Chapter 45: Chapter 45

"Mother... why? Why did you leave me and father? Mother... how could you do this? Mother..." she said in a whisper and started crying.

"Mama, mama, I'm sorry for being a bad daughter. I never treasured you. I never treasured you. Mother... how could you just leave without a goodbye? Mother, I should have listened to you. I shouldn't have left for the BTS concert. I shouldn't have done things without your permission. Mother, it's because of me that you are all alone. Mother... mother..." Theresa didn't have the energy to speak anymore.

"Mistress... please get up from that chair." Long Ren begged her. He was very worried about his mistress.

"Long Ren, tell me... what will I say to my father? I'm their only daughter. All because of me, my mother has breathed her last. Why did I not feel it? I'm a bad daughter. These spikes are nothing compared to the pain I've caused my parents. Mother gets sick whenever I'm sick. Now she's dead. Why then am I not dead? I wanna die! Long Ren, please do me a favor." Theresa said to him telepathically and took out her golden dagger.

"Kill me! Kill me now! I don't deserve to live. I'm a murderer. I killed so many people on that plane and now my mother also died because of me. Even death is not enough punishment for me. Kill me now, Long Ren." she commanded.

"Mistress!"

"Great mistress"

Ju Wei and Long Ren exclaimed at the same time.

"Mistress, I'm sorry for your loss but you can't do this. Mistress, you can't kill yourself just for this. Mistress..."

"Shut up! I'm a bad daughter. I deserve to die. If you don't wanna kill me, then I'll kill myself." Theresa yelled.

"Okay mistress, I don't like you anyway. Since you asked, I will personally kill you and then I can finally be free." Long Ren said with a smile plastered on his lips.

Theresa's eyes widened but then she bowed her head low when Long Ren took the dagger from her. She then closed her eyes.

"Kill me," she said in a whisper as another tear slid down her eyelid.

"You silly mistress! How can you expect me to kill you? Mistress, do you not believe in my words? I'm your pet forever. Mistress"

Theresa opened her eyes.

"I gave you a simple command but you refused. Ju Wei, kill me instead and you'll be free from Long Ren's clutches," said Theresa.

"Okay. That day you whipped me. We haven't settled that yet. Also, you didn't let me have enough meat to cook tonight." said Ju Wei. "But, I have no desire to kill you" he added.

"ARGH" Theresa yanked her hair in frustration.

"Death is too simple of a punishment. I'm sure that she'll want you to live a good life just like every mother wishes for her child. Mistress, if you die, I won't live either. Your father is still alive. If he knew you were gone, then what would he do?" Long Ren said in a concerned tone.

He then knelt before her.

"Mistress, I know that I've been bad to you before. I did so many wrong things. I'm responsible for the curse in you. I know that you're battling with the curse but you must fight it. Mistress, please calm down. Mistress... you can beat me to vent out your frustrations. But please don't kill yourself or ask me to kill you. It's also against the rules of the contract. Even if I wanted to, I can't. Mistress, I've changed. I've changed. I've realized all my mistakes. Mistress, you've got to pull yourself together and fight." Long Ren said softly.

"Kim Tae Hyung, you put me into this. I will never forgive you," Theresa cried out loudly and pushed Long Ren away from her. Her hair caught fire and her eyes turned red.

"Save me," she said in a small voice.

"Mistress, you can do it. You can win. Fight! Fight." Long Ren urged her.

"I want to die!" Theresa cried.

"Mistress, keep fighting. Keep fighting."

"I can't,"

"Great mistress, think of the dark qi as your greatest enemy. What or whom do you hate? Fight that enemy then!"Ju Wei suggested.

"Both of you, retreat. Get out of here now. This is my battle. Get out!" she yelled.

"Yes great mistress," Ju Wei said and disappeared.

"Mistress, please be careful. I'll stabilize your friend. Think of her when you feel weak. And also, please don't be too hard on yourself," Long Ren advised.

"Get out!" she barked.

"Yes, mistress." Long Ren nodded and disappeared.

Seeing that she was now alone in the secluded room, Theresa's eyes turned yellow and she smiled.

"It's time to battle. I must live on for my friend and father. I will win this fight!" she said to herself.

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Theresa's illusion.

The scene before her changed to that of her room back on Earth. She's currently sitting on her beloved bed.

"Wait! What am I doing here? This... has my system activated? But I'm not up to foundation stage yet." she thought.

Her eyes had turned to normal. Her clothes had changed to modern wear. Now she's dressed in a short pink gown that had golden flowers on it. The six feet heels she's wearing are silver and her hair has been permed.

She rose from the bed and walked to the entrance door of her room and opened the door.

"Hello my lady."

Theresa looked up and saw the one she always wanted to meet. The one who held her heart for 3 years.

Here he was standing before her. If it was a month ago she'd be screaming out of excitement. But now, it's the opposite.

"You.." Theresa dragged her idol inside the room by his collar.

"I'm gonna kill you. I want you dead!" she yelled in English.

"Lady, what's wrong? Look..."

"Say no more. If it wasn't cause of you, I wouldn't end up in that damn Luo Ye and my sweet mother would still be alive." she cried in German.

"My heiress, I'm so sorry for what happened" 'Kim Tae Hyung' tried to console her in German.

"Enough!" Theresa's eyes turned red.

"Cutting you into a thousand pieces isn't enough. You... just get out!" she barked and ran towards the window.

"Hey, Hey! Don't you dare scale that window? Do you have a death wish? My heiress!" 'Kim Tae Hyung' quickly got off the floor and ran to her.

"I dunno what to say.I... please don't kill yourself." 'Kim Tae Hyung' begged.

"Why can't I kill you? What kind of charm do you possess? I'm supposed to be angry and beat you up, maybe even to death. But... but why?" Theresa said in a whisper as tears rolled down her cheeks.

"My heiress, I'm really sorry."

"Dark qi, you don't have anything else to do other than prey on my emotions?" Theresa asked with a smile.

"What are you saying?" 'Kim Tae Hyung' asked, looking confused.

"This is what I mean," she said and then threw a punch to his face.

"You are not my idol. He doesn't speak my language. Neither would he appear at my room's entrance with a smile. Who are you trying to fool?" she asked as she gave him another punch.

He immediately turned to her beloved doll Lovina.

"Why do you have to use the things I love against me? Just face me one on one and let me fight you. Stop dilly-dallying!" she yelled.

Immediately, the scene turned to that of a dessert. This dessert was so hot that her outer clothes melted.

"You used soft but couldn't win and now you wanna use the hard way. Bring it on, I'm in." she said with determined eyes that had now turned orange.

A beautiful woman dressed in black appeared. Her eyes were of different color-red and pink. Her hair is yellow and she is barefooted.

"Lady, you really make me hold you in high esteem. I feel so honored!" the lady said in a sweet voice.

"Just do what you wanna do. I don't have time to waste." Theresa said impatiently.

"I came to life in you, not just because your contracted pet hated you and made you suffer. It's also because of your pride. You are selfish and uncaring. You've never been sincere to your pet. From the first day, you viewed him as a money bank treating his pearls formed by tears like yours. You never really cared about your pet's feelings. You two were unwilling to let go of your pride. You will have a chance to return only if you take seven of my water balls and fog balls. Fog balls comprise of thick fog that can be controlled like a fireball. Now what do you..." the lady didn't get to finish before Theresa shot a fireball at her.

"You really are impatient. Allow me to lecture you in place of your mother." the lady said before gathering water balls in both hands.

She started shooting them at Theresa from different angles.

Theresa smiled.

"Now you're talking. Let's get this done with. If I win, you'll dominate me but if you lose, you must leave." Theresa said as she dodged the water balls.

A cultivator from Luo Ye must have the fire element but the disadvantage is that in battle if he gets drenched by water balls until he dries up, he won't be able to shoot any fireballs.

However if a cultivator from the water nation battles with one who has the lightning gift, he will suffer a backlash instead.

Only those who are very strong, are able to fight a fair match with those whose gifts are the bane of theirs. Now if Theresa gets drenched by water balls, she won't be able to shoot any fireballs and that will be considered a loss. She had to be extra careful with this opponent of hers.

"You really have some potential. Let's continue this battle." the woman said with a smirk and launched a fog ball at Theresa who dodged it and launched fireballs at the woman which she easily put out with water

"I'm using fog why don't you use fog too? Come on." the woman said in a mocking tone as she shot fog balls to Theresa.

"I am a furnace so I have all elements. Seems you haven't tasted the power of a furnace yet."

"Oh! Then let me have the honor of experiencing it." the woman said before reverting to shooting water balls.

Theresa stopped shooting her fireballs and decided to just dodge the water balls. Sometimes she missed and the water touches a small part of her body but it has never touched her hand.

"You have five rounds left. I can't wait for them to finish. Let's play a different game. I shoot three fireballs at you. If you dodge them, then I'll allow you to continue your five rounds." Theresa proposed.

"Not bad. I'm in. I'd like to really crush you," the woman said happily.

"Let's start, shall we?" Theresa asked.

"Yes!" the woman exclaimed and Theresa gathered a pair of fireballs that were surrounded by the faint mist which she shot at the woman.

The woman thought that it must be Theresa's weak fireballs and did not dodge. She just shot a large water ball with one hand towards the incoming fireballs only to find out that they weren't put out instead they were coming towards her at a fast rate.

"Gosh!" the woman exclaimed and shot water balls surrounded with fog towards the fireballs but instead, the water evaporated and the fog found a place within the fireball and faint mist's space and now instead of two, it was three elements coming for her.

"You..." the woman was at a loss now.

"Why is it not working?" she asked herself.

"Idiot!" Theresa muttered and shot out seven water balls surrounded with lightning after the fireball surrounded with the woman's black fog and faint ink mist.

Seeing that the situation wasn't good, the woman took to her heels but no matter where she ran to, the water and fireballs always followed her. While she tried to dodge the fireballs, the water balls all hit her and her body caught fire due to the lightning, after all, lightning was her bane.

She dropped weakly to the ground. Her once beautiful fair skin had been charred and she now looked ugly. Her clothes were nowhere to be found.

"Now you look more like your true self dark qi. Will you leave now or still want the final shot?" Theresa asked with a smirk.

"I was unprepared for the water balls." the woman yelled.

"I told you I'm a furnace and not just any kind of furnace," Theresa said lazily.

"I know you're the legendary furnace but I just didn't expect you to be able to shoot water balls by now after all you aren't even in Foundation builder stage yet," the woman said.

She was gathering a very thick fog behind her and Theresa pretended not to know and played along.

"I'm a special girl. You expected an heiress of the Williams family to be ordinary?" she scoffed while the woman shook her head.

"I admit defeat. Don't wanna fight anymore!" the woman said with head bowed.

"Okay. I've heard you." Theresa said with a smile and without any warning shot her healer destroyer fireball to the woman's face.

The woman was shocked and the fog she'd been gathering dissipated.

"You will regret this!" the woman yelled after splashing water on her face from her water ball.

"Yeah, I'm regretting the fact that I didn't use my healer destroyer sooner. You're just dark qi. Dissipate!" Theresa said lazily before turning around and yelling: "I won!"

The woman though unwilling, turned to a very thick black fog and began to dissipate at a fast rate until there was nothing left. Theresa turned around and smiled.

"It's good to make use of one's brain at the right time," she muttered.

Suddenly she heard a roar. The first thought that came to her mind was that it was the fire lion that Long Ren had once told her about.

Turning around, she saw that it was just a black baby fox that had the ability to roar. Theresa picked it up and wanted to strangle it when the scene in front of her changed back to that of the secluded room.

She looked around the room and saw no one else. She then recalled Marabelle.

"I have to get to her. I will not let the killer go!"

Theresa then ran out of the secluded room and headed for her room where she found Ju Wei holding his crotch in pain. She looked at Long Ren who was sitting on a chair lazily eating apples with eyes closed.

She turned to look at Marabelle who was holding a stick.

"Did you use that on Ju Wei?" she asked in German.

"Hey, don't you come near me? You must be a fake Theresa!" Marabelle yelled and Theresa facepalmed.

"You who wanted to steal my Lovina every time you saw it, you dare to call me fake?" Theresa asked her hands akimbo.

"Err? Lovina?" Marabelle asked.

"Yes. Lovina. Did it survive the crash?" she asked.

"Yes, it did. And Theresa where is this place?" Marabelle asked.

"This is a fantasy world where people are born with superpowers." she explained.

"I don't know how I got here but I'm glad I'm with you. But who are these two?" Marabelle asked. "I caught one of them trying to take advantage of me when I woke up."

"The one in pain? That's Ju Wei and the one lazily eating apples is Long Ren. He's a fox and the other is a spirit!"

"Like for real or just their character?" Marabelle asked.

"Yes, for real," Theresa said before walking to Ju Wei.

"You deserve it," she said in Chinese before walking towards Long Ren.

"Mistress, congratulations!" Long Ren said in a hoarse voice.

"Thank you. Now turn into a fox. I haven't carried foxy for a while."Theresa commanded.

"Mistress?"

"Now!"

"Yes, mistress," he muttered and transformed back to his fox form stunning Marabelle.

Theresa picked him up and caressed his fur.

"Just now he was human. How?" Marabelle had still not registered what happened just now.

"You can hold him," she said as she handed Long Ren to Marabelle but she rejected him and retreated.

"What? Are you scared?" Theresa asked.

"Err... I think you should keep him. Besides, I'm not fond of animals." Marabelle hurriedly said.

"Marabelle, you hate animals? Especially furry and pure ones like this one?" Theresa asked with a smile.

"Eh... let me hold him for a while." Marabelle gave in despite her fear. She carried Long Ren and patted his head.

Long Ren wasn't happy with this development. The last time something like this happened, Mistress almost lost her life.

"Calm down, Long Ren. She's my sister." she said to him telepathically.

"Mistress, I really want to breathe out green fire on this girl. I'm very uncomfortable." Long Ren complained.

"Just bear it. Then I'll let you play, okay?"

"Mistress, I'm no kid."

"Theresa, what are you doing? Are having a staring contest with your fox?" Marabelle asked.

"No. I just want to make sure he doesn't disobey." she then sat on the bed and sighed.

"Is my father alright? How did my mama die?" she asked.

"Well..." Marabelle exhaled and sat on the chair beside the bed after placing Long Ren on Theresa's laps.

"Your dad couldn't be consoled on her funeral in India"

"Wait, my mama's already buried?"

"Yes, your dad, though he tries to look strong, always break down and cries at night. I'm sure of it since I've seen him recently at a bar crying while drinking his 17th bottle of beer with your mama's picture in one hand. Your father misses her and also you. He wanted you found at all costs even putting up a large sum of money as a reward if you were found either dead or alive but he suddenly stopped the search for you. I dunno why." Marabelle explained.

"I am at fault. If I didn't insist on going to the damn concert, all these wouldn't have happened and also those people wouldn't have died. Those people died because of me." Theresa said in a shaky voice.

"Theresa, my best buddy, don't say that."

"But I'm not wrong. If I didn't enter that plane, they wouldn't have died. Those people have families and loved ones. But because of me, they were separated from them. Tell me, how... how do I go about this. How can I forgive myself? Because of me, my sweet mama died and I put father in pain. I'm a sinner. A gross sinner! I once thought that the man who sat with me on the airplane was deserving of death a thousand times. But the fact is that... I am worse off than him. Marabelle, Paul died because of me too." Theresa couldn't hold it anymore and started crying.

Long Ren couldn't understand German so he didn't know why his mistress was crying. Still, he felt bad for her.

"Mistress, are you alright?" he asked telepathically.

"I dunno. I don't know why things turned out to be like this. I just wanted to see my favorite singer but what did I get?"

Long Ren left Theresa's bosom and disappeared. Marabelle wasn't that shocked anymore.

"Theresa, don't cry. It's alright."

"But it's not. Don't give me false hope," said Theresa. Marabelle got up from the chair and hugged Theresa petting her back gently.

"I deserve to die." Theresa cried.

"Eish, don't say that. You are the innocent Theresa that I've known from kindergarten. My best buddy." Marabelle consoled.

Ju Wei just stared at both of them not knowing what to say or do. He was at a loss. He didn't even understand what they'd been talking about. He walked to the chair that Long Ren earlier sat on and sat only for the chair to disappear. Ju Wei ended up falling to the floor.

"Master is still the same. Stingy!" Ju Wei said unhappily.

30 minutes later.

Long Ren appeared and took out a golden small chest from his spatial ring. He walked to Theresa who was still crying.

"Mistress, inside this chest is the life flower. There are only two of them on this continent. I managed to get it from one of the cultivators who wanted me to be their pet. It can bring someone dead back to life but it only lasts for 6 months. Within those six months, the person must eat the egg of the black serpent or else he'll die again. Mistress, if your friend can return with this back to your world, your mother can be saved temporarily." Long Ren said as he placed the chest on the bed.

Theresa separated from Marabell's embrace and picked up the chest. She didn't find any opening.

"Mistress, the chest will open if the person in question is present. From my calculations, tomorrow night is the last night that the two moons of Luo Ye will be close to each other." said Long Ren.

"Luo Ye has two moons?" Theresa asked in surprise.

"Yes, but it only happens on a particular month that is this very month we are in for 3 days. I think the late Han Fei Fei never had you in mind when using the forbidden summoning technique. When the two moons of Luo Ye meet, the barrier protecting the continent is weakened allowing things from outside to get in. You had a spiritual root that's why you were summoned here. And it means that one of your ancestor either maternal or paternal is from this continent. So in a sense, you belong here!" said Long Ren.

"I don't get you."

"You'll understand it later but for now, let's face the important thing. The two moons of Luo Ye will soon meet; so your friend must take this chance to go back and get to the corpse of your mother."

"No, let my father do it," said Theresa.

"Then it's even better. Mistress, I'll use the flower on her tomorrow night." Long Ren said and disappeared again.

Theresa wiped off her tears and looked at the curious Marabelle.

"What did he tell you?" she asked.

"My Mama can be saved," said Theresa.

"How? She... she's already... dead!" Marabelle wasn't willing to believe.

"I told you this is a fantasy world. Marabelle, you are my best and only buddy. I need your help. I want you to go to my father and give him this chest. Tell him to go to India and place it mother's grave." she said.

"Err... your mama was placed in an ice casket. That's what I heard. I couldn't attend because my parents won't let me." said Marabelle.

"No matter what, you must get this chest to my father. Promise me you'll do it."

"I will but... how will he believe me?" Marabelle asked worriedly.

"Here," she cut her hair and placed it on Marabelle's hands. Then she took off the ring she'd been hiding in her hair and placed it on her bestie's right palm.

"This is the ring that is worn only by the heir of the Williams family. When he sees this and my hair, he will believe you." Theresa said.

"Okay, I promise you. No matter what, I'll get this chest into your father's hands." Marabelle vowed and at that moment, a portal appeared.

"I have to go back. I don't know when we'll meet again but I'll always wait for you. I will help save your mama." Marabelle finally said and hugged Theresa after placing the chest, ring and Theresa's cut off strands of hair in her pockets.

"Be well, best buddy." Theresa said before releasing herself from Marabelle's hug.

A strong force sucked her into the portal and disappeared. Seeing this, Theresa sighed and sat back on the bed.

"Marabelle, good luck!" she whispered before blacking out.

Long Ren appeared in time just to stop her from falling. He made her lie down on the bed and covered her with the blanket.

"Mistress, you don't know that I lied to you. You don't know that I exchanged 5 of my cultivation stages to get this flower. Mistress, you don't know how much I'm beginning to like you. I want to be your brother and friend. I don't wanna see you cry. Mistress, now that your true self is back, I will cherish you and sacrifice even my life for you. Mistress..." Long Ren didn't know what to say anymore and turned around before vanishing.

Our Long Ren is now in Golden core stage after losing 5 stages of cultivation.

A pity he's not the ML.

The ML will have a lot of work to do if he must impress this author's and others' hearts or else he should just go to hell.

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Earth.

Beijing, China.

Lan and Li Hua are still undergoing training. However, due to their beauty, they always get harassed by some lecherous men. Li Hua had to stop Lan many times from beheading them.

Tonight, however, they both decided to go to a moneyed man's party uninvited. It was time to have some fun.

This rich man is named Alfred Scales but he is known for being cruel to his workers and Lan and Li Hua deemed it fit to teach him and some bad men here a lesson.

So they had bought some short gowns and accessories before going to the party without make-up. They managed to slip into the man's room and saw him trying to force a girl who should probably be around 16 into sleeping with him...

"Please stop this... mummy... daddy... someone help... help... ahh!" her voice sounded like whispers. It's clear that she'd been drugged!

"Li Hua this man is so shameless and evil. Can I blow his brains out? Just one fireball." Lan said angrily

"Lan, calm down. Anger doesn't always solve things." Li Hua advised.

"Yes. I know that. But I also know that it can help me blow his brains out." said Lan.

"Enough! We'll stop this but you can't blow his brains out. Castrating him is enough." said Li Hua.

"You... fine but there's no time to waste." Lan reluctantly agreed. She walked the man who was now kissing the thighs of the poor teen.

"Mr. Scales, I think you're forgetting some people," said Lan.

Mr.Scales was shocked and quickly freed himself from the girl.

"You... what are you two doing here? Get out. Security!" the short man yelled.

"Just shut up," Lan said to the man while Li Hua locked the door.

"No one can stop me from blowing your brains out," said Lan.

"Lan? Little girl, get off the bed and as for this man here, we'll help you deal with him" said Li Hua.

The girl quickly got off the bed and arranged her disheveled clothes. She ran to Li Hua's side and hid behind her.

"You... get out of here before i do something bad to you two." the man warned as he put back on his pants.

Lan shook her head and sighed. "Idiot!" she muttered.

"You mortals are too weak. Just too weak. Let me show you what is power!" said Lan.

"Lan, control yourself." Li Hua warned.

"Li Hua... I want to castrate him in a quick painless manner," Lan said before shooting a fireball to the man's crotch without warning.

The man was rather obese and couldn't dodge it so the fireball went straight into his crotch. Without even waiting to see the results from the first fireball, Lan shot more fireballs towards his crotch.

"Which hand did he use to touch you?" Lan asked even though she knew the answer. Li Hua just sighed.

"Both his hands and legs!" the girl replied.

"That's even better." she took out a dagger which elongated into the length of a sword.