Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 134

Chapter 134

Seeing this usually refined and gentlemanly original Male Lead No. 2 with a suspicious smear of “red tomato juice” at the corner of his mouth…

Beili found the contrast somewhat amusing. She gave a silent laugh and had no choice but to take out a handkerchief to help him wipe away the blood.

Only then did Doctor Cassius snap out of it, taking the handkerchief from his mouth.

“Thank you, Miss Bartholomew.”

“You’re welcome, Doctor Cassius. I didn’t expect you to have such absentminded moments.”

Cassius offered a smile.

A light breeze blew, causing ripples to spread across the sea of flowers.

The Death Mana on the sarcophagus continued to drift toward the scythe.

…

The Black Bone Scythe had long since finished absorbing all the Death Mana from the sarcophagus.

Beili transformed it back into a small pendant on her necklace and issued a command, letting the Mana within the necklace flow back into her.

While she was busy absorbing the Mana, Doctor Cassius leaned against the sarcophagus, still quietly reading his book.

That book seemed to be his medical notebook; it was filled with neatly recorded spells and anatomical drawings that Beili couldn’t understand.

Doctor Cassius turned another page.

Then, a piece of stationery fluttered out from his notebook.

Quick-witted and fast-acting, Beili immediately caught the paper.

With a glance from the corner of her eye, she saw the two characters she knew by heart written on the paper. She suddenly remembered-this was the note she had written to him back when she ran into Doctor Cassius at the Holy Island Academy cafeteria.

She had given it to him so he could help her find the meaning of those characters.

But it wasn’t necessary anymore.

Through Ashera, she already knew what the answer given by the Book of Truth meant.

“Ah, this…”

When Doctor Cassius saw the paper in her hand, his emerald eyes paused for a moment. With a hint of apology in his tone, he explained:

“I’m sorry, Miss Bartholomew. I remember seeing characters like these a long time ago, but it’s been so long that the books and people related to them are gone, so…”

“I still need a little more time,” he said.

“There’s no need to look for it anymore, Doctor Cassius.” Holding the paper, the girl’s tone was light. “These characters are no longer important to me.”

Doctor Cassius blinked, then smiled.

“It seems a lot has happened to you since that chance encounter in the cafeteria, Miss Bartholomew.”

“That’s certainly true…”

Beili gave a faint smile.

“In any case, you can put the matter of these characters behind you, Doctor Cassius.”

Hearing her words, Cassius nodded slightly. After a moment’s thought, he asked, “Then does Miss Bartholomew know the meaning of these two characters now?”

“Butterfly.”

With a smile in her voice, she answered, “These two characters mean ‘butterfly.'”

…

First to the Royal Family cemetery, then traveling through two towns to reach this Magic Space.

After a full day of rushing about…

The girl was long since exhausted.

Not long after the two stopped talking, she began to doze off against the sarcophagus.

Gradually, her head and body began to tilt, threatening to slump to one side.

Suddenly, a fair, slender hand gently supported the girl’s arm, moving her toward the other side until she finally rested against his shoulder.

His emerald eyes looked down, staring at her quietly for a moment.

Within that gentle gaze, a faint trace of warmth emerged.

…

This Magic Space was filled with a complex blend of floral scents.

One gust of wind might bring the fresh, sweet fragrance of freesia; by the next gust, it would turn into chamomile with a slight herbal scent.
Beili didn’t know how she had fallen asleep.

It felt as if she had only spaced out for a moment, her eyelids fluttering shut for a brief nap.

When she opened her eyes again, her position had changed. She was lying flat, and her head was even resting on someone’s lap.

The owner of said lap was currently holding a book, eyes closed and head tilted slightly to the side, seemingly lost in a deep sleep.

He had removed his monocle, which hung from a delicate gold chain, and tucked it into the chest pocket of his white coat.

His long lashes cast dense shadows beneath his eyes.

…

Beili blinked her crimson eyes softly.

With a stiff neck, she slowly sat up, terrified that any sudden movement might wake him.

Fortunately, she moved quietly enough. Doctor Cassius remained still, his eyes closed and his eyelashes not twitching in the slightest.

Once upright, Beili stretched her somewhat stiff arms.

She wanted to know how long she had been asleep, but the Magic Space created by Doctor Cassius seemed to have no distinction between day and night.

Her red eyes swept across the surroundings.

She suddenly noticed that the lids of the stone coffins, which had been tightly sealed before, were now all open.

Her outstretched arms froze mid-air.

Beili stared silently at the open stone coffins for a few seconds, then turned back to look at Doctor Cassius, who was still sleeping on the ground.

‘These… you could call them my obsession. Once the obsession was let go, it became a habit.’

Recalling the man’s words, she suddenly felt a strong urge to see what the people inside the stone coffins looked like.

Driven by curiosity, Beili walked slowly toward the coffins.

As she stepped closer and her gaze fell upon the person inside one of the stone coffins, she couldn’t help but let out a soft gasp.

At first glance, it seemed like a stranger’s face. But after staring for a few more seconds, the person in the coffin began to look familiar-very familiar.

“…”

Beili stopped abruptly.

Staring at that familiar face, her entire body went rigid, as if she were nailed to the spot. The blooming sea of flowers beneath her feet felt as if it were about to crack open.

Because the person in the stone coffin looked exactly like her.

Not like Bartholomew, but like her original self before she had transmigrated into the book.

Looking at Bartholomew’s face every day, Beili had almost forgotten what she looked like in her original world.

In her previous life-

She had grown up in a poor environment and suffered from malnutrition. Even after growing up, she never had extra money for skincare or maintenance.

Furthermore, she had been quite lazy, always leaving her hair disheveled and uncombed while wearing baggy clothes and pants.

In short, there wasn’t a hint of a “beauty” aesthetic about her.

However, the person lying quietly in the stone coffin was clearly more beautiful than she had been. Perhaps due to the preservation of magic, that person had skin as lustrous as pearls and a flawless face. She was so beautiful she hardly looked like a corpse.

It was as if she were merely sleeping.

Beili hurried her pace, her crimson gaze scanning the other stone coffins.

The bodies lying silently inside ranged from old to young, but they all shared the same facial contours.

…

So, the person Doctor Cassius had described to her wasn’t Susanna, but… her?

Beili couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.

Her brows furrowed slightly as she stood there in a daze, lost and bewildered like a wooden puppet.

She felt as if her brain had gone into standby mode.

Her mind was a complete blank.