Survival Guide After Accidentally Kissing a Demon - Chapter 89

Chapter 89

Seeing the man’s terrifying, ferocious appearance, her heart raced with panic.

She had to escape before he lost control and sank further into that mad abyss.

Making a split-second decision, Beili immediately activated her Beast Transformation, turning into a butterfly.

Flapping wings that shimmered with a blue-green light, the butterfly trailed a wisp of black mist as she flew down the stairs.

In any case, the further away from him for now, the better.

Just as she reached the first floor, the old man let out a shrill, wretched scream as he plummeted once again.

A dull thud echoed behind her.

Her figure paused for a moment, but she didn’t look back, only increasing her flight speed.

She wove through row after row of bookshelves.

Finally, the main doors of the library building came into view.

A thin sliver of silvery moonlight filtered in through the half-open gap of the doors.

Just as she was about to fly out the entrance, she suddenly felt a familiar sensation-as if iron chains were wrapping around her, abruptly tightening.

It was as if she were being weighed down by a heavy block of lead.

No matter how hard she flapped her wings, she remained pinned in place, unable to move.

The next second, she was violently yanked back by an invisible, powerful, and utterly overbearing force.

She was pulled backward from the library tower’s entrance, all the way back up.

The scenery blurred past her eyes in a flash, and in the blink of an eye, she was dragged back to the second floor.

After a dizzying whirl of motion, she fell into a pair of ice-cold hands.

Beili was still reeling from the shock.

Before she could catch her breath, she looked up and suddenly realized that Ashera had changed from the black-robed man with twisted goat horns into the thin Blind Youth.

The black mist swirling around him had also vanished.

Before her stood the Blind Youth, still wearing the white ‘prey’ garment, his silver hair shorn into a short buzz cut.

“Where… where are you g-going?”

The youth lowered his hollow, lifeless golden eyes and asked with a stutter.

The shimmering blue-green butterfly’s wings slowly came to a halt.

From within, the girl’s voice emerged, feigning composure: “Nowhere… I was just going down to the first floor to see if there were any storybooks.”

With a voice tinged with helplessness and grievance, the youth stuttered, “I… I thought you were g-going to leave me, me again.”

The girl within the butterfly hesitated for a moment.

“So… you’ve calmed down?”

“I mean, your emotions just now… seemed to have some slight fluctuations,” she hinted tactfully.

The Blind Youth’s face was full of confusion as he murmured softly:

“I, I don’t know… I sh-should have been asleep, but I was, was awakened.”

The youth spoke with great effort:

“After I was, was awakened, I p-perceived that you were… cough… were leaving.”

“I just… d-didn’t want you to leave.”

The youth lowered his head.

His unfocused golden eyes held no emotion, but his long, dark, feather-like eyelashes were straight and trembling slightly. He said:

“S-sorry… I, I couldn’t control myself… it was… my fault.”

The butterfly in the youth’s hands remained silent for a while.

She wondered what this guy was trying to pull now…

Her fear seemed to lessen slightly. After letting out a faint sigh, she said, “Fine, then don’t go to sleep for now. Compared to him, I still prefer being with you.”

The youth’s lips curled up slightly as he nodded.

“I, I promise… not to sleep.”

Just then, a cold, biting wind suddenly blew through the windowless library, causing the butterfly’s wings to flutter and shake.

She couldn’t help but shiver.

The youth gently closed his fingers, carefully cupping the ball of blue-green light in his hands.

“Then, did you hear what I said earlier?”

Beili composed herself and asked tentatively.

The youth gave a soft “mm” and stuttered as he repeated:

“You just s-said that to open the D-Dream Domain, a… a contract must be signed.”

“Yeah…”

Beili let out a sigh.

When it came to communication, being on the same wavelength really was important.

“Then you-”

Before Beili could finish, the youth spoke:

“I’m w-willing…”

Beili froze for a moment, then quickly flapped her wings to fly out of his palm, transforming back into her human form.

With a face full of confusion, she said, “I haven’t even mentioned the conditions yet, and you’re already willing?”

The youth let out a short, faint, muffled chuckle.

“I’m willing…”

He repeated softly.

…

“Then… what about him? Is he willing?”

Beili stood her ground, asking hesitantly and tactfully, “I mean, the one who woke you up.”

After all, the only one who went crazy at random intervals was the form of Ashera with the goat horns.
The youth tilted his head slightly, as if listening to another voice deep within his soul, before speaking:

“He… he is also willing.”

“…”

Keep pretending.

They were clearly the same person.

Otherwise, how could he have known the contents of their previous conversation?

Furthermore, the faint, fragile aura emanating from the youth before her was nothing more than Ashera’s usual disguise.

After all, this fifth male lead Demon had a lifelong obsession with playing the weakling.

Beili knew this all too well.

“So you’re both willing, then…”

Beili saw through him but didn’t call him out.

She thought for a moment and made up her mind. With a wave of her hand, she summoned two Morpho Butterflies beside her.

The Morpho Butterflies picked up a slowly unfurling piece of parchment.

Beili pointed at the parchment and said, “Then sign the contract, Ashera.”

“I don’t know if you can sense the contents of the contract, but in short, it boils down to this: neither you nor he can ever try to kill me again, or even harbor the thought.”

“No matter what happens, no matter how much I provoke you… er, you two.”

Curving her lips, her tone became gentle as she explained, “Once the contract is signed, I will open the Dream Corridor to take you to the door on the Third Floor of the library to find the Book of Truth. I also promise not to target Susanna.”

She tilted her head to look at him, her eyes shimmering as she said with a smile, “Signing this contract feels like a total win for you, doesn’t it? Not a loss at all.”

Head tilted.

Listening.

The youth’s smile gradually faded.

His tone suddenly became apologetic and flustered. With drooping brows, he said bashfully, “T-this… these contract c-conditions… he isn’t v-very satisfied… He… he thinks it’s a huge loss.”

…What?

Truly a greedy Demon. A greedy, greedy Demon.

Beili was fuming.

She suppressed the urge to snap at him.

Rolling her eyes irritably, she said crossly, “Then please ask him exactly what he’s dissatisfied with. Please say it all at once, and I will listen very carefully.”

Hearing her words, the youth nodded and raised his hand.

His fingers, as thin as twigs, moved slowly across the slightly curled parchment.

A look of hesitation crossed his face, and his voice was weak and stuttering as he said, “He says… the M-Mana used to open the Dream Domain… m-most of it is p-provided by him…”

“You only n-need to close your eyes and o-open the Dream Domain space…”

“While he… he has to e-endure the M-Mana with its heavy… r-rotting stench for it…”

“That is… the first point.”

After the youth finished speaking, he let out a soft, weary breath.

Then, a look of worry appeared on his face again.

He quietly reached out his other hand and grasped the girl’s finger.

On the other side.

Beili lifted her chin and took a deep breath.

Curving her lips into a polite smile, she opened her red eyes and said with utter composure, “First point, fine. Keep going, I’m listening.”

The youth’s finger moved further down the page, the expression on his face becoming even more conflicted.

“He says you… m-most of the t-time… are only w-willing to absorb those sh-sh-sheep…”

“Fine, I know what they are.”

Beili interrupted him.

A vein pulsed on her forehead. She lifted her chin again, took another deep breath, and said with absolute calm once more, “You can skip that. Keep going.”

The corners of his bloodless lips twitched upward briefly.

The youth nodded gently and continued, “He says y-you are a c-cowardly butterfly… you couldn’t possibly k-kill… that girl.”

Beili’s red eyes flickered.

She quickly regained her composure and said with extreme coldness, “Given the stupid things she’s done so far, I can still pretend they didn’t happen. But if she truly enrages me, you’ll see if I have the guts or not.”

The youth gave a soft laugh.

“O-okay… he heard you,” he said.

…

The girl, whose thoughts had been read, narrowed her red eyes.

In truth, she didn’t actually harbor any desire for revenge regarding the stupid things Susanna had done.

Besides, Susanna’s intentions weren’t malicious; she had simply been used.

Given that the culprit had drowned and she had luckily escaped, no one would blame a girl who was manipulated because she was too kind and naive-not even Bartholomew, who had been severely screwed over.

Moreover, Susanna was filled with guilt afterward.

So, Beili could only swallow her anger and keep it to herself.

With the original heroine’s koi-like luck and her protagonist halo, no matter what Beili did, she would likely be the one who ended up miserable in the end.

Beili was well aware of that.