Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 407 - 408: Beginning of Tutoring [4/10]

Finally, I am free, these 2 weeks i was so busy and couldn’t release like past, and today finally all of it is over, so I will release 6 to 8 chapters today :3

"Mother, please take care on your journey. Also, goodbye, little Sister"

"Goodbye! Sister Kalina!"

"Little Na, the task of looking after the house falls to you."

"You can count on me, Mom. I will manage the Winter Forest with great care."

...

...

After bidding a few farewells, Yumo, leading the obedient and cutie Yuan’er, slowly boarded the carriage . Then, under the watchful and longing eyes of her daughters, the convoy set off. It moved slowly, leaving the barrier under the protection of several formidable level 7 abyssal demons.

After watching Black Rose convoy leave her sight, the charming smile on Kalina’s face gradually faded, gradually returning to her usual indifferent expression.

"I hope everything goes smoothly..."

Kalina murmured to herself.

She had arranged everything perfectly, so her mother’s trip to the Red Leaf should be smooth. But for some reason, after watching the convoy leave, Kalina’s right eye kept twitching.

And she didn’t know why, but Kalina always felt that something was wrong.

’But what could it be?’

’Strange...’

...

After pondering fruitlessly for a while, Kalina had to give up her mysterious feeling. Slowly shaking her head, she cast her stray thoughts out of her mind. The red-haired woman then slowly turned and looked at the black-haired man leaning on a huge dragon nearby:

"Xiao, Mother has left, what about you?"

"I should return to Sadik Empire as well. I have been here long enough..."

With these words, Xiao looked around with mixed emotions.

Although the cold wind here was bleak, and all one could see was a vast expanse of whiteness, dead and silent, with no beauty to speak of, Xiao still genuinely smiled at the sight of the area where he grew up.

Xiao was born in Sadik Empire, but to him, this place was his true homeland.

Returning home after decades, the Black Rose Duke naturally had many emotions.

However,

Once everything was settled, he could stay in his homeland as long as he wished.

Now, urgent matters awaited his attention...

Having learned of the Asumos Church’s recent actions from Shuoyue, Xiao was swamped with tasks. He needed to return to Sabelius as quickly as possible.

"Since I’ve stayed long enough, and Lady Yumo has also left, I think it’s time for me to return to Sadik Empire."

With his hands in his pockets, Xiao walked slowly toward the silly wolf:

"Limo, we should be leaving."

"Sob*... oh... I know."

Limo, realizing she couldn’t remain by her mother’s side, relented from her desire to stay in the Winter Forest. She heeded Kalina’s advice, deciding to accompany Xiao in spreading the power of Shadow….

’But to where?’

Limo tilted her head, slightly confused. She couldn’t recall exactly what Her big Sister had said before.

’Oh well’

’Anyway, I just need to listen and do as they say’

Limo once again gave up on thinking and responded to Xiao with a sigh. The wolf girl then slowly got up and reluctantly hugged her little sister Liyu.

Afterward,

She followed Xiao dispiritedly toward another Black Rose family convoy not far away.

"Sister Limo..."

Watching her normally lively sister wear a lonely expression, Liyu couldn’t help but feel sad.

In Liyu’s eyes, her sister indeed needed to be educated. Leaving the Winter Forest to see the world was necessary, but Limo’s pitiful appearance made Liyu feel unbearable.

Also,

Always inseparable from her sister, she naturally felt reluctance.

So,

Liyu walked slowly to Kalina and tugged at her sister’s skirt hem:

"Um, Sister Kalina, as for watching the house, you and Shuoyue should be enough. Can I go with Sister Limo to Sadik Empire?"

"No..."

However, faced with her little sister’s request, Kalina decisively shook her head:

"Limo is too dependent on you. If you stay by her side, she will seek your help with every problem, and she will not grow. You understand this, don’t you, Liyu?"

"I... I know but..."

Liyu naturally understood the reason, but the gray-haired girl still couldn’t let go of her sister,

"But, but..."

"Liyu, for Limo’s growth, it’s necessary to learn to let go a bit."

"...Yes..."

"Also..."

Saying so, Kalina’s eyes slightly narrowed, thoughtfully glancing at Liyu, as well as Shuoyue beside her.

"Also, young lady, you don’t have time to take care of your sister now."

? ! ?

"Eh? Sister Kalina, what do you mean by that?"

Faced with Kalina’s somewhat emotionless words, Liyu shivered, a sense of foreboding suddenly rushed into her heart.

The next moment, Liyu’s bad feeling was confirmed.

The red-haired woman smiled slightly, meaningfully patted Liyu’s shoulder:

"Liyu, I didn’t see you for a long time, How come your strength hasn’t changed? Still at the middle stage of level 8, what have you been doing all these years? And you... Shuoyue, you too, how long have you been at the middle stage?"

At these words,

Not only did Liyu shudder, but the half-asleep Shuoyue also woke up suddenly, shivering in fear.

For a moment, both sisters looked at Kalina with uneasy eyes,

At this moment,

The two girls suddenly recalled the training tasks assigned by their big Sister many years ago before leaving the forest...

Because they had been busy sleeping and bonding with their mother these years, both girls had undoubtedly neglected their training, leading to no progress in their abilities during this time.

At this moment, Liyu and Shuoyue felt just like students who had finished summer vacation, facing their homeroom teacher and handing in blank summer homework, panicking inside.

"Ah, this... well..."

"Um, about the cultivation issue..."

The two somewhat tongue-tied girls awkwardly looked at each other, simultaneously bowing their heads with a little guilt, falling into an odd silence.

"Sure enough, you two forgot again, didn’t you?"

Kalina sighed helplessly; her orange-red eyes filled with an expression of expectancy.

Facing her two little sisters ready to accept criticism, Kalina shook her head.

The fact that her younger sisters were far weaker than herself and her brother Pierre was not without reason. The main reason was that when Mother created them, she used a relatively lower amount of primal shadow energy. Mother’s initial creations at the demon king level were filled with repeated failures.

Ordinary creatures simply couldn’t accept Mother’s power,

Either they would explode and die, or become completely uncontrollable monsters.

During that time, after accepting Mother’s primal energy, only those relatively lucky like herself and her brother Pierre became demon king beings. However, even though the risk was high and the failure rate was high too, she and Pierre started with a terrifying amount of strength.

A little while after her birth, when her Mother was creating her younger sisters, she reduced the density of primal energy, aiming to slightly increase the success rate.

Indeed, this method proved effective.

Limo, Liyu and Shuoyue, and now Yuan’er, joined the family one after the other.

However,

Due to the lower concentration of invested energy, the younger sisters started with relatively weaker stages.

Plus,

Most of the strong enemies who invaded the Winter Forest were dealt with by her and Pierre. Overprotected by her and Pierre, her younger sisters seemed to gradually overlook the issue of cultivation, so they still remained awkwardly at the mid-eighth stage...

Killing a Heavenly Apostle or a Holy Tower Holder required some effort...

Even in their unleashed state, they couldn’t suppress them completely.

"Sigh..."

After reminiscing about these past events for a bit, Kalina couldn’t help but sigh again.

"Since you’ve forgotten to cultivate, there’s nothing to be done."

After sighing for a moment, Kalina revealed a determined and slightly cold expression, directly frightening Liyu and Shuoyue into a shiver.

Now,

Brother Pierre had gone off somewhere unknown. She was quite busy herself and couldn’t possibly spend all day solving problems for or protecting these girls. The forces on the continent were becoming restless, and to give her younger sisters more ability to defend themselves, and to enable them to ’amicably communicate’ with enemies in the future,

Kalina believed,

Improving her younger sisters’ strength was an urgent matter.

Furthermore,

’We can’t always let them live under my protection or Mom, right? Hmm... Though Mom probably wouldn’t mind...’

’But no matter what’

’While there’s free time now, they must be educated.’

Thinking of this, Kalina gradually revealed a profound smile.

"Sister Kalina?"

Upon seeing the redhead’s expression change, Liyu took a deep breath, somewhat nervously asking:

"Sorry... sorry, Sister Kalina, can I leave first? I... later, I still... still have... still have something to do..."

"That... Sister Kalina, me... me too, there’s a lot going on in the central area... so, I, I’ll leave first too."

Feeling the atmosphere changing around them, sensing something wrong, Shuoyue and Liyu hurriedly turned, panic-stricken, ready to leave this place. Recalling the horrifying memories of past devilish tutoring, the two girls’ minds were filled with only one thought, that of ’escaping’!

Unfortunately,

How could the two young girls’ intentions escape Kalina’s eyes?

Just as the two were about to tap into the power of the shadow to quickly flee the scene, Kalina swiftly acted with lightning speed, directly grabbing the fate of the two girls by the back of their necks:

"Don’t be in a hurry, little ones... It’s rare for your big sister to come back, so of course I have to give my cute little sisters a brief lesson~. But, you don’t have to worry so much, for the next week, we only need 23 hours of class each day~, it’s very easy~. There’s no time to lose, let’s begin now~"

Kalina’s voice was very sweet, but it instantly sent chills down the spines of Liyu and Shuoyue,

"No, please!!! Sister Kalina, I don’t want to study!!! I don’t want tutoring aaaaaah!!! Mommy, help me!!!"

The next moment,

Accompanied by the mournful wails of Liyu and Shuoyue, Kalina sternly transformed into a strict female teacher, coldly ignoring the cries of the two girls, holding them in her hands, step by step moving into the depths of the forest...

A whimsical sound seemed to echo through the forest at this moment~