Malevolent – Chapter 0.2 – Prologue (Part 2)

“M-Mother? You monster, what kind of joke is this?!!!”

With veins bulging on his forehead, Fisk let out a hysterical roar.

Faced with the man’s reaction, the young woman named ‘Bai Lianyue’ before him seemed completely unfazed, having no intention of arguing with Fisk.

Instead,

Looking at this human warrior who still emitted intense Spirit Power, and feeling the scent of blood permeating the air, Bai Lianyue’s stomach gradually began to make strange sounds, and a most primitive urge began spreading in her heart.

Though, Miss Bai Lianyue wasn’t sure if she could even be considered a biological entity.

“Anyway, whether you believe me or not doesn’t matter anymore. People who have seen my true form can’t be left alive.”

As these words left her mouth,

The nauseating wings of flesh suddenly twisted, and a gaping maw full of sharp fangs suddenly materialized, lunging at Fisk with murderous intent, attempting to devour him completely.

Faced with this abyss of a mouth drawing ever closer, Fisk’s heart was already engulfed by deep despair.

Just then,

A voice like the sound of heaven, melodious and filled with anxiety, suddenly entered the room, instinctively making the white-clad young woman’s entire body shudder

—”Hey!!! What’s going on here?!”—

As the voice entered,

Fisk was astonished to discover that the giant maw about to chew him into mincemeat, hovering just inches away, had actually stopped in place?

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It—it stopped? Why?

Driven by confusion, Fisk quickly turned his head to look toward the source of the voice, at the entrance of the house.

At this moment,

A beautiful silver-haired young woman with a single ponytail, extraordinary temperament, and fairy-like beauty stood at the entrance, panting heavily. Her cherry-colored eyes were filled with anxiety. This young woman was someone Fisk knew all too well—the blessed child who had appeared on the television screen earlier.

The Covenant’s sixth Celestial Augur Knight,

Ailiya-Lingyuan.

Upon seeing Ailiya, Fisk was instinctively stunned, but he quickly shouted anxiously to her as if grasping at the last straw:

“Lady Ailiya!! This person isn’t your mother at all!! She’s the Terran Malevolence Gaia Lobir in disguise! Call for divine reinforcements quickly!!!”

The next instant,

Under Fisk’s excited and enthusiastic gaze,

Ailiya, as he had hoped, suddenly drew the sword at her waist, and silver sword energy merged with sacred Spirit Power slashed forward! In an instant, she cut those terrifying and ferocious wings of flesh into two. The severed front part of the blood wings immediately contracted, returning into the blue-haired young woman’s body.

The part that was cut off by the sword energy, including the section with the abyssal maw, fell heavily to the ground and quickly turned to ashes under the purification of Spirit Power.

At this point, Fisk finally regained his freedom, weakly kneeling on the ground.

After this,

Fisk suddenly raised his head, looking at Ailiya who had already rushed in front of the Terran Malevolence, anxiously calling out a warning.

“Lady Ailiya! You can’t engage with Gaia Lobir directly! Quickly activate the divine… Huh?? What??”

Unfortunately,

Before he could finish, Fisk froze in place.

Because at this moment, Fisk was dumbfounded to discover that Ailiya, who had rushed in front of the Terran Malevolence, didn’t confront the evil deity as he had expected or demand to know where her real mother was.

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Instead…?

She directly cupped the blue-haired young woman’s face and spoke quite seriously:

“Lianyue!! You can’t eat random things!! What if you get a stomachache?!”

There was not a hint of hostility in Ailiya’s words; rather, they were filled with a kind of helpless indulgence.

Obviously, Ailiya not only knew this blue-haired young woman’s true identity, but even had a good relationship with her?

“L-Lady Ailiya??”

Fisk blinked in complete confusion, staring dumbfounded at Ailiya’s back.

However,

Before he could understand the situation, Ailiya skillfully executed a turning kick, embedding Fisk’s head into the extremely solid Black Steel Flame wall with one foot.

After his brain received this violent blow,

Fisk’s body twitched and convulsed briefly before he passed out completely.

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Glancing at the unconscious Fisk, Ailiya’s eyes narrowed slightly, with gravity seeping from her cherry-colored eyes.

People from Paradise Manor,

They’ve infiltrated this far?

Indeed,

Have those old bastards already begun to suspect Lianyue’s identity?

At this thought, a terrifying coldness gradually emerged from the depths of Ailiya’s eyes.

Just then, the blue-haired young woman’s soft call reached Ailiya’s ears:

“Ai’er? ¹ Er(儿) has the same usage as “dear” ”

As this intimate call reached her ears, Ailiya immediately came back to her senses and quickly hid the coldness in her eyes completely, refocusing her attention on the blue-haired young woman before her.

Her gaze also softened.

However,

After a brief moment of tenderness, Ailiya spoke with a serious face and slight anger:

“Lianyue! You glutton! Didn’t you promise me you wouldn’t eat random things?!”

“Hmm?”

The blue-haired young woman tilted her head.

She didn’t seem to have fully registered Ailiya’s question. After all, randomly jumping between topics was one of Bai Lianyue’s habits. Though she hadn’t caught the follow-up question, Bai Lianyue had heard Ailiya’s form of address to her quite clearly.

Thus, a trace of displeasure gradually emerged on her beautiful face.

“Lianyue? Ai’er is being naughty. How can you address your mother this way? It’s too disrespectful.”

She couldn’t tell if it was just her imagination,

But lately, she felt that Ailiya was increasingly unwilling to call her ‘Mom,’ and instead always used ‘Lianyue’ to address her?

So impolite.

Indeed,

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Had her rebellious phase begun?

“That’s, that’s not a big deal…”

Ailiya looked away, not giving a direct response,

To this, Bai Lianyue pursed her lips somewhat angrily and said in a lowered voice:

“Ai’er.”

Finally,

Faced with Bai Lianyue’s wide-eyed stare, Ailiya gave in and reluctantly muttered:

“Fine, I was wrong, okay… Mom.”

As soon as these words were spoken,

Bai Lianyue immediately beamed with joy, revealing an angelic, beautiful smile capable of purifying one’s heart.

“Mmm, that’s a good child.”

As she spoke, Bai Lianyue gently patted Ailiya’s head, and the latter quite cooperatively lowered her head to enjoy it.

However,

After briefly enjoying the moment, Ailiya quickly resumed a serious posture, taking Bai Lianyue’s hand from her head, and earnestly said:

“But Mom, seriously! How many times have I told you, don’t eat random things, eating that kind of stuff isn’t healthy.”

She glanced at the unconscious Fisk with disgust.

To this,

Bai Lianyue stubbornly replied:

“I wasn’t going to eat him.”

“Then why did Mom form such a big mouth?”

“To chew him up, swallow him, eliminate the witness.”

“Isn’t that the same as eating random things?!”

“No, it’s not.”

Bai Lianyue looked away, speaking obstinately.

“Sigh.”

Seeing this, Ailiya sighed with complex emotions, but she seemed too tired to continue arguing with Bai Lianyue, and instead helplessly instructed:

“Whatever, Mom. Anyway, next time when you encounter such intruders, just restrain them and let me handle it. Okay?”

“Oh.”

“Sigh…”

The silver-haired young woman sighed again, leaning tiredly against the nearby wall.

On the other side,

Seeing Ailiya with half-closed eyes, shaking her head, Bai Lianyue asked with concern in a soft voice:

“Are you tired?”

“I guess so.”

Ailiya muttered feebly.

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“Indeed.”

Participating in that Celestial Augur Knight investiture ceremony must have been quite exhausting.

Bai Lianyue thought to herself.

“Since you’re tired, why not eat something to replenish your energy?”

“Food? Made by Mom?!”

Ailiya’s fatigue immediately vanished, excitement flashing in her eyes.

“Yes, would you like some?”

“I do~”

“Then go sit at the dining table.”

“Mm!”

In an instant, Ailiya set aside the calm elegance she had maintained for so long, suddenly transforming into the innocent, playful little girl that Bai Lianyue was familiar with, eagerly taking a seat at the dining table, waiting for her mother to feed her.

At this, Bai Lianyue couldn’t help but reveal a loving smile.

Afterwards,

Under Ailiya’s expectant gaze, a delicious, juicy sandwich was placed before her.

Looking at the tempting sandwich on the plate that continuously stimulated her appetite, Ailiya was both excited and deeply amazed.

It’s worth noting that,

When she first met Mom, her cooking skills… could be described as utterly devastating…

She really couldn’t understand how Mom had suddenly improved so much. Surely, Mom must have undergone some genetic mutation?

Of course,

Jokes aside,

Ailiya, having already expended considerable energy, couldn’t wait to stuff the delicious sandwich into her mouth. However, just as the sandwich was about to enter her mouth, Ailiya’s peripheral vision caught Bai Lianyue’s face.

After noticing the smile that Mom couldn’t help but reveal, Ailiya abruptly closed her mouth and put down the sandwich.

“Hmm?”

Bai Lianyue blinked in confusion,

“Why aren’t you eating? Doesn’t it suit your taste?”

“Mom.”

Ailiya took a deep breath and spoke seriously:

“What kind of meat is in the sandwich?”

“Red-striped chicken thigh meat.”

“Really?”

“Really.”

“Heh~”

With a cold laugh, Ailiya suddenly rushed to Bai Lianyue’s front amid a cluster of silver-white light, with lightning speed, and abruptly raised her hand! She pressed it against Bai Lianyue’s full chest.

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“Mm? Ai’er, what are you doing?”

Faced with her daughter’s chest assault, Bai Lianyue spoke in surprise.

Of course,

Ailiya’s pressing of Miss Bai Lianyue’s chest wasn’t for assault but to verify her suspicion.

And after detecting that there was no heartbeat inside Bai Lianyue’s chest, Ailiya’s face sank, and she stared at Bai Lianyue with extraordinary seriousness and fierceness,

“Mom!! Did you fuse your heart into the sandwich again?!”

“Uh…”

Seeing her scheme ruthlessly exposed, Bai Lianyue was momentarily stunned, shifting her gaze away guiltily.

Such a guilty reaction naturally confirmed Ailiya’s suspicion.

At this moment,

A trace of anger uncontrollably spilled from the silver-haired young woman’s heart,

“How many times have I told you!! Mom! Stop trying to feed me your flesh!! I absolutely won’t eat it!

“But, but, Ai’er, you promised before…”

“If I had known what you meant by ‘eat’ was THIS kind of ‘eat,’ I would never have agreed! Hmph!”

After letting out an angry cold snort, Ailiya directly got up and left,

Furiously pushing open the entrance door and walking out.

Ermm,

After walking out for only a few seconds, Ailiya pushed the door open and returned to the house. Of course, the puffy-cheeked silver-haired young woman didn’t come back to find Bai Lianyue, but to pull Fisk out of the wall and drag him out the door.

After this, the house became so quiet you could hear a pin drop, with only Bai Lianyue left standing dumbfounded in the large room.

After eating it,

You could become stronger,

And reclaim the power of your birth mother.

Why refuse?

“I really don’t understand what this girl is thinking.”

Picking up the sandwich from the table, Bai Lianyue muttered glumly…

Ermm,

Indeed,

It must be because the taste isn’t good enough?

It must be because the strange taste of an evil deity’s heart wasn’t eliminated thoroughly enough… Next time, try adding more cooking wine to remove the fishy smell?

No,

Perhaps deep-frying would work better.

Thinking this way, Bai Lianyue carried her heart sandwich back toward the kitchen once more.

My cooking skills,

Still need improvement!