Chapter 123

Damon was capable enough to be the horoscope master of the Jenkins Group, so his skills were confident at this moment. However, he wasn’t feeling so certain. He reached out to take the black ash and sniffed it with his nose. There was nothing unusual about it. Yet the talisman suddenly burned up. Looking at the four people before him, he asked, “Do you still feel pain?”

Leon clutched his chest and said, “Not only does it still hurt, but it hurts even more now.” Leon even thought Damon was just a fraud. Frank added, “The pain has doubled, and now there’s also a burning sensation.” There was no doubt that Phoebe had done something to them. Yet, instead of solving the problem, Damon seemed to have triggered something, making the pain even worse. Sienna and Edith were in so much pain that they started crying. “It hurts! It hurts so much?”

Damon was baffled, not knowing what had happened. Logically speaking, when a talisman turned into black ash, it should have meant that it successfully warded off its effect. However, their pain had intensified. More importantly, he didn’t detect any evil energy on them.

After thinking for a moment, he said, “You must have been cursed with some kind of spell. My Exorcism Talisman was used, but it was countered. The person who cursed you is very powerful. I need to make additional preparations before I can lift the curse for you.” If he couldn’t break the curse today, his reputation as a mystic art practitioner would take a hit.

Leon asked, “How long will it take!” At this point, he was half-skeptical about Damon.

Damon replied, “About an hour. I need to call someone to help me.” He truly couldn’t figure out what was happening to them, so he decided to ask his senior for assistance.

Hearing that it would take an hour, Leon was about to lose his mind. “That long?”

Damon sighed. “The curse on you is rare and rather sinister, so I need more time to prepare.”

Panting, Leon asked, “Damon, can you at least help ease the pain first?” The previous pain was still bearable, but now it was reaching an unbearable level.

Damon wanted to say that he wasn’t a doctor. He couldn’t stop the pain. But he held back. He had to maintain his position as the Jenkins Group's horoscope master, or else he would be the one suffering next.

After thinking for a moment, he removed the beads from his wrist and handed them to Leon. “Hold onto these tightly and see if it helps.” This was an artifact given to him by his master, so it should have some suppressing effect.

Leon quickly took it and clenched it tightly. Moments later, the pain really did ease up significantly. He nodded. “This works.” Although the pain was still there, it was noticeably lighter than before.

Damon let out a sigh of relief and put on a mysterious expression. “Of course it works.”

Seeing this, Frank asked, “Mr. Newton, can you help ease our pain too?”

Damon stiffened slightly. He didn’t have that many artifacts. After considering Frank’s status, he removed the pendant from his neck and handed it to him.

Then, turning to Sienna and Edith, he said, “I only brought two artifacts with me today, so you two will have to endure a bit longer.”

Sienna and Edith wanted to curse out loud. Especially Sienna. She thought Damon would solve their problem. But he seemed to be unhelpful. Sienna was already crying from the pain, yet Damon only gave something to Leon and Frank to help ease their suffering, leaving her and Edith with nothing. Tears kept streaming down her face. “But I can’t take this pain anymore.”

Damon spread his hands helplessly. “I only have two artifacts with me, so there’s nothing I can do.” Then he suggested, “How about you take turns using them?”

Sienna could tell that he was telling the truth. She then turned her teary, pitiful gaze toward Leon and softly called out, “Leon…”

Leon had no intention of giving the beads to Sienna. After thinking for a moment, he said, “Let me recover a bit first, then I’ll give them to you.” And as for how long he needed to recover was entirely up to him.

Sienna hadn’t expected Leon to ignore her suffering. He’d said that he would always protect and dote on her. It turned out he was just a liar. Sienna was already hurt, and now an unexplainable sense of grievance overwhelmed her. She cried even harder. She didn’t dare act too close to her brothers in front of their father, Elliot. So instead, she tugged at Cain’s sleeve.

Seeing her like this, Cain felt sorry for her. He reached over and nudged Joshua, who was sitting beside him. The two brothers exchanged a glance and nodded. Conveniently, Leon was sitting right next to Joshua. Suddenly, Joshua threw his arms around Leon. At the same time, Cain stood up at lightning speed and snatched the beads from Leon’s hand. Then, he shoved them into Sienna’s hands.

With a look of disapproval, Cain scolded, “Leon, how could you be so heartless? Sienna is our little sister. You should give them to her.” Joshua chimed in, “Yeah, Leon, what kind of big brother are you! Always bullying our little sister. Shame on you.”

As soon as the beads were snatched away, the sharp pain instantly surged through Leon again. Hearing his two foolish younger brothers speak, he was in so much pain that he couldn’t even move. Otherwise, he would have beaten them to death right then and there. With an angry gaze, Leon glared at them. Just you wait.

Sienna clutched the beads tightly the moment she got them. Sure enough, the pain subsided significantly. She immediately hid behind Cain, refusing to return them.

Cain stood protectively in front of her. “Leon, don’t take your anger out on us. Go find the person who hit you!” Joshua added, “Exactly! We and Sienna are not your punching bags. If you’re a real man, go after the one who cursed you.” Joshua would like to see if Leon dared to confront Phoebe.

Leon was fuming inside. His young brothers had practically become his enemies. They were going out of their way to protect their adopted sister while completely siding against him. He thought they were out of their minds. The more intense the pain became, the clearer Leon’s mind got. He couldn’t help but wonder if this was the same way Phoebe felt when she first returned to the Jenkins family. His gaze landed on Sienna, his eyes growing colder and colder. From childhood to now, he had spoiled her endlessly. Whatever she wanted, they had given to her. Sienna would whisper to them in private about how Phoebe bullied her and tried to take everything from her. And they had believed her.

Chapter 123

For her, he had constantly targeted Phoebe, his own biological sister. He even went as far as to hire online trolls to smear Phoebe’s reputation. Yet now, she was acting pitiful in front of Cain and Joshua, tricking them into stealing the beads from him. At that moment, Leon suddenly realized everything he had done for Sienna over the years had been for nothing. He resisted the urge to snatch the beads back and instead closed his eyes, enduring wave after wave of pain.

Not only was he furious at Sienna, but he was also furious at Phoebe. That heartless sister of his beat them up and even cursed them. Leon thought he didn’t have such a grudge with Phoebe.

Meanwhile, Edith watched Sienna’s brothers fight so hard to get her the beads and couldn’t help but feel envious. She looked at Frank with hopeful, pitiful eyes, her whole demeanor exuding fragile innocence. Frank, who was holding the pendant, immediately noticed her gaze. But instead of handing the pendant over, he copied Leon. He shut his eyes and pretended to rest. The last thing he liked was delicate, weak women who acted pitiful just to get their way. There was no way he was giving his pendant to her. If it were Brenda, that might be a different story.