Abyssal Chronicles

Chapter 905 - 906: Appearing Weak on the Outside, but in Reality...

In the region bordering the northern part of the Sadik Empire and the Elven Forest, a magnificent and spectacular building resembling a combination of a castle and a tower stood tall on the flat Rochester Plain. Its majestic aura, soaring straight into the clouds, along with the nine steaming magical cannons floating around the tower, made the travelers passing by in their carriages feel the urge to kneel and submit.

This extraordinarily imposing building was none other than the current holy land of magicians on the continent - the Fata.

After the Holy War six years ago, the Holy Tower, having lost all its supremacy, existed in name only. Under Xiao’s manipulation, the Red Moon Tower, with the help of the Black Rose Family, quickly swallowed up the forces of the Holy Tower and even absorbed all the necromancers who attempted to rebuild the Void Spirit Tower. Eventually, the three factions merged into one, re-establishing the Fata.

Thus, this holy land of magicians, which had disappeared for nearly eight hundred years, once again reappeared in the world, assisting the Black Rose Family in managing the magicians across the entire continent.

However, unlike in the past, the Fata was no longer a force dominated by magicians. Its behind-the-scenes rulers had long since become the great benefactors of the Black Rose Family.

Fortunately, the vast majority of magicians clamoring for self-governance were unaware of this cruel reality. They still buried themselves in their laboratories, researching magic, just as they had done in the past.

Following the glorious reputation of the past, countless magicians wandering the continent brought their families to the Fata, gradually establishing residential areas on the plains surrounding it. As time passed, the initial small residential area had grown into the large metropolis known today as the renowned magic city - Echos.

At this moment, in this residential area accommodating a million people, the most famous Elysee Kindergarten of the Fata had just concluded its opening ceremony for the new year.

The children, led by their respective teachers, headed to the beautiful and scenic courtyard, where they began their first class meeting in life.

However, while almost all the children were attracted by the teachers’ dazzling magic, emitting joyful laughter, one little one seemed quite out of place.

Taking advantage of the teacher’s immersion in performing magic for the children, a certain nimble and charming honey-haired little girl sneakily sat under a large tree, engrossed in reading the book in her hands.

Among the hundreds of new students, the girl was undoubtedly the brightest star.

Her smooth and alluring honey-colored long hair was tied into cute triple braids and adorned with a pricey princess headdress, from which pure white tassels hung. When the breeze brushed against her face, the honey-colored hair and tassels swayed and danced with the wind.

The little girl’s face was fair and delicate, her skin as white as snow, soft and fine.

Her deep blue eyes sparkled like stars.

Below her small nose was an adorable cherry-like mouth, with thin lips and slightly upturned corners. Her entire face was exquisite and refined, like the most delicate doll in a toy store. The girl wore a cute white pleated skirt. Sitting on the lawn, she exuded an elegant and graceful demeanor, completely different from the other children.

Looking at such a girl, no one would have thought that this adorable and mature little one was the strongest Demon King in her child form - Higanbana.

Due to her past misdeeds, in order to reintegrate into the Abyssal Demon family and gain the forgiveness of her sisters, Youlan had no choice but to pretend to have forgotten everything and start anew as a child. Although this made Liyu and the others let down their guard and accept her again, the drawbacks were quite obvious. Maintaining the appearance of a child, she completely lost her authority as the eldest sister and was constantly tormented by her playful sisters, while also being curiously studied and tormented by the Black Rose Family’s little brat.

Even now, she had to be treated as a child and sent to kindergarten! Sending her to kindergarten for a year was not enough. Due to her slow growth, she had already been attending kindergarten for six consecutive years - changing to a new one every year...

Thinking about this, Youlan’s mood became quite mixed. The thought of her, the strongest Demon King, the once-feared Higanbana, being forced to play games with children all day long, made her feel like crying.

Alas, there was no other way. She had made her own choices and had to live with the consequences, even if it meant crying along the way.

Youlan could only console herself in this manner Helplessly.

Of course, coming to kindergarten was not entirely a bad thing.

For Youlan, who had been away from home for hundreds of years, being able to spend time with her sisters was a good thing. However, after experiencing six years of torment, Youlan gradually felt that she couldn’t quite handle it. In a sense, Youlan was even a little afraid of her own sisters now.

Coming to kindergarten, at least she could wander outside in peace, without worrying about being caught and be squeezed to death by her little sisters...

With this thought, Youlan accepted the awkward fate of being sent to kindergarten.

However, this notion was shattered after reading the letter Kalina had sent her.

At this moment, the honey-haired girl was sitting quietly under the tree, her pair of white and tender little hands quickly flipping through the book in her hands. Of course, this was no ordinary book, but one deliberately sent by Kalina, containing coded messages.

Even within the Abyssal Demon family, only Kalina and Pierre knew that Youlan had retained her past memories. To avoid exposing Youlan’s true situation and arousing the wariness of the other sisters and the Black Rose Family, the communication between Kalina and Youlan was encrypted. They secretly communicated through codes known only to the two sisters.

After quickly flipping through several dozen pages, the contents of the coded message were fully imprinted in Youlan’s mind.

The next moment, Youlan couldn’t help but frown, and the book in her hands nearly tore apart from her trembling little hands. The Shadow Power within her body began to surge wildly, and the giant tree behind her eerily began to wither. Countless yellowed leaves fluttered between heaven and earth in an instant.

Mother... has returned?

At this engagement banquet?!!

Damn it!! Why didn’t I go, ahhhhhhhhh!!!

At this moment, Youlan burst out with an unprecedented sense of resistance to being sent to kindergarten. However, Youlan was still Youlan. As the mature eldest sister of the Demons, after feeling a moment of regret, she stabilized her inner self.

Forget it. Since Mother has returned, we’ll meet again sooner or later. There’s no need to rush.

After taking a deep breath, Youlan smiled with relief, her eyes brimming with joy.

Unlike Kalina and her little sisters, Youlan was well aware that it was impossible for her mother to have truly abandoned them when she left home. It was most likely to protect them and prevent them from getting hurt due to the loss of control over her power. Now that her Mother had returned, it meant that she must have found a way to suppress the restless power within her.

This was undoubtedly good news.

"Mother has given up on suicide and stabilized her power... Next..."

While softly sighing, Youlan slowly closed the book in her hands.

As long as they dealt with those troublemakers from the Church Nation who wanted to stir up trouble, the life she had dreamed of would become a reality...

Hiding the joyful emotions on her face, Youlan’s expression once again turned cold, and her gaze slowly shifted to the side, glancing at a certain hidden building in the distance.

-"Just in time, I need to accumulate some nourishment for Sebastian"-

At the same time, dozens of mysterious figures in white robes were quietly hiding in a certain building in Echos. The leading figure, a hooded woman, was leaning by the window, using detection magic to observe the distant kindergarten, or more precisely, the honey-haired little girl named by the Prime Minister.

"That little girl, is she the target this time? Her aura is so weak..."

A doubt flashed in the woman’s eyes.

Not only this woman but also her colleagues who had come with her to carry out the mission had similar doubts. They simply could not understand why such a frail-looking, seemingly harmless little girl would make the Prime Minister so concerned, even sending out an entire team to monitor her.

Could it be not because she was powerful, but because the location of the operation was near the Fata?

Regardless of the reason, based on the observations of the team members over the past few days, such a little one was clearly not worth their grand efforts.

"Captain, why don’t we just capture her and bring her back? With someone like her, we don’t even need to wait for Lord Luca to come. We can handle it ourselves!"

"Hmm, I think so too."

Faced with the eager suggestions of her subordinates, the woman did not refuse. Instead, she gripped the sword at her waist with equal enthusiasm.

"We’ll make our move after the opening ceremony at noon when the guards in Echos change shifts. That will be the perfect time to strike."

Once we successfully completed the mission, not only Lord Luca but even the Prime Minister would surely look at us in a new light, right?

Thinking of this, the corners of the woman’s mouth couldn’t help but curl up slightly, revealing a trace of excitement.

Well, due to their attention being entirely focused on the distant kindergarten, the woman and her subordinates failed to notice some unusual occurrences. For example, some eerie plants were slowly growing out of the shadows behind them...

-"Can you have a good chat with me about what exactly you’re trying to do?"-