Type-Moon, isn't this really the other world?

He knew Orion had arrived?!

Artemis's pupils contracted, but her attention was quickly drawn to something else.

"Give me your dirty feet... Huh?!?"

Artemis wailed, tears of anger and despair welling in her eyes. She was already on the verge of collapse from the drugs, not to mention Lin Jiu'an was stomping on her forcefully.

"Stop...so cloyingly sweet?!"

With a scream like that of an animal, Artemis raised her head high, her expression one of utter despair.

Lin Jiu'an looked down at everything and admired it all.

Still stepping on Artemis.

After a long while, Artemis gradually came to her senses, her face showing even greater humiliation, but she didn't dare to look up at Lin Jiu'an's eyes.

"Gu, kill me."

Chapter Twenty-Two: Artemis, you didn't want this either...

Beneath the humiliation and anger on Artemis's face lay a deep fear.

She just felt something.

A thought began to cross his mind and submit to Lin Jiu'an.

Although it was only a physical effect, and only for a moment, Artemis was very clear that as long as there was even the slightest possibility, this demon could magnify that possibility infinitely.

"Kill you?"

Lin Jiu'an smiled mockingly and stepped on her foot with a little more force.

"Gu?!"

Artemis cried out in anguish.

His face showed anger mixed with shame, and his eyes held panic.

The elixir specially made by Tamamo-no-Mae and Kama could not be eliminated by a single defeat; without an antidote, its effects would accompany her for life.

Only after each defeat will they be allowed to reduce their strength somewhat.

This cycle repeats itself; if the antidote is not taken on time, the person taking the medicine will eventually experience more than ten defeats every day, otherwise the terrifying side effects will be unbearable.

"Do you really think that killing you will free you from this predicament?"

The dark substance surged from Lin Jiu'an's body onto Artemis's body.

They noticed the black mud beginning to spread.

Artemis's face showed a look of panic.

"What, what are you trying to do?!"

"You've been very disrespectful to me lately."

Artemis's face showed shame, but she could still feel the surging black mud that seemed ready to do something she absolutely did not want to see.

She lowered her head again: "Yes, I'm sorry, please forgive me."

Anyway, it's not the first or second time I've bowed my head.

Orion has arrived.

Soon!

It won't be long before this bastard is dealt with. Things will change in the future, and I'll repay him for all the humiliation I've suffered during this time!

"sorry?"

Lin Jiu'an smiled and moved his feet away, squatting down.

Seeing Artemis avoiding his gaze, he grabbed her chin and turned her face to look at him: "Why do you seem so unwilling?"

Artemis suppressed her humiliation and met Lin Jiu'an's gaze.

He said in a trembling voice, "I'm sorry, please forgive me!"

This is the first time I've ever hated my status as a goddess so much.

If I were that bitch Aphrodite, I wouldn't need to grovel before this bastard; I could let him do whatever he wanted.

"Tsk, there's no sincerity at all."

"But never mind."

"I know you don't want to work for me, so how about we make a deal?"

"trade?"

Artemis's eyes revealed a wary look.

What evil deed are you planning to do now?

"Don't be so nervous."

“If you’re not willing to stay by my side and work for me, I’m not interested in keeping a ticking time bomb around, but after all, I’ve invested quite a bit in you in the early stages.”

Initial investment?!

What the hell did you invest?!

Was it that extremely vulgar and disgusting medicine?!

Artemis suppressed the urge to curse, her beautiful eyes fixed on Lin Jiu'an, trying to figure out what kind of nonsense this bastard could come up with.

Anyway, she didn't believe that this bastard would really let her go, but she couldn't help but throw out a glimmer of hope. People are always good at finding explanations for themselves.

What if?

"How about this."

"You'll be my girlfriend for seven days. After seven days, I'll let you go."

"impossible!"

They grew up in the chaotic era of Greek mythology.

Although she is a virgin goddess, Artemis, having seen too much, is naturally not a chaste and virtuous woman. The reason she has been unwilling to submit to Lin Jiu'an these days is partly due to Orion.

But it's mostly because of her status as a goddess.

In the desolate era in which she lived.

Especially with her father Zeus, the god-king who was extremely lustful, above her, the "virgin goddess" was a form of protection for her, since no one knew when the other party would set their sights on her.

It's fine if it's just for fun.

If you really look into that era, very few women truly valued chastity above all else.

The problem is that Zeus, that bastard, doesn't take responsibility after he's done it.

He had a great time after he finished.

When he broke off the relationship without a second thought, Hera, unable to hold Zeus accountable, vented her anger on the women, and that scoundrel Zeus didn't care!

The "Virgin Goddess" represents protection.

Even Zeus couldn't break it.

However, if she can no longer remain a "virgin goddess," although the times are not right and she will not be punished by the gods for breaking her oath, the curse and reduction of her power as a price will be enough to make her suffer.

"I can never be your woman!"

"Don't be so quick to refuse."

Under Artemis's shocked and angry gaze, Lin Jiu'an placed his hand on her face, caressing her smooth skin, which was as tender as that of a newborn baby.

"I promise you, during these seven days when you're my girlfriend, I won't cross that threshold. At most, I'll just kiss and touch you, but I won't make you my woman."

"That's it?"

Artemis's eyes showed suspicion.

Intelligent beings always prefer compromise.

If Lin Jiu'an were to ask Artemis to be his girlfriend for seven days without any physical intimacy and then let her go in the dungeon of the North American Singularity, Artemis would absolutely not accept it.

But now.

Having followed Lin Jiu'an for so long, I've seen so much, and I've inevitably been taken advantage of by him quite a few times.

Isn't it just being kissed, touched, and hugged by him?

Aren't these conditions a bit too lenient?

"That's it."

Lin Jiu'an smiled and said, "Of course, you can't show any unwillingness like you have during this time, otherwise it will be considered that you have broken your oath."

"no!"

Artemis immediately refused, sneering, "Don't think I don't know you want to take me to Orion?"

"Don't worry, we'll stay in this car for the next seven days."

Artemis's smile froze, and her expression grew increasingly suspicious.

What do you mean?

She had just thought she had caught this bastard in the act, but then he turned around and said he wouldn't take her to Orion.

So why did he do all this?

Is it really just about being a boyfriend and girlfriend for seven days on the surface, without actually having a physical relationship?

Are you kidding me?

Artemis was certainly very confident in her charm.

She felt that none of the women in Lin Jiu'an's harem could compare to her.

But she didn't think she was so charming that Lin Jiu'an was infatuated with her; otherwise, that bastard wouldn't have humiliated her like this all this time.

At least.

It's impossible for him to do something that only a virgin who has never seen a woman would do.

"Of course, if Orion gets on the bus himself, then it's none of my business."

Upon hearing this, Artemis immediately understood, and the suspicion on her face turned into a cold smile.

She just said it.

This inherently evil brat from the Lin family couldn't possibly be so kind; so he was waiting for her here all along!

Ha ha.

She simply couldn't believe that Orion would happen to be on the Magic Eye Collection Train in these seven days.

Even if Orion comes up, so what?

She and Orion were truly in love!

How could Lin Jiu'an, a beastly brat who doesn't understand love, possibly imagine the feelings between the two?

"You can't kiss either!"

"Then there's nothing to talk about."

Artemis's expression shifted and struggled for a long time before she finally gritted her teeth and said, "Only once a day!"

"It's a word."

As Lin Jiu'an stood up, the black mud also disappeared.

Artemis breathed a sigh of relief and got up, still feeling like she was in a dream.

This guy actually let me go with such lenient terms?

Just as she was thinking, Lin Jiu'an suddenly reached out and put his arm around her slender waist.

"What are you trying to do?!" Artemis tensed, glaring at him angrily. "Are you going to break your promise?!"

"Isn't hugging and cuddling part of the promise?"