The Goddess, Please Devour the Evil Deity!

At the mention of the Solrog Family, Bai Lianyue’s eyes narrowed, and a murderous intent continuously overflowed from her emerald eyes.
Her aura, in an instant, turned icy cold, causing the pink octopus to shudder.
You see,

A thousand years ago, it was because of the interference of the Solrog Family that she fell into the abyss.
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Xing Wu was pierced through the heart…

And the reason the Solrog Family targeted them,
Was to obtain the "origin" that was born within Xing Wu.
The origin holds the power to purify curse energy and extinguish miasma.

It is the source of all divine power.
In the records of human society today, the origin is considered a divine miracle granted by the great Heavenly Lord to humanity, used to fight against the fallen beasts.
However, Bai Lianyue knew very well that the birth of the origin had nothing to do with so-called gods; that power... was something Xing Wu herself had nurtured within her body.

Because of this, she had been targeted by the beasts of the Solrog Family...
But,
Xing Wu was a very stubborn child, and in the end, she never handed over the origin to the Solrog Family.

In fact, before her death, she even destroyed the origin within her body, leaving the Solrog Family with a broken version of the origin.
Naturally, the Solrog Family did not give up.
So they began to study the broken origin of Xing Wu.

In a sense,
All the divine daughters born over the past thousand years were the products nurtured by the Solrog Family.
However, though these divine daughters could suppress curse energy, their effect was nowhere near that of Xing Wu’s origin.
Aeria and her two sisters were different from the divine daughters Bai Lianyue had seen before.

Their souls contained an absurdly high concentration of divine power, and they could genuinely suppress curse energy within their bodies, as well as the instincts of the Evil Gods.
It could be said that,
Aeria and her sisters were very close to Xing Wu in this aspect.

If they returned to human society and exposed this ability, the Solrog Family would never let them go. They would spare no effort in trying to take that power from them.
Bai Lianyue was certain of this.
Furthermore, the divine power and the soul are bound together. If that power is stripped away, those three little ones would certainly die.

Additionally,
Since Aeria and her sisters are the daughters of Liana, the next divine daughters, not only would the Solrog Family’s human faction be keeping an eye on them... other Evil Gods would do the same.
Now, Aeria and her sisters were so fragile, those creatures would never let them grow freely.

...
Therefore, in a sense, staying in the Enigmatic Abyss was a form of protection for Aeria and her sisters.
“The outside world is too dangerous for them right now.”

Looking back at the courtyard where Aeria was, Bai Lianyue sighed slightly.
Of course,
Bai Lianyue had her own selfish reasons for not letting Aeria go.

It wasn’t just because of the reward from the Redemption Game,
But also for herself.
After a thousand years, only Aeria and her sisters could help her suppress curse energy and the instincts of the Evil Gods. Only they could help her remain conscious.

To have a child so similar to Xing Wu appear in front of her?
Wasn’t this a windfall?
Now that this opportunity had come, Bai Lianyue would never let it slip away!

“Stay here and be at ease, little ones.”
With that, Bai Lianyue turned her gaze toward her shoulder,
“Watch those kids closely.”

“Ying ying~” (Got it, boss.)
The pink octopus nodded obediently, tapping its chest confidently with its tentacle.
After all, it was the most capable and reliable minion under its boss~

Watching over a few little kids? No problem!
It’s a piece of cake~
The pink octopus thought, feeling smug. But soon, it had another strange thought.

Watching those little girls?
Wasn’t the boss worried that they might try to run away?
In that case, why not just cripple their legs? If their legs were broken, there would be no need to worry about them running away~

Hehe~
The next moment, the pink octopus was about to share its thoughts with Bai Lianyue.
Although its master seemed to have been quite nice to the little ones earlier, always tolerating their naughty behavior, back then the master was still in a muddled state.

In the pink octopus’s view, now that the master’s mind was clear, she wouldn’t indulge these girls who carried divine power.
After all,
Over the past thousand years, the master, while awake,

Had personally killed no less than ten divine daughters.
So the pink octopus believed its boss would surely agree to this suggestion~
Although it wasn’t a difficult task, it would certainly be easier if she didn’t have to deal with unnecessary trouble.

If it could relax, it would avoid trouble at all costs.
That’s Lingxi’s motto.
...

However,
Just as the pink octopus was about to speak, it froze in place. The words it was about to say were suddenly swallowed back. It had just noticed that something seemed off with its master.
“Ying ying??” (Boss?)

At that moment,
In the pink octopus’s dazed vision, Bai Lianyue, its master, was silently leaning against a large tree, her head lowered, biting her right thumb.
Her expression was no longer the imposing and cold one from before, but rather one of unease. Strange murmurs kept spilling from Bai Lianyue’s lips.

—“I... I... was I too harsh just now...”—
??
“Ying?”

The pink octopus blinked, doubting life.
“Ying ying ying?” (What are you saying, boss??)
Unfortunately,

The pink octopus’s words didn’t reach Bai Lianyue’s ears. After quickly giving the pink octopus a few instructions, the Earth Evil God began to replay her behavior with Aeria in her mind.
The more she recalled, the more anxious she became.
Her perfect face was now filled with unease.

I,
I think... I might have overdone it?
Though I intended to scare Aeria into not acting recklessly... after all, wandering around in the Enigmatic Abyss is very dangerous, but I’m an adult, and yet I went to threaten a little girl?

That’s a bit shameless.
Aeria had just lost her mother and her master because of me, and now I’m threatening her sister’s life.
This child... is too pitiful.

I,
I really went too far, didn’t I?
Scaring a little kid, fine, but I shouldn’t have made such a scary face, right? I definitely shouldn’t have used curse power to pressure her.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like I went too far, and an overwhelming sense of guilt wells up inside me. I’ve already felt guilty after learning from Lingxi that I killed her mother in my confused state.
Now, it’s like adding insult to injury.
Bai Lianyue bit her finger madly, her face twisted with anxiety.

What if I scared her so badly that she has psychological trauma?
Ugh...
This is bad, this is bad,

I went too far!
Thinking about Aeria’s stunned expression earlier, Bai Lianyue felt a pang of regret. The Earth Evil God’s heart even overflowed with a desire to go back and comfort Aeria.
After all, that child, in some ways, is so much like my own daughter.

Thinking of such a girl being so stunned and possibly even crying secretly now, Bai Lianyue’s heart filled with panic.
With that thought, Bai Lianyue even turned to go back to the courtyard, but when she saw the pink octopus’s confused expression on her shoulder, she stopped.
Forget it,

I’m the one who killed her mother and threatened her sister’s safety. If I go back to comfort her... it might only make things worse.
Sigh,
Forget it.

Shaking her head, Bai Lianyue finally gave up on the unrealistic thought and turned to the pink octopus on her shoulder:
“Mm... Help me keep an eye on that child. If anything happens... let me know.”
“Ying~” (Okay~)

...
As Bai Lianyue walked away, in the courtyard behind her,
Little Aeria still sat quietly on the stone bench where she had eaten earlier.

However, at this moment, little Aeria’s state was completely different from what Bai Lianyue had imagined.
She wasn’t crying, she wasn’t trembling, and not even the slightest hint of unease appeared on her delicate face.
The silver-haired little girl tilted her head calmly, silently watching the direction in which Bai Lianyue had left, then slowly raised her hand to pinch her chin, adopting a thoughtful pose. As she recalled the Earth Evil God’s threat, a complex emotion gradually appeared in her pink eyes.

Enmmm,
How should I put this?
That expression,

Rather than scary, it was more like...
A little,
Although it feels a bit off to think this way, it really feels like...

A little,
“Cute and dumb, cute and dumb?”