Quite a few Witches shared Ailu'er's sentiment. Thanks to their preconceived notions, they were all convinced that Westheid must have relied on his transcendent Charm and potent Revolving Wheel Technique to start leeching off a Great Demon.
Although Demons were great, inhuman existences, a Celestial God's Shadow also possessed human emotions. Perhaps it even had a fixed physical form.
Falling in love with a mortal, while unprecedented, was theoretically possible.
And the idea that Duke Qinghui could be the pioneer was utterly convincing—after all, his Charm was already transcendent. If a mortal were to form a bond with a great being, surely they would have to be just like him.
"So, you needn't worry about my ability to pay the price."
Westheid felt the Witches' gazes were rather discourteous, but he didn't dwell on it. Instead, he said persuasively,
