A tremor ran through Su Mu, making her neck instinctively shrink back. She could feel the ground beneath her feet shaking from Su Ya’s exertion.
Online, the fact that she would face Sun Chuan was probably unavoidable. It was just that, due to her own clumsy mistake, she had provoked Sun Chuan too early. From the moment she was tainted by her Authority, this day was bound to come sooner or later.
She probably understood now how Irina had gotten past Sun Chuan. Although she had changed many things since returning, at different points in time, Irina’s experiences were clearly much more arduous than her own. With no one to help her and facing an enemy she couldn’t handle, Irina could only desperately run.
But against an enemy of Sun Chuan’s caliber, Irina likely couldn’t even escape. And with Su Ya right beside her, given Sun Chuan’s personality, she would absolutely take a hostage. What would happen then wasn’t hard to imagine…
While she was lost in thought, Su Ya had already completely knocked Sun Chuan unconscious. Having lost consciousness, Sun Chuan could no longer resist the erosion of the ordinary Authority. The Authority within her was suppressed, all curled up in her core, unable to move.
At Su Ya’s signal, Su Mu easily used her threads to extract the Witch’s core containing the Authority into her hand. Stripped of its energy source, Sun Chuan’s life began to rapidly fade.
Sensing her life hanging by a thread, Sun Chuan coughed up a mouthful of blood, her eyes struggling to open. Her deep purple pupils were gradually losing focus.
Hearing her faint, thread-like plea for help, Su Mu couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow.
“Save me…”
“And if you had caught me, what would you have done to me?”
Hearing this, Su Mu disdainfully nudged her with her foot. To save her own life, Sun Chuan naturally wouldn’t care about face.
“Of course, I’d treasure you like a precious gem…”
Su Mu nudged her again with disgust. “Still have the nerve to flirt at a time like this? Or are you tired of living?”
Feeling her body growing weaker, Sun Chuan quickly changed her tune.
“Mom, dear mom, I’ll treat you like my own mother, okay?”
The disgust on Su Mu’s face deepened. She simply used the sole of her shoe to grind against Sun Chuan’s face, which still wore that infuriating smirk.
“Calling someone ‘mom’ just to beg for mercy, you’re such a pathetic Witch. I look down on you!”
Even so, Su Mu couldn’t bear to watch a life begging her for help die right in front of her, because she could clearly feel Sun Chuan’s fear of death.
She was trembling, using all her strength to fight for even a sliver of a chance to survive.
“But even if you say that, I can’t exactly stuff your core back in… Let’s do this for now.”
As she spoke, Su Mu wove an empty core shell with her threads, infused it with a small amount of Magic Power, and sent it into Sun Chuan’s body.
Perhaps having been soaked in Dark Magic Power for too long, being nourished by ordinary Magic Power seemed to make her ink-green hair grow a bit brighter.
“Hey, you’re lying. Don’t think I don’t know what you’re really thinking.”
Feeling the slight tremor in her threads, Su Mu gave Sun Chuan a sharp look. The latter’s face paled. Still not having recovered her strength, she tried to get up halfway only to thump back down on her knees, apologizing repeatedly.
“I’m sorry, I was wrong, please don’t kill me…” That, at least, was the truth.
Su Mu let out a light snort and stopped looking at Sun Chuan, turning her attention to the dark purple core in her hand.
Sensing the coldness contained within it, Su Mu felt a pang of alarm. Irina, as the Strange Person, must have turned into a Witch after absorbing this core… But that was understandable. To gain enough power to protect herself, Su Mu would have done the same.
Due to the similarity between Authorities, Su Mu quickly established a connection with the core and finally learned what kind of Authority she possessed—Domination.
Although she couldn’t fully assimilate it yet, with the core in hand, Su Mu could now barely grasp some of its abilities, such as releasing Lemon from her dominated state.
A faint glimmer of light flashed in the yellow-haired girl’s vacant eyes for an instant. Then, she weakly fell backward, caught by Su Mu and placed on the sofa. Her small face was pale, as if she still needed some time to recover.
Putting away the core, Su Mu noticed Su Ya’s complicated expression.
Without saying a word, Su Mu immediately stepped forward and hugged her, affectionately rubbing her face against Su Ya’s shoulder.
“Thank you, Mom.”
After doing everything she could for Su Mu, a wave of confusion had washed over Su Ya. Now, in this moment, it was completely softened by Su Mu’s affectionate embrace, turning into silent teardrops that fell. Su Ya was slightly taken aback, then gently encircled Su Mu with her arms.
“I’m sorry, Su Mu. Mom is so sorry to you…”
“Don’t say you’re sorry, Mom. You really did raise me. You raised me very well.”
After hugging for a while longer, Su Mu finally reluctantly let go and asked Su Ya the question that had been worrying her.
“So, Mom, how are you feeling now?”
Su Ya pressed a hand to her gradually dizzying forehead, her delicate brows furrowed, but she soon relaxed.
“I… I might fall back into confusion again soon… But it’s okay. When you’re in danger again, Mom will still protect you… Oh, right, there’s one more thing.”
Su Ya’s eyes suddenly turned sharp, darting toward the bedroom, startling even Su Mu.
“Wh-what’s wrong?”
After a moment, Su Mu remembered a certain gray-haired evil woman snoring away in the room and had a sudden realization, followed by a sense of schadenfreude.
‘Heh, Tang Nai, my mom is really awake now.’
Su Ya stormed into the bedroom with imposing momentum, grabbed the drowsy Tang Nai, and lifted the petite girl into the air, shaking her back and forth. Tang Nai seemed to want to play dead, but seeing this, Su Ya made a motion as if to slap her. Only then did Tang Nai obediently wake up.
“Um, Senior, can you let me explain?”
Su Ya revealed a dangerous smile.
“Alright, since my dear daughter-in-law says so, I’ll listen.”
Being called “dear daughter-in-law,” Tang Nai lost all the bravado she had when calling herself Su Mu’s “fiancée” earlier. Her whole body tensed up like a gray rabbit whose ears had been grabbed, and she could only stare dumbly at Su Ya’s smiling face.
When you have to smile while someone is staring at you, it becomes especially awkward… Even Su Mu felt embarrassed for Tang Nai, but she couldn’t stop grinning, pointing at Tang Nai with an expression that seemed to say, “Serves you right!”
Tang Nai secretly shot a helpless look at Su Mu. She wasn’t really bothered by the anger Su Ya was about to unleash on her, but she had to at least act a little scared, or it would only make Su Ya even more furious.
After all, she had taken advantage of the situation and deceived Su Ya quite thoroughly.
Tang Nai was actually a bit afraid of pain, but that was a long time ago. After her sense of touch also began to fade, she gradually stopped feeling intense pain—though if Su Ya were to pull down her pants and spank her in front of everyone, she’d probably still feel some shame.
To avoid that, Tang Nai decided to adopt an apologetic attitude first.
A short while later, faced with Tang Nai’s formal kneeling apology, Su Ya finally calmed down a bit.
What comforted her most was that, although the deed was done and her own cabbage had been nibbled by this Dead Rabbit, Su Mu’s elbow wasn’t bending outward…
“Mom, don’t believe her. She’s definitely pretending to be pitiful. Here, let me handle it. I know her tricks best.”
Seeing Su Mu’s eager expression, Su Ya felt both exasperated and amused. Although Tang Nai deserved a beating, Su Ya had watched Tang Nai grow up and had some understanding of her junior.
“Forget it, I won’t interfere in your matters. After all, Tang Nai’s twisted tastes stop before crossing the other person’s bottom line. And Su Ya has heard some rumors about her strange Value Authority.”
“Tang Nai… if you get the chance, ask her more about Authorities. If she’s unwilling to talk, just let it be.”
“Huh? Mom, you’re bending your elbow outward…”
Hearing Su Mu’s aggrieved tone, Su Ya nearly laughed out loud. She could tell at once that this pink-haired girl was brewing mischief.
It was at this moment that the previously silent Tang Nai spoke up.
“Senior Ya, let me tell you a little secret. Actually, I’m not your only daughter-in-law~”
Hearing this, both Su Ya and Su Mu froze on the spot. Immediately after, Su Mu rushed forward in a flash and covered Tang Nai’s mouth.
But judging by Su Ya’s resentful gaze, she probably already understood.
Su Ya didn’t really want to lecture Su Mu. While she could still stay clear-headed, she just wanted to give Su Mu as much warmth as possible, not talk about this and that.
But recalling the few girls who had come to their house recently, Su Ya’s frown grew deeper and deeper.
“I’m being sincere!”
“Mmm, okay, that’s true… But Mom, I promise…”
Su Ya pursed her lips, saying nothing, just continuing to gaze at Su Mu with that deep, meaningful look.
‘Little Mu, it’s normal to be tempted when you meet cute girls, but when they start clinging to you, the one who’ll be in a difficult spot is you…’
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