Chapter 291 I’m here to take you home
【Has entered the world of ‘Abyss’ again】
[Current special challenge mission: Defeat the Witch of the Abyss]
[The special bonus given to players this time: immune max version. (The max version usually consumes more physical energy and causes severe discomfort. To ensure the game experience, players need to use it at their own discretion.)]
[Special rules for challenge missions: To ensure players’ basic game experience, a ‘direct failure’ option will be provided. Players can terminate at any time if they feel the experience is not good]
【No penalty for failure】
"..."
"Hey, little brother? It's you, right."
"Long time no see, I thought you were dead."
"..."
Familiar place, familiar fruit stall.
"Fresh dragon fruit, I really won't cheat you this time... I have to close the stall anyway. I'll give you one."
A fruit stall owner whom I am not very familiar with. The young boss, who was originally in his early 30s, now has his collar open and obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.
Time changes?
"It must have been seven or eight years ago, right?"
"I remember that the boy at that time was wearing a crisp shirt and looked like an outsider. Don't blame me for robbing customers at that time."
"Ha... I'm honest now. I cheated an official a few years ago and almost lost my head. You see, my scale is accurate now."
"..."
Times have really changed.
Curry Town, which was originally a small town, seems to have become at least a second-tier large town due to the expansion of the empire it belongs to.
"Dead city?"
"Oh, are you talking about the legend from the past? Only those of us who have experienced it personally and haven't been silenced know it. It hasn't happened for a long time...don't mention it randomly."
"The current Dead City is developing very well. It's not much worse than this. The name has also been changed, and it has become the East District of Curry City. Don't mention that name randomly...if you are caught, you will be beheaded."
"..."
Looking around, the streets were no longer what Su Ming was familiar with.
Eight out of ten hotels where I originally lived have changed. The original layout of the remaining two has not changed, but it has become a restaurant. One is still in the hotel business, which has expanded a lot.
"Witch of the Abyss?"
"What?"
"Big things happened... Brother, are you some underground investigator? I swear, I'm really honest! If you don't believe me, weigh yourself with a scale!"
I chatted with the fruit stall owner for a long time.
No one has heard of the Witch of the Abyss. The only major thing that happened was that the empire to which Curry Town belonged passively welcomed the war. As a result, the war became more and more fierce, and it backhandedly annexed most of the land of neighboring countries. The business has been fluctuating, and now because I have become more conscientious, my reputation has gradually improved...
Very low difficulty tasks generally require little effort to find the target.
But now there are two problems.
First, the target is not Sertis in the strict sense. It's the Witch of the Abyss.
Second, the difficulty level is intermediate.
If Sirtis completely lost control and became a so-called witch, there should be corresponding rumors. It’s easy to find...
Seven or eight years?
"Click."
Su Ming lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, and looked towards the street. All kinds of people come and go, and there are even a lot of hair of different colors moving around. This place is really completely different.
First, follow the usual routine and ask while searching. You will always know what is happening to Sirtis now. Never mind the Abyss Witch, let’s find Sertis first.
"Never heard of it."
"If you want to find someone, you can pay to go to the Explorer Service Center and ask."
"..."
After seven or eight years, has the bounty on him been completely forgotten? The bulletin board also didn’t see the ‘Witch’s Hair’ commission that used to hang at the top. Not even offering a reward for myself. Now at the top is participating in the Explorer Exchange Competition held in several countries. As long as you get within 10 names, you will get a reward. This has nothing to do with Su Ming.
May 21st.
Time is obtained by asking for directions. But Su Ming knew very well that this was not the May he left last time. It was May, seven or eight years later.
Originally, the road from Curry Town to the Dead City was rugged, but now a pipeline has been built. There are villages and even markets along the way.
Green leaves could never grow near the dead city at that time, but now there are large expanses of green vegetation.
But Su Ming searched the entire dead city full of life and could not find Sirtis. Her figure is easy to identify...if you take a quick look, you will definitely find her.
Communication contest?
Being famous through that...no, doing something else entirely. Like showing up and setting a fire. Let everyone know that it was 'Su Ming' who did it. In this way, as long as she goes to a place with people around here, she will definitely hear rumors. Whether it's resentment or happiness, at least it will come.
May 22nd.
Night.
Su Ming didn't find Sertis, but saw another acquaintance.
"..."
The petite figure stood in front of Su Ming.
"You're so weird. I didn't think it was fun and was going to leave, but you came back again."
She still has childish cheeks that are almost the same as Xia Ye. Staring at Su Ming calmly.
"Your wives are gone. Poof... they disappeared. It's weird."
"..."
She should be talking about An Shiyao.
Su Ming heard the fruit stand owner say that seven or eight years had passed, and when he looked at the NPC status, it showed that it was completed. That's nothing...it shouldn't be a difficult task that An Shiyao is involved in.
"Are you looking for another wife?"
"I know where she is~"
May 22nd.
late at night.
"Can we talk now?"
Looking back now, Su Ming realized that from the first time she met this guy, her requests were all kinds of strange.
Just lick your feet.
Now he had to lie on her lap again. It's too skinny and makes the back of my head uncomfortable.
"Why are you always angry? They give you this, and you are very happy."
"..."
"Is it because I'm too young?"
"I don't understand what you want to do. There is a sense of threat in front of you. Before... seven or eight years ago here, you helped An Shiyao."
"I don't know what I want to do. I was very hungry when I woke up. After eating, I felt my body was strange... and then I realized that it was missing a lot. On the way to find my body, if I hadn't seen you, I would have wanted to sleep again."
"...Thank you."
No matter what.
An Shiyao received help from her. Maybe he shouldn't look at her like a boss who must be defeated. Now she acts more like a child with super powers who has nothing to do after eating.
"Huh?"
Xiao Xiaoye tilted her head slightly, "Oh, because I helped your wife."
"I've been lying down, can you tell me where Sirtis is now?"
"Right here."
She pointed to the floor.
"?"
"Keep looking and you will find it."
This is nonsense.
"I want you to be happy lying on my lap, not like this."
She stood up and gently smoothed the hem of her skirt. Her white and tender legs emerged from the hem of her skirt, and her bare feet were stained with mud.
"But will you still want her as before? She has become very strange now."
"I wouldn't want to see you even if I knew you were coming back. Human minds are really complicated."
"..."
Su Ming wanted to push her to the floor and ask her to get to the bottom of it.
But this guy's strength is unfathomable. She won with the new immune max version ability... Can she really tell the truth with such a weird character? If he didn't win, he would be really stepped on again. Although this guy probably didn't mean to humiliate anyone, he just found it interesting.
"If I happily lie on your lap, can you be more specific?"
"..."
Xiao Xiaoye raised her hands above her head, "Because you think I'm very small, so you don't even think I need to use the most basic modifications of human lies?"
"The price is to lie down happily. Until you are really happy lying down on my lap."
She lightly hugged the hem of her skirt and sat down again, patting her thigh, "Brother, you can't go anywhere?"
May 23rd.
Early morning.
Su Ming searched around the dead city alone. I found an old city with some relatively intact buildings still preserved.
But Sertis doesn't exist here either.
That guy said that Sirtis was here. Was he talking about this world...or the Dead City or Curry Town?
Although I felt a little frustrated when I met her and couldn't speak properly, but thinking about it from another perspective... at least the fact that she could come here from the Snow Country proved that she knew the 'way'. As long as the Abyss Witch's mission is solved, it might be easy to find her when taking Sertis back.
I was in such a hurry before that I didn't expect this at all... and I didn't have time to see this guy.
May 23rd.
Three o'clock in the morning.
After not sleeping for several days, Su Ming felt a little sleepy.
I planned to go back to the hotel and ask 'Xia Ye' again, but she who was originally staying there was long gone.
"Small woman?"
"Have you ever seen such a person in the store?"
"..."
have to.
Now let alone Sertis, not even 'Xia Ye' could be found. May 23rd.
Four o'clock in the morning.
I can't confirm. It has been seven years and five months since brother Su Ming left.
Ordinary life...
Just being able to breathe was exhausting. I was exhausted just being able to stay near the town, staring at the bustling town day and night... Only late at night and early in the morning, when no one was around, could I pick up something to eat.
No matter who you meet, whatever emotions you feel bring colors. I will suffer.
I won.
He should have won, right?
The voice in my head never came out after I denied all bad speculations and dug out the flesh near my temples with my hands.
No longer tempt me to think, Brother Su Ming has forgotten me long ago.
It no longer tempts me to think that Brother Su Ming will never come back at all.
I said, if brother Su Ming said it would be three years, I would wait for thirty years. Even sixty years. I will keep waiting.
"..."
But I'm already broken.
The body becomes tattered. I no longer have the confidence to stretch out my feet, nor the confidence to stand in front of brother Su Ming.
This is the price.
I'm lucky enough to win over the voice in my head that doesn't belong to me. If you think about giving nothing, it's impossible.
I won’t do it to be normal and look good. Then I accept the voice that is not mine. That is a real monster, a monster that will hurt Brother Su Ming in front of me.
‘Even if you become a monster, you still have to give me a child. ’
Really?
I gritted my teeth, not thinking that Brother Su Ming would tell lies.
As long as you see Brother Su Ming, you don't have to endure it anymore, right?
Can I think so?
Staring at the toes, they are shoes picked from the garbage dump that others don't want. Roll up the trousers, and the traces of corrosion are still clearly visible. Touching his cheek, his fingers tingled. Half of his face...was ruined because he desperately wanted to live an ordinary life.
Even the baby canteen that once could undo a button and said it was for seduction... is the same.
May 23rd.
Five o'clock in the morning.
I'm very scared, afraid that brother Su Ming will say... that he doesn't recognize her and doesn't like her.
I really want to believe it, but I really can't be confident.
But...
I can't bear my emotions at all. Brother Su Ming really came back to me, faster than expected. I don’t have to endure it anymore, I can relax.
Just lying next to him who was already sleeping soundly. It's been a long time since I took a shower. Not smelly.
Although many places have become extremely ugly, the feet can still be seen...
"..."
I seem to have a lot to say, but when I touch Brother Su Ming’s face, I feel his breathing. I don't know what to say.
Only tears overflowed unconsciously.
I worked really hard...I wasn't afraid of death. Rather than being controlled by that kind of monster, become a real bad guy. I'd rather die. I once pulled things out of my head with my own hands just to stop hearing that voice.
Brother Su Ming is really happy with other women, and he can be happy even if he doesn’t need to...
I'm jealous but wish it were true.
"..."
no.
If brother Su Ming never comes to see me, I really won’t be able to survive. Year after year I hope to hear a familiar voice.
Can pick me up.
It’s really hard.
I even thought that if I didn't know Brother Su Ming... I would become a monster and do whatever I want. Just don't have to think.
"...Skylark."
I already knew it.
If you come here openly, you will definitely be discovered.
"Sorry, I didn't know it would take so long."
"..."
I hugged Brother Su Ming from behind, harder and harder. Don't want to let go.
The tears became more intense and couldn't be stopped at all. I want to speak, but I can't speak smoothly at all.
Only when he wants to look back at me...
"Don't turn your head. Don't..."
I'm afraid of seeing disgust in Brother Su Ming's eyes.
"I have...worked very hard as Brother Su Ming said. Ordinary living...won it."
"..."
Didn't turn around.
But his hands fell on me, groping.
Even if I tried to stop it, it was useless. In the end, it ended up with the broken half of my face. Will it sting? It will feel not smooth at all and ugly.
"Don't, don't look..."
Still seen.
Black half face. More than half of the face was contaminated. The black color extending to the chest is no different from the black mud. Also on the waist and thighs.
"..."
He said nothing, just got up. I didn't see the expression... It really looks ugly, right?
This low self-esteem almost made me breathless.
She used to be inferior to the woman next to Brother Su Ming, but now she is even more...
"Skylark."
"Look at my face now."
"..."
Brother Su Ming had several traces of charcoal on his face.
"So I am no longer myself?"
"I said, even a monster has to give birth to a child for me. How about a normal Skylark? And I should be able to help you solve it."
"..."
I didn't see any look of disgust. Just touching my cheek, it was contaminated.
"Sorry. It's my problem."
It's really hard. My thoughts over and over again never received a response, turning into ants gnawing at my heart and lungs. Just after her third year, she was just a hair away from being Sertis or Skylark anymore.
Even now when I hold Brother Su Ming's hand, I feel like I'm dreaming.
"Woo..."
I still couldn't bear it and hugged brother Su Ming tightly. Now that I won't be disliked, I can really relax, right? No more having to endure it alone.
May 23rd.
Five o'clock in the morning.
"..."
She was hugging Sertis, whose face was mostly covered in a strange black color, as if half of her face was covered with a layer of mud.
to be honest.
Su Ming really didn't care about appearance. And as long as she can be brought back, she will find a way to restore her appearance as a beautiful girl.
[Character: Sertis Skylark (contaminated)]
【Favorability: 171】
[Description: I have the ultimate love and trust for you. Willing to do anything for you, including things that are detrimental to your goals. 】
The translucent entry box on her head made Su Ming even more concerned.
Contaminated?
But the description and favorability do not reflect the consequences of being contaminated.
Now, Sertis's equally soft and delicate body in her arms was just dropping little pearls to vent her anger. It is impossible to win a medium-difficulty mission just by knocking down Sirtis in a meeting.
The Abyss Witch is most likely Sirtis.
This may not be the case yet, but what will happen when it is yes? Killing Sertis who had been waiting for him for nearly eight years?
"Can I... call you brother Ming?"
"Of course."
"Then, dear...um."
Su Ming, who was held by Sirtis, was a little out of breath. But it was nothing compared to what she was suffering.
All right.
Ignore the contamination and the changes in her body. At least find a way to make it up to her first. There is always a way. It's already here, it's impossible not to do it just because it's troublesome. The previous immunity was actually very strong. The current max version probably has a bonus as the difficulty of the task increases, so it may not be as difficult as imagined. If it's inside Sertis's body, then wait for it to come out and find a way to train it. If it's outside, better, just kill it.
"..."
Su Ming just got up to pour two glasses of water, and saw Sertis sitting on the bed, shaking non-stop. I couldn't hold back my tears at all.
"..."
She doesn't want a water glass at all. He just hugged Su Ming again and refused to let go.
It felt...like being sold as a slave somewhere and being abused every day. Just stretching out his hand will make him cower in the corner in fear. The same goes for her. Su Ming just went to get a glass of water and was afraid that he wouldn't be able to see her.
Therefore, there is no need to say anything unnecessary until the end.
"I know a strange guy. Although she is a bit weird, she knows the way to my hometown."
"I'm here just to take you home."
She needed to know this.
(End of chapter)