Chapter 196 Chapter 196: Little Elysia: If you dare take another step forward, I'll...!
Chapter 196: Little Elysia: If you dare take another step forward, I'll...!
But soon, the clever little Elysia realized she wasn't just in a blackout—because not only had the surroundings turned dark, but the temperature had also inexplicably dropped by several dozen percentage points.
Even though she was still lying flat on the ground, her body began to tremble lightly in a way that defied all physical laws... Several seconds later, after barely mustering some mental fortitude, little Elysia slowly raised her head and flashed a cute yet polite smile at Kevin, who was standing above her with a dark expression.
"Ehe?"
For most girls, or for certain extremely perverted male patients with a lolita complex, a cute smile should have considerable lethal power—
Unfortunately, Kevin was completely immune to such tactics.
"If I remember correctly, you should be staying obediently in the Alchemy Commission right now, not appearing on the battlefield of Scalegorge Waterscape, correct?" Despite wearing an extremely calm expression, Kevin posed a deadly question that most mischievous children would be unable to answer.
However, because his position happened to be directly against the sunlight at that moment, he completely blocked little Elysia's line of sight while also making his own complexion appear exceptionally gloomy.
But in a situation where even the slightest misstep could result in a spanking, little Elysia couldn't pay attention to such details at all—she only felt that she was probably about to be done for.
"I-I-I... I can explain! It's because, it's because..."
As is well known, under such extreme crisis, humans can always unleash boundless potential. But even though her mind spun a hundred thousand revolutions in an instant, little Elysia sadly realized that she couldn't find any reason that could possibly convince the other party.
Could she just tell the truth and inform Kevin that she had simply come over out of curiosity to join the excitement... Wouldn't that get her beaten to death?!
As time passed second by second, the surrounding temperature also began to gradually drop, continuously suppressing little Elysia's trembling heart.
But! Even clay figurines have a temper of three parts, and a cornered dog will jump over a wall and bite!
After the ambient temperature gradually dropped to freezing point, little Elysia finally lost all reason under the pressure—she sprang up from the ground with a whoosh and raised the blue camera in her hand high above her head.
"If you dare take another step forward! I'll send everything inside to everyone!"
"Step... step back quickly!"
Things turning out like this definitely weren't entirely her fault; she just wanted to protect her own little butt—what crime did she commit?!
It was all this world's fault!
If Kevin hadn't been pressing forward step by step, how could she possibly have made such a choice... Whatever, things couldn't get any worse anyway. Since death was inevitable either way, once her butt stopped hurting in a few days, she'd be a hero again!
At this moment of sudden enlightenment, little Elysia suddenly felt as if clouds had parted to reveal the sun—Yes, that's right... Why did she, little Elysia, have to be so afraid of Kevin?
She was little Elysia, after all—several times cuter than grown-up Elysia!
Even without Kevin, with her own intelligence and wit, she should easily be able to thrive throughout this universe—Often, it's precisely because parents are too strict that children's talents are suppressed and hindered from a young age!
That must definitely be it!
"Did you hear me?! Start stepping back right now, or else I'll..."
Snap—!
"Huh... huh?"
In that instant, little Elysia felt her hand suddenly lighten. With a dazed expression, she clenched her empty palm in mid-air before suddenly realizing... When had the camera in her hand somehow ended up in Kevin's grasp?
"Give it back, give it back right now!"
Little Elysia immediately rushed forward, attempting to reclaim her only bargaining chip from Kevin's hand—but the tragic reality was that even though she was jumping up and down with great effort, she couldn't even reach his shoulder.
How was she supposed to play like this? What was there left to play?! Who designed this game?!
Could it be that she really could never rebel against the great demon king Kevin in this lifetime?
Just as little Elysia was plunged into utter despair, Kevin opened the camera in his hand and began viewing the photos she had taken not long ago. Within seconds, dark lines crowded his originally calm expression.
"..."
To be honest, little Elysia's photography skills weren't actually that bad. But she had been shooting Kevin in the sky from a low angle looking upward... How aesthetically pleasing could photos taken from such an angle possibly be?
Or rather, one might say that however aesthetically pleasing photos taken from this angle appeared would be converted into an equal degree of indecency?
Would anyone actually enjoy looking at something like this?
Crack—Crack—
Even though his expression showed little change, judging from the gradually intensifying sounds of strain coming from the small camera, his inner turmoil was far from as calm as it appeared on the surface.
"Hey, wait a minute...!"
Upon noticing this scene, little Elysia immediately extended her hand to stop it. But just as she uttered those words in the next second, the poor little camera had already been crushed into fragments under Kevin's torment.
Only then did little Elysia cautiously add: "This wasn't mine to begin with; it belongs to Sister March..."
"..."
Although Kevin said nothing, judging from the inexplicable drop of several more percentage points in the surrounding temperature, his inner state was probably far from as calm as it appeared on the surface.
The next second, little Elysia on the ground was abruptly lifted by the scruff of her neck—no matter how much she struggled now, she could no longer escape the tragic fate that awaited her.
"I was wrong! I was really wrong! I'll never dare do it again! Starting today, I'll definitely become a good child—I won't run around recklessly anymore, and I'll absolutely never cause trouble again!"
Little Elysia successfully used her once-in-a-lifetime time acceleration ability to utter an entire plea for mercy within mere seconds. But when she turned her head to look, she was horrified to discover that Kevin's resolute gaze hadn't changed in the slightest.
Perhaps corporal punishment couldn't control a mischievous child forever, but keeping her in check for a day or two was absolutely effective.
After all, if she couldn't even get out of bed, how could she cause any trouble?
————Smack!
"Ouch?!"
"Wah wah wah wah wah wah......"
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