If Jasmine had previously enjoyed the gazes from the men, she was now only left with worry and fear.
She quickened her pace again, as though she was being chased by Feysac.
Finally, Jasmine rushed into the apartment and escaped from the men before they could approach.
Phew … The girl patted her chest and secretly decided to go out less at night in the future.
Only then did she realize that unimaginable beauty had its drawbacks.
After calming herself down, Jasmine walked up the dark stairs to the third floor and returned to her house. She opened the door with the key she carried with her.
She carefully approached her parents' bed and examined their faces with the help of the moonlight.
Compared to when she had left the house not long ago, her parents' faces were rosy. Their white hair and wrinkles had lessened, and their snoring was almost non-existent.
They've really recovered their health … Jasmine couldn't help but smile as she heaved a sigh of relief.
Sensing the commotion, her mother's eyelids twitched before she slowly opened them.
Jasmine held her breath and restrained her smile, preparing to give her mother a surprise.
Her mother sat up and looked over. Her expression suddenly turned extremely horrified.
"Who are you?" the woman asked in a shrill voice, pushing her husband to his feet.
Who am I? Jasmine was stunned by the question. For a moment, she didn't know how to answer such a simple question.
At that moment, her father had also woken up. He looked at the beautiful girl in front of him in puzzlement and wariness.
"Get out! Otherwise, I'll call the police! "Jasmine's mother left her bed and picked up the candlestick beside her, using it as a weapon.
"We don't welcome thieves." Jasmine's father issued an eviction order rather politely.
He knew that when facing a thief, he should try not to be too forceful. Otherwise, it would be easy for the other party to choose an extreme response.
If he didn't have a wife and children, he wouldn't be too afraid of fighting a thief. But now, he had an entire family on his shoulders.
Jasmine finally snapped out of her daze and hurriedly said,
"Dad, Mom, I'm …"
Before she could finish her sentence, her mother shoved her in the face. Her father pressed down on her shoulder and dragged her out of the room.
As for what she said, no one cared in such a situation.
Creak!
The door to her room closed before her eyes, leaving Jasmine at a loss and helpless.
She wanted to knock on the door and use the key she carried with her to prove her identity, but at this moment, she heard her mother say to the patrolling police officers from the opposite window, "Don't worry.
"There's a thief here, a thief!"
Thief … Daddy and Mommy don't recognize me … Will they think that I murdered myself … Will the police believe the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine … Jasmine's heart tightened as she subconsciously decided to leave the apartment and avoid the police. She would wait until daybreak to explain to her parents and use their shared memories to win their trust.
Thud, thud, thud. She lowered her head and rushed out of the apartment under the watchful eyes of the neighbors who had heard the noise.
She ran all the way to a nearby alley and avoided the police who came from the main street. Jasmine panted and stopped. Tears involuntarily slid down her face and fell to the ground.
Suddenly, a hand reached over, covered her mouth, and dragged her to a secluded corner of the alley.
"How much? I'll pay any price … "A drunken, muffled voice rang in Jasmine's ears. It was as though he had treated her as a street girl and was unable to resist her temptation.
Jasmine struggled with all her might, shocked, afraid, and in despair.
Just as she felt that she was about to collapse, the drunkard's hand released her.
"Miss, are you alright?" A hoarse male voice sounded.
Jasmine quickly left the area where the drunkard was before turning around and seeing a policeman in a black-and-white checkered uniform.
"H-he wants to …" Jasmine began crying as she spoke.
The policeman looked at her pitifully and said, "We will send him to the magistrate's court.
"We will send him to the magistrate's court, but miss, you need to come back to the police station with me to record a statement."
Jasmine was in an extremely panicked and helpless state, so she subconsciously nodded.
Before long, she sat in a nearby police station's statement room. Opposite her was the policeman and his colleague.
"In other words, he never asked if you were a street girl, and you never gave any hints of soliciting customers?" the policeman said as he deliberated over his words.
He was worried that being too direct would hurt the beautiful girl in front of him.
Jasmine held a cup of coffee and lowered her head to take a sip.
"Yes, I just arrived at that alley."
"Alright, let's stop here. Miss Jasmine, can you tell us where your house is? We'll send someone to send you back, "another policeman asked in a fawning manner.
Thinking of her parents' reaction and the disgusting gazes, Jasmine couldn't help but shiver. She was on the verge of tears.
"I have a conflict with my parents, so I can't return home for the time being. Perhaps you can send me to the nearest hotel …"
At this point, she recalled that she only had a few pennies left. There was no way for her to stay in a good hotel, and cheap hotels were almost equivalent to danger to her.
The policeman at the front was taken aback.
"Alright."
On the way to send Jasmine to the nearest hotel, the policeman hesitated a few times before finally speaking.
"If, and I'm saying if, you plan on becoming a street girl, you can come to me directly. There's no need, no need to work so hard …"
Upon hearing this, Jasmine felt like she was about to have a mental breakdown. It was completely different from the first time she saw that face after being burned.
This made her feel extremely insecure. She remained silent and didn't answer.
Fortunately, the policeman did not force her and sent her all the way to the door of the nearest hotel.
"There's no need. I'll go in myself." Jasmine rejected the policeman's offer to send her to her room.
After the policeman left, she quickly walked out of the hotel without checking in.
She wanted to go to the municipal square, to the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, and cancel her previous wish.
This kind of beauty was too frightening!
After taking a few steps, Jasmine took off the scarf draped over her shoulders and wrapped it around her face layer by layer, just like the first time she went out that night.
Back then, her face still had burn marks from the flames. Her missing nose and severely damaged lips made her look like a devil.
After taking the trackless public carriage to the municipal square, she entered the street again and saw the brass Fully Automatic Wishing Machine.
Jasmine's heart immediately calmed down. She quickened her pace and came in front of the machine.
Then, she was at a loss. She didn't know how to operate it to cancel her previous wish.
"Your first wish is considered a free attempt. It's not counted as one of the three wishes, so you still have one more wish." At that moment, Jasmine heard Mr. Merlin Hermes's voice.
She turned her head and saw that across the street, beside the gas lamp, the Magicians wearing a top hat was calmly looking at her under the dim yellow light.
"Okay, okay." Jasmine hurriedly took out a copper penny and threw it into the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine.
"I wish to cancel my previous wish." She closed her eyes and said silently as she held the wrench and spun it.
"Thud."
Once again, she heard the slightly muffled knocking sound.
After opening her eyes, Jasmine rushed to the shop beside her and stopped in front of the glass window. She took off the scarf wrapped around her face layer by layer.
She saw herself again, the girl who wasn't considered pretty.
Jasmine immediately relaxed and instinctively turned her head to look at the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, but she realized that it had disappeared with Mr. Merlin Hermes.
"Praise the Goddess. Thank you, Mr. Hermes." Jasmine sincerely tapped her chest four times in a clockwise fashion.
She then took the last copper penny and boarded the trackless public carriage home.
Along the way, no one gave up their seats to her.
When her figure disappeared from the street, Klein appeared by the side of the street again, holding a silver mirror with ancient patterns in his hand.
"Great Master, why didn't you say at the end that 'too much greed will only make a good thing turn into a bad thing' or 'wishes always have a price?' That would have made the entire matter seem more philosophical and elevated it to the level of a fable. "On the surface of the mirror, silver words jumped out.
Klein smiled.
"The biggest problem is that I'm unable to use normal methods to satisfy her wish to become extremely, extremely, extremely beautiful. Lie can only make adjustments to a certain extent.
"Therefore, I had no choice but to 'Graft' one of the effects of a Sealed Artifact that originated from a Demoness onto her. This caused her to obtain astonishing beauty, but it also came with terrifying charm powers, making it impossible for the men around her to resist it."
That Sealed Artifact belonged to Xio, a relic of Demoness Shermane.
As Xio had made a mistake while preserving it, Shermane's Beyonder characteristic had fused with the box containing it, becoming a Sealed Artifact with shocking negative effects. This caused Xio's brother to look at the box in a strange way.
To resolve this problem, Xio made a wish to Mr. Fool and got "Him" to seal the item.
After saying that casually, Klein looked at the magic mirror.
"Arrodes, are you consoling me?"
"No, the main problem is that she's too greedy. If she only wanted to become beautiful and didn't attach so many 'extremely,' the outcome would be rather good." Silver words quickly appeared on the surface of the mirror.
"That's true. That's within the range of Lie's adjustments." Klein nodded and said to Arrodes, "It's true that Lie's adjustments to one's looks can be permanently solidified, but this will ultimately be different from the original muscles, skin, and bone structure. After more than ten years, when she gradually shows signs of aging, the differences between the adjusted and unadjusted parts will slowly intensify. Her face will appear rather odd and stiff, unless she really becomes a Faceless and can constantly correct the problems."
At this point, Klein smiled and shook his head.
"A lie will always be a lie."
Then, as he walked to the other end of the street, he continued,
"Besides, even if she really becomes beautiful, it's still unknown whether she'll lead a better life in the future. It's true that beauty can allow her to obtain a lot of resources and allow her to marry a prince, but with her upbringing, personality, and level of knowledge, there's a high chance that she won't be able to maintain such a life for long.
"Yes, we can't rule out the possibility that she's good at learning and can enrich herself from all kinds of experiences. In the end, she can control the beautiful life, but that's another story.
"Heh heh, miracles only last for a while. Fate is always long."
As he conversed with Arrodes, Klein's figure gradually disappeared at the end of the street.
His understanding of the "Miracle Invoker" deepened once again.
…
After returning to her apartment, Jasmine didn't attempt to open the door. It took her a lot of courage to reach out and knock on the door.
With a creak, the door opened and her mother appeared in front of her.
"Oh, you're finally back." Her mother heaved a sigh of relief before asking in abnormally horrified, "Y-your face?"
Jasmine forced a smile and said, "It's been cured.
"I've been cured by a man who is good at creating miracles."
Mr. Fully Automatic Wishing Machine.
Just as her mother and father suspected that their daughter had been influenced by a devil, a few policemen in black-and-white checkered uniforms came up the stairs and walked over.
The leader of the group was a lady with light blue eyes and a smile that calmed people down.
"Miss Jasmine, we have something to ask you," the lady said politely.
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