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Zhou Huai only felt a headache.
What kind of nonsense was this?
The dignified prince of Ancient Egypt.
An SS-grade powerhouse.
Actually knelt at a woman's feet and willingly acted as a foot massager?
Moreover, looking at his focused and enjoying expression, he even seemed to be enjoying it.
In his heart, Zhou Huai silently labeled this prince named Kalen as an "old pervert".
Controlling Gandalf, he gave a light cough, breaking the eerie silence.
"Ahem."
"Ms. Polina, Prince Kalen."
"The purpose of our meeting today should be to discuss the matters of forming an alliance, right?"
"I wonder how the two of you plan to form this alliance?"
Polina on the lounge chair seemed to not take his words to heart at all.
She lazily stretched towards Gandalf, her perfect curves appearing even more alluring in the sunlight.
She snapped her fingers.
Soon, a waiter respectfully walked over holding a tray.
On the tray were three crystal glasses filled with crimson liquid.
"Don't be in such a rush, handsome."
Polina sat up.
She picked up one of the glasses and handed it to Gandalf, a brilliant smile blossoming on her face that was enough to melt an iceberg.
"Before discussing business, according to the rules of our Great Bear Country, we must have a drink first."
"This is the 'Bloody Mary' I specially brought from my home country, want to try it?"
Zhou Huai looked at the glass of red wine exuding a strange fragrance, his brows furrowing imperceptibly.
But he still took it.
"Then I shall accept respectfully."
"That's more like it."
Polina nodded with satisfaction, raising her own wine glass and gently clinking it against Gandalf's, producing a crisp sound.
"Cheers."
She drained the red wine in her glass in one gulp, and finally, she playfully blinked her azure-blue eyes at Gandalf.
Seeing this, Zhou Huai no longer hesitated and downed the liquid in his glass in one gulp.
As the wine entered his throat, a scorching warm current instantly surged from his throat to his limbs and bones.
The next second.
Zhou Huai's brain went "buzz" with a sound, turning completely blank.
He felt as if his body had been thrown into a furnace.
Every inch of his skin and every cell was burning frantically.
His breathing became heavy, and his complexion flushed red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
His heart beat wildly out of control, every pulsation feeling like a beating drum that made his eardrums ache with pain.
He raised his head to look at Polina in front of him.
At that instant, he felt as if he were seeing the most wonderful thing in the whole world.
Her long golden hair was the rising morning sun.
Her azure-blue eyes were the vast sea of stars.
Her fiery red bikini was a blooming rose.
There was only one thought left in his mind.
Love her.
Possess her.
Dedicate everything of his to her, including his life!
He even had an urge to immediately kneel at her feet and kiss her perfect toes.
No!
Something is wrong!
Just at the moment when Zhou Huai was about to sink completely, a trace of clarity, like a candlelight in the dark, stubbornly lit up in the deepest part of his consciousness.
Oh no!
He'd fallen for it!
Zhou Huai's internal alarm bells rang wildly.
This damned woman indeed harbored malicious intentions!
Using his very last shred of sanity and all his strength, he violently pulled his consciousness out of Gandalf's body!
...
On the balcony.
Polina was playfully admiring Gandalf's reaction with an amused expression.
She looked at the man who had been calm just moments ago, but now had a flushed face, hurried breathing, and a dazed look in his eyes.
The curve of her lips became even more smug.
"Heh."
"So what if he's an SS-grade Forbidden Spell Mage?"
"Isn't he still unable to resist the power of my charm?"
She slowly stood up, walked over to Gandalf, extended her slender fingers, and gently stroked his burning cheek.
That touch made her narrow her eyes in satisfaction.
"Tsk tsk, the more I look at this face, the more I like it."
She leaned into Gandalf's ear, her breath like orchids, her voice filled with bewitchment.
"Come on, call me Master and let me hear it?"
However.
Just as she was waiting for that address that would please her,
A sudden change occurred!
The flush on Gandalf's face quickly dissipated like a receding tide.
Those previously dazed eyes instantly regained clarity.
No, that wasn't clarity.
It was a kind of absolute, emotionless coldness and indifference.
As if a high and mighty deity were looking down upon a foolish ant.
"Foolish human."
A voice so cold it didn't carry a shred of warmth spilled from Gandalf's mouth.
"Take your dirty hands off my face."
The smile on Polina's face instantly froze.
Wh-What is going on?
This guy actually broke free from her charm power so quickly?
This is absolutely impossible!
However, the next second.
"Slap!"
A crisp, loud slap unexpectedly rang out on the balcony.
Polina only felt a tremendous force coming from her cheek, sending her stumbling and almost falling to the ground.
She covered her burning cheek, her azure-blue beautiful eyes filled with disbelief.
He... He actually dared to hit me?
...
Meanwhile,
Zhou Huai, far away on the third floor of the Evernight Guild, suddenly opened his eyes.
He panted heavily, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
That feeling just now of even his soul being ignited was simply too terrifying.
"That was close."
Zhou Huai felt a lingering fear.
He almost felt like he had found the love of his life.
However, what surprised Zhou Huai was that
That feeling came quickly and went just as fast.
By now, there was no feeling left at all.
It seemed that the skill used by the one called Polina had a distance restriction.
As long as his conscious body maintained a sufficient distance from her, that power would automatically become invalid.
Since that was the case, he had nothing to be afraid of.
Thinking of this, a sneer hung on Zhou Huai's face.
Closing his eyes once more, his consciousness transferred back to Gandalf.
...
On the balcony,
Polina was still in a dazed state.
She looked at Gandalf in front of her with cold eyes, as if he had become a different person, and for a moment didn't know how to react.
And Zhou Huai's consciousness had once again taken over Gandalf's body.
He looked at the clear five-fingered print on Polina's face, a mocking arc curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Ms. Polina."
"With this kind of behavior of yours, it seems you don't intend to talk things over properly with us?"
Polina finally snapped back to her senses.
She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the shock and anger in her heart.
Realizing that she had kicked an iron plate this time.
This Forbidden Spell Mage from Great Xia Nation was far harder to deal than she had imagined.
She slowly straightened her body, putting the professional smile back on her face.
She bowed solemnly towards Gandalf.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Gandalf."
"I express my sincere apologies to you for my rude behavior just now."
Her voice returned to calmness, carrying no discernible emotion.
"Just now, I merely wanted to play a small joke with you."
"And by the way, I also wanted to test what Your Excellency's true strength is."
She raised her head, her azure-blue eyes flashing with an unusual luster.
"Now it seems you are far more outstanding than I expected."
"At least, you are much stronger than Prince Kalen over there."
Finishing her words, she snapped her fingers.
"Snap."
Prince Kalen, who had been kneeling on the ground all along, violently shuddered.
Those eyes of his that had originally been filled with piety were instantly replaced by endless anger.
Like an enraged male lion, he leaped up fiercely from the ground, pointing at Polina's nose and cursing furiously.
"You despicable woman!"
"How dare you control Your Highness! Making Your Highness massage your legs!"
His voice was filled with fury after being humiliated.
Polina looked at his thunderous, furious appearance, merely letting out a light chuckle, and charmingly brushed back her golden long hair.
"Prince Kalen, you can't put it that way."
Her voice carried a hint of amusement.
"In this world, the men who want to touch my legs could line up from here all the way to the pyramids of Ancient Egypt."
"And I haven't given them a chance."
She cast a seductive wink at Kalen.
"You should feel honored, shouldn't you?"
"You!"
Kalen was choked by her words to the point where he couldn't speak for a long time.
He seemed to feel that Polina's words made a lot of sense.
Afterwards, he touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.
"It seems... that really is the case."
Looking at Polina's flawless long legs, the anger just now vanished completely.
Infatuation once again surfaced in his eyes.
"However, next time I hope I can retain my self-awareness."
Zhou Huai: "..."
Zhou Huai was speechless.
Come on, big brother.
Your anger dispersed really quickly, huh?
What kind of brain circuits do these foreigners have?
Zhou Huai even thought he had misunderstood His Highness the Prince.
All those leg-massaging actions just now were controlled by Polina's charm power.
Now it seemed.
He hadn't misunderstood at all.
This fellow was a thorough old pervert!