QT: Against My Will

469 7.93 – [EXTRA CH.] Sacrifical Lamb – War Of The Wickeds

Ziek stayed over at his personal training room, skipping class as usual. Living with Silvia was a pain in the ass. He had enough and decided to move out. His wife probably noticed and brought a sacrificial lamb under Nathaniel’s doorstep (Bertha).

‘...’ When he met his wife before the entrance inside their space, he began to doubt if praising her dress with a kiss was a good idea. They started to apologize less and less after each argument. Call it a married life between an old couple or whatever, but they would just do some dumb stuff to get back on good terms without saying sorry.

Bing Shi jumped into her husband’s chest, wrapping her legs, arms and wings around his body, “Welcome home! You’ve dealt with the petty me so well. I’m swooning.”

‘~Did you just call me petty?’

He squeezed her tighter as he felt Dai An leaving her body, “I’m going to react worse if you try to take over my work again. I’ll ask for help myself if I ever need some, okay?”

She nodded her head obediently, “Okay!”

He wanted to kiss her, but there wasn’t much time left before the door burst open.

“Daddy, daddy!” You are late! Appearing out of nowhere, a little boy ran at Ziek with a foam sword.

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Dai An had been a spirit for centuries, and it never got old. It was a strange kind of freedom, one that she was grateful for. It was the most beautiful thing to wander around the other realm, to feel the peace and serenity of being in a place outside of time.

She would often explore the boundaries of what she could discover, pushing herself to uncover mysteries that had been hidden for ages.

Sitting on top of the tallest building, Dai An turned away from the drawing of a familiar girl in her hand. She went through so many forms that she forgot what she looked like when she first appeared in the prison, “I prayed you’d never come here...” she whispered, “Hubby boy.”

“She said you are exactly like the monkey voice in her head she used to have,” he said, reaching out to touch her cheek, his hand passing through the illusion. Her eyes were so dull and brown that it seemed like there was nothing that could surprise her.

She looked visually more like Bing Shi than the actual Bing Shi. She looked more human. It was almost as if she had stepped right out of his dream. She had the face of an average woman that wasn’t too ugly to be bullied, and not too beautiful to raise envy, “Never knew I would have the pleasure to meet the person from my dreams in person.”

Dai An sighed, changing back to Bing Shi’s ‘god’ form, not wanting to talk about things that she already forgot about, “And you believe her? She told me I’m like the angel that used to sit on her right shoulder. Unfortunately, she had to give the angel to you to protect you from her.”

“Why do I think this whole fiasco was for the two of us to know each other better?” Ziek recollected the latest events, “I dealt with the petty her so well, huh?”

Dai An slapped her forehead, “Oh please, don’t remind me of that. The next time you two get into that war of the wickeds, exclude me.”

“What war of the wickeds?” Ziek didn’t remember her ever mentioning it. Listening to Dai An’s explanation, he suddenly pinched the bridge of his nose. He would never describe their bickering as a war, but more like a truce making.

–A few moments later.

As if having too much power to waste, Ziek opened his mouth and let out a loud roar of energy, “BING SHIIII!!!” The roar was so powerful that it shook the ground and echoed throughout the entire building, “I CHALLENGE YOU INTO A WAR!”

“Mommy?” Stinky Bun looked in the direction of his daddy, jumping to the little earthquake with joy. Wait. He rubbed his right eye and then his left eye. They were seeing two mommies again.

“Hupsie,” Bing Shi picked up her son and used him as a shield, “Stinky Bun, can you borrow mommy your sword?”

“Mommy?” Stinky Bun clutched his sword while pointing at XiaoPu’s sword, “Mommy, mommy.” Mommy should use XiaoPu’s. It’s for beginners.

“XiaoPu, take a defence formation!” Bing Shi wanted to cry at her son’s considerate side, “It can’t be helped then. Stinky Bun has to become mommy’s hostage now.” She rummaged through his weapon bin, picking up a foam knife and pointing it at his neck, “Don’t come near or I’ll slice up and eat up this cute sugar bear, grr!”

“Daddy, daddy!” The little boy waved his hand around, “Daddy, daddy!” Help! Mommy wants to eat Stinky Bun!

The boy swatted his foam sword around as mommy threw him into the air, “Daaaddy!” He watched how mommy tilted her head and opened her mouth as if ready to devour him. In defence, he raised his sword to do his ultimate move on mommy, “Moooo-myyyyy!”

Bing Shi avoided his slash and tucked him under her arm. She hit Stinky Bun’s left wrist with the hilt of her foam knife, making the boy drop the sword. She picked it up and pointed it at her husband, who had XiaoPu hunched over his shoulders as if returning from a hunt, “Don’t get any closer!”

“I warned you!” she kissed Ying Xiong’s cheek, “Nom, nom, nom, nom. Put that sword down!” The boy was too dazed to notice the kisses, still comprehending how mommy challenged his sword mastery and actually won against his ultimate move.

“Alright, alright!” Ziek placed down the sword and raised both of his hands, watching his wife attack their dumbstruck son. What did he ever do to deserve this overload of cuteness? “You are on your own,” he said to Dai An.

“Pathetic,” Dai An patted her husband’s head, “I’ll do it myself.” She couldn’t win against them with weapons, and could only fly into the air and change into her form from the prison, the decaying corpse. She then appeared before Stinky Bun, “Give me a bite.”

Stinky Bun cried out loudly, jumping off Bing Shi and running to Ziek as if his life depended on it, “Daddy!!”

With a satisfied huff, Dai An returned inside Bing Shi. She gained the power to explore and discover secrets that were hidden from the mortal plane. But instead of conquering the whole underworld, she had been entertaining a little toddler. What’s more, two of the most powerful people she knew, were actually doing the same thing, and it baffled her mind.