Vol 4. Chapter 34: Completely Baffled

“But Mother, knocking out the Yuan acupoint can indeed make someone temporarily forget their memories... but isn’t that a little unreliable? Wouldn’t asking little sister Shuoyue to come help be the wiser choice?”

Liyu asked in a perfectly innocent voice.

Faced with her daughter’s persistent questioning, Lady Yumo couldn’t help feeling a headache coming on. She could only pat Liyu’s little head again and reassure her in an extremely ‘reliable’ tone:

“There’s no need. She’s already forgotten everything, so there’s no point in doing anything unnecessary. Shuoyue is usually very busy too, so there’s no need to bother her.” (Liyu: Meow meow? That girl who sleeps in every single day is busy?!)

Before she had even finished speaking,

Lady Yumo turned toward the rear of the Black Rose Family’s camp as though deliberately changing the subject and muttered somewhat awkwardly:

“Oh, come to think of it, I have something I need to discuss with Xiao today. So I won’t chat with you girls any longer...”

With that,

having found herself an excuse, Lady Yumo instructed Liyu to take good care of Limo and Yuan’er, then headed toward the rear of the Black Rose Family’s camp on her own. She left behind a thoroughly frustrated Liyu and her two adorable daughters, who had only just finished acting spoiled with her.

After confirming that Mother did not want to discuss Mengxi any further, Liyu tactfully chose not to keep asking. She merely watched in silence as Lady Yumo transformed into a swarm of Blood Butterflies and vanished from her sight.

The moment she could no longer sense Mother’s presence, the bright, innocent smile on Liyu’s face instantly disappeared.

A murderous chill slowly took its place.

The Child of Destiny...

Silently repeating those four words in her heart, Liyu clenched both fists tightly.

That...

damned vixen!!

Judging from Mother’s reaction,

Liyu could basically conclude that the Child of Destiny already knew about Mother’s identity as an Abyss Demon.

There was no way Mother would have revealed it voluntarily.

That nonsense about helping open up some Ren and Tong meridians was definitely another one of Mother’s lies.

Besides,

what the hell were the Ren and Tong meridians anyway...

Wasn’t that something from the martial arts novels Mother used to tell them as bedtime stories? Mother actually took that and used it as an excuse? Enmmm...

For a moment, Liyu had very mixed feelings.

In any case,

considering her mother’s personality, Mother definitely hadn’t released the Power of Shadow of Silence inside the tent because she wanted to reveal her identity. It was probably because Mengxi had seen through her and Mother had lost control of her emotions. As for exactly how Mengxi had discovered Mother’s identity, Liyu had no way of knowing.

Besides, she didn’t have time to care about that right now.

What Liyu cared about now was what exactly the Child of Destiny intended to do.

If the Child of Destiny became afraid afterward and exposed everything to the public, causing the entire continent to launch a crusade against the Black Rose Family, it would certainly create an enormous crisis for the Black Rose Family in the south, and their original plan to act as an inside agent among the human factions would also fall apart. However, it would drastically reduce Mother’s favorable impression of the Child of Destiny, while Xiao and the others would gain a perfectly legitimate excuse to attack the other factions in the name of ‘self-defense.’

Overall, perhaps it wouldn’t actually be a loss...

But the key problem was,

judging from the expression on Mengxi’s face when she left the tent earlier, that woman didn’t seem afraid of Mother despite knowing she was an Abyss Demon at all? She had even looked back reluctantly several times before leaving?!

Damn it!

What’s more, while leaving, that woman had greeted members of the Black Rose Family several times. She didn’t seem to regard the Black Rose Family as ‘traitors to humanity’ either?

Liyu felt that woman was very unlikely to expose Mother’s identity.

But?

She was the Child of Destiny, yet she was actually helping an Abyss Demon conceal the truth?

“What exactly is that woman thinking? What in the world is she trying to do?”

For a moment,

little Liyu knitted her brows tightly, utterly baffled by Mengxi’s behavior.

Meanwhile,

Limo, who had transformed into a giant wolf nearby, was behaving exactly as usual. As soon as Yumo left, she began happily bounding around the area.

Unlike the energetic Limo, however, Yuan’er remained quietly beside Liyu. As she gazed in the direction Mother had left, she thoughtfully raised both hands and began twirling her pink hair around her fingers.

After pondering for a while,

Yuan’er tugged on Liyu’s little hand and asked in a genuinely innocent voice:

“Um, Sister Liyu, that silver-haired big sister who left earlier... you know... the big sister with the really big breasts. Is she the bad woman you were talking about?”

As she spoke, Yuan’er curiously blinked her adorable heterochromatic eyes.

Actually,

Yuan’er had wanted to ask this question earlier.

But because she had been far too curious about all the ‘Mmm~ Ahh~’ sounds coming from Mommy’s tent, Yuan’er had completely forgotten about it for a while. And now? After hearing her sister and Mother discussing the Child of Destiny, Yuan’er finally remembered.

Upon hearing Yuan’er’s adorable question, Liyu instantly snapped out of her contemplation and turned toward her little sister.

Although figuring out what the Child of Destiny was thinking was extremely important,

properly educating her little sister was obviously just as important!

Putting those troublesome thoughts aside, Liyu planted both hands on her hips and immediately assumed the posture of a little adult. Then, using the sort of voice one might use to ‘scare’ a child, she emphasized to Yuan’er once again:

“That’s right! It’s that woman! That silver-haired woman is the biggest bad woman in the entire world!”

“She’s bad? But... that big sister doesn’t look like a bad person.”

“Sigh...”

Hearing this, Liyu helplessly shook her head before raising a hand and gently placing it on Yuan’er’s shoulder.

“Little Yuan’er, you know? You can’t judge people by appearances. Bad people don’t write the word ‘bad’ across their faces. That silver-haired woman might look beautiful, but deep down, she’s incredibly wicked!”

As she spoke,

Liyu raised both hands and struck a ‘cute tiger pouncing on its prey’ pose.

“She’s the Child of Destiny, the sworn enemy of us Abyss Demons! She’s also Mother’s greatest threat! That woman is someone capable of killing Mother! Little sister Yuan’er loves Mother so much too, so you definitely don’t want Mother to get hurt, right?!”

“N-No, I don’t. I want Mommy to always be safe.”

Yuan’er shook her head and answered truthfully.

However,

the moment she finished speaking, a trace of confusion appeared in her eyes.

“But that bad woman... her aura doesn’t feel very strong? How could she possibly kill Mommy?”

“Uh, that’s not what I mean. She can’t do it now, but she’ll be able to in the future. The terrifying thing about the Chosen One is her potential for growth!”

“In the future? So that means that bad woman will eventually grow even stronger than Mommy?”

“Stronger than Mother? Uh...”

When Yuan’er put it that way, Liyu became somewhat puzzled herself and shook her finger.

“To tell you the truth, I don’t really think she’s capable of becoming stronger than Mother...”

Mother was an existence completely beyond the norm.

Even if Mengxi was the Chosen One, Liyu still didn’t believe she could ever grow powerful enough to defeat Mother.

Liyu had absolute confidence in Yumo’s strength.

However,

after hearing that, Yuan’er tilted her head in confusion again.

“But if that bad woman isn’t capable of defeating Mommy, why are we so wary of her?”

“Uh, well... Enmmm, that bad woman really probably can’t beat our mother, but she’s capable of hurting Mother! As long as she can use divine power to injure Mother, then if Mother just stands there and lets her attack without fighting back, that bad woman will eventually be able to kill Mother!”

“Hm?”

However,

after listening to Sister Liyu’s explanation, Yuan’er only became even more confused. Her tiny head was practically overflowing with question marks.

“But why would Mommy stupidly stand there and let the bad woman hit her?”

“Because Mother wants to kill herself!”

“Eh? Kill herself?”

The instant that answer reached her ears, Yuan’er’s expression became visibly panicked.

“Wh-Why... Why would Mommy want to kill herself?”

“Ah, well...”

Faced with Yuan’er’s question, Liyu suddenly found herself completely speechless, with no idea how to answer. Her emerald-green eyes were filled with helplessness, and she even raised a hand to rub her temple.

This...

You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask?!

Why?

Why would Mother, perfectly alive and well, want to kill herself?! That’s what I want to know too!!