Rulu felt very uncomfortable. He lay in bed, wanting to fall asleep quickly to alleviate the discomfort in his head. However, after lying down, the discomfort not only did not subside but instead intensified.

Rulu felt something in his head constantly expanding, and it was as if his head was about to explode with unbearable pain. At the same time, his eyes felt as if they were being pricked by steel needles, causing excruciating pain. Rulu lay in bed for two or three hours, unable to sleep at all due to the intense pain in his head.

"What’s going on? Why does my head hurt so much? This has never happened before!" Rulu’s mind was in chaos, and he felt unable to control his thoughts. Hallucinations appeared in his mind, flashing various strange images before his eyes. Sometimes he saw smiling faces, sometimes angry ones, and it was driving Rulu almost insane.

"Right, it must be that woman with green hair. It’s definitely that strange psionic power she gave me that caused me to end up like this." Rulu suddenly remembered that before he encountered that green-haired woman, he had never experienced such problems. He suspected that the power from the green-haired woman was what had driven him to madness.

"That woman, that damn witch! It’s you who turned me into this! Where are you? Come out now!" Rulu struck his own head with his fist, trying to relieve the pain. However, this not only failed to improve his condition but instead intensified the agony. Rulu collapsed on the bed, curling up and holding his head, feeling as if his mind was about to break.

"Ding dong, ding dong—"

At that moment, the doorbell rang from the direction of the living room. Rulu jolted awake and quickly got out of bed. He thought to himself that only he and Nana knew about this house, and now it was the middle of the night. Who could be ringing the doorbell at this hour? Could it be the Sanctuary's army coming for him?

Rulu quickly dressed and went to the monitoring room. He looked at the surveillance screen and was instantly taken aback. Rulu rushed out of the basement and opened the door to the house.

"I heard you were looking for me?" a playful, bell-like voice of a young woman rang out in front of Rulu.

Along with this voice, a young woman dressed in black with a white long robe and long, greenish-blue hair appeared before Rulu. She wore a smirk on her face and fixed her sharp gaze on Rulu's face.

"It’s you, you damn witch!" Rulu shouted fiercely. He grabbed the green-haired woman's hand and forcefully dragged her inside, shutting the door behind them.

"What are you doing? Can’t you be a little gentler? After all, I saved you before," the green-haired woman complained. She did not resist and obediently followed Rulu into the bright hall.

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Rulu released her and took a moment to collect himself. Pressing his hand against his forehead, he stared at the green-haired woman's fair face and said, "You... how did you get here? Weren’t you already...?" Rulu wanted to say that this woman was dead, but he remembered Prince Suwen's words that this woman could not be killed, so he stopped speaking.

"You were going to say I was already dead, weren't you?" The green-haired woman rubbed her wrist, which Rulu had grabbed earlier, and said with indifference, "Unfortunately, I’m not that easy to kill. If I had actually died back then, it would have been a kind of happiness for me."

"Let’s put aside whether you’re dead or not for now. How did you find this place? Were you stalking me?" Rulu organized his thoughts and questioned the green-haired woman.

"I wasn’t stalking you; I just knew your location," the green-haired woman said while curiously looking around. "Your house is quite nice—big and bright. Can you take me to the bathroom? I haven’t showered in days..."

"Be serious! I have questions for you." Rulu grabbed the woman’s face with both hands, forcing her to look at him. "I want to know what you did to me that day in the underground tunnel. Why does my head hurt so much? Did you cause this?!"

"Yes, but not entirely," the green-haired woman blinked and observed Rulu's pained face. "It seems you've suffered serious spiritual damage. What have you been doing these past few days? Have you been using the power I gave you recklessly?"

"It really is you causing trouble!" Rulu made a fierce expression and shouted at the green-haired woman. "Why are you doing this? Why do you want to harm me?!"

At this moment, the pain in Rulu's head began to flare up again. He showed a painful expression, and his body trembled nervously, cold sweat dripping from his forehead.

The green-haired woman sighed, a hint of sadness appearing in her eyes. She said softly, "Does it hurt a lot? Come, let me help you." With that, she reached out her hands toward Rulu's head.

Rulu initially wanted to step back and evade, but seeing the sadness in her eyes touched him, and he stood still, not resisting or avoiding her.

The green-haired woman pressed her palms against Rulu's temples. She looked deeply into Rulu's eyes, and Rulu felt something being drawn out of his brain. The relentless pain in his head began to dissipate, and his mind gradually stabilized, with his emotions no longer as agitated as before.

"Alright, for now, it’s okay. I’ll help you with a deeper repair later."

About ten minutes later, the green-haired woman said this as she removed her hands from Rulu's head. At this moment, Rulu also breathed a sigh of relief; the discomfort in his head had completely vanished.

"I... what happened to me just now? What did you do to me?" Now that his head no longer hurt, Rulu felt better and calmly spoke to the green-haired woman.

The green-haired woman replied irritably, "Isn’t this your own fault? If you hadn’t been using the power I gave you at such a high frequency and intensity, you wouldn’t have ended up like this."

Rulu was taken aback. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Are you saying that using that psionic power to control others can also cause spiritual harm to myself?"

"Of course! You don’t really think this kind of power can be used casually, do you? While you’re using this power to influence others, you will also suffer spiritual damage. The more you use it, and the greater the intensity, the more severe the damage you’ll incur."

Rulu realized this and complained, "Since this power can backfire, why didn’t you tell me earlier? Ultimately, it’s still your fault for harming me."

The woman’s bright eyes widened, and she said somewhat unhappily, "You’re blaming me? Did you forget that I died immediately after giving you that power? How could I tell you?"