Reincarnated as a Princess's Pet: With Trash Stats, but SSS-Rank Skill-Chapter 93: What Remains of Layla, a Zombie in Heels

The violet mist moved like a restless sea. Thick. Lamia dissolved into it again and again, reappearing a few meters away, barely avoiding each attack.

But she didn’t counterattack. She couldn’t.

A heel sliced through the air where her neck had been.

Another strike.

A spinning kick. Precise and lethal.

The white dress—now unrecognizable—fluttered, stained with black marks, dried blood, and tears. Flames began to crawl across the fabric, slowly consuming it.

And even so, Layla’s zombie kept advancing. Running after her. Chasing her.

"...Layla..."

Lamia’s voice trembled.

She couldn’t stop seeing her. Not as a monster—but as her daughter. Her little girl.

Then, an explosion. A fireball struck the zombie’s body, pushing it back slightly.

Another. And another.

"Lamia!"

Abby’s voice. Beside her, Sophie extended seals that glowed in the air.

"Snap out of it, please!"

The seals flew. They exploded against Layla’s body. A curtain of fire formed around her—but it wasn’t enough.

The body pushed through it all. Advancing, without stopping.

The dress was burning now. Wrapped in flames. But the zombie didn’t scream, didn’t feel anything.

Didn’t hesitate. Just ran.

"We’re giving you an opening!"

Sophie shouted.

"Attack her!"

Abby gritted her teeth. She kept firing fireballs from her fingers.

"Just do it already!"

But Lamia didn’t move. Her eyes were locked on her.

On what remained of her daughter.

"...I..."

Another attack. Another cut that passed inches from her face.

And she dissolved into smoke again. Escaping—but not responding.

Retreating.

Always retreating.

The ground changed. Suddenly, it turned cold.

A layer of ice spread across the area. Sudden and unexpected.

Moonlight.

A few meters away, still half-dazed, her breathing uneven.

Her eyes barely open. Her hand gripping her sword by pure instinct.

The cold spread. The ground became treacherous.

And then—both of them slipped.

Lamia lost her balance.

Layla did too.

Their bodies hit the ground, sliding.

Disappearing into the violet mist.

"—Moon!"

Dorian reacted instantly.

"Don’t do that!"

He knelt beside her. His magic still active. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"I’m not done yet—"

But it was too late. The mist had swallowed them.

Sophie and Abby stopped.

They looked around.

Nothing. Just thick, confusing smoke.

"...which way did they go?"

Sophie turned in place. Searching. Desperate.

"I think that way—"

She pointed.

"I’ll go this way!"

Abby didn’t hesitate and ran off. Cutting through the mist.

The heat from her hands lighting the path.

Until she broke through it.

The air changed. Visibility returned.

And what she saw made her stop dead.

"...what the hell..."

The fight was still going.

Max.

Neros.

And Dante.

But that wasn’t the same Dante.

His body was... wrong.

One arm larger than the other. Disproportionate.

His legs too long for his torso. Twisted and poorly assembled.

He moved like a wild animal. Like a monster built from mismatched parts.

And even so—he was fast.

Neros spun. His sword carved a clean arc, aiming to split him in two.

At the same time, Max’s hammer flew. Spinning through the air. Back and forth, like a deadly boomerang.

But Dante just laughed. He dodged the hammer by bending his body in a strange way. Twisted his torso. Avoided the sword by inches. His movements were erratic and unpredictable.

"Come on, come on!"

He mocked them.

"Faster!"

Abby clenched her teeth. But then, something off to the side caught her attention.

A fallen body. Motionless.

"...Lamia—"

She ran to her. Dropped to her knees at her side. Turned her slightly—and saw the wound. Too much blood flowing from her head.

"No... no, no..."

Her voice trembled.

Her hands hesitated for a second.

Then she reacted.

"DORIAN!"

She shouted at the top of her lungs. Desperate.

Behind her, Dante’s laughter kept filling the hall.

***

Sophie moved forward blindly, seals already prepared between her fingers.

She heard something nearby.

"...Lamia?"

Her voice was swallowed by the smoke. No answer.

She took another step. Then another.

"...Abby? Is that you...?"

Nothing.

Only the sound of something moving nearby. Too close.

Sophie tensed. She slightly turned her body, trying to locate the source.

The noise came again. A scrape. A quick shift.

"...Max? Neros?"

And then—something shot out from the mist.

A heel.

Thrown straight at her face.

"—!"

Sophie reacted on instinct. A seal slipped from her fingers. She threw it forward.

Explosion.

The impact deflected the heel mid-air.

But it wasn’t alone.

A figure burst through the smoke behind the blast. The dress reduced to blackened rags. The skin scorched. The eyes empty. It was Layla.

Her body launched toward her, delivering a flying kick.

Sophie didn’t have time to think. She just acted.

"Shit—!"

She threw her bag into the air—open. The seals spilled out all at once, like rain.

"Activate!"

Fire, ice, water, wind—and... soap?

Chain explosions. Cleansing seals. Impact seals. Containment seals.

Everything triggered at once. A storm of chaotic magic.

Sophie covered herself as best she could, crouching, protecting her head.

The ground shook. The air vibrated.

Sophie slowly lifted her head.

"...ugh..."

She blinked, dazed. And then she felt it.

Heat.

"...huh—?"

She looked back.

Her tail was on fire.

"—AH!"

She jumped forward.

Crawled to the puddle formed by the water seals.

She plunged her tail in without hesitation.

TSSSSSS

Steam rose.

"Shit, shit, shit...!"

She took several deep breaths, shaken, until the pain subsided.

"...okay... okay..."

She looked ahead. And what she saw made her blink.

Layla stood there. Motionless. Covered in ice. Completely frozen. Her body now clean from the soap magic.

Her skin visible.

The dress... gone. Reduced to nothing.

Only fragments of white lace remained. Intact.

Sophie tilted her head.

"...wow..."

She approached the zombie’s naked body with curiosity.

"...that was... surprisingly effective..."

She stepped a little closer. Observing. Analyzing.

"...a bit excessive, though..."

The ice cracked.

Sophie stopped. Her eyes widened slightly.

"...nope."

The ice cracked again—forming a fracture. Then another.

They spread quickly.

"...nope, nope, nope—"

She turned on her heel and ran.

"I don’t get paid enough for this!"

Her voice vanished into the mist as she fled.