Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 328 - 329 : “….” [1/2]

[Intelligence], It was very important.

It determines whether that child can deceive Lady Yumo, weaken the opposition against abyssal demons on the continent without Yumo’s knowledge, or even target the Chosen Ones.

The existence of Kalina and Liyu undoubtedly facilitates Xiao’s operations.

However, Limo, who was so naive, and Pierre, who is somewhat impatient and impulsive, have certainly caused Xiao some trouble. When Limo was in Winter Forest, she caused many problems for Liyu and Shuoyue. Outside the forest, Xiao and his Black Rose Duchy were often cleaning up Pierre’s messes.

The captain of the Black Rose Knights can be said to be on standby at all times, ready to rush out and clean up the mess left by that ’Sword Demon’. For some reason, Pierre seems to have mysteriously disappeared recently, and it’s unclear what he’s doing.

Regardless, Xiao hopes that Yuan’er, this newly-born demon king, is a bit clever. This would make their future actions more convenient.

Right now, although the Son of Destiny - Xue Tianao has been confirmed dead, Asumos Church, stronger than the Snow Night Empire, is still alive, and the Girl of Destiny is still alive too.

There is still a distance to reach the safest world they hope for. Until then, they can’t relax. Strengthening power, and increasing allies, is still a key focus.

Therefore, Xiao pays considerable attention to Yuan’er.

However, after watching the pink-haired girl interact with the little white wolf for a while, Xiao couldn’t help but frown deeply.

He remembers a saying from Lady Yumo, called [Birds of a feather flock together...]

Watching the pink-haired girl playing with the little white wolf, even making ’howling’ noises, and howling with Limo, Xiao bit his lip, showing a worried look.

’Um, hopefully, she isn’t too naive...’

After saying a quick prayer, Xiao’s gaze locked onto Limo. Then, as if recalling something, his pure black eyes narrowed slightly. The next moment, looking at Limo and Yuan’er interacting, Xiao said nonchalantly,

"It’s surprising, who would have thought that Limo, who has entered ’silly ’ mode, would instinctively cherish Yuan’er? Should I say it’s because they are sisters with similar bloodlines?"

’Huh?’

Xiao’s voice was soft, but naturally, Yumo could hear it clearly at such a close distance. After hearing his words, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, a look of confusion appearing on her pretty face:

"’Silly’ mode? You’re saying, Limo, that brat, has entered ’silly’ mode again?"

"Yes, indeed. Because she entered her ’silly mode’, Limo has been maintaining her spirit beast form recently."

Xiao replied decisively,

Then, this Duke of Black Rose looked at the black-haired girl next to him with a very ’confused’ look,

"Lady Yumo, you... didn’t know about this?"

"Eh??"

Yumo let out a surprised sound, mechanically turning her head, and looking somewhat dazedly at the little white wolf frolicking in the open space. She had been wondering why Limo hadn’t turned back into a human form yet.

’So it was because she entered the ’silly mode’?’

"What, what did happen?"

"Hmm? It seems, Lady Yumo, that you didn’t know. I’m ashamed to say that all of this happened because I ’underestimated’ the strength of Xue Tianao. That Chosen One who released his divine power was indeed very strong. If it wasn’t for the help of Limo and Liyu, it would have been very hard for us to ’fight’ against him. During the battle, Limo’s head was unfortunately hit by Xue Tianao’s divine weapon. After a period of dizziness, Limo entered this mode..."

Xiao recounted this in a matter-of-fact manner,

And during his reminiscing, his eyes occasionally flashed with a sense of ’guilt’.

Such genuine emotional expression, coupled with the vivid scene description, quickly made Yumo believe Xiao’s words,

"Ahh, so that’s it, no wonder that child has been in that form all this time...hmm?"

However,

As she spoke, Yumo’s eyebrows furrowed again. The scene of the interaction between Limo and Liyu in the tent, as well as Liyu’s explanation, quickly played like a slideshow in Yumo’s mind. The emotion named ’puzzlement’ began to rush toward Yumo’s inner high ground with the playback of the video in her mind.

"But if that’s the case, why didn’t Liyu just say it? What is she hiding?"

"Hmm? Liyu didn’t tell you, hmm, I think, it’s pretty normal."

Xiao said nonchalantly,

"What do you mean by ’pretty normal’?"

"Didn’t you tell Lady Liyu before? To take good care of Limo. And now, Limo has entered ’silly mode’ again, which is naturally a responsibility that Lady Liyu cannot shirk. Liyu probably didn’t want to disappoint you, so she wanted to hide it."

Upon hearing this,

Yumo let out a somewhat helpless sigh,

"That does sound like something she would do. Sigh, I wouldn’t be disappointed because of this kind of thing, that child really overthinks..."

However, while sighing, Yumo once again focused her attention on the frolicking wolf cub,

’Silly mode, huh?’

’Hmm, did she really not transform back into a human because she entered silly mode?’

Although Xiao’s words didn’t seem to have any problems, Yumo still couldn’t help but observe her fourth daughter,

After a thorough observation, Yumo was suddenly struck by a startling and speechless reality:

’Did my own daughter really enter the ’silly’ mode? ’

She seemed to be unable to tell because Limo’s behavior in ’silly’ mode seems to be no different from her normal state. Looking at the little white wolf who was licking the face of the little girl, Yumo’s expression became complicated. In her complex expression, worry took up a large part.

Meanwhile, seeing Yumo deep in thought, Xiao was calm.

’The matter of why Limo didn’t want to change back to her human form earlier had been successfully glossed over. Although it’s not fair to Lady Yumo, at present, when that girl of destiny is not yet eliminated, our actions cannot be known by Mother’

’Forgive me, Mother, I lied to you again…’

After a sigh of regret, Xiao turned her gaze to the little girl with gray hair on the open ground, and successfully made eye contact with her.

After a brief communication in the secret language coded by Sebastian, Liyu, who was leaning on the big tree, finally was able to let go of the burden in her heart.

’Ah, finally… we got through this…’

Liyu, who had taken a long breath, soon cast a ’grateful’ look at Xiao not far away. Afterward, the little girl with gray hair quickly came to Limo’s side. Although her mother now apparently believed Xiao’s words, she still had to tell her silly sister not to turn back into human form for a while, so as not to give them away.

However, just as Liyu was about to speak, she saw the Yuan’er waving at her mother.

She stopped, pursed her lips and looked thoughtfully at her younger sister.

After thinking about it, Liyu was still inevitably confused.

’She hadn’t seen Mommy for long, right? How did She accepted Mom so quickly? And so intimately? ’

Remembering when she and Limo first met, it took them more than a month to stick to their mother.

’How did she...’

Looking at the pink-haired girl who was waving at her mother, smiling brightly, and full of happiness, curiosity spread quickly in Liyu’s heart like black ink dropped into water.

Anyway, now that the Yuan’er was here, she couldn’t tell her sister Limo. So, driven by curiosity, Liyu couldn’t help but ask:

"Little sister "

"Hmm? Sister Liyu? Do you want to play with us too?!"

Seeing her other sister coming over, the smile on Yuan’er’s face became brighter, and the different colored pupils in her eyes sparkled.

"We can~ But before we play, I want to ask you something~"

"Hmm? What’s it?"

Yuan’er blinked her watery eyes and asked curiously.

"Well, how do you... Enmm, how do you feel about Mother?"

" Mother?"