Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 70

Chapter 70

The Blind Youth gave a soft “mm” in response and started walking forward.

Then, right before Beili’s eyes, he nearly walked straight into a wall of the Maze.

Beili reached out and grabbed his shoulder, looking at him with utter bewilderment. “What are you doing, walking into a wall?”

The youth seemed to have a sudden realization and gave an embarrassed smile. His hollow, lifeless golden eyes ‘looked’ at her without focus as he stammered, “I… I thought there… there was a path…”

The look of bewilderment on Beili’s face only deepened.

“Cut it out. Can’t you sense your surroundings?” she exposed him ruthlessly.

“It seems… something’s wrong.”

The youth’s expression held a hint of confusion and helplessness. He asked, “What… what should I do… Will you leave… leave me behind?”

Leave you behind my foot, stop acting…

Several black lines of exasperation metaphorically slid down Beili’s forehead.

Then.

Her red eyes flickered, and a mischievous smirk played on her lips.

Beili took out the ladybug she had previously used to mark Paji and quietly left a new tracking mark on the youth.

Once finished, she used Beast Transformation to turn into a butterfly and flapped her wings to fly away.

“Then you can take your time wandering the Maze. Once you’re back to normal, you’ll find your way out.”

The girl’s playful laughter drifted from the butterfly with shimmering blue-green wings.

The Blind Youth showed a trace of grievance on his face when he heard Beili’s words.

He tilted his head up.

“I… I didn’t do it on pur… purpose… Don’t… *cough*… don’t leave me.”

By the time the youth managed to finish his halting sentence, the butterfly had already flown far away.

He was left standing there all alone.

He tilted his head, and after hearing no further sound of butterfly wings, he lowered his head and let out a helpless sigh.

***

Having used Beast Transformation to become a butterfly, Beili flapped her wings and flew high into the air.

She looked down from above.

The thick fog that had originally only circled the outer layers of the Maze had, after a day and a night, actually spread into the middle layers like a rising tide.

If this trend continued, by the time the next day arrived…

The thick fog would invade the inner circle of the Maze.

By then, the only active area left in the Maze Center would likely be the small patch around the pool.

Lost in thought, she flew for a while longer.

Beili returned to the camp at the Maze Center.

At this time, the others were trickling out of their tents and moving about nearby.

She wanted to tell Cyril about the two princes of the Nauze Kingdom killing Paji, but as Beili scanned the area, she didn’t see the black-haired, purple-eyed youth.

She flapped her wings and slowly descended to the grass, instantly reverting to her human form.

As she took off her Invisibility Cloak and put it away, she walked toward Lance. “Prince Lance, has Prince Cyril gone out to patrol the perimeter?” she asked curiously.

Lance looked up, his ore-black eyes lighting up when he saw Bartholomew.

He replied with a smile, “Cyril woke me up just before dawn to take over the watch. Then he went out to patrol the surroundings. He also mentioned he was going to look for your whereabouts while he was at it.”

Beili nodded. “Then I’ll have to wait until Prince Cyril returns to talk about it.”

With a clear smile on his face, Lance blinked and asked curiously, “Talk about what?”

Beili looked at the youth’s simple, harmless, smiling face with his red hair and black eyes, feeling conflicted about whether she should tell him about the cause of Paji’s death and the war for the kingdom’s succession.

After all, his relationship with Cyril seemed very harmonious.

But…

“The matter of the thick fog.”
Not wanting to get too deeply involved, Beili sighed inwardly and tactfully shifted the subject.

“Because the thick fog is spreading, the active area of the Maze has already shrunk by half. Someone should appear at the Maze Center today.”

The one she had signed a contract with was Cyril.

She had told the news to Cyril; whether Cyril would share it with Lance after this had nothing to do with her.

“Mm-hmm… so that’s what this is about.”

Lance carelessly brushed back the red hair hanging over his forehead and comforted her in a relaxed tone, “Luoluo, don’t worry too much. Even if Cyril isn’t here, I can protect you all by myself.”

He grinned, revealing a row of straight, white teeth.

“Even though I ranked last in the Holy Island Competition, my abilities are not inferior to Cyril’s at all!”

Beili nodded gently with a complicated expression.

As they spoke…

Susanna suddenly came running over in a great hurry.

Her expression was full of panic as she shouted to them anxiously, “Prince Lance! Sister Bartholomew! That little girl named Aili-she fell into the pond!”

There was a pond at the Maze Center.

However, the deepest part of that pond had originally only reached past one’s knees. Logically speaking, even if someone fell in, it shouldn’t be a major problem.

But Susanna’s expression at this moment was far too frantic.

So, after Beili and Lance exchanged a glance, they hurried toward the pond.

Upon hearing the news, Lisa also followed behind them in a panic.

…

Lance and Beili were the first to reach the edge of the pond.

They were surprised to find that the originally shallow pond had actually caved in, sinking several meters deep.

Lance and Beili walked around the edge of the pond, carefully inspecting the water, but they could not find any sign of Aili.

Susanna also ran over, her chest heaving as she panted, so anxious she couldn’t even speak.

Beili grabbed her shoulders and said in a calm tone, “Susanna, take a breath, then try to recall exactly what happened just now.”

Susanna took a deep breath.

Struggling to steady her emotions, she recalled the events as she spoke: “We were taking a walk nearby together when Aili suddenly said she wanted to play in the water. I saw that the pond was very shallow, so I didn’t stop her…”

“While Aili was playing, she suddenly called out ‘Beiji’ and crouched down.”

“In the blink of an eye, she dove into the water and never came back out.”

She said with a pale face:

“I tried to reach out and grab her, but I couldn’t reach at all… I was terrified, so I immediately ran to find you. I didn’t stop for a second.”

After listening to Susanna’s description, Beili didn’t gain any useful clues from it.

She could only be certain that Aili had disappeared in this pond.

Thus, Beili turned around and summoned several butterflies, ordering them to dive into the water in hopes of finding Aili.

The shimmering blue-green Morpho Butterflies were summoned and plunged into the pond one after another.

They looked like streaks of falling stars.

Susanna also walked over to Sister Bartholomew’s side to check the pond, her light-colored eyes searching everywhere in utter panic.

Suddenly.

Her gaze froze on a withered tree trunk submerged in the pond.

A Morpho Butterfly drifted slowly past, carrying a faint blue-green light.

On that wrinkled bark, a shape resembling a human face actually appeared.

Moreover, the contours of that tiny face were strikingly similar to Aili’s.