Transmigrated As The Villain's Sword (GL) - Chapter 23
Under the adoring gazes of the Demon Realm citizens, Guan Luowei left with Ling Chenyan.
Just as they walked out of everyone’s sight, the silver sword in Guan Luowei’s arms broke free and floated ahead on its own, its silhouette carrying a rather huffy air.
Guan Luowei stopped, watching the silver sword’s indignant back, and asked faintly, “Where are you going?”
Ling Chenyan said resentfully, “Back to the palace!”
“Hmm?” Guan Luowei slowly approached the silver sword and said leisurely, “This isn’t the way to the palace.”
Ling Chenyan: “…”
“Hmph,” Ling Chenyan changed direction, “Of course I know.”
“Is that so?” Guan Luowei glanced sideways at the silver sword floating towards the Demon Tower and said, “That’s not it either.”
“…” Ling Chenyan became annoyed and said angrily, “I just want to go over there, I’m not going back to the palace!”
“Alright,” Guan Luowei tried hard to suppress the corners of her lips from curving up, observing the silver sword while saying, “I happen to be going to the Demon Tower too.”
Sure enough, after she said this, the silver sword stopped again. It suddenly turned around, its tone somewhat resentful, “Then you go, I suddenly feel tired again.”
Guan Luowei finally realized something was wrong at this moment, pursed her lips, and asked doubtfully, “What’s wrong with you?”
Ling Chenyan muttered resentfully in her heart: [System, I feel like I’ve been angry for nothing. I’ve been sulking for so long, and she doesn’t even know why I’m angry.]
System: [To be honest, I don’t quite understand either.]
Ling Chenyan: “…”
She thought somewhat sadly that the system wouldn’t understand her complex feelings. What was even more frustrating was that Guan Luowei didn’t understand either.
But speaking of it, what exactly was she angry about?
Ling Chenyan thought carefully. Perhaps it was because this was the first time Guan Luowei had shown a caring attitude towards someone else, and in the past, all these cares and concerns belonged to her.
Because she was afraid that she wouldn’t be comfortable sleeping, she slept with Guan Luowei every day. Even when they were outside, she would always bring a high-quality treasure jade box for herself so that she could sleep comfortably.
Because she was afraid of pain, Guan Luowei had never used her to fight enemies. In many situations, if something unexpected happened, Guan Luowei would protect her at the first moment. If she got injured, she would receive Guan Luowei’s meticulous care, and even the demon physicians who treated Guan Luowei’s injuries and illnesses would be brought over to treat her as well.
Guan Luowei had a cold personality and had never said words like “you are important,” but her actions revealed that she was important. Guan Luowei treated her very well, and she shouldn’t be so greedy. Moreover, she wasn’t really “Yin Ye.”
Forget it, she would eventually leave this world anyway. These insignificant feelings weren’t really a big deal. As long as Guan Luowei was still good to her now, that was enough.
Having figured this out, Ling Chenyan sighed softly and replied, “It’s nothing.”
Guan Luowei really didn’t know what had happened, but she heard Ling Chenyan’s inner thoughts and also heard her last sentence, that she would eventually leave.
For some inexplicable reason, she felt a tightness in her throat.
“Yin Ye,” Guan Luowei suddenly called her.
Ling Chenyan gave a questioning “hmm” and said, “What’s wrong?”
Guan Luowei paused and slowly said, “When I was little, my grandfather taught me that the most important thing for a Demon Emperor is to learn how to manage subordinates. Towards subordinates, you can’t be too close, but you can’t be too distant either. Kindness and strictness combined is the way of a ruler. I will become the Demon Emperor in the future, and Tong Di and Zong Xian will become my subordinates.”
Ling Chenyan blinked, a little confused, and said, “Hmm, I know.”
Guan Luowei bit her lip, a layer of pink gradually spreading across her earlobes. She lowered her eyes and said, “I mean, you are different from them. Those methods for dealing with subordinates, I won’t use them on you, do you understand?”
Although she was good to her at the beginning because she regarded her as Yin Ye, later, all the kindness she showed her came from the bottom of her heart.
Ling Chenyan was stunned for a moment, and then she slowly understood what the big villain had just said.
She said that she was different from them! Didn’t that mean that she was a special existence to her!
“I… I… I…” Now it was Ling Chenyan’s turn to blush. She said bashfully, “I understand, Master is also different from others in my heart.”
Guan Luowei gave a faint “hmm,” but the heat on her earlobes continued to spread.
“Then will you leave me in the future?”
Ling Chenyan’s heart was about to be crushed by the pounding of her heart, and she said in a daze, “No, I will always be with you.”
“Good.” The worry in Guan Luowei’s heart slowly subsided, and she continued, “I’m going to the Demon Tower now, do you want to go with me?”
“Yes, yes.”
[System, has the big villain’s persona collapsed?]
System: [? Why is your focus always so peculiar?]
[Hehe, isn’t it because it was too sudden? Even in the original text, the big villain never said that the male lead was different from others in her heart, and I don’t feel like she’s the kind of person who would say such things.]
[Hehe, isn’t that because you are different from others?]
[Hehe, hehe, hehehe…]
System: […]
The Demon Tower was where all the Demon Realm’s books had been stored throughout the generations, located in the central plains of the Demon Realm. It was about eighty or ninety feet tall, and you couldn’t see the top even when you looked up. At first glance, it was almost invisible in the darkness of the night, giving a sense of solemnity and looking like an ancient guard.
Guan Luowei walked to the door and presented her identity token. The demon guards blocking the way automatically let her pass, bowing their heads and saying, “Greetings, Your Highness.”
Only after entering did she realize that the interior of the Demon Tower was very different from the exterior. The tower had three floors, each about thirty feet high, all illuminated by East Sea night-luminescent pearls. At a glance, the surrounding area was densely packed with books.
Guan Luowei went directly to the third floor, floated in the air, and began to quickly scan the shelves, looking for the ancient book.
Ling Chenyan found it a bit boring just watching her search, so she randomly picked up a book to read. Opening the first page, great, it was like chicken scratch, she couldn’t understand it.
She forgot that she was a complete illiterate in this world.
Ling Chenyan sighed: [Didn’t they say if you study math, physics, and chemistry well, you won’t be afraid to go anywhere?]
System: [This world isn’t a world of math, physics, and chemistry, it’s a world of strength.]
[Yawn—the power of knowledge is too strong, I’m actually starting to get sleepy.]
System: […]
Ling Chenyan yawned several times in a row. When she looked up again, she saw that Guan Luowei had already found the book she wanted and had begun to study it seriously.
After thinking about it, Ling Chenyan decided to go out for a walk. Staying here, she might make some noise and disturb her. But seeing Guan Luowei’s serious look, she didn’t want to interrupt, so she secretly slipped out on her own.
After leaving the Demon Tower, Ling Chenyan instantly became energetic, and the previous sleepiness disappeared as well. When she was returning along the original path, she got lost as she walked.
The surroundings were frighteningly dark, and a cold aura enveloped her entire body.
Ling Chenyan couldn’t help but shiver and asked: [System, which way should I go?]
[I am the plot navigation system, not the map navigation system.]
“Alright,” Ling Chenyan said to herself and walked a bit further before seeing a somewhat familiar figure.
She tiptoed forward and gently patted the person’s back: “Hey, kid…”
“Holy crap, a ghost! Ahhhhh!”
Magic power shot out haphazardly. Ling Chenyan dodged while shouting, “It’s me, Yin Ye, Yin Ye…”
After a chaotic commotion, the person finally stopped attacking and looked at the long sword behind him with a resentful gaze, “Why is it you? Where’s Your Highness?”
Ling Chenyan prevaricated, “I came out for a stroll.”
Tong Di’s eyes suddenly lit up with an astonishing light: “So you got lost, didn’t you?”
Ling Chenyan: “…” Was it that obvious?
Seeing that she didn’t speak, Tong Di knew he had guessed correctly. He laughed heartily and then said mysteriously, “Actually, I got lost too.”
Ling Chenyan: “?” You’re quite proud, aren’t you?
“Haven’t you lived in the Demon Realm for decades?”
Tong Di wasn’t embarrassed at all and replied, “But we demons also have forbidden areas.”
“…Wait,” Ling Chenyan said, “are you saying this is a forbidden area?”
“That’s right,” Tong Di said casually, sitting down cross-legged on the ground. He patted the ground beside him and said, “Come, sit for a while.”
“Then why are you so calm?” Ling Chenyan said, “No wonder I’ve been feeling chilly all over since just now.”
“Don’t talk nonsense,” Tong Di looked around and said, “This fog is so thin, we should be on the outer perimeter of the forbidden area, there won’t be any danger. The Demon Emperor said that if you accidentally enter the outer perimeter, you just need to close your hearing and meditate overnight until dawn to get out. If you are in the inner perimeter…”
Tong Di shrugged and said, “The Demon Emperor told me that even if I get out, he’ll break my legs.”
Ling Chenyan felt relieved and said, “Luckily, we’re only on the outer perimeter.”
“That’s not necessarily true,” Tong Di said, “It’s just twilight now, so the fog is very thin, and you can’t tell if it’s the outer or inner perimeter. Moreover, this fog changes with time.”
“What if we were on the outer perimeter at first, but then the fog changed and we ended up in the inner perimeter?”
“That’s simple,” Tong Di shrugged, “Then it’s up to fate.”
Ling Chenyan: “…”
Just at this moment, the fog around the person and the sword suddenly thickened, so thick that the person and the sword could no longer see each other.
“Damn it, what brand of jinx are you?” Ling Chenyan cursed.
[System, what is this thing? How do we get out?]
[Wait a moment, the original text seems to have a record of this. The male lead came here before, originally to seize a treasure, but later he almost got lost inside. In the end, he managed to escape by killing the residual souls within the thick fog! But at that time, he was already in the late Void Refining and was covered in injuries.]
[Residual souls? You mean…] Ling Chenyan’s back tightened, feeling a chill run down her spine, [There are other people inside?]
Almost as soon as Ling Chenyan finished speaking, a creepy voice rang in the ears of the person and the sword: “Found you, so you were here…”
“Holy crap!!!!”
Before Ling Chenyan could scream, Tong Di’s scream had already reached her ears.
Under such circumstances, Ling Chenyan should have been afraid, but thinking of the system’s words, she calmed down.
“Tong Di, don’t panic,” Ling Chenyan transmitted her voice, “She can be killed. I have a divine artifact that can temporarily immobilize her for a few seconds, and you must seize this time to severely injure her!”
Although she didn’t know if the Illusion God Lyre would be effective against residual souls, at this time, she only had the Illusion God Lyre.
No sooner said than done, just as Ling Chenyan was about to use the Illusion God Lyre, she suddenly heard Tong Di exclaim in a lost voice, “Madam?!”
Ling Chenyan turned her head and saw a pale-faced woman in red robes slowly raising her eyes. And that face actually bore a 70% resemblance to Guan Luowei.
Ling Chenyan’s pupils suddenly shrank. If she was Guan Luowei’s mother, then in Mu Yunze’s previous life, wasn’t he…