Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 234 - 234 222 Haruko Kishimoto's Curse_1

234: Chapter 222 Haruko Kishimoto’s Curse_1 234: Chapter 222 Haruko Kishimoto’s Curse_1 Lu Chuan and Zhong Ling’er both looked over at Kishimoto Haruko at the same time.

Both were somewhat surprised that Kishimoto Haruko, who was just an ordinary person, had found a way to escape from this place.

Lu Chuan’s face showed a touch of curiosity; he knew that they were facing a terrifying Cultivator with the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage, a level of power that could dominate one side of the Cultivation World.

How could Kishimoto Haruko possibly find a way to escape right under the nose of Grand Elder Huang Quan?

He quickly asked, “What way?”

Kishimoto Haruko took a deep breath and said, “This involves a curse on our Kishimoto family.”

“Rumors say that our ancestors from the Kishimoto family were the personal attendants of Tamamo-no-Mae.”

Zhong Ling’er showed a hint of confusion and asked, “Tamamo-no-Mae?

What’s that?”

Kishimoto Haruko explained, “She’s a deity from our Island Country’s legends, said to be a Nine-tailed Fox with boundless mana.

After transforming into a human, she was stunningly beautiful and seductive, enchanting all living beings.

Moreover, she possessed great Divine Skills and controlled the power of many deities.”

“Rumors have it that Tamamo-no-Mae held a Divine Artifact named the Marital Fortune Lantern, which governed all of the world’s marital bonds, and our Kishimoto ancestors were the attendants responsible for carrying her lantern.”

“As a result, every generation of women in our Kishimoto family carries a curse – they must marry before the age of twenty-six, or else they would gradually be affected by Tamamo-no-Mae’s divine power, reverting to the state of a Lantern Bearer, losing their self-awareness, and becoming mindless, soulless zombies obsessed with following Tamamo-no-Mae.”

In actuality, the content of the curse required that they surrender their virginity before the age of twenty-six, and once they did, they would remain in love with that person for life, regardless of what he became, faithfully following even if it meant their own death.

What she really wanted was to offer herself to Lu Chuan to repay him for saving Kishimoto Naoki’s life.

Because saying it directly would seem too crass, she put it more delicately.

Lu Chuan looked at Kishimoto Haruko somewhat puzzled and asked, “But what does this have to do with our current situation?”

Kishimoto Haruko said, “It’s a curse, but also a blessing.

For fear of becoming soulless Lantern Bearers, the women of the Kishimoto family would marry early.

However, if one chooses to become a Lantern Bearer, they can receive Tamamo-no-Mae’s blessing.”

“The Lantern Bearer, influenced by the Marital Fortune Lantern, will do everything possible to facilitate others’ marital bonds.

Once the first marital bond is facilitated, they can make a wish to Tamamo-no-Mae, which is the reward she bestows on the descendants of the Kishimoto family who are willing to become Lantern Bearers,” she continued.

“If I voluntarily become a Lantern Bearer now, and then…

then help facilitate a marital bond between you two, I could make a wish to Tamamo-no-Mae to take us away from here.”

As she spoke about facilitating Lu Chuan and Zhong Ling’er’s union, she was visibly resistant.

Lu Chuan was contemplative.

He wasn’t sure if this Tamamo-no-Mae could truly fulfill Kishimoto Haruko’s wish to help them escape from here, especially since Grand Elder Huang Quan was a Nascent Soul skillful expert, and for Tamamo-no-Mae’s wish to work, her power must far exceed that of Huang Quan.

However, he didn’t have any other plan at the moment, and what Kishimoto Haruko suggested might be their only hope.

After thinking, he asked, “But if we do this, won’t you turn into a mindless zombie?”

Kishimoto Haruko gave a wry smile and said, “That would still be better than dying here.

Besides, becoming a Lantern Bearer obsessed with following Tamamo-no-Mae doesn’t happen overnight; it takes time and is related to the number of successful marital matches I make.

When the time comes, I can try to delay the speed of facilitating marital bonds, in case there is some other way to break free from Tamamo-no-Mae’s control.”

“Given our current situation, there seems to be no better option than this.”

Lu Chuan nodded and said, “In that case, we can only do as you say.

Don’t worry, once we get out of this, I will find a way to free you from this curse.”

Kishimoto Haruko nodded, her heart filled with helplessness.

If the curse were so easy to break, it wouldn’t have continued to this day.

She felt a sense of grievance, after all, she had just decided to give her virginity to Lu Chuan when this issue arose.

“Perhaps this is just fate, alas…”

At that moment, Zhong Ling’er timidly said, “I have a question.”

Lu Chuan and Kishimoto Haruko both thought she had noticed some important issue and hurriedly turned to look at her.

Zhong Ling’er asked, “Why can only women become Lantern Bearers, and not men?”

Lu Chuan: “…”

Kishimoto Haruko gave an embarrassed smile and said, “Maybe it’s because Tamamo-no-Mae is too beautiful; men serving as Lantern Bearers might be too distracted to work properly.”

Zhong Ling’er nodded, “Indeed, it’s best when women stick together; men’s minds are filthy and they only cause trouble.”

Lu Chuan rolled his eyes at her and then asked, “So how do we count as having successfully facilitated a marital bond?”

Zhong Ling’er said, “Pretending to be a couple for a bit should work, right, Sister Haruko?”

Kishimoto Haruko shook her head, “That’s not how it works…”

She looked at Lu Chuan and Zhong Ling’er with some embarrassment and said, “The problem lies here.”

“After I voluntarily become a Lantern Bearer and exert the power of the Marital Fortune Lantern upon you two, you would need to…consummate the relationship for it to be considered a successful match.”

Lu Chuan and Zhong Ling’er were both stunned.

Kishimoto Haruko let out a sigh of reluctance, which was the reason for her earlier resistance.