Chapter 42 - Inner Demon (1/2)
”Stop! Who are you, human? Identify yourself!” A guard that was standing at the gate said to Wang Lei and co when they approached the gate. The guard looked at Myu as his eyes become wide open, ”Myu!”
Myu looked at him and smiled, ”Uncle, I am back!” she said, gaining attention from everyone around her.
”What?! Myu is back?”
”Really!?”
People started to gather around them as they knew that Myu was back. Wang Lei and Tio were thinking that how Myu was quite popular with the residents of the Erisen.
”Thank you for bringing back Myu.” One of the old men came and said, bowing.
Wang Lei shakes his head and smiled, ”You don't have to thank me. I just want to see little Myu happy.” Tio nodded in agreement and said, ”Myu is like a family to us, we can't have her sad because she can't meet her mother.”
The old man smiled and said, ”Please come with us, I shall take you to her mother.” The old man started to walk towards Myu's home. Wang Lei looked around at how other middle-aged men were looking towards him with envy. ”Her mother seems to be popular, Master,” Tio whispered in his ears at which he nodded.
Soon they reached near Myu's home when they heard the sound of a woman. They looked and saw a woman in mid-twenties with long green hair and green eyes. Unlike humans, her ears were fish-like—a special trait of Dagon. She had one of her legs bandage, probably an injury.
”Let me go! I want to meet my daughter!” she said while struggling to free herself from the woman that was holding her.
”Calm down Remia! You will damage your leg further! They are bringing Myu here.” She said with deep worry on her face.
”Mom~!” suddenly they all heard the voice of a child. Remia who heard her voice snapped out and looked towards Myu's direction as teas started to form in her eyes. She opened her arms for Myu who was running towards her and hugs her.
”Myu, mom missed you. You know how worried I was for you. I thought…” Remia said as tears started to fall from her eyes while she tightly hugs her.
”Myu is sorry, Mom. Myu should have listened to mom.” Myu in her mother's embrace as she also started to cry out loud.
Wang Lei and Tio were watching from the side while smiling gently. ”It's good to have a family…” Tio said as a glimpse of sadness flashed in her eyes. She remembered her childhood watching Myu and Remia. She remembered her time with her mother and father but then she remembered how they were killed and how she wanted to revenge them. Determination filled her eyes as she thought 'I will take my revenge and complete my promise that I have made with you, Mother, Father.' As she was thinking she felt her head being pat, she looked towards Wang Lei who gently smiles at her and said. ”Don't worry as you have family here, Tio.”
Wang Lei started to rub her head faster, ”Don't worry, but to be honest you sounded really creepy there. Being a normal person really doesn't suit you.” He said as he stopped his hand since he could see hot breaths being released from her mouth.
”Ha~ha~, To mess with this one head with such intensity, please hit me~!” she said as she jumped at him and Wang Lei didn't disappoint by stepping aside and letting her fall on the ground. Tio who fell to the ground had her breathing intensified even more.
'Well, at least she is back to normal.' Wang Lei though.
Remia who was hugging Myu releases her and asked, ”How did you come back?”
”Papa brought Myu back!” Myu said at which everyone around Remia, including her, had their eyes wide open. ”Papa?!”
” Um,” she said as she runs towards Wang Lei who catches her. ”This is Myu's papa!”
Wang Lei happily said, ”Hello there~ I am Myu's papa. It is nice to meet you Myu's mama.”
Other hearing him looked surprised while Tio was having a hard time controlling her laugh.
Remia still didn't know what was going on. When did she get a new husband? She doesn't remember having one.
Remia was still trying to process what was going on right now. She didn't say anything when Wang Lei picked her and starts to walk towards her house. Though she didn't say anything, it didn't mean others also didn't. Some SIMPS did come to stop him but were stop when Wang Lei released his pressure.
Reaching inside the house, Wang Lei places her on the couch since he didn't know what her room was.
Remia finally came out of her dazed state, ”Wait wait wait! What is going on? Why is Myu calling you her father?” she asked, sitting on the couch and hugs Myu who sat on her ŀȧp.
Wang Lei places a hand on his chin, making a thinking expression, ”Hm., well, it's a long story. Let's start with how I first met her…” he started to explain how he met Myu and saved her from the slave traders and why she started to call him papa and how they came here.
Remia attentively listens to his story. Her face becomes pale when she heard that Myu was caught by slave traders and if not for him, she would probably have been sold to some noble who might do things to her that she can't imagine. She was happy and grateful when she heard that he saved her.
As Wang Lei was explaining, Tio brought cups of tea and snakes, serving them as the story progressed. Wang Lei thanking her and taking a cup continued his narration of the story.
After 15 minutes, he told her everything that happened between him and Myu. The room descends into silence as Remia digest the knowledge. Myu seeing her mother's worried pale face touches her face, ”Mom, are you alright? Papa saved Myu, so mom shouldn't get worried anymore.”
Remia hearing her smiles. She kisses her head and said, ”Mom is not worried. She is just scared that if Wang Lei-san hasn't saved you then what would happen to Myu. But it's alright. Mom will not think about it since my Myu is back.”
Wang Lei looking them smiled while Tio already had imaginary tears in her eyes. Wang Lei couldn't tell whether she was acting or not.
Wang Lei shakes his head, ”It's alright.” He said. He was almost going to say, {Just give me Myu.}
”No, please. If there is something that I can do, then please tell me.” Remia said.
Wang Lei looked towards Myu who has slept in her mother's arms, ”Then how about this, little Remia. Why don't you come and live with me?” he asked.
Before Remia could say anything, Tio said. ”Nothing less from the master, courting a new woman at a moment notice.” Wang Lei has his brow twitched. He didn't court women here and there, right?
”You got it wrong, little Tio. What I meant to say that I wanted to stay with Myu but if Remia chooses not to stay with us then that's pretty much impossible.” Tio hearing him nodded in understanding.
Remia hearing him looked at Myu and then Wang Lei, a mischievous smile forms on her face as she said. ”It's ok. Since Myu already calls you her Father than if you separate, I don't think Myu would like that. She always wanted a Papa and now that she has considered you one, she will definitely be sad.” She did a graceful bow, ”Then I am Myu is in your care, darling.”
”Darling?” Wang Lei raised a brow.
Remia smiled calmly with one of her fingers on her chin, ”Ara~ since you are Myu's papa then that would make you my husband, right?”
'If only it was this easy to get a girl in my previous life. Not that I am complaining since I haven't had much time for that.' Wang Lei though as he smiles, ”Then it's settled. For now, give me your leg, I will heal it.” He said.
Wang Lei looked and saw that it was an injury caused by something sharp and was infected. Since demi-humans cannot use magic, they can't heal their injuries through magic. Though that was going to change soon, once he becomes the king of this world.
Placing his hand on the injury part, Wang Lei healed it. smiling he said, ”You should pack your stuff, little Remia. We will leave for my mansion soon.”
”Ara~ this fast. Wouldn't you wait for a day or two?” She said. She hasn't known that the mansion he was talking about was in . He would be going to conquer another labyrinth here and didn't want to leave Myu here. He didn't want Ehit to send his apostles to capture them. Though he could let Tio stay here with them.
Shaking his head, ”My mansion is at a special place, so you don't have to worry. Take this space ring and place everything in it.”
Remia hearing him didn't say anything this time and just nodded.
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At the same time—when Wang Lei was talking with Remia about taking her and Myu back—in Demon Continent Garland. In one of the rooms of the royal castle, an injured man was laying on a bed as a healing mage was healing his injuries. Most of these injuries were related to burn marks.
Suddenly the door of the room opened and a man came in. He had a handsome face with long blond hair. Worry was evident on his face. ”Freid-sama! I heard that you were severely injured.” He said when he saw how burned Freid's body was.
Freid looked at him and a sigh escapes from his mouth, ”It's alright now, Mikhail. Rather than that, I want you to gather out forces. We are launching an all-out ȧssault on the Heiligh Kingdom. We cannot let Heroes grow anymore. We already have way too many unknown variables.” Fried said.
Before Freid could say anything, they all heard a woman's voice coming from the window. ”You don't have to worry about that. I have brought the decree of God Alva: Go and erase those heretics. My blessings are with you.” A woman with wings behind her back said. She looked angelic with appearance.
Freid saw her and hurriedly stood up and bowed, ”We are grateful of Apostle-sama for bringing the verdict of our God.”
She nodded, ”Alva-sama has given you 5000 of his apostles, I, Noint, will be the commander. We shall attack together with demons. The main targets are Hero Nagumo Hajime, Shizuku Yaegashi, and the man known as Fiercest with his party. ”All Irregulars must be captured” is what Alva-sama has said,” Noint said at which Freid and Mikhail nodded with determination.
”Deus lo Vult, as God wills it!” they said while bowing. (A/N: Of course, they don't know Latin. Just me adding it here for fun. Just watched Youja Senki (Saga of Tanya the Evil), so you understand, right? My weeb cells are awakening!)
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Qingyue was looking at her exact copy but the only difference was that it had white hair and eyes. She, just like Qingyue, looked ethereal and out of this world beauty.
Qingyue was in one of the rooms of Frost Caverns of Schnee Labyrinth. She and Yue have come on Wang Lei's request to conquer this Labyrinth but both of them hadn't known that this Labyrinth would be this different than other labyrinths they had captured before.
Since the time they have entered this Labyrinth, an unknown voice kept resounding in their ears. At first, both of them ignored it since they knew that it was not real but now it was not the matter of whether it was real or not but whether they can fight their inner demons or not—negative feelings.
”It's nice meeting you, real me.” Said the white Qingyue, grinning.
”Hehehahah! Who I am?! Shouldn't you know that? I am you and you are me!” She said as she laughed as if hearing the stupidest thing in her life.
Qingyue frowned, ”What do you mean by ”I am you and you are me”? Are you a copy of mine? But that should be impossible.” She said.
White Qingyue became amused as she said, ”Hehe~ does that matter? What matters is that how you are going to complete this trail?”
”What do you mean?” Qingyue asked.