapter-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-674":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I'm a Forest Warden—Why Am I Enslaving a Succubus?",{"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},2329718,4555,"Chapter 674: A Week and the Newspaper","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-674",674,"\u003Cp>Shiying Town, Xin Lank Street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outdoor tables and chairs outside the “Sophia Afternoon Tea” shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under a beige sunshade, Luo De lounged with one leg crossed over the other, sipping black tea and reading the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally wore a precisely tailored black maid’s outfit today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The skirt flared gently without being excessive; the fitted corset hugged her waistline tightly, accentuating her slender, barely-there waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A white ruffled apron tied at the front did not hide her figure—instead, its layered folds heightened the prominence of her chest’s contours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She adhered to the elegant maid persona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refilling her master’s tea, she cut a small piece of cheesecake with her own fork and offered it with a look of tender affection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master, ah—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De opened his mouth and bit down; the texture was smooth and soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm, Lily’s recommended shop really is good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Tally stared longingly at the fork still dusted with cake crumbs, grinning foolishly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Master’s saliva paired with cake? Perfect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she licked it clean greedily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De ignored her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The street was nearly empty, even though today was the rare Hunting Festival—most people had the day off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had all come after a week of intense preparations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The peace concert by the superstar Cloud Sprite begins tonight at seven, and nearly everyone with free time has gone to Coral Bay to join the crowd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the owner of “Sophia Afternoon Tea” was among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After serving Luo De his tea and pastries, she was dragged off by a group of excited friends, leaving only the keys and a plea for him to lock up after finishing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De shook the newspaper lightly—he didn’t care much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A week isn’t long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the trivial events have been plenty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the Banshee Krista, for reasons unknown, had suddenly contacted the superstar Lila Starwhisper’s team, claiming she wished to perform as a special guest at the concert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who know, know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The undead lady was envious of the concert’s popularity and profit potential, and foolishly tried to ride the superstar’s coattails.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And since Luo De had recently retrieved Lila Starwhisper unharmed after her escape,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her agent, Camille, had been desperately searching for someone to thank—and now, Krista’s move led her to mistakenly believe this was Luo De’s doing, and she happily agreed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, Camille had never encountered a Banshee before—these undead usually live in the countryside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Krista casually spun a few lies, Camille took her for a future singing sensation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the event schedule reached our head steward, the Arachne Elf Yuna, who swiftly intervened and removed her from the lineup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yuna reported this to Luo De, she patted her chest repeatedly, visibly shaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a close call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their master cares about appearances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If wandering bards learned that a Forest Warden had forcibly inserted his woman as a guest performer at the concert—and had her sawing-wood voice recorded on a recording stone—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knows what the newspapers would write about him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De himself didn’t mind much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he felt sorry for Yuna’s exhausted expression, so he immediately transferred the half-vampire Vanessa from the underground magic ring factory to Coral Bay to help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The half-vampire had years of experience and had worked in Bahadur—she likely understood social nuances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The missing factory workers were replaced by Lunar Luka.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite her erratic behavior, her strength and experience made her perfectly capable of empowering magic rings on the assembly line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, she used the rule of the Pale Corridor Maze—【Moon Shadow】—to create five or six shadows, greatly increasing the ring output this week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her appearance while working—muttering nonsense, grimacing—was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t sleep at all; voices from the underground factory echoed through the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t frighten Selena—but she terrified the Mind Flayer Hart, who was terrified of the Lunar Deity and would shiver at the sound of her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Word is she hasn’t slept properly for a full week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t frighten Selina, but it terrified the Mind Flayer Hart—he was terrified of the Moon Goddess and would shiver at the sound of her voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Magic Control Union’s 【Long-Distance Teleportation】 still hasn’t been restored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no secure sales channel, he could only sell them individually to familiar ship merchants and freight traders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lots of hassle, little volume.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no secure market for the magic ring, he could only sell it to familiar ship merchants and independent traders, one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De didn’t want to handle it personally, so he turned again to his old acquaintance, the Gnome Pete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gnomes are a race that thrives on boldness and starves on timidity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pete was thrilled, waved his hand, signed the agency contract, and set off without delay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was another steady income stream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The giant deformed Siren in the Monster Sea had been cleared out after a week of operations—results were good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to say there was no impact would be false.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the trade route connecting Shiying Town to Shanlun City had opened. This route benefited Shiying Town’s mineral industry—and Coral Bay as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was one slight problem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, the Harpy tribe’s chieftain in Eagle Claw Gorge seemed increasingly irritable, occasionally summoning storms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Travelers reported seeing the still-beautiful old Harpy chieftain perched on the mountain peak, gazing toward Sunset Hill—as if waiting for someone to arrive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De pretended not to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old hag was putting on a show—probably only doing it when someone passed by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That I, Luo De, let her use me for cultivation and took advantage of her? A scumbag?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she clung to me back then, she even begged me to visit Jin Along often—who’s really the one taking advantage?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De paused mid-sip of tea as he spotted the headline on the new section of the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>——《“Wings of Light” Launches Raid! Key Materials Stolen from Igo Church’s Xuan Shui City Branch! Igo Sect Enraged!》\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De, having just sipped his black tea, froze upon seeing the headline on the new newspaper section.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underground organization he secretly funded to oppose the Igo Sect—led by the former conscription unit commander Carter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo De never interfered with how Carter operated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just gave money, then checked their battle reports and Carter’s updates in the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tally fed him another bite of cake. Seeing her master’s serious expression, she leaned forward to look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? A front-page headline like this? Looks like the Igo Sect is finally taking this seriously~~”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her elbow rested on the armrest of Luo De’s chair; her swaying head brushed his chin unintentionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fabric stretched slightly, the back laces tracing her slender waist, while the low neckline revealed a faint, alluring shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Logically, Carter has exposed the Igo Sect’s true intentions multiple times—why have they never reacted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fabric stretched slightly, the back laces outlining a slender waist, while the low neckline revealed a faint, alluring shadow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“These public statements are too easy to suppress or dismiss as conspiracy theories. Few people take them seriously. Their original strategy was better: take out more Campbell family and Igo Sect hideouts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Campbell family are human traffickers—their targets are always near their hideouts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these hideouts are mostly in areas on the fringes of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Striking and rescuing helps rapidly build their reputation in rural areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, raiding a church feels unnecessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps there’s some important reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now their surprise attack on the church feels a bit unnecessary\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps there’s some important reason?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1245,"2026-06-20T19:55:32.419Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5f6864d90a8acc3a5d8d2b108b2262e3e9efc9e854445a94385323f043df8be9","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-675","i-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-chapter-673",704,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-m-a-forest-warden-why-am-i-enslaving-a-succubu-cover.jpg"]