vol. 1 chapter 30 - Severine, Who Loves Beauty, Can No Longer Tolerate It
The Familiars tier is the highest level of fallen beasts, second only to the Evil God tier.
As beings directly granted power by the Evil Gods,
Familiars possess combat power far beyond that of typical Blood Curse-tier fallen beasts. Each Familiar has enough power to destroy several large cities. They are the kind of opponent that cannot be defeated by sheer numbers of military forces alone. To counter them, only a very small number of high-ranking warriors from the Returning Boundary can hope to stand against them.
Fortunately,
Compared to Blood Curse-tier fallen beasts, Familiars are incredibly rare. Each Evil God only has a handful of Familiars, and Bai Lianyue, among the Three Evil Gods, has the fewest—just four.
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Severine-Tarsi,
is one of them.
...
For Familiars, the Evil God who grants them power is their faith, the object they vow to protect with their lives, and the being they obey and respect unconditionally.
However,
After seeing the Evil God girl in front of her, Severine's smile visibly disappeared and was quickly replaced with clear disdain.
"Before we start the formal lessons, I want to ask... Boss, what are you wearing?"
"Me?"
Hearing this, Bai Lianyue blinked innocently, slowly looking down at her outfit.
At this moment,
The Earth Evil God was dressed in a strange outfit—a gray top, pink pants, a blue coat, and red shoes... From the outfit’s combination...
Hmm,
It was a bit abstract in style.
Not to mention, the clothes didn’t fit her properly at all.
Moreover, Bai Lianyue’s entire outfit looked quite tattered. Take the black coat, for example. The once-warm fabric seemed worn out from years of damage, the faded blue now a dull, dark shade, the fabric torn and stained. The sleeves of the cotton jacket were worn out, revealing Bai Lianyue’s delicate wrists, and the hem of the coat had several rips from long-term friction...
In addition,
It wasn’t clear whether it was due to cleaning the courtyard or tossing the bear away earlier, but Bai Lianyue’s hair had become quite messy.
As a result,
To Severine’s eyes, Bai Lianyue now looked like a beggar who had scavenged through a junkyard for ragged clothes.
However,
Bai Lianyue was completely oblivious to her own disheveled appearance.
After briefly glancing at her clothes, Bai Lianyue nonchalantly waved her hand.
Enmmm,
How should she put it?
"A little torn, but still okay, right?"
"Ah?!!!"
Upon hearing this, Severine's eyes suddenly narrowed, and her tail and ears went straight up, her dissatisfaction radiating from her with an intensity that was unmistakable.
"Boss! What the hell are you talking about?! This is 'a little torn'?! 'Still okay'?! There are so many holes in this! And it’s torn and dirty, it even... smells awful!! What is that strange odor?!"
Holding her nose, Severine couldn’t hold back and complained.
As a cat with a certain obsession with cleanliness, everything on Bai Lianyue was clearly challenging her limits.
"Boss, how could you let yourself get like this? Why would you wear these weird clothes?"
"These?"
Lifting her hand and glancing at her sleeve, Bai Lianyue adopted a reflective, thoughtful expression.
Actually,
The reason Bai Lianyue was wearing these clothes was simple... She didn’t have any other clothes.
That's right,
She didn’t have any clothes.
After devouring Liana’s body and transforming into human form, Bai Lianyue was initially completely naked. The first white dress she wore was actually a creation formed with cursed energy, modeled under Lingxi's guidance.
Therefore, even when Bai Lianyue was talking to Aeria and the others earlier, although it seemed like she was wearing a dress, she was, in fact, completely naked—just enveloped by cursed energy at most.
In front of Aeria, she had endured it for the sake of maintaining an image.
But after that?
Bai Lianyue certainly didn’t want to run around naked.
After all,
The Earth Evil God still retained some human sense of modesty.
Now that she had taken on a human form, she felt she had to find something to cover her body.
In this mindset, she eagerly started looking for clothes in the ruined city... However, due to the ravages of war and the erosion of time, most of the clothes couldn’t be saved, and the few items found in the supply warehouse were the only ones that could be worn.
Thus,
Bai Lianyue didn’t care much about matching. She just grabbed any clothes that "fit" and wore them. For Bai Lianyue, as long as they were wearable, that was enough~
As for the smell?
In the past, when she was always on the battlefield, Bai Lianyue endured the smell of decay without a second thought, so she didn’t mind this little odor.
As for why her hair was so messy and her face dirty?
Enmm,
She probably got some dust and dirty water on her when she was cleaning up the courtyard debris earlier?
...
And so, Bai Lianyue explained to Severine the reason for her disheveled appearance.
Then,
"Shit!! Boss!! You’ve really gone too far! When you were cleaning up the trash, couldn’t you use cursed energy to protect yourself and not look so dirty and messy?!"
"Also, if you didn’t have proper clothes, why wear these?!"
"Not wearing anything would still have a certain beauty to it, a kind of human body art!"
"I could feast my eyes on that! Enjoy the beauty~"
"But look at what you've done after you put these on!"
"Also, you're an Evil God! Not a human, why do you even care about wearing clothes like a human?! Look at Lingxi, does she wear anything?!"
...
Bai Lianyue: "Hmm??"
Why does it feel like...
Something is off with what she’s saying?
Although it felt strange, under Severine's barrage of words, Bai Lianyue had no time to think too much and could only awkwardly wave her hands.
"Calm, calm down..."
For a moment,
The Earth Evil God, usually so imposing, was completely suppressed by Severine’s overwhelming energy.
"How can I calm down?!"
Furious, Severine raised her hands and held her head:
"Okay, wearing clothes is one thing, but can’t you wear something prettier?!"
"You’re our boss! You need to wear something that suits your style!"
"Although I’ve always known your taste was a bit... out there, but I never thought it was this abstract! A normal person couldn’t match these colors, even if they tried! How did you even manage that?!"
...
Eventually,
After yet another round of verbal bombardment, Severine finally calmed down a little.
Meanwhile, Bai Lianyue stood there awkwardly like a student who had done something wrong, helplessly tapping her face with her finger.
"Ha..."
Looking at Bai Lianyue, Severine’s sharp canine teeth unconsciously bit down on her lip.
Their boss had finally acquired a human body, a slender and attractive one, with a face that could bring kingdoms to their knees.
It made Severine, who loved beauty, a little envious.
But?
Such a body, and yet their boss didn’t appreciate it? Wearing such shabby clothes, having messy hair, and even dirt on her face.
It was simply,
A waste...
Clenching her fists, Severine’s head unknowingly began to fill with several ‘井’ (well) characters. Back in her human days, she had always valued beauty.
She would never allow beautiful things to be spoiled, and that was Severine’s belief.
Not to mention,
Bai Lianyue’s appearance was also damaging the image of the Evil God. If the other two clans found out, wouldn’t their Familiars be laughed at?
Thus,
The more Severine looked at Bai Lianyue’s weird and shabby outfit, the more irritated she became.
"Boss, this is too much, how could you let yourself... get, get like this?!"
Saying this, Severine’s gray-golden cursed energy began to surge out from around her, distorting the space around them.
"Ah? Too much?"
Unfortunately,
Even now, the oblivious Bai Lianyue still didn’t understand why her Familiar was so angry.
"Enmm, I don’t think it’s that bad? I feel like this is still okay?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, Severine’s expression completely darkened.
"Okay?! You’re a total idiot!!"
With an angry curse,
Under Bai Lianyue’s stunned gaze, Severine, unable to take it anymore, rushed forward and tore off Bai Lianyue’s torn coat:
"Forget it, Boss! I’ll personally help you fix your image!"
"Fix?"
"Yes!! Otherwise, with you looking like this, you’ll embarrass our entire Familiar family! Two disgraceful juniors are one thing, but as our boss, you can’t keep embarrassing yourself! So now... take this off! Right now!"
"Eh?"