Forced to Sell Myself to the Female Lead After Killing the Male Lead

Suppressing the restlessness welling up inside her...

was clearly no easy task.

Whether it was taking cold showers, distracting herself through cultivation, or doing something even more stimulating to suppress the strange sensation raging within her body, none of it produced much of an effect. It seemed it would take quite some time before she could truly get used to this feeling of not having Sister Yumo by her side.

It felt almost like trying to quit an addiction.

"This is seriously unbearable!"

With a helpless cry, Mengxi suddenly clenched both hands. The Holy Aura that had been rampaging inside her body for so long erupted all at once.

In an instant, the large teddy bear in her arms became the unfortunate victim of her frustration. It was torn cleanly in half, its stuffing scattering across the floor, while the burst of silver radiance swept through the entire room...

The sudden tremor immediately put the members of the Asumos Church standing guard throughout the inn on edge.

Alarmed, they rushed toward Mengxi's room.

"Miss Mengxi! Are you alright?! Is there an assassin?!"

Out of concern, a young warrior gripped his weapon and burst straight into Mengxi's bedroom.

The next instant—

a pair of flawless, bare legs, smooth as polished jade, suddenly appeared before him.

The sight instantly sent his blood rushing to his head, turning his face bright red.

Before he could even react, however, a small foot rapidly filled his vision.

"Boom~"

Accompanied by a deafening crash, the young warrior was sent flying backward. He smashed through the distant wall, crashed all the way into the stable on the first floor, and collapsed unconscious with foam at the mouth...

The image that had just been imprinted in his mind also vanished completely along with his consciousness.

Although the young warrior had meant well, he had clearly chosen the worst possible moment to enter. He had almost seen something he definitely shouldn't have.

After quickly putting on a bathrobe to cover her exposed body, Mengxi looked toward where the unconscious warrior had landed with an apologetic expression.

At the same time, she bit her lip rather conflictedly.

It seemed this restless feeling wasn't only dulling her senses...

It had also made her temper much worse.

Sigh...

Thankfully, things were a little better during the daytime...

Mengxi let out another long sigh.

At that moment, another beautiful white-haired girl, dressed in a sleeping robe and wearing glasses, stepped out of her room after hearing the commotion. Curiously entering Mengxi's room, she first glanced at the wall the young warrior had crashed through before raising an amused eyebrow.

The newcomer was none other than White Yama.

"What's wrong, Mengxi? Pretty bad temper for the middle of the night."

"Sorry, Sister Bai. I lost control a little."

"Hm?"

Noticing something unusual in the silver-haired girl's tone, White Yama carefully examined the breathtaking beauty standing before her, glistening with sweat.

"Weren't you exhausted already? Why can't you sleep?"

"I'm not used to it."

"Not used to what?"

"No body pillow."

"Isn't that bear one?"

White Yama glanced toward the pitiful teddy bear lying in pieces across the floor.

Mengxi decisively shook her head.

"That kind doesn't work..."

"D-Don't tell me... the only body pillow you can accept is still that little pink-haired girl? You can't sleep without holding her?"

As she spoke, White Yama quietly closed the bedroom door.

"No answer? I'll take that as a yes."

Looking at the silent silver-haired girl before her, White Yama removed her glasses and sighed helplessly.

"Isn't she just an ordinary little girl? Is it really that serious? You even hijacked a prison convoy just for her. You haven't even known her for that long, have you? Lately you've been thinking about her every single day, and now you can't even sleep without hugging her... Umm..."

White Yama's gaze gradually became increasingly suspicious.

"You don't... have some strange thoughts about that girl, do you?"

Recalling Mengxi's recent reactions whenever the pink-haired girl was mentioned, White Yama couldn't help voicing her doubts.

"What kind of strange thoughts?"

Mengxi tilted her head.

"...Sigh. Looks like you really don't understand yet. Well... it's a little complicated to explain..."

After thinking for a moment, White Yama raised a hand.

Pure white light rippled through the air.

A book decorated with elegant rose patterns emerged from her spatial ring before she handed it to Mengxi.

"When you have time... read this. Then you'll understand."

"Hm?"

Taking the book suspiciously, Mengxi glanced at the title and then at the "Adults Only" label printed in the lower-right corner.

Her expression immediately became rather strange.

"'The Secret Garden of the Noble Girls' Academy'... Sister Bai... so this is the kind of book you secretly read?"

"Hey! Don't talk nonsense! Do I look like that kind of person?! And... stop looking at me like that! I'm only trying to help you!"

Besides...

maybe I'll find a like-minded companion~

Covering her mouth, White Yama secretly revealed a rather mischievous smile.

"If anyone finds that book, don't say I gave it to you, alright? I have my reputation to protect too~"

"Alright, I got it."

Nodding slightly, Mengxi stored the book inside her spatial ring before looking curiously at White Yama.

"You're still wearing glasses? Working this late? You're not actually staying up reading books like that, are you?"

"What are you thinking?! I'm working. Besides, I'm an Eighth-Tier Sword God. I don't need sleep. Working in the middle of the night is perfectly normal."

"Working?"

Mengxi raised an eyebrow.

Since she couldn't sleep anyway, she might as well chat about something else.

"What are you working on so late?"

"Hm? You're actually interested in that? That's unusual."

"I'm bored. Just asking."

"...Fine. What else could it be? Those two Braves from before—Arela and Kabanei. The two people who were supposed to be protecting you just disappeared without a trace. Of course we have to investigate."

Thinking back to the mission assigned by the Archbishop, a trace of exhaustion surfaced in White Yama's azure eyes.

"So... any news?"

"Not yet."

"Are they dead?"

"Even if they're dead, we still have to investigate. The Archbishop's orders are clear—if they're alive, bring back the people; if they're dead, bring back the bodies. Kabanei is definitely dead. His Soul Pearl has already shattered."

"The problem is... Arela is still alive."

"It's just that the condition of her Soul Pearl is... very strange."

"Strange?"

"Yeah..."

At this point, White Yama's expression gradually became solemn and puzzled.

"Arela's soul power keeps fluctuating. One moment it's unbelievably powerful, the next it's incredibly weak. It's extremely bizarre. You know... there's only one situation that produces soul fluctuations this strange..."

"What... situation?"

"A woman..."

"...giving birth."

"...Huh?"

Mengxi immediately wore a baffled expression.

"But... that's..."

"...Sigh. Considering Arela's messy private life, having an illegitimate child wouldn't be surprising. But after giving birth, everything should return to normal. Why does it keep repeating over and over again? It's really... very strange..."

—

Meanwhile,

Deep within the Great Winter Forest—

at the bottom of Ice Soul Lake.

Accompanied by wave after wave of a woman's agonized moans, Shuoyue, surrounded by blue-gold radiance, slowly passed through the freezing lake waters with her beautiful long blue hair drifting behind her before arriving inside the underwater cavern.

Floating quietly in midair, she looked down at the scene below.

A satisfied smile slowly spread across her face.

"So they've hatched~"

Below her stretched a vast sea of densely packed pale bluish-white "liquid" that continuously writhed and squirmed.

From time to time, blood-curdling roars echoed upward from beneath.

Anyone with trypophobia would probably gouge out their own eyes on the spot.

Looking more closely, however, one would discover that the writhing pale bluish-white "liquid" was actually composed of tens of thousands of eyeless Abyss Demons.

Each possessed a long tail and razor-sharp claws.

And, to a certain extent...

their heads even resembled those of humans.

The next moment, blue-gold light rippled through the cavern once more.

Dozens of enormous magical beasts that had already died instantly appeared beside Shuoyue.

Then,

she casually tossed every one of them into the sea of Abyss Demons below.

In an instant,

the entire sea erupted into chaos.

The starving little darlings immediately surged upward.

Within moments, the dozens of gigantic magical beasts had been reduced to nothing but gleaming white skeletons.

Even those bones...

were gradually devoured until they disappeared completely.

Watching the scene unfold, the smile on Shuoyue's face grew brighter and brighter.

Brilliant—

yet tinged with unmistakable cruelty.

"Hehe... hurry up and grow, my little darlings~"