Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 171 - 172: Pretending? Cooperating?

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Why the guilt?

Yumo couldn’t understand.

But what she could understand was that Mengxi’s reaction was a bit off!

That’s right,

’She is Too quiet!’

Looking at the silent, ’cat-like’ silver-haired beautiful girl leaning on her chest,Yumo’s crimson eyes couldn’t help but reveal a hint of confusion. Keep in mind, she hadn’t deliberately suppressed her own power of the Shadow in order to save Mengxi in time.

Even an ordinary person could sense her abyssal demon identity, so how could Mengxi, a chosen girl, not be aware?

But,

If she knew Yumo was an abyssal demon, why would she lie so quietly in her arms? Shouldn’t she show a terrified and shocked expression and attack her? Just like the first time, they faced each other in her house in the woods!

Now Mengxi had no memory of living with her. To her, Yumo should be a stranger she was meeting for the first time!

Under normal circumstances, she should attack Yumo, right? Even if she didn’t attack, she should at least be on guard, right?! What’s going on with her expression now?! It was obvious that when they first met, Mengxi had pinned Yumo to the ground without hesitation!

At this moment, Yumo’s heart was roaring with questions. The confused emotions kept surging up in her mind.

’How strange...’

On the other side,

Noticing the fascinating changes in the black-haired girl’s eyes, the silver-haired girl in her arms unconsciously revealed a slightly meaningful smile. Then, after silently staring at Yumo for a few more seconds, Mengxi seemed to snap out of the life-threatening crisis she had just faced, looking around in panic and confusion...

As if she was ’surprised’ to be alive,

It looked like she was dazed from the energy shock.

And when her gaze returned to Yumo’s face, her expression was no longer the same as before. Instead, it became shocked and terrified, just as Yumo had originally imagined. This couldn’t help but make Yumo blink in puzzlement.

The next moment,

The scene from the bathroom in the cabin seemed to replay once again.

After realizing that the beautiful girl who saved her was an abyssal demon, Mengxi was first shocked, then immediately steadied her emotions and regained her composure, showing a vigilant look! The remaining traces of silver divine power immediately gathered in her palm, forming a sharp energy dagger!

The silver energy dagger, as if making a second appearance, stabbed towards Yumo’s neck. It seemed to be an attempt to hold Yumo’s neck hostage and further threaten her with questions.

"Who are you?!"

"..."

’Ohhh?!’

That’s more like it! That’s the reaction you should have under normal circumstances!

Silently staring at me like that before,

It must be because she had just survived a near-death experience and hadn’t come back to her senses. Once she did, it was only natural to have such a reaction~

’Yes, yes, that’s right~’

A smile appeared on Yumo’s beautiful face, her expression was showing of her emoting and was like saying ’just as I expected’ as if she were a prophet after the fact~

Mengxi: "..."

Mengxi’s eyebrows twitched slightly at this moment.

However, when Yumo looked at Mengxi, Mengxi instantly regained a serious expression and sternly questioned,

"Are you a human? Or, an abyssal demon?"

Facing Mengxi’s question, Miss Yumo mischievously smiled, suddenly raised her hand, and just like before, instantly grabbed Mengxi’s wrist tightly! No matter how hard Mengxi tried, Yumo’s hand remained motionless like iron pliers. Unconsciously, Mengxi’s face showed a hint of ’fear’!

And Yumo?

She suddenly felt satisfaction!

’Hehehe~’

’Finally, I can take my revenge~’

Yumo muttered to herself,

For the past few days, in Marquis mansion, Mengxi had been teasing, flirting, and even ’bullying’ her, causing Yumo to retreat into herself for quite some time~ She couldn’t wait to find an opportunity to retaliate!

Now,

The instigator of the bullying had fallen into her arms! And there was no need for her to hide anything as a black-haired form!

’Hehe,’

’Now it’s my turn to tease you! ’

With that thought in mind, Yumo deliberately showed an expression she believed to be cold and scary, staring coldly at the daring person in front of her who had the audacity to attack her.

"Little sister, I am your savior, you know. You can’t be so rude to someone who saved your life~"

Saying this,

Yumo revealed an ’evil’ smile,

"You dare to attack me, it seems I need to teach you a lesson~ You need to understand the situation~"

As she spoke, a terrifying blood-red blade gradually formed around Yumo, pointing directly at Mengxi’s pretty face, as if intending to scratch her delicate features! Of course, Yumo would never scratch Mengxi’s face, she was too fond of her to do that.

Now, she just wanted to play the role of a villainess for a while and scare the girl in front of her as payback for the times she had teased her!

’I’m acting pretty well, huh~’

Yumo thought smugly to herself,

Then, Yumo quietly stared at Mengxi, expecting to see her frightened and uneasy expression,

However,

Yumo was soon disappointed,

Mengxi’s expression remained unchanged, just silently staring back at Yumo. Her light purple eyes were filled with an indifferent expression, and within that indifference, there seemed to be speechless...

In short, there was no unease!

Yumo: "Um..."

Mengxi: "...=-="

Yumo: "...damn..."

If they ignored the surrounding noise and the nearby explosions, the two of them had fallen into a period of silence, a strange silence...

’This, this protagonist?! Why isn’t she following the script?!’

’Or is it that my villainess act isn’t convincing enough?!’

’Or maybe, were my lines just now too fake? Too awkward?!’

’Regardless of whether the lines were awkward or not,’

’I am feeling extremely embarrassed right now!!’

Seeing that Mengxi hadn’t responded, Yumo’s ears turned slightly red. Embarrassment felling rushed through her. For a moment, Yumo didn’t even know what to do.

’Damn it! What did I do now?!’

’So embarrassing!’

For some reason, Yumo vaguely felt that Mengxi’s gaze at her,

Seemed like she was looking at a ’fool’...

’Forget it, forget it, I’ll stop thinking about it! Why not just knock her out? I really don’t know what to say right now! My villainous big sister aura is completely gone!’

Unable to hide her awkward expression any longer, Yumo realized she couldn’t keep up the act,

But they couldn’t just remain in this stalemate forever.

And so,

With a flash of crimson light in Yumo’s eyes, a blood butterfly received her command and slowly floated to her side. Clearly, Yumo was planning to use ’sleep powder’...

However,

Someone seemed to have noticed her intentions,

As a result,

Just as Yumo’s blood butterfly was preparing to flap its wings, Mengxi suddenly couldn’t help but raise her hand to her forehead, showing an extremely pained expression!

’Huh? What, what’s wrong now?’

The next moment,

Under Yumo’s puzzled gaze, Mengxi’s expression of pain remained, and after struggling for a short while, the divine energy in her hand dissipated with a bang, and an unparalleled ’drowsiness’ swept over her! Her eyes closed involuntarily, her body weakened in an instant, and she slumped into Yumo’s embrace...

’Huh?!’

’What the?’

’She fainted?!’

Staring at the familiar scene before her, Yumo was slightly stunned, momentarily at a loss, rooted to the spot.

’Ah, this...’

After being stunned for a few seconds, Yumo couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief,

Alright,

At least it’s not awkward anymore...

But, did her spiritual power get depleted? And then she fainted?

Looking at the harmless, beautiful girl in her arms who had fainted, Yumo slightly raised her eyebrows. Although her image crisis was temporarily resolved, Mengxi’s strange behavior still made Yumo feel a bit eerie.

’This girl...’

’Sigh…..’

However, just as Yumo was pondering,

"Boom!!!"

Accompanied by the howling force of terrifying silence! The dark light in the distance suddenly erupted again! The blood-red butterflies that Yumo used to restrain Yuan’er’s movements had vanished under the rampage of the dark light...

Feeling the surge of dark light, Yumo couldn’t help but look helplessly toward where Yuan’er was,

Sigh,

’As expected, relying solely on the blood butterflies wouldn’t be enough to hold that child back...’

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Some day in the future,

Lying in bed with a silver-haired girl pressing her face against hers, Yumo couldn’t help but pout slightly in ’displeasure’, casting a resentful glance at the silver-haired girl rubbing against her,

"You naughty girl, how did you fake fainting so convincingly?! It was just like the real thing! Even your breath was the same as if you had fainted!"

"Hmm? Well~"

Hearing Yumo’s complaint, Mengxi smiled mischievously and poked Yumo’s soft, fair face with her finger,

"Yumo, if you let me give you a kiss, I’ll tell you~"

"Hmph, no way!"

"You’ve been kissed plenty of times already~"

"It’s different this time! Every time you kiss me, you push your luck!"

As she spoke, a ’anger’ flickered in Yumo’s crimson eyes, "Forget it, don’t tell me! Why did you pretend to faint at that time?"

"That? Wasn’t it to save you from embarrassment, Yumo? You were acting so hard, but it ended up falling flat~"

"Tsk! Why didn’t you cooperate then?!"

"Don’t be angry, Yumo. It was just that one time, I was so shocked at how fake your villainess act was that I forgot to cooperate~ Haven’t I cooperated every other time? Like our first meeting in the Wind City, the cute act at the festival, or dressing up as a bunny girl, oh! That time playing the boss was really good..."

Watching the silver-haired girl in front of her revealing her embarrassing past, the blushing Yumo buried her head under the pillow,

"Ahhhhhhhh!! Stop talking about it!!! ..."