Malevolent – Chapter 8 – A Voice Both Familiar and Strange

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“Is this little thing Lady Lianna’s child? The one who inherited the Augury Force?”

“Is it real or fake, her father was just a mongrel… yet she was born as the new generation’s Divine-Graced Maiden? You must be joking.”

“The key is, after this one was born, she took away Lady Lianna’s Augury Force! At such a critical time… this child must be a disaster star! If not for her, we wouldn’t have lost to the Celestial Blight!”

“If not for this disaster star, we wouldn’t have lost so many people. Divine-Graced Maiden? More like Misfortune Maiden! Since her birth, we’ve suffered defeat after defeat! Additionally, I heard this little mongrel quite likes Corrupted Beasts. Someone even saw her interacting with Corrupted Beasts in the wild.”

“Interacting with those monsters. Hehe, truly a heretic. How could someone like her become the new generation’s Divine-Graced Maiden?”

“If we eliminate her, would the power return to Lady Lianna’s body?”

“Possibly. Since Lady Lianna doesn’t favor this child either, let’s help her! Help Lady Lianna remove this stain on her life!”

“Wait, after Lady Lianna gave birth, the Augury Force continuously transferred to this child? Can Augury Force be inherited through bloodline rather than bestowed by the Holy Spirit?”

“If that’s the case, if I let my child mate with this disaster star, perhaps our family could also have a Divine-Graced Maiden?”

“If that’s truly possible, this disaster star might still have some use.”

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In a state where consciousness had completely fallen into an abyss, all kinds of malicious words that had once reached little Ailiya’s ears echoed around her again, one by one, causing the little one’s sense of unease to skyrocket.

Not only that, the scenes of her mother Lianna’s death and Master Boloni’s collapse also continuously flashed through little Ailiya’s mind like a slideshow.

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Master Boloni needless to say,

Was a benefactor who had guided her for many years.

As for her mother, although for some reason her mood had drastically changed over these years, but mother… was still their mother after all. Seeing her especially important mother and master die before her eyes like this, little Ailiya still inevitably felt intense pain.

Those scenes, like demonic claws, continuously approached the little one in her dreams, causing her heart rate to rapidly spike.

Finally,

…

“No, no!!! No aaaaaaa!!”

With the girl’s terror-filled cry, Ailiya suddenly opened her eyes, awakening from her faint.

Although she had opened her eyes, the girl’s body was still slightly trembling, as if struggling out of endless darkness and nightmares.

Just now,

It was a dream…

Realizing that what she had seen was an illusion, the little one calmed down a bit. However, the girl didn’t relax, but immediately looked vigilantly at the unfamiliar ceiling… no, strictly speaking, it was an unfamiliar stone wall.

I seem to have fainted? That monster didn’t kill me?

Where is this place?

Hmm?!

Right!

Where are Miya and Weiya?!! Are they okay?!

In an instant, her sisters’ tender faces appeared in little Ailiya’s mind.

To find her sisters, although her body was still very weak, little Ailiya still used all her strength, trying to get up from the ground.

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However,

Just as she exerted force, a spine-chilling sensation instantly spread throughout her entire body.

???

“What, what is this?”

Ailiya realized that something was wriggling on her body?

Wet, cold, like a snake sticking to her skin and crawling. In an instant, the girl’s heartbeat went crazy, fear piercing her heart like a cold blade.

After swallowing, Ailiya tremblingly lowered her head.

Then, she discovered in horror that strange and nauseating tentacles were wrapped around her limbs and torso. These tentacles were a sickly pink-white color, slippery on the surface, gleaming with an oily sheen, and each wriggle made a slight “gurgling” sound. They tightly wrapped around her body, as if to bind her, making her unable to move.

In an instant, an uncontrollable fear rose in the little one’s heart.

The girl’s gaze moved downward, finally seeing the source of these tentacles—a creature resembling an octopus was lying on her chest. The creature’s body was soft and slimy, filled with a cold smell, with several thick tentacles disproportionate to its head size extending from its body, tightly wrapped around Ailiya’s limbs and waist.

Most terrifying was naturally the octopus creature’s head; it had no mouth, no nose, only a huge blood-red single eye staring fixedly at Ailiya. The moment she met this single eye’s gaze, Ailiya felt a chill down her spine.

This kind of gaze made her heart feel as if gripped tightly by an invisible hand, fear rapidly spreading to every nerve of hers.

On the other side,

After noticing Ailiya’s gaze, the octopus-shaped creature that had been lying on Ailiya’s chest moved its body, continuously approaching Ailiya.

Faced with this unknown, unsettling, and nauseating monster, Ailiya finally cried out in terror:

“Don’t come near me aaaaaaa!!!”

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Under the guidance of fear, Ailiya swung her little fist, directly hitting the octopus creature’s face.

Enmm,

Actually, Ailiya knew in her heart that such a soft fist couldn’t hurt this kind of monster.

However,

The next moment, under little Ailiya’s somewhat surprised gaze, the octopus creature’s face rapidly distorted and deformed under her fist’s attack. Finally, the entire octopus creature undid its ‘restraint’ on her, flew backward, and crashed into the stone wall in the distance.

??

“Eh?”

Looking at the pink octopus creature that had been knocked away, Ailiya sat up from the ground somewhat dazedly.

Next, under Ailiya’s puzzled gaze, the octopus creature narrowed its eye, glared at little Ailiya, and then rolled its tentacles into a ‘tire,’ scurrying away toward the distance, like a small car.

Ailiya wasn’t sure if it was her imagination, but she felt… that in the octopus creature’s gaze just now, there seemed to be a hint of displeasure, and aggrieved indignation?

“Never, never mind, don’t overthink it, how could a Corrupted Beast feel indignant… the point is… where is this place?”

Looking around at the eerie stone walls, Ailiya couldn’t help but swallow, trying to suppress the unease in her heart.

Miya,

Weiya,

Where are you?

The girl’s heart was filled with anxiety.

And just as little Ailiya was looking around,

A familiar yet strange voice quietly reached Ailiya’s ears, directly causing Ailiya’s expression to change drastically.

——”Child… what… are you… looking for…”——

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?!!!

This, this is?

Mother’s voice?!!

“Mother?!”

As that familiar voice reached her ears, Ailiya suddenly trembled all over and immediately turned to look behind her.

Then,

The little girl’s eyes contracted, discovering in astonishment that the voice just now wasn’t an illusion.

At this moment,

A heavenly beautiful young woman wearing a white dress, with water-blue long hair, emerald eyes, and a smiling face was standing behind her, quietly watching her.

The person was none other than her mother, Lianna?!

The appearance, voice, and aura were all like her mother’s?

It is mother…

However, unlike the joy normal children would feel upon seeing their mother, after seeing Lianna’s beautiful face with its loving and gentle smile, little Ailiya instead retreated several steps uneasily…

What overflowed from her pink eyes wasn’t joy, but fear.

“Mo-Mother, why…”

The little girl swallowed, her heart beginning to beat frantically.

However,

After brief unease and shock, little Ailiya suddenly shook her head.

“No, no, you’re not Mother!! You can’t be Mother, what are you?!”