Demi-human Girls Completion Manual Chapter 1530 - 79: At Her Home (3)

No wonder—thinking about it like this, it explains both why Erwin suddenly came to the Dynasty back then, and why Agares had knowledge from the Life Completion Manual.

But after listening to all these secrets Elliog just shared, Fisher still has one more question.

Namely: where the hell did that bastard Gui end up in the end? And why does Renie look so much like her?

It’s like she never showed up again all the way until the Elves were wiped out. She’s probably already dead by now; could Renie’s appearance have something to do with her?

On that note, Fisher didn’t forget to tell Elliog some of the things he knew himself,

"So that’s how it is... sounds like Gui’s movements afterwards have always been a mystery. But ten thousand years ago, she managed to comprehend a prophecy about annihilation. And she told me I’m extremely special. Helair knows about this too, because Gui contacted her very early on. Recently I’ve also gradually started to realize there’s something off about me—for example, I can read more than one Completion Manual, I don’t have a previous life, and I can erase your inherent urge to start conflicts...

"That friend Sidi knows, the senior who authored a Completion Manual, asked him to tell me: I’m the key to resolving the Doomsday Prophecy. But other than what I just said, I don’t understand where exactly my special nature lies, and I don’t know how my specialness can possibly become the key to resolving the Doomsday Prophecy..."

Fisher laid out the intel regarding the Doomsday Prophecy for Elliog, and upon hearing it, Elliog—who had been soft and pliant against his body—couldn’t help straightening up a little, giving him a serious once-over from head to toe, yet still seeing nothing obviously special.

"Mm, I don’t know if it’s because I’m not in my true body right now or because you’re just that special yourself, but either way I can’t see what’s special about you... Still, if it’s like you’re saying, I probably get what Paimon is aiming for."

"...What do you mean?"

Elliog looked at Fisher, then glanced at the portrait behind him that Elliog found a bit of an eyesore, and said,

"Look, Paimon already knows you’re special but still wants to drag you out of this Doomsday Prophecy quagmire... Only she’s probably just as confused, not knowing what to do next, or whether their choice is even the right one. And she told you in such plain terms that her actions require waiting for the right moment—namely, the moment when the Doomsday Prophecy arrives...

"If she really wanted to make sure you’ve got zero chance of winning, with her free body at the Nineteenth Rank plus two Eighteenth Rank Demon Gods, I honestly don’t think you’d have much hope, even if you know the two of them were let out by the base. As she is now, if she came here alone to kill us, in our current state we wouldn’t be able to beat her either... So even though I treat her as an enemy, ah, I also think she might be giving you—and herself—a test..."

Elliog clicked her tongue lightly, her displeasure written even more plainly across her face. But then she let out a small yawn and leaned back onto Fisher’s body, and before he could ask anything she continued,

"She wants to verify whether Gui’s words are true, see if you really are that special, the key to solving the Doomsday Prophecy... She might also be testing your ability to face hardship. If you fail, she’ll go so far as to kill the women you know just to drag you out? Something like that, I guess. Otherwise why would she so blatantly put the base right under her own residence? Even I’m a bit surprised... It’s way too obvious—it’s hard to believe it wasn’t deliberately set up for you..."

Fisher opened his mouth, feeling that unfathomable aura he associated with Helair slowly dissolving inside him.

Thinking it through, Helair probably does mean it that way. Even as her enemy, Elliog can only helplessly concede this much, because Helair’s motives are just too obvious...

So, she did all of this for his sake?

Fisher couldn’t help thinking so.

Seeing Fisher’s slightly dazed expression, Elliog irritably reached out and pinched his cheek, muttering,

"Hold on, quit thinking for a second, ah. You’ve got that look like you’re wondering how much that damned woman loves you, right... Tch, why do I feel like I’m the one helping her explain herself here? But I have known her for a long time. Even if we’re not that close, I’m still pretty familiar with her way of doing things. This time she’s acting totally out of character, which is indeed suspicious, but what I just said is only one possibility, ah—at most just the likeliest one...

"Besides, since it’s a test, the fact that we’ve had such a smooth journey with zero obstacles doesn’t fit the vibe of a test at all, and I don’t believe she’d let you pass without playing any of her cards. So I figure once that silly whale girl finds the base, that’s when things will start getting dangerous..."

Elliog "hm-hm’d" as she pinched Fisher’s chin, looking down at him from above like an Emperor favoring his Empress. At the same time, that "gurgle gurgle" sound in her chest cavity once again echoed loudly,

"Conversely, before we find the base, the so-called test probably hasn’t started yet—everything will stay as quiet as it’s been. And since it’s a test, she’ll probably keep her eyes on your progress the whole time, like an invigilator overseeing an exam...

"And I, not only have to prove to her that I can help you pass her fragile little test, I also have to, right before her eyes, in her own home, eat you up."

Elliog’s cheeks flushed a little, then, like she was being aggressively competitive, she shot a provocative glance at Helair’s portrait on the wall behind Fisher, and without even giving Fisher a heads-up, she simply clamped her mouth over his in one go...

And so, in Helair’s home, amid the faint, fragile sound of the chair scraping against the wool carpet, Elliog decided to wrap things up quickly and prove...

Prove what Sidi had called "frustrated desire."