Chapter 291: Chapter 232: Surprisingly Strange_1
Under the guidance of Ann, Duanmu Huai arrived at the prison to see the girl who was accused of being a succubus.
She was a beautiful girl with long golden hair and a slender figure, with burgundy eyes. She looked incredibly enchanting. Hmm…just judging by her appearance, it wouldn’t be difficult to enchant a few men. According to the previous investigation results, this miss was called Kristin, a merchant’s daughter in Manaria. Though she was about the same age as Ann, she couldn’t attend the magic academy because she lacked magical power. Instead, she went to a regular school and helped with family matters.
How did such a young lady end up mingling with a group of noblemen’s sons?
However, when Duanmu Huai began interrogating her, the answer shocked him.
“I’m not in a romantic relationship with them. In fact, they just paid me to play the role of another woman.”
“Uhh…what do you mean?”
“In essence, they all fancied a lady from a noble family, but they didn’t dare approach her. They referred to her as their goddess. I happen to resemble her, so they paid me to serve as her substitute.”
According to this young lady, her daily job involved dressing like that noble girl and hanging out with them.
For instance, accompanying them to work.
Or going shopping with them.
Afterwards, they would pay her a large sum of money.
“Honestly, I considered being a bit more accommodating, considering the generous payments. However, whenever I got close, they would push me away, declaring ‘Don’t deceive yourself. You’re just her stand-in. I won’t fall for you. My body and heart will forever belong to her’……”
“How can you bear this?”
“What’s unacceptable about it? As a merchant, you deal with all sorts of strange customers. Even if their attitudes are unpleasant, they pay in pure gold and silver. So long as I play the part they want, there’s no harm. It’s just words and no physical touching, and I get paid handsomely. Isn’t it great?”
Having heard her side of the story, both Duanmu Huai and Ann were bewildered.
“So they give you money, ask you to impersonate someone else, buy you clothes and gifts, accompany you to meals, but don’t touch you?”
“Yep, where would you find such good clients? Hence, I might have gotten a tad greedy and thought if I planned my time well, I could earn even more money……”
Upon saying this, Kristin spread her hands helplessly.
“As a result, it turned out this way.”
“Why on earth would they do this?”
“How would I know what you men think?”
I apologize, I too can’t fathom what these idiots are thinking.
With Kristin’s response, Duanmu Huai was left speechless. He rolled his eyes and glanced at Ann beside him who clutched her head, as confused as he was.
However, Duanmu Huai quickly noticed a discrepancy.
“Wait a minute, by your account they couldn’t care less about you. Yet, why would they fight for you?”
“I have no idea. I was originally accompanying one of them to a dance. But at the entrance, we bumped into the other four. They were in shock, staring at me as if I was being unfaithful. They confronted me, and then they started fighting……”
Kristin shrugged nonchalantly as she spoke; Duanmu Huai knew too well what she meant. In Kristin’s view, this was more or less equivalent to a cosplay work. She dressed up as a doll according to the men’s requests, accompanied them for a while, and then got paid. To her, this was a straightforward transaction. As they treated her so coldly, she never expected they would get into a fight over her.
This was utter nonsense according to Kristin. There were no ulterior motives, she just wanted their money.
Isn’t it just a transaction since both sides are willing?
After the questioning session with Kristin, Duanmu Huai and Ann went on to interrogate the noble sons. Their responses were surprisingly consistent.
“That woman, despite taking my money, flirted with other men. She’s not the woman I expected. Indeed, she’s just a substitute. Despite the similar appearance, she is inherently different! She’s not as kind, innocent, cute, beautiful, pure as her, not as…… In short, I must have been blind. Yes, it’s that woman’s fault!”
They all agreed on this, believing Kristin had betrayed them. They were influenced by some spell when they fought in public, thinking they were tricked by a succubus.
“I really can’t take them anymore!”