I Raised the Fallen Lop-Eared Rabbit into a Yandere 49

Chapter 49: Wish

“Yes, I dreamt of a little rabbit hiding under the bed, trembling, and calling me Aunt.” Herlkin recalled, “Although I’ve always lived on the mountain, I have no memories before the age of ten. I woke up and received a letter of distress, with the words ‘Aunt, save me!’ written on it. I was afraid it was you sending me a dream… Ow!”

Haia spanked her bottom. “Only the dead send dreams. What are you talking about?”

Herlkin should have run to Aomo for protection, but this time she didn’t. She still squeezed between the two of them.

Even though her butt was suffering.

Lina touched the tip of her nose, which was red from the wind and snow, and asked, “Have you checked who sent the letter?”

Adele slipped her hand into Lina’s pocket, and the two of them secretly intertwined their fingers.

Herlkin said, “I received the letter in the morning and came directly. I didn’t have time to have someone investigate. I was afraid you were being bullied.”

Adele thought:

It’s still uncertain who’s bullying whom now.

Lina smiled slightly. “Thank you, Aunt.”

She acknowledged Herlkin with her words, but the doubt in her heart still remained.

In the past, she had never asked Herlkin’s age. Later, she heard Herlkin call Haia Senior Sister, which meant Herlkin was not yet thirty. Then Herte was a full twenty years older than her.

The problem was in these twenty years. When Herte was ten, both his parents had died!

Could Herlkin have popped out of a rock!?

Lina couldn’t help but guess that perhaps Herlkin, like herself, did not belong to this world, and the purpose of that letter was to connect them…

As Lina thought, her mind drifted away. It wasn’t until her fingertips were lightly pinched that she came back to her senses.

Adele’s hand was doing bad things in her pocket.

Lina had people in front of and behind her. She didn’t dare to show it and could only endure.

For practicality, the trousers Adele had made for her all had relatively deep pockets. You could put anything in them, and also touch anything.

Lina felt that hand was about to go up, to go in. She grabbed Adele’s arm, and her two ears wrapped around in front of her face, imitating a praying gesture.

I’m begging you.

Adele stopped. Before she pulled her hand out, she twisted the inside of her thigh.

Bad rabbit, I’m punishing you.

Lina trembled slightly. The feeling of pain brought a secret thrill.

She lowered her head, hiding the irrepressible corners of her lips.

Teacher, this is clearly a reward.

The three people who were slightly behind also had their own thoughts.

Haia walked in silence. She caressed her fingertips. Aomo’s body heat had long since dissipated completely.

Why did Aomo have to push me away?

The fact that she needs to drink blood is no secret at all! Why?

Aomo walked on the far right, her chaotic thoughts still unable to calm down. The feeling of being pressed against the door by Haia was still vivid in her mind.

How did things get to this point?

Herlkin walked between the two of them, a cold light in the fox’s cunning vertical pupils.

You really thought I was asleep?

You dare to do it right in front of me?

…

Yuan You stopped in her tracks.

“What’s wrong?” Huaguang asked.

“The area marked on the map is here, but…” Yuan You looked around. On the thick snow were only a few severely weathered stones. There were no signs of any man-made structures.

Where was the tomb?

The group dispersed, carefully brushing away the snow and knocking on the stone walls, trying to find a corner of the tomb. But after half a day of work, they all came up with nothing.

Herlkin was really tired of looking. She took out a sausage and, while tearing the packaging, found a relatively clean stone to sit on. The moment she sat down, the ground suddenly began to shake, and the dull sound of machinery turning came from all directions!

“What’s going on!”

“What’s that noise!”

“Ah!”

Before the group could react, the support under their feet suddenly disappeared. The platform they were standing on flipped 180 degrees, and everyone fell into a pitch-black hole.

In the hole was a winding stone slide. The seven of them, in a single file, slid rapidly into the darkness where you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face.

Herlkin was at the very front. She gripped the sausage in her hand tightly. “This is terrifying!”

“Serves you right for being greedy!” Haia’s voice followed closely behind.

Adele held Lina’s hand. Yuan You protected Huaguang’s back. Aomo, in the chaos, lit up her crystal ball.

The faint light slightly dispelled the fear brought by the unknown.

They saw the murals on the ceiling and the jewels placed in the stone walls on both sides.

“This is inside the tomb!”

“Thank me!” Just as Herlkin’s tail was about to perk up, before she could boast, she was “spat” out by the slope and fell into a sandpit.

“Eh?” Haia said, “It doesn’t hurt.”

Herlkin’s hand emerged from under her. “It hurts me… Mmph!”

Lina fell down again.

After a series of wails, everyone landed safely, except for a certain fox with a resentful look on her face.

“I hate humans… wow!”

Herlkin had just complained when she was stunned by the sight before her.

The light of the crystal ball illuminated the golden mountain before them.

It was made of gold coins, a full six stories high. The faint light could barely reach the top. Gold bars and gold bricks were scattered among them.

Beyond the golden mountain was an even wider hall. As far as the eye could see, it was an ocean of gold and jewels. Even the dome was painted with gold lacquer. Even Huaguang, who was used to the extravagance of the royal family, couldn’t help but be surprised.

Fist-sized crystals were everywhere. Pearls were as numerous as grains of sand. Every treasure chest was so full it was “bursting.”

Further away stood a dense collection of statues. The guardian spirit beasts were made of pure gold. The group was not even as tall as their feet. The guardian knights were made of obsidian. They all had their heads bowed, a shield in their left hand and a long knife in their right.

In the center of this tomb was a marble platform. On it was a pure gold sarcophagus. The lid was tightly sealed, as if it had never been moved since ancient times.

It lay quietly in the center of the ocean of wealth, silently declaring who was the sole master here.

The seven of them stood there in a daze, almost forgetting to breathe.

The air was cold and dry. The smell of metal and natural minerals mixed together, with a faint hint of…

The meaty aroma of sausage?

Herlkin started chewing again. The other six all facepalmed.

Yuan You walked to the golden sarcophagus. On the body of the coffin was a pair of handprints, and next to it was a short passage of text:

A woman with my bloodline who places her hands on the handprints can break the seal—Queen Gila

Yuan You reached out a fingertip and cautiously probed the coffin. After confirming that it was not poisonous, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the dust from the handprints, then called Huaguang over.

The princess’s hands could not be dirtied.

Everyone gathered around the sarcophagus. Huaguang placed her hands on the handprints, but after waiting for a long time, there was no reaction.

The entire tomb was quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Huaguang tried again, but there was still no change.

“How could this be?” At this moment, Huaguang suddenly remembered her dream.

Could it be that she was not Queen Gila’s granddaughter, but the crown prince of another dynasty!? So she did not have the queen’s bloodline and could not open the sarcophagus!

This conjecture made her heart stop in an instant!

If she couldn’t open the sarcophagus, she couldn’t find the army! If she couldn’t find the army, she was finished!

Lina quietly observed Huaguang’s expression. Her extreme sensitivity made her instantly feel Huaguang’s panic.

Could it be that Huaguang was not Queen Gila’s granddaughter?

Could it be that she was not of royal blood?

Lina’s back also went cold. She didn’t think deeply about Huaguang’s identity. Her mind was filled with her own future!

If Huaguang couldn’t ascend the throne, wouldn’t all her efforts be in vain!

Lina began to recall the autobiography Adele had given her. She suddenly remembered that Queen Gila cared most about her eldest daughter. If she knew that her empire had not fallen into this daughter’s hands, would she come back to life in anger?

With a “let’s give it a try” attitude, she said, “Your Highness, this is not good! If we can’t bring back the army, I’m afraid that man, the king…”

Before she could finish, the golden sarcophagus suddenly shook, and the lid was thrown open.

A cyan-green shadow floated out and went straight to Lina. “What did you say?”

Lina had seen her face on the cover of the autobiography. She immediately knelt and said, “Your Majesty, please save our princess. The current king has usurped the throne and now wants to kill the grand princess!”

“How dare he!” Queen Gila said angrily, “Absurd!”

She floated to Huaguang. “Where is my daughter?”

Gila’s daughter, the previous king, had been killed in a coup by her own younger brother, who was also Huaguang’s father.

Huaguang did not answer directly but knelt and kowtowed.

Gila’s shadow staggered two steps. Her gaze at Huaguang was tinged with hatred. “Grand Princess? Then you are…”

The daughter of the treacherous minister who had killed his sister and usurped the throne.

Huaguang’s heart skipped a beat, but she quickly steadied herself. When she looked up, she was already streaming with tears. She lied, “Although I am not the Imperial Aunt’s daughter, I was raised by her side since birth. Because I am a girl, I have been disliked since I was little. Only the Imperial Aunt treated me as her own, taught me to read and write, to ride horses and play chess… She had no children in her life. I… I only hate that I have no ability to avenge her!”

Gila’s expression softened when she heard “no children” and “treated as her own.” The hatred gradually dissipated.

Rounding up, Huaguang was her eldest daughter’s child.

Perhaps it was love for the house that extended to the crow on its roof. Gila said, “You can all get up. Tell me everything that has happened.”

Huaguang embellished the story. Lina found Gila’s sore spot and perfectly framed the current king.

“…If this goes on, I’m afraid there will be war again!” After just ten minutes of contact, Huaguang had already figured out seven or eight parts of Gila’s personality. She said, “I am not without selfish motives today. I just want the throne! I don’t want to be subservient to others, to live at their mercy!”

Gila liked frank ambitionists, admired ambitious women.

Lina remembered that it had been mentioned in the autobiography. She glanced at Huaguang without a change in expression. She hadn’t expected the princess to be so good at reading people.

“Of course, I also want to avenge the Imperial Aunt! I have not yet repaid her for her upbringing and teachings! If I can ascend the throne, I will make her my legitimate mother. From then on, no one will dare to trample on her! I want history to remember her name!”

Gila was completely convinced. She clapped her hands, and the knights standing around all raised their heads at the same time, their swords pointing to the dome.

A crack opened in the sky above the tomb, and more cyan-green shadows flew out in a mighty stream.

Gila handed a gem to Huaguang. “These are all the soldiers who followed me to unify the Dezhou continent back then. Whoever you want to kill, you just need to give the order.”

The soldiers lined up neatly, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Huaguang took the gem, as if she had received her own crown in advance.

…

After the group left, the guardian knight of the tomb asked, “Your Majesty, since she is your imperial granddaughter, why couldn’t she activate the sarcophagus?”

“Who she is, who raised her—none of that matters.” The anger on Gila’s face instantly disappeared completely.

The true unifier of the Dezhou continent, a legendary figure who had weathered fifty years of storms—how could she not see through the thoughts of a few youngsters.

“It’s true that she wants to be king, and it’s also true that she wants to kill her father. To avoid being called disloyal and unfilial, unrighteous and unjust by later generations, she will definitely find a way to give herself a clean birth, a legitimate reason. Avenging my daughter, killing the treacherous minister, and upholding the legitimacy of the royal family—there is no more high-sounding reason than this.”

Gila lay back in the sarcophagus. “I have long since sensed that my daughter has been beheaded. I only regret that I cannot leave here. When Huaguang ascends the throne, in order to show her benevolence and filial piety, she will definitely rebury my daughter. At that time, I will have a way to summon her soul back, and we mother and daughter can be reunited. As for this throne…”

The lid of the sarcophagus gradually closed. The queen’s voice grew smaller and smaller.

“I’m already dead. Who becomes king has nothing to do with me. The power I chased for a lifetime, fame or fortune, is not as good as a good night’s sleep.”

*

On the way back, everyone seemed more relaxed, especially Huaguang.

When they passed a harbor, they encountered robbers. Huaguang only released one soldier and beat the dozen or so fully armed robbers to a pulp.

More importantly, the soldier was cut by a knife but was not affected at all.

Because they were just souls, a group of souls with combat power, almost invincible.

Huaguang had long since pulled Yuan You back to their room. She could finally get a good night’s sleep.

Haia and Aomo also returned to their respective rooms. Herlkin was unloading cargo in the warehouse. She had gotten another ship full of sausages.

The sea breeze blew across the deck, lifting the stray hairs at Lina’s temples.

She leaned against the railing, an irrepressible smile on her lips.

A meritorious official who had shared life and death—the weight of this title, you could figure it out with your feet.

Adele stood beside her, watching the smile in her eyes, and was also happy from the bottom of her heart.

The little rabbit had finally taken another big step up.

As the new king’s confidante, she probably wouldn’t be trampled and humiliated at will anymore…

However, this joy was soon replaced by a more secret and dark thought.

Lina will stand higher in the future, right? She will definitely see more wonderful scenery, meet more outstanding and interesting people. Then what about her?

Once this thought was born, it quickly occupied Adele’s mind.

The feeling of insecurity instigated her to make a move. Adele reached out her arms, passed through Lina’s side, and braced herself on the railing behind her, trapping her firmly.

The meaning of confinement in this action was too obvious.

Lina was slightly stunned and looked at Adele with some surprise.

The two of them were extremely close.

Lina nuzzled Adele’s face affectionately and asked in a soft voice, “What are you doing?”

Adele avoided her eyes, trying to hide her emotions, and said in a muffled voice, “It’s nothing… I’m just happy for you.”

“But your eyebrows are all furrowed.”

As she spoke, Lina raised a hand. Her fingertips gently touched the space between Adele’s brows, trying to smooth out the few furrowed wrinkles.

Adele stared at her face. After a few moments of restraint, she grabbed her wrist and asked, “Will you always love me?”

Those secret worries, mixed with a strong unease, crushed her reason on the ground.

But the moment the question was out, Adele regretted it.

Always?

What a heavy and empty word.

Three months is enough for a person to be completely transformed. Who can predict what will happen in three years, or even thirty years?

Adele suddenly felt so naive.

However, Lina did not hesitate at all. She looked straight into Adele’s eyes and said, “I will. I will always love you, always.”

This overly certain answer made Adele’s heart tremble.

She willingly believed Lina’s words.

Lina took the opportunity to ask, “Will Teacher always be with me?”

The sea breeze seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Adele looked at her own reflection in Lina’s eyes. She didn’t like to say unrealistic things, but if it was what Lina wanted to hear, she could say it.

“I will.”

Adele let go of Lina’s wrist and instead embraced her, repeating solemnly, “I will always be with you.”

As long as you still need me.

If one day, you no longer need me, or you meet someone better, then I…

Adele tightened her arms, not daring to think any further.

Lina’s face broke into a smile. She snuggled in her embrace. The two of them stood quietly in this hazy moonlight, as if this moment of tenderness and promise could really resist the passage of time and the despicableness of human nature.

/

“I actually know very well that even if I say the word ‘always’ ten thousand times, the feelings between us may not be able to withstand the test of time. If we are lucky enough to walk through this life together, one of us will always have to leave first. Instead of saying that ‘always’ is an expectation of a length of time, it’s better to see it as my confession to my lover.”

“I love her, very much, extremely much. At this moment, no one can surpass her position in my heart. Every time I say ‘always,’ it’s because my love is about to overflow.”

“As I write these words, I already know the whole story. I also know that I am a character in a book. I am unfortunate. My first eighteen years were so painful. I am also fortunate. Someone descended by my side and held me steady at the lowest point of my life.”

“My wish came true! Someone really came to save me. I want to pass this luck on to you, if you can see it.”

“I wish your wishes also come true.”

“And I wish us both happiness.”