adbindia Vol 2. Chapter 42: The Little Ones Guarding the House
Vol 2. Chapter 42: The Little Ones Guarding the House
Inside the basement of the wooden house in the eastern region of the Great Winter Forest,
Three adorable little girls were quietly gathered beside the icy spring in the basement, carefully sensing and watching the dark-pink butterfly cocoon-like crystal at the bottom of the spring.
Needless to say,
These three little cuties were naturally our Limo, Liyu, and little Shuoyue.
And inside that crystal lay the petite existence Yumo had once rescued—the pink-haired slave girl.
After obtaining Yumo's Origin Blood, the immense power had begun a massive transformation of the girl's body. To prevent energy leakage, the dark-pink crystal wrapped around her.
However, the purpose of the crystal was not merely to stop power from leaking.
It had another use—
To prevent the pink-haired girl from exploding and spraying blood everywhere if she failed.
After all,
Those capable of stably accepting Yumo's power and becoming Demon King-class beings were exceedingly rare.
Only the six siblings had managed it~
Originally,
Liyu and the others had all assumed that this little girl would repeat the fate of previous failures and become a pile of minced flesh. After all, such a delicate-looking child, who seemed somewhat pampered, shouldn't have been able to endure the immense pain brought about by the Shadow of Silence Power.
Even with the assistance of the icy spring, the chances of success should have been minuscule...
However,
After coming to the basement today, Liyu was surprised to discover—
She seemed to have misjudged things...
--
"Liyu Sister, this should... be almost successful, right?"
Looking at the pink-haired girl sealed within the crystal, Shuoyue blinked her blue-gold eyes and asked for confirmation.
In response,
Liyu slightly nodded.
"Yes..."
"It really worked?"
"Yes. It's honestly a little unexpected."
...
...
Liyu and Shuoyue exchanged sentence after sentence like a pair of riddlers.
And unsurprisingly,
Their conversation completely confused little Limo, who was watching beside them.
Having only come to join in the excitement, she curiously looked at her younger sister.
"Liyu, Liyu! What are you talking about?"
"Nothing. We're discussing what to eat for dinner."
Liyu replied calmly, with no intention of explaining further.
After all, she knew very well—
Even if she explained, her silly older sister still wouldn't understand...
Ignoring the wolf girl who kept tugging at her hand and asking questions, Liyu once again focused her attention on the dark-pink crystal.
Feeling the gradually stabilizing Shadow of Silence Power around it, her emerald eyes narrowed slightly.
Perhaps,
After a hundred years,
She was about to gain another younger sister.
What an unexpected development...
Though,
A human transforming into a Demon King-class being...
If she still retained human values, perhaps she wouldn't be easy to control.
When the time came, if this new little sister wanted to oppose Mother,
Then,
There would be no need for mercy.
Thinking this,
An icy coldness appeared within Liyu's beautiful eyes, causing the already freezing basement to become even colder.
Though they shared the same origin, Liyu would never show mercy to anyone who intended to oppose Mother.
Forget it.
'I just hope ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) you won't turn out like Big Sister...'
Sighing helplessly, Liyu silently prayed in her heart.
--
After a while, the three sisters finished inspecting the icy spring and returned to the living room of the wooden house.
Sitting around the dining table, they began eating lunch~
Of course,
Everything had been prepared beforehand by Yumo and preserved with scrolls. There was also a large amount of long-lasting rations delivered by the Black Rose Family.
As a good mother, before leaving the Great Winter Forest, Yumo had prepared enough food for her children.
After all,
She didn't want them returning to primitive life while she was away...
Asking them to cook for themselves wasn't realistic either.
Neither Shuoyue nor Limo had ever entered a kitchen.
As for Liyu, she could cook, but the taste...
Yumo didn't want to return home and discover three corpses...
Thus, Miss Yumo had deliberately prepared so much food.
Under normal circumstances,
Eating Mother's cooking would have left the three little girls especially excited and happy.
However,
Today, the laughter that once filled the dining table was nowhere to be found. The entire dining room—and even the entire wooden house—was immersed in a strange silence.
The bizarre atmosphere and increasingly oppressive mood even caused the ordinary Abyss Demons guarding outside the house to instinctively tremble in fear...
"Mother isn't here... I have no motivation at all, wuwuwu..."
Spitting out the bone she had been chewing, little Limo lay listlessly on the table.
Her fluffy ears drooped, and even her energetic tail hung limply.
After hearing Limo's words, Liyu and Shuoyue also fell silent.
"It really is boring."
For once, Liyu agreed with her older sister.
At this moment,
An indescribable sense of loneliness emerged in the hearts of the three little girls.
Thinking carefully, Mother had always stayed in the Great Winter Forest and accompanied them.
They had constantly been able to feel her presence.
But now?
Mother had gone to Wind Facing City, and that familiar, gentle aura was gone.
It made the three girls feel as though they had lost something important...
Depression continuously spread through their hearts.
Seriously,
If they'd known this would happen, they shouldn't have let Xiao's people help Mother search for transformation magic, wuwuwu...
Although not being able to cuddle Mother was somewhat regretful, at least Mother would have remained by their side...
'Sigh, this is so annoying.'
Little Liyu dejectedly lay on the table.
The two little white birds that always accompanied her perched on her head and continuously pecked at their owner.
And just like that,
The wooden house was submerged in gloomy emotions...
After soaking in that mood for a long time,
The wolf pup lying on the table finally couldn't endure it anymore. She sat upright and let out an angry roar.
"Myaooouuu!!!!"
Accompanied by the roar,
The wolf girl suddenly flipped the table over and stood with her hands on her waist, puffing out her cheeks while looking south—
Toward Wind Facing City.
Then, in front of her two younger sisters, Limo solemnly announced her decision!
"I can't take it anymore! I'm going to find Mother!"
Those words,
Actually voiced the thoughts in the hearts of all three sisters.
However,
After floating back into the air to avoid the flying food, Shuoyue rubbed her sleepy eyes and helplessly looked at the wolf girl.
"Limo Sister, Mommy told us to guard the house~. If you just run out like that, Mommy will be unhappy. Do you still want another lesson from the 'feather duster'?"
?!!
"N-No! I don't!"
Hearing those words, Limo hurriedly shook her head.
Terrified, the wolf girl instinctively covered both sides of her butt. Her rear, which had finally recovered, seemed to start aching again.
Remembering the fear of being dominated by the feather duster, the fighting spirit that had finally ignited inside her was instantly extinguished by a bucket of cold water.
The wolf girl pitifully squatted back down.
"Wuwuwu, then what do we do? Mother isn't here, it's so boring, wuwuwuwu..."
Among the three, little Limo, who had almost never left the Great Winter Forest or Yumo's side, was undoubtedly the most depressed.
At that moment,
A pair of gentle little hands suddenly reached out and softly rubbed the wolf pup's head.
Feeling that familiar warmth and aura, Limo curiously raised her head and looked at the gray-haired little girl in front of her.
"Liyu?"
"I think... we really can go out."
With a faint smile, Liyu revealed a mischievous grin.
?!!
The moment she heard those words, Limo's face lit up with joy. She jumped up and immediately hugged her younger sister around the neck.
"Really?! Really?!"
"Sister, lighter. Are you trying to strangle me?"
Liyu said helplessly.
Meanwhile,
After hearing Liyu's words, Shuoyue did not show any joy.
Instead, she looked at Liyu in confusion.
"Liyu Sister, but Mother specifically instructed us. Sure, we've disobeyed her before, but we always did it secretly. If we openly go against her orders this time, won't that..."
"It's fine. I've already thought of an excuse."
Liyu said confidently.
"However~"
"However what?"
Shuoyue and Limo asked in unison.
In response, an awkward smile gradually appeared on Liyu's little face.
"Going to find Mother is fine, but for the house-guarding mission, at least one of us has to stay behind. The Great Winter Forest can't be left without a Demon King-class guardian..."
As soon as those words were spoken,
The expressions of the three girls changed slightly.
...
"To decide who gets to be the unlucky one, let's draw Ghost Cards~"
Liyu proposed with a smile~