If any species wants to survive and continue, then "reproduction" is destined to be an indispensable thing. There are many ways to reproduce in the multiverse, including sexual reproduction, parthenogenesis, dimensional gestation, heterogeneous assimilation, etc., and so on.

And the ugly and evil creature of the ghost woman also has its own unique way of reproduction.

Some say that the Oni Woman was born out of a terrible curse, like werewolves, vampires, sirens, and harpies. This view is not unfounded, and you may think the same thing when you learn about how this creature reproduces.

When an adult ghost woman wants to give birth to offspring, it will not go to the males of the race to perform some happy activities to satisfy its own needs, because there are no males in this creature. In the same way, she will not seek out males of other species to obtain their seeds of life.

What this ghost woman who wants to give birth to an offspring really wants to do is devour a human baby.

It will steal targets directly from swaddling clothes, cradles, and even the womb of a human female, and then absorb the innocent and poor baby. A week later, the ghost woman will give birth to a baby girl in human form, and the baby girl will grow up normally in human form like an ordinary girl.

Until, on her thirteenth birthday, the girl's appearance will suddenly become thin and old, and her skin will grow ugly sarcomas and pockmarks, and darkness will fill her mind, and evil will fill her mind, and she will transform into 'it', into the same kind of ghost woman as her mother.

The sinister ghost woman sometimes sends her daughter back to the family where she lost the baby, and secretly observes, peeking at the happy life of the adopted parents and their own daughter.

And the reason why it does this is only to witness the moment when the baby grows up and becomes a lifelong nightmare for human parents. After that, the ghost woman will appear in the frightened and desperate eyes of her human parents, and take away her newborn daughter of her kind in a vicious laugh.

This is the case with the ghost woman 'Hei Mowen', that is, the birth of 'Melly Lefay'.

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The City of Dis.

The ghost woman Melly Leffy pushed open the door of the tavern as usual, and slowly walked to the table she knew very well in the crisp sound of the bell.

At this time, the store was empty, not even the owner Monroe was here. But it wasn't long before the tavernkeeper, who heard the bell, walked in through the back door.

"What do you want to drink? Black ...... "Or as usual, a glass of orange water and a piece of lemon cake?"

Melly nodded in the affirmative.

This was a habit she had developed when she was still in human girl form. At that time, Melly's adoptive parents prepared a dessert for her every afternoon, and the combination of lemon cake and orange water was always her favorite. Even after becoming an ugly ghost woman, this habit has not changed.

Just like the name 'Melly Lefay', habits can make her feel a glimmer of happiness that she once had.

The devils in the city like to call her 'Black Mowen', which was chosen for her by Merry's own mother. Her mother's name is 'Rotten Anne', and other familiar names of the same kind include 'Swamp Nun', 'White-haired Grandmother', and 'Cheryl the Pig's Trotter'.

Although this is a tradition of ghost women, Mei Li herself doesn't like to be called 'Hei Mowen' at all. She always insists on calling herself 'Melly Lefay' and hopes to one day return to her human form.

Yes, Melly, the ghost woman, is not like her mother, who is keen to subvert and destroy and collect souls, nor is she intoxicated with the failures and tragedies of other creatures and builds her happiness on other suffering, nor does she want to destroy all the good things in the world and bring despair to others. Melly's wish is simple, she just wants to be human again.

If anyone knows Melly in human life, they will know that she used to be a famous little beauty in the city of 'Seland' in the griffon kingdom. She was smart, well-behaved, lovable, and the boys were proud to be able to speak, and there was even a perverted bard who sang love songs under her window all day long, and was eventually driven out of the city by the guards.

Not only that, the human Melly also has an extremely amazing talent in music and painting, and the famous painter 'Giotto' once wanted to take her as an apprentice, but later felt that the realism of the fusion of nature and history under her brush was actually more proficient than herself, so she was ashamed to give up the plan to accept the apprentice, and instead discussed with each other as a peer.

The nobles in the city wanted their heirs to make a marriage contract with Merry in advance, but no matter whether the titles of those nobles were high or low, they were all rejected by her adoptive father.

"Melly will choose her favorite lover when she grows up. "It doesn't matter if the man is a peasant, a nobleman, a painter, a poet, a mage, or an adventurer." But that's all after she became an adult. And before that, she just needs to live a carefree life. ”

However, this carefree life disappeared on her thirteenth birthday. Melly remembers what happened on her birthday.

That day, her adoptive parents held a lively birthday party for her, and many people came to the house, and Melly also received a lot of birthday gifts. Her favorite gift was a black lark from her parents, the bird's swarthy and smooth feathers and graceful expression, although it was tied to its hind legs and stood on a bird rack for many people to watch, but it did not show any panic at all.

Just as Melly wanted to feed the birds with the cake, she suddenly felt a strange power burst out of her body. The power continued to invade her sanity, making her uncomfortable.

Merry involuntarily staggered forward a few steps, grabbing the bird's frame to stabilize her figure. Just as she gritted her teeth and competed with that force, she heard a series of frightened screams around her.

The crowd that was still celebrating her birthday before was far away from her in fear and disgust at this time. Melly's mother had fainted to the ground, while her father was on his knees, hugging his wife, looking pained and desperate.

Melly opened her mouth to ask, but the voice in her throat was unfamiliar. She helplessly stretched out her arms to the crowd, hoping to get help, but all she gained was further estrangement, and even drew her sword to face each other.

Only then did Melly realize that her arms were shriveled like dry wood, and her nails had become long and sharp, as if they could easily tear flesh apart, "I, I became a monster?" she muttered as she looked at her hands.

"No, you're not a monster!" a very ugly old woman suddenly appeared beside Melly. The old woman was dressed in a garment woven from intestines, and the teeth in her mouth were as sharp as a saw knife. The old countenance revealed a look of pride and arrogance, and let out a wicked, piercing screech,

"We are the most intelligent creatures in this multiverse, and these pathetic inferior species in front of us simply cannot understand our greatness. The old woman said, "Remember, worldly beauty is worthless at all, and only disgusting." ”

Yes, this person was right, Melly subconsciously nodded in agreement, but then she realized that something was wrong.

She had the urge to turn all the kindness in the world into hatred, to teach the people in front of her who hated her a lesson that she would never forget, but at the same time, she vaguely felt that it was wrong to do so.

What's wrong with me? Melly was at a loss, her heart full of conflict.

The old woman then used an illusion to disguise herself and Melly, and took her out of the crowd with her. And just before leaving, Merry suddenly grabbed the black lark from the birdrest and took it with her.

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The sound of approaching footsteps jolted Melly out of her memories. She followed the prestige and found that it was Monroe, the tavern owner, who had come over with a plate.

After Monroe placed the plate of lemon cake and orange water on the table in front of her, he smiled and said to her, "There's a game in the arena today, and it's a game of the human named 'Barrett', I'm going to go and see it, what about you?"

Melly shook her head and didn't say anything more.

"Well, I'll lock the front door so no one bothers you. The tavern keeper said, "You can leave through the back door as you normally would." ”

Melly nodded, picked up a small piece of cake from her plate, and fed it to the bird standing on her shoulder.

Hopefully the human gladiator will survive, Ghost Woman Melly Leffy thought. In this way, he will have a chance to break free from the devil's control and help himself.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to turn back into a human being, and the first thing to do is to leave this city of lies and deception.

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