Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 190 - 191: "meow!?"

After an extremely guilty conversation, Yumo finally left Mengxi’s room.

Stepping outside the cabin, Yumo couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

She sincerely thanked the nurse who had come in to change Mengxi’s dressing just in time.

"It seems like I managed to bluff my way through..."

Sigh,

Thankfully, she was quick-witted and had used an appropriate excuse to deal with the situation.

That girl shouldn’t suspect anything now...

But,

Why did Mengxi suddenly care so much about Yumo’s relationship with the Black Rose family? She had never mentioned it before. Besides, although those dishes can also be found outside...

Was it a coincidence? Or was that girl hinting at something...

However,

Her expression didn’t seem to suggest that.

"Hmm, strange..."

...

Well, I’ll observe more closely for now.

Now that I has promised to make lunch for Mengxi, I need to prepare the ingredients. The other ingredients shouldn’t be too hard to find, but camel dragon meat...

Whether the Black Rose family actually has it or not is hard to say. I might as well go back to the Winter Forest and catch one herself.

Since Aurora woke up today, most of the servants have gone to her residence to help or receive new tasks. In any case, no one will be watching me closely for now, making it a good opportunity to sneak back home. Besides, there’s something I wants to deal with in the Winter Forest.

With this thought in mind, Yumo made up her mind.

Taking advantage of the deserted surroundings, Yumo slipped into an unsorted ruin. Then, with a slight surge of crimson shadow power, Yumo turned into countless red light dots and slowly dispersed into the atmosphere...

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Sometime later, in the eastern part of the Winter Forest, where Yumo’s Wooden House was located.

Above the snow,

Numerous red-light dots suddenly appeared.

Accompanied by a gentle surge of shadow power, these light dots quickly converged toward a central point like a summoned force, forming the figure of a young girl.

In the next moment,

With the stabilization of her power, a beautiful black-haired girl in a black gauze dress and boots stepped onto the snow.

As if sensing their master’s return,

The nearby abyss demons let out excited roars and ran toward the black-haired girl, wagging their tails and sticking out their tongues, displaying an unbelievably cute version of abyss demon behavior.

Looking at the adorable five-meter-tall creature with four heads, five big mouths, and a body wrapped in ominous white bones, Yumo showed a sweet smile.

She was quite fond of these seventh-tier abyss demons with a little bit of intelligence.

So,

The young girl slowly raised her hand, patted the creature’s head covered in thick corrosive liquid, and looked at the excited group of abyss demons around her.

"Alright, alright, behave and stop making a fuss~"

As their lord spoke, the excited abyss demons immediately stopped their roaring.

Seeing that everyone was so well-behaved, Yumo nodded with satisfaction.

She casually turned her head to look behind her,

Where the Wooden House was located.

However,

The moment Yumo turned her head, the black-haired girl’s face darkened.

Instead of the cozy little Wooden House that once stood there, all she saw was a huge pit about 20 meters in radius and roughly 30 meters deep...

The adorable little House where she had once lived with the three little creatures and Mengxi, the first home she had carefully arranged in this different world, had completely vanished. The only thing left might be the wood shavings near the edge of the pit, which were lucky enough not to have been burned to ashes.

Indeed,

When Yumo saw Yuan’er enter her "naughty child" mode, she had anticipated the miserable state of her House.

However, truth be told,

Yumo had initially thought that Yuan’er would just leave her house in disarray after coming out, and there might still be a chance to salvage it. She never expected that her cabin would be reduced to mere rubble now...

"Damn it! My house!"

Holding her head, Yumo cried out tearlessly.

The air around her grew colder as Yumo’s mood plummeted. The black-haired girl’s body began to emit a faint but terrifying wave of shadow power, causing the nearby abyss demons to shiver in fear.

However,

As she cried, Yumo frowned and slowly crouched down to pick up some clothing scraps from the ground.

"This is... a robe from the Asumos Church..."

Moreover,

Although it was faint, there was indeed a residual aura of holy power at the scene...

For it to linger until now without dissipating, this holy power must have been quite dense, and its owner’s strength should be above the seventh tier. Wait a minute? There are two auras of holy power? Saint tiers from the Asumos Church, the Earth’s Apostle.

’Could it be...?!’

’The two heroes who should have been in Wind City, and their team, actually came to my house?!’

Blinking, Yumo revealed an incredulous expression.

’Had these heroes been hit in the head with a cannon?’

They just lost one recently, and now they’re coming to deliver themselves to death again?!

But,

How did they get here?

Countless questions instantly surfaced in Yumo’s mind.

Furthermore,

Looking left and right, carefully sensing for a moment, Yumo couldn’t help but show a disappointed expression.

’It seems that Yuan’er didn’t come back here either.’

That’s right. With a human mindset and having received such an education since childhood, she should be extremely repelled by abyss demons now. Even knowing that she is a Demon King existence, she probably wouldn’t return to the Winter Forest.

However,

As Yumo pondered the issue,

A familiar and excited girl’s voice suddenly reached Yumo’s ears from above.

"Mommy! You’re back!!"

"Hmm? Yes, I’m back."

Looking up at the sky, Yumo showed a gentle and slightly indulgent smile.

Under Yumo’s gaze,

The previously empty sky suddenly underwent a strange distortion! Amidst a flurry of blue-gold shadow power, ripples of water suddenly emanated from the sky.

And in The next moment,

A beautiful and adorable girl with blue hair, wearing a sky-blue dress, suddenly appeared in mid-air. The blue-haired girl revealed a sweet and innocent expression, brimming with excitement, and without a word, she flew down and hugged Yumo’s neck, half-floating and half-hanging onto Yumo’s body.

"Mommy! Shuoyue missed you so much while you were away! Will you stay longer this time?"

Faced with her daughter’s question, Yumo helplessly patted the girl’s head.

"Sorry, just staying for a bit, then I have to go. There’s something I need to take care of."

"Wuuuuh, is that so..."

Hearing the answer, the excitement on Shuoyue’s face visibly faded, transforming her from a lively and cheerful girl into a listless and spiritless one.

However, Shuoyue quickly composed herself and looked at her mother with curious eyes.

"Mommy, why did you suddenly come back today? Is there something going on?"

"Well, what do you think?"

As she spoke, Yumo’s gaze gradually shifted to a massive crater nearby.

"Shuoyue, shouldn’t you explain what happened to our home first?"

"?!?!"

The moment she heard this, Shuoyue’s heart skipped a beat, and a cold sweat trickled down her forehead.

"Uh, well..."

"It’s not just the house. Why is there a church’s presence here? How did your little sister awaken so early? And your two older sisters, where are they? Why can’t I sense their aura at all?"

As Yumo’s words came out one by one, and the questions reached Shuoyue’s ears, Yumo’s gaze became increasingly ’gentle.’

Shuoyue’s delicate body couldn’t help but shiver.

As expected,

What was coming, would eventually come.

So, sorry, Sister Limo!

’It’s time to show the results of my training!’

At this moment,

Without any hesitation, Shuoyue displayed all the training results she had gained from Sebastian.

In Yumo’s blind spot, Shuoyue’s little hand sneakily retracted, extending her index finger and thumb. Then, the blue-haired girl gritted her teeth, steeled her heart, and pinched her thigh hard! In an instant, a wave of intense pain struck Shuoyue’s head.

Under Yumo’s somewhat bewildered gaze, Shuoyue’s lovely eyes reddened slightly and shimmered with ripples.

In the next moment,

Shuoyue suddenly cried out in a voice filled with guilt and grievance.

"Wuuuuh! Mother, I was wrong! It’s all my fault for not reminding Sister Limo! These human from Asumos Church she devoured had a tracker related to the Chosen One’s research, that’s how these people found us, wuuuuh! Also, I... I... I’m not familiar with controlling the barrier, so I accidentally let them find a loophole and break-in, wuuuuh! If I had been more careful, the House wouldn’t have been destroyed, and my little sister wouldn’t have been attacked, wuuuuh..."

Yumo: "???"

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Meanwhile,

Far away, a certain little white wolf suddenly raised its head, looking left and right with a worried expression.

"Meow?"

she had a bad feeling...

"Emm…"

’Never mind, let’s just keep eating~’

With that thought, the absent-minded little white wolf lowered her head again and fiercely devoured the chicken leg feast prepared by Feng Ling...