The instant she saw the unconscious silver-haired girl in the distance, an almost imperceptible chill of killing intent surfaced within Liyu's eyes.

Beautiful silver-white hair.

A face worthy of a goddess, one that wasn't inferior to Mother's in the slightest.

The knight uniform of the Asumos Church.

And most importantly—

that thick Holy Aura and divine power she loathed...

The moment she saw the silver-haired girl, Liyu recognized her identity.

The Child of Destiny hidden within the Asumos Church.

The "female lead" Mother was always talking about.

As for the ordinary people of the Anqieka Continent,

Liyu couldn't care less.

As long as they didn't get in the way or cause trouble, she had no interest in touching them.

But the protagonist group was different.

These were the existences prophesied to destroy the Hall of Ten Thousand Demons and kill her mother.

Liyu hated them with every fiber of her being and wanted nothing more than to eradicate them immediately.

The other Demon King-class existences and those who had received Mother's grace all felt the same.

However,

Liyu had never understood why Mother insisted on protecting these protagonists.

Clearly, they would harm her one day...

Whenever she asked Mother, Yumo would remain silent, as if there were some unspeakable difficulty.

Could she really want to commit suicide?!

The thought had depressed Liyu countless times.

Though she couldn't understand,

as Mother's children, they could only obey her will.

Because of Mother's authority,

they never dared openly kill these so-called chosen ones.

Instead, they could only cause trouble behind the scenes.

So long as Mother didn't discover their intentions,

they would secretly remove these Children of Destiny.

Just like thirteen years ago.

Though for some reason, the male lead who should have died back then had suddenly appeared again...

Regardless,

their mission had to continue.

Previously, when Saiboke-Baniya reported the protagonist group's information to Mother,

he had intentionally obscured certain details.

When informing Mother about the female lead, he had only told her that she was inside the Asumos Church and deliberately withheld her appearance and name.

Meanwhile, Liyu and Limo had viewed the image-recording crystal Saiboke had prepared and learned what the female lead looked like.

All for the sake of having an opportunity to strike later.

To create an "accident" and send her to the grave.

That was why Liyu recognized Mengxi immediately.

‘Who would've thought this woman would actually encounter Mother?!’

Damn it...

Liyu cursed inwardly.

At that moment,

she finally understood why her foolish older sister had suddenly violated Mother's orders and attacked Garos Fortress.

Seriously...

Mother was right beside the female lead!

How could anything happen to her?!

Big Sis, your IQ is worrying...

Liyu narrowed her emerald eyes and silently mocked her sister.

Since the female lead was beside Mother, directly attacking was impossible.

She would have to find another opportunity.

Besides, she'd better pretend not to recognize the female lead.

If she identified her immediately, Mother might become suspicious.

After making that judgment,

Liyu deliberately put on a confused expression and tugged on Yumo's right hand. Pointing at the silver-haired girl wrapped in blood butterflies and crimson light, all traces of hostility in her eyes had already vanished.

“Mother, who is that big sister? Were you protecting her just now?”

Her tone was full of innocent curiosity.

Unlike Limo, who was as dumb as a husky and utterly incapable of deceiving anyone,

Liyu was the greatest actress among the Abyss Demons. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Hearing her question,

Yumo looked awkwardly toward Mengxi.

“Ah, that sister? Enmm...”

A trace of hesitation appeared in her crimson eyes.

Actually,

Yumo knew that her children disliked the protagonist group by quite a bit.

After all, these chosen ones were their natural enemies.

It was normal for them to hate them.

After hesitating [N O V E L I G H T] for a moment,

Yumo smiled helplessly and patted Liyu's head.

“Her situation is... rather complicated. I'll explain it to you later.”

“Mhm, okay.”

Seeing that Mother didn't wish to elaborate, the obedient Liyu naturally didn't ask further.

Besides,

she already knew everything.

At this moment, only one thought remained in Liyu's mind.

How could she quietly kill the Child of Destiny without anyone noticing?

‘What's the best way?’

Her little brain spun rapidly.

Meanwhile,

seeing that Liyu hadn't asked more questions, Yumo inwardly praised her daughter's obedience.

Compared to little troublemaker Limo,

this child was simply too well-behaved~

The black-haired girl smiled in satisfaction.

Then she looked around the devastated Garos Fortress and toward the snow-white giant wolf in the distance, who had broken free of the barrier and regained her freedom.

During White Yama's attack on Limo, the Heavenly Apostle's unrestrained release of Holy Aura had attracted a massive number of Abyss Demons.

The horde had rushed out of the fortress and attacked White Yama.

Meanwhile, most of the survivors inside Garos Fortress had already retreated.

Since things had come to this,

there was no need for her to stay.

After all, with no humans left inside, the Abyss Demons retreating due to lack of prey was perfectly reasonable and wouldn't arouse suspicion.

Thus,

scarlet Shadow of Silence Power rippled outward, and Yumo sent a retreat signal to the snow-white giant wolf in the distance.

—

Elsewhere,

“Awooo! Awooo!!” (Damn Apostle, where did you run off to?!)

After finally tearing apart the Saint Domain Magic—Six Pillars Sealing Domain, Limo instinctively let out a bloodthirsty roar.

She was determined to find White Yama and smash that hateful woman who had tricked her into a lump of meat.

Just as the silly wolf was looking around everywhere,

Yumo's retreat signal entered her mind.

?!!

Meowu?

That aura? Mother?!

Upon receiving Yumo's signal,

the snow-white giant wolf immediately stopped baring her fangs and perked up her ears, assuming the appearance of an obedient dog—

Er...

An obedient wolf.

Then the giant wolf excitedly looked toward Garos Fortress.

At the same time, the overwhelming and oppressive Shadow of Silence Power gradually returned to Limo's body.

As the power receded,

the black armor covering her body dissolved into black mist.

The hideous black patterns slowly disappeared as well.

Limo gradually returned to her original giant wolf form.

The instincts of an Abyss Demon were suppressed once more.

Her immense body returned to the control of reason.

And then,

upon hearing Yumo's call,

this silly giant wolf instantly forgot all about her battle with White Yama—

and also forgot that she had disobeyed Mother's orders and attacked Garos Fortress on her own.

‘Yay! We're going home!!’

At this moment,

that was the only thought in the empty-minded child's head.

Thus,

the snow-white husky happily wagged her tail,

preparing to run toward Garos Fortress to pick up Mother and her little sister so they could return to the Great Winter Forest.

Completely forgetting the tragic possibility that she might receive a family beating once she got home...

Hm?

Little sister?

Why was Liyu here too?

Feeling her younger sister's aura, the white wolf blinked in confusion.

At that moment,

Limo suddenly frowned and curiously raised her head.

In the endless blue sky,

a meteor radiating dazzling purple light suddenly tore through the clouds and shot straight toward her location.

Limo: Meowu?? What's that thing?