Chapter 235: The Girl Gives Up On Herself

Su Nian stared at the bastard Horned Demon in front of her, listening to his vulgar words.

Her exquisitely beautiful little face flushed in an instant, as if a wave of color had swept over it.

The blush spread from her cheeks to her snow-white neck, even her delicate earlobes stained with the pink of shame.

‘This perverted Horned Demon… He really is rotten to the core… Rotten and festering!’

Although she had mentally prepared herself for the humiliation to come.

But she never expected…

How could this bastard Horned Demon say such things!

It made her feel even worse than if he just beat her up!

So hateful!

And what’s more, they were in the wilderness.

In such a vast and desolate place, this bastard Horned Demon actually wanted her to do that… that unspeakable thing.

‘Pervert!’

A hopelessly big pervert!

Su Nian’s fingertips trembled slightly from the force she was using.

Maybe… she should just fight him to the end?

A crazy thought flashed through her mind.

But that brief burst of courage faded away like a bubble almost instantly.

Just now, after taking off her armor… she had knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

She had used up her last bit of strength to humbly beg the Horned Demon to spare her and her Contract Beast…

If she suddenly resisted now…

Wouldn’t that just be asking for death?

The suffocating sense of near-death from earlier still haunted her.

“Wuwuwu…” Su Nian’s eyes grew hot, tears welling up uncontrollably.

So hopeless.

She had no way to deal with the Horned Demon at all.

She was so useless…

She was a transmigrator, with a System, once a boy who dreamed of becoming a knight, but now she could only endure humiliation, bullied by the Horned Demon.

A despair that cut to the bone drowned the girl completely.

If, from now on, every day, every moment, she would have to be bullied by this bastard Horned Demon in all sorts of twisted ways— Then what meaning did her life even have?

She was suffering too much.

It was all her fault!

Her own fault for being too weak…

Her command was a complete mess.

She clearly had Little Green, Little Violet, and Big Mountain—such powerful Contract Beasts to assist her, and yet she was utterly defeated, crushed in battle.

Even her Contract Beasts suffered severe injuries along with her.

She was truly useless!

For a moment, the girl’s once-starry, dazzling eyes began to lose their shine and focus, gazing into the distance in resignation.

“Ding-dong, absorbed emotion of despair, Annoyance Value +125.”

“Ding-dong, absorbed emotion of sadness, Annoyance Value +98.”

“Ding-dong, absorbed emotion of self-abandonment, Annoyance Value +215.”

On Chu Tian’s side, as he waited for Su Nian’s reaction, what he got instead was the System notification sounding repeatedly in his mind.

He frowned slightly, the teasing and playful look on his face quietly faded.

One of the reasons he could bully Su Nian so unscrupulously before was because he could sense in real time, through the System, the various negative emotions radiating from the girl.

He could anticipate Su Nian’s emotional changes, thinking he could master that fine line.

Letting her feel humiliation, but not so far as to fall into despair or give up.

But now— The emotional feedback from the System was clearly not good.

It was no longer that strong, rebellious humiliation, anger, or fear as before.

It was despair and self-abandonment.

Chu Tian’s heart rang with alarm.

Seven months of punishment time, plus those heavily suggestive words he had just said—

It seemed… he had really pushed his little Nian’er to the point of giving up.

‘No!’ Chu Tian suddenly recalled all his actions towards Su Nian during this period.

He really had gone too far.

After his demonization, the deep, primal urge to conquer made him even more violent and obsessive.

And in his heart, there was always that thought— Bullying Su Nian could gain Annoyance Value, which was for resisting the Demon Race invasion and saving this world in the future.

With this seemingly “righteous” reason to support him, his bullying of the girl became increasingly wanton.

Sensing that the girl’s mentality was about to completely collapse, Chu Tian, for once, felt a trace of panic he couldn’t ignore.

…He actually cared very much about this stubborn yet beautiful girl before him.

If it wasn’t for knowing about the imminent invasion of the Demon Race, he might have pursued Su Nian as his previous self, “Chu Tian”, had—gently and lovingly.

However, after his demonization, he began to savor the process of conquering the girl, enjoying the feeling of having this once aloof and stunning girl under his control.

That sense of control and the thrill of conquest indeed intoxicated and addicted him.

However, he had never intended to truly break Su Nian.

He had to think of a way to help Su Nian recover and show her a sliver of hope.

Those eyes, as brilliant as the brightest stars, must never dim.

A trace of hesitation and struggle flashed through Chu Tian’s deep eyes, a storm brewing in the depths of his pupils as he weighed his options quickly in his mind.

His desires had multiplied since demonization, pushing him toward his darkest impulses but in the end, his deep love for Su Nian overcame his base instincts…

He slowly spoke, his voice lower than usual, carrying a faint and hard-to-detect complexity, as if declaring a decision that could not be changed, “Seven months from now…”

He deliberately paused, his deep gaze locking onto Su Nian’s small face, which was filled with despair and confusion, not missing a single change in her expression.

He wanted to see if his words could ripple her heart, even a little.

“I can give you a chance to choose.” Chu Tian enunciated every word, each syllable crisp and clear, carrying an odd kind of solemnity, “I’ll let you… choose for yourself, whether you want to stay by my side, or… leave.”

Leave.

That word was like a giant stone thrown into still water, instantly stirring up a thousand waves.

Su Nian jerked her head up.

Those once dull, lifeless sky-blue eyes—coated with thick ashes—suddenly shone with a faint but real light at that very moment!

Like a spark in the night, tiny yet enough to pierce the heavy shroud of despair.

Seven months from now…

Could she… really leave this bastard Horned Demon?

“Really? You’ll let me go?”

Was she dreaming?

Su Nian could hardly believe her ears.

This Horned Demon, who had always taken pleasure in tormenting her and sought to control her, actually uttered words about letting her go?

The girl’s beautiful eyes, widened in astonishment, stared fixedly at the man before her.