Chapter 40: Breathless
Is an M-rabbit a type of lop-eared rabbit?
If she had a browser on hand, Adele would definitely have typed in this question.
It wasn’t until she was in the carriage that she came back to her senses.
Who said they had to play the role of a maid? They could have other relationships too!
But what was done was done. The girl already knew they were “master and servant.”
Adele could only bite the bullet and continue the act. She looked at Lina, who was kneeling by her feet, and felt as if she were sitting on pins and needles.
She mouthed silently, “Get up.”
Kneeling all the time, what kind of decorum is this!
Lina shook her head, trying to get by with being cute.
Adele leaned down, wanting to pull Lina up, but was entangled by her rabbit ears.
Lina pried her knees apart and crawled forward two steps, squeezing in front of her.
Adele: ?
Just then, the girl who had been curled up in the corner, fast asleep, opened her eyes.
From her angle, Adele’s legs were spread apart, with Lina kneeling between them…
What a terrible position.
Lina didn’t notice the awakened girl, but Adele did.
She covered Lina’s mouth, afraid she would let something slip.
Lina looked up at her, not struggling, not resisting, just obediently letting her have her way.
Adele’s heart raced, her fingertips trembling slightly.
She felt her own excitement at this moment. Her desire to control Lina was once again satisfied…
Help.
Help me!
Adele not only suspected that Lina had a special fetish, but she even began to suspect that she herself might have one too.
Lina blinked, sending her a heart.
Adele felt her delight and suddenly remembered the water flowing everywhere in the bathroom.
Could it be that there were signs all along?
Adele stared at her, her thoughts returning to the bed, to the window…
No wonder!
No wonder the bad rabbit sometimes couldn’t even last ten seconds!
So she just likes to be treated roughly!
Adele’s expression was subtle. Then, when she had disciplined Lina in the past, hadn’t it all become a reward!?
How could this be!
Adele felt they needed to have a deeper conversation…
The girl climbed up from the corner. Her face was pale. The moment she moved, the wounds on her body tore open.
She frowned in pain, sobbing softly, but still tried to kneel.
Adele’s heart tightened at the sight, and she stopped her directly.
“You sit down. You don’t have to kneel. You’re different from her.”
Adele pinched Lina’s face, paying close attention to Lina’s expression. “She deserves to be taught a lesson.”
Lina’s breathing quickened, her cheeks rapidly turning red.
A warm and chaotic breath fell on her wrist. Adele was also made to lose her breath by her.
This bad rabbit…
As if bewitched, Adele used a little more force.
Lina sucked in a breath in pain but still endured it obediently.
Adele suddenly came to her senses. She let go, an apology appearing in her eyes.
How could she bully a rabbit?!
This is not good.
The force on her cheek suddenly disappeared. Lina, who had already gotten into the mood, was stunned.
She subconsciously touched Adele’s hand. An amorous desire surged in her eyes. The words “pinch me” were almost on the tip of her tongue.
Adele shook her head.
“Be good.”
Even if they were going to do it, they couldn’t do it in front of an outsider.
And, she still needed to do some mental preparation…
*
The classroom became Herte’s exclusive prison.
Ever since that night, he had not seen the sun again. He could only curl up in the mess and waste away. Every breath would pull at the wounds on his body, bringing a bone-deep tremor.
There was no clock in the room, and the windows were sealed. He couldn’t tell the time, let alone know when the next torture would come. Every second of waiting was an ordeal. His repeatedly collapsing spirit was already on the verge of complete madness.
The classroom door was suddenly pushed open. The fear that had seeped into his bones made Herte’s entire body shrink violently. A whimper that was not a sound squeezed out from his throat.
Lina’s footsteps were like a whip. Every step struck his back, so painful he couldn’t breathe. His two hands helplessly clawed at the floor, as if trying to bury himself in the cracks.
Expensive leather boots stepped over the doctrines of the Sacred Cult, over the clay idol, and finally stopped in front of Herte.
Lina extinguished two candles and, in the dim light, took out a pure gold insignia. She held it out to Herte and said calmly, “I’m going to be an official.”
She sat down, casually picked up a wooden stick, and lifted Herte’s chin. “Why don’t you congratulate me?”
“C-congratulations…”
Herte trembled even more. He stared at the gleaming gold insignia, the oppressive weight of power pressing on his heart.
He looked at Lina again.
The lop-eared rabbit had not retracted her ears. At this moment, her two fluffy long ears drooped down, which should have made her look obedient and cute. But those blue eyes held only an icy coldness.
Lina played with the insignia in her hand and said, “I will inherit everything of yours, become the new master of the manor. I’ve already sorted out all your businesses. Don’t worry. If you’re really not at ease with me managing them, you can always come back and check after you’re dead.”
Dead.
These two words were like a hammer, smashing Herte’s half-life of faith to pieces.
Eternal life was just a joke.
Herte wanted to say something, but when he met Lina’s eyes, he didn’t dare to speak.
“I know you haven’t given up yet.” Lina’s voice had no inflection. “Even now, you still think that the pain of the flesh is a test from the Lord God, right?”
Herte didn’t dare to respond.
Lina stepped on his face and suddenly flew into a rage. “You want pain! You want to be pious! What does that have to do with me! It was you who turned me into this half-human, half-ghost creature!”
Herte’s face was twisted from being stepped on. He could only let out a “ho ho” sound.
“It was you who ruined me! It was you who forced my hands to be stained with blood!” Lina kicked him away and said, “I will enter the religious academy. I will use all the power in my hands to completely erase the traces of the Sacred Cult! I will definitely eradicate its existence. I will make your faith a real taboo. I want all who dare to mention it to die a bad death! In another fifty years, there will be no Sacred Cult in this world!”
Herte’s chest heaved violently, and he directly spat out a mouthful of blood.
Lina enjoyed his pain. The hatred that had accumulated for over a decade had finally found its most satisfying outlet.
Her eyes were full of pain, a sob hidden in her laughter. “I will smash all the Sacred Cult statues on the continent of Dezhou! Wherever the sun shines! There will be no more believers! You are nothing! The things you believe in are also nothing! You…”
Lina wanted to say more, but the candlelight suddenly went out—
Darkness instantly rushed in from all directions, swallowing all the colors. Only the insignia was left, glowing with a golden light.
Herte’s gasping breaths suddenly stopped, followed by the sound of a head hitting the floor.
Then, it was completely quiet.
Lina still maintained her agitated posture from just now. She still had a lot of curses she wanted to say, but at this moment, they were all stuck in her throat. She tried hard to catch a faint sound.
A painful groan? A weak breath?
Nothing.
Nothing at all.
Herte… was dead? Just like that?
Completely dead.
The hatred was still burning in her chest, but the person she hated was dead just like that.
Lina slowly turned her head. She stared at Herte’s corpse and was suddenly enveloped by a huge emptiness.
How did he just die?
The hatred that had just been burning her, supporting her, had silently dissipated, leaving only a cold, bottomless hole.
There was no wild joy of revenge, no relief of the dust settling.
Herte was dead. All who had insulted her had been punished. At this moment, she had been reborn. But she couldn’t be happy.
Who would compensate her for the good times of the past ten-odd years?
Who would compensate her for the part of her kindness and innocence that she had been forced to throw away?
Who would compensate her?
After revenge, only a daze remained. She couldn’t hate anymore because there was no one to hate. But a hole was left in her heart.
The wounds she had suffered, the hunger she had endured, all the insults she had experienced—they were all still vivid in her mind. These would not disappear just because her enemy was dead.
The wounds on her spirit were still festering.
Lina stepped over Herte’s corpse and walked away, staggering.
The door was pushed open a crack.
A ray of sunlight leaked in. Lina, who was used to the darkness, squinted her eyes and subconsciously raised a hand to block her face.
Under the strong light, physiological tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably, blurring her vision.
The sunlight fell on the manor, warmly baking the grass. Young girls were laughing and playing around the fountain. Dilys was squatting in the bushes, counting gold coins…
Inside and outside the door, just a step away, yet it was like heaven and hell.
Lina staggered out of hell, leaving the classroom far behind.
She would never set foot here again.
Never again.
Lina wanted to leave the unbearable past behind as well, but a slideshow of painful memories began to play in her mind, frame by frame, like a ghost, chasing her, biting her.
“You’re just a worthless life! A life born to be trampled!”
“I curse you to a bad death!”
“No one will love you!”
Lina clutched her heart and fell onto the grass. She beat the ground fiercely.
Perhaps the real lop-eared rabbit had long since died on some snowy night, died under the bed, starved to death, frozen to death, or perhaps died of pain.
The one who survived now was just an evil shell.
Herte’s corpse was gradually growing cold, but the wound he had carved in Lina’s heart was still oozing scalding pus and blood.
Lina looked at her own hands and thought of her own schemes. Her heart was a desolate place.
Would she also become like Herte, like a cold-hearted monster?
The hole in her heart, the blood of her enemy could not fill it. Could power? Could money?
Lina didn’t know. She propped herself up on the grass, feeling as if all her strength had been drained. Even breathing became difficult.
She was in so much pain.
She wanted to die.
“Lina!”
Lina’s ears were ringing. She heard Adele’s voice, and also seemed to hear the curses and laughter of others.
She didn’t dare to look up, as if with one move, the accumulated pain in her body would overflow.
Adele ran to her. “Are you okay?!”
Suddenly falling into a warm embrace, Lina smelled blood. It seemed to be coming from her own hands…
So dirty.
Lina almost instinctively wanted to curl up. “Don’t… don’t touch me. I’m so dirty…”
“You’re not dirty.” The rabbit in her arms had become cold and hard. Adele held her tightly, pressing her own cheek against hers, and coaxed, “You’re not dirty.”
The white wolf who lived on the ice field had a very high body temperature. Lina was warmed by the heat and couldn’t help but nuzzle Adele.
“I killed someone.” Lina’s eyes were dark.
Adele gave a “Mhm,” took her hand, and, passing through her stiff, cold fingers, intertwined their fingers.
“I can’t be washed clean.” Lina looked at her, a hint of caution in her eyes.
She was worried about seeing disgust and disappointment in Adele.
Their eyes met. Adele smiled and shook her head. She tightened her arms, using her own scalding chest to warm Lina. “You were never dirty to begin with. You don’t need to be washed.”
Lina was nestled in her arms. She could clearly feel the outline of her bones. The temperature on her back was almost enough to melt a person.
White wolves always lick the wounds of their lovers like this, so Adele also had to hold Lina in her arms.
Hold her tightly.
Lina’s thin lips were slightly pursed. “I don’t believe you.”
She repeated through sobs, “I don’t believe you.”
Lina was “throwing a tantrum” at this moment because she subconsciously knew that Adele would not blame her. Being loved doesn’t make one unreasonable, but there are always people who lack love who will use this method to test.
Adele caressed the rabbit ball’s cheek, then lowered her head and lightly pecked the skin she had warmed. “Then how can I make you believe me?”
She loved Lina.
She loved her bright and beautiful side, and also her pathetic and temperamental side.
“Baby, you tell me.” Adele touched her ear, with twelve parts of pity. “…Baby.”
Lina was in tears amidst the repeated “baby.”
She leaned against Adele’s arms and cried out loud.
Adele held Lina tightly, completely enclosing her in her embrace. “Go on and cry.”
Lina cried until her heart broke, as if she wanted to vent all the pain of these years. She couldn’t control her tears and repeated three words—
I’m in so much pain.
Adele stayed with her, whispering in her ear.
“It will stop hurting soon…”
“It will never hurt again.”
“Baby, I will always love you…”
“Baby.”
…
It wasn’t until the sky grew dark that Lina finally walked out of the vortex of her emotions.
She had cried until she was about to faint and was carried back to her room by Adele.
“Drink some water before you sleep.” Adele said as she placed her on the bed. “I’ll go wash my hands, then come back and pour you some water.”
Lina sat obediently on the edge of the bed. “Mhm.”
The moment Adele stepped into the bathroom, the girl whose wounds had just been bandaged burst in.
Alarm bells went off in Lina’s heart. She instantly entered maid mode.
She ripped open her collar and, before Adele could ask her if she wanted warm or hot water, said in a hoarse voice, “Master… please, I really can’t play anymore. I’m going to break…”
Adele, who had just washed her hands, only wiped them casually. At this moment, both her hands were wet.
As if she had just…
Her innocence! This bad rabbit!
Adele didn’t want to be gentle anymore. She just wanted to deal with this bad maid properly!
Likes to be dominated, fine!
She would definitely make it unforgettable for her!
Lina crawled to the floor and suddenly said, “Master! Please let me rest!”
She quickly glanced at the girl.
It was time to interrogate her!
Adele received the signal and said, “Fine. I’ll let you rest for half an hour. We’ll continue later.”
Lina pretended to be trembling and crawled out. As she passed the girl, she even said in a small voice, “Don’t ever make her angry. She hits very hard…”
The girl nodded, trembling.
Adele pretended to be serious and said to her, “You, come here.”
…
The moment Lina left, she went to find Dilys.
“Miss.” Dilys handed a brand new maid’s uniform to Lina. “It’s ready for you.”
“Good.”
Lina stood in front of the mirror and held up the maid’s uniform.
Teacher, I hope you like it…
