Chapter: 56. Troublesome Guy
Letting out a breath of warm air, Princess Xue Feiya rubbed her slightly cold hands, feeling quite emotional.
The chasm between Five Wings and Six Wings… is not something that can be easily crossed.
Every race has its own heroes and fantasies in their hearts, from the moment they are born, these are the most innocent dreams they gaze upon when looking at the starry sky.
For example, the Human Race yearns for the Tenth Stage, aspires to be a Hero, sings epic tales, and praises heroes.
And then there’s the Demon Race’s longing for Six Wings, which every child at the Magic Academy dreams of, boasting to their teachers that they will definitely achieve Six Wings in the future, only to be met with laughter from their classmates.
They are not afraid of ridicule.
Because after a bitter smile while patting the back of their heads, when they turn around, the sharpness of defiance in their eyes is something only they themselves know.
Dreaming is essentially to avoid being laughed at.
But since it is a dream, one should know how great the gap between dreams and reality is.
Five Wings is the limit that the Demon Race can reach through hard work; without the kind of luck that even they themselves find hard to comprehend, reaching the domain of Six Wings is simply impossible.
In the hearts of the Demon Race, Five Wings represents a big figure looking down from the Royal City over the world—an existence still within reach.
But Six Wings, to them, is already ethereal, like a godly belief standing in the clouds.
Those demons living in remote areas even think Six Wings is just a legend.
This is the disparity between Five Wings and Six Wings, a chasm that cannot be crossed, dictated by bloodlines.
So sometimes, Princess Xue Feiya often recalls a heart-wrenching scene in her mind.
——That year, Princess Belis, who had just broken through to Five Wings, sat by the lake, dipping her little bare feet into the cool water and swaying them.
The moonlight was mottled, and the stars were shattered.
Her normally serious younger sister, under that starry sky, chattered and laughed, confiding in Xue Feiya about her joy in finally becoming stronger.
What she expressed back then about whether she wanted to reach Six Wings in the future, Xue Feiya could no longer clearly remember.
Or rather… she wasn’t ready to remember it clearly.
One’s strength has nothing to do with someone else’s strength.
Even Princess Xue Feiya could not force Belis to cross that chasm.
Moreover, there was the curse of the [Origin] magic, which restricted Belis’s possibilities like a shackle.
Therefore, if there truly was a way to help her achieve her dream and wander among the stars, Xue Feiya would indeed want to ask…
——Just kidding.
In the end, it was just a crooked path.
Xue Feiya understood her younger sister; even if she could truly achieve a breakthrough this way, Belis would disdain to accept it.
Who said that Belis is the most hardworking child in the world~
After such thoughts flashed through her mind, Xue Feiya bitterly chuckled a couple of times before turning her gaze back to the stormy reality.
Murolov should have broken a few ribs; Xue Feiya didn’t hit him too hard. It was the backlash from his [Dark Flowing Star] technique that was too strong, nearly killing himself.
At that moment, this man, already in a daze and suffering from the blow, was struggling to turn over and sit up despite the excruciating pain.
The twisted and mottled expression on his face and his desperately widened eyes all conveyed his extreme anger and unwillingness.
“It’s not over yet… it’s not over! I don’t believe it… that esteemed being said it was possible, they surely didn’t lie to me! It must be that I didn’t grasp it well enough…! Right…! Right! And this… I still have this…!”
Xue Feiya narrowed her eyes, her vision reflecting golden flowing light.
The crescent-shaped pattern on the back of Murolov’s hand gleamed brightly, seemingly responding to his fervent prayers.
The absolute sealing magic, [Heavenly Dome], was the greatest trump card bestowed upon Murolov by that great being.
This was the technique used to seal Ailer in the border city!
Murolov’s painful expression gradually turned manic as he glimpsed a hope of turning the tide!
Yes… yes! Regardless of whether that esteemed being lied to me, this technique has indeed sealed Six Wings before!
The [Heavenly Dome] barrier can only exist in one place at the same time; with the barrier at the border fortress broken, it means that [Heavenly Dome] can be restarted.
A glimmer appeared in Xue Feiya’s peripheral vision; she looked up at the massive magic formation taking shape high above her head, stepped out of the wooden house, and walked lightly on the snow, showing no intention of hiding.
“Is this okay?” Xue Feiya pointed at the magic formation spanning a hundred meters overhead and asked, “Using this will completely expose your location, right? Aren’t you afraid the army will come to hunt you down?”
“Is the army more terrifying than you! Damn princess!”
“Damn…?! I’ve noticed you’ve been insulting me this whole time!”
“Talking is useless! You just stay here forever! Monster!”
Even if there was a huge commotion and they were discovered, it didn’t matter.
The army rushing over would only ruin the plan at most, but if Princess Xue Feiya captured him here, it would all end.
Even if he couldn’t completely seal her, he had to trap her in [Heavenly Dome] and buy time to escape—carefully plan for the long term!
——[Heavenly Dome]
High concentrations of magical particles rubbed against the air, creating a piercing shriek, and the high-altitude magic formation halted its movement, suddenly releasing countless golden rays towards the ground!
Murolov, with his almost disassembled body, rolled and crawled out of the coverage area of [Heavenly Dome].
At the moment the sealing magic poured down like a waterfall, Murolov, who had crawled to a safe area, turned to look at Xue Feiya, who was about to be covered by the magic and remained motionless.
“Hahaha…! Witch! You were too careless! You thought I was only capable of that level?! You will definitely fall because of your arrogance and underestimation! It’s too late to want to escape now!”
“……”
Murolov’s eyes widened, eager to witness the glorious moment when the magic he released sealed Six Wings.
But everything that happened next…
Left him completely unable to comprehend what he was seeing.
Xue Feiya stood amidst the golden light, doing nothing.
But merely overlapping her Six Wings above her head.
From the top of the black feathers emerged layers of dark purple whirlpools, resisting the golden light that threatened to cover and swallow her.
At first, such purple whirlpools seemed insignificant underneath the massive sealing magic, appearing as mere futile resistance.
But within just a few blinks of an eye…
The whirlpools had turned into an ocean.
This was clearly the ground, yet the world Murolov saw was as if it had sunk to the bottom of a deep purple sea.
Like a canvas, the dreamy purple pushed back against the tiny golden light towards the sky, without any obstruction, and instead, it devoured, shattered, and destroyed the floating magic formation in the sky.
Who is the prey, who is the hunter, who is resisting, it was already impossible to judge.
Murolov saw again a “world” he could not imagine.
And this time, seeing it, he still couldn’t understand.
When everything calmed down, it was still that snowy ground, still that half-wooden house.
Only, [Heavenly Dome] had dissipated, and the purple light was gone.
It was as if nothing had happened, but everything had inexplicably settled.
“What… did you do?”
Xue Feiya did not answer him again.
She stretched her black feathers, spreading them to both sides.
Taking slow steps toward Murolov, each sound of her footsteps on the thick snow was like a countdown to Murolov’s death.
For the first time in his life, Murolov felt the taste of despair.
It was then he realized—perhaps he had never seen the world he imagined!
With his legs that hardly had strength, he kicked at the snow to retreat, and Murolov’s terrified expression could no longer be hidden, his warning sounding more like a plea than a threat.
“Don’t come over… don’t come over…! Ah, esteemed being, save me…! I just don’t want to stay in this damned place for a lifetime… I just don’t want to…!”
——Swish!
Murolov vanished from where he stood.
In the instant that his voice was abruptly cut off, his body flickered with a residual image before completely disappearing.
[Teleportation]
The position where Xue Feiya moved him to was a makeshift prison built by the Second Legion ten miles away.
There, there would naturally be professionals responsible for judging war criminals to convict him, and Belis would know how to handle it most appropriately.
With a flick of her hand, the wind and snow rose, covering the glaring pool of blood on the snow.
Until all the blood was buried and unseen, Xue Feiya’s trembling little hands finally calmed down.
——Of course, she reached into her pocket to feel the coins inside, and the crisp sound of the coins clinking together provided significant psychological comfort.
The efficiency of capturing people was quite high~ but Xue Feiya was self-aware.
She indeed was not skilled at killing.
When capturing this war criminal earlier, Xue Feiya deliberately restrained herself, afraid that if she wasn’t careful, she might beat him into pulp.
If that happened, she would have nightmares.
So, Belis, don’t say you’re useless; you can help me accomplish so much.
“Hey… complaining this and that, as if you’re the only one with troubles.”
Princess Xue Feiya crossed her arms behind her head and turned around, not feeling any sympathy for Murolov.
He wanted to go a step further, but he didn’t know that those in high positions have their own troubles and no one to confide in.
Murolov originally came from a prominent family; if he was dissatisfied with life in the borderlands, he could easily resign and return to the Royal City to laze around, instead of claiming that the Demon King treated him unfairly, viewing lives as insignificant for his ambitions, and being arrogant.
A true leader may be ruthless, but they are certainly not that shallow.
Humming a soothing tune, Xue Feiya turned around and spread her wings, planning to take in the scenery along the way before returning to reunite with Belis.
But just at that moment…
The tufts of Princess Xue Feiya’s silver hair suddenly stood on end!
She halted her steps, feeling a sudden wave of irritation in her heart.
Tsk…
It seems, a troublesome guy has arrived.
As this thought emerged, a tender childish voice echoed behind Xue Feiya.
Carrying some echoes, it rang clearly as if resounding directly in her mind.
“Sure enough, the fools of the Demon Race are unreliable… Sister Xue Feiya is really kind, clearly he wasted your nap time, yet you mercifully didn’t kill him on the spot? Hehe… can’t bear to do it, or do you feel disgusted by the killing, not wanting your hands to be stained with blood again?”
“Who’s your sister… disgusting.”
Turning to look back.
Seeming far yet very near.
The golden light of long hair, long enough to fall on the snow.
A wide robe woven with threads radiating a mysterious golden glow, resembling a chant of myth.
With heterochromatic eyes of green and pale gold reflecting the figure of Xue Feiya.
She wore a smile, but no emotional ripples could be discerned.
Barefoot in the snow, a little girl with a satisfied smile slowly walked toward Princess Xue Feiya.
She spoke as if singing a song.
