Chapter 263 Primitive Werewolf
Lily had a hard time moving in the heavy snowstorm.
The coldness spreads from the skin inward, penetrating deep into the flesh and bone marrow.
Her body was as stiff as a puppet, but burning desire smoldered in her heart. Like a piece of wood that was lit and then extinguished, it quietly emitted a large amount of heat and black smoke, which roasted her heart.
Lily felt her blood thicken, like glue or mud. It bound her body, entwined in her flesh like ropes... making her a prisoner.
——I am a prisoner in a body!
A crimson fire ignited once again in the depths of Lily's pupils.
The regret for losing the book, the rage caused by the rabbit, the grievance of trudging alone in the snow... negative emotions turned into fuel, burning her soul and making her blood thicker.
The big white rabbit hopped around in the snowstorm with incredible agility. Every time Lily was about to lose it, it would stop and look back mockingly; and just as Lily was about to catch it, it would hop away again, making Lily feel her blood pressure rising.
At first, her rationality still advised her to calm down.
But as she chased him, her rationality also said: Damn it, catch up!
Yet the cold wind outside was so biting, and her body was so stiff. Now, even when she ran, she could hear the creaking and aching sounds coming from all parts of her body... her body had reached its limit.
At this moment, Lily subconsciously looked back.
But she found that the path she had come from had turned into a footprintless expanse of snow. She looked down, only to find that her surroundings were covered in messy footprints... It was as if she had simply been walking in circles.
how so?
You are bound by mortal clothing.
An ethereal female voice sounded.
You cannot approach the Night Hare unless you discard your clothes.
Lily gritted her teeth and took off her clothes without thinking.
Strangely enough, she felt a liberated nature afterward—a whole new power infused into her.
Even though she had taken off all her warm clothes, she could still feel her skin gradually warming up. The blizzard could no longer hurt her at all.
She once again chased after the big white rabbit called "Night Rabbit".
Her body was no longer stiff, her skin no longer cold... After removing her clothes, she ran on all fours like a wild animal, her body steaming with white heat in the snowy night. But even so, she still couldn't outrun the rabbit.
You are bound by material flesh and blood
The voice sounded again.
Like a wind chime, or a crystal, like a spring flowing in a deep valley, clear and peaceful.
You cannot approach the Night Hare unless you abandon your flesh and blood.
Only the rabbit remained in Lily's scarlet pupils, and it continued to run wildly.
This time she finally broke free from the ghost wall and pounced towards the rabbit fiercely.
The rabbit didn't react and was pushed to the ground by her.
Intense hunger and thirst made Lily bite the rabbit's throat and suck its blood. The rabbit's legs kicked violently, but even so, it couldn't kick Lily away. Instead, she hugged the rabbit tightly like a fierce lover, kneeling on the ground and holding it in her arms, lowering her head to bury it in the knee-deep snow.
After she drank all the rabbit's blood, she began to devour its flesh and blood.
As Lily ate, her bones creaked—gray fur grew from her skin, and her beautiful face gradually transformed into a ferocious wolf head.
In the end, only a few remains of the rabbit were left.
Lily, who had transformed into a gray wolf, was spinning around in confusion, her long wolf kiss stained with blood.
At this moment, she suddenly saw the rabbit——
——Isn’t that big white rabbit hanging in the sky!
She howled loudly at the moon above her head, wanting to run to it.
At this time, wolves appeared one after another from nowhere in the snow.
The wolves responded to Lily's howl, all raising their heads and howling at the moon. A strong sense of joy surged in her heart.
You are bound by the shadow beneath you
The female voice sounded for the third time.
You cannot approach the Night Hare unless you cast off your shadows.
Lily looked down at her shadow in confusion. Her blood-red eyes stared at the shadow, and she wanted to lower her head and bite her shadow.
But at this moment, she was suddenly bound and hung up by several silk threads that emerged from her own shadow.
Lily, in wolf form, struggled hard while being bound, but she could not break free from the gray thread.
She struggled and struggled, and gradually turned into a human form.
The big white rabbit in the sky looked back at her, then flew away again to the other side of the sky.
Lily, bound in place, watched the night rabbit moving away from her, howling almost miserably. But in the end, she was unable to break free from the gray silk thread.
As the moon set, Lily suddenly woke up.
——I am still in the young master’s study.
Her clothes were thrown aside, and she stood there. There was no big white rabbit in the cage before her, only a book lying quietly in the cage.
"Great... the book wasn't lost..."
Lily breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, but felt her voice become so hoarse.
She was stunned for a moment, then realized that there seemed to be something in her throat. She couldn't help coughing, and then spit out a ball of blood-stained rabbit hair.
...Isn't that an illusion?
Lily recalled the distinct feeling of chewing and swallowing the rabbit, and felt a chill down her spine.
And when she thought of the joy of tearing flesh and blood, she was horrified to find that wolf hair had grown on her skin, and she gradually crouched down and finally turned into a gray wolf.
...Is it the curse of lycanthropy? !
Lily was startled and recalled the knowledge in the witch inheritance book.
But she soon realized something was not right.
Because unlike the situation when I was under the wolf transformation spell, it seems that I can change back at any time...
Something moved her, and the wolf hair on her body faded away. She crouched on the ground, but her human form returned.
"...the tantric book on the path of love?"
Lily murmured softly, feeling a little scared of the way she had lost her mind. If she had chosen to let go of the shadow at that time, would she have been unable to come back?
And after she turned into a wolf, the desire that surged from the bottom of her heart, the urgent desire to eat flesh and blood, made her even more terrified.
—The closer someone is to her, the more she loves them, the more she admires them, the more she wants to devour them. It's fine in human form, but if she were to transform into a wolf...if Aiwass were right in front of her, she probably wouldn't be able to control her bloodlust.
This form is too dangerous.
It’s better to seal it and pretend that I have never obtained this ability.
Lily thought so in her heart.
...Even so, she still felt a little regretful.
Because that wolf didn't seem like an ordinary beast. She vaguely felt that she seemed to have some special abilities...
But in order to avoid getting sick, let’s just pretend that ability doesn’t exist.
She no longer had the energy to pack, but the worry kept her from falling asleep. She was afraid she'd accidentally fall asleep and have the same dream again...turning into a wolf and returning to the snowy plains.
As a result, she lay in bed, tossing and turning all night and couldn't fall asleep.
On the other side, Aiwass and Sherlock also did not sleep.
Aiwass has already prepared the ceremony.
But there seems to be some problems on Sherlock's side.
"How do I know if we're orbiting the sun or the moon? I've never used astronomy in my life—it's not that I can't learn it, but my brain has been conditioned to not accept this kind of useless knowledge. Of course, I know it's useful now, but it will take some time for me to get used to it."
Sherlock was furious and threw the Introduction to Astronomy aside, stacking it with the Introduction to Astrology. "Besides, I've graduated for so long, and astronomy was still my freshman year subject—"
"But my father still likes you very much."
Aiwass interrupted and said.
The "father" he refers to here is Professor James.
His work, Asteroid Mechanics, reached a rare level of achievement in pure mathematics, and few in the scientific community could offer any criticism. In the field of astronomy, James was undoubtedly a top-tier professor.
"How should I know why!"
Sherlock yelled.
He sighed and then explained, "I often asked the professor for help with astronomy and mathematics. But that was because my grades in those two courses were not good, and I just wanted to pass... But the professor was really good to me. When I graduated, he recommended me to join the Inspectorate, but I declined."
Aiwass thought for a moment and said, "Since you passed then, you should be able to pass now."
“…Maybe.”
Sherlock was somewhat helpless: "But my brain is like a fog, I can't remember anything here..."
"It seems that the retard curse is quite retardant."
Aiwass commented: "Not spiritual enough."
Then Sherlock threw the two large books in his hand at Aiwas's head one after another, and Aiwass easily caught one in each hand.
"What should we do then?"
Sherlock was a little worried: "Are you almost done here? I see you've been busy for a long time... How about you remove my curse first, and then I'll hang it up after I'm done learning?"
"Not really. It seems you really can't get started in one night... But it doesn't matter. I can help you with this ritual now, and I'll help you cheat for the parts you don't know."
Aiwass replied briskly, "But you have to finish reading these two books before your next promotion. You'll be in the promotion ceremony when you advance and change jobs, and I won't be able to help you then."
"must."
Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief and vowed, "I'll finish reading it before my next promotion."
——It’s still unclear when he’ll get his next promotion.
It takes more than one month to go from the third energy level to the fourth energy level.
If he doesn't work, he can learn the basics by himself in just over a week. He should have plenty of time.
"Then let's take these two books with us when we leave."
Sherlock didn't want to waste time: "I'll take a look at it after investigating... I'm sure I can learn it."
"Okay. When you feel like you've almost learned it, come to me and I'll give you a test."
Aiwass said with a smile: "I have been receiving astronomy education since I was a child... Let's go, it's almost dawn."
"By the way," Sherlock asked casually as he followed Aiwass, "Who are we praying to in the ceremony? Is it the Great Master? I'll bring some tributes..."
"No, you should bring some black pearls."
Aiwass replied, "This ritual is a request for my constant gaze."
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Thanks to Remi W for feeding the leader!
I still feel uncomfortable, but I can type now... I don’t have a fever. After I slept for three hours yesterday afternoon, my temperature returned to normal. I didn’t go to the hospital.
If I hadn't asked for leave yesterday, today's update would have happened to be on Mid-Autumn Festival. It would have been a perfect match. Damn it (pounding the ground).
(End of this chapter)
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