Volume 1, Chapter 7

Looking at the naked, white-haired beast-eared maiden before her, who wore a grievance-filled expression and looked as if she were about to burst into tears, Yumo felt a wave of complicated emotions.

Regarding the maiden’s perfect and lovely physique, the current Yumo didn’t actually feel much. On one hand, as the Sentient Entity managing the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, she couldn’t possibly have that kind of “arousal” reaction.

On the other hand… and this was the main reason, she had seen it too many times…

She had grown used to it.

During the period when this girl had just learned Shapeshifting Magic, Yumo had honestly found it a bit difficult to endure. Having a beautiful young woman bounding around unrestrained in front of her, refusing to wear clothes, kept Yumo’s nerves constantly frayed. She had to force herself to clear her thoughts to avoid temptation.

Regardless, even if she was now a bodiless managing consciousness, she had nearly twenty years of experience living as a male. And damn it, she had been a “hell-tier noob” with absolutely zero experience in those matters. Such a spicy scene was truly more than she could handle! Consequently, during that time, Yumo would often lose her patience and bundle Li Mo up in rags, tossing her out of her sensory range. This had led Li Mo to believe she was being loathed by her mother, resulting in heartbreaking, earth-shattering wails…

Later on, as time passed, Yumo grew accustomed to it.

When she saw Li Mo’s body now, she no longer felt that nervous tension. Instead, it was replaced by irritation…

I’m still stuck as a Sentient Entity, okay?

You brat, you finally learned Shapeshifting Magic and gained such a wonderful body, yet you don’t know how to cherish it! You spend every day rolling in the mud! Streaking every day without clothes is a total waste of a god-given gift! And you refuse to change despite repeated warnings!

She herself hadn’t been able to obtain a physical body even now. If she could have a humanoid body, even a female one, she would take it qwq…

For five hundred years, Yumo, surviving solely as a Sentient Entity, had deeply yearned for a physical body, especially a humanoid one.

Yet Li Mo loathed the humanoid form. Most of the time, she moved about in her giant wolf form. This naturally made Yumo slightly displeased. However, she wasn’t sure if there was a problem with her education, but every time she lectured Li Mo, the child would let it go in one ear and out the other…

She had just swatted the girl’s bottom two days ago, so how could she forget to wear clothes the moment she turned back into a human today?!

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“You brat, you’re really asking for it.”

Using a hand made of energy formed from the Shadow Essence, Yumo firmly pinched Li Mo’s furry ear. Then, she ruthlessly gave it a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree twist! The pain immediately caused tears to well up in Li Mo’s eyes. After all, her ears were the most sensitive part of her entire body~

“Ow, ow, ow!! Waaaah, Mother, I was wrong!! I was just too excited and wanted to come back to claim credit, so I forgot to put them on!! I’ll go right now… I’ll go right now!!”

After finally breaking free from Yumo’s ruthless “iron claws”, Li Mo scurried over to the dilapidated throne nearby and pulled out a set of tattered fur clothes to drape over herself. Then, she hopped back in front of Yumo.

“Mother, I-I’ve put them on!”

In response, a series of black lines seemed to manifest around Yumo.

“I say, Li Mo.”

“Hmm? What is it, Mother?”

“I’ve also said that to avoid getting your clothes dirty, you should wash off the bloodstains and mud before putting them on. Did you forget again, you brat?”

?!!

“Eh?!”

Hearing this, Li Mo froze. Then, somewhat at a loss, she pulled open her clothes and looked down at her body, which was stained with a significant amount of blood and black mud. For a moment, a drop of cold sweat trickled down Li Mo’s forehead.

“I’m sorry, Mother!! My mistake! I’ll wash right now!!”

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Sensing her mother’s Black Aura becoming increasingly physical, and to avoid being personally tossed into the water by her mother, Li Mo acted instinctively. Without another word, she stripped off the fur coat and leaped into the lake nearby!

“Gurgle gurgle gurgle~~”

A moment later, after a burst of bubbles surfaced, the beast-eared maiden slowly poked her head out of the water. She looked toward the crimson ball of light nearby with a pitiful, seemingly adorable expression.

“Mother… I know I was wrong, I won’t do it again, waaaah…”

Yumo: …

Looking at the wolf girl blowing bubbles in the water, Yumo sighed in resignation.

“Fine, I’ll give you one more chance. Also, remember not to just throw your clothes around.”

As she spoke, the red light rippled slightly. The fur coat Li Mo had tossed on the ground was lifted by the crimson Shadow Essence and floated to the lakeshore.

“You’d better wash that before putting it on.”

Seeing that her mother didn’t seem intended to continue being angry, Li Mo breathed a massive sigh of relief and nodded obediently.

“Mhm! Got it, Mother!! I’ll wash it clean!”

“That would be best.”

This feeling of looking after a clueless child was truly exhausting.

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When will these little ones learn to be a bit more civilized?

Yumo muttered a few conflicted words in her heart.

Oh well. It’s a long road ahead~

She was truly experiencing the exhaustion of being a parent.

“Li Mo.”

“Yes! Mother! Do you have more orders?”

“Nothing much. After you’re done washing, help me lock up those two… the two humans you caught. Feed them a bit; don’t let them die.”

“Oh, oh, understood! But… Mother, aren’t you going to continue the testing?”

Li Mo tilted her head curiously.

“No, there’s no point in continuing the tests for now.”

“Eh? Why?”

“Because nine times out of ten, they’ll fail. I need to make some adjustments. I have to properly adjust the concentration of Shadow Essence inside the crystals first. Perhaps gaining power isn’t something that can happen all at once. It has to be done step-by-step.”

Gazing at the crystal floating in front of her, Yumo spoke calmly.

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However, upon hearing the word “adjustment”, a hint of loneliness gradually emerged in Li Mo’s red eyes, and the two furry ears atop her head instantly drooped…

“Waaaah~~ adjustments again,” Li Mo said, feeling a bit moody.

She knew very well that every time her mother performed these so-called “adjustments”, it required a vast amount of time and energy. During those periods, her mother had no time to play with her. Naturally, Li Mo was unhappy.

“Can’t you… not adjust them?” Li Mo grumbled gloomily in a low voice while looking at her mother.

However, within the range of the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons, as long as Yumo hadn’t entered her inner consciousness space, most things couldn’t escape her perception. The girl’s complaining voice naturally reached her ears.

At this, Yumo could only sigh helplessly.

“It can’t be helped. If I don’t adjust them properly, the success rate for ordinary humans to accept the power is simply too low.”

“Waaaah, why do you care about those humans? They want to wipe us out every day, why do you still want to give them power, Mother…”

“It can’t be helped~”

After putting away the purple crystal, Yumo lamented.

“I have to shape some Minor Bosses for the Main Character Group to level up on! Otherwise, how can they grow? And if they don’t grow, how will they ever be able to kill me?”

In that case, wouldn’t the trial be a failure?

The trial… must not fail…