Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 837 - 838: Who Does the Heavens Spare?

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"So, who wants to go first~?"

Yumo gently raised the feather duster in her hand and smiled kindly.

At this moment, as if to match its owner’s intentions, the feather duster took the initiative to release waves of terrifying bloody aura. In an instant, the temperature in the conference room plummeted. Upon sensing that cruel bloody aura, the long-buried fears hidden deep within everyone’s hearts were once again awakened. Although the feather duster had not yet fallen upon their buttocks, they could already feel a tingling pain.

Except for Sebastian, who was crouching with his head in his hands and a guilty expression, everyone else felt as if the Grim Reaper had grabbed them by the throat, making it difficult to breathe.

Standing at the entrance of the conference room, Limo, although not quite understanding what her mother had just said, saw her smile vanish instantly upon the appearance of the feather duster, replaced by genuine fear.

Considering that in the past, whenever her mother brought out the feather duster, she would inevitably receive a beating.

Therefore, the terrified Limo let out a "waaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh" and rushed towards the back, trying to escape the feather duster’s reach as much as possible. However, the moment Limo attempted to escape, a powerful crimson energy surged from all directions, directly sealing off the conference room. Attempting to forcefully run away, Limo headbutted Yumo’s energy barrier and instantly knocked herself out...

Seeing this scene, the members of the Black Rose and the Demon Kings realized a very serious and cruel fact.

Their buttocks were probably doomed. But, no one wanted to resign themselves to this fate and still wanted to make one last struggle.

So, no one responded to Yumo’s words, and everyone unanimously turned their heads away, pretending they hadn’t heard anything.

"Hmm... so quiet."

Yumo wasn’t surprised by this reaction.

"No volunteers? Okay, no problem... then... as usual, let’s start with the eldest~"

Upon hearing this, everyone’s expressions varied, some were already scared silly, some breathed a sigh of relief, and some directly scared into myocardial infarction...

And obviously, the pale-faced Miss Kalina belonged to the type that was scared into myocardial infarction.

When Yumo’s gaze fell on Kalina, this top-level figure of the Winter Forest instantly felt her legs go weak, and if she hadn’t promptly held onto the table, she would have already plopped down on the ground. Staring at the feather duster in Yumo’s hand, Kalina couldn’t help but gasp.

In the past, Kalina, who had always been a ’good child’ in Yumo’s eyes, had actually never been subjected to the feather duster...

Not only because she was mature, steady, and ’obedient’, but more importantly, even if she made a mistake, her dear brother would always ’generously’ take the brunt of her Mommy’s anger on her behalf. Therefore, built upon Pipi’s righteous sacrifice, Kalina’s buttocks were actually well-protected.

But, as the saying goes, even if you haven’t been beaten, you’ve seen others get beaten.

Having witnessed countless tragic cases with her own eyes, seeing her companions in the Black Rose family, as well as her own brothers and sisters, wailing in agony under the feather duster, Kalina had long ago developed a reverence for the feather duster in her heart. You should know, her brother Pierre was a tough guy, yet after being beaten, he would lie on the bed and scream in misery, right?

So, for her delicate and tender self, it goes without saying.

"Mother, are you serious?"

Kalina waved her hand in trepidation.

However, as the saying goes, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Faced with this daughter of hers who had pretended to be a good child for a long time and deceived her for hundreds of years, Yumo’s anger towards her was completely higher than that towards the other children.

Her most trusted daughter turned out to be the one who had fooled her the longest?

Upon realizing this, Yumo’s heart was filled with shock, disappointment, anger, and a sense of being wronged.

Therefore, the black-haired girl had no intention of softening her heart. While shaking the feather duster, she said playfully:

"Of course I’m serious, Little Na. Don’t you believe in the knight code the most? As a knight, shouldn’t you bravely admit your mistakes and actively accept punishment?"

"Well, that’s true, but I’m afraid of pain, Mother. Can’t you just..."

Faced with the rapidly approaching threat, Kalina blinked her watery eyes, trying to evoke her mother’s sympathy by acting cute. "Hm? Afraid of pain?"

Yumo tilted her head in confusion:

"I remember you being very brave and not afraid of pain at all~. Didn’t Xiao just mention it? Back in the Sky Prison, in order to trick me into agreeing to take action against the Snow Night Empire, My dear child bravely and fearlessly stabbed herself with Xue Tianao’s sword. How come you weren’t afraid of pain then?"

"Ah, about that..."

Kalina was at a loss for words in the face of this questioning.

Unable to refute, she could only direct her resentful gaze towards Xiao.

You brainless duke!

If you teach people excuses, then just teach the excuses! What’s the point of reviewing classic cases for no reason!!!

Why did It become a confession recording scene!?

Faced with Kalina’s questioning gaze, Xiao could only lower his head in shame.

However, even questioning Xiao couldn’t change the reality that Kalina’s buttocks were about to suffer. Under the crisis of life and death, Kalina’s brain was still running, trying to find a possibility to break through the deadlock.

Even if she couldn’t escape the fate of her buttocks being in full bloom, Kalina couldn’t be the first one to be beaten.

Not only would it be embarrassing and make her lose face, but it would also undermine her authority.

As her mother was currently in a fit of anger, she would definitely been hit the hardest. And strictly speaking, Kalina’s buttocks were the most tender among those present... Once beaten, the consequences... Kalina didn’t dare to imagine.

No, no, I can’t be the first one to be beaten!

According to past experiences, if she could delay being beaten until later, her mother, whose mood would gradually calm down, wouldn’t hit as hard.

"Oh right, Mother, actually..."

Supported by this train of thought, instinctively, Kalina wanted to find someone to take the blame, and naturally, this scapegoat would be her dear brother Pierre. However, when she glanced to the side, Kalina suddenly realized... her brother seemed to have been blasted away by her Shadow Annihilation just now...

"..."

Big Brother, why did you disappear at this moment?!

For a moment, Kalina was on the verge of tears, and the words that were about to be spoken had to be swallowed back into her stomach.

Then, Kalina changed her excuse.

"Mo-Mother... I-I’m their elder sister after all. Being beaten in public... it’s too, too embarrassing... I’ll, I’ll be ashamed to death afterwards..."

As she spoke, Kalina couldn’t help but glance around, trying to seek help from the members of the Black Rose family and her little sisters.

However, with everyone struggling to protect themselves, who had the energy to help Kalina? No one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out at this moment, so Kalina’s pleading gaze was directly ignored by everyone. Not only that, but after Kalina spoke, the crowd, who had been silent for a long time, immediately responded. However, the way they responded was slightly different from what Kalina had imagined.

As one could see, Liyu and Shuoyue, holding a dazed Limo, directly huddled together under a blanket in the corner, shivering incessantly.

As for the members of the Black Rose family, including Xiao, they directly turned around to face the wall and covered their ears.

Undoubtedly, these people were indicating that, if Kalina were to be beaten, they would see nothing and hear nothing...

At this moment, Kalina’s brow couldn’t help but twitch.

——You, you, you guys!!! How could you sell me out?!!!——

As the saying goes, what goes around comes around, and who does the heavens spare?

Kalina, who had sold out (her dear brother) for a long time, finally experienced the feeling of being sold out at this moment.

However, Kalina had no time or energy to reprimand her younger brother and sisters who had betrayed their elder sister, because her mommy had already stood in front of her and raised the feather duster high in her hand. Enveloped in a red glow, the feather duster at this moment was like a demon possessed, vaguely emitting heart-wrenching wails...

Faced with this unprecedented oppression,

Kalina no longer had the aura of a Flame Demon Queen Inferno as she used to. Her legs went weak, and she directly collapsed to the ground, her eyes even welling up with tears of fright.

The next moment, under her despairing gaze, the feather duster in Yumo’s hand suddenly fell.