Chapter 89

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Chapter 89: The Queen’s Inheritance (XXVIII)

“It’s okay, that’s not a bad person.” Qi Leren comforted Aya in a low voice, but Aya still couldn’t stop shaking.

How can an ordinary human girl not feel fear when she saw such a horrible monster?

Aya’s teeth chattered, and she watched in horror as the dragon came towards them. She trembled all over.

The dragon stared at her. No, it stared at the Qi Leren holding her. With its heavy and majestic steps, its body began to change, and its huge dragon body that was like a mountain began to shrink. When it stood in front of her, it was already a handsome and silent man.

Someone she knew well and had never forgotten for a moment.

He looked at her with a strange look.

Aya couldn’t make any sound come from her mouth anymore.

At this moment, she couldn’t connect the man who was exuding deadly fire and bloody intent with the man who had taught her the Canon gently in her memory. It was obviously the same appearance, even the same clothing, but this person’s eyes had lost the gentleness of compassion, leaving only endless darkness.

He looked at her coldly, and if there was a fateful sight, it slowly fell on her hands holding Qi Leren.

An indescribable fear made Aya retract her hand as if pricked by a needle.

Qi Leren didn’t notice Aya’s behavior, so he stood up and took the initiative to come to Ning Zhou. The joy of seeing the person he wanted to spend his life with made his emotions surge. He wanted to kiss Ning Zhou’s face very much, but Aya was still behind him. He was embarrassed to act too intimately in front of others, so he stretched his arms and prepared to give Ning Zhou a hug.

But before his arms were stretched out, the other hugged him, and a kiss fell on his lips and caught him off guard. Qi Leren never thought Ning Zhou would kiss him so suddenly, and when he recovered, the kiss had already happened. In the heat of their lips rubbing, there was a change from the gentleness of the past to domineering possessiveness, just like a dragon trying to monopolize its peerless treasure, repeatedly confirming that its treasure was unscathed.

By the time he stopped, Qi Leren felt breathless. He couldn’t help laughing, pressing his forehead against Ning Zhou’s forehead and whispering, “I’m fine, really. Every cloud still has a silver lining.”

Ning Zhou’s eyes, which had been restored to blue from red, were full of doubts. This expression was really cute in Qi Leren’s eyes, so he couldn’t help but take the initiative to gather them together and kiss Ning Zhou’s lips.

The little kiss was even more shy than an irresistible kiss. Both of them were red. Qi Leren lowered his head, and his lips moved three times before he finally found his voice: “I… that… This is Aya!”

He turned quickly and pulled up the stunned brown-skinned girl. “Haven’t you seen her before, in the Valentine tribe? You also gave her a book.”

Ning Zhou really looked at the human girl’s face, and he was even surprised, because he hadn’t realized that he hadn’t really seen her before this glance. What had haunted him until now was the anger and murderous rage that made him feel like he was dying.

If Qi Leren hadn’t come up and grabbed him at that time, what kind of things would he have done?

Aya shivered, trembling as she saw the little Queen in the distance. The little Queen stared at Ning Zhou for a long time, and finally lowered her head and walked towards him. She picked up her skirt and bowed to him, as respectful as the Dragon Ant Queen who had died of old age.

Until now, she didn’t understand why her other half was so melancholy and meaningful when she mentioned “him”, because they all knew that their hearts were shaken when they really saw the future Devastator.

This desire for strength had been engraved in the soul by the dead Dragon Ant Queen. She was so full of longing and yearning that this obsession affected her and could never be erased.

“There is no time, Aya. Go,” the little Queen urged.

Aya looked at the nearby Flame rift, and the road was covered with reddish-brown blood and broken limbs, but this hellish road led to great power.

She felt as if she were having a dream, a dream she couldn’t even think about.

The blood that the little Queen had marked for her on her forehead had dried up, which was proof of her recognition. As long as she walked to the front of the Holy Flame and jumped into it, she would no longer be an anonymous orphan girl from the Valentine tribe.

She would be the ruler of this field.

In front of this glory and great authority, what she felt was not elation, but deep suspicion and fear.

Could she really do it well? An ordinary person like her, a person with a broken ring mark on her face, could she really lead the life in this field to prosperity and happiness?

Suddenly, her feet were tied with heavy iron blocks, which made her unable to walk. The idea of retreating came up again. She hesitated and asked timidly, “Is it really me? I… can I do it?”

The little Queen looked up at her skeptical face and said faintly, “Only you. Among so many candidates, I only chose you.”

This sentence made Aya’s emotions surge, biting her lips and smiling shyly. She glanced back and looked at Ning Zhou and Qi Leren standing side by side behind her, and tears welled up in her eyes.

“Thank you, thank you. Thank you, I will continue to learn the teachings you gave me, and learn every word. Now, please keep it for me until I come back.” Aya took out the book that had never left her body and carefully tried to pass it to Ning Zhou, but turned halfway and gave it to Qi Leren.

Qi Leren took a look at Ning Zhou and accepted it.

“Aya, do you understand what it means to be the Dragon Ant Queen?” Qi Leren asked anxiously.

It meant responsibility, it meant pain, and it meant she had only twenty years left.

For the rest of her life, she would enjoy monstrous power and painful torture. In her field, she was ruler, law, and morality. Even if she wanted to suck human blood to prolong her life, her subjects could only respectfully offer her the most delicious blood.

“I understand, I am willing, thank you, I am really willing.” Aya smiled brilliantly. “I’m afraid you don’t know: living in this desert, I can’t even live to that age. I also… I also want to do something for my people. I think everyone can live better. I want to give it a try!”

The earth was shaking more and more violently. Looking up at the sky, countless cracks had appeared in this huge underground city, just like a glass ball covered with cracks, on the edge of breaking.

Aya knew that time was running out. She stepped back and took two steps, looked at them reluctantly, then smiled and turned and ran.

This was the last time in her life that she ran with her own legs. As she ran, she burst into tears. It was not sad tears. At this moment, her heart was full of joy and courage, full of longing for a bright future. She was like a chick that finally flew out of the bird’s nest, and was about to fly under the blue sky.

A flood of flames poured into her eyes, and Aya stared at the Flame that the legends said would blind her. It was burning in this huge rift valley, and countless flames turned into burning butterflies and flew to her, leaving only these dazzling things in her field of vision.

Her eyeballs burned up, and she saw it, but she couldn’t see it. In this endless fire, it seemed that half an insect’s body was burning, and the flame was so hot that it tore the insect’s body apart, and also tore her living body.

Her soul flew away from her body and watched it all in a commanding manner.

She saw that her body was left in the flame, leaving only the upper body, and the insect shell torn by the Flame stuck to her body piece by piece, making the area below the waist perfectly integrated with the dragon ant’s body.

Countless women with vague faces came to her from the flame. Everyone’s lower body was an ant’s body. The first woman put a crown on her, the second woman put a scepter in her hand, and the third woman put a gorgeous dress on her… When she recovered from the general state of the out-of-body experience, Aya found herself standing quietly in the Flame.

Suddenly, the world was no longer the one she was familiar with, and she was no longer the one she was familiar with. Even the flame that used to make her feel afraid has become soft and tame. She clenched her scepter in her hand, took a step, and walked forward—the dragon ant’s body moved, and the inhuman legs and feet hidden under the huge skirt moved.

As if the Flame had heard her call, the fire parted like the sea before Moses, and she looked down at the crowd ahead.

Under the high altar of the Holy Flame, the maids and Virgins who were not involved in this cruel ceremony crawled before her under the guidance of the head maid, and the guests who had been waiting for the result of this ceremony on the observation deck had already come here. They bowed their heads and saluted the Queen who was about to lead this field.

Aya stared at all this in a daze. The guards who had scolded her unsmilingly, the chief priestess who had severely admonished her, the maid who had laughed at her skin colour and accent, they didn’t even dare to look up at her face.

She stood calmly, but in her heart, she hesitated like an intruder who had accidentally run into a gorgeous ball, until she saw the two men who had come to the underground valley from above the rift.

Aya’s face showed a sincere smile, and she walked quickly towards them. The huge skirt swayed gently because of the hidden dragon ant body, and a group of burning butterflies danced around her.

Qi Leren watched this girl who was both familiar and unfamiliar come to him. Her eyes were as bright as a whole starry sky, and the ring lines around her eyes became beautiful and extraordinary. She held out her hands that held the scepter and excitedly asked for the Canon. Despite being dressed like this, she looked like a little girl begging for a toy.

Qi Leren put the Canon in her hand, and Aya held it, recalling the memories and understandings she had gained in the flame. The dead Dragon Ant Queen was loyal to the Destroyer. What about her? There wouldn’t be a second choice. On the day when she had met a traveler in the yellow desert, God had pointed out the way for her.

Aya bent down and said to Ning Zhou, “Your Majesty, I swear by my field that I will always be your most loyal follower!”

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Editor’s Notes: Fanart of Aya

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