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Chapter 31 - Chapter 31 - Little Feng, You Can't...

As expected of the fox demon sealed in the Far East, she opened with her native tongue.

Higokumaru immediately applied pressure to Aponia, aiming to seize the upper hand in the ensuing conversation.

Over the past month, she had come to understand just how deeply the nun before her doted on "Feng."

If she used this as a threat, this ascetic-like nun would surely fall into disarray.

This was her chance! Not only would she get information about Ye Feng, but she would also humiliate this woman severely!

Higokumaru cackled inwardly—jie jie jie—as countless evil thoughts arose in her mind.

However, Aponia simply sat there quietly.

The nun's head was covered by a pure white veil, and her abstinent habit only served to accentuate her plump and graceful curves. Her eyes remained downcast.

From the moment she entered the office and saw Higokumaru, Aponia's once-clear gaze had gradually hazed over, becoming tinged with her unique, compassionate sorrow for the world and its misfortunes, along with a faint sense of pity.

Higokumaru failed to notice this change in her eyes.

She only found the woman increasingly detestable.

Aponia folded her hands and placed them before her lower abdomen.

Finally, she raised her head. Her eyes, which seemed to be veiled by a layer of mist, fixed upon Higokumaru as she spoke softly and slowly:

"All this time, I've wanted to personally apologize to you."

"What?"

Higokumaru was bewildered.

Has this woman lost her mind?

I'm threatening you! Why are you apologizing to me?

Or could it be... that my judgment was wrong? Is she just a slightly more advanced NPC, incapable of proper conversation?

Aponia looked at Higokumaru with a complicated expression. The hem of her skirt by her ankle swayed, and a dark blue butterfly materialized, fluttering its wings.

Upon seeing the dark blue butterfly, Higokumaru's pupils contracted.

"Hey, you—"

"[Please], rest well here."

"..."

Higokumaru's expression turned slightly dazed. She then swayed and fell back into the office chair, her head drooping listlessly.

"Child, I will atone for my sins, but right now, I have something more important to do... I cannot repeat the same mistake."

Following the maple forest north, one would eventually reach a lake shrouded in a great fog.

Mist lingered there all year round, as if hiding some terrifying truth.

Even on a day with brilliant sunshine, the light could not fully penetrate it, as if a demon god sat within, coldly intimidating all directions.

Aponia gazed toward the "end of the world," a look of both lamentation and resolve in her eyes.

A familiar voice drifted from the mist.

"You've come."

"I have."

"You shouldn't have come."

"But I came anyway."

The mist parted, and Ye Feng walked out from the end of the world, treading across the silver, shimmering surface of the lake.

His form was still that of a shota as he stood firmly before the nun.

Aponia stared at the child she had raised with her own hands. She finally understood why she felt such special care for him.

Once, Aponia had told Elysia that she foresaw the Flame-Chasers falling apart. In response, Elysia had offered her own "prophecy." Ten days later, Elysia died as a Herrscher, and from that moment on, Aponia could no longer see the threads of fate.

After Elysia's death, Aponia asked Vill-V for help, merging herself with the Elysian Realm.

There, the threads of fate had once again entangled her for fifty thousand years...

But now, in this place, from the very beginning, Aponia had been unable to see Ye Feng's threads of fate.

"Can you tell me... who exactly are you?"

"My name? I'm called Ye Feng."

"Ye Feng..."

Aponia was once again reminded of the maple forest near the church. That was her happiest time here.

"Little Feng..."

But now, it was time for the dream to end.

"Mother Aponia, sometimes 'waking up' might just mean falling into another dream, you know."

"?"

"I think this name is quite good—[Taisiyuros]. Translated, it means: 'I have no other hope in this life. I only wish to be able to fuck more women, and have contact with women from various places.'"

"..."

From Ye Feng's burning gaze, Aponia sensed a sliver of "danger."

She lowered her eyelids and said, "I am a sinner and should not wish for happiness. Thank you, Little Feng, for bringing me a happy time I never had before. But it must end now. I have to return to the 'Elysian Realm'."

Aponia was the Elysian Realm.

With her consciousness transferred here, "loopholes" could appear in the Elysian Realm.

Ye Feng stared intently at the holy and alluring nun before him, then snapped his fingers. The surrounding scenery began to twist.

Between the blue sky and white clouds, a vast, open-air church materialized, surrounded by tall, suspended, and shattered white colonnades. A statue of a goddess holding a ruby apple, symbolizing sin, looked down upon them.

This was the deepest place Aponia had been confined to, a land for prayer and atonement.

Although the scenery was the same, Aponia knew this was not the Elysian Realm.

Aponia looked at Ye Feng and said, "Little Feng, you really do understand me. But what I wish to return to is not a church that is mere form."

"I know. I just thought this place had more... atmosphere."

"..."

Aponia's lips parted slightly, not daring to meet Ye Feng's eyes.

"Mother Aponia, a verbal thank you isn't enough, you know."

"What does Little Feng want?"

"Mother Aponia, I'm hungry."

"!!"

That sentence, like a form of [Discipline], was carved into Aponia's soul.

Her body began to swell involuntarily...

The nun's cheeks flushed red. She could no longer be as composed as she had been before.

She watched Ye Feng approach, yet she didn't move away.

It was as if her feet had taken root, leaving her frozen to the spot.

Until Ye Feng unfastened the top of her habit, and one hand slid onto Aponia's smooth, bare back. His fingers traced the line of her spine, sending an instant shiver through her, making her gasp in surprise.

The sound that escaped Aponia's lips was so alluring that it was foreign even to herself, making her even more bashful. Still, she endured it, closing her beautiful eyes, her holy face flushed crimson, trying her best to suppress her panting.

"Little Feng... don't do this."

Ye Feng looked up. "If you don't like it, you can push me away."

"..."

Aponia raised her slender hands to push him away, but in the end, they landed trembling on Ye Feng's shoulders.

Her inner conflict made the nun's body tense up, and she broke out in a sweat from anxiety.

The perspiration soaked a large patch of her silk hem, and some of it trickled down her thighs, the fragrant sweat sliding into the lotus feet encased in her socks and cuffed boots.

"Mother Aponia, let's play a game. If you win, I'll let you go back. If you lose, you'll have to stay here."

"...What game?"

Ye Feng chuckled. He wrapped his arms around Aponia's neck, standing on his tiptoes while pulling her upper body down until his mouth was close to her earlobe, where he whispered a few words.

Instantly, Aponia's whole body began to tremble.

"Little Feng, you can't..."

Translator's Note: "Taisiyuros" is a Chinse etransliteration of a name. The "translation" Ye Feng provides is a direct, albeit lewd, reference to the inner thoughts of Rudeus Greyrat, the protagonist of the Japanese light novel series Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation. The character 日 (rì), meaning "day" or "sun," is common internet slang for "to fuck" (操 / cāo) due to its similar pronunciation and usage in explicit contexts.

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