CHAPTER 422: HOW ABOUT YOU BE MY DAUGTHER? (1/2)

Hold on, she’s a goddess, isn’t she? She’s an evil goddess, yes, but the last part is still true. That means she can control certain laws of this world! So the problem that has been plaguing me all this while can finally be resolved…

“Can you give me a gender then?” I asked gingerly, though rather than this being an exploratory question, it would be more accurate to call it a dearly held wish of mine, seeing as my eyes were practically sparkling at this point. For an evil goddess who had existed since time immemorial, such a task was probably easy.

“Of course.” She nodded her head without any hesitation. “Your mum will make sure you become the most beautiful girl ever.”

“…why not a boy?”

“Because they are wretched things.” The moment Lolthe’s projection said that, her face scrunched up like a person who had just stepped on a cockroach. Having said that, her eyes went wide for a second as if she had realised something as well. “Naturally, your father is an exception.” She said with undisguised fervor. “He’s a god amongst men. Not like those other cockroaches!”

“…” That’s just not a fair comparison…

“A girl would be better. Pretty, fragrant, and when you eat them… I mean, hug them, they are just so soft and comfy.”

That was some R-rated stuff we almost got into right there. Also, when you say eat, do you mean eat or do you mean ‘eat’?

“But I don’t want to be a girl!”

“Your father must have had his reasons for keeping you as an Origin Angel when he gave birth to you. As your mum, I can’t just mess up his plans so haphazardly.”

Well, aren’t you getting all comfortable with calling yourself my mum? I haven’t even acknowledged you yet!

Looks like there is no choice. I have to use that.

With a light cough and a twitching smile on my face, I turned towards the projection of Lolthe and said, “if you can turn me into a boy, I’ll call you mother dearest.”

“Mummy dearest!?” The moment I said that, I could see the unbridled greed flashing in her eyes, even through that projection of hers. I knew I had her then. Yet such a state only lasted a few seconds before her expression mellowed down.

“I still feel that your honorable father, Lucifer, must have had his own reasons for keeping you as an Origin Angel, so just mum is fine. There’s no need for something so ostentatious as mother dearest.”

“…” Exactly how much of a die-hard fan are you?!

“But if you’re willing to be a girl, I’m more than happy to help you right this instant.”

“NO.” I didn’t even need to consider before replying. Being a girl and all that… sorry, but I’ll pass!

So you’re saying, as long as it’s a girl, it’s fine… exactly how much do you hate men? Don’t you know that men and women are all equal? Gender discrimination is not cool!

Naturally, all that talk about gender equality was all theoretical – just philosophical musings – nothing I would dare say out loud.

Still, the question then became, what was the point of acknowledging her as my mum? Or perhaps it was more accurate to say, what were the advantages of doing so?

That thought must have been written pretty clearly on my face at that point as the projection of Lolthe immediately said something that left me speechless after a quick glance in my direction. “You want something else from your mum then?”

“Yes… no… I mean, never.”

Phew. Almost admitted it there.

“Don’t you know? Kids mustn’t be naughty, otherwise they have to be spanked.” Lolthe threw me a knowing smile and winked. “The kind of spanking where you get hung up as well.”

It was then that I remembered I was still a prisoner…

“Mo– Godmother!!!” I yelled with eyes closed. Mum was just too shameful for me to use so I settled on that compromise instead.

The gate leading to the Western Human Realms had disappeared at this point. The two girls, Mo Na and Mo Ning, took this opportunity to exchange a silent glance with each other.

Initially, both of them wanted to accompany Mo Ke across the gate but the gate only allowed for one person to cross it. Besides, Mo Ke had no way of knowing what motives the other party had so there was no way he would ever allow the two of them to cross the gate even if its capacity was higher. The Exchange Array still needed a lot of work before it could become functional so he decided to delegate the task of finding the remaining materials to Mo Na.