"You mean this coven is going to find Emma pretty soon?"
Because of Lilith, Roy instinctively didn't have a good feeling about this so-called coven.
"Yes, with the prophecy crystal ball, the coven can easily track down newly awakened witches. It doesn't matter where you hide Emma!"
This was turning out to be quite a pain, and Roy frowned deeply.
"Screw the coven, or any other organization for that matter. As long as I don't agree, no one's taking Emma away!"
Lilith shook her head.
"It's not that simple. I'm worried the coven might use the government to pressure you!"
The coven had deep ties with the American government. If they used administrative power to mess with Roy, it could indeed be a bit troublesome.
But it would only be a bit troublesome; it wasn't a huge problem.
"Humph! There's always a way! It's not like I don't have any connections either!"
With the FEA backing him, Roy had the confidence to say that.
As he said that, Roy prepared to say goodbye to Lilith.
"Hmm~ Are you leaving already? Jennifer and I both miss you!"
Lilith's eyes welled up with tears, giving off a pitiful vibe, like a little wife abandoned by her husband.
Roy glanced sideways at Lilith, a strange smile on his face.
"Is it you who misses me, or Jennifer?"
Lilith hugged Roy, her curvaceous body rubbing against him.
"Can't it be both of us?"
It was probably Lilith, that little minx, who couldn't hold back. Jennifer was rarely the one to initiate things.
"Here? Isn't that a bit inappropriate?"
Roy's expression became even more peculiar. Messing around like this in Nedy's house was too impolite, especially since Nedy's room was right next door.
"Then let's go to Jennifer's place!"
Since the last Elm Street incident, Jennifer had tidied up her house a bit. She usually used it as a place for her and her girlfriends to hang out, so it wasn't as messy as before.
Lilith pushed open the window and then floated lightly with Roy towards the house across the street.
Nedy and Emma were in the next room and didn't notice what was happening outside the window.
At this moment, Nedy was applying medicine to Emma. Otherwise, Emma wouldn't be able to sit down, let alone walk, for the next few days.
Nedy pouted, feeling a little sorry for Emma's injuries.
"How could Roy hit her so hard? It's really too much."
Emma, hearing Nedy's complaint, surprisingly spoke up for Roy.
"Nedy, I really deserved it this time."
"That doesn't mean he should have hit you like that! You won't be able to walk normally for at least three days, and you can't sit down for a week. You can only lie on your stomach!"
Emma shook her head.
"This little bit of pain is nothing compared to the sins I've committed in the past. It's far from enough to atone for them."
Nedy looked at Emma in surprise. She hadn't expected Roy's two beatings to actually set Emma straight.
In the past, although Emma was always impeccable in terms of etiquette, expression, and tone, she gave people a sense of aloofness, keeping them at arm's length.
But the current Emma seemed much more real.
However, it wasn't really Roy's two beatings that had such a good effect. It was that after the Leviathan demon bloodline was sealed, Emma's thinking was no longer disturbed.
Emma's intelligence was originally very high, in the range of a gifted child. After her thinking returned to normal, she naturally had a complete awakening.
"I see. If you can understand your mistakes, then those two beatings weren't for nothing."
"Nedy, can you tell me about Roy?"
"Sure, what do you want to know?"
While Nedy was chatting with Emma, the battle between Roy and Lilith across the street was getting intense.
"Roy, to prevent the coven from discovering my existence, I'll be going into a deep sleep for a while. Oh!"
Roy frowned and gave a thrust.
"Is your daughter really that scary? Do you have to be this careful?"
"Ah! That bitch absorbed most of my power. You tell me if she's厉害 (lìhai - awesome/powerful)! Who knows if she's mastered new powers over the past few thousand years. It's best to be cautious."
This was the first time Roy had heard a mother call her own daughter a bitch. He wondered if there were any other issues between these two.
Roy didn't think Lilith's daughter was really that厉害 (lìhai). At least, she probably couldn't beat an archangel.
Otherwise, why was there no news of the Supreme Witch? She even had to cooperate with the American government.
Truly powerful organizations like the Wood House and the Ama'ar Chum were bold enough to directly cause trouble in front of the American government.
However, seeing Lilith's serious expression, Roy didn't refute her.
Lilith's daughter had probably become her inner demon.
"So?"
Lilith leaned close to Roy's ear and answered him in a suppressed voice.
"So you have to feed me first! Ouch!"
Roy smacked her backside hard.
"No problem!"
Jennifer's witch talent was very special. As long as her physical and magical energy weren't depleted, she was practically immortal. She could also turn pain into pleasure, making her a natural-born masochist.
Using this talent for that kind of fun was a waste. In reality, Lilith had taught Jennifer a lot of terrifying black magic, allowing her to fully utilize her talent.
But when fighting Roy, this talent could occasionally come in handy, just like now.
"No! Don't stop! Use the same force you used to hit Emma during the day on me! Hurry!"
For a moment, the room was filled with the sound of intense slapping.
After who knows how long, Roy suddenly felt a change in Lilith. Although her skin was still flushed, her aura had changed.
Roy stopped and tentatively asked, "Jennifer?"
"Mmm~ It's me!"
"Where's Lilith?"
"She seems to have passed out from pleasure, so I'm controlling the body now."
She could even pass out? That was too outrageous!
Then Roy saw Jennifer bite her lip, her eyes watery.
"Roy, I like this too. Keep going!"
Helpless, Roy could only continue practicing his "hand drumming."
He had to slap and control the rhythm at the same time, a double-tasking operation that required considerable skill.
The demand for a sense of rhythm was also very high. Most people would easily get flustered.
Fortunately, Roy was also quite talented in rhythm. After all, boxing also required a high degree of physical coordination.
And so, Jennifer soared to cloud nine in the rhythm of "dong ci da ci, dong ci da ci."
Looking at Jennifer with her eyes rolled back, Roy scratched his head.
What was he going to do? He had to transform to fly, but transforming would be too conspicuous.
Could he just leave Jennifer here? What would happen later when Nedy went to look for Jennifer and found her missing?
Seeing that Jennifer didn't seem like she would wake up anytime soon, Roy had no choice but to call Nedy to explain the situation and then slip away.
Emma would temporarily stay at Nedy's house for a few days. After all, the little girl was injured so badly that it was very inconvenient for her to live alone, and Roy, as a man, wasn't suitable to take care of her.
The next day was Sunday, a day off.
Ashley was in a bad mood lately and stayed in bed, not wanting to get up.
Samantha had officially started working as a police officer in Waterfall Town. Police officers naturally didn't have weekends off; it was usually a rotating schedule.
And Samantha, having just started, obviously hadn't reached the point of rotating shifts yet.
So, today Ashley had to stay home and take care of her younger brother Mike. This was a task she usually hated.
However, recently Ashley's relationship with her mother Samantha and younger brother Mike had improved. It was probably because they had gone through some terrifying events together, making her realize the preciousness of family.
Oh, and there was also a certain woman who liked watching cartoons and had a better figure than her.
"Giggle, giggle..."
Early in the morning, Ashley heard Elrohir downstairs watching cartoons, laughing while she watched. Even her younger brother Mike wasn't that childish.
Okay, Mike wasn't childish, but he really liked studying spiders. Ashley would rather he be a little more childish.
Thinking of Elrohir, Ashley couldn't help but recall the shocking scene she had accidentally witnessed that day. As soon as she closed her eyes, she could almost see that baton in front of her.
This made Ashley's cheeks flush. She suddenly covered her face and burrowed into her blanket, wriggling around, trying to forget that image.
However, sometimes, the more you try to forget something, the more vivid the impression becomes.
So Ashley could only vent her shyness and annoyance on the pillow, muttering to herself.
"Damn Roy! You two-timing jerk! I'll beat you to death..."
Just as Ashley was punching and kicking her pillow, there was a sudden knock on the door, startling her.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Mike!"
A few minutes later, Ashley got dressed and opened the door.
"Mike, what's wrong?"
"Sis, I found something weird in the attic!"
"Something weird? Let me see."
The house the Parker family now lived in was fully furnished. The previous owner had basically left everything behind, so there were a lot of things left over.
So, Mike, bored, went to explore the attic and found a strange wooden box.
The siblings went to the attic and saw the wooden box Mike was talking about.
"This is it! I can't open it no matter what I do!"
Ashley examined the wooden box her brother was talking about.
The box was rectangular overall, with a line of text Ashley didn't recognize written on the top. It was completely sealed, with no place to open it.
"Sis, this wooden box is so weird. It feels like there's something inside, but I can't open it."
Hearing this, Ashley picked up the wooden box and shook it. Sure enough, she heard something inside.
"There is something inside. Could there be some kind of mechanism?"
Ashley kept feeling around the wooden box and accidentally pressed a mechanism, and the wooden box instantly sprang open.
Both siblings were startled.
But there didn't seem to be anything special inside the wooden box, just some strange metal objects, a moth that had long since dried up, a wooden horse toy, a human tooth, and an old ring.
"I thought there'd be some kind of treasure, but is this all?"
Mike was clearly a little disappointed. As a child, he probably thought he had discovered some treasured valuables.
Ashley picked up the old ring and examined it carefully in her hand. She inexplicably felt that this ring was very beautiful.
Carelessly, Ashley's other hand pressed against a splinter in the wooden box, and blood immediately flowed out.
"Ouch!"
"Sis, are you okay?"
Mike saw his sister get hurt and showed his concern.
"Go get the first-aid kit!"
"I'll go right away!"
Ashley covered her finger, completely unaware that some blood had spilled onto the ring and seeped into it without leaving any trace.
After a while, Mike brought the first-aid kit and helped his sister bandage her wound.
"This wooden box isn't anything special to look at. Let's put it away."
Although she said the wooden box wasn't anything special, Ashley took the wooden box back to her room.
Mike didn't understand why his sister had changed so much, shrugged, and continued exploring the attic.
Soon, it was evening.
Because Samantha was a single mother with two children to take care of, she usually didn't work overtime.
"I'm home, kids!"
Samantha greeted her family after returning home.
Elrohir was still watching cartoons in the living room, and Mike heard his mother's voice and ran downstairs.
"Mom, you're back!"
"Mike, how was your day at home? Did you finish your homework?"
"Homework was done a long time ago. It was just a little boring."
Probably because he couldn't continue to keep his spider friends company, Mike seemed a bit listless.
"Where's Ashley?"
"Sis has been locked in her room since morning. She didn't even come out for lunch."
Hearing this, Samantha frowned slightly, but didn't think too much about it.
"Maybe she's just not in a good mood?"
At least she hadn't sneaked out to hang out with bad boy ghosts. Samantha could still accept Ashley's current situation.
"I'm going to make dinner now. Go call Ashley down."
"Okay, Mom!"
Dinner was made very quickly. The Parker family started eating, just some simple home-cooked dishes.
During the meal, Samantha noticed that Ashley's mental state was strange. She seemed to be in a daze, eating completely mechanically.
"Ashley, what's wrong? Did something happen at school?"
As a mother, Samantha was concerned about Ashley's situation, but Ashley didn't react at all. Samantha didn't know if she hadn't heard her at all, or if her rebellious streak had resurfaced and she was pretending not to hear anything.
So Samantha patted Ashley's hand. That's when she noticed Ashley was wearing a strange ring on her hand. Samantha had never seen this ring before.
"Ashley, this ring..."
Samantha just wanted to touch the ring when Ashley slapped her hand away fiercely.
At the same time, Ashley glared at Samantha fiercely, the vicious look startling Samantha.
Even during Ashley's most rebellious phase, she had never looked at her with such eyes. This made Samantha both angry and heartbroken.
"Ashley Parker! What kind of look is that?!"
Without hesitation, Ashley picked up her fork and stabbed it towards Samantha's hand. Fortunately, Samantha reacted quickly, otherwise she would have been injured.
But seeing the fork deeply embedded in the table made it even more unacceptable for Samantha.
"Ashley!"
But Ashley ignored Samantha and ran upstairs.
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