Chapter 37: Listening at the Wall Corner

  The biggest villain in the book, nine out of ten is me. I just said how they would be so quiet and cooperate with us, making Morris wait for a fight but was puzzled for half a day, it turned out that he found spiritual sustenance in this place called **Lishe Club**, and defeated me in his fantasies. I pulled the corner of my mouth, being able to make someone hate me to the point of writing a book about it is definitely proof that I've lived a constructive life, if old man trash was still alive, he would definitely praise me highly.

  I picked up the book and dusted it off, turning to a noblewoman nearest me: "Where is Penelope?"

  "Ah?" The girl jumped back like a startled deer, her eyes looking at me with apprehension.

  "Isn't Pennywise here?" I asked suspiciously, with such a big thing happening now, she actually didn't show up, don't tell me, she wasn't in that over 200,000-word manuscript of my hard work.

  "I just saw her here a moment ago."

  "I think she's still on the first floor, but she's in a terrible mood. Her father just came and left, I heard her sobbing."

  I thought for a moment and then said to Lyon: "Wait here for me, I'll go find someone."

  As I walked into the building of Elyse, the empty corridors had many room doors wide open. I poked my head into those rooms but didn't see any sign of the artistic girl. Walking up to the second floor, the scene was similar to that on the first floor. At the end of the corridor opposite me, a window was wide open with curtains fluttering in the wind, creating an eerie silence that sent shivers down my spine.

  "Was it heartbreaking to the extreme, not wanting to stay in this painful place and leaving?" I shook my head and was about to go downstairs when I suddenly stopped in my tracks, turned around and walked back onto the corridor. One of the room doors was closed.

  "Is she inside?" I smiled and walked over, but subconsciously felt something was strange. What is a literary girl doing in there? Hiding inside to cry? Although I haven't known the literary girl for too long, I don't think she's the kind of person who would hide when faced with setbacks, even if she cries, she wouldn't be like an ostrich hiding. Thinking about that day at the theater, she knew my game rules were unbeatable, but still made up her mind to try, this... already explains the problem, if it were today, this stubborn girl wouldn't be on the lower floor, would she not do her best to protect their things? Something must have happened to make her close the door.

  I walked into the next room, stuck my head out of the window and looked over at the neighboring house. The windows there were also closed, and even the curtains were drawn. I've heard that people slam doors when they cry, but I've never heard of them pulling up the windows and curtains too - it's just too intriguing.

  What should I do now?

  There are three options, first, kick in the door, this is very impolite.

  Secondly, kicking in the window is also very impolite.

  Thirdly, without hearing or asking, turning around and leaving, yes, full of gentleman's demeanor...!

  Oh, right, and there's a fourth option, try it out, see if you can eavesdrop on anything through the wall.

  "Look, my little beauty, you're really pretty."

  A man's voice, so young! I'm going to strangle him, I quickly moved away from the wall, is this frequency correct? I stared blankly at the opposite wall, when did it become a secret love nest? I put my ear against the wall again.

  "I like you, but I find it also a great pleasure to see you suffer. Ah, your little lover, that guy named Frederick, isn't he very arrogant? Now he's already been sent to prison, do you know what awaits him in there? Torture! I think you also know that the Church will never be lenient towards heretics, they'll definitely make that German fellow taste what it means to suffer!"

  "Are you satisfied with treating us like this?" This is familiar, it's the tone of a literary girl's crying.

  "Am I satisfied? No, you're wrong, Penelope, my goddess! Are you satisfied now? You've sent the man I love to prison! Let him experience what it's like to be worse off than dead! Are you satisfied now? Actually, I didn't want it to be this way, but he was too overbearing, and so are you! You know that I've always liked you! From childhood to adulthood!"

  "But I've never had feelings for you!"

  "So you're with that German guy now! That damned German is stuck on you, what's so good about him, he looks like a woman!"

  "You have no right to mention Frederick!"

  "I'm not qualified, so I let him go to prison! I really didn't expect you Pennywise to be so bold, actually writing a forbidden book. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had any way to deal with you! You know, the one in charge of this matter is my uncle, the bishop. Before coming here, I told myself that the deeper your love for him, the more suffering I would let him endure! So, I told my uncle that once that guy went to prison, he should be tortured until he goes mad! But now it seems that just driving him mad isn't enough!"

  "You can't! You can't be like this!!!"

  "I can't, so you resist, didn't you just have a very resolute attitude? Didn't you even slap me earlier? Now what? Can only use our mouths to talk here? Oh, look at our current posture, I'm just one step away from kissing your little mouth. Hmm, your neck..."

  After that, I couldn't hear clearly, only a faint struggle came from the wall, and the sobbing of the literary girl became louder.

  "Looking at me now, are you regretful? If I had known it would turn out like this, I wouldn't have agreed to your request in the first place."

  "I said it's impossible! Being with you, this is impossible."

  "Is that so? Well, let me tell you, as soon as I let you leave this place, you will quickly see your Theodoros being hanged on the cross as a heretic spreading Satan's faith! As for you, that book full of treacherous words will bring disaster to you and your family! Don't believe me? My goddess, the entire Constantinople, no, the entire empire knows that the current emperor is old, and the Theophano family will soon be the next in line. What does the Theophano family need most now to show their orthodoxy? Is it the army? No. Is it prestige? Not either. It's the church! Only the support of the church can prove their orthodoxy! You say that at this time, if this matter is put on the Theophano prince, which one will Caesar give up in the balance between you nobles and the church? Know that you have written a forbidden book, it's a fact!"

  "Have you forgotten? Caesar cut the expenses of all departments, and the emperor was reduced by tens of millions of sestertii, not to mention that even the expenses of the Sejanus family were cut by 300,000. But what about the church? Wasn't it spared? Oh, right, your father just came over, hehehe... you're in big trouble, all of you are in big trouble!"

  "So I'm saying, it's highly likely that a few of those nobles with not-so-great backgrounds will be abandoned and become the stepping stones for the church's resurgence! However, I am someone who has the ability to resolve all these troubles! As I mentioned earlier, my uncle is the archbishop in charge of this matter! They are people I brought along, as long as I say a few words, they will let you off..."

  "If I agree with you, will you spare... Frederick and us..."

  "Okay, but you have to let me taste some sweetness and serve me well..."

  "What's sweet?"

  I didn't hear what was said afterwards, but it didn't stop me from thinking about what the guy in the room opposite had asked for.

  "No! I absolutely cannot lose my virginity before marriage!"

  "Can't we? Then let's discuss it again. Apart from your Eden, I think there is another place that can meet the needs of both parties..."

  It's still that voice: "How about it, a place where I can be satisfied without you losing your virginity before marriage, and won't get pregnant either. As for the pain, don't worry, I'll be very gentle, and I've even brought lubricating olive oil... This is your last chance, Pennywise... Don't provoke me again, got it?"

  The conversation on that side has completely disappeared, and now I have two options.

  First, I didn't ask or listen, and just left... The reason is that in the past life, there were many female victims who would fall in love with their abusers while being abused, so I thought, wouldn't this be a good opportunity to verify it? Second, kick open the door and play hero saving beauty... However, there's a technical issue, according to the development of the situation, if I kicked open the door, it's very likely that I would see an indecent scene of the literary girl...

  The next second, I made up my mind. Although I'm a bit perverted and evil, I haven't lost all my conscience to the point of playing with an innocent girl's future happiness. Walking to the door, I knocked on it and shouted in a loud voice: "Who's inside! We're people from the church and we need to move things in! Open the door quickly!"

  "Open the door quickly!!!"

  If he makes a move, I'll pretend nothing happened and get him out of here. To avoid embarrassing the literary girl, if he doesn't make any moves...

  "Get out! Didn't I tell you not to come up here!!!"

  A loud shout came from inside.

  No choice, I didn't want to resort to violence either, lifted my leg and with a loud crash, the door flew out along with its frame, this sudden burst of noise was enough to startle a man.

  Bursting in, I strode towards the left wall, the door slamming shut with a loud thud. That's when I saw the artsy girl and a man several meters away from her, both of whom looked shocked. Taking advantage of his momentary stunned state, I grabbed his hair and lifted him up, then slammed him into the nearby wall with great force, blood splattering everywhere instantly.

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