Volume 2, Chapter 23 – Willful

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Inside the bathroom of the small log cabin, Yumo quickly led the shivering Mengxi inside after returning to their home. She rapidly prepared the hot water before skillfully stripping little Mengxi bare, revealing the young girl’s flawless, delicate body. Regarding this, Miss Yumo remained perfectly calm.

Apparently she had already grown used to the sight. After all, during this recent period where the female lead had been infantilized, Yumo had personally handled every bath, wiped her body, applied medicine, and changed her clothes, including her underwear.

By now, Yumo knew exactly how many moles Mengxi had, what her three measurements were, and even which spots were most ticklish. Gradually, Yumo had developed a resistance to that perfect body. Even when those two alluring, mouth-watering buns on Mengxi’s chest pressed against her, Yumo could remain composed without her heart skipping a beat.

Perhaps in Yumo’s current eyes, Mengxi was truly no different from a child, or at most a child who had developed rather well.

She briefly checked Mengxi for injuries, specifically the bruising on her arms and the frostbite on her legs and buttocks. Although these injuries were negligible compared to when she had first returned from Fort Garros covered in blood, the problem was that the current Mengxi was no longer that valiant knight of the Ashurmos Church. She was now a fragile, infantilized girl.

To such a girl, these wounds were undoubtedly painful and difficult to endure. A layer of moist ripples covered Mengxi’s beautiful, pale purple eyes. Seeing the silver-haired girl before her looking like a pitiful little rabbit on the verge of tears, how could Yumo find the heart to continue scolding her? The last trace of anger in her heart completely vanished…

“Be good, stop crying. It won’t hurt in a moment,” Yumo said softly as she reached out to stroke Mengxi’s head.

Seeing the female lead give no reaction, Yumo carefully lifted the fair-skinned beauty and placed her into the bath. Though the wounds on her body throbbed slightly when she was picked up, Mengxi remained silent and let Yumo carry her.

As Mengxi submerged herself in the water, the warmth, infused with the innate healing power of the Tears of Nature, quickly dispelled the chill within the silver-haired girl. The pathetic girl gradually stopped shivering and slowly curled up in the tub.

The bruises on her arms and the frostbite on her legs were slowly healed by the soaking hot water. As the wounds mended, the pain and distress on Mengxi’s face gradually faded. Not only did she no longer feel pain, but she also began to feel increasingly comfortable.

Her entire body tingling with warmth, Mengxi slowly revealed a sweet smile. With only half of her small head peeking out, her entire body was immersed in the hot water. She looked quite content.

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‘Whew~’

Seeing that Mengxi no longer wore a pained expression, Yumo couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Afterward, Yumo sat silently by the bathtub and reached out to gently pat Mengxi’s little head. To be safe, Yumo asked curiously, “Is there anywhere else that hurts?”

Faced with Yumo’s question, Mengxi blinked her watery, pale purple eyes. She didn’t answer directly but instead shook her head.

“I see.”

Seeing this, the heavy stone hanging in Yumo’s heart finally dropped. The female lead’s body was quite fragile during this infantilized state. If anything serious happened to her, Miss Yumo would likely be depressed to death…

Pinching Mengxi’s fair and tender cheek, Yumo spoke in an admonishing tone. “Next time, you aren’t allowed to run out of the cabin without permission, understood?”

“Mm-hmm.”

Mengxi nodded slightly in the water, revealing a pair of beautiful, pure eyes as she stared silently at the black-haired sister.

“As long as you understand.”

As she spoke, a trace of self-mockery appeared in Yumo’s crimson eyes.

‘Really, why bother explaining these things anymore, seeing as I’ll be sending her back soon anyway.’

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Yumo could now clearly feel the soul power within Mengxi gradually recovering. If Saibok hadn’t gotten it wrong this time, Mengxi would emerge from her infantilized state and return to normal after her next sleep. Her memories of this period would be completely forgotten. Naturally, the memories of her sudden awakening in the room earlier would also vanish.

Perhaps it was a good thing… After all, if the female lead knew she had been cared for by an Abyssal Demon for so long and changed her hostile attitude toward them, Yumo would be quite troubled…

However, since she was going back soon, Yumo needed to hurry. With that thought, and under Mengxi’s curious gaze, Yumo slowly raised her hand. Streaks of crimson Shadow Essence rippled from her fingertips. Stimulated by Yumo’s power, the spatial ring snapped open, and a golden pill appeared in her palm.

This was a Soul Forging Elixir. There were likely very few of these on the entire Ancheka Continent. After all, refining this medicine required the horn of an Ice Dragon! The Ice Dragon was a powerful magical beast that lived in the heart of the Deepwinter Forest. Now that the Abyssal Demons occupied the forest, obtaining an ice dragon horn was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, obtaining this material wasn’t difficult for Miss Yumo. Back when she had Li Mo go and knock on the entrance of the Ice Dragon’s cave, the dragons had been very ‘dedicated’ in offering four horns. They were truly good neighbors~

Actually, aside from the Elven Race, Yumo had a pretty good impression of the Dragon Race. Every time, they appeared very ‘generous’, not at all like the greedy and stingy creatures recorded in ancient human texts~

Anyway, that was getting off-topic… In short, after obtaining enough raw materials, Yumo had Xiao go to the Mage Tower in the center of the continent to ‘invite’ the Archmage there to help refine this Soul Forging Elixir. Its greatest feature was its ability to help a practitioner strengthen their soul and accumulate enough energy to help them break through to the seventh tier in the future, truly stepping into the saint tier!

While it didn’t guarantee a breakthrough to the saint tier, it significantly increased the probability. With Mengxi’s talent as the Chosen Maiden, the help of this elixir would undoubtedly allow her to reach the saint tier and take a step further toward the eighth tier.

Speaking of which, according to information from the Blackrose Family, the Crown Prince of the Snownight Empire, the Chosen Son, was already a powerful existence at the middle stage of the saint tier. The Chosen Maiden couldn’t fall too far behind~

After this internal monologue, Yumo carefully held the golden elixir between her slender thumb and index finger and brought it to Mengxi’s lips.

“Be good, open your mouth, say ‘ah’~”

Yumo used her usual tone for coaxing a child. However, for some reason, Mengxi didn’t buy it this time. She slowly shook her head, showing a willful expression that said she wouldn’t eat it.

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“Eh?!”

Seeing that Mengxi, who had been obedient and cooperative with taking medicine these past few days, was suddenly uncooperative, Yumo was slightly surprised.

“Don’t worry, it won’t be bitter~”

“Umu, no~”

Mengxi pouted and continued to shake her head, looking completely defiant. This left Yumo increasingly bewildered.

“What’s wrong, little Mengxi? Be obedient~”

“No!”

“Ah, this… it really isn’t bitter. I even specially added a sugar coating,” Yumo continued to coax.

“No!”

“Be good!”

“No, no! I just won’t!”

Yumo didn’t know what to say as she looked at the silver-haired girl’s persistent resistance. Just as Yumo was feeling conflicted, Mengxi spoke slowly, her tone sounding a bit shy.

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“Um, I can eat it, but…”

“But what?”

“Um, Sister Yumo, soak with me for a bit, then I’ll eat it…”

Mengxi blinked her beautiful eyes and spoke in a pleading tone.

“Uh, this…”

Hearing this, Yumo was stunned. she looked at the girl in the bath in a bit of a daze. Meeting those innocent and pure eyes, Yumo felt it was impossible to refuse.

“Is… is that not okay?”

Mengxi’s words entered her ears again. Her soft, cute voice almost melted Yumo’s heart.

Forget it, whatever. It wasn’t as if she hadn’t soaked with Li Mo or Li Yu before. Soaking with the female lead shouldn’t be a big deal.

Thus, after returning the pill to the spatial ring, Yumo slowly nodded.

“Okay, fine then…”