Filed To Story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Blake scooped Lilly up. “Let’s go!”
The authorities had finished recording his statement, and he had also left his number with them.
There was no point in staying here anymore.
Before leaving, Blake cast one last glance at the corpse lying by the shore.
The tarp covering his face had been blown open, exposing his bloated, pale face.
Blake’s heart lurched in fear at the sight—
The man’s pupils were looking at him!
Just now in the water, they had been rolled backwards.
When he was ashore, they were wide open and staring in front of him.
And now…
The pupils had somehow turned over!
Blake was speechless
Lilly asked, “Dad, what’s up?”
Blake asked, “Where’s your Master?”
Lilly responded, “He’s back underground. Said that there was someone coming for an inspection…”
Blake did not say anything more. He pushed Bettany along, returning home.
Bettany asked anxiously, “Are you alright?”
Blake did not show much emotion, only mumbling, “I’m fine.”
Bettany, “Why were you struggling in the water for so long, then?”
She had been on the walkway by the riverbank when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see that Blake had been struggling in the water for quite a while.
Blake wrung his T-shirt out. “The water weeds were a pain.”
Bettany could not help but nag, “Well, don’t be so rash next time! It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what if you had run into something in the water?
Blake was speechless.
Bettany was referring to branches, or rocks in the water.
Blake thought of the thing that had grabbed his ankles just now.
Once he was home, Blake took off his soaked clothes to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in the mirror, and saw nothing strange.
There was just a purple-green handprint on his ankle…
“Tss..” Blake touched the mark. It felt cold.
It seemed like he would have to go looking for his dear Lilly after he was done showering.
Just as he was in the middle of his thought, a knock sounded on the door. Blake wrapped himself up in a towel, cracking the door open slightly.
Lilly stood outside the door, looking to the left and right before whispering, “Dad…”
Blake opened the door for her to come in.
“What’s the matter, my darling child?” He asked.
Lilly was holding a wooden sword around the length of a palm. She was clad in yellow robes, and was holding a paper amulet in her other hand.
God knows when she’d bought all that…
Lilly said, “Dad, I’m here to exorcize you!”
Blake: “Uh… hang on.”
He hadn’t showered yet.
Lilly nodded. “Don’t run a bath!”
Blake gestured an ‘ok’ sign at her. He had never liked taking baths anyways.
The sound of water came through the bathroom. Lilly was still worried, and called out. “Daddy?”
Blake’s voice rang through. “Mmm?”
Lilly stopped worrying. “Nothing, just checking if you’re alive.”
Blake was speechless.
Within thirty seconds, Lilly called out again. “Daddy?”
Blake thought to himself …I’m still alive.
Another thirty seconds pa*sed. “Daddy?”
Blake was speechless
The door opened with a creak, and Blake stood in the doorway with a bemused expression.
He was clad in a bathrobe, tossing the towel he had used just now into the laundry basket as he said, “My dear child, this is the fastest Daddy’s ever taken a shower.
Lilly thought, Uh…
She asked, “Are you clean, then?”
Blake was speechless.
What did you think?!
Blake sat on the sofa, Lilly squatting in front of him to inspect his foot.
All that could be seen was the purple-green handprint on his ankle had only deepened, as if it was rotting.
Lilly took out the paper amulet and set it on fire. She then filled up half a bucket of water, scattering the ashes into the water and stirring everything together with the wooden sword.
She picked up Blake’s foot, submerging it into the bucket as she washed it with the amulet water. “O’ stinky foot, O’ Daddy’s stinky foot, it’s so stinky and stinks everywhere..”
Blake chuckled lightly.
His feet did not stink!
As the water splashed onto the purple-green handprint, Blake felt a slight stinging pain on his foot as the handprint on his ankle began to fade.
Within no time, the bucket of water had turned black.
“Whoa, this is a big one!” Lilly exclaimed. “You didn’t get pulled down, Dad! You’re awesome!”
Blake was speechless.
He did not know if his darling girl was praising him, or the demon that had tried to harm him.
Lilly headed for the bathroom with the bucket, pouring the water down the toilet. After flushing it down, she filled another half-bucket of water.
After repeating this twice, Blake’s foot finally went back to normal. Lilly took off the robe she was wearing, and tied it to his feet.
Blake took in the sight of his busy little bee. The kid meant serious business, diligent in washing his feet and wiping them dry with the robe.
A strange emotion rose in his chest— he was touched. He had never thought that he would have such a caring, kind daughter one day.
“All done!” Lilly clapped her hands. “You can’t take the robe off all night, Dad.”
Blake nodded, reaching out and hoisting Lilly into his lap. “Thank you, Lilly. That looked hard.”
Lilly hugged Blake’s neck, planting a slobbery kiss on his cheek. “Don’t worry about it!”
Her tone was soft, her eyes big and black as they blinked.
She then hopped out of his grasp to the side, bouncing up and down the bead before landing on her back and patting the space next to her.
“Come on, Daddy! Let’s lie down!” she said.
Blake chuckled to himself, getting up and lying next to Lilly.
Lilly stretched her legs out for a while, raising them into the air and catching her feet with her hands.
After doing this for a while, Blake turned around and saw that she had fallen asleep.
Blake put a blanket over her, tapping her on the nose. “Goodnight, my darling.”
The incident about the three girls drowning in the river had become a hot topic online overnight, especially the middle-aged lady’s line, “I didn’t ask you to save me!”.
“Three girls drowned in the river. Man jumps into the river to save them. The girl’s mom responded, “I didn’t ask you to save me!”
“Young girl drowns in river and body cannot be found, mother curses rescuer, “You should be dead!”
“Three girls drowned at the same time, one of them missing. Mother screams at rescuer, “Why didn’t you save my daughter first!”
The titles were getting more and more scandalous, attracting a flock of onlookers. They all seemed to be angered by the situation, leaving a slew of angry comments cursing out the mother.
The comment section grew, boosting the incident’s popularity and putting it on the radar of national broadcast stations.
Harvard, who had been worrying about how to gain popularity, saw this as a golden opportunity to follow this hot topic.
He made many videos commentating on the matter, criticizing the mother for her skewed values. And yet…
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