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Sophia started having that dream again.

fire.

There is fire everywhere.

Searing flames surrounded her and the woman.

The woman was tied to the cross with her head lowered, and her body made a sizzling grilling sound under the burning flames. Her snow-white skin was burnt brown and black, and she could even smell the aroma of burnt meat.

She wanted to retreat and close her eyes, but she couldn't control her body. I could only watch helplessly as the woman slowly raised her head, revealing a face exactly like hers!

...It turns out that it was she who was tied to the cross and put on trial all along!

The severe pain all over her body made Sophia scream and struggle desperately in front of the cross.

If it was normal, she would have woken up long ago. But this time, I don't know what happened. No matter how much she struggled or howled, this cruel and terrifying dream continued.

Is she going to be burned to death?

The woman's charred body could not help but appear in her mind. Sophia finally broke down and cried: "I'm not a witch! Why did you burn me!"

"No, you are a witch." The voice was cold and elegant, lingering in her ears.

"No, I'm not!" Sofia shook her head desperately, "I'm a farmer's daughter, not an evil witch!"

The owner of the voice chuckled, and his voice became softer and gentler: "You are not afraid of fire at all, why do you deceive yourself?"

"Only ordinary people without magic power are burned to death, and you are a witch in charge of fire. Fire cannot burn you to death."

After listening to his words, Sophia felt that the pain in her body was really going away from her. She closed her eyes in horror and shook her head desperately: "No! You are lying! I am not a witch! No!"

"But if you are not a witch, you will be burned to death." The male voice with a slight smile paused, and then said with a bit of exaggerated surprise: "Is it possible that you want to die, Sophia?"

die? Just like that woman who finally turned into charcoal under the eyes of everyone's hatred? So ugly, so...sad.

Sophia cried again: "No! I don't want to die! I didn't do anything wrong, why should I die!"

"Yes, Sophia is a good child, but those people are wrong." The voice applauded and agreed: "Those people don't want Sophia to live, so they are all bad people."

As if she was bewitched, Sophia opened her eyes and nodded firmly: "Yes, it's them who are wrong, not me."

"Do you want to live, Sofia?"

"I want to live!"

"What if they don't let you live?"

Sophia didn't hesitate at all: "Then kill them!"

The voice finally laughed happily: "Sign a contract with me, Sophia."

"I give you the power to kill."

"Then...give me your soul."

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"So..." Le Jing lowered his eyes and stared at the black cat sitting swaggering on the counter, and rubbed his eyebrows helplessly: "She signed a contract with you just like this? With...?"

Le Jing hesitated for a moment, not knowing what to call the black cat.

The black cat shook its furry tail and said slowly: "Devil. As you can see, I am a devil."

Le Jing just wanted to sigh.

This morning, he found the black cat in Sofia's room, while Sofia was asleep.

According to the black cat, this is because Sophia has just awakened the power of the witch and signed a soul contract with the black cat to gain too much power. Her body cannot adapt and falls into a deep sleep.

Le Jing asked: "When will she wake up?"

The black cat's bright golden eyes looked at Le Jing without blinking, with a kind of eerie concentration: "She will wake up the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Le Jing hummed calmly, which disappointed Black Cat, who was prepared to face the angry questioning from the young man.

The black cat tilted his head and grinned, "You're really weird. When ordinary people hear me say this, even if they don't shout and kill, they will be frightened and confused, right? After all, this is a soul contract signed with the devil. Yeah. Or..." He narrowed his golden cat eyes, filled with thick malice, "You actually don't care at all whether she will die? How cold is it that she still wants to marry you?"

"This is the choice she made, then she should be aware of the consequences." Le Jing said lightly: "I can save her once out of humanitarianism, but I cannot save her for the rest of her life. She must survive on her own. "

After all, he is just a passerby who does not belong to this world. After he left, Sophia had to rely on her own strength to survive. If she died, it would be because her life was not good enough and she could not blame others.

The responsibility for a life is too heavy for him to bear.

The black cat was stunned, obviously not expecting to receive such an answer. After a while, he looked at him thoughtfully: "Sure enough, you are really a strange human being."

"But -" he raised his nose and sniffed intoxicatedly, "you are really delicious. Much more delicious than Sophia."

The black cat stared at the bright and powerful soul, its golden eyes filled with obsession. He swallowed loudly and murmured to himself: "I really want to eat you."

The black cat's performance really aroused Le Jing's curiosity, and he asked enthusiastically: "If you want to compare it with food, what do you think of me?"

This was the first time Le Jing encountered a real ogre! I didn't expect that someone like him would be a delicacy in the eyes of demons. It's really... surprising.

"It's not food." The black cat swallowed, Le Jing's figure clearly reflected in the cat's unstructured golden eyes, "You are a star, the brightest and most determined star in the dark night."

So that's it.

Neither the sun nor the moon, but stars that are faint but never extinguished.

Le Jing half-covered his face and smiled, "Thank you for the compliment."

The black cat stretched out its pink tongue and licked its mouth: "You're welcome."

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere fell into a stalemate for a while.

"Hey, human. Sign a contract with me." He lowered his body and locked his cold eyes firmly on Le Jing, "As long as you are willing to give your soul, I can fulfill any of your wishes!"

Le Jing firmly stretched out his hand in front of the black cat and made an X sign, "Please allow me to refuse!"

Black Cat didn't give up yet: "I really, really can fulfill any of your wishes!"

"No need." The young man stretched his eyebrows and showed an incredibly beautiful and clean smile, "Because my biggest wish has been fulfilled by someone."

The black cat suddenly twitched his ears alertly: "Who?" Could it be one of his colleagues? But he had checked carefully just now and found that there was no demonic aura in this human being.

Le Jing said irresponsibly, "He is someone from outside the world."

The black cat was successfully misled, and began to think about whether it was some god who was full and had nothing to do.

‘Le Ling, it seems that he didn’t notice your existence. ’

[It’s strange that a creature from the mysterious side can discover my technological intelligence. ] Le Ling complained: [I'm afraid he doesn't even know what calculus is. 】

Black, doesn't know calculus, maybe doesn't even know functions, is illiterate, and the cat is confused. No matter how much he probes, this human being doesn't have any aura of magic or divine power.

Is he lying to him?

The black cat swung its tail back and forth and looked at the human unkindly: "Are you lying to me?"

"People call me human beings." Le Jing said, "I have a name. My name is Le Jing, how should I call you?"

The black cat gave him a strange look and muttered: "You just gave me your real name, aren't you afraid of what I will do to you?"

Happy but silent.

With Le Ling here, even if he knew his true name, this demon couldn't do anything to him.

The black cat raised his chin: "Call me Victor."

Le Jing was silent for a moment, then asked carefully: "...Victor Hugo?"

"Meow-" The black cat let out a terrified scream, and the fur all over his body exploded. He took a few steps back and almost fell off the counter.

"Who are you?" He glared at Le Jing fiercely, murderous intent brewing in his round cat eyes, "Why do you know my real name!"

Le Jing: ...Probably because I have watched "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables" (smile)

The author has something to say:

Small theater 1

Black Cat: Sign a contract with me!

Le Jing: Please allow me to refuse!

Black Cat: Why? !

Le Jing: Because I don’t want to transform into a magical girl:-)

Small theater 2

Victor: Why do you know my real name? !

Le Jing: To be honest, on my home planet, it is conservatively estimated that more than a billion people have heard of your name. After all, Victor Hugo was a best-selling author (no)

Victor, a demon who loses his vest at the beginning, is so pitiful hehehe.