After I died, my personal maid rebelled.

The Duke's mansion was brightly lit in the dead of night. Annie, who was tied up tightly, swallowed hard as she looked at the three dark figures that looked like mountains in front of her.

"Um...shouldn't we contact Duke Oswald? This is actually part of the plan. You can't do this...I've already died once."

If you were to ask Annie how she felt at this moment, the answer would be regret, deep regret. The last clear memory of her death felt like it had happened just seconds before; the terror of falling into the abyss crawled through every pore of her body, and she could still hear the wails of her soul echoing in the depths of her being.

An incredibly dazzling light flashed alongside an incredibly deep darkness; it was an absolute chill...

"Yes, Miss Annie, I can help you recall the whole process." Luna, wearing a military overcoat, rested her chin on her hands and said coldly, "My brother forced you to transform into the embodiment of the curse in order to verify certain issues."

"And after you died in the ritual, you demonstrated a certain ability to control temperature, causing your body temperature to drop sharply even though you had stopped breathing, thus preventing your body from decaying."

"Now that you've inexplicably woken up again, you still dare to say you haven't become a curse? What normal human being could be resurrected like you?"

Before Luna could finish speaking, Paul stood up, and the scabbard at his waist instantly glowed red. He assured her that if Annie made any unusual move, he would cut off her head immediately.

In the tense atmosphere, Chu Guang haphazardly chewed a handful of seaweed, patted the crumbs off his hands, and slowly swayed over to Annie, placing two fingers on Annie's neck.

Whether it's a curse or not, she'll check it first.

Light bloomed at her fingertips, and an extremely powerful force of nature surged into Annie's body, flowing like a river through every meridian, and finally rushing into the depths of her brain.

Chu Guang frowned, increased the input of energy again, and waved to Paul at the same time.

"Find a basin, and also grab a pot of tea."

The familiar bottomless pit, the familiar awakened power, and the backlash from the Star of Prayer—these complex forces originate from different systems and clash with each other like water and fire.

"you……"

Annie, who was convulsing all over, was about to speak when she suddenly vomited. Fortunately, Paul placed the wooden basin at her feet in time, and Chuguang also held her shoulders firmly.

Red and white mingled together, and foul-smelling blood and pure ice crystals vomited from her throat, seemingly mixed with some kind of dark substance.

Upon seeing this, all three of them involuntarily frowned.

"You have not yet become the embodiment of the curse, but your soul can no longer anchor itself to your body. If it weren't for the power representing cold successfully awakening, Annie, you would be a living dead now."

Chu Guang's voice was soft, yet it still touched upon Annie's buried memories. In her first life and her second, she was repeating the same wrong choices time and time again!

"Why did I degenerate into such a state?"

The dark blood reflected Annie's face. Perhaps it was a hallucination, but in the blood she saw the mottled marks on her long, white hair.

"The abyss is not about how deep you fall, but about whether you choose to struggle. The only thing a person can truly betray is their future self, Miss Annie."

After receiving instructions from the young lady, Paul untied the ropes binding Annie's wrists and then poured her a cup of hot tea.

The warm tea washed away the taste of blood in her mouth. Annie whispered a thank you and then fell into a long reverie.

She needs to figure out what exactly happened to her.

Staring blankly at the bloody water in the wooden basin, Luna immediately lost her appetite for drinking. She also didn't believe Annie would suddenly have a change of heart, so she looked up at Chuguang and asked, "What's her condition now?"

"The memory confusion caused by the loosening of the soul is like a sphere; no matter how she spins it, she can't see the whole picture of her past."

Chu Guang shrugged. "I can't cure this, but your brothers might have a way."

"Will she become a curse?"

"We can observe her for a couple of days. She has a lot of valuable information. I suggest you write a letter to Oswald explaining the situation. But never mind, I'll write it."

The night passed without incident. With Annie's awakening, the composition of the Duke's mansion became even more complex. Indeed, as Chuguang had said, Annie had fallen into a state of intermittent madness.

For example, one second she might think she's the young lady of a marquis's mansion, visiting the duke's mansion as a guest, and the next second she might remember her hostility towards the duke's mansion and be so frightened that she wants to jump off the balcony.

What Annie talked about most was a certain mysterious man. In her confused memories, whether that mysterious man loved her or not became a Schrödinger's dilemma.

Annie is like a master of disguise, switching back and forth between a young girl with budding love and a bitter, resentful woman, and occasionally bursting into tears and self-reproach.

Annie's confused memories not only tormented herself, but also the others in the Duke's mansion.

For the sake of the children's physical and mental health, Luna, having reached her limit, broke three pens in the office and locked the crazy woman, Annie, back into the underground prison.

The world quieted down, and the days passed one by one. While waiting for Oswald's reply, Chu Guang, who was running back and forth, finally came to an absurd conclusion after repeated verification.

She immediately notified Luna and Paul, rushed into the office, and said the first thing she could think of.

"What I'm about to tell you, please don't be afraid."

Luna and Paul, who were having afternoon tea and chatting, first looked at each other, then solemnly said, "We are warriors, we are not afraid, please speak."

Chu Guang braced himself on the table with his palms and emphasized, "I just discovered that Jenny and Annie are the same thing."

Upon hearing this, Luna and Paul exchanged another glance, then leaned back slightly.

"They're all...women?" Paul looked puzzled. What could Jenny have in common with Annie? In his memory, Jenny had never crossed paths with Annie.

Chu Guang sighed and emphasized again, "What I mean is that the power awakened within the two of them is essentially the same. From a systemic perspective, they are the only two people who possess this unique power so far."

After a moment of stunned silence, Luna blinked. "Maybe your sample size isn't large enough. There are people in the world who can't use magic or manipulate nature, but are still incredibly powerful."

"Just as you analyzed, this is a conceptual power that lies between magic and nature, and it's not something inexplicable."

"Who?" Chu Guang seemed to have discovered a blind spot and cast a sharp glance at Luna.

"Who else possesses this trait?"

Chuguang's understanding is not as shallow as Luna's. As a copy of the consciousness of the goddess of nature, she has witnessed the birth of various powers over countless years.

She could guarantee that no living being before Jenny and Annie had ever possessed such power. Jenny was on the verge of death, and Annie had even died once before suddenly awakening.

When Chu Guang pressed them for answers, Luna and Paul simultaneously thought of the same person.

"If you insist on looking, Lady Elene fits the bill perfectly. She's incredibly powerful; she could conquer a city with her own martial arts skills alone..."