Chapter 125 : Dear
Chapter 125: Dear
That butt-sticking-out, completely ungraceful posture—who else could it be but Camilla?
Lilia’s mouth twitched violently.
This woman… she had actually followed along?
Just moments ago she had sworn, “If you die, I’ll collect your corpse,” and in the next breath she was tailing her?
How badly did she want to see her make a fool of herself?!
“Th-that is… uh, that is…”
“Th-that is…”
Before Lilia could finish speaking, a slightly cool finger pressed against her lips.
Hera didn’t follow Lilia’s gaze to look at the Succubus Duke crouching in the bushes with her rear raised. Instead, a strange, scalp-tingling gleam of delight flickered within those golden eyes.
Like a cat spotting a ball of yarn, or an evil dragon discovering glittering gold coins.
“Shh—”
Hera’s slender index finger rested against her lips.
Her figure began to blur, like a drop of ink dissolving into the deep sea, the surrounding light twisting strangely at that very moment.
Just a second before she completely vanished, she suddenly leaned closer to Lilia.
The distance between them became extremely close.
Lilia could even count those long lashes trembling like butterfly wings. The tip of her nose was filled with that signature cedarwood chill fragrance, mixed with the coolness of the night breeze, instantly slipping deep into her lungs.
“Tonight, it’ll be up to you…”
Warm, moist breath brushed against Lilia’s sensitive ear, sending a fine current of electricity crackling down her spine all the way to her tailbone.
“…dear.”
Boom—!
It was as if a mushroom cloud rose inside Lilia’s mind.
De-dear?!
Had she been possessed? Or had she fried her brain these past few days?
If it was the former, then please return that original cold and ruthless Queen!
This sugary-sweet tone absolutely did not suit her at all!
Lilia’s delicate face flushed instantly, like a boiled shrimp, the heat burning from her neck all the way to her ears.
Her heartbeat thundered loudly in her chest.
“M-Master… please don’t joke…”
Lilia stammered, trying to complain while also cooling herself down.
However, when she snapped back to her senses, where was that tall and cold beauty?
On the empty giant rock, only the howling night wind remained.
Hera had disappeared.
As if she had never existed at all.
Leaving behind only a completely dumbfounded Lilia, standing alone in the cold wind in utter disarray.
Wait.
Lilia blinked, her overheated brain finally rebooting, quickly catching another key point in Hera’s words.
“Tonight, it’ll be up to you.”
Up to me?
Up to me for what?
She was a support!
A weak maid who could only serve tea, pour water, occasionally bully others by borrowing power, and had all her skill points invested into running away and clinging to thighs!
Shouldn’t a max-level, fully geared account like you be charging ahead and slaughtering everything? What did it mean to leave her alone on this godforsaken canyon rock that was about to turn into a battlefield?
This was center stage!
A target!
The kind of position that gets focused and instantly killed for first blood!
“M-Mas…”
Lilia panicked.
She subconsciously tried to turn around, to find a crack between rocks to hide in, or at least some cover to stay low.
However, the moment she tried to lift her leg—
She froze.
Not the kind of weakness from fear, but true immobility.
An invisible yet tyrannical force wrapped around her limbs like countless unseen threads, binding her firmly in place.
Let alone running, she now found it difficult even to blink.
Her whole body was like a beautifully dressed sacrifice placed upon an altar, standing alone atop the most conspicuous giant rock in the canyon, subjected to the baptism of the night wind.
I’m screwed.
Lilia let out a despairing wail in her heart.
This wasn’t “up to me” at all—this was clearly “selling me off”!
Just as the little version of Lilia in her mind was frantically smashing into walls—
That familiar, slightly teasing yet cool voice suddenly rang directly within her mind without warning.
【Stand properly.】
【Straighten your back.】
【Lift your chin a bit.】
Lilia was forced to puff out her chest, striking a domineering pose of “I’m the strongest in the world—come at me if you dare, you trash.”
Even though inside, she was panicking like crazy, on the verge of tears.
【Don’t look around.】
Hera’s voice was unhurried, carrying an air of absolute control.
【I’ll be watching you the whole time.】
Watching me?
Watching how I die?
Lilia felt like crying but had no tears.
That feeling of being used as bait on a hook was absolutely terrible.
Especially when she knew full well that a group of man-eating fish were swimming toward her beneath the water, while the person fishing still thought her posture wasn’t elegant enough.
【What are you afraid of?】
Hera seemed to sense Lilia’s skyrocketing fear and chuckled softly.
【My possession—even a single strand of hair—no one dares to touch.】
That line sounded extremely domineering.
If not for the current situation, Lilia might have been so moved she’d burst into tears and shout, “Long live the Queen!”
But now…
It just felt like an empty promise.
At that moment—
【Hm?】
In her mind, Hera’s voice suddenly paused.
There was a trace of surprise, and a hint of…
The excitement of discovering a new toy.
Lilia’s heart suddenly clenched.
What happened?
Did something go wrong?
Could it be that the people from the Immortality Society had brought some ultimate weapon? Or had that hidden traitor lurking in the shadows been discovered?
【M-Master?】
Lilia asked tremblingly in her mind, her voice quivering like plucked cotton.
【Y-you… what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell somewhere?】
If it’s something like “I suddenly got my period and can’t fight” or “magic backlash requires rest,” I’ll bite my tongue and end it right now—I absolutely won’t trouble you!
Silence.
A brief few seconds of silence felt longer than a century to Lilia.
【It’s nothing.】
Hera’s voice sounded again, this time with an even stronger hint of lazy amusement.
In fact…
Through the connection of the ring, Lilia could almost see that woman hiding in the shadows, narrowing her eyes with interest, her lips curling into that extremely wicked arc.
【It’s just…】
Hera paused, her tone so light it sent chills down one’s spine.
【I seem to have found something… particularly interesting.】