Chapter 212:
Yasenia sent a message to Andrea next. She wanted to know about all her dears and then start her adventure with a calm heart. Her voice became coquettish, making the other three girls feel their ears tingling, "Darling~, Where are you~? I'm in a forest with giant trees!"
Andrea was together with another four people, one of them being the person she met earlier from the illusion sect. They were currently hunting for treasures together under her command because she was the strongest of them. Of the three men and one woman that Andrea had met, they were all from demonic sects and between the eighth and ninth levels.
The reason for them being from demonic sects is that whenever they saw someone from the righteous side, Andrea would have to go in another direction not to kill indiscriminately to keep appearances. Andrea's objective in blending with these people was to gain information about their intentions, in general, know if they had any involvement with Yasenia.
The area around them was a rocky place with small stony hills and very little vegetation. It was also very hot, and some rocks around appeared volcanic in nature. Andrea could guess this because her mastery of blacksmith required knowledge of all kinds of minerals.
Suddenly, from Andrea's communication device, Yasenia's coquettish voice filled the surroundings. The four people's heads whipped toward Andrea, 'Who has this seductive and bone-softening voice?'
All of them looked at Andrea curiously. Andrea felt their gaze but ignored it. She looked around, and after seeing no forests, Andrea said. "We aren't close then, my love. I'm in a rocky and volcanic landscape, and I can't see any vegetation near me."
Yasenia whined, softening the legs of the four demonic cultivators. "Darling too~? Evelyn was also away from me... It seems that we aren't going to see each other for a while. I will miss you, darling."
Andrea's tone softened, and she said, "I will miss you too, my love. Where are Kali, Angel, and Evelyn? I may be near them."
Angel smiled and said, "I'm with Yasenia, and Kali is also around! Thank you for caring, Andrea!"
Andrea laughed and said, "I'm glad you two are with her, Angel, Kali. Take care of Yasenia for the rest of us, okay?"
Kali spoke, "Don't worry, Andrea. I hope we see each other soon."
Then, Yasenia explained the area around Evelyn and asked Andrea to communicate with Evelyn for further details. Andrea didn't speak about what she was doing because she didn't want Yasenia to worry.
Even then, Yasenia asked her if she needed her help for anything and not to be stubborn and ask for help in dire situations. Andrea also nagged back the same things, creating a sweet interchange of worries between them, which left Yasenia with a wagging tail and a lovely smile. Finally, Andrea ended their interchange. "Love, call Cecile. I think she must be rather impatient to communicate with you."
Yasenia said, "Okay, darling~. Remember that you can also speak with me if you feel bored! I love hearing your voice."
Andrea laughed, "I love you, Yasenia."
Yasenia also chuckled, "I love you too, Andrea~."
Cecile's voice sounded reluctant, "Okay, my love. However, you must be careful. Do not get entangled with new women, do not fight losing fights, be ruthless to your enemies, torture those that insult you...."
Cecile began giving a bunch of advice that Sarah found barbaric. 'What does she mean to deliver suffering to those that go against her!? Is this woman a Yandere or something?'
She looked at Yasenia and saw that she was happily smiling while hearing all of these things. Sarah was shocked. 'Is my common sense so out of touch in this world?
[Host. Good luck.]
'What do you mean!?'
Meanwhile, even if Yasenia knew what Cecile was telling her, she didn't interrupt and listened to everything closely, answering whenever Cecile asked if she was listening.
Yasenia really liked when her lovers nagged her about her safety; it made her feel loved and cared for, and it swelled her heart with love toward them. Yasenia's voice slightly sweetened as she answered, "I will do as sweetheart says~. But you should also do everything you say and not be reckless! I love you~."
Cecile smiled, and her eyes became tender, like the ice melting in spring, blossoming feelings in the cultivators looking at her. "I love you too, my love."
Then, Cecile cut the connection, and her face turned cold, her eyes losing that appealing and alluring warmth they gave just one second ago. Many cultivators were thinking, 'If I can make her smile like that for me once, I can die happy!' Cecile, however, ignored everyone and continued looking around for the entrance to the ruins.
Yasenia cut the connection and sighed, "At least I can be with peace of mind from now on. Let's go toward that town you spoke about, baby. It seems like a good place to start our adventure! I bet we can stay there for the first two weeks or more, depending on what treasures are hidden there."
Angel began walking toward it, and the rest followed. Sarah spoke a bit with them, gradually becoming closer. Moreover, thanks to her system's functions, giving someone a good impression was quite easy. She could sometimes see options of dialog that would gain more affection points with Angel or Kali. But these options didn't appear when speaking with Yasenia, as if the system could not work toward her.
Because of her strange pauses when speaking and sometimes changes in expression, Yasenia was quite sure that she was communicating with someone, but she didn't know how. She had not seen any strange energy fluctuations around Sarah or unknown items on her. Yasenia was at a loss and began thinking of how to make her spill these secrets.
Of course, Yasenia wasn't expecting someone to speak about all their secrets just after meeting, but the fact that Sarah kept it a secret made Yasenia wary of her. To avoid anything strange suddenly happening, Yasenia was walking beside Sarah, speaking to her from time to time with a gentle smile.
Sarah was over the moon because she felt Yasenia was becoming closer to her and spoke more naturally, thanks to Yasenia's lead in the conversation. However, Yasenia's doubts grew as they talked to each other because Sarah's thinking process felt... Foreign. If Yasenia were asked to describe Sarah, she would answer that Sarah was a big interrogation mark for her. Something that didn't happen even when Yasenia spoke to seniors.
An example of weird logic in Sarah's words happened when Yasenia asked her about professions; the woman said that she hadn't learned anything. However, when Yasenia asked what she wanted to do, Sarah spoke about alchemy with concepts that she hadn't heard anywhere. This piqued Kali's attention too, but she and Angel didn't interrupt, as they felt that Yasenia's speaking tone was slightly different than normal. It was more discerning and less naturally seductive and bantering.
Yasenia asked about basic concepts of alchemy, such as temperature, use of flame, and way of burning the plants and processing them into pills.
To Yasenia's surprise, Sarah listened to her as if she was speaking about something out of this world and with a lot of eagerness. Therefore, in Yasenia's mind, Sarah's classification fell as a 'sheltered woman with zero experience in the world, but strange ideas learned from an unknown source.'