Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 255

Chapter 255

The girl did not summon a single butterfly, nor did she use Beast Transformation to flee.

She simply stood there in silence, without struggling.

Beili, for her part, hoped Ashera would do it right now.

If Ashera took her heart at this moment, then she would not have to appear in the dream.

But in the second before the black mist was about to devour her, Ashera’s brows drew together slightly, and he suddenly withdrew his hand.

The inky black mist, as dense as spilled ink, vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye with his movement.

“Little Butterfly, have you gotten braver, or are you betting that I won’t go through with it?”

He lowered his head and leaned close to her, his golden eyes narrowing slightly.

“Or is the you before me not real, merely a puppet?”

“Or perhaps…”

Beili did not want him to keep speculating with more “perhaps.”

“Ashera, I’ve simply thought it through.”

She opened her eyes quickly, her jewel-like, deep red eyes gleaming with a luxurious crystalline light.

“Sooner or later, you’ll take my heart. It’s only a matter of whether it’s sooner or later. I’ve just prepared myself to die…”

“Prepared yourself to die?”

The corners of Ashera’s mouth lifted slightly.

“I told you that you would wake up. Do you not believe me?”

His fingertip brushed lightly over her cheek, leaving behind a cold sensation.

Those words made Beili think of Renee again.

“In any case-”

Beili avoided his question. “I’m ready. You can bring all of this to an end.”

“Are you trying to make me do it now?”

He let out an incredulous laugh.

“Is this your new trick? Trying to win my sympathy?”

Beili shook her head earnestly.

She took a step forward and pressed her forehead against his chest.

“Because I like you, Ashera.”

There was sincerity in those words, making her smiling tone sound somewhat heavy.

“Like.”

Ashera repeated the word, his chest trembling lightly with a laugh whose meaning was unclear.

“Little Butterfly, has your affection already become so intense that you would turn a sharp blade on yourself for my sake?”

His words were clearly disbelieving.

Perhaps she should act a little more insane.

“Then, to show you my sincerity-”

And then.

Without the slightest warning.

She raised her hand and summoned one of her Morpho Butterflies.

Receiving her command, the Morpho Butterflies condensed Mana into a dark, heavy dagger amid the man’s low laughter.

The butterfly took the dagger in its mouth and slashed toward her chest, as if it meant to cut her open there.

Ashera’s laughter came to an abrupt stop.

In his golden eyes, the Crimson Vertical Pupils shrank in an instant until they were as thin as paper.

All amusement vanished from those golden eyes, and a dim, shadowy light surged within them.

At the same time the dagger cut toward her skin, he raised his hand.

In the blink of an eye.

The Morpho Butterflies struggled in his grasp, and the dagger turned to dust in the black mist.

“You…”

When that sculpture-pale face turned back to her, his brows and eyes were filled with a violent gloom.

His hanging Black Robe billowed without wind, and chilling black mist spread from around his body.

He suddenly seized her wrist.

“Did I do something wrong?”

Beili was pressed down by the aura he released and licked her slightly dry lips.

Fortunately.

In the dream, Ashera could not sense any abnormal emotion from her beyond sincerity.

“I finally managed to gather my courage just now. I was planning to take it out and give it to you myself…”

As Beili spoke, she suddenly saw his trembling lashes.

She reached out with her other hand and gently stroked the corner of his eye.

“I’m not lying to you, Ashera.”

She asked, “I really want to give you my heart. Isn’t that what you want?”
Ashera seized her wrist and yanked her close, lowering his head to look at her. Disbelief surfaced in the depths of his eyes.

He drew in a deep breath, struggling to steady his emotions.

“Why?”

She heard Ashera ask all at once, his deep voice turning a little hoarse with confusion.

“Why were you still here after I woke up?”

His Adam’s apple bobbed lightly as he asked, uncertain, “You knew I came for the heart. Why didn’t you run while I was asleep?”

“Because after I came here, I realized I missed you a lot,” she said seriously. “So I decided that if you found me, I wouldn’t hide anymore.”

A long silence followed.

“You just want to provoke me.”

Ashera said that, then let go of her hand and turned his back to her.

Black mist was still seeping from his body, turning the air around them murky.

…

Beili looked at the man’s back, which was very obviously sulking, and frowned slightly.

What was this…? Didn’t he want the heart?

She had thought doing this would make him happy, or at least surprise him.

But judging by his reaction now, it seemed only the fright remained.

Unfortunately, the young man inside Ashera’s body had also gone quiet.

Otherwise, she would have been more than happy to hear what he thought.

Beili stood there awkwardly for a while, then couldn’t help reaching out to poke him in the back.

“Are we going or not?”

She asked in a small voice.

Ashera did not turn around.

After a long moment, a slightly hoarse voice came from the back surrounded by black mist.

“Where?”

Beili glanced around and said from behind him, “Back to the Inn.”

The silver-haired man in the Black Robe was silent for a moment. The black mist drifting around him gradually faded.

She heard him give a quiet “Mm.”

…

They turned onto another street.

A few people stood scattered at the corner, talking among themselves.

Half the people in the imperial city were still hiding at home, while the other half had already left the city and were heading outside.

After all, the clean food and water in the imperial city had already been stripped clean by the soldiers sent by the Royal Family.

Rather than wait here to die, they might as well leave the imperial city and search elsewhere for a sliver of hope.

Most people were thinking the same thing.

In the Year of Calamity, aside from the rain that fell from the sky, every river in the entire Tilisha Kingdom had turned red.

And in the Town beyond the imperial city, water sources and food were even scarcer.

Neither of them spoke again along the way.

Ashera’s expression shifted between dark and unreadable, as if he were still replaying what had happened earlier in his mind. Every now and then, he would turn his head to look at her.

If his gaze happened to meet Beili’s as she was sneaking a look at him, she would give him an obedient smile in return.

Although the surprise from before had turned into a scare, it had successfully shifted his attention.

The young man inside his body was no longer tangled up over whether this was a dream.

Once they returned to the Inn, there was nothing else to do.

Beili lay by the window, gazing out at the street outside.

Quite a few people carrying large and small bundles had already started walking back from the end of the street. Faintly, she could hear words like “the Teleportation Array has been shut down.”

“The Teleportation Array has been shut down.”

She relayed the news she had just heard to the person in the room.

The latter gave no response.

He still looked like he was sulking and did not want to acknowledge her at all.

Then let this stretch of silence pass a little faster.

She gave the command inwardly.

Then she turned back.

The blazing sun over Tilisha Imperial City sank rapidly, and the sky turned a deep blue.

“Come here.”

Ashera finally spoke.

Beili looked back and saw him standing in front of the bathroom door.

Was he planning to take a bath?