CHAPTER 186: TALULAH AND ALINA [BONUS CHAPTER 2/2]

Chapter 186: Talulah and Alina! Wings Never Tangle!

After satisfying little Enju, Ren finally had time to deal with Talulah’s situation. Simply wrapping a bath towel around his waist, he sat next to her, speaking to her lifeless eyes. "It’s true that you are a sinner, and perhaps you deserve to die."

"But you currently belong to me. If I don’t let you die, you will never die."

Talulah did not look at him, her eyes staring blankly straight ahead. This was also within Ren’s expectations, but his next words made her react.

"Alina..."

As soon as these three words left Ren’s mouth, Talulah turned her head to stare at him. Ren smiled, teasing, "It seems you still have someone you care about."

"Alina, this person is dead."

The slight ripple in Talulah’s eyes immediately subsided again. Alina was dead. That gentle Elafiya girl would forever sleep in that pale, despair-inducing snowy plain.

Ren, however, as if to tease her, changed the subject. "Perhaps she didn’t die completely."

Talulah chose not to trust him. She wasn’t truly dazed or foolish; she simply hated her own sins and forced herself to sink deep into self-blame. She could still perceive external things. For example, Ren and Aihara Enju’s movements and postures. For example, their every passionate conversation. Not to mention Alina’s name appearing from Ren’s mouth. However, she didn’t care about the former, but she did care about the latter. That clearly playful tone made it difficult for Talulah to believe what Ren said.

"I’m not kidding you." Ren’s left hand took Talulah’s soft hand. He gently lifted her black lace-edged cuff, revealing her fair and slender arm, and the black Originium crystals growing from the flesh within her arm.

"Have you ever heard a saying that Originium has memories?" Ren looked up, revealing his ice-blue Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. "Then is it possible that Originium can also carry souls?"

As he spoke, his left hand touched the Originium, and without any warning, he forcibly pulled the crystal out of her arm, along with some flesh. Blood began to gush from the wound. Such a raw pull looked painful, but Talulah remained expressionless, and her body showed no movement whatsoever.

Ren held the several-centimeter-long black Originium crystal, raising it before his eyes. In his ice-blue Mystic Eyes, he saw many black Lines of Death, and the severing of any one of them could obliterate this Originium. But a faint, flickering green Line of Death was particularly striking. That was the Line of Death belonging to a life.

He activated the Primal Energy within his body, letting it surge into the Originium crystal. He could see that green Line of Death growing stronger. In his mind, he saw a different scene. It was a vast snowy plain. It was the Reunion Movement’s team. It was Talulah in military uniform.

He clearly felt Talulah’s emotions in the scene. After the battle, Talulah overheard the Shield Guards’ casual conversation. She learned that a teacher from the Infected settlement had gone out to deliver food to a nearby settlement but hadn’t returned for a long time. In an instant, fear of the unknown permeated Talulah. She frantically followed the tracks, searching for the missing teacher.

Finally, she saw the dying Elafiya girl lying on the ground. Someone had attacked Alina, who was carrying food, and abandoned her on the frozen tundra. Alina’s hands and feet were gone. She was about to die. She bid her final farewell to Talulah.

Talulah cursed. She carried Alina on her back, crying as she vowed revenge. But the Elafiya on her back advised Talulah. It wasn’t the villagers who were wrong, it was Ursus. They shouldn’t punish the perpetrators, but correct the root cause of it all.

The Elafiya’s voice grew fainter and fainter. Talulah kept saying she would take Alina back. For the first time, she felt the endless journey home. The white-haired Drak trudged through the boundless snow. The Elafiya girl shivered uncontrollably on her back, occasionally gasping for air, her life nearing its end. Snowflakes slid from the Elafiya girl’s horns. Blood dripped from her body. Snow-covered trees silently burned after Talulah walked past. Talulah unconsciously ignited the land she had trodden upon.

Only the pale snowy plain before her was boundless. Only Alina on her back was warm. Alina’s heartbeat transmitted from Talulah’s back into her heart... growing fainter and fainter... She wanted to scream! She wanted to cry bitterly! She wanted to squeeze all her feelings out of her lungs. As if that could erase everything that had happened from her body. In the end, Talulah couldn’t make a sound.

Talulah left a fiery path on the snowy plain. Everything except Alina had been consumed by the raging fire. Alina died. The fighter Talulah also died. What remained... was only... the undying Black Serpent. This was the death of Talulah and the rebirth of the undying Black Serpent.

Who was Alina? An insignificant Infected teacher. Yet she was Talulah’s last spiritual pillar. Yet she was the secret key for the Black Serpent to seize her body. The corpse of the girl, missing limbs, had already become the last straw that crushed Talulah’s spirit.

"Is this what you wanted to show me? You want me to forgive her sins?" Ren seemed to be talking to the air. "Then you can rest assured, she belongs to me now. Whether she has sinned or not, I will not kill her."

The next moment his words fell, a green light condensed from the Originium in his hand. The light expanded, transformed, and a humanoid figure took shape. Talulah’s lifeless eyes brightened, and her pupils gradually dilated. Her eyes saw a figure that should no longer appear. That figure... was Alina!

A naked Alina gently fell from the sky into Ren’s embrace. Ren felt warmth on her body. He was sure that her current state was alive. Exactly the same state as Abe no Seimei. This was indeed that little deer Alina. The difference was that Alina, the moment she appeared, was enveloped by the power of faith from the Faith Realm, transforming into a Redemption Angel.

Ren had not dealt with the Originium on Talulah’s body precisely because he had previously discovered the strangeness of the Originium. A line of life and death hidden within the Originium, no matter how one thought about it, was not simple. Now it was further proven that his guess was correct. Originium had memory, and could also carry souls.

"Thank you, Ren-san." Alina looked at Ren with grateful eyes. Although she had died, and her soul had merged into Talulah’s Originium crystal, she had perceived everything in the outside world. Witnessing Talulah’s despair with her own eyes, witnessing Talulah being dragged into the abyss by the undying Black Serpent with her own eyes.

Alina was powerless, she hated her helplessness, but could not give Talulah the slightest help. Until later, light broke through the darkness. Alina saw the undying Black Serpent being killed, and saw Ren save Talulah and her.

"Alina... is that you?" The light that returned to Talulah’s eyes was filled with tears. Her voice trembled. She was afraid that the Alina she saw was fake. She was afraid that she had only dreamed a dream that would shatter upon waking, afraid that all of this was an illusory bubble. Talulah trembled as she reached out her hand, but did not dare to touch her.

"Talulah... it’s me, I’m Alina." Alina’s gaze and voice were equally gentle. The gentle and familiar words made Talulah’s heart tremble rapidly.

"Alina! My Alina!" Talulah could no longer bear it and wanted to embrace Alina. Unexpectedly, Ren directly got up, picked up Alina, and walked away.

"Alina!" Talulah embraced the air. She looked up in a panic, frantically searching for Alina’s figure. Could everything really be fake? She only calmed down after seeing Alina in Ren’s arms.

His nose lightly sniffed along her pure white body, from her arm all the way up to her cheek. Alina covered her chest with both hands, blushing and somewhat at a loss in Ren’s embrace, like a startled fawn. After a light sniff, Ren showed a mischievous smile, looking at Talulah with challenging eyes. "Talulah, have you misunderstood something? This is my Alina!" "Alina’s first kiss, it’s mine, Ren’s!"

With that, Ren had already kissed Alina’s delicate lips. Alina did not refuse, merely trembling slightly. She clearly knew that this materialized Angelic Soul Body belonged to Ren. Her ownership belonged to Ren, and even Talulah’s ownership also belonged to Ren. Talulah’s expression was collapsing; something shattered in her eyes. Ren did it on purpose.

Girls? Yuri? Sorry, that won’t work with me. He would eliminate any unstable factors from the root. This was a very special NTR. It was I, Ren, NTRing Talulah! Although Talulah and Alina might not have had such thoughts, Ren would resolutely prevent such things from happening. Wings? They must be my own! Tying the knot? Not in this lifetime!

However, there is something to be said. The delicate fragrance and soft warmth of the little deer’s body. Plus one naked and one half-naked, the transfer of body temperature. And her extremely submissive, soft lips. Ren was starting to feel it. This reaction was seen by Talulah and sensed by the little deer behind her.

"Mmm!" The little deer Alina had never experienced such a thing. Just sensing Ren and Aihara Enju in the Originium, she felt scared. Hideously terrifying. Enormously frightening. Were these her thoughts?

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