NOVEL WEB chapter 61
Chapter 61, Whispers of the God of Love (Part One)
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An ultimately found herself standing in front of the door.
Though the man was so terrified of this place, it surely held nothing good inside.
But just like a button marked “do not press” becomes all the more tempting, human curiosity and rebelliousness drove her to stand here.
No, it wasn’t just those reasons.
There were also some subtle, indescribable reasons.
For instance…
Her intuition.
From the moment she stepped into this village, An had felt that something was off.
In the shadows, she always sensed the presence of something, yet whenever she looked, there was nothing there.
After meeting Ailuka, that feeling of unease grew even stronger.
It was as if beneath Ailuka’s lively and adorable smile, something was hidden.
—
What was hidden was far more terrifying than what she had shown.
But that thing would make it impossible for people to resist going to take a look.
Just like the snake that lured the initial son to eat the poisoned apple.
“I’ll… just take a look.”
An grasped the doorknob with her hand.
The cold sensation made her calm down a bit.
She held her breath for a while, confirming that Ai Lu Ka was still busy in the kitchen.
Then,
With a burst of strength,
The door creaked open, accompanied by a faint scraping sound.
An cast her gaze into the room.
Then,
Her pupils constricted suddenly.
…
From the moment she entered this room, the air was filled with a faint scent of flowers.
An sniffed out that it was the fragrance of a certain perfume, as she occasionally used it too.
But after opening this door, the scent of flowers became even stronger.
No, it should be said to be overwhelming,
Like several perfume bottles simultaneously shattering in the room, the intense scent of flowers was almost suffocating.
But even so, An couldn’t help but sniff out the scent hidden behind the fragrance of flowers.
The smell of blood.
Thick and unremovable.
An saw it.
In the not-so-spacious room, the dim lamp light flickered, and several moths danced around the light, ready to pounce on the flame, but were blocked by the cold lamp shade.
Under the light, on the iron bed, a girl lay quietly.
Her entire body was bare.
And on her body, from the round chest to a private area above, there was a gruesome and massive wound, with her internal organs scattered and torn, and the blood seemed to have flowed out long ago, with even the dark connective tissue visible on her internal organs.
The girl had been opened up.
“Ugh——”
The intense stimulation made An unable to suppress the turmoil in her stomach.
She covered her mouth and instinctively took a few steps back, only to step into some liquid, splattering it all over herself.
It was blood.
The entire floor of the room was flowing with a large amount of fresh blood.
The bloody smell, which even the rich aroma could not conceal, came from this.
It was simply impossible for this to be the blood of just one person.
But where did so much blood come from?
“Ah… gurgle, gurgle…”
While An’s mind was in chaos, she suddenly heard a hoarse voice that seemed to come from deep within the throat.
Like that of a malevolent spirit.
An’s neck stiffly lifted her head.
To her horror, she discovered that the girl who had been disemboweled was still alive.
But with her innards scattered all over the ground, why was she not dead?
As if disturbed by the noise An made, the girl slowly turned her head to look at the maid at the door.
“Gurgle…”
The girl’s face was as pale as paper, her eyes vacant.
It was unclear whether she still possessed the ability to see at this moment, but she faced An, her lips weakly moving, as if a dying person was trying to use all her strength to call for help.
But what she uttered was not a signal for help.
Instead, it was.
—“I, love you…”
With a twisted expression, the girl squeezed out this seemingly affectionate confession from her parched throat.
“I love you…”
“I love you…”
“I’m sorry, I love you…”
“Wuwuwu… I love you…”
The girl’s voice echoed in the room like a chilling wind.
It was spine-chilling.
But just as An was about to flee without a care—an all-too-familiar voice rang out.
“Ah, my master has found me.”
The wailing abruptly stopped.
Like a wailing infant in the night, who has truly stumbled upon a man-eating monster.
Immediately, it shut its mouth.
“Eiruka…”
An slowly turned her head.
The process of turning was so prolonged that she seemed to hear the sound of her own neck bones grinding against each other.
“Why did Master have to open this room?”
Eiruka held a cup of tea, sighing helplessly like a little girl caught revealing a secret:
“According to my plan, Master should have come much later.”
“Much later? What… does that mean?”
“It means that… everyone is supposed to… come and receive my boundless love.
Just like they do.”
Eiruka casually tossed the teacup aside, then smiled as she lifted her shirt in front of An, revealing her abdomen.
—On Eiruka’s fair little belly, beneath the cute pink fabric, was embedded a dark, human face.
Without much thought, An recognized the identity of the face.
Because she had seen it not long ago.
—It was Eiruka’s mother, identical to the one in the painting.
“I love you…”
“I love you…”
The face cried out in anguish, yet the words it uttered were still those three love-filled words.
As if it could no longer say anything else.
“And this too.”
Eiruka turned again.
On her back was another dark face.
—Her father’s face.
“I love you…”
“I love you…”
This face, somewhat aged and now streaming with tears, seemed to be enduring unimaginable pain, yet the corners of his mouth were lifted high, and as he repeated those three words, his face radiated a smile.
Twisted to the point of horror.
“What on earth is going on…”
An instinctively stepped back, wanting to distance herself from Eiruka.
At this moment, she finally felt that compared to the terrifying girl behind her, who looked like she had been disemboweled, the smiling Eluka in front of her was the true source of horror.
“First, my beloved father and mother, then my dear Ade, followed by the neighbors who have always cared for me, and now… it’s your turn, Master.”
Eluka turned around, as if counting her beloved candies like a child, one by one, her eyes revealing pure delight.
“Look, Master, I have so many people I love, I’m truly happy.”
“Eluka, wake up, these things…”
“I’m very awake.”
Eluka interrupted An with a smile.
“In fact, I’m very grateful to you, Master.”
“Grateful… to me?”
“That’s right, it is you, Master, who taught me what true love is.”
“What—” An’s mind went blank for a moment.
“I taught you?”
“Of course, that day by the lakeside, wasn’t it you who guided me?”
Eluka raised her hands high, ecstatic.
“True love, you see, is above everything! It is unrestrained! It allows one to naturally possess what they love! Isn’t that exactly what you told me, Master?”
“After I returned, I told your teachings to the great deity, and the great deity also appreciated your thoughts.”
“Deity?”
“Yes, the great, kind, and all-loving god who bestowed upon me the power of love—Lord of Love.”
Eluka reached out her hand to An, smiling, “So, will you accept my love too, Master?”
“Love… deity…”
An’s mind was in chaos.
So many things, so many unexpected developments, were all impacting her rationality.
But with her long-standing cultivation and insight, she still managed to clarify a line amidst the confusion.
A line… the worst kind of line.
“Eluka, you…”
An raised her face, looking at Eluka in bewilderment, and then with a tremor in her voice that she herself didn’t even notice, she quietly questioned:
“Have you… been tainted by the evil god?”