Volume 2, Chapter 94 – Acting? Cooperating?

Why did she feel guilty?

Yumo couldn’t figure it out, but she could clearly see that Mengxi’s current reaction was a bit off!

That’s right, she was far too quiet!

Looking at the silver-haired beauty gazing silently at her while leaning into her arms like a ‘bashful bird’, a hint of bewilderment flickered in Yumo’s crimson eyes. To save Mengxi in time, she hadn’t deliberately suppressed her Shadow Essence. Even an ordinary person would realize she was an Abyssal Demon, so how could a Chosen Maiden like Mengxi fail to notice?

Yet, if she realized Yumo was an Abyssal Demon, why was she still lying so quietly in her arms? Shouldn’t she be showing an expression of horror and shock before launching an attack, just like the first time they faced each other in the forest cabin?

The current Mengxi had no memory of their life in that cabin. To her, Yumo should be a stranger she was meeting for the first time! Under normal circumstances, she should have attacked. Even if she didn’t attack, she should at least look wary. What was with this current expression? When they first met back then, she had pinned Yumo to the ground without a word!

At this moment, Yumo’s heart was screaming with questions as bewilderment flooded her mind.

‘How strange…’

On the other side, after noticing the fascinating changes in the black-haired girl’s gaze, the silver-haired girl in her arms let out an imperceptible, meaningful smile. After continuing to stare silently at Yumo for several seconds, Mengxi seemed to suddenly snap back from the brink of death. She looked around in a panic, seemingly ‘surprised’ that she had survived. She looked as though she was in a daze from the shock of the energy blast.

When she refocused her gaze on Yumo’s face, her expression was no longer the same. It became one of shock and terror, exactly as Yumo had originally anticipated. This caused Yumo to blink her eyes in confusion.

In the next moment, it was as if the scene from the cabin bathroom was repeating itself. Upon realizing that the beautiful girl who saved her was an Abyssal Demon, Mengxi’s expression faltered for a moment before she immediately regained her composure, her gaze turning wary. What little remained of her silver holy magic gathered in her palm, forming a sharp energy dagger!

Like a repeat performance, the silver energy dagger lunged toward Yumo’s neck, seemingly intended to hold her at bay for further questioning.

“You! Who exactly are you!”

“…”

‘Oh-ho?!’

That’s more like it! That is the reaction one should have under normal circumstances! Her previous silent staring must have been because she was still in shock from her near-death experience. Now that she’s come to her senses, it’s natural for her to react this way.

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‘Yes, yes, that’s it~’

A faint smile appeared on Yumo’s exquisite face, her expression practically screaming ‘I knew it’ and ‘just as I expected’ after the fact.

Mengxi: …

Mengxi’s brow couldn’t help but twitch slightly. However, the moment Yumo looked at her, Mengxi instantly resumed her serious expression and questioned her sternly.

“Are you human? Or are you an Abyssal Demon?”

Faced with Mengxi’s interrogation, Yumo gave a wicked smile and suddenly reached out. Just like before, she instantly caught Mengxi’s wrist in a firm grip! No matter how much strength Mengxi used, Yumo’s hand remained as motionless as an iron vice. For a moment, a trace of ‘terror’ appeared on Mengxi’s face!

As for Yumo? She suddenly felt a wave of secret satisfaction!

‘Hehehe~ I can finally take this chance to get some revenge~’

Yumo muttered to herself. Over the past few days at Duke Marquis Mansion, she had been teased, toyed with, and even ‘bullied’ by Mengxi from morning till night. It had made Yumo feel quite depressed for a while, and she had been dying for a chance to pay her back!

Now, the culprit who bullied her had fallen into her arms! Since she was currently in the form of the black-haired girl, there was no need to hide anything!

‘Hehe, now it’s my turn to tease you!’

Thinking of this, Yumo deliberately put on what she thought was a very cold and terrifying expression, staring chillingly at the audacious person who dared to strike at her.

“Little sister, I am your savior. You shouldn’t be so rude to your benefactor~”

As she spoke, Yumo revealed an ‘evil’ smile.

“Daring to strike at me? It seems I need to teach you a lesson and help you understand the situation~”

As she spoke, a terrifying blood-colored blade gradually condensed around Yumo, pointing directly at Mengxi’s pretty face as if she were about to scar it! Of course, Yumo couldn’t actually bring herself to scar Mengxi’s face; she wouldn’t have the heart for it. Right now, she just wanted to play the role of a seductive villainess and scare the girl in front of her to get revenge for being teased so many times!

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‘My acting is pretty good, isn’t it~’

Yumo thought smugly to herself. She waited quietly, expecting to see a look of panic and unease on Mengxi’s face.

However, Yumo was soon disappointed. Mengxi’s expression didn’t change at all. She simply stared back at Yumo, her pale purple eyes filled with a thin layer of indifference that seemed to hide a trace of exasperation…

In short, there wasn’t a hint of unease!

Yumo: Uh…

Mengxi: …=-=

Yumo: …damn it…

If one ignored the surrounding noise and the series of explosions nearby, the two had fallen into a total silence, a very eerie silence…

‘?! What is with this female lead?! Why isn’t she following the script!! Or is my acting as a villainess not convincing enough?! Or were my lines just too fake and awkward?!’

‘Regardless of whether the lines were awkward, I am certainly feeling awkward right now!!’

Seeing that Mengxi still wasn’t giving any response, Yumo’s earlobes turned slightly red. A wave of intense embarrassment rushed to her heart. For a moment, she didn’t even know what to do.

‘Damn! What do I do now!’

This was so embarrassing! For some reason, Yumo felt as though the way Mengxi was looking at her was how one might look at an ‘idiot’…

‘Forget it, I won’t think about it! Maybe I should just knock her out! I really don’t know what to say in this situation! My aura as a villainous older sister is completely gone!’

After her embarrassment became visible, Yumo knew she couldn’t continue the act. But she couldn’t just stay frozen like this.

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Thus, with a flash of crimson light in Yumo’s eyes, a Blood Butterfly followed her command and slowly fluttered to her side. Clearly, Yumo planned to use ‘sleeping powder’…

However, someone seemed to have noticed her intention. Just as Yumo’s Blood Butterfly was about to flap its wings, Mengxi suddenly reached up and pressed her hand to her forehead, putting on a very painful expression!

‘??! Huh? Now what happened?’

In the next moment, under Yumo’s bewildered gaze, Mengxi struggled for a while with a pained expression before the holy magic in her hand suddenly collapsed. An overwhelming ‘drowsiness’ washed over her! Her eyes closed uncontrollably and her body instantly lost all strength, slumping into Yumo’s embrace…

‘Huh?! Wait? She fainted??’

Looking at the familiar sight, Yumo froze for a moment, standing there at a loss.

‘Well then…’

After a few seconds, Yumo breathed a sigh of relief. Well, at least it wasn’t awkward anymore… But was this because her soul power was exhausted? Did she faint again?

Gazing at the beautiful, harmless girl in her arms, Yumo raised an eyebrow. Although the crisis to her image was over, Mengxi’s strange behavior still felt a bit eerie.

‘That girl…’

Boom!!

Along with the roar of terrifying Shadow Essence, the black light in the distance erupted once more! The blood-red butterflies Yumo had used to restrain Yuan’er’s movements were instantly reduced to nothing under the rampaging black light…

Feeling the surge of black light, Yumo looked helplessly toward Yuan’er’s position.

‘As expected, it’s impossible to stall that child with just Blood Butterflies…’

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One day in the future, Yumo, who was lying on a bed with a certain silver-haired girl pressing against her face, pouted her lips ‘displeasedly’. She shot a resentful look at the silver-haired girl who was rubbing against her.

“You brat, how exactly did you fake fainting back then! It was just like the real thing! Even your aura was identical to someone who had fainted!”

“Hmm? That?~”

Hearing Yumo’s complaint, Mengxi gave a wicked smile and poked Yumo’s fair, tender cheek with her finger.

“Sister Yumo, if you let me kiss you, I’ll tell you~”

“Hmph, no way!”

“It’s not like we haven’t kissed before~”

“It’s different this time. Every time we kiss, you try to take it a step further!”

As she spoke, a hint of ‘anger’ flickered in Yumo’s crimson eyes. “Fine, don’t tell me then! Why did you fake fainting back then anyway?”

“That? It was because I didn’t want you to feel awkward, Sister Yumo~. You were acting so hard, but the scene just fell flat~”

“Tsk! Then why didn’t you just cooperate!”

“Don’t be mad, Sister Yumo. That was the only time I forgot to cooperate because I was so shocked by how fake your villainess acting was~ Didn’t I cooperate all the other times? Like the first time we met in Windward City, or acting cute during the festival, or that time with the bunny girl outfit. Oh! Right! That time you played the boss was actually pretty good…”

Looking at the silver-haired girl who kept bringing up her embarrassing past, a blushing Yumo stuffed her head under the pillow.

“Ahhhhhhh!! Stop talking!!”

Translator Note

That was a bit out of nowhere…