The Wicked Female Is Wild and Scheming, Living in a Love Battlefield Every Day-Chapter 249 - 223: Identity Swap Card (Part 2)

The hand with distinct joints lingered around her neck, raising goosebumps all over her body. She was increasingly frightened but made every effort to remain calm.

Mael Valerius had a bizarre smile on the corner of his mouth and suddenly whispered in her ear, "Now tell me, who are you really?"

A mad frenzy was swirling in his dark golden vertical pupils, "My Luna... would never admit her pranks, even though she did them."

Luna Sutton was so nervous that her palms were sweating, and she nearly cried inside. Dealing with this lunatic was indeed challenging.

She forced a smile that looked uglier than crying, "Growing up brings changes in personality; I can’t always stay the same little girl."

Suddenly, Mael Valerius erupted, hurling her against the stone wall of the cave. His tall frame pressed in with searing heat, pinning her down and squeezing her forcefully.

Her back ached terribly from the impact, and her face turned slightly pale.

Looking up, she saw him staring intently at her, the smile on his lips became increasingly strange and crazed, "What was the poison fruit called that Luna fed me that year behind the mountain?"

"Red berries!"

She blurted out without thinking.

"Wrong."

His distinct hand suddenly clutched her neck, the dark golden eyes roiling with a tempest, "Luna never remembers the names of wild fruits, only calls them ’the red ones.’"

Luna Sutton couldn’t help but laugh out of anger, swearing a thousand times in her heart:

This psycho must be sick. Isn’t it normal not to remember things at five?

She suddenly doubted if Mael Valerius’s affection for the original Luna was real, or just a twisted obsession.

The Dragon Clan had always pressured him to marry The Phoenix Clan, even using violent means to keep him from leaving, mentally and physically tormenting him, along with never being able to see the original Luna, further driving him into madness.

He had even turned into a Frenzied Beast.

Her throat ached from his grip, yet she suddenly chuckled, "Mael Valerius, why don’t you just ask me if I’m willing to die for you?"

She mocked him with a sarcasm glint in her eyes, continuing her cold laughter, "Do you love the memory of that little female, or the living person standing before you?"

Mael Valerius’s body froze instantly, his dark golden pupils flickered uncertainly.

The wind whistled at the cave entrance, sticking Luna Sutton’s loose hair onto the sweat-drenched side of her neck.

The night wind carried sparks, crackling loudly.

The big hand on Luna Sutton’s neck didn’t move, only the knuckles trembled slightly.

She suddenly realized Mael Valerius was scared.

This fearless madman had a hint of near-collapse confusion hidden beneath his scarlet eyes.

Perhaps, this question is something he can’t even answer himself.

"Luna..."

His voice was so hoarse it was barely audible, his hand subconsciously loosening, "Why... are you even too lazy to deceive me now?"

Luna Sutton relaxed her neck and gasped heavily twice.

Suddenly, a system reminder sounded in her mind, "Host, identity conversion card can temporarily cover the target’s cognition, making him firmly believe you are the original Luna, the time limit is one year. Just transfer his love for the original Luna to you within a year, and the crisis will naturally be resolved."

She was momentarily stunned, suddenly remembering there was an identity conversion card in her system backpack, originally rewarded by the system. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

That was a reward for reaching a favorability of 75 with Malachi Arcanus, entering the liking stage.

Her eyes flickered subtly as she quietly pulled out the identity conversion card, hiding it in her palm.

One year might not ensure Mael Valerius’s love for the original transfers completely, but at least it offers a moment to catch her breath.

"Who said I’m too lazy to deceive?"

She suddenly grabbed Mael Valerius by the collar, pulling him close until their breaths intermingled.

Seizing the chance, she pressed the conversion card against his heart, letting it dissolve into flowing light and sink into his skin.

A system prompt echoed in Luna Sutton’s mind, "Ding! Identity conversion card activated, time limit 365 days."

"You believed The Sorceress’s provocation and came here to choke me?"

Luna Sutton’s eyes reddened, her voice quivering with the edge of tears, "That old witch cursed me to become ugly, and even before dying, she wants to break us apart..."

At that point, she forcefully poked his chest with her finger, "Mael Valerius, if you have any brains at all..."

Before she could finish, she was suddenly pulled into an iron-tight embrace.

"It’s my fault."

Mael Valerius buried his face in her shoulder and hair, gently inhaling her scent of cedar, "Luna... Luna..."

The raspy voice echoed with repeated calling, hot tears falling onto her neck nook, sliding down into her collar.

Outside the cave.

Corbin Crowley’s silver eyes were fixed steadfastly on the cave entrance, glittering with a cold radiance under the moonlight.

"The half hour is up."

He abruptly rose, prepared to rush inside.

Rhys Blackwood frowned, "Let’s wait a bit longer."

Zeke Veridian suddenly clamped his hand over both of their shoulders, "Listen..."

Inside the cave came Mael Valerius’s heart-wrenching cries, resembling an injured young beast.

Malachi Arcanus scratched his head, utterly confused, "Why is the mad dragon crying?"

Becoming Luna’s sixth beast husband should be cause for happiness, isn’t it?

Why did he start crying instead?

At that moment, Luna Sutton suddenly emerged, the bruises on her neck glaringly obvious under the moonlight.

Mael Valerius followed her out, his dark golden eyes wet with tears, red and filled with guilt.

Corbin Crowley instantly noticed the bruises on Luna Sutton’s neck, clear marks of strangulation, and his extraordinarily handsome face instantly darkened.

He pulled her to the front, fingers brushing over the bruises on her neck. His silver eyes instantly frosted, "Did he hurt you?"

Luna Sutton was about to answer.

Mael Valerius suddenly came over and held her hand, looking even more guilty, "Luna... forgive me..."

He seemed as pitifully guilty as a small puppy.

Luna Sutton sighed helplessly, too lazy to fuss over this. If not for the identity conversion card, things might have turned out far worse.

"He’s insane, I’m insane too, but it’s fine now."

She glanced at the men who kept staring at her, "All of you follow me back into the cave to sleep!"

Excluding Mael Valerius himself.

Corbin Crowley, Rhys Blackwood, Zeke Veridian, Malachi Arcanus all furrowed their brows until they were knotted.

They had a gut feeling about something being wrong between the pair, but since Luna didn’t want to say it, they hesitated to pry.

The group was about to enter.

She paused, suddenly looked at Mael Valerius, "You sleep on the outermost side, Corbin Crowley will sleep next to you, followed by Malachi Arcanus, Rhys Blackwood, and Zeke Veridian sleeping close to me, that’s the arrangement for tonight."

Leaving those words, she stepped into the cave.

The five men were instantly petrified.

"Why do I have to sleep on the outermost side?"

Mael Valerius’s dark golden eyes instantly drooped.

On his first night as Luna’s beast husband, he was relegated to sleep furthest away.

Why does it feel like being banished to the cold palace?

All because of that Sorceress, causing harm even in death.

Corbin Crowley sneered, "Be grateful for not being thrown out of the cave."

Though internally, he felt equally annoyed, why was he the second from last?

Rhys Blackwood followed Luna Sutton inside, but his voice floated outside, "If you keep arguing, don’t come in."

Zeke Veridian was indeed very happy, finally being able to sleep hugging Luna.