Chapter 136: Temptation from the System

Early morning.

Sunlight gently filtered through the thin mist, softly illuminating Shadowmoon Manor.

Su Nian stood beside the manor’s stables, wearing the Cloak of Concealment that Chu Tian had prepared for her.

She stood there quietly, radiating an indescribable aura of mystery.

The cloak was made of a lightweight, soft material, feeling almost weightless on her body.

The large hood covered her dazzling golden hair, revealing only her exquisitely beautiful face.

Under the effect of the Cloak of Concealment, the girl’s presence was drastically diminished.

To others, she looked like an ordinary girl, unremarkable and plain — completely different from the magical girl idol who usually attracted all eyes wherever she went.

“Ready?” Chu Tian’s low, magnetic voice broke the morning silence as he approached Su Nian.

“Mm.” Su Nian nodded slightly, her voice soft.

Her eyes were filled with complicated emotions.

This trip —

Was her crucial battle!

Mossenburg, a border city, a fortress resisting the Demon Race… Necromancers… Undead creatures.

Just thinking about it sent chills down her spine.

But she had to go!

Although the Humiliation Value System allowed her to grow stronger quickly, the number of actual battles she’d experienced could be counted on one hand, and she had lost many of them.

But that didn’t matter.

This time… she would win!

As long as she found undeniable evidence that the bastard horned demon was colluding with the necromancer, she could destroy his reputation, and countless powerful figures would hunt him down.

If not—

That was fine too!

It would mean the bastard horned demon and the necromancer weren’t allies.

They might even end up fighting each other… preferably, mutually assured destruction!

Then—

She could sit back and reap the benefits, wiping out both the bastard horned demon who bullied her and those necromancers wreaking havoc on the world in one fell swoop!

Su Nian calculated in her mind, a sly smile unconsciously curling at the corner of her lips.

She wouldn’t bet on just one possibility; she was prepared for everything to ensure absolute success.

“Then let’s set off.” Chu Tian said, climbing into the carriage first, then extending his hand to her.

Su Nian cast him a disdainful glance, ignoring his outstretched hand, and stepped directly into the carriage, sitting opposite him.

She turned her head to the window, deliberately avoiding looking at the man she loathed.

“Hmph!”

That bastard had ruined her last night.

She washed her face and hair countless times, but still felt as if his scent lingered, making her skin crawl.

Just recalling last night’s scenes filled her with overwhelming shame.

Especially when the maid entered the study, her heart nearly leapt into her throat.

Wuwuwu—

Thankfully, last night was likely the last time she’d be bullied like that!

This trip was either to find evidence or to have a surprise in store.

In any case, she couldn’t act rashly this time — she had to charge in with a plan.

This time, she would use her brain and grind that bastard horned demon’s intelligence into the ground.

She wanted to make that bastard demon realize that Su Nian was not someone to be trifled with!

After Chu Tian’s hand was rejected, he frowned slightly.

If he were in his human form, he might not care so much, tending to her with small acts of kindness just to get her to look his way, to smile at him.

But now, as the horned demon master temporarily using the girl to increase his Annoyance Value, he was in a different position.

“What are you doing sitting inside the carriage?” Chu Tian asked, his voice filled with amusement as his gaze landed on Su Nian’s face, waiting for her reaction.

The Cloak of Concealment might work on others, but to him, it was just decoration—

After all, he had bought it with his own hands.

“I’m not sitting inside? Where else should I be? Do you think I have my own carriage for this trip?” Su Nian looked puzzled, not understanding what scheme this bastard was up to.

“Of course not. I officially declare that my lover is Miss Su Nian. But now that you’re wearing that cloak, to outsiders you just look like a passerby. It’s not appropriate for us to share the same carriage.” Chu Tian explained thoroughly.

Su Nian was stunned.

Since when did this guy become so ‘by-the-book’?

“So?”

“You’ll drive the carriage, and I’ll sit inside.” Chu Tian leaned back, acting as if this was the most natural thing in the world.

“Me? Drive?” Su Nian nearly burst out laughing in anger.

Was this bastard out of his mind?

He had bullied her so much these past few days.

Although she wanted to kill him, she understood her own overwhelming beauty and why the horned demon did this.

But asking her to drive?

What kind of nonsense was that?!

Logically—

Shouldn’t a man drive?

She was a magical idol; if she asked, there would be plenty of people scrambling to drive for her.

‘Hmph!”

No gentlemanly manners at all.

“Of course! Do you think Miss Su Nian would have the master drive while you, the little slave, sit inside and enjoy?” Chu Tian suddenly leaned in, whispering into her ear.

“Tch, fine, I’ll drive.” Su Nian blushed, grinding her teeth.

She knew this was probably another one of the bastard’s new tricks to torment her.

But she couldn’t ask him to show any “gentlemanly” behavior by driving himself.

Hiring a driver—

Seemed like a good idea.

But that meant being trapped in the same carriage with the bastard again, plus there would be a coachman outside.

Then—

This bastard might bully her again, and with outsiders around, she wouldn’t dare shout loudly for fear of being discovered.

That would be even more humiliating.

Better to drive herself!

With her decision made, Su Nian turned and stepped out of the carriage, casually opening the system.

“Ding dong, purchase [Advanced Riding Skill], cost 500 Humiliation Value.”

Now, 500 Humiliation Value was nothing to her.

But she had to be careful not to waste it.

Once she got rid of that bastard, her efficiency in gaining Humiliation Value would drop drastically.

Without him, even earning 1,000 Humiliation Value a day would be difficult.

Thinking this, Su Nian suddenly felt a bit anxious and disappointed.

Hmm.

Why was she feeling down now?

‘No!’

Su Nian shook her head violently, throwing away the thought of staying by the bastard horned demon’s side just to earn massive Humiliation Value.

She absolutely could not go down that wrong path!

Staying by that bastard’s side and being bullied for Humiliation Value was no different from those people who stayed in abusive arrangements just for money.

She couldn’t do that!

“Ding dong, total Humiliation Value of 100 million will upgrade the system to Six-Star. The host will gain Divinity, possess Eternal Life and invincible power, and be immune to all negative effects, including system debuffs and equipment effects such as [Recognition State] and [Lover’s Prison Collar].”

Total Humiliation Value: 1.46 million

Current Humiliation Value: 286,000

The sudden System Notification startled Su Nian.

‘Damn it… system! Was this a temptation?’

100 million Humiliation Value—under normal circumstances, she could never reach that in a lifetime.

This broken system acted cold and aloof most of the time, but at crucial moments, it dangled huge promises like a carrot. Did it really think she was an idiot?

Divinity, Eternal Life, invincible power, immunity to negative effects…

Could a human possibly save up that much Humiliation Value?

Su Nian sneered inwardly, silently mocking the system’s unreliability.

But then she thought: although the system was unreliable, at least it gave her hope.

What if someday she really did manage to save up that much?

It sounded very tempting, but…