Miss Witch's Devotion Has Gone… Twisted-Chapter 273: Cowardice

"Master Mentor, do you have any books related to magic potions? I'd like to take a look."

After returning home, Anna moved close to Loren's side. This was the first time she had shown initiative in wanting to learn, and Loren actually felt a bit gratified.

"Why the sudden interest in magic potions?"

Loren took out a book about magic potions from Scarlett's Life Thief space and handed it to Anna.

These books were all annotated by Loren himself. Loren's methods were more effective than those of those master potion makers, just like Harry's Half-Blood Prince textbook.

Anna's talent was decent. With the help of the textbook, she could learn quite a bit without Loren having to put in much extra effort.

"I'm just concerned about your health, you know. You always come back so quickly. It was like that last time when you went to Lilith's place, and it's the same this time when you went to find Cecelia."

"My health is fine, no need for that."

Loren pinched Anna's cheek and gave it a firm squeeze a few times.

"Hehehe..."

Anna giggled foolishly a few times, hugged the potion book, and started reading it next to him.

"Dodder seeds, goji berries, cinnamon, eucommia bark..."

Loren heard the medicinal ingredients Anna recited. He recalled what these ingredients were for—they could be used to concoct some of the magic potions Loren needed the least...

One thing at a time. Even though he didn't need them, a little supplement wouldn't hurt.

"The Master really doesn't need it, I can vouch for that."

Mirrorheart chimed in promptly, but it still didn't make Anna give up on researching potions:

"I don't believe it, unless you let me try."

"You'd better help me whip up some potion for headaches instead..."

Loren massaged his temples and said.

Loren wasn't sure how things had gotten to this point. He blamed Mirrorheart for it, as besides Loren, she was the only one in the house who understood these things.

Moreover, Movila and Scarlett were also taught this way by Mirrorheart. Loren suspected Laila was also taught by Mirrorheart, as the Laila in Loren's memory was also very simple and pure.

It was already very late, time to sleep. Before going to bed, Loren checked on Cecelia's situation. She wasn't sleeping. Instead, she was lying face down on the bed, her whole body curled up under the covers, with only her head and hands sticking out, like a caterpillar.

At that moment, she was holding a pen and paper, writing something. At the same time, Loren also saw the wall next to Cecelia's bed, which was plastered with photos of Loren.

Loren was just about to shift his attention when he saw Cecelia getting more and more agitated. In the end, she suddenly jumped up and tore everything she had just written to shreds. She tugged at her own hair, appearing extremely anxious.

After glancing at her watch, she suddenly left the bedroom. She tripped while going down the stairs, knocked over a chair, and finally stumbled to the door. She opened it a crack to look outside. After a while, she went back and sat on the sofa, placing two cups on the table.

It was only then that Loren realized what she was doing. She was reenacting what happened yesterday. However, this time, after sitting on the sofa, she didn't have the restraint from yesterday and began talking freely and confidently.

The Abyssal Gaze Eye could only transmit images, not sound, but Loren could roughly guess what she was saying.

Cecelia was very dissatisfied with her own performance, so she started reviewing and analyzing it in the middle of the night. Her glance at the watch earlier was to check if Loren was asleep now.

It was very late now. The vast majority of people were already fast asleep. Cecelia couldn't sleep because she was troubled.

Loren was becoming more and more convinced that Cecelia was a witch. Basically, only witches had emotions so intense they bordered on obsession.

One reenactment wasn't enough. Cecelia reenacted it over and over again. She even wrote down what she wanted to say to Loren in a notebook and started memorizing it.

"..."

Loren closed his eyes. Cecelia being capable of doing something like this was within Loren's expectations. On the contrary, the Cecelia he met yesterday was so normal it was a bit abnormal.

However, Loren thought of another thing. After receiving Loren's reminder, Cecelia didn't leave this place immediately, which actually surprised Loren a little.

"What's the situation outside now?"

To confirm whether the Uridia Kingdom was safe now, Loren asked Movila.

"Everything is stable. It's just that quite a few more people have died. Most of the money has been recovered.

"The corpse collection site is already overflowing. This time, the bodies of those Uridians weren't processed through the hospital at all; they were directly thrown into that pit."

Movila explained the situation to Loren in detail. She was becoming increasingly proficient at gathering intelligence.

"Good, thank you for your hard work."

Loren breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at it this way, nothing would happen for a while. It wouldn't matter if Cecelia left a few days later.

Gwen had been staying near that pit all this time. Every time new corpses were thrown in, Gwen would convert them into undead.

The night passed without incident. The first thing Loren did upon waking the next day was to check on Cecelia's situation, only to find that Cecelia's figure had disappeared from her home.

"..."

Loren didn't think this meant Cecelia had listened to him and left. If that were truly the case, Cecelia should have taken the Abyssal Gaze Eye with her. After all, yesterday she didn't even take it off while bathing.

"Could something have happened to her?"

Loren couldn't think of anyone who would target Cecelia. He was certain his visit yesterday was very discreet; no one would know about it.

And Cecelia protected her identity even more rigorously. People only knew Thorn Bird (Cecelia's stage name), not that there was a person named Cecelia.

Cecelia's house was also in a relatively remote location. Basically, no one would even notice someone like her existed there.

"Could it be that she just wants to lure me over to find her..."

Loren thought of many possibilities. This was the most likely one. It was also possible that Cecelia forgot yesterday that she was still wearing the Abyssal Gaze Eye and only realized today that Loren might have seen her behavior yesterday, making her feel embarrassed.

"I'd better go take a look..."

In the end, Loren decided to be a bit more cautious. After all, Loren's mobility was very high now; even flying over wouldn't take much time.

...

Loren flew directly to Cecelia's doorstep. This time, her door was slightly ajar, not locked.

Out of concern for Cecelia, Loren pushed the door open directly. No one was in the living room. Loren scanned the room with his eyes and then spotted Cecelia behind the door, holding a rope.

"Good morning, Loren."

Cecelia lowered her head, threw the rope to the ground, and greeted Loren.

"..."

Loren had already guessed Cecelia's plan. She used the Abyssal Gaze Eye to trick Loren into coming. She originally intended to ambush Loren when he opened the door and tie him up directly.

But when she actually encountered Loren, she became timid and didn't dare to act.