Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 593 - 594: Courage

Sorry for the delay, I may have been focused so much on the second story hehe~…

Anyway… I will release 3 chapters today.

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At night,

In the dormitory area of Luminous Royal Academy.

Although over fifty percent of the academy was destroyed by the aftermath of the Sword Demon’s battle, the dormitory area remained peaceful. It seemed as if Sword Demon’s attacks deliberately avoided this area. A girl who fainted in the dormitory was even unaware of the earth-shattering events that had happened outside until the battle was over.

After the crisis brought by Sword Demon and Demon Dragon was resolved, the student dormitory area was temporarily transformed into a casualty relief area.

After this great battle, many homeless people were arranged by the Red Leaf Empire government to stay here temporarily for recuperation. After all, most students had already lost their courage after this incident and set off for home early, unwilling to stay in Anvika for the time being.

Of course,

Since it’s a college apartment, students who were willing to stay could still live in their original rooms.

And at this moment, while the outside was enveloped in a busy and noisy atmosphere.

In a certain dormitory,

A strange scene was unfolding.

In the darkness, in the deathly silent air, a boy and a girl, both students, were huddled closely together. Of course, they were not doing anything intimate, but were curled up together in a corner.

Trembling all over, with cold sweat continuously sliding down their cheeks, they looked quite anxious and uneasy.

Although the Abyssal Demon attack event had already ended, the fear in the hearts of these two students was rocketing up as if they were sitting on a rocket, soaring endlessly.

If a student from the Luminous Academy was here, they might be surprised to find,

These two ’frightened’ students were none other than the famous sons and daughters of nobility in the academy.

The arrogant and domineering son of the Dragon Queen, Gari, and the spoiled, temperamental Elven princess, Shania.

Two people who always didn’t get along were not only hugging tightly each other’s body, but even comforting each other.

If someone who knew them saw this scene, they would probably be dumbfounded and couldn’t help but ask a few soul-searching questions.

’Why are you two hugging each other?’

’Also,’

’Why are you trembling?’

...

Of course, all of this started from an hour ago...

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After several hours of reorganization, Gari and Shania, who returned to the Luminous dormitory, consciously went to visit Miss Yumo’s dormitory.

After all,

Before this, Yumo had told them to come and see her after they had dealt with everything.

Although they didn’t understand why their homeroom teacher suddenly wanted to see them, the two, determined to play the role of good students in front of her, eagerly made their way to Yumo’s dormitory. No matter what, they thought, only by pleasing the young mistress of the Black Rose family could they hope for her to speak well of them in front of Xiao.

Such a prospect was indeed promising~

Their race’s chance to regain freedom depended on their actions now!

If Miss Yumo asked them for help, they would go through fire and water without hesitation, determined to leave an unprecedented good impression on their teacher!

Then,

Under their expectant gaze, the black-haired girl straightforwardly asked them a very serious question.

"Tell me honestly. What is the true relationship between the Dragon and Elf races and our Black Rose duchy?"

"!?!?"

"Eh? What? Huh?"

Hearing this, the two were momentarily stunned, exchanging glances, both reading astonishment and unease in each other’s eyes, along with a bit of strangeness.

How "friendly" was the relationship between the Black Rose family and their races? Why wouldn’t Miss Yumo, as the young mistress, know about it?

Were they so close as to be ’heart and soul’?

Why did she suddenly ask them this question?

...

’Could it be?’

’Was this a test of our ability to respond?’

’Yes,’

’That must be it!’

’Otherwise, she wouldn’t ask such a question knowingly!’

With this thought,

The two exchanged a smile, then quickly joined their hands, and began to speak with sincere and grateful words.

They then recited the professional lines that the Black Rose family had trained them to say.

Shania: "Our relationship is great! The Black Rose family often does business with us. Thanks to you, our Elf Forest is full of many new and interesting things from the outside world~. You’ve also helped us use up a lot of our ’excess’ materials, lightening our inventory burden. More importantly, the Black Rose family occasionally helps us with ’practical training,’ toughening up our Elven warriors. So, we all really like Teacher Yu and her family members~ Hehe~"

Gari: "Yeah, yeah, it’s almost the same with our Dragon race. Thanks to the Black Rose, our lazy bunch finally got some good exercise, otherwise they’d have gotten too fat, hahaha. The Duke of Black Rose pays great attention to the relationship between our two races, often visiting our Dragon race, and every time he comes, he brings us quite valuable gifts, haha..."

Shania: "My father often says, the people of Black Rose family are the kindest and most friendly in the world."

Gari: "Mm-hmm, my mother thinks so too. She always teaches me to learn from them, to be a ’helpful’ good dragon~"

Shania & Gari : "And also, there’s more!..."

...

Unknowingly, a dragon and an elf just like that tapped their heads and cheerfully talked about the ’help’ the Black Rose family had given their races, expressing gratitude for the Black Rose family’s ’selfless devotion,’ and discussing how they should ’show gratitude’ in the future.

Although it was plain talk, Gari and Shania were talented enough to speak such nonsense without blushing or skipping a beat for so long.

If an uninformed person were to witness this scene, they would undoubtedly believe that the Black Rose family had some indescribable, immeasurable favor they owed to the Dragon and Elf races.

At this moment, Gari and Shania were just short of picking up a microphone to sing "A Grateful Heart."

They thought that after saying all this, they could make Yumo show a satisfied expression.

However,

To the embarrassment of Gari and Shania, after finishing these standard lines, their teacher did not show any satisfied smile, but her expression became more serious. Her slightly squinted eyes faintly radiated a hint of cold light, making them feel a chill down their spine.

"Are you telling the truth?" asked the black-haired girl coldly.

At that moment,

The two no longer felt the previous warmth in the girl’s expression and words, only a chilling coldness.

"Well... we said... it’s the truth?"

The two involuntarily huddled together, trembling as they replied.

"Teacher Yu, we’re not lying..."

However,

Before they could finish, the black-haired girl suddenly flashed in front of Gari and Shania, interrupting their speech.

"Don’t be in a hurry to answer."

Accompanying her pleasant voice, her delicate hands softly landed on their shoulders. There was no energy fluctuation around, just a gentle touch and a soft gaze. Yet, at that moment, it gave the two an indescribable sense of suffocation and pressure, making them instinctively break out in cold sweat.

They couldn’t sense the power around the black-haired girl,

But they felt as if they were dragged into an endless purgatory, trembling all over. An unnamed fear began to grow and spread in their hearts...

"Think carefully, then answer me. I hope... you are honest children. Tell me, what do you really think about the Black Rose family? Don’t worry, I won’t hurt you."

Hearing this sentence,

The son of the Dragon Queen and the daughter of the Elf King felt as if they had reached a crossroads of fate...

-Choose right-

-And live-

-Choose wrong-

-And have tea with the King of Hell tonight-

The two fell into silence, their hearts incredibly conflicted.

...

After an intense internal struggle, the elf princess and the dragon prince slowly met each other’s gaze. Under the unprecedented spiritual pressure in the room, their minds became more chaotic.

With wave after wave of internal turmoil,

The years of resentment they had harbored against the Black Rose family seemed to be drawn out by the invisible aura surrounding the black-haired girl. Under the influence of fear, unwillingness, and anger, Gari and Shania eventually made a life-changing decision...

They glared decisively at the black-haired girl,

Dropping their awkward smiles and showing a gritted, angry expression!

"Teacher Yu! Black Roses People are a bunch of f#cking xxxxxxxxxxx…"

At that moment,

They stopped pretending and spoke words from the heart, venting out all the resentment they had accumulated over the years.

Like brave warriors, they cursed the Black Rose family in front of the black-haired girl...

With teary eyes and anger,

Non-stop...