Chapter 49: Mo Ci (1/2)

“You…you’re…still alive…”

With just a glance, I recognized who that legless, pregnant large imp was. She was the imp who got captured because she tried to save me.

“You…” I wanted to ask her what happened but…there’s no need for that. It was obvious even without her saying.

“Mas…Master…” She weakly opened her eyes and smiled at us as she recognized who we were.

That smile…wasn’t beautiful at all.

“As long as you’re alive…”

No matter what, being alive was enough of a blessing already. Ever since she was captured, that look of blessing that she gave me as she was carried off had always haunted me. Whenever I thought of it, my chest would tighten up in sadness and my breathing would become constricted.

Now that she was finally in front of me, all I wanted to say to her was “Welcome back”.

With that emotional weight finally gone, I calmly walked up to her in order to check for any external injuries but for some reason, she seems scared. It was as if she didn’t want me to approach her.

Her eyes were barely able to contain the panic in them as I walked towards her. With her legs gone, all she could was drag herself away with both her arms.

“Master…please don’t come close to me…I’m…I’m…tainted…”

“…”As I looked at the self-abased imp drag herself away in fear, all the while hanging her head in shame, my heart clenched up once more, the happiness in me was now gone, all that remained was grief.

“You…aren’t tainted at all.”

“No…” As I reached out to her, she turned away with tears in her eyes, dodging my hand.

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“…I understand.”

I got One-eye to single out two female devils to be her attendants after which he led the guardsmen around to search for anything suspicious. All this while, the Grimoire of the Dead was inexplicably flying around the pregnant devil.

Don’t tell me, you brought me here in order to find her…

“That…is your child alright?” For some strange reason, her pregnancy seemed to have caught my attention.

“No…there’s no problem.”

“If you don’t want it, we can…”

“No…I want to birth…I want to give birth to it…” That last sentence seemed to have shocked her a great deal as she instinctively withdrew herself as if to protect her baby against a potential threat.

“Alright, calm down. Getting agitated isn’t good for the baby.” Truth be told, her reaction seemed to be a bit excessive but then, human mothers were the same as well. Even if it was a b*****d child, most of them would’ve chosen to give birth to it.

It was at this moment that One-eye came back once more with a report from his search: “Master, there’s nothing suspicious to be found in the vicinity.”

Sounds about right. If there was anything suspicious, the grimoire wouldn’t just be circling about the pregnant devil right now.

Coming in at roughly 100 meter square, the cellar wasn’t a particularly large one and its environment wasn’t pleasant either. Strangely though, it wasn’t because of a lack of fresh air that made me hate this environment.

In fact, the cellar seemed to have some unknown method of maintaining a suitable breathing environment. Instead, it was the years of neglect coupled with the artefacts left by Chipped Horn’s stay here, that made this place unpleasant. In short, it stinks.

While the main source of food in the land of the dead was souls, Chipped Horn and the others weren’t able to hunt for souls. Instead, they had to kill each other for food and this resulted in their diet being comprised mainly of meat. This means that they needed to defecate.

While they were smart enough to find a remote corner to finish their business, this was still an enclosed area after all. Even buried, it still stunk.

“Get your men ready, it’s about time to leave.” I briefly instructed One-eye to lead his men away before turning to the pregnant devil and her attendants: “As for the two of you, carry her up to the surface. Make sure to be gentle, I wouldn’t want her to get injured.”

Unfortunately, things didn’t work out as planned. Despite my instructions and their best efforts at lifting her up carefully, they still won’t able to carry her in a stable fashion. Is it because of her weight?

As the attendants took a couple of steps forward, the pregnant female winced in pain. Their unsteady gait had caused her stomach to shake.

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“Wait.”

With her stomach this big, any sudden movement might result in a miscarriage…

Since she wants to give birth to it, I guess this place is as good as any other location. At least there won’t be any accidents from us moving her.

“Master?” One-eye inquired upon seeing my pondering gaze. “What’s the matter?”

“We’re staying here for now.”

“…Oh.”

One-eye replied in a surprised tone, his eyes blinked as if he had just thought of something. He turned to his devils and handed down the new orders to stay.