Chapter 005: Demon Palace
The latter words are very difficult, and I dare not admit that in terms of psychological warfare, I actually lost so badly. She hung a big fish this time, an unimaginable big fish, the most famous onmyoji in the chaos world in recent years, and just like that, she fell into the hook of an idiot succubus. I'd rather blame it all on the punishment that Heaven has brought upon me through fate.
Confused, she took my necklace and made a not-so-formal salute.
I turned around and snapped, "Now go!" ”
This is blatant selfishness. Anyway, I'm taking advantage of her. I have no feelings for her, and I don't care about her feelings, she is just a prop for me to miss the old people, an idol of the broken past. As I said to her, her name, like herself, didn't matter to me, and I thought of her as a stand-in for my sister in my heart. I didn't want to give that necklace to her, but to my sister.
And in the end, all these acts are my ridiculous self-forgiveness and self-redemption, hoping to use this series of stupid things to seek inner comfort and the comfort of my miserable sister in heaven.
This is the act of deception, the complete use of others in order to gain one's own hypocrisy. Naked selfishness.
I blamed myself in my heart, but I still thought it was ridiculous. Should I be morally blamed? It is only right to miss my sister, and what is the sin of using a demon and ignoring her feelings?
I couldn't figure it out more and more, so I just didn't want to, and I quickened my pace, hoping to solve this unfortunate situation as soon as possible.
Finally arrived at the destination, and this chaos was finally coming to an end.
All the servants in the Demon Palace—from the soldier guarding the door, to the old man who came to greet him, to the group of doglegs standing left and right in the hall—all cast sharp eyes at me, as if they wanted to kill me with their eyes, and sympathy and disgust for her who followed.
She is known as the Witch Queen, but she is truly half-human, the strongest half-human in the area, and many of her kindred have taken refuge under her banner.
So you can imagine why they are so disgusted by my appearance!
Before entering the hall of the Demon Palace, I took out a mirror and tidied up my haggard face. After all, I'm going to use my talking face to impress some cruel female tyrant. It looks like the overall image is not bad, although I haven't shaved my beard for a few days, I have stubble, my eyes are dull that I haven't slept well all night, and my face is full of hunger, but I think as long as I can make Gina recognize me, the thing is done.
After all the preparations, I specifically instructed her: "Don't say anything." ”
She nodded hesitantly. Until now, she still doesn't know that I have led her into a trap made of a woman's jealousy. But having come this far, I can't be soft-hearted.
So, I walked down the red carpet and into the hall to meet the sinister gaze of a room full of people. And she followed behind me with her head bowed and small steps.
Ji Na Yun has towering temples, wearing a gorgeous dress, solemnly sitting on the throne she inherited from her father, the demon or half-human who turns into an entity can have offspring, Ji Na was born with noble blood, inherited her father's power, although powerful, the actual age is not big!
If I had agreed to stay two years ago, I might have been the one sitting now—her posture had not changed since I had first seen her, and she was still trying to sit solemnly—and I knew that she was now a puppet queen, completely at the mercy of the old courtiers left behind by her father, and of course it had nothing to do with me.
Things were a bit unexpected, though, and if it was Kina, whom I knew before, and now seeing me, she would have jumped from her throne and screamed and threw herself into my arms. But now she just looked at me with a blank face, her right hand bouncing on the armrest of the throne as if she were striking the keys. Even when I saw the other woman who appeared after me, she didn't look surprised.
"Hi dear, long time no see." I said hello easily.
"Long time no see." She replied listlessly: "You were so powerful last time, I obviously ordered martial law all over the mountain, and the intersections were heavily checked, but I still let you run." ”
That time, she was purely abusing her power, and she was full of restlessness.
"Ah, there's no need to worship that kind of thing." I replied, "Your subordinates are so easy to deceive, I have suggested that you strengthen their training before, these Demon Palace guards are really poor in terms of quality and theory." ”
Ji Na chuckled lightly and replied coldly: "It's you who are too good at deceiving people, Lin Mubai, I used to think that the rumors about you from other places were just rumors. ”
I spread my hands and said, "I've never lied to anyone." Ji Ya, we have spent an unforgettable week here, and you should know very well what kind of person I am. ”
"You liar." The expression I was expecting finally appeared on Jina's face: "You said that you have never loved anyone else, you will give me your life and never step out of this magic palace again." But you slipped away without saying goodbye to me. Do you know what those people are saying about me right now? Where do you put my face? ”
That's what you made of it yourself, right?
"You're getting things wrong." I explained, "I left because they were making irresponsible comments about me. I'm afraid my bad reputation will affect your reign. Really, I've never forsaken you, I'm just worried about whether the people here will accept me as your bridegroom, so I left to get a good name, and I really can't get used to eating here. You're wrong about me, Jena. ”
Ji Na snorted and sneered: "That's a nice thing to say." But why are you back now? Aren't you afraid to be my new voice again? And brought another woman with you? ”
Well, things have finally reached a critical point. I cleared my throat and said solemnly, "Jina, you know, I've only loved you in my life. So I won't love other women anymore. ”
I took a panning step so that the two women stood facing each other, and then pointed to her next to me with my fingertips, and said in a loud voice, "That's why God gave me such a test - this woman, she appeared halfway through and tried to seduce me." I thought she was suspicious, but when I finally found out, she wasn't human, but a demon - a succubus! A terrible demon that seduces men and sucks their essence for a living! Gentlemen, I think some of you must have noticed her identity as soon as you entered the door, so get her arrested! ”
There was a panicked look on her face that had been by her side, and she finally realized what I had really done to bring her here.
But it was too late!
If it weren't for my expectation, I'd hear the sound of crossbows pulling the bowstrings all around, and the mantras chanted by the elders in the Demon Palace—
But nothing happened, and there was silence in the hall, and the high ceiling echoed only the echo of my words. The half-men, the demon servants, all stayed where they were, silent, and looked at me coldly, as if they were looking at a dead man.
Gina also sat motionless on the throne, as if time had stood still, only me and her beside me were alive, she looked around helplessly, and I pointed at her with my index finger blankly. This moment lasted for tens of thousands of years.
Finally, Gina broke the silence with a sneer.
"Onmyoji Lin Mubai, I won't be fooled again." She said coldly: "I am no longer the little girl who doesn't understand anything. Do you think a simple lie will send me away? ”
I looked at her helplessly, and really wanted to explain: This is the truth, the woman next to me is really a succubus, even if the succubus is good at disguise, it is impossible for Ji Na's eyesight not to see it, right?
After a mess of my mind, I came to the conclusion that it was possible that Gina did it on purpose!
But it's useless to understand, this is the real retribution, I told countless lies, so that countless people believed it, but in the end I made my truth lose its authenticity. That's how ironic fate is.
"You're even more disgusting than I thought, and you're using another innocent woman to wash away your sins." She is looking at me now as if she is looking at a dead mouse crawling with maggots: "Lin Mubai, you're finished." ”
This posture didn't frighten me, so I straightened my neckline and tried to salvage the situation: "Jina, listen to me, things are not as ...... as you think"
"I want you to meet my honored guests." She clapped her hands, and then another woman with an angry face walked up the hall—the more beautiful hostess of the beautiful lakeside inn where I had stayed the day before.
"Lin Mubai, I didn't expect you to be so famous." Her cold voice froze the world, and when I saw her face, I thought, this time-
I'm really done.
"Do you still need me to call more witnesses?" Ji Na said with a smile: "As the so-called state has national laws, and families have family rules, in my Demon Palace, no one is an exception, then, as the master of the Black Wind Mountain Demon Palace, I will officially try the legendary Onmyoji Lin Mubai for the crime of disloyalty, indecency, and rape - the punishment of ten thousand arrows piercing the heart!" ”
I heard the sound of crossbows pulling on the bowstrings from all sides of the hall.
"Wait, everybody, wait." I shouted hoarsely, trying to find some reason to explain.
Ji Na continued to sneer, with indescribable cheerfulness and mockery: "Lin Mubai, do you know how long I waited for this day?" Since the day after you left, I have been waiting all the time, if I could pass through the barrier of the yang world, I would have gone and arrested you a long time ago, for which I am willing to pay any price, but I didn't expect you to send it to the door in person, do you think I should be happy? ”
Yes, her hearty laughter extinguished all my hopes!
It's over, it's completely over.
All the tricks were useless, and they didn't even give me a chance to stall.
Everyone around me wants to kill me, I'm alone, and no one is going to help me. In front of me are two women who have fallen into madness and want to kill me as soon as possible, and next to me is a female demon who knows that she has been deceived by me and wants to eat me immediately-
At this moment, I heard the cracking of the fabric being torn.