CH 22.3

Rejected the Demon’s Marriage Proposal Thousands of Times Chapter 22.3

Battlefield (3)

Originally, she wouldn't be able to recall a few words out of the hundreds that she learned, but when they were strung together into a story, especially a strange story, it made it difficult for her to forget. She felt that even if she didn't deliberately review them, when she thought of the words "murder" and "buried alive," the story would appear in her mind in the form of pictures, and she would never forget it in her life.

Anna simultaneously worked in the kitchen and reviewed all the words she still remembered in her mind, and then sent breakfast over to Parrish.

Because of Anna's vigilance and the shift of Parrish's interest away from her, he didn't make any more moves toward her these days.

But today, when Anna put the food down, Parrish suddenly said to Rothgarr: "Ulysses, why did I hear that you are teaching Anna to read now?"

Anna’s movements paused, and she heard the demon say lukewarmly: "Yeah."

Parrish smiled slightly. He looked up at Anna, and smiled meaningfully: "My dear Anna, I am very curious, what kind of method did you use to move Ulysses who was not willing to go even at my invitation?"

Anna thought to herself, obviously he was forcibly trying to teach me, OK?

She set the food on the table, stepped aside and said, "I didn't do anything. It was Master Ulysses who was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see that I had no one to teach me, so he taught me out of the kindness of his heart. I am very grateful to him."

Parrish smiled and asked, "Are you grateful to the extent of using your body to repay him?"

Anna scolded him as a pervert in her mind, and replied in a low voice: "I am not worthy of Master Ulysses, and I think it would be an insult to his kindness."

Parrish's gaze jumped from Rothgarr and Anna. Suddenly he smiled and asked Rothgarr, "Ulysses, did you really agree out of a moment of kindness and have no other motives? For example, wanting Anna to be your lover."

Rothgarr glanced at Anna, and casually threw a heavy blow: "I want to marry her; she isn’t willing."

Parrish showed an extremely surprised expression. When Rothgarr had just possessed Ulysses, he asked Anna to marry him several times before, but there were no witnesses. Therefore, everyone was at most running after shadows and making groundless assumptions. To hear such explosive news straight from the mouth of the person in question, of course Parrish's eyes would widen.

He couldn't help looking at Anna again, and the interest that had dissipated long ago instantly increased.

What kind of secret did this beautiful maid have that made a promising four-star mage want to marry a civilian like her? If it was just that she was good in bed, having her be a mistress was more than enough; why risk being outcasted by other nobles to marry her?

Anna saw Parrish's eyes lit up instantly. If she could, she wished to rewind ten seconds and twist the head of that demon off.

What was wrong with this demon? Didn’t he hope that she would agree to his marriage proposal so that he could harvest her soul? Suddenly telling Parrish that he failed to propose to her would only arouse Parrish's interest and create more obstacles for him, okay?

Look, Parrish was not interested in her at first, but now the look in his eyes was off again!

Anna said hurriedly, "Master Ulysses, please stop making this kind of joke! This will damage your reputation; you should be more careful in the future!"

Rothgarr glanced at Anna. He thought that she seemed to be really anxious.

Since he wanted to observe Anna in more depth, wouldn't it be nice to add Parrish into things?

Seeing that she was anxious, he truly had an inexplicable sense of joy.

After a while, Rothgarr said indifferently, "I'm not joking, or else why would I teach you?"

Parrish was watching the show, and his personal servant Waldo, who was standing not far away, had his head down, his heart full of shock.

He knew that Young Master Parrish’s proposal to Anna was rejected. Unexpectedly, even Ulysses' proposal to her was rejected! What was this Anna thinking... No, what was wrong with  Young Master Parrish and Ulysses? What charm did this woman have that he couldn’t see?

Anna heard the demon's words and took advantage of the situation: "If teaching me to study will affect your reputation, then I would rather give up this rare opportunity."

In fact, she didn't know whether she wanted the demon to say that he would not teach her anymore, or insist on teaching her. Learning from him truly exhausted her, but she could indeed learn a lot.

Of course, this didn't conflict with her wish that he would be sent to Shentang* at all.

[A place in China where criminals are held or where evildoers are punished.]

"Are you willing?" Rothgarr looked at Anna; the smile at the corner of his mouth was strange.

Parrish, who was in a theater state, instantly laughed and said: "My dear, if you are afraid of affecting Ulysses's reputation, I can teach you."

Parrish usually had a reputation for being romantic, so of course he was not afraid of being affected. He didn't want to teach Anna before because she was a commoner and he was a noble, and she couldn't change his mind no matter how beautiful she was. But now that Ulysses was teaching her, his mind changed immediately.

Ulysses's father had no familial relationship with his father. He and Ulysses were both nobles, and he was not afraid to offend Ulysses. Wasn’t it more fun when everyone was on an equal playing field?

Rothgarr glanced at Parrish sullenly. It was one thing for him to pull Parrish in, but it was another thing for Parrish to be so proactive that he undermined his plan.