Miss Witch's Devotion Has Gone… Twisted-Chapter 280: Taking Action

"Loren, what do you think my life would have been like if I had never met you?"

Flying through the air, Laila looked down at the masses huddled in the darkness of the night and suddenly let out a sigh of emotion.

She was a witch, so a stable life was a luxury to her. The longer she stayed in one place, the more dangerous it became, which was why she traveled all over the world.

And she was also destined to never have family or friends. Even if she was lucky enough to survive, she would be lonely for her entire life.

"Perhaps you would have roamed the world righting wrongs, becoming a respected ranger..."

Loren replied. Laila just nodded; she knew Loren was mostly trying to comfort her.

After that, Laila didn't speak again. She spread her arms, feeling the sensation of the wind blowing against her.

"If only we could keep living like this forever."

"We will."

Loren had absolute confidence about this. If he couldn't even manage that, how could players be called the Fourth Cataclysm?

Loren took Laila and landed near the hotel. After setting her down, Loren dispelled the cognitive barrier and openly walked into the hotel with Laila.

The doorman immediately bowed to Loren upon seeing him. Loren gave a simple acknowledgment in return, a daily routine to build up his reputation.

After capturing the vampire Count, Gwen had left again. She needed to check on Aisaco's situation. If it really came to it, Loren would choose to assassinate Aisaco.

However, many people wanted Aisaco dead; Loren was just one more. He was sure to have contingency plans. Before taking action himself, Loren still intended to let others try first.

...

"You two were out for a whole day; this is more in line with your capabilities..."

Upon entering, Loren heard Anna's teasing again. Loren had already come to terms with it and didn't even punish her this time.

"I'm going to the laboratory to enchant the bullets. Call me if you need anything."

Not long after entering, Loren went into the laboratory, even specifically taking Starnight off his head.

These bullets were somewhat dangerous. If it was just Loren alone, even if they really exploded, Loren could use Void-walking to avoid it.

Loren had only considered the firepower; as for stability, Loren planned to solve that with enchantment.

By the time Loren finished enchanting the bullets, it was already late at night. Pushing the door open, Loren discovered Lilith had been waiting eagerly at the doorway, waiting to sleep with Loren.

The others were already used to Loren spending a long time in the laboratory whenever he entered. Lilith didn't know this yet, as Loren hadn't entered the laboratory many times since arriving here.

"Let's go back and rest."

Loren took Lilith's hand and walked into his room. As soon as they entered, they saw Scarlett, who had been waiting in Loren's room for a long time. She had finally managed to ask Anna for the spot next to Loren.

"Good evening, Master."

Scarlett was lying on her side on the bed, elbow propped on the mattress. One of her legs, encased in purple garter stockings, was straight, the other bent. Her glasses had also slipped halfway down.

Without even thinking, it was clear Scarlett had learned this from Mirrorheart again.

"The child is here."

Loren threw out a blanket, covering Scarlett, and watched her struggle underneath it.

"Good night."

Loren ignored Scarlett, directly turned off the light, and lay down on the bed with Lilith.

After the lights went out, Lilith's hand gripping Loren's arm tightened a little more. She was truly afraid of the dark; otherwise, the lights in her home wouldn't have been kept on all the time.

"Good night, Master Mentor."

Lying in bed, Loren's face was reflected in Lilith's single visible red eye. Only after confirming once again that Loren was by her side did Lilith reluctantly close her eyes.

Not long after, the sound of even breathing came from Lilith; she had fallen asleep.

And it was at this moment that Loren felt a silky sensation on his leg. Scarlett's stocking-clad leg was wrapped around him.

Loren gently pulled his hand out of Lilith's grasp and then rolled over.

Scarlett wasn't Mirrorheart; she made a bit of noise. Fortunately, Lilith was sleeping soundly.

Another peaceful night passed.

...

The next day, Loren slept until noon. As soon as he woke up, he saw Lilith's large eyes. Lilith had woken up long ago, but she hadn't gotten up, just kept staring at Loren's face.

"Morning."

Discovering Loren was awake, Lilith revealed a smile and greeted him.

"Morning."

Loren yawned and struggled to get up. Scarlett was exhausted yesterday, so she was still sleeping now, and her sleeping posture was quite unattractive.

To prevent Lilith from noticing anything amiss, Loren hurriedly covered Scarlett properly with the blanket.

After a simple wash, Loren sat down at the Dining Table. Today's newspapers were on the table. Ever since the Bloodline Rebels took over the newspaper office, Loren had been looking forward to the daily papers more and more.

Loren read the newspapers to gather information. Previously, the newspapers of the Uridia Kingdom were controlled too tightly, to the point where Loren couldn't discern much information. He could only infer the real news from the heavily homogenized flattery.

"The Miraculous Doctor who cured the epidemic has escaped from vampire captivity. Previously, the vampires captured the Miraculous Doctor in order to sell their own medicine."

"The medicine we have been taking has no curative effect. It is merely an anesthetic with extremely high addictiveness and severely inflated prices."

"The vampires are plundering people's remaining property under the pretext of reclaiming gold coins..."

These news stories were more explosive than the last. The previous news about vampires being hunted by ordinary people still put on a show, referring to the vampires as the Bloodline and also condemning those people.

But this time, the newspaper directly placed the vampires' crimes out in the open.

"Master, the vampires have already begun sending people to retrieve these newspapers. Even the newspaper delivery boys were killed on the spot..."

Movila reported what had just happened to Loren. Her expression was very serious. Among the witches, Movila was considered the most indifferent; she only cared about Loren. But even she couldn't help feeling a sense of pity.

"Many people have started to resist, but they were suppressed. Quite a few died...

"At the concert, a person people called the Miraculous Doctor appeared. He said the method to cure the epidemic was sunlight, which the vampires fear, and that he had developed something that could simulate sunlight... The Miraculous Doctor was killed by magic! It was Blood Magic!"

The situation was changing rapidly now. Movila seemed particularly anxious, afraid Loren wouldn't get the latest information in time.

"The Bloodline Rebels have started to make their move..."

That the Miraculous Doctor was part of the Bloodline Rebels was beyond doubt. But Loren was certain that his previous disappearance wasn't because of the vampires, and his current death was definitely not the vampires' doing either.

The Bloodline Rebels deliberately used Blood Magic to kill him, precisely to make people associate it with the vampires.

Coupled with the fact that the Miraculous Doctor affected the vampires' interests, even if the Bloodline Rebels personally came out to admit it now, people wouldn't believe they were the ones who did it.