QT: Against My Will

389 7.13 – Hatched Chicken – War Of The Wickeds

Everyone already knew what a good ‘matchmaker’ Xuan Mu was, right? Victor’s ‘obsession’ with Bing Shi was partly because of his doing too. He knew how keeping the fragments of her dead soul alive was crucial for her comeback and he would never cross out a chance of having his wife back. Even at the cost of the high risk that came with it. Not every soul would agree to feed a foreign soul; it was not easy and also too dangerous to maintain.

Would the HQ ever admit that they had no idea how to grant every wish? No. Never. They wouldn’t grant it exactly to the last dot, but at least to a degree because when it came to unique souls, it was very difficult to trick them.

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“You all go first, I’ll catch up to you later,” Victor suddenly excused himself and sprinted down the hill. He felt it. His intuition was telling him she was close.

What could he wish for when he already had everything he possibly could? The Host, who was forced by the HQ to show interest in Bing Shi, suddenly ended up being forced to erase her from his memories. Suspicious much?

He wanted to keep Nora at first but then thought about how he could recreate his system, but not a soul. So just to annoy the HQ, Victor wished for the opposite they wanted, and that was to give him a fragment of Bing Shi’s soul.

Victor was never the type of person who would settle down with one person, not even a soulmate. There always had to be something new in his life, always. Truthfully, Bing Shi wasn’t the first and the last person who rejected him. She was just the first host he met. When he compared her to the deities that could live a thousand years, she had nothing much to offer besides her longevity. It didn’t take him long to forget about her.

Yes, the huge boredom he felt had a lot to do with his decision making. Wishing for a fragment of a soul was like having the ability to track it down across the universes. He didn’t expect that keeping a fragment of a soul intact would be so draining, but having an excess amount of power, he just decided to splurge it on something new.

Victor set up Nora to warn him whenever other fragments were close, and his system never reacted until they appeared in this world. Like a stupid hen, he nurtured the eggshell just for it to be snatched away, out of the blue, by none other than the hatched chicken herself!

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Each country was sheltered by a defensive barrier. The sturdy crystalized walls stretched across the skies, protecting the population from the dangers lurking on the other side. They came to existence by sacrificing the greatest Alphas of ancient times. With the shortage of Alphas, the human Betas had found their ground by developing the best technology.

The dawn came and the oblivious culprit Victor was painstakingly searching for was moving over the sidewalk cracks, counting the sound of the passing cars and the clouds in the sky. Seeing Victor running in her direction, Silvia stepped to the side to avoid a possible crash.

When Victor chased away the two systems, he abruptly yanked Silvia by her ponytail and teleported her into his space, appearing in a deep forest.

Silvia screamed out in shock, holding her hair, she was afraid he would tear them off together with her scalp, “Let me go! No! Stop, please!”

Victor promptly set her hair ablaze with his lightning powers, “Next time, think twice whether you want to poison Riley or not.” Why was he led towards Silvia again? This time, he would force her to reveal her secrets no matter what!

Silvia’s eyes grew wide and she screamed as best as she could until her cries gave way to tears, “I won’t do it again! I swear!” The fear hammering in her chest was quickly extinguished by Dai An, who took advantage of her mental instability to further take control of her mind.

Instead of crying in terror, the girl clutched to her scorched hair in an eerie silence, sending goosebumps up Victor’s arms. He ruthlessly showed her to the ground while letting out a cold threat, “I’m not as meek as Riley; expect to have your whole body destroyed.”

A tincture of smoke from her sides caused her nose to twitch, “Alright.” Dai An was in a bit of a rush so she picked herself up and showed the remains of her hair into Victor’s face, targeting his mouth precisely, “Here you go. Payment for my new hairstyle.”

Victor stopped her first in midair, he almost crushed her bones to dust as he felt how he lost his warmth in her emotional blizzard, “Who are you?”

“Your worst nightmare,” joking slightly, her eyes remained distant as she used little to no strength to interlock their fingers in a meaningful squeeze, “Next time, I will give you Riley’s corpse if your hairstyling skills don’t improve. They seriously... suck.”

He reflectively tore his hands away from hers in utter disgust, “Who are you?!” He asked again, this time with more pressure, strong enough to burst her internal organs, but the other person was like a zombie, unfeeling.

Dai An would compare moving Silvia’s body to driving a car within a game. Even though the car was halfway ready to be thrown into a dumpster, the engine was still going, barely. She tried to come up with a few words to describe Silvia and herself in a similar way, “Silvia LeClére, a suicidal sadist.”

“...” After so many years of anticipation, Victor was simply disorientated as he shook his head with widened eyes. Quickly recollecting himself, many thoughts passed by his mind. There was something viscerally freaky about the way she turned into a hideous monster, a vengeful ghost, not only on the inside but also on the outside.

+—- Author’s note —–+

If anyone is shocked by Victor’s violence, don’t look at it from the MC’s (BS’s) viewpoint but Silvia’s. She tried to hurt his beloved, and he has the right to avenge Riley.

So what we got here so far? Doesn’t Silvia reminds you of the female leads in quick transportation novels? The story portrays them one way and when we get to meet the actual person, we are like what the heck?

Bing Shi retains Silvia’s original character, she let Silvia be herself and is endangering both of them, by going against people like Victor and Riley, but why? Wouldn’t it be easier to befriend everyone and make new allies?

Remember, Bing Shi is no longer just a host, but also a god. You can see how she is slowly exploring other side of the spectrum, both dark and light, bad and good.

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