Volume 1, Chapter 15

“As for Lady Yumo, the ‘male lead’ you mentioned, if our estimation is correct, the crown prince of the Snownight Empire is the person you are looking for.”

Saibok said respectfully.

Upon hearing Saibok’s words, Li Yu and Li Mo, the two sisters who had been listening for a long time, inexplicably fell into an eerie silence and exchanged meaningful glances.

“Is that so~”

Yumo replied lightly.

Although her tone was indifferent, the Blood Butterfly, which was an embodiment of Yumo’s consciousness, fluttered excitedly in mid-air, clearly reflecting Yumo’s true inner state at this moment.

!!!

The female lead! The male lead!! After all these years, there’s finally news about them!! That’s wonderful!

Finally, there’s no need to keep waiting foolishly!!

Although, to maintain the so-called dignity of a parent figure, Yumo had to appear calm on the surface, her heart was already leaping with joy.

To complete the trial objective,

She had to ensure the growth of the male and female leads, the Chosen Son and Chosen Maiden of this world. To help them grow better, she first needed to find these main characters! For this purpose, starting hundreds of years ago, Yumo had sent out several of her own children and some humans who had successfully received her power to search the continent for news of the male and female leads.

However,

This search lasted for hundreds of years.

From beginning to end, Yumo had not obtained even the slightest bit of information. The initial high expectations vanished, and her heart grew increasingly gloomy. Of course, Yumo did not blame her children, as it was already difficult enough for them to hide their Abyssal Demon aura. Searching for information across such a vast continent might have been too much to ask of them…

Even so, Yumo couldn’t help but feel disappointed, often letting her thoughts wander.

Could it be that the story hasn’t started yet? Has the trial not begun?

If that’s the case, how much longer must I wait?

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How much longer must I stay in this forest? Another few hundred years? Or a few thousand?

Come to think of it, the girl who sent me in never told me when the trial would begin!!

Every time she thought of this, Yumo would fall into such confusion, and her mood would inevitably become extremely low.

At all times, Yumo longed for news about the male and female leads.

Therefore, today, after hearing the related information from Saibok, her heart was filled with such joy. If she had a physical body, she would probably be dancing with excitement by now?

Looking at the Blood Butterfly enveloped in an atmosphere of joy before him, Saibok smiled slightly.

He saw through it,

But didn’t say it.

After a while, Yumo finally calmed down and managed to speak with an air of nonchalance:

“Hmm, good, well done.”

“Thank you for your praise, Lady Yumo.”

“Ummm, by the way, didn’t you say earlier that you had multiple things to tell me? Is there anything else?”

“Yes, there are some other matters.”

Saibok nodded slightly and affirmed.

“Then, just say it~”

Yumo’s tone grew even more cheerful.

That Xiao,

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every time that kid sends someone to see me, they bring quite a bit of good news~

Let’s see what else there is this time~

And so, under Yumo’s expectant gaze, Saibok cleared his throat and slowly began:

“Also, Lord Xiao asked me to thank you on his behalf, Lady Yumo. Thanks to the magic crystals you provided, our Heize family has successfully unified the southeastern part of the Sadik Empire. One-third of this empire is now under our control. Lord Xiao has also been promoted from Marquis to Duke, his status second only to that foolish emperor. At the same time, our small intelligence organization has completed its infiltration of the surrounding small kingdoms and is now beginning to establish footholds within the Red Lotus Leaf Empire.”

“Oh ho? Not bad.”

Yumo replied with satisfaction, feeling quite gratified inside. She couldn’t help but marvel inwardly:

“Wow, Heize’s grandson is quite impressive!”

After all, Yumo still remembered that when she aided the ancestors of the Heize family, they were just a down-and-out baronial family in the eastern part of the Sadik Empire, right? Now, after several generations of development, they’ve actually become a ducal family?

Come to think of it, the Sadik Empire only has two dukes in total, doesn’t it?

That kid Xiao deserves some rewards.

Yumo silently noted this in her mental memo.

“Not bad, not bad. If the power develops, it’ll be much easier to gather intelligence in the future.”

“Yes, please rest assured. Our Heize family will spare no effort to gather intelligence on the ‘Main Character Group’ for you.” Saibok said respectfully.

“I know that.”

Yumo replied noncommittally.

Every successor of the Heize family was trained by her since childhood. She watched them grow up~

Naturally, Yumo had great trust in this family.

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Of course, that was the case most of the time…

“So, is there anything else?”

“Yes, there’s one more important matter. Lady Yumo, do you know about the Holy Sword – Ishfel of the elves?”

“The Holy Sword? I know about it,”

Someone used that sword to try to cut me a few hundred years ago…

How could Yumo not know?

“What about this sword?”

“The elves used a secret technique to give birth to a Sword Spirit within this sword.”

“Oh? A Sword Spirit? That’s quite a rare thing. That’s good. With a Sword Spirit, the Holy Sword’s power should increase significantly.”

If it could be equipped by the Main Character Group in the future, it should boost their combat power considerably.

As a villain who constantly cared about the growth of the main characters, Yumo silently noted this in her heart.

However,

Upon hearing this, Li Mo beside her tilted her head in confusion.

“A Sword Spirit isn’t exactly rare news, is it? We’ve seen this type of Artifact Spirit before. It’s not a big deal, right? Why make it so serious and tell Mother about it so solemnly? What are you doing, Saibok?”

“I haven’t finished yet, Miss Li Mo.”

“Huh? What else?”

“Even a Holy Sword’s Sword Spirit isn’t particularly rare. But the key point is that, with the help of the elves’ secret technique, this Holy Sword, now possessing a Sword Spirit, successfully transformed into human form.”

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“It transformed into human form, so what? What does it matter? It’s all irrelevant, right~”

Li Mo said dismissively.

Saibok: ……=-=

While the slightly silly Li Mo didn’t react, others did.

Upon hearing Saibok’s words, Li Yu, beside Li Mo, refuted her sister’s statement, her emerald eyes filled with excitement: “No! This isn’t irrelevant! To some extent, a Sword Spirit is the managing consciousness of the sword body! Isn’t that similar to Mother?”

Saying this,

Li Yu excitedly looked at Saibok.

“Then, if Mother used this secret technique, could she also transform into human form!”

“Eh?!”

Hearing her sister’s words, Li Mo suddenly understood, her furry ears perking up! She immediately rushed to Saibok’s side and shook his collar.

“Yeah!! If Mother could use it, wouldn’t Mother have a physical body?!”

Then they could cuddle with Mother without any reservations?!

“Saibok, Saibok, Saibok!! Then what are you still doing here! Hurry up and get this secret technique over here!!”

“Alright, alright, calm down, Lady Li Mo.”

Saibok smiled wryly.

“Don’t worry. Lord Xiao has already ‘peacefully’ obtained this secret technique from the elves and asked me to bring it here to deliver to Lady Yumo.”