Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 598 - 599: The Heartbroken Miss Yumo

As the bloody butterflies fluttering in the silent garden disintegrated into countless dark red energy particles, they vanished into the air.

...

Meanwhile,

In the teachers’ dormitory of the Luminous Royal Academy,

In a lavishly decorated, brightly lit bathroom, surrounded by mist,

A stunning black-haired girl gracefully removed her blood-stained clothes and disguise, sinking naked into the warm bath.

This girl, seeking solace in the bath to cleanse her soul and wash away her irritation, was none other than our Miss Yumo.

However,

Her attempt to relax was regrettably thwarted at this moment. As messages from afar reached her, the charming and gentle smile on Yumo’s face gradually faded, replaced by a coldness that felt oppressively heavy.

Lines of frustration creased her forehead, and a mist of darkness began to swirl around her.

Despite the warmth of the bathroom, the temperature seemed to drop suddenly.

After a series of twitches of her brow, Yumo, unable to bear it any longer, bit her lip.

"So naive, my ass! How dare they call me naive! Nonsense! Who is I naïve, who is stupid? I am very smart, I always did well in exams..."

Although she ranted, Yumo’s voice became somewhat sheepish as she spoke. Still, while scolding, she furiously crushed the soap in her hand into pieces as if it were the first object to bear the brunt of her anger. Thankfully, little Meliora, who often transformed into a little chubby dragon and was held in her arms, was not there at the moment; otherwise, the great Sacred Dragon Queen might have met its untimely end.

"Sebastian, you... you @f#F!F..."

Recalling Sebastian’s recent words, Yumo couldn’t help but grind her teeth in anger.

To be honest,

When Sebastian had recently come to her admitting his mistake, looking battered and disheveled, and apologizing with what seemed like genuine remorse,

Yumo, for a moment, thought of believing him.

After all, the Black Rose family had been by her side for so long, diligently helping her.

Her trust in them was evident.

Even though they had apparently deceived her about their relations with the Elves and Dragons.

But,

’Perhaps they only kept this one thing from me?’

Yumo tried to comfort herself with this thought, seemingly reluctant to accept that she had been deceived by her ’children.’

Therefore, she still harbored doubts about whether the Black Rose family had deliberately exposed her identity. Looking at the guilt-ridden expressions of Sebastian and Wandon, Yumo even chose to believe them for a moment.

However,

As she wrestled with her feelings, Yumo’s mind inexplicably recalled a plot from a novel titled "The Mask of Family" provided by the fox lady Noya. This book always gave Yumo a peculiar feeling while reading, as if she could see a bit of herself in the protagonist, "Momo"

In the book, Momo’s brother, after hiding his misdeeds from her, seemed to realize her suspicions. Without a word, he bit his lip and self-harmed before presenting his misery to Momo. Although he appeared to be taking responsibility, in reality, he subtly shifted the blame onto their younger brother.

In the end, Momo was utterly deceived, while the bad brother secretly rejoiced behind her back. Yumo had been quite displeased with this plot.

Yumo: ’’Momo trusted you so much! How could you, her nasty brother, take advantage of her trust and deceive her...’’

"That’s too much, isn’t it?!"

...

Whether it was coincidence or not,

After seeing Sebastian crying and pleading in front of her, Yumo couldn’t help but see the shadow of that "nasty brother" in him. The seeds of doubt began to grow and spread in her heart.

Eventually,

Yumo made a decision.

That was to outwardly accept Sebastian’s explanation and not pursue the matter further.

Privately, however, she sent out her bloody butterflies to secretly follow and observe Sebastian.

Yumo didn’t like to track or surveil; after all, the benevolent mother Yumo highly respected her children’s privacy.

But this time, to confirm her uneasy suspicion, Yumo decided to break her own rule, hoping to prove that she was overthinking...

Unfortunately,

Afterward,

Sebastian sneaked out of the apartment and went to the outskirts to converse with Xizhi...

Since Yumo’s bloody butterflies were hidden nearby observing, the conversation between Sebastian and Xizhi didn’t escape Yumo’s ears.

Each taunt about her naivety and foolishness continually pricked at Yumo’s nerves, darkening her expression like the sky before a storm, chilling to the bone.

"What naive? What stupid? You’re the naive one! Your whole family is naïve and foolish!!" Yumo fumed angrily.

In her rage, she punched the water surface,

"Boom~"

A massive wave erupted, engulfing her in its midst. But these insignificant water elements were powerless to quench the fire of dissatisfaction burning in Yumo’s heart.

"Damn it, that rascal, I was about to trust him, but he was actually deceiving me... Collaborating with the others to trick me?!"

She had trusted the children of the Black Rose family so much. Over the past hundred years, she had almost unconditionally believed everything they said. Yet, they took advantage of her trust to fool her, just like the bad brother in the novel.

"This is too much!"

’And from Sebastian and Xizhi’s conversation, it seemed they had done this before! Aside from the elf and dragon matter, and this incident, were there other things they were hiding from me?’

"Treating me like a fool all day long?!"

Yumo’s inner chaos was a cascade of anger.

After all, Yumo detested dishonesty the most.

The thought that she had been deceived by Sebastian and others most of the time fueled a fiery rage within her. Her bloody butterflies, sensing their mistress’s mood, fluttered around restlessly.

The Shadow powers within her, already unstable, churned like a tempestuous sea. Had it not been for Yumo’s foresight in stabilizing the room and shielding her aura with the Shadow energy, the entire teacher’s apartment might have collapsed into ruins in an instant.

At this moment,

Realizing she had been deceived for so long, Yumo felt an urge for violent retribution.

The thought of grabbing Sebastian and the others and furiously spanking them until their skin split ran through Yumo’s mind as a way to make them realize why the sky was so high and the earth so thick!

Her anger was so intense that she felt even punishing Sebastian might not be enough, given his age and inability to withstand much. It wouldn’t fully vent her frustration.

’Perhaps…’

’I should also drag Pierre in for a few smacks?’

’After all, that brat still owed me sixty-six spankings’

(Pierre: ??!!)

...

Despite these impulses, as the water calmed down, the raging Shadow powers around Yumo gradually stabilized. The black-haired girl leaned wearily against the edge of the bath, still powerful within but visibly exhausted.

It was a weariness that stemmed from deep within her heart.

Without a doubt,

Realizing that Sebastian, her trusted old butler, had been deceiving her, Yumo was infuriated. But along with her annoyance, she felt an overwhelming sense of disappointment. Her already low spirits due to the day’s tedious events had now plummeted to rock bottom,

And even smashed through the floor, falling into an abyss.

Sebastian, Xizhi.

And probably Xiao and the others as well...

Yumo believed that without Xiao’s instruction, Sebastian and the others wouldn’t dare to deceive her so brazenly. Besides, if it were just Sebastian and Xizhi, the rest of the Black Rose family would easily expose them.

So, keeping this from her until now likely meant that the entire Black Rose family, all those human children I had raised, were in cahoots to deceive me.

This matched her previous suspicions outside SkyeDome City.

’Xiao, Sebastian, Xizhi...’

’Those children, whom I had nurtured for so long, treated so well, and trusted so much, were actually fooling me like this...’

’Despite saying they wouldn’t lie to me’

’Why...’

’I fell…’

’Somewhat…’

’Heartbroken...’

Clutching her chest, Yumo’s head drooped in utter despair. Besides anger, a torrent of negative emotions like loss, heartache, and feeling wronged began to engulf her heart.

Tears welled up in her crimson eyes.

Sobbing quietly,

"A bunch of bad children!"