Chapter 265: It’s Right Here~?

The two of them held hands as they went to the basement.

Along the way Morphis did not speak at all.

Before entering the basement she finally stopped walking.

She tightly gripped Philina’s hand and hesitated for a long time without moving her feet, as if an invisible force were blocking her path forward.

“Little Mo, did something happen? You’ve looked so pained this whole time.”

“I’m fine,” Morphis said.

At first Philina had no intention of answering, yet the longer Morphis hesitated, the faster her tail swung.

Morphis’s waist was gently hooked.

“You call this fine? From earlier onward Little Mo has had such a pained expression, as if something is troubling you… No, during this whole period you’ve always been like this.

You’re in pain, and you’re also sad. The first time I met you, although you were still stiff and formal, the smile on your face was much healthier. But now…”

“I’m really fine.” Morphis shook her head hard.

Philina pulled her hand and drew even closer. Her eyes under the sunlight were like gems radiating brilliant light.

“Little Mo doesn’t need to worry. If I can follow your wish and turn back into a human, that would be fine too, Little Mo…”

“But that’s impossible.” Morphis finally said.

“I know Miss Liya can only manage to alleviate it. I know there’s no going back… but I don’t know what to do.”

Morphis’s voice became anxious and flustered. She gently raised her head toward Philina, her eyes filled with apology.

“Maybe I can’t do anything at all.”

“Little Mo…”

“Of course I know. I… at that time I just didn’t want to admit my own mistakes. If you hadn’t stopped me, I would have died in that battle. Just like during the God War, I denied you with my words yet I was only dragging you down…”

Morphis’s voice grew agitated.

“I… I’ve always been like this—talkative and weak. Among the Heavenly Oracle Envoys I’m probably the one holding everyone back… It’s said that we reincarnated Heavenly Oracle Envoys all died in the battle against the Evil God. Although I don’t remember, it must have been me who dragged you down.”

As she spoke Morphis began to sob.

She did not possess Gabriella’s calm decisiveness, nor Olivia’s bearing.

In the past she had only been a Heavenly Oracle Envoy who followed her mission.

She needed strength to maintain peace and fulfill her duties, yet the thing she lacked most was precisely strength.

“I must be a burden. I’m nothing at all. I only…”

“Little Mo.”

“Wuu wuu…”

Knowing that the more she said the more embarrassing it became—saying so much was clearly just wanting others to understand her—Philina’s firm voice made Morphis stop speaking.

She comforted her and forgave this incompetent self.

Suddenly she was tightly embraced by Philina.

Her delicate body was gently pushed against the wall behind her.

A wave of warmth from her neck made her accidentally let out a surprised sound.

When she came back to herself she discovered that Philina was launching an assault on her body.

She did not resist.

Soon she was forcefully kissed by Philina.

Her mouth was bitten, and her cheeks and waist were controlled.

By the time they separated, the corners of her mouth were already covered in a mixture of tears and saliva.

“Wuu wuu wuu…”

“Little Mo isn’t even resisting. Don’t you know what I’m about to do to you?”

“I… I already… don’t know anymore…”

“I’m going to turn you into a demon. I’m going to make you fall, Little Mo. Turn you into a demon, then keep falling further and become an apostle of the Evil God.”

“You…”

“Little Mo, I’m sorry.”

Morphis froze.

Philina’s eyes were filled with apology.

She was far from as happy as she had appeared just now.

Everything had been normal.

“I’ve been deceiving you all along, Philina… What’s wrong? Deceiving you, making you believe that all of this is normal.

Actually, ever since I came out of the residential palace, I’ve already been… one of them.”

“Wh-what?”

Morphis began recalling the scene when she first saw Philina return.

It had been Gabriella and Philina who returned together.

She had spoken about what happened in the residential palace, and had even said that Lady Olivia had also fallen.

Later, after seeing Olivia save Gabriella, she had believed that Olivia had already escaped the risk of being eroded by the shadows.

But it seemed she had been wrong?

“Actually the one who’s been wrong all along is me, Little Mo. I know you like me, so I especially shouldn’t have waited until this late to tell the truth.

On the first night after coming to the mansion I thought a lot.

Looking at my own body that had already been eroded, looking at the gentle gaze Lady Olivia cast toward me, I knew that the Evil God’s order was to make you fall.

I didn’t take you immediately because I wanted you to know that becoming a demon is not a painful process.

Yet now you’re so sad. I’m sorry.

I thought, why not just speak the love out loud. I never expected that even after saying it, you would become even more unwilling to give me up.

“Then I’ll say it even more directly. Little Mo, you become a demon too. Let’s fall into the darkness together.”

Philina’s hands moved from Little Mo’s face to her hands. Their fingers interlaced tightly, bodies pressed closely together.

Morphis knew she had already lost any meaning in resisting.

Yes. If Philina’s original purpose had been to turn her into a demon as well, then she had already succeeded.

How excessive.

“You… hid something this important and didn’t tell me… wuu wuu wuu…” Morphis lowered her head, her face flushed crimson, unable to tell whether it was anger or shyness.

Morphis herself did not know either.

It was as if the taut nerves had suddenly loosened. Everything she had been enduring poured out of her body along with the tears, becoming two small rivers on her pretty cheeks.

She cried for a long time, her voice loud. She was glad that Philina had chosen today to confess these important matters, so that no one else could hear.

Only Philina knew that the Heavenly Oracle Envoy who appeared strong on the surface was actually a fragile girl with poor strength on the inside.

But today she could embrace the girl she liked.

How happy.

Morphis was carried back to the small dormitory.

After the dormitory door was locked, Philina pounced on her like a little beast that had been starving for far too long.

No matter what Philina did, she could not stop it. Under the mana restraints she could only manage slight turns of her head.

At most she could only struggle and twist. In this state her limbs could not move.

The white stockings were torn open in a few places by the little beast’s somewhat rough movements, exposing the fair soft flesh inside.

Just like last time she was pressed underneath, yet this time Morphis accepted it calmly.

“Begin.”

“Mm… nnh…”

“Wuu~”

At first it was still the same as usual.

Philina’s movements were gentle and restrained, carrying a faint trace of wildness.

Soon she began injecting dark mana—heavier, even making it hard to breathe.

At that time Philina would display even more madness.

Morphis knew she would not be able to endure much longer.

Her entire body was wrapped in dark miasma, and the shadows flowing across her body were like instruments of torture that bound and “tormented” a captive.

She felt as if she were lying on the warm tip of a giant beast’s tongue.

A single gentle push would send her tumbling into the abyss, yet when she opened her eyes she could only see Philina’s cute face.

She was kissed again.

This time the shadows seemed to have found some kind of pattern.

Black marks were outlined on her forehead and neck, like symbols of domination, and also like traces of belonging to the shadows.

[Prayer Codex] activated as if by conditioned reflex, transferring a large amount of shadow mana into the pages of the sacred book.

The Prayer Codex at her waist stored fifteen times the dark mana that was inside her body.

With a light click, Philina’s hand undid the clasp of the book and gently stroked the pages of the Prayer Codex.

Using a middle finger coated in shadows she teased along the pages until she found the one that stored the dark mana.

“It’s right here~?”