Passerby Villain In A Wizard World-Chapter 254: Two Quest Side By Side

'Boom!'

The impact was so strong that Ian felt the entire hanging garden swaying around him.

"What happened?"

Ian was so surprised by the sudden change that he ignored Morgana in front of him and quickly made his way out.

He also quickly pushed aside the reward prompt for becoming a First Ring Wizard that was appearing inside his mind.

'Damn, that bastard. Where did he go? Didn't I ask him to guard this place?'

Ian thought of Ignysyl, who was nowhere to be seen, and cursed. That little dragon was too restless.

He couldn't stay in one place for even a second.

While Ian quickly walked out of the tower, Morgana was left alone in the room.

Seeing his disappearing figure, she didn't know what to do.

"Should I just leave?"

She mumbled, feeling that it was the perfect moment to disappear.

"Ugh..."

However, before she could even finish her thought, she felt her entire body warming up as her fair skin began to turn reddish and appear softer and softer, as if dripping with water.

"Damn this poison."

It seemed her reckless use of Mana and Ian's attack had been too much—the poison was already spread throughout her body.

"No, I cannot leave like this. If this poison is not cured in time, I'll be in big trouble."

Morgana mumbled with extreme anxiety while biting her red lips, her dreamy eyes tinged with moisture.

The more the poison spread through her body, the more her heart rate increased. Her skin turned redder and softer, and her tall figure swayed uncontrollably.

If Ian had been there, he would have noticed how seductive she looked.

"Boom!"

"Shreeeekkkkk!"

Just as Morgana was trying her best to control the poison in her body, another violent force erupted outside, followed by a loud shriek.

"No, that elemental has awakened. I can't delay any further."

How could Morgana not recognize that sound? The moment she heard the roar from outside, she knew it was the Sylvan Warden.

Now that she was in this condition, if that guy spotted her, she would definitely be in a pinch.

Not everyone was as tolerable as Ian.

Morgana steadied herself, quickly walked toward the rows of shelves, and began scanning with her mental power.

'Why are there so few potions?'

She quickly noticed that the luxurious shelves were filled with herbs, scrolls, and a few elemental and fiery crystals.

But the readymade potions were either too few or completely spoiled—everything she found seemed to have gone bad.

'No, let's just search for the main herbs. At least they can delay the onset of the poison.'

She quickly realized that finding the right potion was a pipe dream, so she began scanning the herbs, searching for the one she needed.

"Found it!"

Fortunately, her luck hadn't run out yet.

She quickly spotted a white petal lying quietly inside a sandalwood box with her mental power.

She immediately reached out, opened the box, and grabbed the beautiful pale blue herb that resembled frost in her fair hand.

"Lustbane Lily!"

She called out its name involuntarily, sighing in relief.

With this herb, she could finally control the spreading poison in her body. Although it wouldn't cure it completely, at least it would buy her some time.

"Yeah, Lustbane Lily. An advanced-rank herb that can be used to craft an elixir—Petal of Purity. It helps clear the mind of compulsive thoughts and stabilizes emotional imbalance. Quite a rare herb indeed."

However, suddenly, an abrupt male voice interrupted her thoughts from directly behind.

"Who?"

Morgana was startled and quickly backed away, looking behind her—only to see Ian staring at her intently.

"The moment I disappear for a second, you try to steal my things?"

Ian didn't care about her reaction and pointed at the sandalwood box in his hand in a questioning gaze. It was as if asking her why she was stealing his things.

Morgana didn't even know when the herb had disappeared from her hand and been placed back inside the box, just as before.

"Wha... how did you?"

The more she came into contact with this guy, the weirder he seemed.

Just like now—she had no idea when he'd appeared behind her, nor how he'd managed to grab that herb from her hand.

"No! Sir Wizard, can you please give me that herb? It's very important to me. If you want, I can trade it for something else."

But she knew this was her only chance to fight the poison.

She was already at her wit's end and couldn't afford to search any further. So she hurriedly pleaded, trying to control her flushed cheeks.

"Ian!"

"Hmm?"

"You can call me Ian."

Ian didn't like her calling him Sir Wizard every time, so he corrected her first.

Then, he looked at her flushed cheeks, dreamy eyes, and soft body slowly being covered in a red hue, and asked while raising his eyebrow,

"Girl, are you poisoned with an aphrodisiac?"

Ian was surprised by such a weird situation. Although he knew she had been poisoned earlier, he never knew it was this kind of poison.

He could see Morgana was dripping with a strange heat, her breath ragged, eyes hazy, with an unnatural flush creeping across her skin.

Honestly, she looked quite seductive even in her disguise.

"Sir Ian, can you please help me? I need that herb urgently. We can do equivalent exchange. What do you think?"

Morgana felt Ian scanning her body and felt a little uncomfortable.

However, feeling no lust or ill intention from him, she mustered up her courage and asked him for help.

It was quite a weird situation.

She was just a stranger to him, and had even attacked once and shown murderous intent, but here she was, asking for his help.

'Why do I feel like he knows me? Or, he doesn't seem that repulsive to me?'

Morgana was quite confused, as if it had been any other person, he would have already attacked her or maybe tried to do something to her. After all, even in this disguised form, she was quite beautiful.

But Ian was quite strange.

He was calm and tolerable when facing her.

So, maybe that's why she overstepped her bounds and asked for help from the supposed enemy in front of her.

While Morgana was musing over things and waiting for Ian's reply, he was instead confused,

'A heroine poisoned by an aphrodisiac, in search of an antidote, suddenly collapses in the presence of another man. Why do I feel like this is some kind of blood-inducing plot?'

Ian thought with a weird look in his eyes while looking at Morgana, who was waiting for his reply with an expectant look.

'But I am not a protagonist, though.'

He then thought of a glaring issue.

'There's no way a Passerby Villain like me would encounter such a fortune. Uhum... I mean, such a plot.'

The more Ian thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong here.

Moreover, he still didn't know what was causing the entire Hanging Garden to shake or even verge on collapse.

He just went outside, ordered the Sylvan Warden to collect all the herbs inside a mana ring, and hurried back in.

After all, whatever happened, he didn't want to lose the treasure here.

But such a sudden change in this place and the appearance of Morgana in this condition raised some kind of suspicion in his heart to the highest degree.

And it seemed the System also sensed his unease, as suddenly, before Ian could do anything, a prompt sounded in his mind, stalling his thoughts.

[Ding!]

[Siren Queen Morgana has been poisoned with Sinner's Bloom.]

[Ding!]

[Protagonist Carl is nearby, planning to get the Breath of the First Flame inside the Dawn Cauldron.]

[Congratulations! You've encountered a new branch of the plotline. Two new Quests have been activated successfully.]

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[Intermediate Quest: Will you be a hero or a beast in heat?]

[Quest Content: Interfere with the normal plotline and decide whether to save Morgana from poisoning or claim her as your own.]

[Reward: ??]

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[Note: The Quest will be completed after you cure Morgana from the poison using any method.]

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[Intermediate Destiny Quest: Foil the plan that was budding in secret.]

[Quest Content: Destroy the plan of Protagonist Carl and grab the Breath of the First Flame from the Dawn Cauldron before he can get it in his hands.]

[Reward: ??]

[Note: The Quest will be completed once you manage to take the thing that Carl wants completely.]

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'Heh... that guy is here, huh? No wonder!'

As soon as the prompt finished in his mind, Ian smirked with a smile, as everything now made sense.

However, one thing still wasn't sitting well with him—this was too much of a coincidence that he happened to encounter a plot like this.

"Umm... Sir Ian, c-can you decide fast and hurry up? What do you think of my offer?"

Morgana saw Ian lost in thought and suddenly smirked, causing her to become nervous.

The poison in her body was already getting unbearable for her now. The lust within her was getting overwhelming, and Ian's silence made her more and more nervous.

After all, seeing him like this, anyone would feel he was thinking something bad.

So, Morgana even took out the key that could teleport her, holding it in her hand, ready to leave this place if things went bad.

"Here you go! Eat it fast. Although it won't completely cure you, it can stop the poison for a time. Now, stand aside for a while."

But to her astonishment, Ian showed no interest in her at all.

Instead, he just casually plucked a blue petal and tossed it in her direction with his mana while shooing her away like debris.

"W-what do you mean?"