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 Chapter 3 – Desiring Lam (2)
 “I-it’s an attack! What the hell is this!?”
 The High Priest shouted and jumped.
 When he saw the poisoned needles in my back, he was astonished.
 “Who dares to do this to me, God’s highest servant?”
 I sighed as I straightened my tingling back.
 They weren’t aiming for him, who appeared to have misunderstood, but for Ian Weidross.
 Indeed, that was a logical assumption given that the High Priest has more enemies than Ian.
 “I’m sure it’s the work of atheists!”
 Terrorism by atheists was also a frequent thing, therefore he suspected it was true. That’s why the heir of Weidross led the Knights and even escorted the convoy.
 “God will not forgive you!”
 I wasn’t expecting this misunderstanding, it was fine with me. The more people who believed it was terrorism against the Holy Father, the better.
 ‘The more they believe that’s the case, the more Reid and I go off the suspect list.’
 While the High Priest was screaming his rage, I hurriedly scanned Ian’s body.
 Fortunately, not a single poison needle touched him.
 “Annabelle Nadit, what the hell is this?”
 His red eyes were filled with disbelief as he stared at me.
 “Well, it would have been a great issue if his Holiness had been injured, but for a swordsman, it’s nothing.”
 I replied rashly, not even looking him in the eyes.
 “There is nothing wrong with your body movement.”
 It was normal because I had already consumed an antidote.
 “Okay then, bye.”
 I hoped that now that no one had been harmed, this matter would fade into oblivion.
 “Aren’t you Annabelle Nadit?”
 I was ready to leave when the High Priest grabbed my hand.
 “I believe you came in second place in the past two swordsmanship tournaments. God bless you for jumping like that simply to save my life.”
 His eyes were gleaming. With deadly needles in my back, I answered awkwardly.
 “I just did what needed to be done.”
 “No, still this kind of favor…”
 The High Priest, who was about to retire due to his old age, was moved to tears and was unable to continue speaking.
 “I even requested that the Knights of Weidross escort me, and you, who had no obligation to do so, came forward and sacrificed yourself…”
 Because I was already lying, I spoke beautifully to bring it to a close.
 “I couldn’t stand still since I respect His Holiness very much.”
 As if moved by my words, he gripped my hand firmly.
 “No matter what, the temple will certainly repay you!”
 “I’m afraid I’ll have to decline, but thank you.”
 I felt it would be good if he handed me some money, but I had to pretend I didn’t notice Ian’s gaze piercing my face.
 “Then I need to go now…”
 I was about to disappear into the crowd again when Ian jumped from the black horse and snatched me up.
 “Something is wrong.”
 Due to his chilling words, a cold sweat ran down my spine.
 But I asked brazenly, my eyes wide open.
 “What do you mean?”
 “You, who had been quiet for days, suddenly showed up out of nowhere.”
 ‘Yeah, after remembering my past life, I stopped visiting him and acting aggressively.’
 “Let go of me!”
 I couldn’t think of anything to say, so I went ballistic and shook his arm.
 “And the fact that you went out of your way to help me.”
 In fact, it was not something I would typically do. So I pretended I didn’t know anything.
 “I-I didn’t actually help you! Don’t get me wrong!”
 But his gruesome words continued.
 “More than anything else, the strangest thing is…”
 His bloodshot eyes flared.
 “You usually say harsh things when you look at me; there’s no way you would back down so quietly. What the hell are you up to? Tell me right now.”
 I see! The most essential thing slipped my mind.
 The original me would have already spewed plenty of obscenities. I must not draw his attention to my sudden shift in attitude!
 It would be a disgrace if he discovered me due to my lack of attention to minor detail.
 “I tried to hold it in because I was in front of others…”
 But my attitude toward him has already changed. Ian did nothing wrong to me, and my desire to win vanished.
 I felt bad for swearing and shouting nasty things for no reason like before.
 Along with the memories of my previous life, I regained the sense of shame, dignity, and pride that I had lost, so I opted not to curse again.
 That’s why I threw an appropriate level of insults in his face.
 “I hope you find a cockroach in your sandwiches! And let ten doves shake their parasites on your head as you go down the street!!”
 Ian’s face had suddenly become horribly distorted.
 Aaron, the pink-haired deputy standing next to him, puffed air into his cheeks to keep from laughing.
 He couldn’t keep me for long since he had to keep escorting the High Priest’s procession.
 ‘Now, one obstacle has been cleaned up.’ I turned around proudly and blended in with the crowd.
 * * *
 Ian, who had returned to the Duchy of Weidross after being the Holy Father’s escort, sat lost in contemplation.
 Aaron, who came to give a report, grinned.
 “Mr. Ian.”
 “What?”
 “Are you thinking about Annabelle?”
 “Shut up.”
 “Seeing you saying such harsh words, I think I’m right.”
 His dark blue eyes were dubious. Ian refused to answer.
 Aaron was right. During the escort assignment, he only thought about her.
 There was another atheist attack on the way back from the imperial palace to the temple, so the poisoned needles were swiftly brushed aside.
 But Ian couldn’t let the situation go.
 It was odd. Given the angle and direction of the poisoned needle’s trajectory, it’s reasonable to believe it was aimed at him, rather than the High Priest. Which is even more strange when you think about it.
 Why would Annabelle endure poisoned needles for him?
 The poison wasn’t too strong for a swordsman, but she had so many needles in her back…
 “There are two possibilities in this circumstance that we can think of.”
 Aaron stood in front of him and spoke seriously.
 “First, she wants to steal credit from you, who escorted His Holiness, and shine…”
 “Rejected.”
 Ian, who was listening carefully to his words, responded immediately.
 “The High Priest is pleased with her, but not enough for Annabelle to rise to fame.”
 Aaron lifted his brows and continued.
 “Second: she’s concerned that Mr. Ian may be hurt and unable to play fairly.”
 “No way.”
 Ian shook his head.
 “Annabelle and fair play don’t go together at all.”
 “Anyway, don’t you appreciate it? Perhaps you should express your gratitude…”
 “Even if it hadn’t been Annabelle, I could have avoided that much.”
 Maybe, no matter how unlucky he was, he would have brushed one off.
 He didn’t need to be grateful because it didn’t appear to be especially poisonous either.
 “She hasn’t been here in a few days, hasn’t she? Perhaps she had a change of heart.”
 There was a brief moment of silence after those words before Ian shook his hand angrily.
 “That’s it. I don’t have to pay attention to her and just live my life as usual. Why would you be concerned about how she feels?”
 “I’m just really curious.”
 Aaron grinned and laughed.
 “Unlike usual, the last swear words she uttered were cute and specific… You should avoid doves on the street and keep an eye on your sandwiches.”
 “Get the hell out.”
 “That’s such a harsh thing to say…”
 “Why don’t you go and get lost right now?”
 He went to bed later than usual after harshly kicking Aaron out. Suddenly, Ian realized that the entire amount of time he had spent thinking about Annabelle in the previous 22 years was less than the amount of time he had spent thinking about her today.
 ‘It’s probably just a passing whim.’
 In bed, he tossed and turned. When he closed his eyes, all he could think of was Annabelle, who had deadly needles on her back. The visual impact was too strong to ignore.
 ‘Although she isn’t a hedgehog…’
 Her back, which had been pierced by many poisonous needles… Her back, which had vanished into the crowd, lingered in his mind.
 He eventually stood up and fetched a servant.
 “Oh, Sir Ian. What happened to you, why are you up in the middle of the night…”
 “I need to know if Annabelle Nadit’s body is in good condition. Particularly her back.”
 “What? now?”
 “As soon as possible.”
 He sat upright, arms crossed, and pondered as he sent out the servant.
 ‘It was simply a strange incident. I’m not going to have to do this again, so once I’m certain she’s safe, I’m going to completely ignore her.’
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 “Are you really crazy? Why would you do such a thing…?”
 “You should thank me.”
 Reid came to see me after hearing the rumors, but I replied harshly.
 I was totally fine since, in addition to swallowing the antidote beforehand, I had previously been treated secretly by a doctor.
 “Ian didn’t take any blows. He avoided all strikes thanks to his quick reflexes. That’s why I got hit instead, just in case I didn’t get wounded and was caught.”
 “How do you know that?”
 “I’m in second place. I’ve had a million fights with Ian. You might not be aware, but I am.”
 It was rather comfortable to be the Empire’s second-best swordsman. Because it was far too simple to deceive someone other than Ian.
 Reid, with his brown hair and brown eyes, looked nothing like me. He didn’t have the smallest aptitude for swordsmanship, so he couldn’t even wield swords.
 So it was easy to make him shut up.
 “Well, you won’t be able to succeed on your first try. There will be results next time.”
 Reid didn’t seem to have any doubts about me because of my previous enthusiastic talks about hurting and destroying my long-life rival.
 “This is our one and only chance to live a noble life. We must do everything possible to destroy Ian Weidross.”
 ‘Although we’ll be the only ones to end up ruined, how frustrating.’
 But Reid planned everything, and to mess it up, I had to persuade him to reveal to me his plan in detail.
 “So, what comes next?”
 When I asked a subtle question, Reid proudly responded.
 “The day after tomorrow, the hibiscus explosion we were discussing together, let’s blow it all up!”
 I sighed inwardly.
 If one of Ian’s nails were to fly away, we’d fly to jail.
 In the end, I was the only one who could step up.
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 One day, as usual, Annabelle remembered the memories of her previous life.
 It was revealed that she has been reincarnated as the second most popular character in a novel.
 She also did all kinds of bad things to the male lead, and in the end, she is the person who will end up in prison!
 ‘In the end, I’ll get caught. It’s crazy!’
 Anabelle begins to save Ian from danger by intercepting the conspiracies that were laid out one by one to prevent her impending doom.
 But in the process, she caught the attention of some unexpected people…
 “Oh my, that’s the spirit of chivalry our family pursues! I like that a lot!”
 Ian’s mother’s eyes began to sparkle at her.
 “Would you like to be my partner to the opera?”
 After saving Ian, the prince keeps flirting…
 “Ian, I’ve decided to quit being your rival and live a new life.”
 “A new life?”
 “To stop paying attention to a man like you who’s always up and down, marry a man with no character, and live a normal life.”
 “Who’s the opponent? And why am I up and down?”
 The male lead, Ian, keeps obsessing over me for some reason.
 “Why do you not talk harshly to me these days…? Do it again.”
 Everyone just seems to be a little weird!
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 This novel is also known as The Schoolgirl Secret Agent
 She is an international ace agent,An amazing doctor, God of Assassination, However due to a box she accidentally rebirthed and became an ordinary junior high school student. Weak and incompetent, That scum woman wants to put her head into the toilet. The gambling father, borrowed a lot of money and now they are being chased by loan sharks for debt? There is also a group annoying people in her life. The reborned Yunxiao sneers: I want to know how to write the dead words! She returned from the wind, high-profile attack, if people dared to bully me, they are courting death!
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 Song Yuan accidentally picked up a 5-year-old child.
 The child has bright eyes, chiseled features, and prideful demeanor. He referred to himself as “this prince” and his mannerism was wild, cool, and stuck up.
 “This prince will never eat such lowly food!”
 “How dare you flirt with other men behind the back of my imperial father?”
 “He insulted this prince and you sided with him? This prince will sentence his entire clan to death!”
 Song Yuan was very disturbed. The DNA test had confirmed that the child was, indeed, her son, but why did he act like he was delusional?
 More importantly, who was the father of the child?
 The prince was going mad from worrying; Imperial Father, if you don’t come soon, Imperial Mother is really going to cheat on you!
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 Lin Cha enjoyed all good luck in life before the age of sixteen. Her father was rich, her mother was a well-known pianist, her elder brother was a popular star and she was their little princess.
 But after her sixteenth birthday, her life changed dramatically.
 She choked on water, vomited anything she ate which cost more than ten yuan. There were Alipay malfunctions, the bank card password suddenly showed error as if God of Fortune was hostile to her.
 The delicate little princess had to fight to survive.
 Until one day, Lin Cha saw the famous school bully studying in her grade. Above his head were three big words in gold “God of fortune”
 Lin Cha secretly observed him for a while and determined that this boy was really the God of Fortune hidden in the world. So she brought fruits and flowers to him, and seriously asked, ” Can I touch your aura of fortune?”
 Min Jingfeng: “…”
 While staring at the aura of fortune, Lin Cha reluctantly handed flowers and fruits to him. “If not, maybe later.”
 The god of fortune vs the soft sweet little princess
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 Everyone believes Lin Zhao Xi’s a genius.
 Only she knows she’s looking back on years of experience in math competitions as a basis to “cheat”.
 Until one day, her idol quietly looks at her.
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 Time and space overlap, returning thrice.
 — The past can change you.
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 Wu! Eat your dreams!
 Shao Lingheng is the most perfect dish for Du Yan.
 Here is the perfect recipe for cooking nightmares, also known as “How to be a qualified villain boss.”
 Male lead: I will follow your thoughts and take away your power, just to keep you with me.
 Male lead: You hate this dynasty, then as you wish, I will ruin it for you.
 Male lead: If I can always haunt you after becoming a ghost, then I am willing.
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 It’s so much trouble to fill one’s stomach!
 As the only bloodline left by the Beast Boqi in a low-level energy plane, Du Yan, after awakening, fell into the tragic situation of not having enough to eat every day. Until he met Shao Lingheng, the movie emperor who was too deep into his roles and was troubled by nightmares every night.
 But you never know, the things happened were unexpected.
 Shao Lingheng: That man is the cinnabar mole in my heart, white moonlight in the sky. He has paid a lot for me.
 Du Yan: Wait, are we not on the same channel?
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 Fu Yao’s father, Fu Chengyan, has been vegetative for more than ten years and suddenly woke up one day.The doctor who witnessed all this sighed: People wake up, but they turn crazy!
 Fu Chengyan, who had been in the cultivation world for two thousand years, went back to his own world. When he saw her daughter again, he found her with short hair, possessing very old clothes, and having a pitiful look due malnutrition.
 Feeling guilty, Fu Chengyan wanted to know her daughter’s true thoughts in order to compensate her. He then read her inner world with mind reading.
 “It’s was not easy to raise myself already, and now I have to raise a dad with a brain problem… My life is too difficult.”
 “It seems that the scholarship I am receiving is not enough.”
 “It’s better to sell the first place in the school to that person.”
 “Isn’t the second-placer a silly girl? Let’s sell the second-place to the third-placed silly girl also…”
 “How much was the prize for the oral English contest?”
 “Although Dad has a problem with his brain, he still looks so handsome. Is the rich woman next door still thinking about him? How…”
 Fu Chengyan: Thank you for being a filial daughter!
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 This is the story of the Phoenix Vidyarāja and a Grand Demon just awakened from Hell.
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 On the ancient battlefield, two armies were standing in stalemate. On one side were the Vajras, the Arhats, the Gods and the Buddhas from the Realm of Gods. On the other side were all the of monsters and demons from the Blood Sea in Hell.
 The personification of that Grand Demon leaped forward, holding a long sword across his chest. He flew across the battlefield, insolently cutting in halves the eleven Phoenix Bone Arrows, each of which was enough to destroy the world.
 Then, he arrived in front of the Phoenix Vidyarāja, who was standing high above the masses:
 “Your Majesty, please don’t move—”
 “I didn’t come for the war. I came to propose to you.”
 Phoenix was the Buddha’s inexorable doom for thirty-thousand years, while Zhou Hui was Phoenix’s redemption that could free him from the fate of his eternal life.
 After hundreds of thousands of years of endless light and shadow, this handsome yet devilish man finally emerged from Hell,
 To bring the Phoenix Vidyarāja away from the gandah-gajah Kingdom of Buddhism and the boundless lotus sea.
 “Let me follow you to that world. For you, I’ll be invincible forever—”
 You’re my shore after swimming across hundreds of miles of water. You’re my destination after traveling through thousands of miles of land.
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 A long time ago he made a promise on the ice field where death and snow were intertwined.
 Years later, Necromancer Burris worked very hard to finally break the curse of the ancient gods and let the imprisoned Skeleton King leave the Marsh of the Dead and return to the human world.
 As a token of gratitude for fulfilling the promise, the mage not only regained his youth but accidentally gained something else –
 A love story with a higher undead demigod, an infernal being?
 Yes.
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 Lu Li transmigrates into a modern world of Pokémon, armed with the wisdom of a hundred cultivation techniques—only to discover that farming is actually more effective than cultivating immortality.
 And with that, the Pokémon world starts to spiral into chaos.
 When Pokémon Breeders see energy cubes now being called "elixirs," the entire Breeder Association declares that Pokémon breeding as a field no longer makes sense.
 Ghost-Type Champion: "I once told him that my ghost army was unstoppable. He just laughed and said, ‘Ghost-types are still spirits,’ then pulled out the Myriad Souls Banner."
 Master Botanist: "I thought I was the best at growing plants… but even his Pokémon are better at it than me."
 Groudon watches in stunned silence as a Swampert—standing atop a Bastiodon—disappears into the sky.
 Years later, as Arceus awakens from its slumber and surveys the state of the world, it falls into deep contemplation.Show more
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 Ji Ling transmigrated into the world of a book and has become an 18-year-old aristocrat of the same name in the Interstellar Empire. In order to get another chance at life, he must play his role perfectly, love the Imperial Emperor without second thoughts, and act as an obstacle to the shou. He has to use his own sinister schemes to bring out the shou’s noble perfection.
 He worked hard to play his character… 
 Towards the main lead, Imperial Emperor, love without second thoughts and sacrifice his life for him. 
 Towards villain number 1, Duke, repay evil with good and get his cooperation in dealing with the main shou. 
 Towards villain number 2, Marshal, sacrifice himself to help both of them and get his cooperation in dealing with the main shou. 
 Towards villain number 3, Speaker of the House, give heart and soul to help each other to get his cooperation in dealing with the main shou.
 In order to deal with the main character, he used all available resources and gathered all available forces. Every time when the main shou was forced into a wall, he’d “fall short one step” and let himself be mercilessly slapped in the face. In the end, he was turned into a “victim of his own schemes”, becoming the scapegoat of the shou and dying to save the male lead.
 Just when he thought he could finally leave and enjoy a good life…
 The system said: The world collapsed after you died. Now sending you back to the initial point when you first transmigrated. Please do the mission again. Friendly reminder ~ both male and female villains have been reborn, please work hard and continue your efforts. The plot must be brought back on track. I have high hopes for you!
 Ji Ling had to do the mission one more time, just that … 
 Villain Duke: How could anyone not love such a cute little thing, hiding his soft heart under a pretentious facade? 
 Villain Marshal: He is not as arrogant and domineering as he looks. In fact, his heart is brighter and kinder than anyone else. 
 Villain Speaker of the House: You are my faith, my everything. I am forever willing to stand by your feet and clear your obstacles. 
 Ji Ling: You all shouldn’t love me. I love His Highness. I will always only love him alone! 
 Male Emperor: What a coincidence, I love you too. 
 Ji Ling: … I have a sentence ****, and I must say it now.
 # ML and villains are fighting for me every day, and I just want to retire and go home. #
 1V1，HE。
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 “Is this really a f*cking cannon fodder counterattack system???” Zhou ZiRuo transmigrated into a game and became a shapeshifting, cannon fodder, baby fox demon.
 As a new (male) fox demon, he thought his task was only to counterattack the gold-fingered, peerless, super explosively cool, iceberg protagonist.
 But why did the iceberg protagonist seem like he was possessed by a death god, with NPCs dropping dead left and right everywhere he went?
 Why must he help the protagonist investigate the incidents or else the counterattack percentage would fall through the floor, leading to his death?
 As Zhou ZiRou wearily investigated the supernatural cases, at the same time, he walked down the grand path of counterattacking the protagonist and kicking him to the curb.
 Yet no one knew that under the iceberg protagonist’s calm and proper exterior was a heart that was both kuudere and wicked.
 System: Congratulations! The counterattack was successful!
 Zhou ZiRou: You motherf*cker, you never said that I’d counterattack into the role of the female lead ahhh!!!
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 Li Xiandao obtained the ancient Bank of the Universe but now the bank was totally empty and had no treasures at all. The only thing it had were a bunch of debts. 
 – The Eternal Celestial King, borrowed a supreme celestial artifact and will pay back two pieces after 3,000 years. He will pay an additional piece for every 1,000 years after the expiry date! 
 – Moon Celestial, loaned a high-quality face, returned after 10,000 years. If overdue, she will pay with her life! 
 -Time Immemorial Sage loaned 10,000 years in life from the Bank of the Universe in order to break through. After he breaks through, he will pay back 10,000 years. If late, he must pay back ten times the amount! 
 Li Xiandao looked at these debts and at the empty Bank of the Universe. He made his mind up to become a true expert, to find all these supreme beings to get back the overdue debts one by one! 
 A powerless mortal had became the biggest creditor in the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and even the entire Celestial World!
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