Greatly startled by the change, Bai Yan rigidly but surely loosened her arms around the boy and found what she dreaded and feared the most. Thereâs not an ounce of the playfulness sheâs come to expect in her own son, thereâs only bloodthirstiness and death around this creature!
But perhaps itâs regret, or the guilt, but this mother didnât push the ghoul like creature away and instead wrapped her arms tightly around the boyâs body.
Gentle in her voice: âXiachen, I failed in protecting you back then and allowed you to leave me. In this life I promise you, I will not let any danger come your way and not let anyone separate us again! Donât live with resentment and grudge, okay?â
The killing intent in the ghoulâs eye didnât recede despite the plead, only growing stronger and worse.
âNo, Iâm going to kill everyone in the Celestial Realm! Everyone must die!â
Boom!
Suddenly, an incredible force explodes out of the childâs body, causing Bai Yan to stumble back a few steps and shocking the poor mother. Bai Yan couldnât even recognize her own son anymore at this point.
Thankfully the ladyâs motherly instinct kicked in and said contrary, otherwise she wouldnât be standing here anymore.
âBaddie, youâre not allowed to hurt Mother!â Its then a light gushed out of the ghoul and attacked the red eyed monster. With the exact same contour but with an energized life to that face, this child had big blue eyes that was clear as a summer day.
Two Xiachen? Bai Yan mumbles to herself in astonishment.
âGet lost!â The ghoul version of the little steambun cries out and raises a punch in self defense from the other version of himself. âYou coward, canât even protect your own mother! If it wasnât for the fact that I would die if you do then I wouldâve killed you long ago! â
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Light Xiachen quickly gets up from the ground after being knocked over, his face stubborn: âYou will make Mother sad if you do this. I wonât let anyone make her sad, not even myself! If you dare make her leak a drop of tear then I will destroy myself. By then you wonât exist anymore!â
Will she be sad?
The little ghoul went silent, not saying a word.
But those people made me leave her for so many years, I wonât forgive them! Whatâs more, I will make the people of this world pay for the pain I had to endure!
â¦â¦
Shocked by the two confronting boys that resembled her own son in different ways â one dark and one light â Bai Yan didnât know what to do. But right as sheâs about to approach the light version since he gave off a gentler aura, the lady suddenly noticed the glimmer of sadness in the dark version. Immediately, a wave of guilt stopped her in her steps and caused those hands to reach out without thought.
At first the resentment in the ghoul boyâs eye still burned with fury, but that changed after the initial stiffness over the physical contact with the woman. Those small little hands also reached out reactively for a hug.
Howeverâ¦..
Right when the twoâs about to embrace each other heartily for comfort, a bloom of light emerges from both the dark and light version of the little steambun, sending the two away in a blink of an eye.
âXiachen!â
Anxious on the face now, Bai Yan searched everywhere for her child to no avail. Thereâs only emptiness in this space and the atmosphere was growing increasingly more unusual.
It hurts!
Crouching down, she clenches her chest at the constant thumping around the heart. She didnât miss the agony and pain the dark version showed.
He mustâve been lonely with meâ¦.