Volume 3, Chapter 113 – The Daughter’s Dilemma

“Umu…”

Little Li Yu puffed out her cheeks, a conflicted and apprehensive expression immediately surfacing on her small face.

According to the original plan, Xue Tian’ao was to be eliminated by Xiao alone. However, considering that the Chosen Son might have many trump cards, Xiao had prepared several backup plans before executing the operation, which included having the sisters Li Mo and Li Yu join the fray to beat down Xue Tian’ao.

The two sisters, Li Mo and Li Yu, were naturally more than happy for the chance to beat up the Chosen Son or even directly erase this existence that threatened Mother. But while they were willing, they were also very hesitant.

Regardless of anything else, because a divine aura would greatly stimulate the ferocity of Abyssal Demons and potentially cause them to launch uncontrollable, hysterical attacks, Yumo had long ago instructed Li Yu and the other children not to take action against the Chosen One without permission. When this plan was told to Mother, they only said that Xiao would be the one to act personally.

Although Mother was usually cute, incredibly gentle, and easy to talk to, she really hated repeating herself. If she said something many times and you still didn’t listen, Mother would no longer show any leniency. For example, the second brother, who had gone out to fight repeatedly, and Sister Li Mo, who dreamed of eating a Hero every day, had both frequently been ‘disciplined’ with major punishments.

After the fact, their butts would be so red!

Li Yu knew this well, but after Xue Tian’ao summoned the two puppets just now, she still resolutely charged forward. After all, in her view, if she could successfully eliminate this existence that threatened Mother’s life, what did it matter if her butt was beaten raw afterward?

Thus, Li Yu unleashed the Shadow Essence within her body, transforming into her ‘Death Wing’ form to charge onto the battlefield. From the results, Xue Tian’ao was finished. Their goal was considered achieved.

However, after the mission was completed and she heard Xiao’s words, Li Yu immediately began to feel uneasy again. Although she had spoken so righteously and fearlessly about ‘death’ before the action, now that it was over and she realized she might have to face the punishment of the feather duster, Li Yu instinctively felt a wave of anxiety.

Furthermore, if she thought about it carefully?!

Hadn’t Mother just eliminated Xue Tian’ao not far away? Now that Xue Tian’ao was gone, wouldn’t Mother be rushing over soon?!

Thinking of this, Li Yu gasped and looked down at her body wrapped in rags.

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‘Ah, this feels like… I’m doomed…’

At this moment, Li Yu discovered with a desire to cry but no tears that her body was covered in the scent of blood. There was not only the Chosen Son’s but also that of many other imperial city soldiers. She was one thing, but the scent of blood on Sister Li Mo was even more concentrated. Not just the scent, there were even bloodstains remaining at the corner of Li Mo’s mouth… What did this imply? It was likely self-evident. If Mother came over the next moment, they wouldn’t have time to clean up the evidence at all!

For a moment, Li Yu’s cute emerald eyes were filled with a ‘tragic’ emotion. Looking at the little wolf cub in her arms who knew nothing of this and was even still joyful from having a full meal, Li Yu couldn’t help but show an exasperated expression. She raised her hand to rub the little white wolf who was sticking out her tongue and let out a long, helpless sigh.

“Sister… how can you still be smiling here…”

“Meow??”

Hearing Li Yu’s words, the little white wolf turned her head in confusion to look at her younger sister, her crimson eyes filled with bewilderment.

To this, Li Yu had already given up on explaining. Instead, she hugged the little white wolf tightly and looked forward with trepidation toward where Mother’s aura was located. While waiting for Mother to arrive, Li Yu’s mind began to race, thinking about how to provide a reasonable excuse or if she might even need to sell out her sister if necessary.

‘Meow??’

Perhaps sensing a sudden chill, the little white wolf’s ears pricked up, and she spun her head around to look at her sister behind her.

However, after waiting for several seconds, Li Yu couldn’t help but frown. This demon king tier girl suddenly discovered that Mother showed no signs of coming over? Her aura had remained in the same place.

“Huh? What’s going on?”

Confused, Li Yu turned an asking gaze toward Xiao nearby. “Could it be… because Mother killed the Chosen Son herself? Is she feeling too conflicted?”

Xiao only shook his head helplessly. “It’s possible, but who knows.”

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Saying this, Xiao glanced at the two blood-stained sisters with some exasperation. “In any case, Lady Yumo doesn’t seem to have any intention of rushing over immediately, so you might as well take this chance to clean yourselves up and think about how to explain.”

“Mmm… true.”

Seeing that Yumo hadn’t come over to catch them red-handed with all the evidence, Li Yu felt a sense of relief despite her confusion. But as she saw Xiao turn to leave, she spoke up curiously. “Xiao? Where are you going? Aren’t you going to report the results to Mother?”

“What is there to report? Besides, to be safe, there are some things I need to settle outside the city.”

“Outside the city? Hmm?” Hearing this, Li Yu’s brow furrowed slightly. “But what about the city…”

“Don’t worry about the city. Lady Karina, your older sister, will handle things. Now that Xue Tian’ao is gone, that old geezer won’t be able to stir up any trouble.”

As he spoke, grey-white magic power rippled around Xiao. With the enhancement of flight magic, he transformed into a grey meteor and sped toward the city outskirts.

“Ummm, alright.”

While mumbling in a low voice, Li Yu looked thoughtfully toward the direction of the prison. To completely dismantle the power of the Snownight Empire, it wasn’t enough to just kill the Chosen Son; the Great Guardian General supported by countless people also had to be eliminated. At this moment, that Great Guardian General should be fighting Sister Karina underground, just as planned.

Even though her third sister was currently fighting the truly strongest person in the Snownight Empire, Li Yu felt no ripple of concern in her heart. She knew very well how powerful her sister was.

Rather than worrying about Karina, she should spend more time thinking about how to quibble with Mother—no, how to explain. Otherwise, her butt would be in danger. Thinking of this, little Li Yu couldn’t help but shudder and reached behind to rub her temporarily intact, tender little butt.

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Meanwhile, inside the prison, a strange scene was slowly unfolding. Under normal circumstances, a battle between two top-tier eighth tier experts would be enough to destroy heaven and earth. If they fought underground, the aftershocks would cause unprecedented landslides, and the Sky Dome city above would undoubtedly turn into ruins instantly from the terrifying tremors.

However, at this moment, after the initial few rounds of combat ended, the entire interior of the prison had fallen into a strange shadow, not at all looking like a battlefield where two masters were fighting. Nevertheless, a giant fireball burning with raging flames floated within the prison.

Aside from that, there was no sign of Karina or Lockephy on the battlefield.

Saibok, who was silently watching the scene from not far away, had an indifferent expression as he elegantly picked up his teacup and took a light sip. Compared to Saibok, the dozens of people from the Blackrose Family who had just arrived as reinforcements were completely bewildered, staring blankly at their colleagues sitting on the ground drinking tea, led by Saibok.

After his eyes twitched for a moment, one of the men with brown hair who looked like a captain finally couldn’t help but ask. “Um, Lord Saibok? Didn’t they say Lady Karina was… was fighting that Great Guardian General?”

“She is,” Saibok said calmly. “Look, isn’t it right in front of you?”

As he spoke, Saibok pointed to the massive, flaming sun floating nearby.

“Eh?” This left the brown-haired man completely confused. After carefully sensing the situation around the fireball, the man became even more bewildered. “Um, just this fireball? Wasn’t this fireball left by Lady Karina for you to keep warm, Lord Saibok? After all, your health isn’t great, being old and frail.”

“…” Saibok’s brow twitched. “If you don’t know how to speak, then don’t speak…”

“Sor… sorry, Lord Saibok… I’m just curious. This… isn’t this just a bunch of fire left by Lady Karina? There are no powerful aura fluctuations at all, and I can’t feel that old fellow Lockephy’s aura.”

“Are you… from the batch trained twenty-odd years ago?”

“Huh? Yes, that’s right.”

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“Oh, no wonder.”

Saibok’s self-satisfied nodding confused the brown-haired man greatly. “Um? Lord Saibok, I don’t quite understand your words… What happened twenty-odd years ago?”

“Nothing. It’s just that when your batch started training, Lady Karina had already left the Deepwinter Forest. It’s normal for you to ask that since you haven’t seen Lady Karina’s power.”

As he spoke, Saibok slowly put down his teacup and pointed at the raging crimson sun ahead. “That is Lady Karina’s domain, ‘Scorching Hell’. It’s a skill that can drag enemies into her own domain and her own independent space to give them a beating. Although it looks calm on the outside, there’s a whole different world inside.”

“Is… is that so?… Hmm? But in that case, isn’t Lady Karina fighting alone in that space? Her opponent is that Great Guardian General?! Back then, he was the one who repelled Lord Pierre! Can Lady Karina win?”

“…”

Hearing this, Saibok turned his head wordlessly to glance at the young man behind him. “‘Repelled Lord Pierre, you say…'”

‘Ummm, come to think of it, there seemed to be such a claim within the Snownight Empire.’

‘But repelled?’

‘These people of the Snownight Empire were truly shameless.’

‘Back then, Lord Pierre only retreated dejectedly because Lady Yumo threw a fit, alright…’

‘What did it have to do with Lockephy?’