Mage Manual-Chapter 1452 - 1058: Watch Me Descend into Hell

"I’m really worried about Mom, I really want to go back and see her, I haven’t seen her for almost a year... But I can’t contact her, and I can’t go back to see her, having a capable but distant daughter is the best for her..."

"When I was young, I said I would buy her a big house with servants to chop wood and cook, because where we lived, we cooked with firewood, that way she wouldn’t cough from the smoke anymore. It wasn’t until I grew a bit older that I realized that people in the city don’t use firewood... Isn’t that funny?"

"I think it’s very cute." Ash rubbed Sonia’s head, "I’m actually a bit envious that you still have a mother to repay... Besides you guys, I have no other family."

The wind and snow quietly stopped. Ash opened the rain cover of the rooftop, holding the Sword Maiden, they lay on the latex sofa on the rooftop. There were no stars in the night sky, but maybe for them, who were enemies of the Supreme Star, the pitch-black starry sky brought more comfort.

"I don’t want you to meet my mom either," Sonia snuggled in his arms like a cat, sobbing, "She’s just an ordinary middle-aged woman... I’m afraid you’ll look down on her... Or it’ll be really awkward..."

Ash thought seriously, "If you need it, when we visit Auntie in the future, I’ll leave the space for you after I drop off the gifts. But I don’t think interacting with Auntie will be very hard, I can just praise her daughter a lot, and listen to your childhood black history."

Sonia smiled through her tears, lightly punched Ash, sniffed a little, and said: "I’m different from you, besides my hometown, the farthest place I’ve been is Jiale City... During the tour with Dedarose, I stayed in the hotel the whole time... And now to leave the Dazzling Star with you guys, I, I’m actually really uneasy..."

"That’s normal, I was also uneasy the first time I went to prison," Ash said with a laugh, "After being locked up a few more times I got used to it. So, if you still feel scared then, you can come rest with me... It’s probably easier to sleep by my side, right?"

Sonia blinked her eyes, rubbing her somewhat red eyes, "You’re so perverted..."

"What are you thinking?" Ash said, speechlessly, "Do you think the Witch will just let us sleep together? You’ll get to taste the Witch’s powerful kick then."

Sonia’s recently stopped tears fell again in big drops, she punched Ash hard, Ash almost heard his ribs creak, his demigod soul body almost couldn’t stand the Sword Maiden’s casual hit.

"You’re chatting about other women while with me..." Sonia bit her lower lip, laying on him and crying, "Can’t you just let me forget about them for a while!" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"I’m sorry."

"If ’I’m sorry’ worked, why would I still practice swordsmanship!" Sonia looked at him with teary eyes, "I’ve long found you annoying... Back when it was the Witch, I couldn’t do anything, we hadn’t even confirmed our relationship, but we did verify in the Distant Realm, how can you still flirt with Silver Lamp!?"

Ash felt like explaining that he wasn’t flirting with Silver Lamp, but the Sword Maiden seemed to hear his thoughts, pouting and said aggrievedly: "Being flirted with is also not okay! Are you a trash can, everyone can enter your heart?!"

"Now it’s worse, Felix, and Vishi..." Sonia whimpered, "You even ridiculed that your friend had Meiwa blood... I see you’re just a shameless Meiwa! I turn around and you’re messing around!"

"And besides them, there’s also Freyja, Hanna, and Tamasi who you always say is a guy but is actually a girl... The more I think about it the more I feel you’ve gone too far..."

Ash was speechless, reached out to pull Sonia closer, intending to kiss her. The red-haired girl blocked his face with her hand, puffing angrily, "You think you can always pacify me with this move?!"

Half a minute later, Sonia became soft again, her breathing quickened, as if she might melt into a puddle in Ash’s arms. After resting for a while, she wrapped her arms around Ash’s neck, looking at him with tear-filled eyes, "Why can’t you just belong to me?"

"How great would it be if we could go back to our days on the Sea of Knowledge..." She caressed Ash’s cheeks, "Just the two of us on the small boat, me studying hard, you trying to escape, we had a bright future, striving together, growing together, you wouldn’t have the chance to meet other women... You wouldn’t happen to meet another woman in prison, would you?" Sonia suddenly felt uncertain.

Ash hesitated for a moment but then honestly said, "Last time in Dream Heaven, Siflin who was with Freyja and the others was the Medical Practitioner [222] I met in Shattered Lake Prison... But back then she was wearing a mask, and I only knew 222, not really knowing her!"

Sonia casually punched him once then buried her head by his neck.

"Not only are you annoying, but what’s even more annoying is that I’m already not surprised..." Sonia bit hard into his collarbone, leaving clear teeth marks, "Ash, what should I do?"

"Hmm?"

"I still can’t accept you being with them," Sonia hiccuped, seeing Ash smile, she became more annoyed and tugged hard at Ash’s cheek, "Just the thought that you’ve had dreams with them similar to ours makes me feel so aggrieved."

"Every time I see the Witch acting coy with you, see Silver Lamp flirting with you openly or not, hear the maid tell you dirty jokes, I can’t help but get angry. But I truly don’t want to lose my temper, I don’t want to treat you like a trash can to dump my negative emotions..." she snuggled against Ash’s cheek, like two cat warming each other: "...Knowing well that your pressure is much greater than mine."

"It’s okay," Ash licked away her tear traces, smiling, "I’m ready for the torture you’ll put me through. When you feel aggrieved, don’t hold back, just come at me. I never loved a perfect Miss Sevi, it should be the Sword Maiden who’s moody, capricious, vain yet lovable."

"I don’t have that many flaws..." Sonia mumbled, but relaxed entirely, lazily lying in Ash’s arms.

Finally, letting her release all the negative emotions.

Ash breathed a sigh of relief, the heavy stone on his heart could finally be put down. No one knew how scared he was when he saw the Sword Maiden smoking, he knew that if he didn’t do something, the Sword Maiden would really be charging straight toward the Death Mad, a sudden burst of intuition and he came up with an idea—since the Sword Maiden wanted to endure, then make her unable to endure.

That’s why he kept bullying her, until the Sword Maiden finally couldn’t bear the grievances, the dam of negative emotions suddenly collapsed, and all the anxiety, grievances, and resentment that had been accumulating inside were all borne by Ash. Although the risk was extremely high, Ash’s hair stood on end several times, always feeling like his neck was about to be snapped, but it had to be him to bear the Sword Maiden’s negative emotions, it was his responsibility.

It’s like being burned by the Sword Maiden’s smoke in the palm of his hand, he deserved it.

Ash didn’t know if his efforts had any effect, perhaps the Sword Maiden’s character had been turned around, or perhaps this was an irreversible process, the Sword Maiden had already been tainted with a bit of Death Mad’s colors... but at least she still felt secure when leaning in his arms.

Even if in the future he would be cut into thousands of pieces, he would not let the girl in his arms slide into the Abyss.

"Did you notice you’ve been excluded?" Ash suddenly asked.

"Silver Lamp tried to please me just now and explained a little." Sonia hummed smugly, "But I don’t care about their little tricks."

"I didn’t expect you haven’t played any tricks on them, but they took the initiative to act first." Ash examined the red-haired girl, "Could it be... you’re actually the most naive and immature among them? Thinking carefully, you are indeed the youngest."

The Witch was one year older than the Sword Maiden, Silver Lamp was about the same as Ash, and Vishi was not to mention.

Sonia’s glory shone brightly, she smiled radiantly: "Who said I haven’t played any tricks?"

"What trick did you play?"

"Why should I tell you?" Sonia raised her chin, "By what right?"

Ash blinked, and proactively stuck his tongue out. Sonia blushed, bit her lip lightly, kissed him a few times, and then said: "Actually, it’s not that complicated... you still have your first time, right?"

Suddenly mentioning such a topic, Ash was a bit shy: "Um... if you’re talking about reality."

Sonia pouted, very displeased, pulling his cheeks, and asked again: "Why is it still kept? Even during this time, as long as you want, Silver Lamp and Vishi can anytime—"

"Because I promised the first time to keep it for you." Ash laughed, "Unless it’s an unavoidable situation—but only our Demigod Promotion Ceremony would be so special—I always hope we can explore the unknowns in life as an ordinary couple."

Sonia snorted softly, her face blushed lightly: "At least you kept your promise..."

"What does this have to do with tricks?"

Sonia said: "Because I’m sure, once you unlock your first time with me, your bottom line is sure to instantly fall through, and then more things would make me angry..."

"So as long as I don’t sleep with you, you have to keep it for me, naturally you can’t touch others. In other words, I control your interaction permissions with them!" She chuckled, "No matter how much they seduce you, you can only refuse!

"The way to unlock your first time with me is only one, that is to hold a wedding with me." Sonia blinked, "It has to be better than the wedding in the dream, or I won’t acknowledge it!"

"So either you marry me promptly, or you keep refusing them, but either way would be annoying them to death!"

Looking at Sonia’s confident appearance, Ash thought for a moment, and said: "Assuming I’ll always stick to the plan... but what if there’s an accident?"

"What accident?"

"For example," Ash held her tightly and asked with a smile: "I want you right now, would you refuse?"

The red-haired girl froze for a moment, then her head foolishly turned around as if looking for a reason to refuse temporarily. She was silent for a long while, her tightly clamped thighs subconsciously rubbed together, and she looked at Ash with a flushed face, stammering: "Can, can we turn off the lights?"

Ash felt his heart almost melting like ice cream, kissed the Sword Maiden’s cheek hard, and said: "Let’s sleep together tonight."

"Huh?"

"Not just you, they also have to join."

"Huh!!!?"

"Because I want you all," Ash said calmly, "to watch me descend into Hell."