Hate me, Miss Witch!

Chapter 396 - 205: Augutina: I Will Care for Your Fiancé, So You Need Not Worry_2

Thinking back to the time when as an astral spirit body, I could still occupy the position of the pillow in Shiayar’s embrace. Now, even if the other pet beasts don’t compete and willingly give way to Crimson, Crimson still feels a bit embarrassed to go.

Among Shiayar’s contracted beasts, over time, a set of recognized rules has gradually emerged, one that determines the hierarchy among the pet beasts based on mutual comparison.

And among these rules, the most core and key one is that the more help and contribution someone provides to Shiayar, the higher their status becomes, and naturally, they can enjoy more affection and resources from their Beastmaster.

Under this set of rules, Crimson has been in the lower half of Shiayar’s pet beast hierarchy for quite some time, having even acted as the vice-captain several times.

Silver is not only the head sister, but also previously ascended to the Legendary Species by relying on the skull sacred relic of the Lord of Ashes. Her Illusion Technique is an evergreen supportive ability. During Shiayar and Hathaway’s journey, when they were constructing Bubble City where the Arcane Arts festival was held, Silver contributed greatly.

In Shiayar’s pet beast sequence, she consistently maintains a stable second and contends for the first position, a pure permanent vice GOAT.

And Jayee, as an artificial intelligence life form, is always Shiayar’s most competent secretary, a sheer version T0, one that never goes out of fashion, and just like Silver, she has bought a house in the ban position and can’t easily be pushed aside.

Snakey and Ye, although they joined the team a bit late and lack some qualifications, they are both naturally a fabled species, pure powerhouses with ultra-high stats. Even if their compatibility and intimacy with Shiayar aren’t high, they can still flexibly dominate in the internal competition.

After careful calculation, Crimson realized that the only one she might surpass is Shiny.

But Shiny is a Space-type pet beast, even though lately her Flash skill hasn’t been used much, the Spatial Pocket, much like a Storage Ring in a fantasy novel, remains a mythical version support skill.

However, Crimson is different. She doesn’t have an ounce of the supporting abilities like Silver and Shiny but is purely a combat series pet beast.

Now, as her strength declines in rank, she feels like she’s becoming a burden within Shiayar’s team, entirely just warehouse duty and a liability.

Although with Shiayar’s wealth, and the convenience of having Big White’s thighs and living easily without worries about the expenses of raising one more pet beast.

However, Crimson herself couldn’t accept it.

If she could lay like a certain little white ferret, living a zen lifestyle, lazily lying on Shiayar’s shoulder sleeping, Crimson wouldn’t have honed "Slash" with "superb achievement" proficiency under grueling conditions.

Nor would she possess the "Heart of the Tyrant" described as having "the potential to become a king."

Thus, under Crimson’s insistence and after some internal struggle, Shiayar still chose to respect Crimson’s own will.

He left her on the Western Continent and the Main Material Plane, not taking her with him into the Abyss, but letting her face alone the fabled creatures that roamed crazily over the Western Continent during the First Era.

Of course, Shiayar still exchanged a few items as a backup to protect Crimson’s life.

However, this did not include Ye.

Although Shiayar had noticed Ye’s identity in the future during the Fourth Epoch.

Yet after time-traveling back, looking at the adorable little Black Night Dragon flapping its wings and acting cute above his head, Shiayar resisted the urge to reveal the truth and instead let it, like his other pet beasts, fall into eternal slumber and sleep.

However, at this moment—

The little Black Night Dragon unexpectedly awakened from that eternal slumber.

Without anyone knowing how, it silently traversed the seal Shiayar had set up, appearing in the Abyss without Shiayar’s summons.

Meanwhile.

In the little Black Night Dragon’s crimson-gold vertical pupils, a distant brilliance was surging.

The wheels of time ripple, creating waves.

And within those waves of time, in the little Black Night Dragon’s eyes, the crimson-gold brilliance grew more intense.

The veil woven by the night concealed the little Black Night Dragon’s tiny form completely.

After a long time, the veil woven by shadows and night finally receded slowly.

In the night underneath, the once small dragon has already disappeared.

Replaced by a girl with black hair and a black dress.

She slightly raised her head, the childishness in her crimson-gold eyes faded.

Although she still appeared to be a girl, her every gesture carried a majestic aura resembling that of a queen ruling the world.

At this moment, she was no longer that young Black Night Dragon called "Ye."

But the future’s reigning Queen of the Night, Augutina, who used the power of the "Hourglass of Time" to project her will and part of her power back into the past.

The ripples of time around her dissipated, returning to the void.

And the girl in the black dress lightly descended from the void.

Then, step by step, she walked towards the silent throne, slighting raising her head.

Locking her gaze onto the figure in the throne, Shiayar, whose face was extremely pale, without a trace of blood.

Her dark gold vertical pupils momentarily froze.

The next moment... an indescribable complexity welled up in those crimson-gold eyes.

There was longing, the attachment of not having seen each other for a long time.

And also, an indescribable heartache.

"Even though I had a hunch, at the time when everything was in such uproar, you had to be causing a big stir in the Abyss."