Chapter 498: [ Lan Ling 'er's Fate ]

Lan Ling ‘er woke up from her paralyzed state.

When she saw Allen sitting casually right in front of her, she immediately pounced on him--like a rabid beast, only to realize that her wrists, ankles, and body were bounded by large chains.

“Let me go! Let me go! Do you know who I am?!!” She cried in intense anger and humiliation.

"I said let me gooo!!! You bastard! I'm going to kill you, you deviant! Let me gooo!!"

She stared fiercely at Allen, then suddenly her eyes began to wander around the room she was currently in.

In the next moment, her face turned pale as if she had seen a ghost in broad daylight when she saw the chains hanging from the ceiling, and the bones wrapped in them.

A cold sweat ran down her cheeks.

“You, you what do you want to do…!!?” She seemed to have completely misunderstood something.

--Lan Ling 'er had a sudden image appearing in her mind, her, bound in chain, Allen laughing while 'torturing' her and many more disturbing scenes.

If Allen saw it, he would surely pale and tremble. Just who was the Allen in that scene?!

"Don't bother introducing yourself, I know who you are, Lan Ling ‘er of the Lan Clan, was it?" Allen smiled. His expression casual and carefree.

He had chosen this room out of all room precisely because of these props. It seems like the previous owner of this castle was, for better or worse, a hardcore person with a very disturbing hobby, and within the castle were tools of torture, with corpses and bones lying around.

Having bones hanging from the ceiling wasn’t to Allen’s tastes, but saying otherwise in this situation wouldn’t be particularly persuasive—even still, it had a great effect in intimidation…!

“Then,”

“However, truthfully, I also wanted to free you but it was already too late…” He muttered with a regrettable sigh.

“What? W, what do you mean?!” Lan Ling ‘er’s expression changed as she tried to move back, but because of her tied down limbs, her struggle was futile.

Allen chuckle in amusement but his eyes were flashing in cold. His finger rose up and pointed at her, “I will tell you this, without my permission if you stay more than ten meters away from me, you will suffer tremendous pain as if something was squeezing your heart. And in the end, if you try to do anything against me, your heart will burst…!”

“What!!??” hearing Allen’s words, Lan Ling ‘er’s black pupils suddenly contracted, the calmness that belonged to an elite instantly faded!

“Wh, what did you say…?!" With hopelessness in her voice, Lan Ling ‘er, who previously acting arrogant and tough, felt her body shaking violently.

"What did you do to me?!" Lan Ling ‘er quickly scanned her clothes.

When she realized her yellow dress had been changed, anger appeared between her eyebrows, but the smile on the youth before her has still no difference from before.

She also noticed that she was now wearing a black coat without anything within…. Just one conclusion—she was stripped naked!!

.... By a man nonetheless!!!

“You bastard!! I’m going to kill you, I’m going kill y—Aaaaahhhhhh...?!!!”

Dokun. Something throbbed inside her, just as a difficult-to-describe pain circulated throughout her body the moment she had thought of killing Allen…!

Guh…Ah…

“Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

As Lan Ling ‘er turned crazy, suddenly her heart felt being squeezed tightly, causing her to scream in pain. It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Damn it! What is this!?

“Nugaaaaaaaaaaaah! Ah, ah, ah, aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

Her thoughts soared in overwhelming pain.

“Aaaaaahh, it hurts! Save me! Aaaaahhhh!!”

She was screaming loudly.

Tears fell from the corner of her eyes.

"Really... I had warned you, though,"

Pak! Then, at this moment, Allen snapped his fingers and the pain she was feeling instantly vanished.

Lan Ling ‘er panted heavily as fear permeated throughout her entire body.

The muscle on her face twisted violently. She had not experienced this feeling for a long time, the sense of adrenaline overwhelming her—the feeling of dread.

Overwhelming fear...

“What… do you want? I, I can give everything you want… I…” large bead of tears started falling from her eyes as she started crying pleadingly.

Her original proud expression was nowhere to be seen at this very moment, replaced by a pitiful and pathetic face full of fears and tears.

“… …”

“P-please. It’s my… loss. I can’t fight. I won’t show myself… in front of you… again… I swear. I’ll give you all that you wanted...”

Haaa~ Allen smiled bitterly as he crouched down in front of her.

He raised his hand and strokes the girl’s eyes, wiping the tears…

His expression and touch so gentle, like a feather's touch, seemingly afraid that with just a bit of strength, she might break down.

“Please… I’m sorry… I,”

Allen shook his head. “I apologize, it’s too late now. Since I had already done this, I will carry it till the end…”

“Please… I don’t want to die… I,” Lan Ling 'er extend her hand and grabbed Allen's clothes, begging.

But sadly,

“You won’t die… as long as you are obedient of course… as for your clothes, don’t worry about it. I haven’t done anything, I don’t have any fondness of assaulting a woman forcefully—and I had already seen many naked beauties in my life,” Allen smiled mischievously.

"... yours wouldn't even move me..." He winked at her.

This devil…!!

Lan Ling ‘er’s face turned red as she tried to hold back her scream.

“However, I will also won’t let you go… your life is mine from now on…!”

“Why?! I won’t do it again… please! Please forgive me…”

“No, I don’t trust you. I don’t care what you will do against me but that is different for my disciple…”

“Are, are you talking about Si Mulan…?!”

“That’s right,” Allen nodded.

“I, I won’t do anything to her again… please, let me go…please…” Lan Ling er begged.

But Allen still shook his head. “Nope, that is impossible…”

“Just what do you need from me? Do you want me to kneel, I will do it… just let me go!!”

“What I need… is you.” Allen smiled as he pointed his finger at her.

“… … Huh?” Lan Ling ‘er’s eyes widened in shock. The world around her stilled.

What did he say?

What is he saying…?!

Do, does he wanted me… in ‘that’ aspect…?

Now another kind of panic surge through her. Her pale face turned pink, then red, then purple, then returned to become white.

No way!

Even if he was good looking but for Lan Ling ‘er, this man is a demon!

A devil!

“It seems your head is rolling in a very disturbing manner…” Suddenly, quiet sharp eyes shot across and interrupted Lan Ling ‘er’s blind and disorderly conjectures once again. “What I meant is nothing sexual but… cooperation…”

“Cooperation…?”

“That’s right…” Allen nodded with a faint smile. Stroking the smooth cheeks of the girl and slowly wiping her tears with his thumb, he continued, “Rest assured, I won’t do anything to you, I will also pacify Mulan’s fury towards you—but of course, I needed to put some restrictions and assurance that you won’t betray us and once again plot something unsightly to one of us, especially Mulan. That is the reason why I put the curse on you,”

“C, curse…?”

“Yeah, the curse of enslavement; [ Slave Heart ] it’s a kind of magic of mine which I rarely use—” It was actually one of Allen’s dark magic he had inherited from Solomon’s Inheritance.

“It was like a Master-Servant kind of contract between us… but of course, I won’t do anything excessive as long as you know your limits.”

“… !!?”

“In this sense, your life is mine. If I die, you die and of course, even if you die, I won’t die…”

That's unfair!!

“What, what do you want to do…? What do you want from me?” Lan Ling ‘er’s face was twisted into such an expression of hatred it seemed like it would kill a man.

If her glare could kill, Allen would have died countless times.

Allen laughed, “Simple… I want your authority…”

“What?!”

“It’s nothing really… you should have realized by now that I wasn’t from this continent and I am an outsider. I was sent to this place by some kind of accident and so, I don’t know anyone outside… if the Labyrinth closed off, I think I will also be sent out—but that was the problem, I don’t know how will the Sect of yours react in my presence… this is just a countermeasure,”

“But I am just a new disciple! I don’t have any kind of in—”

“You have a great family right?” Allen smiled. “Then you can help me indeed--if push comes to shove… you might not be able to move your entire family to my cause but that doesn’t matter—as long as you stand beside me, things will just work by itself~”

“… …” Lan Ling ‘er blankly stared at the genuineness on Allen’s face and her eyes became to feel hazy.

No, this is an illusion…!

This is a deception!

Lan Ling ‘er’s misty gaze instantly turned savage and hate covered her glare.

However, Allen didn’t care as he slowly stood up while smiling harmlessly. “Anyway, stay here for now, less you do something stupid."

"... ..."

"However, I’ll say this to you beforehand, whether you agree or not, you can’t change anything now. You’re cursed, no matter what you do, it won’t disappear. Try dispelling it and you will die… in this world, I am the only one who can undo it. No one else…”

“… wait,” Even though she was panicking, Lan Ling ‘er immediately gathered herself after knowing that she would not be dying any moment now, and pretended to be calm and spoke.

“What are you planning to do…?”

"About what...?"

"About this land? Are you planning something?! If you are, I would rather di--"

“About the continent…?” Allen turned to her. He shook his head and responded; “Nothing, in fact, I am just passing by in this continent. However, who knows about the future—troubles always chased after me. I'm not proud of it, though~"

"...?!"

"... In this continent, it would be somewhat bad for me since I don’t have even a single ally—I’m just looking for appropriate measures for the future—in addition, I’m not fond of killing women, especially a beauty… letting you die would be a waste…”

Allen chuckled as he started walking towards the door.

“Then, what about the others… Si Mulan? Are they similar to me…?”

Are they slaves...?

“No,”

“… …”

“They are the members of my Dawn—fellow friends and comrade. But you, I still don’t trust you yet… so instead of killing you, might as well, make you a slave, isn’t that better for either atonement and punishment~?”

“… …”

“Think it over, miss Lan, I admit I’m not a good master but I’m far better than other people. A day might come when we can stand side by side, on an equal footing of course…" Allen smiled as he said these words, his expression gorgeous yet frigid, accompanied by a cold emotionless expression.

"... I hope for that day to come…”

Lan Ling ‘er glared at the door where Allen just walked out to.

Complicated emotions flashed across her eyes… hate, anger, helplessness, lost…

However, one thing for sure, she could only grit her teeth in frustration…

“I will certainly make sure to repay this humiliation, you scum—ugh!?”

A chilly tone.

Behind her polite words laid a cold expression.

Then, a pang pain pierced through her heart but Lan Ling ‘er could only cry and sobbed towards her fate.

Mama…

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