Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 834 - 835: An Unexpected Voice

What the Black Rose family and the Demon Kings respect the most is their mother, Yumo.

Yumo is indeed very gentle.

But sometimes, being too gentle has become Yumo’s flaw.

In the past, because she doted on the children too much, even when the children made mistakes, Yumo would only give a light scolding at most, or just lightly tap their heads in a painless reprimand.

The children, having grown accustomed to the scoldings, gradually became audacious and unrestrained.

Not worrying at all about angering Yumo.

Until that day,

When Yumo appeared holding that divine artifact, everything changed...

The children (except Limo and Pipi) no longer misbehaved or caused trouble.

In the children’s hearts, Yumo’s image was no longer just gentle and naive, but gradually took on an air of authority.

It can be said that Yumo’s authority was established upon the "blade" of the feather duster.

Even until a hundred years later today, this blade remains as sharp as ever.

Regardless of the formidable Demon Kings like the fearsome Kalina or Pierre, or the renowned human expert Xiao, all dread it immensely.

No one wishes to see that deadly instrument fall upon their own buttocks.

And the main content of this meeting was precisely to discuss how to avoid punishment from the feather duster!

These days, Xiao’s heart has grown very uneasy.

The reason was simple -

Lady Yumo’s reaction was too abnormal!

Perhaps in Lady Yumo’s view, the Holy War was completely unexpected, the desperate choice of the Asumos Church and Red Leaf. Under normal circumstances, she would not associate this sudden incident with their Black Rose. Moreover, Xiao did not think the naive Lady Yumo would guess that they were the ones instigating it from behind the scenes.

But in this incident, the Black Rose and the Northern Abyssal Demons did indeed violate Yumo’s instructions and took unauthorized action, launching a devastating attack on the Red Leaf Empire.

Based on past experience, Lady Yumo will definitely inquire about this matter.

Therefore, Xiao had even prepared excuses in advance to respond.

However, after learning about these things, Lady Yumo only responded with "Oh", "Mm", "I see"...very ordinary responses.

Undoubtedly, this was beyond Xiao’s expectations.

As the saying goes, when something happens suddenly, there must be a reason behind it.

Adding to that, Lady Yumo unprecedentedly requested everyone to attend Miss Yuan’er’s birthday party. After agreeing in a momentary lapse of judgment, an uneasy guess emerged in Xiao’s mind.

Could it be that Lady Yumo already has some suspicions?

She’s not asking now just to avoid alerting us.

But after, at Miss Yuan’er’s birthday party, she’ll question us one by one.

In a one-on-one situation, deceiving Lady Yumo may not be too difficult. But if there are many being questioned, if their stories or excuses are inconsistent, we’re very likely to be seen through!

To deal with this situation, Xiao had already used communication magic stones to pass coded messages and discussed excuses with Kalina.

But Xiao still felt unsettled.

Therefore, he planned to go over their stories again with everyone when Yumo arrives, to ensure there were no flaws. And discuss whether there are any other factors that could lead to the deception failing. If so, they need to quickly eliminate them.

Thus, after ensuring no one could discern the inside of the meeting room, Xiao wrote the 39 pre-prepared excuses and hundreds of response tactics on a huge whiteboard. In Xiao’s view, these tactics were enough to address any questions Yumo might raise.

At this moment, Xiao was like a diligent teacher, carefully and meticulously lecturing from the podium.

And to ensure the safety of their buttocks, except for Youlan, Yuan’er, and the recently blasted away Pierre, almost all the high-ranking members had gathered in this meeting room, attentively listening to Xiao’s lesson.

Even the usually silly Limo had uncharacteristically quieted down in this atmosphere, silently watching the content on the whiteboard.

While outside the mansion was filled with singing, dancing, and celebration, inside the meeting room was an unprecedented serious atmosphere.

Speaking of which, it was quite comical.

We all, including Me and Lady Kalina, had already mentally prepared to face the feather duster’s punishment. In our original plan, after destroying humanity’s vitality and changing Lady Yumo’s suicidal attitude, enduring a feather duster beating was no big deal.

However, after successfully achieving half of that opportunity, we had become timid again.

Sigh, but this is understandable. After all, the feather duster was too terrifying, and no one wanted to experience its might again.

...

Time passed second by second.

Considering that these important brothers and sisters had been gone for too long, which might upset the birthday girl, Xiao went over the general excuses and response tactics with everyone as quickly as possible. After introducing the last response tactic, Xiao emphasized again by tapping the whiteboard:

"I’ll say it again, you must memorize these tactics by heart! If you can’t remember them clearly, don’t take the initiative to see Lady Yumo! If Lady Yumo questions you but you can’t respond perfectly, provoking her suspicion, don’t blame others for being ruthless at that time. We’ll have no choice but to sell you out."

"Understood."

Like obedient students, everyone answered in unison.

"Let me tell you first, although Lady Yumo usually appears silly, this time she may already be suspicious. For the sake of all our buttocks, everyone must be completely serious! But you don’t need to worry or be too nervous. Although Lady Yumo is suspicious, as long as we all act consistently and maintain the same story, we can still fool her. HAVE CONFIDENCE !"

Saying that, Xiao raised his fist in a gesture to rally morale.

After the pose, Xiao turned his gaze to Sebastian and Shuoyue, continuing to instruct:

"No matter what, to deceive Lady Yumo, the most important factual part must be handled clearly. All documents within the Black Rose family about promoting the Holy War plan have been destroyed, and those useless informants have also been dealt with. Sebastian, Lady Shuoyue, it seems this part is left to you two. Sebastian, if those Red Leaf Empire officials you contacted are still alive, get rid of them quickly. Lady Shuoyue, after transferring the funds, you and the Ainor Group should also quickly cut ties. Don’t let Lady Yumo detect that the merchant group is also under our control."

"Mm."

Sebastian responded with a lowered head.

In contrast to Sebastian’s silence, Shuoyue was much more energetic, even imitating Xiao by waving her hand.

"Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll handle it clearly."

"Good."

Nodding slightly, Xiao once again scanned everyone with a solemn gaze.

"Everyone, it’s time to put the acting skills you’ve trained over the years to use. As long as we unite and cooperate, we will definitely overcome this difficulty, just like the past few times!"

Only with a stable mindset could they ensure no flaws.

To help the Black Rose members and Demon Kings stabilize their mindsets, Xiao rallied them again.

However, just as Xiao’s voice fell, Wanya sitting aside timidly raised her hand:

"Um, Lord Duke, may I ask a question?"

"Hm? What question, just say it directly."

"Well..."

With a hesitant feeling, Wanya slowly pointed towards the wolf girl cuddling with Liyu not far away.

"Um, what about Lady Limo? She...doesn’t seem to remember those lines very well."

"You don’t need to worry about that~, we have a way to deal with it~"

Before Xiao could answer, Little Liyu confidently interjected.

After speaking, Liyu instructed the wolf girl munching on pastries beside her:

"Sister~, you just need to enter the cute mode like usual~"

Upon hearing this, Limo blinked her eyes and revealed a puzzled expression beyond Liyu’s expectation.

"Cute mode? What cute mode?"

"Hm? You turn into a little white wolf and stay in my arms? That way, Mother won’t question you. Hm? Sister, how can you even ask about this? You’ve only been with Xiao for three months, you can’t have forgotten already, right?"

"Hehe~"

The wolf pup stuck out her tongue, trying to use cuteness to gloss over it.

In response, Liyu could only shake her head helplessly.

...

"So, as long as Lady Limo maintains her little white wolf form, it’s fine. Wanya, you don’t need to worry either."

While Limo and Liyu interacted, Xiao patiently explained to Wanya.

"Oh, I understand, Milord."

"Good"

After a slight nod, Xiao nodded again and scanned around. Under everyone’s serious gazes, he began the final summary of the meeting.

"In short, this plan must succeed, failure is not permitted! I wish everyone, smooth...smooth...Hm?!!"

However, before Xiao could finish his words, a voice beyond everyone’s expectations suddenly entered Xiao and the others’ ears from outside the meeting room door.

——"Xiao, Liyu!! What are you hiding in here to play?! Not taking me along, your are so mean!!"——

Hm?!!

This, this voice is?!!

Lady Limo’s voice?

Wait then....

It Was At This Moment Xiao And The Other Knew... They Fucked Up