You Are a Bad Child

Andre recognized every word Olivia spoke, but he couldn't quite understand how they fit together.

What did she mean by carrying spiritual materials for advancement with her and completing the advancement just now? Were those things even portable? And could one just advance on a whim?

More importantly, even if she had become a Sensate, how could she have dealt with all the enemies?

Although he had been defeated and tied up early on, he knew that among the enemies, there was more than one Sensate.

Was that something easily overcome?

But Olivia didn't say much more. Seeing that everyone's physical condition was stable, she left the room.

She originally intended to continue to the other houses to rescue the remaining people.

However, once she stepped outside, she found the area already bustling with figures. For a moment, she didn't know where else people might still need saving.

'They should all be rescued by now. Everyone is spontaneously untying the others; there shouldn't be anyone left behind,' Olivia thought.

At this time, many people inevitably walked toward the square. Seeing the mass of corpses and the gore, they cried out in shock.

The church's clergy immediately headed to the square to investigate the situation.

Before long, the clergymen approached Olivia with peculiar expressions.

"You killed them?"

"I killed them."

"Sister Olivia, you are truly... truly incredible. Please forgive me for not being able to think of a better compliment; my brain is a bit empty right now."

"Thank you for the praise."

...

Annus Street.

Annie glanced at the clock on the wall, her expression turning extremely grim.

She still couldn't get rid of Rose, yet the time was now pointing to the most suitable moment for the will of the Death Sovereign to descend.

The time had come, but the altar was not in place. This proved one thing.

The Twilight Council's plan had failed!

'It shouldn't have failed. Even if something went wrong on Dalia's end, I could have gone over to turn the tide. But instead...'

Annie's gaze fell upon Rose, and she subconsciously ground her teeth, wishing she could pin Rose to the ground and beat her senseless.

But the girl was gripping her arm so tightly that even with all her strength, Annie couldn't break free. If someone like this were to actually get serious and go all out... the final result would likely end in her own pathetic defeat.

Where on earth did this girl come from?

In a short amount of time, Annie had judged that the other party likely had nothing to do with the church. But if that were the case, why was she here obstructing her?

Did the Twilight Council's plan affect other transcendent organizations, causing their members to be dissatisfied? Did this person named Rose come from one of those organizations?

'Regardless, since the plan failed, I must ensure the remaining forces retreat to plan for the future,' Annie thought.

Her other hand pinched King's Domain, giving it a slight shake, controlling this forbidden artifact to cancel the regional partitioning.

The other members of the Twilight Council should have also realized the plan failed. Once the regional separation was lifted, those guys should know to flee, right?

Annie knew well the cautious nature of the Twilight Council members. While she couldn't say all of them would escape, most of them definitely had ways to get away.

The only trouble was the problem she herself faced.

Could she escape?

Annie looked at Rose and couldn't help but ask, "Why won't you let me go yet? You wanted to eat, and I've already fed you. Why are you still holding onto me?"

Rose tilted her head and thought for a moment upon hearing this, then said, "I've discovered a problem."

"What problem?"

"Um... this doesn't seem to be your home."

Annie couldn't help but freeze when she heard Rose say that.

Of course it wasn't her home. She had just picked a decent-looking house to stay in as a temporary base.

As for the original owner of the house, they had naturally been taken away as a sacrifice; she didn't even know if they were dead or alive now.

Rose looked at Annie with a faint gaze. "Even though it's not your own residence, you broke in so calmly. That's very wrong. You must be like me—homeless."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes. I'm homeless, I'm very pitiful. So, can you let go of me now?"

"No."

"Why?"

"Even if you are homeless and as pitiful as me, you can't just break into someone else's house. That is very wrong behavior. Therefore, you are a bad child."

Seeing Rose speak so seriously, Annie couldn't tell if Rose was faking it or if she was actually like this. But either way, it was definitely not a good thing for her.

She rubbed her brow with her other hand and asked, "Then what exactly do you want to do?"

"Follow me from now on," Rose said to Annie earnestly. "Don't be a bad child anymore; that's not good. Follow me to find the future. Um, I think I used to have friends too, but... but I don't remember clearly. We seemed to have caught grasshoppers together."

As Rose spoke, she fell into a memory. Blurry figures emerged in her mind, yet they appeared so indistinct.

Annie's expression turned strange as she listened.

Why did it sound like Rose's 'future' involved taking her along to be a beggar and plead for food?

She didn't want that kind of life!

She tried to pull her hand away again, but failed.

This movement instead brought Rose back to her senses. She looked at Annie and said, "We should go. We shouldn't stay in someone else's house for long... Sigh, you even let me eat a strawberry cake. I didn't realize the cake didn't belong to you then. There's nothing I can do; I can't pay it back, so I can only leave. In the future, try not to be a bad child."

Annie was speechless.

She was forcibly pulled out of the house by Rose just like that.

Looking at the continuous heavy rain outside, she felt that her future, much like this rain, was inevitably looking a bit gloomy.

Right, at the very least, she could make the rain stop.

Annie silently manipulated King's Domain, causing the dark clouds in the sky to dissipate in an instant, allowing the brilliant sunlight to appear on the horizon, shedding rays of golden light.

The days of heavy rain had finally come to an end.

...

Huys Square.

Noticing the change as the clouds parted and the mist cleared, Olivia couldn't help but look up.

She didn't need to ask to know that this was the result of King's Domain. After all, the process of the rain stopping and the sky clearing was too sudden; it was definitely not a natural change.

'Magic mirror, magic mirror, what is Annie's current situation?'

【She is being led by Rose to find the future, walking aimlessly on Annus Street.】

Olivia fell into thought upon hearing this.

She had to make contact with Rose as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the other party walked out of the magic mirror's range of control, she would lose track of them again.