Miss Witch, It's Time to Clean the Entries

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: A Hidden Danger

I am one abandoned by God, and you are one chosen by God. We are a match made in heaven.

This sentence felt strangely familiar. It seemed that in Catherine’s memories, the Disease Witch Dora had said something just like this to her during their first meeting.

’To think she would alter it slightly and give it to me.’

Lian suddenly found Catherine to be an interesting woman. The Blue Moon Ore she mentioned was especially appealing to Lian, who wanted to increase the GDP of Green Shade Forest.

However, this also meant he would have to make an enemy of Mary, who held a Sequence Five.

Although, even if he didn’t want to be enemies with Bloody Mary, her hand had already reached into Green Shade Territory.

So becoming her enemy was only a matter of time.

What Lian had to consider was another problem: Catherine wanted to become the new lord of Blue Moon Territory. Could she really achieve that relying solely on his support?

With the fall of Blue Moon Territory, Mary’s current husband, Lorne Jackson, would logically be the first in line for succession.

As long as Mary sent the official documents to the King, the King would naturally permit Lorne Jackson to inherit the title and become the new Lord of Blue Moon Territory.

Lorne Jackson would become Mary’s puppet, and Blue Moon Territory would become her possession.

This was also the real reason why Mary had the Heartless attack Blue Moon Territory, causing the territory’s Witch to lose control.

Catherine seemed to notice Lian’s hesitation. She said seriously,

"Before my father died, he had Knight Kage Mori give me this."

Catherine took out a last testament from the wooden box.

The testament clearly stated that the lordship of Blue Moon Territory was to be passed to Catherine Rochelle Hernandez Mehelban Jackson.

It also bore the Lord’s seal and the private seal of the Jackson Family.

Lian guessed that Old Jackson had probably discovered Mary’s scheme before his death, which was why he left this testament.

Because any of his sons could be used by Mary, but Catherine alone could not.

’Mary can’t marry a woman, can she?’

Even if Mary wanted to use Catherine, as long as she came into frequent contact with her, she would be affected by her Misfortune Physique.

’That Old Deng, just like that unreliable father of mine, is a deep schemer.’

But they both were the type of people who still had a bottom line, which is why they didn’t strangle Catherine at birth.

Lian returned the testament to Catherine and nodded slightly.

"This is a decent deal, but I still have some things to consider. Give me three days. If I appear here after three days, it means I agree. If I don’t show up, it means you should leave."

Lian stood up and left.

A look of disappointment showed in Catherine’s eyes.

If Lian was also unwilling to help her, she could only look for another way out.

’But is there really another way?’

Lian, who had walked to the door, suddenly turned back to look at Catherine.

"Why do you think I am a man chosen by God?"

"You just cleaned my entry for me, didn’t you?"

Catherine said in a low voice, "To possess such an ability... if you are not one chosen by God, then what are you?"

"You’ve grasped a secret that’s enough to get you killed."

A cold glint flashed in Lian’s eyes.

Catherine gave a bitter smile. "I will take this secret to my grave. Please, rest assured."

Lian knew that if Catherine didn’t trust him, she would not have spoken this secret aloud.

’She must also be afraid of being silenced, right?’

’Looks like in the future, when I clean entries for other people, I’ll have to prepare plenty of knockout drugs. Otherwise, this giant panda won’t be able to hide anymore.’

"Mm."

Lian responded faintly and opened the door.

"The treatment is over."

"How is Miss Catherine?"

Mina asked anxiously, and the Old Knight Kage Mori’s face was also filled with unease.

Lian patted Kage Mori’s shoulder. "Go in and see for yourself."

After the Knight and Mina entered the farmhouse, Lian boarded the luxurious carriage.

The carriage slowly departed from the country road.

Sitting inside the carriage, Lian opened the Item Mall and spent all 6,000 Points.

[Acquired New Entry: Master of Deceit]

[You possess excellent eloquence, enabling you to persuade others to foot the bill for your plans. The probability of being caught after absconding with funds is reduced by 10%.]

[Acquired New Entry: True Believers]

[You have been chosen by the God of Tiger to become a True Believer, mastering the Low-level Purification Technique and the creation of Ordinary Holy Water.]

Since the Item Mall hadn’t refreshed with any new entries, Lian went ahead and redeemed both of them.

This would be advantageous for his upcoming plans.

The vast majority of terminally ill people wouldn’t realize they were saved through a Cleaning Entry, because when people are enduring suffering and despair, it’s easy for them to overlook the details around them.

But Catherine was different. From beginning to end, she had maintained a remarkable degree of rationality and composure.

She possessed immense self-control and endurance. If a person like her had her [Misfortune Physique] removed, she would surely accomplish great things in the future.

But Catherine’s situation also served as a wake-up call for Lian, reminding him of his reckless actions at the South City Gate today.

He shouldn’t have directly removed the bald man’s entry.

This could be a hidden danger.

"Annie, do you remember the man whose hair I pulled out this morning?"

Lian looked at Annie.

Annie nodded slightly. "I remember."

"Can you find him?"

Lian asked.

Annie looked at Anna.

Anna said with a smile, "Lord Lian, while you were busy treating those Patients, I already had Captain Cobb arrest him on charges of theft. He’s in the prison now, in solitary confinement. Do you want to kill him directly, or should we cut out his tongue and cripple his hands?"

Lian looked at Anna in surprise. This was the advantage of having a resourceful female secretary.

"Thank you, Anna. I was being thoughtless this morning."

"You were perhaps a bit hasty, but I trust you won’t be like that in the future."

Anna said with a smile.

Lian didn’t go back to the Lord’s Mansion directly, but went to the prison instead.

Inside the prison, the bald man was writing a final letter to his daughter.

He didn’t know how he had offended the new Lord. He didn’t actually know he was Infected with the Plague, because he hadn’t developed any red rashes yet.

Lian pushed open the cell door and walked in.

The bald man dropped to his knees with a THUD, tears and snot streaming down, covering half his face.

"Lord, I swear I didn’t steal anything! I only hid the fact that I had been to Blue Moon Territory before. I’m willing to pay another fine of 10,000 Copper Coins—oh, no, 50,000 Copper Coins! Please, I’m begging you, let me go!"

"What are you writing?"

"A final letter. It’s for my daughter. If I can’t leave this place, I beg you to give it to her. I haven’t seen her in three years."

The bald man said, sobbing.

"You really think you’re not sick?"

Lian asked.

"Yes, I’m really not sick! I don’t have any red rashes. I’m still very healthy! I can still eat five meals a day, and eight bowls of rice in one sitting!"

The bald man said, crying.

"Can’t you perceive your own entries? Whether you’re infected or not, you’ll know if you just concentrate and take a look."

Lian said with a smile.

"Huh? Lord Lian, I’ve never been able to perceive any entries in my entire life. Maybe I’m someone forgotten by the God of Tiger."

As he spoke, the bald man cried even more sorrowfully.

In reality, entries are divided into congenital entries and acquired entries.

Congenital entries are ones you have from birth, while acquired entries require meeting certain conditions to obtain.

These entries don’t just appear before your eyes. You need to concentrate to sense them, or test for them using a Term Detection Device.

People with very low sensitivity to entries might go their whole lives without being able to see their own entries clearly, and can only rely on external tools.

The bald man happened to be one of these men with very low sensitivity.

Riel is also this type of person, which is why she never discovered her three genius attributes.

Lian felt the man was probably not lying, but to be safe, he still had Annie bring the Black Stone—the Term Detection Device.

The man was given one free entry detection.

Theoretically, only Clergy can operate the Black Stone, but since Lian had obtained the [True Believers] entry, it wasn’t difficult for him to operate it.

Soon, the man’s entries were detected.

[Lucky One] [Slow-Witted] [Daughter Slave]

"Your entries are good. You’re not Infected with the Plague. You can leave."

The man stared at the three entries in disbelief. "I’m actually a Lucky One!"

"Yes. That’s precisely why you weren’t Infected with the Plague."

The man nodded heavily, completely convinced.

Through his reaction, Lian once again confirmed that the man hadn’t been lying.

The man didn’t know that Lian had pulled his hair out to clean an entry, because from start to finish, he had believed he wasn’t sick.

In other words, Lian’s secret had not been exposed.

’It seems only an anomaly like Catherine could have noticed.’

’Of course, it could also be because I spent too much time on her and revealed a flaw.’

After letting the bald man go, Lian also left the prison, and the carriage headed in the direction of the church.