Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 319

Chapter 319

How desperately she wished it had only been a dream.

If only it were a dream.

If it were a dream, she could undo it. She would be willing to exhaust every last bit of her Mana trying to dispel it, so that when she opened her eyes and woke up, none of it would have happened.

…

Beili opened her eyes to utter darkness.

There was no faint glimmer of stars, no silver sheen of moonlight.

Only the blue-green glow of the Morpho Butterflies behind her illuminated her surroundings.

She had appeared in an endless desert.

The Dream Cage.

The dark-shrouded sands of Tilisha held a cavern in the ground, and now the collapsed area had grown even larger, as though it had been lit by candle flame and burned into a charred black pit.

The first time she had come to the Dream Cage, the collapsed hole had only been the size of a house.

Now, the cave-in was larger than an entire village.

The Morpho Butterflies sensed her emotions and took the initiative to ask for her instructions.

Beili wasted no words and commanded inwardly:

Let me wake up on that corpse.

The instant her command fell, Beili felt her weightless soul suddenly gain a heavy, tangible weight.

In the blink of an eye, Beili slowly sat up from the cold, hard ground.

At the same time, she felt a large mass of sticky liquid slowly crawling over her body.

But Beili did not feel repulsed.

Because the liquid felt like jelly. It left no trace on her body, only a damp, icy sensation.

In her mind, Beili signaled the Morpho Butterflies to pour Mana into the liquid-enough Mana for it to recover its human form.

The butterflies with blue-green wings lingered over the liquid for a moment.

Beili watched as the liquid rapidly shrank and gathered together just like last time, condensing into a small mass that emitted black mist.

The mist gradually congealed into a human shape. The humanoid mist grew denser and denser, and a streak of gold snapped open like an eye, gazing at her.

Only this time, the other party did not reach out to strangle her. He merely looked at her in silence.

Beili could even sense a smile in that streak of gold, as if he were watching a good show unfold.

The Morpho Butterflies continued feeding Mana into the human figure condensed from black mist, until the mist grew ever thicker.

A man’s face gradually emerged within the black mist.

A face as pale and flawless as a sculpture.

Long silver hair as radiant as gathered starlight, and the pair of curved Black Goat Horns atop his head.

The drooping Black Robe, and pale toes hovering just above the ground.

After the silver-haired, golden-eyed man condensed back into human form, he still said nothing.

With his golden eyes lowered, he simply watched her quietly.

A familiar, half-smiling curve tugged at the corners of his cold, thin lips.

“Ashera, I want to make a deal with you.”

Beili did not beat around the bush either. She looked straight into his eyes as she spoke.

Then-

The light was dim. The air was silent.

The man still did not speak. Only the half-smiling curve on his face seemed to deepen slightly.

Beili pressed her lips together lightly, then had no choice but to continue.

“I will undo the Dream Cage and let you out. In return, you will turn back time to the point I specify.”

Upon hearing her demand, Ashera still said nothing. His brow lifted slightly. He stared at her for a while, then suddenly raised his hand and crooked a finger at her.

Beili blinked her red eyes, hesitating in confusion.

She had only hesitated for two seconds when she saw a hint of impatience surface between the man’s elegant brows because of her delay.

So she stepped toward him.

The moment she reached him, Ashera suddenly reached out, wrapped an arm around her waist, and lifted her up.

Her head was pressed against his chest in the same motion, and Beili heard Ashera let out a low laugh.

“Why do you suddenly want to return to the past? Are you dissatisfied with what has happened now?”

At last, the man spoke, his voice low and soft as he asked unhurriedly,

“You have already locked me up here. What else could you possibly be dissatisfied with?”
Beili was stumped by his words and did not know how to answer for a moment.

Back then, she had thought the young-form Ashera was soft and gentle and could not stir up any great storm.

So at the final moment, she had specifically summoned the black goat-horned form of Ashera and imprisoned him inside the Dream Cage.

Therefore, the Dream Cage’s imprisoning power was aimed more at this man with black goat horns on his head.

She had never imagined that the boy-form one would escape through Lance and Renee, and after escaping, become like this…

Thinking that she had come to beg him to do something, Beili could only lower her head slightly, not daring to look straight at him, and get to the point in a small, soft voice.

“I have already stated my request. Now it is your turn to make a demand. As long as I can do it, anything is fine.”

Ashera lifted a brow, seemingly somewhat surprised, and laughed softly.

“Anything is fine? Including your life?”

Beili’s lashes trembled, and she nodded in answer.

“Yes, anything is fine.”

Even if he asked her to offer up her heart immediately after she undid the Dream Cage,

she would be willing.

However, offering up her heart was already her final bargaining chip.

“Mm…”

Ashera looked at her, a thoughtful smile at the corners of his eyes, and said,

“Then I must think carefully about what kind of demand would be worthy of your sincerity.”

His beautiful brows drew together slightly, the man taking on an expression of deep thought.

But that expression of deep thought appeared on his face for only one second.

In the next second, he had thought of it.

“Hm… unless you agree to this condition of mine.”

It was so fast that Beili could not help feeling that during every moment the man had been locked inside this sunless Dream Cage, he had been pondering this idea.

“Say it.”

To bring Duchess Constance back to life, only Ashera could do it.

Ashera had once personally told her that he possessed the ability to travel between the past and the future.

Now, that ability could let her return to a time before Duchess Constance died… or even earlier.

As for Doctor Cassius, Beili had actually tried long ago.

It was when she learned that Lisa and her husband had been beheaded.

Beili had once tried to find Doctor Cassius and had even gone to the nameless town.

But the town’s tower was gone. Along with it, the Teleportation Array and alternate space inside the tower had vanished without a trace.

She could not find any trace of Doctor Cassius at all, nor could she contact him in any way.

Doctor Cassius had kept his promise to that person. At the moment she needed help most, he did not interfere with her fate.

Ashera lowered his eyelashes lightly. Under the blue-green glow, his golden pupils shimmered like flowing gold.

Lowering his head, his cold, thin lips opened and closed slightly as he slowly said by her ear,

“What if I said… I want you to kill him?”

That person’s face had already flashed through Beili’s mind, but she still found it unbelievable.

“Who?”

Her voice trembled slightly as she asked softly.

The corners of Ashera’s lips curved into a meaningful arc.

Suspended in the air, he sat cross-legged, holding her even more tightly in his arms. Then his pale, slender finger lightly pointed at her heart.

“The one living in your heart. I want you to kill him.”

His voice held a smile as he asked,

“You should want to kill him very much right now, shouldn’t you?”

“You mean…”

Her eyes suddenly widened, faintly flickering with red light.

Seeing that she did not immediately agree, Ashera laughed softly.

“You cannot do it? Then the transaction cannot continue.”

After saying this, he released her and stood. Beili staggered as she landed on the ground.

Lifting her head, she saw Ashera narrow his eyes from above.

“This is my only condition.”

His low, gentle voice was deep and cold.