Chapter 101 Part 1: The Great Filial Daughter

“Ha!” Sitting in the chair, Luo Shuangyue suddenly opened her eyes.

In front of her appeared the worried face of Xia Mo, and beside her, the Soul Summoner Princess holding the Purpleflame Tachi with a calm expression.

It seemed she had already returned from that dark space to the real world.

“How do you feel? Is there anything inside your body like Senior Soul Summoner Princess mentioned?” Xia Mo rushed forward to ask as soon as Luo Shuangyue woke up.

As for the Soul Summoner Princess, she didn’t even bother to ask—she had already drawn her own conclusion.

After staying in the consciousness space for such a long time, she must have encountered something unusual.

“Yes.” Luo Shuangyue nodded vigorously, “She even scolded me, hit me, and tried to frighten me!” Her tone carried a hint of grievance, just like a child tattling to an adult.

This made the Soul Summoner Princess show a doubtful expression.

Why did Luo Shuangyue’s interaction with the Royal-Class Magic Beast seem so different from what she had imagined?

From Luo Shuangyue’s tone, the Soul Summoner Princess could tell that the exchange this time was probably quite peaceful; otherwise, Luo Shuangyue wouldn’t be acting this way.

But that was impossible. The consciousness in Luo Shuangyue’s body belonged to a Royal-Class Magic Beast. How could communication between the two be harmonious?

“Tell me in detail, what exactly did you talk about with it?”

“Mm, I saw her in a very, very dark place.” Luo Shuangyue recounted everything that had just happened to the Soul Summoner Princess, not even hiding the existence of the Butterfly of Netherworld.

After listening to Luo Shuangyue’s story, the Soul Summoner Princess felt as if her own expression was on the verge of losing control.

Was that really a Demon? Could a Demon have such rich emotional fluctuations?

And what did it mean that the Original Magic Power had already become part of Luo Shuangyue’s body?

A Royal-Class Magic Beast’s Original Magic Power was so easily absorbed by a First Bloom-Class Magical Girl?

To be honest, the Soul Summoner Princess simply didn’t believe the words of the Royal-Class Magic Beast.

As for the Butterfly of Netherworld that Luo Shuangyue mentioned, the Soul Summoner Princess didn’t care much.

That should just be an embodiment of Luo Shuangyue’s subconscious; other Magical Girls also had such things in their consciousness.

“But at the end, she told me something about the Resentful Spirit Demon King.” Luo Shuangyue paused, then continued, “I think she was trying to take revenge on me, to scare me. She said the Resentful Spirit Demon King has no weaknesses; it can only be defeated head-on.”

The Soul Summoner Princess nodded. She had fought the Resentful Spirit Demon King for an entire day, so she naturally knew that thing had no weaknesses—it was a warrior with no flaws.

“Then she also said, this Resentful Spirit Demon King was raised by her using her own Magic Power, and now it’s starving. Since I carry her aura, as soon as the Resentful Spirit Demon King comes out of that space, the first thing it’ll do is come looking for me for food.”

“If I can’t feed it enough, it’ll just eat me in one bite.”

“That’s way too heartless!” Xia Mo couldn’t help but complain.

If she understood correctly, the Royal-Class Magic Beast was like the Resentful Spirit Demon King’s mother, and yet the Resentful Spirit Demon King would treat its own mother as a snack just because it wasn’t fed?

Isn’t that a bit too ‘filial’?

“Demons don’t have the feelings we’re familiar with. They’re beasts without emotion, monsters that only obey their urge to destroy,” the Soul Summoner Princess shook her head. That was just how Demons were—there was nothing strange about it.

Family? Friends? These things had no meaning for Demons.

Among Demons, only two relationships existed: one was the master-servant relationship formed by power, and the other was the purest predatory relationship.

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat shrimp—this was all too common among Demons.

A Demon like the one inside Luo Shuangyue, who knew to cultivate other Demons as subordinates, was extremely rare—perhaps the only example in this world.

After all, most other Royal-Class Magic Beasts were killed at their door by Full Bloom-Class Magical Girls as soon as they were born, never even having the chance.

Although the Resentful Spirit Demon King was also a Royal-Class Magic Beast, its mind was still immature, and its intelligence was not even on par with King-class Demons, so it naturally wouldn’t think things through as deeply.

I’m hungry—I need food—this scent means something tasty—I want to eat it.

That was about the extent of its thinking.

“Senior! If the Resentful Spirit Demon King will come looking for me on its own, can’t we use that to set up a trap and take down that Royal-Class Magic Beast?” Luo Shuangyue raised her hand to ask.

The Royal-Class Magic Beast said that Luo Shuangyue was now like a little cake giving off a sweet scent, which would lure the Resentful Spirit Demon King to chase after her no matter what.

In other words, wherever Luo Shuangyue went, the Resentful Spirit Demon King would follow.

“…That’s not a bad idea. If it really works, the impact on the city could be kept to a minimum.” The Soul Summoner Princess nodded—Luo Shuangyue’s idea was very feasible.

As long as the Royal-Class Magic Beast wasn’t lying to Luo Shuangyue, and according to Luo Shuangyue, when the Royal-Class Magic Beast said those words, she was already losing her composure—she just wanted Luo Shuangyue to fall apart too.

So these words probably weren’t lies.

If that’s the case, then they could use Luo Shuangyue as bait to lure the Resentful Spirit Demon King to the battlefield designated by the Magic Department.

“I’ll have Flame Princess arrange things immediately!” The Soul Summoner Princess was always one for action.

Having made up her mind, she left the room like a gust of wind.

After the Soul Summoner Princess left, Xia Mo finally relaxed a little and could do things she wouldn’t do in front of others.

“Dark Moth, are you really okay?” She reached out to place her hand on Luo Shuangyue’s shoulder, staring into her eyes with a burning gaze and asked in a low voice.

What she feared most was that Luo Shuangyue was just putting up a front, and the situation was actually far more dangerous than Luo Shuangyue said—maybe inside, Luo Shuangyue’s body was already a complete mess.

But this time, she guessed wrong. Luo Shuangyue really wasn’t the type to act tough and shoulder everything alone; whenever she encountered a problem, she would say it directly.

See, last time after she absorbed the Original Magic Power of a Royal-Class Magic Beast, she immediately went to Xia Mo and Ye Lin, and when things got serious, she hurried to find Monice.

Yesterday she was still in Xinghai City, and today she had already made it to Jidong City.

This level of action—her sensitivity really was maxed out.

“I’m really fine. The Royal-Class Magic Beast is the one with real problems. Looking at her now, she’s got no energy left—like a salted fish that’s lost its will to live.” Luo Shuangyue did her best to imitate the Royal-Class Magic Beast’s expression, “Just like this. Don’t you think her problem is bigger than mine?”

Seeing the mix of utter despair and ‘might as well be dead’ on Luo Shuangyue’s face, Xia Mo fell silent.

A Demon could actually show such a complex expression? Was this for real?

“Is she sick?”

“She’s sick—a serious one.” Mirror Farewell nodded, pointing at Molin who was tied to a metal bed and unable to move. She spoke word by word, “It should be something like a split personality. The orders she mentions must come from another personality. What you’re seeing now is her second personality.”

While all the other Magical Girls were preparing for battle, she had poured all her energy into Molin.

After long observation, she had finally figured out Molin’s situation.

Actually, there wasn’t much to deduce.

She just brought the Soul Summoner Princess over and had her strike Molin with a blade, after which Molin’s personality changed completely.

Wasn’t that a textbook split personality?

“I’m the primary personality. I never thought I hid so well, yet you still found me.” Molin twisted her neck and looked at Luo Shuangyue, “Tch, who’d have thought that one would fall to your hands?”

From her tone, Luo Shuangyue could hear a hint of disdain. It seemed the subordinate of the Royal-Class Magic Beast rather looked down on her boss.

“You don’t like her?” Luo Shuangyue raised an eyebrow.

“Why should I like her? Like her for always pulling a long face and sending me to do all the dirty, exhausting work?” Molin rolled her eyes.

Compared to before, this personality was much more outspoken—and much nastier.

Though her power was granted by the Royal-Class Magic Beast, her words were far from respectful.

“If you dislike her so much, why not tell us all about her plan, and maybe how to deal with the Resentful Spirit Demon King?” Luo Shuangyue coaxed gently.

Actually, she wasn’t sure why the Scarlet Feather Flame Princess had asked her to handle this—maybe it was because her aura had the boost of the Royal-Class Magic Beast, and Molin would be more obedient?

But clearly, Molin didn’t have a great attitude toward the Royal-Class Magic Beast.

And toward the Magic Department and Magical Girls, her attitude was even worse.

“I’m not telling you a single word! Not one word!” Molin bared her teeth at Luo Shuangyue.

Look at that attitude.

Luo Shuangyue realized she didn’t have enough personal charm to get a hopeless villain like this to spill everything.

Maybe they should just hit her with a big memory-recovery spell—much easier.

After all, she was just an upstanding girl working for an evil organization.

She knew nothing about healing through words, thank you very much.

“You have to order her—give her a command. A Royal-Class Magic Beast could never let a subordinate slip from its control.” The Scarlet Feather Flame Princess reminded Luo Shuangyue from behind.

She never expected Luo Shuangyue to get any information from Molin the normal way—she wanted Luo Shuangyue to try a more direct approach.

Molin’s body had been modified by the Royal-Class Magic Beast, so in theory, she couldn’t resist an order from her master.

Now that Luo Shuangyue had absorbed the Original Magic Power of the Royal-Class Magic Beast, if she just released a hint of her aura, she should be able to issue orders to Molin.

“Heh, that’s impossible. As long as there’s the slightest difference in the aura, she can’t command me. But if the aura has no difference—do you really think she’s still herself?” Molin scoffed at the Scarlet Feather Flame Princess’s suggestion.

Did these Magical Girls think it was so easy to command her? Did they really take her for that dull-witted personality who only obeyed orders?

She could tell the difference between Luo Shuangyue and the Royal-Class Magic Beast, so she wouldn’t fall for such meaningless tricks.

“But we have to try.” The Scarlet Feather Flame Princess gave Luo Shuangyue an encouraging look. “If it works, I’ll see to it that you get credited for it.”

“You could trade it for a pretty nice reward,” Xia Mo whispered in Luo Shuangyue’s ear.

Because Luo Shuangyue wasn’t a member of the Magic Department, the merit promised by the Scarlet Feather Flame Princess could only be exchanged for some material rewards, which Magical Girls usually didn’t care much about.

Seeing Xia Mo’s extended finger, Luo Shuangyue immediately showed a determined expression. Say no more—she’d take the job!

Sigh, the Magic Department really were experts at corrupting people’s hearts.

“Let me give it a try.” Luo Shuangyue took a deep breath and gradually relaxed her control over her Magic Power.

Wisp after wisp of black-purple smoke seeped from her body, soon filling the entire room.

The magic sensor alarm inside the room shrieked at once, but barely a second later, the Scarlet Feather Flame Princess silenced it with her authority.

As for Molin, tied to the bed, she no longer had any confidence left.

She stared in shock at Luo Shuangyue, now shrouded in dark mist and almost inhuman, her pupils quivering uncontrollably.

Black energy formed into butterfly wings behind Luo Shuangyue, while thorns twined atop her head to form a crown.

At this moment, she looked just like a queen—a queen ruling over the darkness.

Damn it, even though the aura clearly doesn’t match, why do I feel like she’s my master?

“How… how did you do that?” Molin clenched her silver teeth, squeezing out a chilling voice from between them.

Her eyes, her senses all told her that the person in front of her wasn’t that one—so why couldn’t she muster any resistance?

“You—what did you just call me?” Luo Shuangyue’s eyes narrowed slightly, a trace of rebuke in her tone.

Molin’s body jerked, her gaze shrinking with fear.

She was afraid—afraid of Luo Shuangyue’s anger and punishment.

And at that moment, a title slipped from her lips.

“Master.”

After those two words, she seemed to collapse, her eyes full of defeat. She knew that by saying them, she had lost.

From now on, she would not be able to defy any of Luo Shuangyue’s commands.

“Wouldn’t it have been easier if you’d just cooperated from the start? Now, come on, tell us exactly what you did to create such a monster.”

A long while later, several people emerged from the interrogation room.

The Scarlet Feather Flame Princess took a deep breath of fresh corridor air, letting out a sigh of relief.

The atmosphere in that room just now had been very unpleasant.

She didn’t know whether to praise Luo Shuangyue’s imitation skills or not—the aura was exactly like those Demons.

“Who would’ve thought there were so many worms hiding right under our noses? After this incident, it’s time for a good cleanup in Jidong City.”