Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 359 - 360: "..." [5/5] [daily 0/2]

Moments later, as Yumo had completely regained her former state, an unusually lavish lunch was set before the little ones.

Tears unconsciously streamed down Yuan’er and Limo’s faces as they gazed upon the feast brimming with colorful, fragrant, and delectable dishes. The children had been longing for Yumo’s cooking.

Once Yuan’er had confirmed that their mother was back to normal and no longer exuding the heavy cold aura as before, her actions were no longer restrained. The young girl then gleefully took a large piece of mouth-watering fish with her fork and directly popped it into her mouth.

As the food stimulated her taste buds, an overwhelming feeling of happiness bloomed on Yuan’er’s face.

Though Yuan’er had been taught dining etiquette while at the Marquis’s house, she always seemed to discard these formalities in front of Yumo, revealing her most genuine self to her mother.

With her mouth full of food, Yuan’er’s face puffed up like a hamster’s, appearing extremely cute, making one have the urge to poke her little cheeks.

Of course,

Yumo did just that.

Poking and marveling at her adorable daughter.

On the other side, Limo, a naturally carefree little white wolf, paid no mind to Yumo’s previous condition. Once Yumo announced ’Let’s eat,’ the little white wolf freely jumped onto the table, directly grabbed a roast chicken, and began devouring it.

Instantly, she had oil smeared all over her mouth, and the table in front of her was in total chaos.

In contrast to Limo and Yuan’er, Liyu was much more elegant. She cut the fish on her plate leisurely with a knife and fork and gracefully savored each bite.

She was a well-behaved child, and naturally, her eating manner was refined.

The dining styles of the three children were completely different.

But on their little faces, they all wore expressions of pleasure.

Clearly, the girls were extremely satisfied with the meal prepared by Yumo.

For a moment, the dining room was filled with an atmosphere of bliss and harmony.

Yumo didn’t join them for the meal. Instead, she propped her chin on her hands, quietly watching her daughters enjoy the food. Looking at her daughters’ blissful smiles, a sweet smile also unconsciously bloomed on her face.

Her crimson eyes were full of doting affection.

When her children were happy, she was happy.

"Eat slowly, don’t rush. There’s plenty," she said, unable to resist admonishing the little white wolf who was eating like she was starved.

However,

Just as Yumo was enjoying the ’bliss of family,’ the door to the dining room opened slowly, and an elderly man with white hair and a monocle elegantly entered the room.

The visitor was none other than the Black Rose family’s old butler, Sebastian.

"Ah? Little Sai is here? Do you want to come over and eat something?"

The black-haired girl habitually waved at the old man,

Although Sebastian now seems to have aged, in Yumo’s eyes, Sebastian is still the crying, naive child of the past.

At Yumo’s invitation, Sebastian smiled and shook his head:

"No need, Lady Yumo, I’ve already had one"

"Oh? That’s a shame."

Yumo regretfully sighed,

Then she looked at the white-haired old man with some confusion:

"Didn’t you go to handle official affairs for Xiao today? Why did you come back all of a sudden? Is there an emergency?"

"Oh, it’s not urgent. But, indeed there is something."

"Hm?"

"Well… Lady Yumo, the elves have accepted your previous invitation and are here to visit you now."

Sebastian respectfully said,

Upon hearing this, Yumo was slightly taken aback, and a trace of disbelief emerged in her crimson eyes,

"Huh? They came willingly?"

Despite several invitations before,

They have all declined for various reasons. Yumo even thought that the elves had some dissatisfaction with her.

This time,

’Why did they suddenly agree?’

...

At the same time, in the camp of Black Rose family, a handsome Elf with long green hair, dressed in a delicate and magnificent white robe, accompanied by three elf attendants, entered the territory of Black Rose with a nervous heart,

And this man was the prince of the elven race, Odom, who is second to none in the elf clan.

He was the elf who had assisted in ’rescuing’ Yumo. (When she was acting as the young lady of Marquis household)

Facing the visiting elf friends, the nearby Black Rose soldiers showed innocent and friendly smiles to them, and many people warmly greeted the elves,

Instantly giving the foreign friends the most sincere and warm greetings, directly making the elves puzzled.

’???’

’Ah… what’s happening? Why are these horrible people greeting us?’

The three very nervous attendants couldn’t help thinking about this.

It’s normal to have such thoughts,

After all, in the eyes of these elves, the Black Rose Duchy is synonymous with ’wolves and tigers’. Whenever these guys visit the elf clan, it always causes a huge commotion. In the impressions of these elves, the people of the Black Rose are always fierce and murderous, filled with a horrifying aura that could scare the dead to life, even leading to nocturnal relocations of tombs.

If it is said,

Evil people have the grim reaper tattooed on their backs,

Then surely on the back of the grim reaper, the Black Rose Duchy’s crest is tattooed.

However,

These guys, who used to relentlessly bully them like the grim reaper, have all turned into harmless and friendly appearances now? The saying goes, ’Strange things must be suspicious’. The abnormal greetings from these people made the visiting elves involuntarily gasp in surprise.

In a certain sense, the fear of Black Rose Family members by the elf tribe even far surpasses Abyssal Demons...

’These... these bastards... What are they plotting this time?’

While cautiously monitoring the surrounding situation, these elf attendants unconsciously began to gather magical power in their bodies, ready to face a possible ’attack’ at any moment. Venturing deep into the ’enemy camp’ made the terror in their hearts reach unprecedented levels.

By contrast,

Odom, walking in front of these elf attendants, was much more composed.

He appeared indifferent, with no intention of guarding his surroundings, which caused the attendants behind him to show confused expressions. One of the attendants hurried to Odom’s side and reminded anxiously:

"Your Highness, Don’t let their warm greeting relax your vigilance, they’re trying to numb us! They might be plotting something! Please be careful! They might ambush us at any time..."

However,

Odom, seemingly disdaining his subordinate’s words, gave him a dismissive eye roll.

With a look that seemed to see through life, he spoke indifferently:

"Ah, Jerome, can you use your brain for once?... Do they... do they really need to play tricks on us?"

"Eh? Your Highness?"

"Hehe, these guys, if they really wanted to do something to us, we would have been dead a long time ago..."

With a helpless shake of his head, Odom no longer paid attention to his subordinates and leisurely walked deeper into the camp.

The unexpected warmth and hospitality of the nearby Black Rose members puzzled Odom greatly, and he had considered remaining on high alert and awareness watching his surroundings. However, recalling his older brother’s ’happy’ face that was even uglier than crying every time they confronted the Black Rose Family, Odom let go of his idea of resistance,

’Forget it, just slack off...’

Back when the Black Rose guys infiltrated the Elf Forest, they, having the advantage of numbers and terrain, were still unable to defeat Black Rose soldiers. Not to mention now, when the situation has been completely reversed?! Under these circumstances, what can he really do if they want to do something to him?

If, a few days ago, Odom still harbored a trace of fighting spirit, a trace of the fighting spirit to lead the elf tribe to defeat the oppressive Black Rose Family.

Then now...

The fighting spirit in Odom’s heart has been stuffed into a safe and sunk directly into the endless abyss.

In Odom’s view, if their elf tribe worked hard to cultivate and prepare for war, there would always be a slight possibility of defeating The Duchy of Black Rose. However, if they have to confront Abyssal Demons while battling them? Then...

Ten elf tribes wouldn’t be enough for the opponent to even fight seriously...

’Since there’s no hope,’

’Then just accept it...’

Thinking of this, Odom felt a sense of relief, his handsome face no longer showed the hardness of the past, only a resigned expression remained. Even this once always domineering elf prince, under the incomprehensible gaze of his subordinates, hummed a little tune~

"La lalala La lalala La~"