Vol 3. Chapter 103: Miss Mengxi Feels Like Laughing
Using an internal tracking method available to the members of Light of the Sun, Miss Mengxi hurried toward White Yama’s location.
Mengxi’s intention was very simple: prevent White Yama from coming into conflict with Sister Yumo.
And when the silver-haired girl crossed a high slope and arrived above the ruins of what had once been the High Court, her expression abruptly changed because of the sight before her.
At this moment,
above the ruins and raging flames, a beautiful black-haired girl was moving her graceful body as she engaged in a fierce “battle” against four hideous Abyss Demons.
The Abyss Demons repeatedly launched “ferocious attacks” at the black-haired girl, while she repeatedly “narrowly escaped danger” by dodging their attacks.
The battle continued escalating.
Terrifying Shadow of Silence Power erupted continuously across the ruins, while the black-haired girl desperately used her “mana” and relied on excellent hand-to-hand combat skills to contend with three Peak Sixth-Tier Abyss Demons.
In an instant, black light scattered everywhere above the ruins. Explosions and the spine-chilling roars of the Abyss Demons rang out one after another, enough to make anyone who heard them shudder.
If anyone else had been present, they would certainly have been terribly worried about the girl’s safety after witnessing such a horrifying scene.
However,
Mengxi, who was present, did not show any worried expression.
Instead, she fell into a strange silence and simply stood there quietly, watching the battle taking place over the ruins, watching the black-haired girl who had “fallen into a bitter struggle.”
Emmm,
“......”
......
......
Fortunately, in the end, accompanied by an earth-shaking boom and an overwhelming eruption of azure “mana,”
the black-haired girl just happened to catch a gap between the Abyss Demons’ attacks and suddenly launched a counterattack.
She punched one Abyss Demon directly in the face!
Her magical attack followed immediately afterward, abruptly striking the completely unguarded abdomens of two other Abyss Demons.
“Awaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!”
(Ahh~ I’m dead~)
Accompanied by the Abyss Demons’ “miserable” screams, the three savage and terrifying monsters were suddenly sent flying backward by the black-haired girl’s “suicidal attack,” crashing violently into a distant district engulfed in flames.
Then,
there was no more “movement.”
They seemed to have been defeated by the black-haired girl’s attack.
Three terrifying Peak Sixth-Tier Abyss Demons had been defeated. Logically speaking, that should have been something worth celebrating.
However,
Miss Mengxi, who had witnessed the entire thing, showed not the slightest ripple of emotion on the surface.
Instead, her heart seemed to be enveloped by an inexplicable sense of awkwardness...
‘Uh...’
If it had been someone else, perhaps they would have cheered excitedly at the black-haired girl’s victory.
But Mengxi, who knew the black-haired girl’s true identity, could not stop her eyebrows from twitching.
Sister Yumo,
what exactly
are you doing??
Sister Yumo, you’re a Demon King-Class existence!
How could Abyss Demons possibly attack you?
Enmmm,
could it be that you’re putting on an act for me?
Are you afraid I’ll become suspicious after seeing you standing here completely safe and sound?
Fine,
that should be the reason.
Otherwise, Sister Yumo would never randomly start directing and acting out an entire performance by herself...
It was just that,
although Sister Yumo’s acting was very realistic...
‘Pfft~’
After knowing the truth and watching Sister Yumo so seriously putting on an act, Mengxi still could not stop herself from raising a hand to cover her mouth, desperately suppressing the laughter bubbling up inside her...
No,
she couldn’t laugh.
Otherwise, she would give herself away...
...
Meanwhile, Miss Yumo, who believed her performance had been absolutely flawless,
suddenly felt a chill run down her spine after lowering her stance.
She seemed to feel some strange gaze?
Finding it odd, Yumo immediately turned her head and looked toward Mengxi, who stood atop the ruins not far behind her.
And when Yumo looked toward Mengxi, the awkward and strange expression from earlier had long since vanished from the silver-haired girl’s face.
In its place was an intense look of “worry” and “shock.”
In fact, the moment she noticed Yumo looking over, the silver-haired girl immediately jumped down from the ruins “in great concern” and hurried toward her.
“Sister Yu! Are you all right?!”
Looking at Mengxi’s concerned eyes, and hearing the silver-haired girl’s worried words, Yumo could not help feeling warm inside.
Even though the entire thing had been self-directed and self-performed,
being worried about by that girl Mengxi still felt pretty nice~
‘Hehe~’
Besides,
with her looking this worried, she probably hadn’t noticed anything strange.
Looks like my acting skills are pretty good after all.
Miss Yumo was extremely satisfied.
Mengxi: ......
After feeling satisfied,
Yumo also deliberately revealed an expression of unexpected shock and even let out a startled cry:
“Mengxi? Why are you here?”
At the same moment she asked the question, Mengxi arrived beside Yumo.
Without another word, she tightly grasped Yumo’s soft little hand and directly placed it against her own chest, speaking with concern:
“I came to find Sister Bai... oh, no, I came to find the Apostle. No... that’s not important! What’s important is! Sister Yuyu, why are you here?! Were you injured in that battle just now?!”
“As for me, I’m fine. You don’t need to worry.”
“Re... really?”
“Really. Don’t worry about me, little girl.”
Looking at the silver-haired girl who kept checking her body for injuries,
the corners of Yumo’s lips rose slightly, revealing an indulgent smile.
In order to reassure the “anxious” silver-haired girl, Yumo slowly raised her hand and gently stroked her little head.
After being petted by Yumo like this, Mengxi also quieted down.
Then she looked around with some curiosity.
“Speaking of which, Sister Yu, have you seen that Apostle from our Church?”
“Apostle? You mean Miss Bai?”
“Yes. Earlier, I used a treasure orb to follow Sister Bai’s aura all the way here. But...”
As she spoke, Mengxi revealed a confused little look.
“But... Sister Bai’s aura suddenly seemed to... enmmm, disappear right here. Sister Yu, did you see the Apostle just now?”
Mengxi asked Yumo with a face full of “sincerity.”
“Uh...”
Faced with this question, Miss Yumo somewhat guiltily glanced from the corner of her eye toward the ruins not far away.
“I... I didn’t see her? Mengxi, could you have made a mistake?”
Although the motion lasted barely an instant, it was still caught by Mengxi’s sharp senses.
The silver-haired girl then thoughtfully looked toward the ruins not far away.
Indeed, judging from outward appearance and perception alone, it was merely an ordinary pile of ruins. There did not seem to be anything special about it......
But upon closer inspection, there were several abnormalities.
The surrounding area was filled with broken bricks and shattered tiles, yet that particular pile contained countless relatively intact and enormous fragments of buildings......
They were arranged so coincidentally that it looked almost as though someone had deliberately piled them there.
The ground everywhere else was littered with severed limbs from Abyss Demons or humans, but that particular spot had none.
More importantly,
there seemed to be several strands of white hair near that pile of rubble.
And that hair was obviously Sister Bai’s......
Which meant,
‘Sister Bai fought with Sister Yumo just now?’
At this moment, the matter Yumo had spent so much effort trying to hide had already been figured out by Mengxi.
However, the considerate silver-haired girl had no intention of exposing Sister Yumo’s lie.
After all, Mengxi knew very well that Sister Yumo intended to cultivate her so that she could fight against the Abyss Demons in the future.
Someone like Sister Bai, who could become her companion, was not someone Sister Yumo would harm.
At most, she had simply knocked her unconscious.
The abundant life force still present within Sister Bai’s Life Orb also proved this.
Most likely, Sister Bai had rushed over recklessly like an idiot and tried to deal with that Demon King-Class girl from the Duke Family, only to be caught by Sister Yumo and directly beaten unconscious, right?
As for why Mengxi could no longer sense her presence, that was probably also Sister Yumo’s doing.
After thinking for a moment, Mengxi narrowed her pale-purple eyes slightly and arrived at this conclusion.
Since that was the case, there was no need to care too much.
After all, White Yama had only been knocked unconscious and buried beneath some rubble.
There was nothing to worry about~
?!!
However, just as Miss Mengxi was about to use this topic to tease her adorable Sister Yumo,
Yumo suddenly reached out and grabbed Mengxi’s soft little hand.
?!
“Eh? Sister Yu?”
“Quick! Th-This place is dangerous! We need to leave first! There are Abyss Demons charging over here!!”
Yumo did not answer Mengxi’s question.
Instead, she spoke with an extremely “anxious” expression and abruptly erupted with a powerful wave of mana, pulling Mengxi along as she began retreating from the area!
Meanwhile, several hundred Abyss Demons in the distance were rolling up thick black mist as they aggressively “charged” toward the two of them......
Seeing this scene,
looking at Sister Yumo’s “grave expression as though facing a formidable enemy,” as well as the Abyss Demon horde in the distance charging toward them in such an obviously performative manner,
Mengxi gave a playful smile.
‘Sister Yumo~ you’re really cute when you’re pretending so seriously~’
These Abyss Demons had most likely been called over by Sister Yumo to help her escape the situation.
Sister Yumo was not stupid either.
The reason she was anxiously dragging Mengxi away was probably because she had noticed that the disguise over Sister Bai’s pile of rubble had failed and wanted to get Mengxi away as quickly as possible before she noticed.
At the same time, she probably also wanted to prevent Mengxi from coming into contact with that Demon King-Class young lady of the Duke Family again......
Sigh,
Sister Yumo’s thoughts really are easy to guess.
If she’s this easy to read, then Sister Yumo must also be easy for other people to deceive~
Maybe someday, someone really will trick her and take her away.
To prevent something like that from happening, perhaps it would be better if I made the first move......
Allowing Yumo to pull her forward as they ran, Mengxi thoughtfully pursed her lips.