Malevolent – Chapter 69 – No Way Out (Both Sides)

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“You… you don’t remember Noirleva? The man who previously merged with your curse power!” Serveiling-Tarsy asked in disbelief.

Faced with this question, Bai Lianyue blinked in confusion, tilting her head, her emerald eyes filled with bewilderment.

“Noirleva? Enmm, Serveiling, who are you talking about?”

“…”

Upon receiving this response, Serveiling fell silent, her pretty face quickly overshadowed by a grave expression. From Bai Lianyue’s reaction, Serveiling believed… her big sister truly didn’t know who Noirleva was.

How could she suddenly forget?

—”She remembered him clearly before, how…”

Although it might not be a bad thing that big sister forgot that guy,

Hmm?

But… how did she suddenly forget? Why did the situation suddenly worsen?

Wait?

In that moment, the perplexed Serveiling suddenly recalled something and hurriedly directed her gaze toward Bai Lianyue’s left hand, the one wrapped in a bath towel, looking unusually concealed.

Big sister wouldn’t randomly lose memories, unless…

“Big sister, what happened to your left hand?” Serveiling asked seriously.

“Ah? Left hand?” Bai Lianyue suddenly froze, her response faintly revealing a hint of guilt.

“Hmm?”

Catching this emotion instantly, Serveiling didn’t hesitate and swiftly reached for Bai Lianyue’s bath towel. Although Bai Lianyue’s raw power could certainly overwhelm Serveiling, in her current power-restricted state, she seemed unable to counter Serveiling’s quick movements.

So, unsurprisingly, the bath towel was snatched away by Serveiling.

Without the towel’s cover, the hidden left hand was completely exposed before Serveiling’s eyes.

“This, this is?!”

Staring at the left hand that had lost its human skin and was now constructed of black liquid, Serveiling’s expression darkened visibly.

A body simulating a Malevolence would only deteriorate in one situation…

That’s when curse power is used on a massive scale…

The next moment, Serveiling’s sharp gaze swept toward Bai Lianyue.

“Big sister! Didn’t we agree not to recklessly use the power of the Malevolence?!”

“O…”

Faced with Serveiling’s questioning, Bai Lianyue looked away guiltily and said softly.

“I had no choice… if I hadn’t acted, Ailiya and the others would have been killed by the Myriadface Avian. I had no other option but to use curse power on a large scale.”

“Myriadface Avian?”

Serveiling frowned gravely,

“It wasn’t Ling Xi who dealt with it? But you who eliminated it?”

“…”

Bai Lianyue nodded and said helplessly:

“Ling Xi was nowhere to be found at that time… I had to handle it myself.”

“Octopus…” Raising her hand to her forehead, Serveiling immediately felt an indescribable displeasure rising in her heart.

That guy,

Can’t you be more reliable?!

Serveiling roared in her heart.

After seeing Serveiling’s troubled expression, Bai Lianyue’s beautiful face also revealed a bitter smile:

“So, I’ve forgotten some important things again?”

“Uh, well.”

Hearing this, Serveiling was startled at first, but soon… this cat-eared woman casually shook her head.

“Forget it, it’s not that important anyway.”

The matters concerning Noirleva,

Perhaps it’s for the best that big sister forgot.

After reluctantly accepting the reality in her heart, Serveiling once again directed her gaze toward the blue-haired girl with a resigned smile before her. Taking a deep breath, Serveiling slowly walked back behind Bai Lianyue and continued to comb her beautiful hair.

“Let’s just forget it this time. In the future, when we can handle it, please let us do it. Big sister, you should minimize using the power of the Malevolence. Otherwise…”

“I understand, Serveiling.”

Bai Lianyue nodded noncommittally,

“I will save my power for crucial moments.”

As she spoke,

Seemingly sensing Serveiling’s gradually overflowing concern, the blue-haired girl smiled calmly, slowly raising her hand to pat Serveiling’s head, and continued in a reassuring tone:

“Don’t worry, before fulfilling my promise to you all… my consciousness won’t be consumed.”

Indeed,

I won’t completely transform into that kind of monster.

At least,

Before finding and eliminating those bastards… I absolutely will not…

Clenching her left fist, Bai Lianyue’s face darkened visibly…

“By the way, could you get me some bandages? This hand might frighten those children.” Waving her blackened left hand, Bai Lianyue said with a restored light expression.

To this, Serveiling respectfully nodded.

“Of course.”

Meanwhile, thousands of miles away in the Westivian Covenant’s capital, Clavino, an unprecedented grave atmosphere had descended.

In the presidential palace,

As the supreme leader of the Covenant, Lakbi was now leaning back in his office chair with a dejected look. Compared to a few days ago, Lakbi was now unshaven, with heavy dark circles and bloodshot eyes.

He appeared to have aged by more than a decade.

“Hoo…”

Taking a deep breath, Lakbi wearily glanced at the report on his desk while helplessly turning his attention to the window. From his elevated position, Lakbi could clearly see the countless protesters at the gates of the presidential palace below.

They held signs opposing the government, hysterically shouting slogans, many of which were filled with unspeakable curses directed at Lakbi.

As for why the crowd was protesting? And why they were so angry?

Lakbi knew all too well.

Under his government’s administration, Lianna-Anloxi and the three young Divine-Graced Maidens had disappeared. Not only that, the two army groups sent to search and support had not only found nothing, but had been almost completely slaughtered by the Myriadface Avian…

Although the news that Lianna and the others had been consumed by Forgiveness hadn’t spread yet, the people of the Westivian Covenant weren’t fools… They had already deduced the worst outcome from those continuous disasters.

Over the years, the public had accumulated great dissatisfaction with the government due to economic decline, battlefield defeats, and other factors… and this dissatisfaction, following this incident, had completely erupted.

Therefore, large-scale protests weren’t just happening at the presidential palace gates.

According to the data in the report, more than fifty large-scale protests had already erupted throughout the Covenant.

Glancing at those suffocating numbers in the report, Lakbi couldn’t help but show an expression of despair.

“How could everything… go so wrong.”

If this continued, forget about his party continuing to govern. Even he himself? And many high officials of the current government would likely face retribution.

Due to his bold reforms previously, Lakbi and his family and friends had already offended many dignitaries.

Once punished, those people would certainly seek revenge.

They probably wouldn’t meet a good end.

It didn’t matter much for an old man like himself, but his grandchildren were still young…

Thinking of this, Lakbi clenched his fists in frustration. After some inner conflict, Lakbi slowly pulled out a letter from his pocket, the one given to him earlier by the man named ‘Moande-Samcrozzi’.

Staring at the special imprint on the letter, Lakbi couldn’t help but reveal a bitter smile, his eyes filled with anger and unwillingness.

“In the end, do I still have to seek help from Paradise Manor?”