Volume 1, Chapter 21

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Huh?

Is Li Yu usually this violent?

Watching the beast-eared maiden disappear into the horizon, Yumo, who had sat up, was momentarily at a loss for words.

Meanwhile, after throwing her sister away, Li Yu hurried over to Yumo’s side, crouching before the black-haired girl with deep concern. “Mother, are you alright?! That sister of mine is too reckless! You just transformed, and your body isn’t stable yet, yet she charged over without any restraint!”

Looking at the devastated ground around them, Li Yu’s emerald eyes were filled with anger.

Seeing Li Yu pouting and grumbling in such an adorable manner,

Yumo couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Indeed,

After just transforming, she did feel quite fatigued. Her mental energy and the Shadow Essence within her had been significantly depleted. That silly girl Li Mo charging over so recklessly was indeed rather inappropriate. But honestly, she didn’t feel any discomfort at all, even the arm that had been directly collided with by Li Mo remained completely unscathed, without even a hint of pain.

It was worth noting that among Abyssal Demons of the demon king tier, Li Mo’s physique was among the most formidable. Even her unconscious charge could shatter a saint tier being into pieces…

Yet she herself was completely unharmed.

It seemed this new body was far more robust than she had imagined?

“So, how strong am I now? Demon king tier?…”

Gazing at her slender, delicate hands, Yumo fell into brief contemplation.

However, Yumo’s silence made little Li Yu beside her uneasy, fearing that her mother might have actually been injured by her foolish sister. If that were truly the case, she would definitely join forces with her other siblings to pin that idiot sister Li Mo to the ground and give her a good rubbing!

In her anxiety, Li Yu grasped Yumo’s small hand.

“Mother! Are you alright? Were you really hurt?”

“Huh?”

Startled by Li Yu’s question, Yumo snapped out of her thoughts and glanced somewhat sheepishly at the gray-haired girl beside her, who wore a deeply worried expression. She then raised her hand and gently stroked Li Yu’s head.

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“It’s fine. That silly sister of yours can’t hurt me. Don’t worry, be good.”

“Oh, well… alright then.”

After receiving Yumo’s head-patting attack, Li Yu’s cheeks flushed slightly, and she lowered her head bashfully.

Her face was adorned with a rosy glow of happiness.

Hehe, Mother patted my head~

Not with an energy hand, but a real hand~

I must be the first one to be patted, right?

Thinking this, Li Yu couldn’t help but feel a bit smug, an unwittingly proud smile spreading across her face, which left Yumo beside her utterly puzzled.

“What’s with you, child? Why are you suddenly smiling?”

“Ah?! N-Nothing!”

Li Yu hurriedly shook her head in denial, reining in the smile on her face, and quickly attempted to change the subject:

“By the way, Mother, you seem a bit dirty?”

“Dirty?”

“Yes, a little! After all, you’ve been sitting on the ground~”

“Hmm?”

Yumo slightly raised an eyebrow and slowly examined her body. The white cloak that had been wrapped around her earlier was now heavily soiled with mud from Li Mo’s pounce, and her delicate form was covered in traces of dust and dirt. These marks, having absorbed moisture, felt rather sticky, causing Yumo to show a hint of distaste.

Back when she was still a building, she hadn’t cared much about the surrounding dirt.

But now…

Yumo didn’t want her fair, tender body tainted by such impurities.

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“It seems so, a little.”

Noticing her mother’s look of distaste, Li Yu suddenly had a flash of inspiration and stepped forward to take Yumo’s wrist.

“Mother! Since you’re this dirty, come with me to wash up! And maybe soak in a hot spring too!!”

“Huh? Wash? Bathe?”

Hearing this, Yumo was taken aback.

Bathe?

For this body of mine?

Thinking this, Yumo pursed her lips and slowly lowered her head to examine her alluring physique. Instantly, the black-haired girl’s face flushed as red as an apple.

She hadn’t even gotten used to this body yet!

And now she’s supposed to bathe?!

Wouldn’t she just get a nosebleed and faint halfway through?!

Still,

This body…

However, this sticky, uncomfortable feeling all over was indeed unpleasant. Coupled with Yumo’s own intense curiosity about her new body, the girl found herself deeply conflicted about whether or not to take a bath.

“Forget it. I’m not used to the new body yet, so let’s not bathe for now.”

Hearing this, a gleam suddenly flashed in Li Yu’s emerald eyes.

“It’s fine! Mother, if you’re not used to it, we can help you wash!”

“Huh?? Help me wash?”

“Yes! Just like how you used to bathe us before!”

Li Yu smiled sweetly, then eagerly took Yumo’s hand, her face full of pleading as she widened her eyes and gazed at Yumo in an adorable, begging manner.

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“Please, Mother~”

Yumo:…

Back to the present,

Ultimately, Yumo, who never liked that sticky feeling, couldn’t resist Li Yu’s adorable pleading and was dragged by the two sisters to the Wantuzi Mountains. There, she personally experienced the feeling of bathing together as mother and daughters.

At first, Yumo, out of instinctive shyness, kept raising her hands to cover her small buns and the secret area below.

But after seeing how Li Mo and Li Yu made no attempt to hide or cover themselves,

Yumo reluctantly lowered her hands,

Truly baring everything before these two children.

At the same time, her new body was shamelessly studied by these two mischievous girls for quite a while…

Fortunately, the steam from the hot spring could conceal the blush on her face; otherwise, Yumo really wouldn’t know how to maintain her dignity as a ‘mother’.

“I need to get used to this quickly.”

Yumo made a firm resolution in her heart.

She had to quickly get accustomed to this new body and to bathing with these two girls. After all, judging by their current behavior, they greatly enjoyed playing with her in the water, and they would likely drag her to soak in hot springs frequently in the future.

Also,

This girl’s massage technique is really quite good…

Glancing sideways at Li Mo, who was continuously pressing on her back from behind, Yumo’s brows relaxed into an expression of great enjoyment. She slumped lazily against the rock, entrusting her back to Li Mo and her arms to Li Yu.

Having just gained the sense of touch,

She could already experience such a comfortable massage.

Mmm~

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Suddenly feeling so blissful~

Indeed, having a body feels completely different. Back when she was in her building form, such enjoyment was unimaginable.

But,

These two girls stay in the forest all the time, right? Where did they learn their massage techniques? Taught by outsiders? Like Saibok and the others?

Hmm?

Wait? Saibok?

Thinking of this, Yumo suddenly jolted, propping herself up from the rock, startling Li Mo and Li Yu beside her, who asked in confusion, “Mother, what’s wrong? Is the massage uncomfortable?”

“No, no. I was just wondering. Where did Saibok go?”

“Huh??”

Hearing this, the two sisters Li Mo and Li Yu were taken aback, then looked at each other, both utterly bewildered.

After a moment of stunned silence,

The two sisters suddenly realized.

Li Yu clapped her hands together.

“Oh no! We were in such a hurry rushing back earlier that we left him behind at the northern front!!”

Meanwhile, in the northern part of Winter’s Deep Forest,

As the nighttime temperature plummeted, a certain white-haired middle-aged man huddled in a tree hollow had been frozen stiff. As an elegant butler, Saibok could no longer maintain any semblance of ‘graceful speech’ and began ruthlessly cursing the two heartless girls, Li Mo and Li Yu, in his mind…

What the hell,

Wait?

That might not be quite right to say…