NOVEL NEXT Chapter 103
As the energy flared up, the Four Fairies looked at me with interest. This was my vision, but if it meant survival, I could reveal it.
The only way I could survive was to captivate her interest.
I aimed to put on the best performance possible to pique the Fairy’s curiosity about my power.
“Haap!”
Energy wrapped around the Heavenly Thunder Sword. I condensed the raging energy and swung it powerfully into the air.
“Spirit Strike!”
—Chaahhak!
The energy erupted in an explosion, spreading a haunting aura everywhere. At the same time, my head spun, and strength drained from my body.
“Huh… Huh…!”
I collapsed to the ground, trying to catch my breath.
I spent a lot of energy fighting the ghouls on the walls today. With barely any energy left, I squeezed everything out just to survive; I could hardly keep my sanity… Damn.
Today, I really miss the Assassin’s Room.
Were you feeling like this too?
“Wow. Amazing.”
—Clap, clap, clap.
The Fairy applauded in admiration.
“I’ve never seen such power before. But what’s Spirit Strike?”
“It’s a name I came up with for my skill.”
“That’s a fitting name. Oh, since you named your skill, does that mean you’ve got a name for that power too? What is it?”
“Well… it feels kind of like an aura, so I called it ‘energy.'”
“Energy, huh? Sounds good. It’s a power that’s not really typical.”
Did she realize that just by looking?
Anyway, it seemed I succeeded in sparking her interest. This might just save my life! I spun my happy thoughts wildly to keep my sanity intact.
“If that power allows… I’d like to research it, Madunachal. Can I have your permission?”
“Research? What kind of research…?”
Research.
I felt a sticky dread at that word. The Fairy’s research wouldn’t be as sweet as Hayoung’s… In the worst-case scenario, she might dissect me!
“Maybe like… dissection? Research usually comes with dissection, right?”
“Dissection?!”
This crazy girl is treating me like a frog!
No dissection!
“Please! Please spare me, Fairy! I’ve already earned survival points!”
“Don’t worry. I know about that. You won’t forget that you earned them yourself, will you? I’ll let you live, Madunachal.”
As if to reassure me, she softly held my chin and spoke gently.
“Really?!”
For a moment, I almost relaxed… But wait, what’s with the dissection?!
“Yes. But… you won’t be able to move, will you?”
That moment.
An absurd malice, or perhaps something even worse.
An invisible force wrapped around my entire body.
“Eh? What do you mean?”
The Fairy’s smile deepens.
“Until my interest wanes. You’ll be put into a small container. You’ll suffer through various bad experiences.”
“Eh? Eh…?”
A sense of helplessness and overwhelming dread washes over me, as if the whole sky has turned to fear.
“Survival points are a big deal. No matter what happens to you, you won’t die until all the points are used up.”
“Fairy?”
At some point, I started noticing a small container.
It was a very luxurious-looking box, smaller than my torso. I imagined myself inside there.
“The container is a bit small…”
“I’ll make sure you fit. Here, and here. And here too.”
—Suuuk.
Her delicate fingers skimmed over my limbs.
“I’ll just tear you apart here. Leave only the necessary organs. I’ll put them in my container. And we’ll have fun together every day. Won’t that be fun?”
At this point, I couldn’t hold back the tears that burst forth.
“Why… why are you doing this… hic!”
Thoughts raced through my mind.
“I answered the questions right…!”
“It was a joke question, actually.”
“I worked hard on my answers! I showed enthusiasm!”
“And that’s why I said you’d be spared. Hehe.”
“What did I do wrong for you to want to do such terrifying things to me?”
My fear was overwhelming!
“Well, because that power is really interesting. It needs research. It might even be… very important to me.”
“I’ll cooperate! I’ll do whatever you say! So please!”
“You’ll do that from within the container, Madunachal.”
The Fairy gently patted my head, like stroking a pig ready for slaughter. She looked so delighted. My struggles and pleas seemed to amuse her like some twisted game.
This wicked witch only enjoyed human suffering!
Why me…?!
Why did it have to be me!
“If I enter that mysterious container, I won’t die. At least for a very long time. Well, even in that state, you can be with me, so wouldn’t that be fun?”
Helplessness.
Fear.
Such horrific energy pressed down on both my body and mind. I felt like I might faint at any moment. The dread made my body shake, and tears streamed down my face.
But if I fainted now, it would be the end…!
I had to struggle and find a way to survive!
“Please, please…! Fairy! That’s too horrifying! Just let me see you once, please…!”
“Oh, then should I allow it? Alright. I’ll let you see.”
“Really?”
Is she serious?!
“Yes. I let you see once. But then the second round will start immediately, right? So now that I’ve let you see, you have no regrets, right? Now, shall we quietly go into the container?”
No way, this crazy bitch!!!
No, don’t!
I have to do something!
On the verge of insanity, I instinctively shouted.
“Mom!!!”
“Huh?”
“Mommy, Mommy!!!”
I immediately hugged the Fairy’s slender calves, burying my face into her and begging. It was quite pathetic, but now all that was left was to plead desperately. I would thrash and do anything to survive.
“Fairy! I will serve you as my mother! For my entire life, I will serve you, so please spare me!”
The infamous warrior, Lu Bu, transformed his face before execution, begging to serve Cao Cao as his lifetime grandfather.
In Confucian culture, saying you’d serve a grandfather is even stronger than serving a parent, implying absolute loyalty to Cao Cao.
In front of his lifelong enemy, Lu Bu pleaded with a desperation to not be executed, begging to be educated to become a proper person.
Of course, his pleas fell on deaf ears and he was executed, but this was all I could do.
“This foolish child was born with strange powers and has no idea of his place! Mom! Please take pity on this foolish child and show mercy!”
“Oh my.”
What would the outcome be…?
“Ah, haha, this is amusing. Oh, this is truly funny.”
An evil laugh.
The Fairy erupted into hearty laughter, wiping her eyes with her finger.
“Mommy…?”
If it was funny, would she spare me?
Trembling in fear, the Fairy squatted down and placed her hand on my head.
“Making a maiden who hasn’t married into a mom. This girl is quite shocked, you know?”
“Please…! I will serve you as my mother for life, so show mercy!”
“Serving me as a mother for life… Hmm, I’ve never heard such words before. Madunachal, can you take responsibility for that? Serving this girl as your mother and becoming her son?”
“Of course!”
I had no clue how that responsibility would come back to haunt me, but frankly, that didn’t matter at all.
From the moment the Fairy appeared before me, she could make me do anything. She could toy with my life on a whim. In such a situation, talk of responsibility was merely an empty echo.
“Alright. I’ll be your mother.”
“Wow!”
Is this really happening?!
Did my desperate struggle pay off?!
Would she suddenly pull a fast one on me now? I felt that was always possible but for now, I was just grateful to have survived.
“Hehe, this is quite amusing. Suddenly having a grown-up son… How should I take care of you?”
A crazy family game.
“Oh, but if you’re my son, you shouldn’t hide anything from your mom, right?”
“Of course!”
“Sit down.”
I felt the wicked malice that had been pressing down on me lift. The sadistic, cruel malevolence was gone. This I felt instinctively.
I could finally breathe out.
If it wasn’t a misunderstanding, it seemed I had managed to survive.
“I’m sitting, Mother!”
“I’m pleased my son obeys. Well, I won’t put you in the container. You can relax now.”
Thank goodness…!
I almost faced a fate worse than the Crown Prince!
“But I will still conduct research.”
“Gah…!”
“Of course, I can’t do anything too severe to my son, but… I’ll let you roam freely for now. However, if this mom wants something, you need to cooperate.”
“I will listen to what Mother says!”
“Hehe, good.”
Although I hastily answered, now that I actually felt I survived, I could barely comprehend this.
I had come to serve the most wicked and terrifying Great Witch on this continent as my mother. And this relationship could change depending on her moods at any time.
“Shall we begin the first research now?”
Already…?
“How did you cultivate that energy?”
“Oh, that’s! Thanks to a Yodan I accidentally consumed!”
“Yodan…?”
“I mistook Yodan for Inner Core and ingested it. Naturally, that leads to inner turmoil, right?”
“Well, that makes sense.”
“But surprisingly, it turned out to be my power! I continued to consume several Yodans, and they all enhanced my cultivation! So I kept eating them!”
“Oh my?”
The Fairy’s eyes widened in surprise at my vivid explanation.
She seemed a little shocked.
“How could that happen?”
“I’m not sure myself.”
“Well, I suppose we’ll learn about that slowly.”
Saying this, the Fairy suddenly inserted her finger between her ample cleavage. What is with her chest? Is it similar to Hayoung’s… or maybe a bit smaller?
Regardless, it was immensely embarrassing to think of that woman as my mother.
Anyway.
From between her breasts, the Fairy pulled out a violet orb.
“What’s that?”
“Now, son. Aang.”
Eat it?
“Huh? Mom’s giving you yummy food, won’t you eat it?”
“I’ll eat it!”
This must surely be poison. If not, it had to be some heinous object. But right now, I had no choice; I swallowed the orb immediately.
But the moment it went down, I felt something.
“This is…!”
“It’s Yodan. Extracted from the Uduyaksha.”
The Uduyaksha is a stronger demon than Madunachal…!
Isn’t it a direct subordinate of the Demon King?!
—Whaaa!
The Uduyaksha’s Yodan slid down my throat. It felt as if my esophagus and stomach were ablaze. The energy was so intense that I couldn’t keep my sanity.
I wanted to scream, but everything was hazy.
At some point, I found myself lying on a bed, with the Fairy touching my body and doing something.
“Ugh… Ah, this is really… how could there be such power…”
My consciousness was fading.
I felt whispers in my ears, as if I might lose my mind at any moment.
“Son. What happened today with Mom is a secret, understand?”
“…”
“You need to diligently cultivate your power. As my son, you’ll have to listen to mom, right? If you disappoint Mom, I might have to discipline you… I hope you’ll remain a good son?”
Somehow, it seems I’ve fallen into hell.