Chapter 156 – A Little Princess’s Journey from Darkness to Light Novel

Filed To Story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel

There were too many creators talking about this. He was no match at all.

The likes he got may have been higher compared to other videos, but they never pa*sed a thousand. The playback only reached twenty to thirty thousand.

He hadn’t done more.

Suddenly, an idea came to him. “I can do something else!”

He made a burner account, posting a comment in support of the mother against all the others bashing her.

Yes, you did save the other two, but why didn’t you save the remaining one? You should have saved all of them! Do you know how sad her mother must be?

I think the mother was right. You shouldn’t have bothered trying to be the hero if you’re incompetent! Honestly, the only way to make this fair would be if all three girls died.

The polarizing opinion was definitely controversial enough, and he was instantly met with countless angry replies.

@shanshan, “What a scumbag! Are you even human?”

@justsurfingaround, “Have you lost your mind? People sh*t out of their butts, but you seem to sh*t out of your mouth!”

@happybaby, ” I have no words. How do people like this exist? Crazy!”

Harvard was… overjoyed at the amount of comments yelling at him!

The platform itself was blind to whether the comments were positive or negative. Traction was traction.

The more agitated people got, the better he felt!

Not long after this, Harvard realized that the facts had shifted again.

Three girls had drowned last night, but only two of them were rescued— and a male corpse.

The third girl seemed to have vanished into thin air, unable to be found.

More and more creators began going to the river and livestreaming their attempts to find the body, gaining thousands and thousands of views.

Harvard did not think twice. He packed up his gear, setting out for the river as well.

The river was surrounded by onlookers, and many creators were live streaming.

Blake stood beside the crowd holding Lilly. She stretched her neck out to watch.

Seeing her struggle, Blake hoisted her up onto his shoulders to get a better view.

Lilly could finally see.

“It’s too far though!” Lilly put a hand above her eyes, squinting into the distance.

Blake pulled out a pair of binoculars, handing them to Lilly.

Lilly cried out in delight. “Whoa, Dad! Are you a magic genie?”

Blake thought to himself, Yes, what would you like?

Lilly said at once, “A lollipop!”

Blake opened his hand, revealing a strawberry lollipop.

Lilly was overjoyed. She sucked on the lollipop happily, looking across the ocean.

Three boats were moving around the water, and another two could be seen further ahead.

This had become hot news, and everyone was interested in knowing what would happen.

“It’s day out. There won’t be anything,” Lilly said. “Oh, Dad, what was the deal with that dead body?”

Blake: The police are still investigating that.

But that was hardly a problem for him, was it?

“I looked around. The dead guy was an eighteen-year-old boy. Young man. He saw someone drowning in the water, and jumped in to save them without hesitation.”

It was a shame he only managed to save two girls, and never made it back to shore himself.

“What’s even stranger is that he clearly just drowned, but when I touched his arm in the water it felt all slimy. Like it had been in the water for a few days.”

Blake would not have even believed that this boy was the brave hero who had jumped into the river, had he not seen the surveillance footage himself.

Lilly thought, How strange…

Had it really been three girls who drowned?

Lilly stared at the river, her tiny face creased into a serious expression. It made for a rather adorable sight.

There was a livestream set up near the riverbank, and a creator was hosting another two meters away. The usually quiet riverbank was suddenly abuzz with dramatic voices.

“This is where the three girls drowned. Like and subscribe to the channel, and follow me as I bring you on a journey to get to the bottom of this curious case, the latest updates will…”

“The boats still haven’t found anything. Take a look at where I’m pointing at right now, this is where the male corpse was found… Oh, please feel free to check out the shopping cart! In it are a few listings for popcorn and chips, that you can all snack on while you watch the stream. Shipping immediately upon order!”

“Does anyone want to give us a gift or two? We’re currently battling with these guys, and we can’t let such a hot topic lose to them, can we? Am I right… Someone just gave us a huge tip, guys! Thank you so much! Peace be with you! Please follow this generous tipper!”

Lilly was speechless

She furrowed her brows, confused. “What are they doing, Dad?”

Blake looked over at the chaos. “This is hell on earth. Demons make merrier humans…”

Some people were just around for the drama, gossiping in the crowd and adding to the discourse. A life and death situation was a mere opportunity to profit for them.

Human beings are terrifying creatures. Some of us appear to be human, but possess hearts that are to be feared more than those of demons.

Lilly sucked on her lollipop, sulking quietly.

Blake asked, “Lilly, what do you need from Daddy?”

Lilly shook her head. “Nothing at the moment.”

Her master had said that there was a hierarchy for resentful spirits, too. Some resentful spirits could only come out during nighttime, but some of them could also appear in places with high levels of dark energy during the day.

Places such as the bottom of a river, bushes by the side of a riverbank, or the space underneath a bridge were all considered to hold quite a bit of dark energy.

The resentful spirit from last night had killed a boy, and even grabbed Lilly’s dad’s foot.

Lilly was worried that the spirit would be too powerful and come out to cause more harm, and thus insisted on coming out to take a look.

Blake asked, “Are we going back now, then?”

Lilly held the binoculars up to her eyes. “Hang on… Dad, let’s go to the other side of the river.”

There was a garden on both sides of the river. This side was closer to the area’s residences, and was thus filled with more people. On the other side was an office building, and thus there were less people hanging around there.

This contrast was even more prominent at night, one end of the river buzzing with life and the other cold and quiet.

Harvard had been streaming by the river for two hours. His tongue was going to run dry, and his skin was being baked alive.

Yet there were still barely any people watching his stream.

He huffed irritably. Why did others’ streams have so many people watching, but he had barely any viewers? It was the same story!

This was so unfair.

Harvard opened a bottle of water. He glanced at the mere eleven people watching the stream, and didn’t even feel like continuing anymore.

Just as he was taking a sip, he spotted a tall, fit man carrying a little girl and leaving.

His height was remarkable enough to make him stand out already, and the little girl riding on his shoulders only added to that height.

The onlookers were focused on the river, their phones pointed towards the water.

No one had noticed the father and his daughter.

Harvard perked up at once. Wasn’t this Lilly Crawford?

Having edited a billion videos about Lilly, Harvard recognized her at once.

He packed up his gear, following closely behind.

Harvard’s eyes were practically glowing. Lilly = views!

Office hours had just ended, and cars zoomed across the bridge. The air was rife with the tick of engines and the sound of car honks. Everyone was in a rush to get home.

There were also some people who stopped and pointed at the boats from the bridge, talking amongst themselves.

“They’re still looking… Did you see the news? A boy jumped into the water to save the girls, and managed to save two of them… but never returned himself….”

“Didn’t the guy who rescued them survive?”

“You saw the earlier news. The latest update confirmed that the boy died. He’s a senior studying at the high school around here… the guy who survived was the second person who jumped into the water. I heard he was a really tall man.”

“What a tragedy… he saved the others but couldn’t save himself.”

Coming out of the park, Blake put Lilly back on the ground. He held her hand, weaving through the crowd on the bridge and overheard the voices.

These people were right. The two girls had been rescued when Blake jumped into the water.

It was the boy who had saved them.

Blake guessed that the boy had probably jumped in and rescued the two girls first. When he went back for the third one, he never returned.

The only thing suspicious now was where the third girl was. Logically speaking, if all three girls had fallen into the water at the same time, the third girl’s body should be in the river, even if she did drown before help came.

The boy’s death was also strange… it didn’t seem like he struggled much.

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