Volume 2, Chapter 36 – Mengxi’s Thoughts

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My head, my head hurts so much.

Eh? I… what happened to me?

I was at Fort Garros, wasn’t I? After seeing those butterflies and that woman, I think I fainted? Then, what happened after that?

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Hmm? These… what are these memories? A cabin in the Deepwinter Forest? And a black-haired woman? Why are my memories so blurry? It’s strange…

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Could it be, Sister Xiao Ying?!

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As Xiao Ying’s power poured continuously into Mengxi’s body, the silver-haired girl’s sleeping consciousness gradually regained control over her physical form. Gradually, Mengxi suppressed the heavy drowsiness weighing on her body and slowly opened her eyes, forcing her consciousness back to reality.

However, in the initial moments of her return, everything was blurry. The sensation of the world spinning made Mengxi feel extremely uncomfortable. As time passed, Mengxi’s vision gradually became clear and her senses returned to normal. Then, an unfamiliar ceiling caught the girl’s eye, causing her to frown slightly.

“Where… where is this place? I…”

On the other side, seeing Mengxi wake up successfully, the little QB-like creature jumped up in excitement. It rushed forward affectionately to rub against Mengxi’s small face, its cheering voice reaching her ears.

“Waaa! That’s great! Waaa, Miss Mengxi, it’s so good that you’re alright!”

“Eh? Sister Xiao Ying?”

Looking at her partner who was constantly rubbing against her cheek, Mengxi smiled helplessly and raised her hand to rub Xiao Ying’s head to show she shouldn’t worry.

“Alright, I’m fine.”

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With that, Mengxi took a deep breath and slowly sat up from the bed, after which she surveyed her surroundings with great confusion.

“Where is this place?”

“It should be the Guest Reception Hall of Windward City,” Xiao Ying answered while standing on Mengxi’s shoulder.

Hearing this, Mengxi frowned slightly. “The Guest Reception Hall? In Windward City? How did I end up here?”

“I’m… I’m not quite sure. I was hiding in your mental space the whole time and don’t know what happened…”

“Is that so…”

“But Mengxi! Are you okay?”

“Okay?”

“Yes! After you were captured and taken to the Deepwinter Forest, did that damned woman do anything to you?! Did she bully you, mistreat you, or interrogate you?!” Xiao Ying asked anxiously.

Upon hearing those words, a flicker of strange emotion appeared in Mengxi’s pale purple eyes.

“That woman?”

“The black-haired one! The one who always has Blood Butterflies floating around her!” Xiao Ying explained.

“Are you talking about… Sister Yumo?”

“Eh? Yumo? Is that her name? …Wait, Mengxi, why are you calling her sister! She’s an Abyssal Demon!”

Xiao Ying’s voice couldn’t help but carry a hint of agitation because she was shocked to discover that when mentioning that woman, her young lady’s eyes didn’t hold the hatred one should have for an Abyssal Demon. Instead, there was a trace of complex emotion. This made the little creature feel that something was very wrong.

Could it be that Miss Mengxi’s brainwashing hasn’t been undone yet?

“Miss Mengxi! Wait, let me check you again!”

With that, the golden divine power around Xiao Ying’s body began to ripple again. However, at that moment, as if guessing Xiao Ying’s thoughts, Mengxi’s small hand suddenly stroked Xiao Ying’s soft head.

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“It’s fine, there’s no need to check. I wasn’t brainwashed.”

“Is… is it really okay?”

“It’s fine.”

“Then… then why? That woman is an Abyssal Demon!”

Regarding this question, Mengxi shook her head helplessly.

“Emm, this… it’s a bit complicated to explain.”

“Complicated?”

“Yes, let me think quietly for a moment…”

Hearing this, Xiao Ying nodded slightly. Seeing Mengxi’s conflicted expression, she remained silent and then transformed into a streak of golden light that surged back into Mengxi’s body.

The silver-haired girl looked thoughtfully at the night sky outside the window, her pale purple eyes narrowing slightly. Images of the black-haired girl she had spent day and night with over the past few days surfaced in Mengxi’s mind like a slideshow.

‘Sister Yumo?’

She really was a strange person. Well, she shouldn’t be called a person, she should be called a demon, right?

An Abyssal Demon. Shouldn’t monsters of that kind absolutely loathe the holy attribute aura on my body? Every Abyssal Demon I’ve met in the past would rush at me with absolute killing intent the moment they saw me. Not only did she not try to kill me, but she even saved me.

At first, I thought she had ulterior motives. But while I was pretending to be a child, I didn’t see her have any bad intentions. She even took care of me meticulously. In addition, she gave me medicine to help me increase my strength, and they were all such rare and precious medicines.

Despite being an Abyssal Demon, and a high-level one of the demon king tier at that, she actually knows how to heal wounds, cook, and take care of people. She’s simply the standard virtuous wife and mother. It’s truly strange.

The more she thought about it and recalled the days in the small cabin, the more Mengxi felt astonished. Countless question marks appeared around her.

‘Sister Yumo? What exactly do you want to do?’

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Mengxi was puzzled. This humanoid Abyssal Demon truly seemed to have no hostility toward her. Even at the beginning when she had rudely launched an attack, the other party hadn’t shown any killing intent but instead only wanted to restrain her.

The power surrounding Yumo was undoubtedly Shadow Essence, and she could also command ordinary Abyssal Demons. She should be a demon king tier existence. A humanoid demon king tier.

Shadow Essence has the ability to infect all living creatures. Could that girl be a human who was infected by Shadow Essence and turned into a demon king tier Abyssal Demon? Then, she happened to retain her reason, which is why she looked after me with such humanity?

That should be it. Demon king tier Abyssal Demons can be transformed from spirit beasts, magical beasts, or even fairies. Why couldn’t they be transformed from humans?

Having reached a rough hypothesis, Mengxi put her hand to her chin under Xiao Ying’s stunned gaze and slowly stood up to walk out of bed. However, after only a few steps, Mengxi’s brow couldn’t help but furrow.

But if Sister Yumo—no, if that woman really was transformed from a human, then what was the deal with those few girls around her? Their auras seemed to be those of Abyssal Demons as well, didn’t they?

Although Mengxi had completely sealed her power to play her role and couldn’t sense the strength of Li Mo and Li Yu’s auras, she could still judge their identities as Abyssal Demons. Thinking of those girls made Mengxi even more bewildered.

There are actually so many humanoid Abyssal Demons with reason?! Didn’t they say that except for the demon king tier, all others are mindless? Could it be that those few Abyssal Demons are also demon king tier? Can the demon king tier transform into humans? And be so well-behaved? Didn’t they say the demon king tier were just beasts with a bit of intelligence?!

Realizing this, Miss Mengxi couldn’t help but put a glaring question mark over the Ashurmos Church’s intelligence system. After all, based on her records of life in the cabin, much of the knowledge the Church had taught her didn’t quite match reality.

“Come to think of it, those girls called Sister Yumo ‘Mother’, didn’t they?”

Mengxi frowned. Was Sister Yumo married? Then, who was the father of those two children?

No, no! That’s not right! After thinking back for a moment, Mengxi decisively shook her head and threw that thought out of her mind. After all, one of those two girls seemed to be a transformed wolf and the other a transformed bird, so how could they possibly be Sister Yumo’s biological daughters? Besides, when she bathed with Sister Yumo before, she had confirmed through various aspects that Sister Yumo should be chaste.

Emm, strange, I really don’t understand.

Mengxi’s mind had become quite chaotic by now. Forget it, there’s no point in thinking about these things.

No matter what, though I don’t know why, she indeed didn’t harm me and even sent me back. At the very least, she should have no hostility toward me.

But why would she do this? One must know that I, along with that so-called Chosen Son, am the greatest future enemy of the Abyssal Demons. Why would she, a demon king tier existence, help an enemy? What is her true goal?

-You are very important to me~-

Important? Why would she say that?

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Recollecting the words Yumo said when they were bathing together, Miss Mengxi asked herself again in her heart. Unfortunately, it seemed she couldn’t understand the answer to this question for now.

However, glancing at the empty room around her, Mengxi’s brow furrowed slightly.

‘To be honest, the feeling of being taken care of was quite nice…’

But now that I’ve returned to Windward City, I probably won’t be seeing her for a while, right? If there’s a chance, I really would like to have a good talk with her.

Thinking of this, Mengxi sighed helplessly. Since the other party was in the Deepwinter Forest, it seemed a bit difficult for her to find her.

Sigh, I’m a bit thirsty. After thinking for a long time, the dryness in her throat made Mengxi feel a bit uncomfortable. Thus, the frowning girl dragged her still somewhat weak body, threw on a simple cotton coat, and walked toward the living room to find some water to drink.

However, at the moment she opened the door, Mengxi’s pale purple eyes shrank slightly.

Eh?! Is it… is it her?

She saw a delicate little girl sitting silently on the sofa with her eyes tightly closed. Mengxi was naturally quite familiar with this pink-haired girl. She was the very same girl she had rescued from the mouth of an Abyssal Demon.

The moment she saw the girl and saw that she was safe and sound, Mengxi couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. It seemed she had escaped with Boluo Ge and the others back then.

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Wait, no, that’s not right?! Why would she be here? If this is the Guest Reception Hall, then with her status as a slave, the people of Windward City shouldn’t have agreed to let her in! And this… this posture…

Looking at the pink-haired girl who was as still as a statue, not even breathing, and then recalling the familiar-looking beast-skin underwear she had seen in the bathroom, a black silhouette gradually surfaced in Mengxi’s mind and slowly overlapped with the scene before her.

In the next moment, a meaningful smile slowly appeared on Mengxi’s face.

‘Oh? So that’s how it is~’