Is it just something that really happened to this girl? …

“…To be more precise, it’s not entirely true.” The woman said, “In terms of character…you are better than I thought. Your strong will is enough to create miracles.”

“……What’s the meaning?”

“The last knife that cut the neck. You blocked it.”

The woman said:

“But it was going to go in. The cruelty was not going to end so quickly. What we saw next was going to be much more cruel and bloody than before.”

“…” In that case, it’s not over yet?

Coco clenched her fists.

“But I don’t know if the owner of this knife is hesitating. Your will has temporarily defeated her.”

The woman curled her lips:

“Congratulations.”

248. Floating City

Congratulations?

What on earth is there to congratulate?

There is no joy, no relaxation. My mood is like being forced to run in the rain, dirty and messy.

Lily’s vision seemed a little blurry, and it was unclear whether she was listening just now.

As if avoiding Coco’s gaze.

Coco then discovered.

I have been staring at Lily for a long time.

It was as if he wanted to deeply engrave the tender face and body of the girl under him in his mind.

I don’t know if it’s this kind of look.

Lily felt a little scared.

“…Is that so?”

Coco closed her eyes, then opened them again, still staring at Lily, as if questioning her.

Realizing that he had no way to avoid Coco.

Lily shrank back and nodded fearfully.

“……when?”

“…before I met Ai’er.”

As Lily spoke, her voice became a little lower.

Before I met Elle…

Combining the previous bits and pieces.

Coco then realized that perhaps Ai’er knew.

but.

Only you don’t know.

Only I… was kept in the dark until the end.

“Why don’t you tell me?”

Coco’s voice became higher, as if she was a little angry.

Lily shrank back in fear again and opened her mouth but didn’t answer.

Coco suddenly realized.

Maybe Lily doesn’t want to recall such things at all.

Correct.

Coco thought back to her past life as a slave chained and locked in a cage.

Compared to the abuse Lily suffered.

Just an encounter.

Rather than abuse.

All the unnatural things I had seen before seemed to have been explained.

At Elias’s university, before leaving for the last time, the words spoken by the girls who approached Lily.

This was Lily’s final response to those questions.

Ai’er looked at Lily, occasionally with a look of heartache.

and also.

Although he was incredibly powerful, he just endured it silently no matter how he was bullied.

He is always in a daze, a silent person who keeps his feelings to himself.

Even the look in front of him, which was a bit timid and frightened.

Is it all? The torture at that time.

The shadow left behind.

Coco had heard those girls say that a long time ago.

Lily was clearly not like this before.

What was Lily like before?

silence.

“…You didn’t ask.”

After a long time, Lily still said something stubbornly.

Perhaps it was because Coco was inexplicably angry with her, and she was expressing her protest in this way.

Lily still didn’t understand why Coco was angry.

It’s so slow that it makes people grit their teeth.

…but now.

Even this stupidity.

From Coco’s point of view, it was just a bit painful and unwilling.

After all, no one knows. Is this dullness also the result of the cruelty of that time… the remaining shadow mark?

“…I should have said it long ago.” Coco buried her head in Lily: “…Idiot.”

When touched, Lily’s body would always tremble subconsciously.

Coco now understood why.

Lily was resisting being touched by others. Every touch only brought back painful memories.

All along, I just endured.

Coco was helpless.

I can only hug you… a little more gently.

Only then did I understand why Ai’er was so cautious even when rubbing Lily’s head.

I realized it too late.

Thinking back… even those little tricks I used to bully this girl when we first met.

I kind of regret it.

The warmth and tenderness beneath the body.

Now I experience it. It is so precious.

“…”

The woman watching this scene said nothing.

Instead, she jumped up her slender body and sat on the shelf by the wall.

After a long while, the woman suddenly raised her head.

As if feeling something strange:

“…Time is running out.”

Lily struggled a little when she heard this.

As if trying to push Coco away.

Perhaps Coco had felt the struggle beneath her and would have hugged her even tighter… but after hesitating for a moment, she finally sat up.

But still reluctant to move away.

Lily could only continue to lie on the ground and said:

“…The test for Awoo is now over.”

……

“I have passed the last round, so I guess.” The woman said:

“…But it’s still far from enough.”

Coco pricked up her little ears.

“There are three tests. The first one is the beast spirit. The second one is the world lock. The last one is just now.”