I Became a Witch in a World Full of Urban Legends - Chapter 192 Forgetful
The shadows left behind during your childhood will never go away and will remain in the crevices of your mind.
His body stiffened as he started to remember, and the darkness seemed to engulf him.
The branches outside blew with the wind, and the cheerful laughter of children could be heard behind him. Small footprints began to appear on the walls and floors of the study room, surrounding the young Lu Yibei.
“Don’t you wanna play with us?”
“I know a place with a lot of sweets! Come on!”
“Stop doing your homework! Come and play!”
Each of their invitations was a fatal temptation for a child to hear, but…
Why do they sound so excited? Nobody ever played with me.
The young Yibei felt that he shouldn’t respond to them, and they became restless.
The invisible children tugged at his limbs and held at his neck. Bruises started to appear where they touched, and breathing soon became difficult.
It was cold, but he felt unbearably hot. He couldn’t breathe, and each gasp of air refused to enter his lungs.
Wisps of hot smoke left his body as he struggled to breathe, and…
Soon, his tiny body could no longer withstand the torture, and his vision went dark.
Meanwhile, on the other side of campus…
A boy stood on stage and gave an impassioned speech.
“You see, I was told that each semester is worse than the last, and I disagree. This is how…”
Lin Yiqi stood backstage as she filtered the speech out of her ears. She glanced at Zhang Yijing, the anxious vice president.
“I read his script; it was pretty good, but where is he?”
“That’s the issue!” Yijing yelled. “We can’t have him be the last speaker today! That’s reserved for the secretary’s niece!”
Yijing huffed anxiously, taking out his cell phone and dialling Yibei’s number again, but to no avail.
He didn’t give me a fake number, right?
Lin Yiqi looked away with a knowing smile. It seems that her baby has done a good job entrapping him.
However, a chill suddenly rose up her spine, and she felt a small pair of hands hugging her legs, using them as leverage to climb up to her shoulders.
Glancing at the baby, it let out a strange sob, and a scarlet mist seemed to linger on its body.
She was stunned and hurried behind a pile of boxes, patting her baby on her shoulder and comforting it, saying, “It’s okay, d-don’t cry, I’m right here.”
However, the baby continued to sob. Seeing this, she gritted her teeth and bit on her right index finger, coaxing the baby to drink her blood.
Immediately, the baby stopped crying and greedily sucked on her finger.
Her face gradually turned pale, and after the baby calmed down, she asked, “What happened? Tell me.”
The baby raised a finger and touched her forehead, and it was as if a cold hand had penetrated into her mind.
She saw the baby entrapping Lu Yibei in an illusionary world, but he calmly took out various psychic items like an experienced urban legend hunter and placed them within arm’s reach.
Then, the baby unleashed its power to try and arouse the fear within his heart, only for the baby to send distressing information to Lin Yiqi.
“What? There is an urban legend sleeping in his body? And you woke it up?”
Peering into the baby’s memory, she could sense his psychic fluctuations, strangely like those of a Witch, and they heavily injured the baby’s body.
A look of disgust flashed in her eyes, but what should she do now?
It’s the school anniversary. If he were to become something ugly, there may be big problems.
She caressed the baby on her shoulder and asked it a few questions.
The baby expressed that it was too afraid of him and did not break him free from the illusion.
Looking towards the backstage, she took a few steps towards another female host.
A warm smile appeared on her face: “Minmin, can you help me with something?”
“Sure!”
“The speech is about to end, and I feel a little unwell. I was wondering if you could…” she leaned in closer. “It’s that time of the month; I have to go clean up.”
“Oh my god! Go! I’ll help you take over!”
“Thank you,” Yiqi smiled and quickly ran towards the locker room.
She took off her dress and put on her regular clothes, quickly walking towards the self-study room where Yibei was trapped. After a quick search, she found the room where he was sleeping.
Peering into the study room, she could feel the murderous psychic fluctuations radiating from him. She was about to open the door and snap him out of the illusion, but…
He woke up immediately before she entered, and all of his psychic fluctuations vanished, as did the illusionary dreamscape he was trapped in.
How did he…?
Malicious whispers kept ringing in his ears, and beyond the darkness, a loud shout sounded in his ears.
“Golden palace, jade houses; dragon tail, phoenix wings—I cast thee from the darkness!”
The majestic white light immediately enveloped the entire building, dispelling the darkness with the faint roar of a dragon and a phoenix.
The tiny Lu Yibei was picked up by a pair of rough, warm hands and placed on strong shoulders. In a daze, two familiar voices sounded in his ears.
Dad… Shui…
“Was it necessary to do all that? I thought there were Level A urban legends here with that incantation you just cast!”
“Shut up, Bai Kai! I asked you to find a safer school for my son, and this is the garbage you find?”
“Not my fault! I didn’t even detect anything when I came here! And you! You didn’t even realise that your son didn’t come back home, so why are you blaming me?”
Hearing the conversation drown out in his head, he sighed.
Wait, why don’t I remember this? And since when did dad know how to cast spells?
All he had were questions with no answers.
He felt that his father had hidden a lot of secrets behind his back. Hell, with the number of secrets he’s kept, he might have a secret child who’s going to compete for his inheritance one day!