Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 322 - 323 - A Close Call [5/6]

Despite knowing that deceiving their mother and betraying her trust is immoral and would induce guilt, Liyu and the other resolutely embark on a daily life of surreptitiously eliminating the chosen ones for the sake of keeping their mother alive.

In order not to arouse their mother’s suspicion, Sebastian intentionally trains all of them, excluding the eldest sister, to improve their acting skills.

This way, they can create a false information world around their mother, and their clandestine activities can pass off unnoticed in front of her.

However, after all the training, they identify a serious problem. There’s a massive loophole in their false information world, one that can expose them all and get them severely punished at any moment. That loophole is their naive sister, Limo.

To put it nicely, Limo’s behavior is close to wild nature. But to put it bluntly, her sister is simply too naive. Whether it’s because she is naive or because she is busy playing around without serious learning, her acting skills don’t improve despite the training from Sebastian. The lack of progress frustrates Sebastian to the point of questioning his own competency as a ’Superior Instructor’.

No matter how perfect their plan to fool their mother is, Limo could ruin everything with one unintentional comment.

For instance, when their second brother led Liyu and Limo to wipe out twenty scout camps near the winter forest under the guise of a vacation, they had agreed on a story to tell their mother. Everything went smoothly until Limo blurted out,

"Mom, mom! Second Brother is super awesome, he wiped out a camp with a single stroke!"

This resulted in a severe scolding from their mother. Liyu and Limo took the brunt of it, but their Second Brother, Pierre, was so terrified he dared not sleep lying down for a week...

Thus, to make their deception plan work, they must control Limo, this unstable factor. The most common method is to keep her in the dark about their actions.

This usually works, but when they need to carry out a mission, it becomes ineffective. After all, Limo and Liyu are almost inseparable. If Liyu begins a covert mission, Limo will inevitably find out. Plus, when Limo gives those pitiful puppy-dog eyes, Liyu can’t help but spill the beans...

After all, she is Liyu’s dear naive older sister.

’Sigh...’

So, in such a situation, they have to resort to the second method, which is to turn into cute pets!

Anyway, Limo herself doesn’t like human form, and prefers to move around in her original beast form. So even if Limo turns into a little white wolf, it won’t arouse Mother’s suspicion. On the contrary, this form of Limo seems more normal.

After becoming a cute little white wolf, Limo can only meow or howl. We no longer have to worry about her accidentally exposing our plans.

Given Limo’s carefree nature, she will likely forget the plan in a few days, then she can meet Mother in her human form.

So, when deceiving Mother some time ago, Limo maintained the state of a little white wolf. However, Liyu never expected that her Mother would suddenly become interested in her Sister’s form today…

Seeing the black-haired girl slowly grab the back of Limo’s neck and lift her in front of her, Liyu’s heart skipped a bit, She knows how unreliable her sister can be, and during the few minutes when she transforms from a wolf into a girl, Limo’s brain will be in a confused state between human and beast instinct.

In this situation, if Mother asks Limo a couple of questions, they... maybe they should find some steel plates to put on their butts as soon as possible.

However, considering that her Mother usually spanks them, it seems there is no easy way out. Not to mention, the feather duster has a defense-breaking effect...

’No matter what! I must stop Mother quickly!’

Although Liyu appears calm on the surface, her heart is as chaotic as a ten-ton bunny dancing around.

Not just Liyu, Que Mingtong, who was standing next to her, was also very flustered. After signaling Liyu with her eyes to stall for time, she suddenly transformed into a pale blue light and rushed out of the tent.

At this point, Liyu wanted to cry but had no tears. For her image in the eyes of her friends and her own butt, she had to take a deep breath and quickly approached Yumo, pleading anxiously:

"Mother, don’t bother with Sister Limo. She doesn’t like to be in human form, just let her be."

"Hmm?"

Hearing this, Yumo frowned;

"That’s true, but... After I turn into a human, doesn’t this girl always transform into a human and hug me? Why suddenly this time?"

"Um..."

At this point, Liyu was at a loss for words, but she’s quite clever. Seeing that one excuse didn’t work, she quickly changed to another one:

"Mother, you know that Sister Limo isn’t very good at controlling the power of shadows, if she directly transforms into a human, the released power might attract the attention of the strong ones nearby!"

"There’s no need to worry about that, there are no other Seventh-Level nearby for now. Besides, I can suppress her power, so no one else will notice."

"Um..."

’God, didn’t any of the seventh or eighth-Level who got beaten up by the demon stay nearby to heal?’

Liyu’s eyebrows twitched a bit:

"This place is too small, the burst of energy will mess up the inside!"

"Let the Black Rose family clean it up," said the mother.

"But, if the storm is too strong, it will blow away the tent! At that time, mother, you will be exposed."

"You don’t have to worry about that, I told you I would help suppress the power."

"But, even so..."

...

...

Thus, Liyu tried to persuade Yumo with all her might. However, it seemed like her words had no effect...

"That is, once Limo changes back into a human, she will be naked! She will be shy!"

"Uh..."

Hearing this excuse, Yumo’s brows twitched slightly. She then looked at the little white wolf in her hand with mixed feelings: "She gets shy? She ran naked in front of me in the forest every day and never seemed embarrassed..."

Saying this, Yumo’s crimson eyes narrowed slightly as she thoughtfully glanced at the grey-haired little girl next to her,

"But Liyu, why are you so reluctant to let your sister change back?"

To tell the truth, in the beginning, Yumo wanted Limo to change back to her human form because she simply missed seeing her in that form and wanted to have a look. Also, there were quite a few people from the Black Rose family nearby, and Yumo hoped that they would help make a set of fitting clothes for the two sisters out of memory fiber.

This way, they wouldn’t be awkwardly naked every time they returned to their human forms from their released states.

However, what seemed like a simple request was constantly met with excuses from Liyu. This naturally raised suspicions. Why wouldn’t she let her sister change back? And why did Qiu Mingtong rush out in such a hurry?

Enmm, after pondering for a moment, Yumo frowned and looked at the little white wolf in front of her with a slightly serious gaze,

"You two, are you hiding something from me?"

Hearing this, Liyu gasped, and even the usually simple-minded little white wolf felt an indescribable sense of danger, shivering all over.

"Limo, quick, change back into a human,"

Yumo said somewhat discontentedly. The wolf was quite conflicted; before coming to see her mother, Liyu had repeatedly told her not to transform back into a human in front of her. On one hand was her mother’s request, on the other was her sister’s instructions.

In an instant, the wolf started waving its paws in distress, its eyes even rolled back, as if its brain had crashed. Meanwhile, Liyu, feeling guilty, started shaking uncontrollably.

However, just at this critical moment, a cute voice suddenly came from the entrance of the tent:

"Um... can I come in?... Mom??"

Liyu: "??"

Limo:" ??"