Volume 2, Chapter 16 – Blossoming~

Originally, right?

Yumo was quite happy after sensing that the brat Li Mo had recovered her status. She intended to temporarily forgo settling the score for what that girl had done earlier, wanting the family to have a good meal and enjoy some warm, cozy time together.

Then…

That girl Li Mo actually broke in directly through the window?! Did she not know how to use the door? Fine, if she wouldn’t use the door, that was one thing, but she even smashed the dining table in one go? She had even dismantled more than half of the furniture in the hall?!

Looking at the messy hall, Yumo’s face turned black, her brow furrowed as her crimson eyes filled with a ‘kind’ expression.

And so, Miss Yumo smiled as she dragged Li Mo by the tail toward the depths of the wooden house.

Inside a certain airtight, very dark room…

The crimson Shadow Essence suddenly rippled.

The red light abruptly converged and condensed, transforming into a summoning array filled with overwhelming pressure!

As the array operated, a surging torrent of power slowly erupted from its center! A terrifying sense of oppression suddenly scattered in all directions! Had it not been for the protection of the crimson Shadow Essence around them, the entire small dark room would have been torn to shreds in an instant by the energy overflowing from the array!

Accompanying the venting of energy, a legendary grade weapon slowly emerged from the array!

And this was the legendary grade Anti-Child Artifact that Yumo had gone through great pains to craft using Soul Steel and Li Yu’s feathers!

A ‘chicken feather’ duster!!

An exclusive divine artifact for dealing with disobedient children!

“Ah! Mother! I-I-I was wrong! No, ahhh!”

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The moment she saw the feather duster, Li Mo’s pupils shrank violently! She immediately revealed an expression of extreme terror and began to struggle frantically!

Unfortunately, even though Li Mo was a powerful existence at the demon king tier, she was no different from a small child before Yumo.

Li Mo’s resistance proved to be utterly meaningless.

After her frantic struggling and tail-wagging, little Li Mo was ultimately forced down onto Yumo’s long, snow-white legs.

“Mother! I won’t dare do it again next time, waah.”

Knowing that escape was hopeless, Li Mo lay across Yumo’s thighs and began to beg for mercy piteously, her crimson eyes covered by a layer of mist. Combined with the wolf girl’s already fine features, she unconsciously gave off a heart-wrenching feeling.

However, though the girl was cute, in Yumo’s eyes, she was no different from a Husky that caused trouble every day.

Actually, in the past, when faced with Li Mo’s pitiful pleas for mercy, Yumo would have been unable to bear it in most cases and chosen a light punishment. But this time, Yumo clearly intended to be iron-hearted; she wanted to give this naughty and disobedient child a harsh lesson!

If she didn’t give her a stern education now, Yumo felt that this child would sooner or later tear the house down… Of course, she couldn’t rely solely on physical education. However, physical education was also indispensable!

Thinking of this, Yumo forcibly suppressed her softening heart and put on a cold, even somewhat terrifying face.

Then, enveloped in a black aura, Yumo directly lifted Li Mo’s short skirt and pulled down those snow-white little panties without a word! At that moment, Li Mo’s fair and tender buttocks were completely exposed to the pressure of the feather duster! Seeing this, Li Mo’s cries for mercy became even more intense!

Though her heart felt a flicker of reluctance, Yumo steeled herself! She raised her hand and pulled that supreme divine artifact, capable of making eighth tier existences tremble with fear, out from the summoning array!

“Pia!!~~”

Accompanying a scatter of red light and a crisp ‘papa~’ sound, the feather duster greeted Li Mo’s fair and tender little bottom without mercy!

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“Awoooooooo!!”

Instantly, the wolf girl’s mournful cry echoed throughout the small dark room! Although the room had decent soundproofing, the sound still traveled outside.

Mid-air, little Li Yu, who was praying for Li Mo, couldn’t help but tremble all over with a look of unease on her face upon hearing her sister’s screams.

Then, the little girl reached a hand behind her and rubbed her own faintly aching little bottom…

‘Good luck, Sister…’

While Li Mo was letting out her pitiful wails,

The people of the Snownight Empire were immersed in a flood of negative emotions such as fear, sorrow, and hatred.

Currently…

Within the capital of the Snownight Empire, Sky Dome.

At the city gate, under the breathless gaze of countless citizens and a large number of nobles, the city gates slowly opened.

A funeral procession of several thousand people grandly entered the capital, with black funeral banners and the royal family’s ensigns fluttering at the very front of the line. Clearly, this procession was burying not only the soldiers who died on the front lines during the Abyssal Demon invasion but also a member of the royal family.

As early as a few days ago, a series of appalling reports had spread through the entire Snownight Empire like a virus. For instance, the simultaneous attack by tens of thousands of Abyssal Demons; the appearance of the Snow Devourer; the birth of a new demon king tier, the Blood Butterfly; and the deaths of the Royal Archmage and the Third Prince, Bernard…

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None of these reports failed to cause panic and shock among the populace. The Abyssal Demons hadn’t launched a large-scale attack in hundreds of years; was this attack an accident? Or did it mean the peace that had lasted for centuries had finally reached its end? The citizens couldn’t help but think anxiously in their hearts.

The unease the citizens had felt during these days was reignited upon seeing this funeral procession…

“I heard the Third Prince died in the Nivelle Mountains! He died together with Jake!”

“The Nivelle Mountains? Isn’t that quite a distance from the Northern Frontier? How could he have died there?!”

“Who knows? Apparently, the Blood Butterfly bypassed the Northern Frontier guards entirely to attack the Nivelle Mountains.”

“H-how could this happen? Then… will that monster come to attack the Imperial City in the future?!”

“Who knows? If the royalty and the Archmage were killed so easily, then if the Blood Butterfly really comes, we commoners are probably doomed…”

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As the feeling of unease spread rapidly, whispers began to circulate continuously through the crowd.

Seeing this, on a high platform not far away, the Vice-Captain of the Royal Knight Corps responsible for security, Cabalona, couldn’t help but grip the hilt of the sword at his waist.

“These noisy fellows! Do they not know that a Royal Funeral requires silence?!”

However, just as Cabalona was about to fly into a rage and erupt with his battle aura to warn everyone, a slightly sad yet majestic female voice entered his ears, stopping the Vice-Captain’s actions.

“Leave them be, let them speak. Without a body, this cannot truly be called a Royal Funeral.”

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“Yes… Princess.”

Hearing this, Cabalona immediately withdrew his battle aura and anger, looking respectfully at the woman on the main seat behind him—the host of this funeral, the Princess of the Snownight Empire, Fengling Valedyn…

As the Fourth Princess of the Snownight Empire and the apple of the Emperor’s eye—the most beautiful angel of the Empire. Fengling Valedyn’s appearance was naturally as beautiful as a painting. Her silky, elegant golden hair drifted in the wind above slender willow-leaf brows. Her watery blue eyes were as brilliant as the stars and the moon, set above a delicate, high-bridged nose and pink cheeks that complemented her vermillion lips like water-dripping cherries.

She could be described as quite endearing.

At this moment, the beautiful princess was not wearing her usual luxurious golden attire but black mourning clothes. It was a solemn, floor-length black dress. The black silk garment fitted closely from the waist and sleeves up to the chest, leaving no skin exposed. Only at the front was a hint of her shapely peaks revealed, those milky-white mounds appearing as if carved from mystic ice. It perfectly showcased Fengling’s exquisite, curvaceous physique, especially her slender willow waist. The girl’s beauty was comparable to a goddess of the heavenly kingdom.

Unfortunately, the pair of watery blue eyes that used to sparkle with spirit no longer displayed her noble, elegant, understanding, and loving qualities. Instead, they held a desolate expression so deep it was heart-wrenching, expressing a sadness beyond what crying could convey.

Without a doubt, Fengling was currently in a state of extreme grief.

After stopping Cabalona’s actions, the beautiful princess looked sadly at the giant coffin not far away.

While grieving, her watery blue eyes also narrowed slightly, revealing a heavy gaze.

Although she knew her half-brother Bernard wasn’t very reliable, she didn’t believe that fellow would die so easily under the Blood Butterfly’s attack…

Recalling the bloodstains in the imperial garden from before, Fengling couldn’t help but reveal a look of loathing as a bold deduction formed in her mind…

‘Xue Tian’ao…’