The Yellow-Haired Villain in Soaring Phoenix’s Novels Also Desires Happiness - Chapter 221
146, The Weeping Serpent (Thirteen)
“Is it over?”
Mu En looked at the suddenly empty space, unable to help but let out a long sigh of relief.
The Silent Moon had been dragged back by the Withered King to their world beyond, and in this one-on-one confrontation, the outcome for the Silent Moon could be inferred. Therefore, from this point on, it was impossible for Him to spare any effort to harm her senior.
His plan had completely fallen apart.
Yet, as Mu En gazed up at the mended dark mist of the moon, a flicker of understanding crossed his mind.
No.
It’s not over yet.
Mu En lowered his head, looking at the girl in his arms.
The girl still had her eyes tightly shut, her delicate brows slightly furrowed.
Jet-black scales covered her fair, fragile skin, and beneath the purple hem of her dress, that enchanting serpent tail swayed gently with her breathing, almost unconsciously.
The moon was about to meet its end.
But the girl had yet to receive the redemption she deserved.
Such an ending, Mu En could never accept.
“So…”
Mu En leaned down, pressing his forehead against hers.
“Don’t be afraid, senior. I’ve come to save you.”
……
……
“Monster!”
“Monster!”
“You little monster!”
Amid the mixed shadows and lights, Anna heard someone cursing angrily.
The voice was piercing, filled with filthy words, as if they were facing an enemy with a blood feud, recklessly venting their hatred.
They are…
Ah, they are my parents.
After a long time, Anna finally found the identity of the figures in her memories.
—Those biological parents who had completely abandoned her when she was very young.
It had been so long that she had even forgotten what they looked like.
However, despite the harsh curses that would make even the most easygoing person angry, Anna did not feel much anger.
She lowered her head, looking at her arms.
The scales were grotesque.
Yes, she was a monster, so even if abandoned, what was there to hate, what was there to be angry about?
Isn’t it natural for people to fear monsters?
She had long since gotten used to it.
Anna covered her ears and continued forward.
The road was long.
She didn’t know where it led.
As Anna walked, the blurred crowd on either side was noisy, saying the same things as her parents.
“Monster.”
“Monster.”
“Look, that’s a monster.”
Even with her ears covered, those voices kept flooding into her mind.
It was nothing serious.
There was nothing to be angry about.
They were just strangers.
What they said had nothing to do with her, right?
As long as…
“Monster!”
Anna’s expression changed slightly.
In front of her, a figure blocked her path, but that face was no longer blurred.
It was… the matron from the orphanage.
At this moment, that face, which had been so kind in her memories, had turned angry and grotesque. She stared intently at Anna and shouted:
“Don’t come over, monster!”
“……”
“Monster!”
More faces gradually became clear.
Her friends from the orphanage.
Strangers she met on the street.
Seniors from the academy.
And also…
That old man.
“You monster!”
The old man slammed the armrest of his rocking chair, his face a deep shade of anger.
“Get out of here! You are not welcome!”
“That’s right, not welcome!”
“Get lost! There’s no place for monsters here!”
Everyone erupted in anger, their faces familiar to Anna from her memories, loudly proclaiming what was only natural.
That’s right.
Only natural.
Isn’t it only natural that monsters are not accepted by people?
This is no one’s fault but her own… a bad fate.
Nothing more than that.
…
Anna finally escaped the torrent of insults and found herself before a vast, black sea.
Through the ocean, Anna gazed at her own reflection.
In the reflection upon the water, she saw herself, covered in dark scales, with cold, slitted eyes, a serpentine tail swaying, exuding an endless sense of the uncanny.
No wonder everyone despised her; the monster reflected on the surface was so hideous, so… repulsive.
At that moment, as Anna looked at the endless expanse of the dark sea, she suddenly understood something.
“I see.”
She gave a self-deprecating smile.
“Well then.”
Then, with a twist of her serpentine tail, she slowly walked into the water, allowing herself to be gradually submerged by the inky depths.
[Senior.]
Just as she was about to be completely engulfed, Anna suddenly turned back, looking at the faces on the shore, some blurred, some clear.
“Feels like… someone is missing?”
As if there was someone very important.
But who could it be?
She couldn’t remember.
[Senior.]
……Forget it.
Even if I remember, it would only mean one more person to curse me as a monster.
Anna smiled faintly and continued to let her body sink to the bottom of the sea.
Endless darkness gradually engulfed her.
That’s right.
This is good.
【Senior.】
I won’t cause any trouble for anyone.
I won’t hurt anyone.
And I won’t bring destruction to this world.
Just like that, alone, silently, without a sound,
Deeply buried in the darkness.
【Senior.】
Only I cannot see the light…
【Senior.】
Not painful at all.
Not sad at all.
Not lonely at all.
【Senior!】
So noisy!
Anna suddenly looked up, towards the source of the voice she had been forcefully ignoring.
“Can’t anyone… let me rest in peace?”
As her voice fell,
Endless light pierced through the surface of the sea, forcefully descending here.
Tearing apart all the darkness.
And the blond boy, with a blurry yet warm smile, reached out his hand in this dazzling light.
“You finally decided to answer me, Senior. Come back with me.”
“I…”
Anna felt a moment of confusion, but before she could say anything, that hand grabbed her tightly.
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Tightly, holding on.
“This time, I won’t let you escape again, Senior.”
The golden-haired boy said firmly, wielding endless light, disregarding the girl’s struggles, pulling her away from the darkness.
……
……
“What is this…”
On the shattered altar, Anna slowly opened her eyes.
The first image that met her gaze was the familiar face of the golden-haired boy.
“Junior?”
“Senior, you finally woke up.”
Seeing Anna’s still somewhat dazed expression, Mu En smiled.
He reined in the burning crimson flames in his eyes and couldn’t help but exhale softly, saying:
“Fortunately, you haven’t really forgotten me; otherwise, I would truly be heartbroken.”
“Forgotten? What are you talking about, Junior?”
Anna frowned slightly, instinctively rubbing her temples.
“I seem to have had a strange dream?”
“A dream, huh? That’s fine…”
Mu En chuckled, “Is there anywhere you feel uncomfortable, Senior?”
“Uncomfortable? There’s nothing uncomfortable, just…”
Anna was about to say something when she suddenly froze.
Because she realized that at this moment, she was tightly held in Mu En’s embrace.
The two were very close; she could even clearly feel Mu En’s body heat and breath.
This position, no matter how one looked at it, seemed quite ambiguous.