Lilly had always been by Zachary’s side to secretly protect him. She simply moved her hands and drew a talisman to hide herself. The female spirit seemed to forget about Lilly’s existence; she focused on eating Zachary’s soul. The vitality fire on his forehead would stand out if I continued to scare him. It might not be easy, but once I did it, I could completely take over his body. She could hide inside his body to let him go through the torment of being steam even if she did not manage to level up and leave.
Suddenly, there were a lot of noises around her! She tensed up, as it was the exact time of her being steam-steamed ten years ago! She could not care about Zachary’s still-lit vitality fire; she just dashed toward him. She was terrified; all she knew was that she must hide in his body and let him be tortured in her place.
Zachary merely felt tired and his eyelids were heavy; he felt like he had not slept for days playing video games. He started to doze off, but the next moment he saw the female spirit dashing right toward him! His eyes widened, and his first thought was to run! But his body went straight to the spirit instead. He thought to himself, I’m done for. My body is being controlled; it’s not mine anymore.
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When he woke up again, he realized he was surrounded by villagers. But they stood far away and looked at him with fear. A man in his thirties and a woman in her fifties were grabbing each other's arms. Who are they? He felt that his head was heavy. He thought that everything looked similar; there was a tree far away, and it seemed like the tree that Lilly and he rested at today. But it was a lot smaller. The yard was also familiar, like the old yard just now. But it did not have a fence; the one in front of him had a fence. The villagers were peeking over the fence.
Maybe I’m in someone else’s yard? But why did they capture me? Aren’t I and Lilly in that old house just now? Why am I suddenly here? And where is Lilly?
"Do we have to steam?" The woman at his side asked. Someone replied, "Yes. She’s being possessed, so she’s sometimes normal and sometimes crazy." And someone continued to say, "Don’t you worry, we have a lot of experience. We cured many people with this method; it’ll work."
The man at Zachary’s side said, "Mom, rest assured and listen to the master!"
Zachary hurriedly yelled, "Don’t steam me. Don’t!" And he only realized that his voice had changed into a woman’s voice... And it sounded familiar. He used to live stream himself playing video games to earn money for his school fees, so he was a pretty smart child. He suddenly thought to himself, I sound like the female spirit just now! Dammit, am I being possessed?
He soon validated his own guesses. There was a stove and a big iron pot in front of him. And there was a barrel in it; he had seen it just now! He looked around and saw his own feet. These were adult feet! And he was taller, and he was wearing women's shoes. He was indeed being possessed! No, he turned into that female spirit. Am I here to die like her? Oh no!
He was shocked. Just when he was in a daze, he was being carried toward the barrel. "No! Let me go!" he yelled. The woman should be the female spirit’s mother; she wiped off her tears and said, "Maria, it’ll be over soon... I won’t harm you." Zachary shouted, "What the! Isn't this hurting me? You’re about to steam me! You’re not my mother!" He was about to break free from them. But the man was strong; he grabbed him and said, "Maria, you always listen to me! You’re my wife; we’re treating you now!" He then said, "Look at yourself; you’re talking nonsense again."
Zachary was confused! He was trying to explain that he was not Maria, but a kid going to primary school! But they grabbed him even harder after hearing his words.
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