Hero? Are You Worthy?
Chapter 80 - 66: I Don’t Like to Label People (Two - s Today)

Chapter 80: Chapter 66: I Don’t Like to Label People (Two Chapters Today)

This wasn’t sinking into desire; it was a sacrifice made to strengthen the Hero, for Jie Luo, for the commoners of the world, and thus she could not resist giving herself to Qin Chu.

Catherine tried to maintain her fragile self-esteem in this manner.

Yet, Qin Chu wickedly sought to utterly destroy her will, at least, in his presence, her self-respect was superfluous.

The smile at the corner of his mouth gradually faded as Qin Chu looked at Catherine.

Because Catherine leaned on Qin Chu’s shoulder, this movement almost brought their lips together.

"Miss Yekaterina, could you step back a bit?"

"You’re disturbing my cultivation of Fighting Energy."

Qin Chu’s voice was indifferent.

Catherine’s face suddenly turned pale for a moment, she hadn’t expected that after all she had done, she would be met with Qin Chu’s cold rejection.

Confused, she gazed at Qin Chu, slowly loosening her grip around his neck and taking two steps back, her face deathly pale, her body shaking from either humiliation or anger.

She had taken the initiative, only to encounter a cold refusal.

It seemed like her body was just useless trash.

Her face had completely lost its shine.

It was a hot, stabbing pain.

She couldn’t understand why the man who had just been tender and secretly in love with her could now become so indifferent, an indifference that made Catherine fearful as if he was a different person.

Qin Chu’s expression was solemn:

"Sorry, my words may have been a bit harsh, but behaving like this will only delay my cultivation speed...

"But didn’t you say that after last night, you had directly broken through to the second layer..." Catherine muttered softly, "I, I thought this might help you progress faster."

Qin Chu stood up, he walked up to Catherine, his fingers hooking a strand of her crimson hair: "Miss Yekaterina, don’t consider your body so cheap... Isn’t it your most precious possession?"

His fingers trailed along the strand of hair, reaching Catherine’s cheek and gently caressing it, feeling the tenderness of Catherine’s cheeks.

Then, it moved to her fair neck, her sexy collarbones, her slender waist, and her long legs... experiencing Catherine’s perfect curves; however, the words coming out of his mouth were completely different:

"Also, I’m not that casual of a person."

The words and actions did not match; the movement of those fingers was both sacrilegious and harsh, making Catherine shudder all over.

"The previous incident was just an accident, but now that we have both calmed down, I cannot accept that the woman I pleasure calls out another man’s name," Qin Chu said quietly, "It makes me feel as though I’m being cuckolded, you know I don’t like that."

Being cuckolded? What does that have to do with wearing a hat?

But Catherine didn’t have time to ponder; her pretty face turned extremely pale in an instant as she once again thought of Jie Luo, ashamed of her actions.

She had humiliated Jie Luo once again, humiliated Qin Chu, and humiliated herself as well.

She didn’t understand why she had become like this, feeling a strong self-loathing and hatred.

"If someday, Jie Luo is completely gone from your heart, come find me then."

"Sorry, I need to step outside for some fresh air."

Leaving those words behind, Qin Chu’s fingers left Catherine’s body, turned around, and left without looking back.

This was called placing PLAY.

First enticing the other party into chaos, then leaving them unattended.

He intended to completely crush Catherine’s self-esteem, to make this woman kneel before him and beg like a docile pet.

Watching as Qin Chu decisively turned away, Catherine could no longer hold herself up and collapsed to the ground.

Sadness, pain, hatred, disgust, shame, longing—various emotions surged in her heart, and crystal-clear tears rolled down Catherine’s fair cheeks.

Here, she endured a humiliation like never before in her life.

But what frightened her even more was her own body, which was in so much pain, so uncomfortable...

She hugged her shoulders tightly, her face showing nothing but despair... Forget Jie Luo?

No, she didn’t want to, she wasn’t willing, and she absolutely couldn’t forget Jie Luo, he was the only light in her life, if she forgot Jie Luo, only eternal darkness would remain in her life.

However, no matter how desperately Catherine tried, the image of Jie Luo in her mind eventually became uncontrollably more and more blurred.

The image of Qin Chu, however, became clearer and clearer.

It seemed like she was falling in love with him; the colder he was towards her, the farther he stayed away, the more clearly Catherine noticed the feelings in her heart.

Love was shifting!

...

Outside the training ground, Qin Chu comfortably stretched his body.

The setting sun cast a warm glow on his face.

A sinister smile flickered across his face, it was a pity to just leave Catherine in the training ground, but Qin Chu could endure it, he could distinguish what was more important to him.

"Miss Maritiss, I’m planning to step out, would you join me?" The sinister look had disappeared and Qin Chu’s face blossomed with a sunshine-like smile as he spoke to Maritiss.

Maritiss clearly had already heard about those things, even though the Pope had ordered that lips be sealed, gossip was a human instinct, those who didn’t know desired to know, and those who did know were eager to spread what they knew.

Maritiss looked at Qin Chu with sympathetic eyes, after all, it was a huge disgrace for a reputed hero to be forcefully dragged into a room by a drunken Valkyrie; she felt that she should give the hero some care at this time to make him feel better.

"Of course, no problem." Maritiss, who had a somewhat similar demeanor to Catherine, thumped her chest and hooked Qin Chu’s neck with her arm, grinning like a good brother, "Bro, where are you planning to drink, I’ll join you?"

After these days of interaction, they had become quite familiar, and Qin Chu and Maritiss got along really well; he wasn’t annoyed by Maritiss’ actions.

But the adjutant next to Maritiss turned pale with fear, constantly gesturing with his eyes at Maritiss, hoping his captain would show some restraint. How could she be so impertinent with Mr. Brave?

"Um... let’s go to... the Witch’s House then."

The Witch’s House was a bar run by Candice.

Named after a witch, it paradoxically ensured that people wouldn’t suspect Candice of any connections with demons, as it was unlikely that those demons lurking in the city would be so ostentatious.

Moreover, the place was filled with bizarre drinks like witches’ hearts, witches’ blood, witches’ hair, witches’ eyeballs...

"That must be a bar in the Civilian District, why choose there?" Maritiss wondered; ’There are bars in the Noble District too, with higher quality and better service...’

"Um, well, the glasses in the bars of the Noble District are just a bit too small..."

Ignoring her adjutant’s desperate looks, Maritiss burst out laughing and slapped Qin Chu on the back, "I see, Mr. Brave’s quirky preference really suits my taste, I also dislike the tiny glasses in the Noble District, they really lack flavor when you drink."

By the way, big sister, could you stop slapping, it hurts.

This hearty big sister, brimming with excitement, was pulling Qin Chu to the Witch’s House with a determination not to return unless drunk.

Although she seemed to bear some resemblance to Catherine in demeanor.

But Qin Chu knew that at heart, they were two completely different people.

Maritiss was really simple-minded, she just wanted to restore peace to the Sky Dome Continent, and for that goal, she was ready to risk her life to protect Qin Chu. Right now, Maritiss just wanted to take Qin Chu out for a big drink to relieve his frustrations.

Qin Chu felt deeply sorry for having exploited Maritiss’ kindness.

After all, his real goal wasn’t drinking, but to obtain information from Candice.

The Eternal Monarch’s Seventh Prince, Romon, must have already begun to act.

Benson was powerful, but he was no match for Romon, especially since Benson was alone and Romon had a crew of lackeys with him.

However, given Benson’s specialized defensive capabilities, holding out for a while shouldn’t be a problem, and as soon as Benson sensed something was wrong, he would definitely seek support from Rose Vesper. Though not a magician, Benson had quite a few magic scrolls with him.

In fact, it’s common for powerful and wealthy individuals to carry a stock of magic scrolls, like those for sending messages or healing wounds using the Water Healing Technique, ready for emergencies.

He needed to find a way to follow him and seize Benson’s Power, the Pseudo Absolute Defense was quite tempting to Qin Chu.