Volume 2, Chapter 51 – The Terran Malevolence Lady Becomes ‘Smarter,’ and Unexpected Visitors

Author Note

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“Faking my death wasn’t without purpose, of course. Human society is generally quite pessimistic now. ‘Eliminating’ a Malevolent god can boost morale significantly~”

“We of the Terrabond Lineage never really had conflicts with human forces, but to guard against us, they still deployed large numbers of troops at the borders of the Veiled Domain. After ‘I’ died, they wouldn’t maintain so many troops. Not only saving expenses but also allowing them to devote more energy to dealing with the Sky and Sea Vassal races.”

“There are many rare mineral and oil-gas resources at the Veiled Domain’s borders. Without my ‘deterrence,’ I’m sure the Covenant would have the courage to mine a bit.”

“Additionally, the Veiled Domain covered the Shenluo Empire from a thousand years ago. If they explore properly, they might find numerous relics from that era of Shenluo. They might even learn some lost technologies from them.”

“As for why I came to the human world… protecting you all and fulfilling the contract is one aspect… on the other hand, I can also use ‘Lianna’s’ identity as bait~”

Facing Ailiya, the Terran Malevolence lady naturally had no intention of concealing anything.

So she fully disclosed her and Yelena’s purposes and plans to Ailiya.

The silver-haired girl, with her hand supporting her cheek, listened with great interest.

In truth, Ailiya didn’t particularly care about what Bai Lianyue was saying.

As a clever child, She had already guessed most of the purpose behind this arrangement by Bai Lianyue and Sister Yelena.

What Ailiya was now interested in was rather Bai Lianyue’s current state.

It had been a long time since Ailiya had seen Bai Lianyue express herself so fluently, with a certain logic and organization.

Therefore, after Bai Lianyue finished explaining, Ailiya eagerly asked: “Hey, Mom, what medicine have you been taking lately? Your mind seems so much clearer~”

Hearing this, Bai Lianyue frowned and lightly tapped the silver-haired girl’s forehead with a karate chop: “What kind of talk is that… Making it sound like your Mom wasn’t clear-headed before!”

“Hehe, just joking~” Holding her head and sticking out her tongue, Ailiya replied with a giggle. “I know Mom has always been smart, just that now you’ve become even smarter~ You’re super smart!”

“That’s better~” After nodding smugly, Bai Lianyue thoughtfully rubbed her temple with her finger.

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“But after devouring Hilgena’s core, not only has my body stabilized, but my mind has indeed cleared up quite a bit. Hmm, this feeling is quite nice.”

“Cleared up quite a bit? That’s definitely good news.” Looking at Bai Lianyue with clear eyes, after a meaningful look flashed in her eyes, Ailiya slowly lay down, resting her head on Bai Lianyue’s fair, soft thigh.

If Bai Lianyue isn’t so absent-minded anymore? Although it might mean she can’t be toyed with so easily… But isn’t it also an opportunity?

Thinking of this, a meaningful smile appeared on the silver-haired girl’s lips.

Of course, Bai Lianyue, forced to provide a lap pillow, naturally didn’t know her daughter’s inner thoughts. Seeing Ailiya lean on her thigh, the Terran Malevolence lady spoke no more. After displaying an indulgent smile, she slowly raised her hand to stroke Ailiya’s little head.

After the mother and three daughters happily spent two hours of morning time together, with Caterin’s arrival, Ailiya and the twins were led away by the head maid to get measured for clothes.

As the young ladies of the Lingyuan family, Caterin and Naro, the two old family retainers, naturally wouldn’t allow Ailiya and her sisters to be without their own wardrobes.

At the same time, it was also to help the three young ladies relax as much as possible and quickly adapt to the new environment.

As for Bai Lianyue, she wasn’t taken along to be measured for clothes. After all, this ‘Divine Maiden’ had barely changed in eight years, and the clothes originally sealed in the closet could still be used normally. So there was no need to specially make clothes for her.

At least for now…

After watching the children leave, Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but breathe a slight sigh of relief. Whew~

It seems the maids are quite friendly to the children, and don’t appear suspicious.

—”That child Ailiya, has she already mentioned those talking points?” The Terran Malevolence lady muttered to herself.

Because in Bai Lianyue’s thinking, the children couldn’t stay in the Veiled Domain forever and would definitely need to return to society, so to ensure their return wouldn’t arouse suspicion, Bai Lianyue had long ago worked with Yelena to devise a set of talking points to deceive the human world, and had passed them on to little Ailiya.

(Yelena: You say “worked with”… let’s go with that 0-0)

The content was essentially that the Malevolent god and vassals were all in hibernation recovering from injuries, which gave Ailiya and the others a chance to escape. They had basically hidden in a safe house underground in Visas for eight years, while Lianna sacrificed her cultivation to maintain concealment formations and such…

Judging from these maids’ reactions, they seemed to have accepted this explanation.

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Well, it seems the story we made up isn’t bad~ Hehe~

After the daughters left, Miss Bai Lianyue wanted to sit peacefully on the sofa and think about what she should do next. For example… how to reasonably use this body… to lure out those beasts?

However, soon after sitting back on the sofa, she awkwardly discovered…

On the coffee table in front of the sofa, somehow, stacks upon stacks of documents had appeared… as well as an elderly man standing in front of the coffee table, wearing a monocle and smiling.

Looking at Naro the butler, then at the piles of documents, Bai Lianyue’s forehead instantly showed countless question marks.

A sense of unease silently spread in her heart.

“What, what is this?” Pointing at the documents, Bai Lianyue cautiously asked.

In response, Naro smiled slightly and politely replied: “These are important documents of the Lingyuan family that require your attention, my Lady.”

“Me, me?” Pointing at herself, Bai Lianyue asked incredulously.

“Yes.” Naro smiled slightly and spoke as if it were a matter of course: “You are the lady of the Lingyuan family. When Lady Luo Fei is absent, all matters within the Lingyuan family territory should be handed over to you. We wouldn’t want to overstep our authority. I’ve already generally organized these documents last night so you can read them more clearly.”

“Are you sure you want me to handle this?”

“Is there a problem? Previously, you always handled these matters.”

“Ugh……”

For a moment, faced with these large piles of documents and the data discs on them, Miss Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but draw in a sharp breath.

Hmm, indeed, after devouring Hilgena’s core, Bai Lianyue’s mind had cleared up considerably.

But even so… she didn’t want to use her brain!

After all, even at the peak of her intelligence, the Terran Malevolence lady was not the type who excelled at using her brain…

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Facing Naro’s gleaming eyes, Bai Lianyue wanted to refuse.

But the words of refusal were suddenly caught in her throat.

The reason was simple: Bai Lianyue was assuming ‘Lianna’s’ identity. To avoid appearing suspicious, her behavior had to match Lianna’s personality.

If it were that Divine Maiden? Faced with this work, what would she do?

Honestly, Bai Lianyue didn’t know. After all, during these years in the Veiled Domain, her learning efficiency wasn’t high… learning here and there, she only learned some etiquette things… Lianna’s inner nature? Who knows…

And as Bai Lianyue was struggling, Yelena’s earlier teachings echoed in the young woman’s mind, and instantly, a look of ‘sudden realization’ flashed in Bai Lianyue’s eyes.

Oh right, if I don’t know how to respond… Just smile and it’ll be fine…

So, under Naro’s astonished gaze, the blue-haired young woman didn’t say much, but again displayed that beautiful and touching smile that contained a bitter flavor.

The moment he saw this smile, Naro froze, then immediately nodded: “I see, I understand.”

!!! Hearing this, a trace of joy instantly flashed in the Terran Malevolence lady’s eyes.

Is this…? Handled?

Ten minutes later, looking at Naro pushing a cart of documents, and the countless folders on the projection screen, the smile on Bai Lianyue’s face froze in place.

“What, what is this again?” The young woman tremblingly pointed at the cart and the projection.

“Ah, this~” Naro explained with a smile: “I was indeed being inconsiderate earlier. My Lady, you’ve been away from home for eight years and might not be familiar with the current situation of the Lingyuan family, so it’s indeed difficult to make decisions. Therefore, I’ve brought the important documents and relevant materials from the territory in recent years. My Lady, you can study these first, then handle those new documents.”

As these words entered her ears, Bai Lianyue’s smile visibly faded at a rapid pace.

Bai Lianyue: Damn… I, I don’t want to study!! Don’t want to work! Wuuu wuuu, Aier!! Save mommy!

Feeling a wave of panic, Bai Lianyue instinctively looked around, searching for Ailiya.

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However, she didn’t get to see Ailiya, but instead, an urgent-looking maid…

After entering the room and bowing to Bai Lianyue and Naro, the maid, while panting, said somewhat uneasily: “Lord Naro, there are visitors… who wish to see the lady.”

“Visitors?” Hearing this, Naro temporarily put down the documents in his hand. “Who?”

“Lord Coburn and Lady Zao Li.”

“Zao Li?” Silently mouthing this name, Naro’s expression suddenly became strange. “…That new Divine-Graced Maiden? Hasn’t she always stayed in the Divine Maiden’s Residence, never coming out? Why suddenly now…”

Listening to their conversation, Bai Lianyue also raised her eyebrows.

A Divine-Graced Maiden? Hmm……

If one is a Divine-Graced Maiden, then the other?

“Naro… who is Coburn?”

??!! At these words, Naro froze in place. After a long while, he turned back, looking at Bai Lianyue with astonishment.

“Are you joking? You don’t recognize Lord Coburn

anymore?”

“Hmm? Who is he?”

“Coburn-Anloxi… your father?”

Bai Lianyue: Huh??