Malevolent – Chapter 12 – Awakening Consciousness

——”Do you also want to deceive me?”——

Hollow eyes fixated on Ailiya’s face. Although no curse power was released, a spine-chilling pressure completely enveloped Ailiya at this moment.

?!!!

The little one’s legs trembled, and her whole being retreated repeatedly in extreme terror.

In her cherry-colored eyes was written an emotion called ‘fear.’

Cannot leave,

Otherwise, this monster would do something terrible…

At this moment, little Ailiya’s intuition kept warning her.

Ailiya knew clearly in her heart that she absolutely could not make a wish to the Malevolent One, after all, once she made a wish, it would mean selling her soul to the other party, and she would completely become a puppet under their control.

However, not being able to leave without making a wish… this was also something little Ailiya could not accept. Grandfather was still waiting for her, and her two sisters absolutely could not continue to stay in the Veiled Domain, could not stay in this polluted land occupied by miasma and Corrupted Beasts.

Thinking of this, Ailiya suddenly bit her lip.

Although Gaia Lobir’s hollow and creepy questioning made her feel unprecedented pressure, Ailiya had no intention of compromising.

“No, I’m not deceiving you… as long as you let me go back… I, I will make a wish.”

Ailiya slowly spoke.

Although her voice was still trembling, and her body was continuously shaking, her tone was unusually firm. After speaking, Ailiya stood shivering in place, anxiously watching Gaia Lobir, waiting for the Terran Malevolence’s reaction.

The girl didn’t know if doing this was rational or not, she just wanted to follow her heart’s desire.

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On the other side, after receiving Ailiya’s response, the blue-haired young woman didn’t seem to fall into a state of rage and loss of control, but blinked, thoughtfully looking at Ailiya.

Looking at this girl who was clearly terrified to death but still mustered courage to answer her, an indescribable sense of nostalgia vaguely surged in the blue-haired young woman’s heart.

Indignant, scared, even crying, but still stubbornly glaring at herself.

“…”

For a moment, the image of a little girl in tattered clothes gradually overlapped with Ailiya in Gaia Lobir’s eyes.

The next moment,

Under the guidance of bodily instinct, and under Ailiya’s puzzled gaze, the blue-haired young woman carefully caressed Ailiya’s little face with both hands.

For a moment, time seemed to stop. Feeling the temperature of Ailiya’s face, and the comfortable aura emanating from the little one, the violence continuously emanating from Gaia Lobir seemed to be controlled in this instant.

The blue-haired young woman calmly gazed at Ailiya like this, as if reminiscing about something.

In her hollow, even quite creepy eyes, a glimmer of light and serenity vaguely appeared.

——”…Little… Xing…”——

Even though, Gaia Lobir might look serene.

Ailiya, whose face was being held, couldn’t remain calm at all.

In a sense, having her face held by her mother was a scene Ailiya quite looked forward to. But Ailiya, knowing clearly that the other was not her mother but the murderer of her mother, how could she feel at ease?

Not only that,

The feeling after being touched by those ‘hands’ also couldn’t make Ailiya feel any so-called ‘gentle caress.’ Instead, it gave her a nauseating feeling of being touched by cold liquid, her whole body placed in a swamp.

Cold, fear, unease, from the moment those hands touched Ailiya, frantically rushed in from all directions, corroding the little one’s body and rationality.

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No,

No…

“Don’t touch me!!!” Ailiya, terrified to the extreme, her eyes suddenly contracted, fiercely letting out a hysterical sharp cry.

At the same time, under the guidance of instinct, the cherry-colored spiritual power contained within the little one, in order to protect its host, directly burst out of Ailiya’s body, violently striking at Gaia Lobir.

Such negligible cherry-colored light was completely insufficient to harm Gaia Lobir, the Terran Malevolence.

Yet…

As if sensing Ailiya’s resistance, the blue-haired young woman just released her hands.

?!!!

“Hmm?!”

The next moment, after a brief shock, Ailiya, who regained her freedom, immediately picked up the basket containing her sisters, hurriedly broke free from Gaia Lobir’s embrace, and ran toward the courtyard in terror, soon disappearing from the blue-haired young woman’s view.

To this,

The Terran Malevolence had no reaction, still silently standing in place, not clear what she was thinking about. For a moment, this forsaken metropolis once again returned to its usual tranquility.

…

And while the blue-haired young woman was standing in a daze, a small pink fleshy ball, propelled by tentacle tires, “squish squish” rolled out from behind the dilapidated wall, and inch by inch crawled to Gaia Lobir’s side.

If Ailiya were here, she would be surprised to discover that this crawling fleshy ball was exactly the tentacle fleshy ball that had been wrapped around her when she just woke up.

And at this time,

This small tentacle fleshy ball, while crawling toward its boss, looked back toward the direction Ailiya had gone. Its crimson single eye gradually overflowed with a creepy coldness.

Clearly, this little tentacle fleshy ball was in quite a bad mood.

“Ying… ying ying? Ying ying! Ying ying ying!!” (This rude girl? How dare she be so impolite to you, boss! Too arrogant!)

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While muttering, the tentacle fleshy ball also returned its gaze, looking again toward the front, toward that enormous figure shrouded in ice-blue cold light and black mist.

“Ying ying ying!! Ying ying~” (This ungrateful girl, just give her a good lesson!)

The pink octopus quickly proposed to its boss.

For Ailiya’s previous behavior, the pink octopus was quite displeased.

That’s right,

You little one won the Salvation Game.

But our boss is one of the three Malevolent Ones, the Terran Malevolence, the leader of the Terran Vassals. A top-tier existence above all living beings.

You, a tiny human girl, dare to be so impolite to the boss?

The boss gave you a chance to make a wish, you don’t make one.

The boss keeps you here, you want to leave.

When the boss unprecedentedly wants to actively touch a human, you even release spiritual power to resist?

Really refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!

Hmph!

“Ying ying!! Ying ying ying!! Ying ying ying!” (Leave it to me! I’ll give her a good lesson! Guarantee that rude girl will come obediently to make a wish later!)

While making ‘ying ying’ sounds that only a few Corrupted Beasts could understand, the pink octopus extended its tentacles and rubbed them together, as if ready to rush into the cave to educate Ailiya.

Although the boss was still in a state of vague consciousness, as the boss’s number one lackey, symbolically reporting one’s thoughts to the boss was still necessary.

However, contrary to the pink octopus’s expectations, just as it was turning around to take action, an indifferent voice quietly entered the pink octopus’s mind.

——”Stop… stop it.”——

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??!!

“Ying ying?!”

The source of the voice was undoubtedly the Terran Malevolence. Although not much different from the previous disjointed, somewhat confused voice, this time her voice contained unusual firmness and considerable pressure.

In an instant, the pink octopus’s eyes suddenly contracted, its crimson single eye full of astonishment.

Then, the pink octopus immediately turned its head, looking at Gaia Lobir behind with an incredulous face.

It’s worth noting that,

Now until the boss exits the confusion period… it should take at least eleven or twelve more years, how could? Suddenly…

What happened just now?

…

“Ying? Ying ying?” (Boss? Are, are you really awake?)

The pink octopus asked tentatively, its heart still feeling as if it had misheard.

However,

The next moment,

When the attention from within the cold air and black mist focused on the pink octopus, making it suddenly shudder, it realized… it hadn’t experienced any auditory hallucination.

“Ying?” (Boss?)

Faced with the pink octopus’s question, this being called ‘Gaia Lobir’ didn’t directly answer, but with complex emotions, slowly turned to the side, casting her gaze toward Ailiya’s direction.

——”That child?… Her aura… can help me??”——

Feeling her brain becoming somewhat clearer, the Terran Malevolence’s heart couldn’t help but overflow with intense astonishment…