Volume 1 Chapter 128: Kissing Someone Without Warning
"...I'll remember that."
Bai Muxue bit her lip and nodded gently.
A poisonous flower... Is that some kind of metaphor?
Was Sylvia saying there was a traitor inside the Bai family?
But if she was talking about a traitor, then why did she say there were several flowers in the "garden across from hers"?
And what exactly were those "unspeakable things" she mentioned?
The only unusual place she had gone to yesterday was that mental care facility...
Could Sylvia be talking about Dian and the others?
Were they the "unspeakable things"?
And if so, why were they "unspeakable"?
Wait, putting that aside for now...
Although Bai Muxue's face remained calm, her mind was already working quickly. Her gaze slowly moved toward the night sky, which had once again become quiet. Then she suddenly noticed something strange.
Even though this was a dream, hadn't Sylvia stopped time inside the dream?
Then why was lightning still flashing across the frozen sky?
"Ah..."
Before Bai Muxue could speak, Sylvia seemed to realize something as well. A hint of regret appeared on her pretty face.
"Although I still wanted to talk with you properly, Young Lady, it seems that won't be possible anymore..."
What does that mean...?
Bai Muxue frowned and was about to ask, but something suddenly seemed to pull her attention away.
Without realizing it, she walked over to Sylvia and leaned toward the window.
Then her expression changed.
The already dark night sky had been completely swallowed by thick black clouds.
Low rumbles of thunder echoed through the air, as if the entire city of Wangdu could be destroyed at any moment.
At that instant, the dream, which had been frozen in place, began moving once more.
As the dark clouds approached, the brightly lit skyscrapers below started shaking violently.
Pieces of glass fell like hail, reflecting the blinding flashes of lightning overhead.
The ground began to crack apart. The cracks twisted and spread across the earth like giant snakes.
Cars on the streets were tossed into the air like toys before crashing back down.
The sounds of metal colliding mixed with countless alarms, flooding into Bai Muxue's ears.
The outer walls of buildings broke apart. Bricks and chunks of concrete fell like rain, striking the ground with heavy crashes.
Trees along the streets were ripped out by their roots. Broken branches and leaves flew through the air, spinning helplessly before hitting the ground.
The entire city looked like a painting being torn to pieces.
Yet when Bai Muxue saw this scene, she felt no fear.
No panic.
Instead, her heart began beating wildly.
It was a feeling of excitement and tension, as if she somehow already knew what was going to happen next.
But why would she feel that way...?
This was clearly her first time seeing such a scene.
As if to confirm her thoughts, another deafening clap of thunder came from the sky. A huge tear was ripped open across the ink-black heavens.
"That is..."
Even the usually calm Bai Muxue could not help opening her mouth in shock. She knew this was only a dream created by Sylvia, but...
The touch felt so real.
The temperature felt so real.
Could she really laugh it off as nothing more than a dream?
As the crack in the sky continued to widen, countless gigantic disaster beasts suddenly burst out of it with terrifying roars.
Their enormous bodies looked rotten and twisted, covered in thick scales.
A frightening red light glowed in their eyes.
Their massive wings beat through the air, creating even stronger storms.
Their huge shadows moved between the skyscrapers.
And wherever the disaster beasts passed, buildings collapsed one after another under their destruction.
Dust and debris were swept into the air, mixing with the heavy rain and dark clouds to form a scene of complete chaos.
The streets were torn apart. The disaster beasts stomped huge holes into the concrete roads one after another. The entire city seemed to be falling into a bottomless abyss.
"A legion... made up of disaster beasts and monsters!?"
Bai Muxue raised her head and narrowed her eyes against the rain blowing into her face, carefully observing the scene.
A blinding bolt of lightning roared through a gap in the dark clouds, lighting up everything before her.
Under that flash of lightning, although it lasted only a brief moment, Bai Muxue saw it clearly.
An endless mountain of skeletons.
The lightning remained in the sky for only an instant before disappearing once again.
"Can you do it, Young Lady...?"
Sylvia's gentle voice sounded beside Bai Muxue's ear.
"Can you change the fate of this world?"
At the same time, Sylvia's slender fingers moved slightly. It was as if someone had pressed the rewind button on a video.
The disaster beasts that Bai Muxue saw suddenly slowed down and were forcefully pulled back into the crack in the sky in an extremely unnatural way.
The bricks and chunks of concrete scattered across the streets flew back to their original places.
Broken glass pieces gathered together in the air and became whole windows again.
Cars were lifted by an invisible force and returned to where they had originally been parked, with even their scratches disappearing.
The cracks and holes in the streets instantly repaired themselves.
Even the traces left behind by the rain vanished completely.
As the dark clouds dispersed, the night within the dream became peaceful once more.
Everything that had just happened seemed like nothing more than an illusion.
"Was that... a scene from the future?"
Bai Muxue turned around and looked at the girl beside her.
"No. No one knows what the future will be, my Young Lady."
Sylvia gently shook her head.
For some reason, her already pale skin now looked even whiter, almost frighteningly so. Even so, she still gave Bai Muxue a gentle smile.
"So, if you don't want the future to end up like that, please build connections with more magical girls and make them your captives~"
Again with these confusing statements that don't seem connected at all...
So why exactly did she need to keep drawing negative emotions from magical girls?
Was Sylvia still not planning to explain?
Bai Muxue frowned and was about to ask, but then she noticed a hint of shyness appear on Sylvia's delicate face.
Her soft lips pressed together slightly. Her hands tightly gripped the edge of her skirt, as if she were hesitating about something.
Then, under Bai Muxue's puzzled gaze, Sylvia slowly moved closer.
She gently leaned in and left a soft kiss on Bai Muxue's cheek.
"W-What?!"
The warmth and faint fragrance left on her cheek instantly made Bai Muxue's face turn bright red.
She quickly jumped back and stared at Sylvia in shock.
"Y-You...! What are you doing?!"
What is wrong with this girl?
Why does she suddenly kiss people whenever she feels like it?
Aren't I supposed to be your Young Lady?
Show me at least a little respect, okay?!
"Hehe~"
Sylvia lightly brushed her fingers across her lips. The smile on her face now carried a touch of cute shyness as well.
"I just saw that you've been working hard to collect captives, Young Lady, so I decided to give you a small reward."
"I believe there will come a day when you'll need to use this power."
"This reward is insignificant, but please accept it anyway~"
As she spoke, she lifted the sides of her skirt and gave Bai Muxue a graceful curtsy.
At the same moment, Bai Muxue suddenly felt the ground beneath her feet collapse.
Then an overwhelming force of gravity grabbed her from all directions like countless giant monster hands.
"Hey, wait! I still haven't fini—"
Before Bai Muxue could finish speaking, the floor beneath her completely gave way. She had no time to react.
The girl fell straight down into the endless darkness below.