Just Helping You Gouge Out an Eye and Cut Out Your Tongue (Plus Some BB)
"You are my favorite student, He Wei Ni Ya."
"Hervia~"
"If you're not satisfied, grab my hand. Then... swear allegiance to me."
"This girl is mine."
He Wei Ni Ya suddenly opened her eyes.
A pale expanse came into view, but it wasn't snow; it was the ceiling.
A ceiling that is both familiar and unfamiliar.
She seemed to have had a very long nightmare, so much so that she was still unsure whether she had woken up from it.
My mind was foggy, my body felt terrible, and I was drenched in cold sweat. All I could hear was my own heavy breathing, and...
"It seems you didn't sleep very well."
That familiar, leisurely "heartfelt voice".
The voices of others that come from the depths of one's heart.
Along with this sentiment came memories.
He Wei Ni Ya gradually recalled everything, even the mass grave that she couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality.
She didn't speak immediately, but rather struggled to get up, going from lying down to sitting, and then looked around.
Sure enough, she had already returned home.
But not her home, but the real He Wei Ni Ya's home, where she was lying in He Wei Ni Ya's bed, and...
She lowered her head.
Wearing He Wei Ni Ya's pajamas.
After a moment of silence, He Wei Ni Ya slowly spoke, "What did you do?"
"Of course, it's because I pulled you back from the brink of death," Bai Wei said with a smile, "And helped you solve a small problem."
Is it a little... troublesome?
He Wei Ni Ya thought of last night again... it must have been last night.
Daphne, accompanied by four experienced musicians, ambushed her, almost instantly cornering her... no, not cornering her.
He Wei Ni Ya subconsciously touched her chest.
Even after a night had passed, the visceral pain of having her heart pierced was still vivid, making her acutely aware that she had died. But Bai Wei saved her, and then... reversed everything.
He Wei Ni Ya couldn't quite remember what happened after that; she could only vaguely recall a few fragments.
But even these few blurry fragments were enough for He Wei Ni Ya to know that Daphne was dead.
Daphne, who saw herself as the hunter, was killed by a more powerful hunter.
... Is this Visas?
A complex and indescribable emotion welled up in He Wei Ni Ya's heart.
There was frustration and setback.
But there was no sense of relief or joy in surviving a disaster.
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her left eye, which made her instinctively cover it with her hand.
But it still hurts, like having your eyeball gouged out with a knife.
Logically speaking, He Wei Ni Ya, who had just emerged from the Seed Zone, should have a higher pain tolerance than the average person, but she was still panting heavily from the pain.
But to her surprise, as soon as she opened her mouth, she felt a tearing pain surge from her tongue.
"Ah, it seems there's a reaction." Bai Wei seemed to sense something and said in a slow tone, "Don't be nervous, it will hurt a little at first, but you'll get used to it."
He Wei Ni Ya covered her eyes with one hand and clutched her neck with the other, struggling to speak, "What... did you do?"
"I didn't do anything special, I just gouged out your eyes and cut off your tongue," Bai Wei said calmly. "But I didn't do it for nothing, I replaced my own with yours."
He Wei Ni Ya naturally understood what Bai Wei meant.
While Bai Wei was controlling her body, he returned to his dormitory and replaced her left eye and tongue with his own.
Just like that finger.
"Logically speaking, it shouldn't hurt that much," Bai Wei said. "After all, my body has a pretty high plug-and-play attribute. Maybe you're too weak right now, and your body is under too much strain. Of course, it could also be an individual issue; there are still differences between male and female bodies. And right now, there isn't much time for my body to adapt to your body shape, so the methods were a bit rough? Maybe that's it."
What Bai Wei was saying was completely inaudible to He Wei Ni Ya, who was in excruciating pain.
For a few seconds, she felt like she was about to be torn apart. The two extra "limbs" were unusually restless, their eyes seemed to be frantically poking into their sockets, wanting to go further, while their tongues were wantonly tearing at her throat, making their "home" more comfortable.
Then she finally couldn't hold back and cried out in pain.
"...ah!"
The sound carried outside the room, startling the maid outside.
"Miss?" Soon, a knock sounded at the door, accompanied by a maid's slightly worried greeting, "What's wrong?"
He Wei Ni Ya still couldn't answer.
It hurts, it still hurts so much.
"Miss? Miss, are you feeling unwell?" The knocking became more urgent. "Then I'll come in, Miss."
No, you can't come in.
Hold on, you must hold on.
He Wei Ni Ya gritted her teeth, determined to suppress the pain through sheer willpower.
But it's really difficult.
She couldn't even bring herself to tell the maid that she was alright.
"Miss? Miss?!" The maid, receiving no response, grew even more anxious. "I'm coming in..."
"No!"
He Wei Ni Ya instinctively raised her head and then cried out.
And the moment she opened her mouth.
The pain disappeared.
Meanwhile, the world as He Wei Ni Ya saw it changed.
Everything in the room became both clear and unreal.
Everything can be seen, everything can be seen clearly.
On the dressing table were rows of tiny eyebrow pencils, beneath which lay the wing of some unknown insect, and... the maid with her hand on the doorknob, her face full of anxiety.
But the maid was clearly outside the door.
He Wei Ni Ya was stunned.
She could clearly see the maid hesitate after hearing her voice, her subtle expressions revealing a desire to enter yet a fear of offending her.
"Miss, are you alright?"
"I... I'm fine, you can go."
He Wei Ni Ya spoke up instinctively, then immediately realized that her tone was not like He Wei Ni Ya's usual tone, and that such an explanation would only make the other party more suspicious.
To her surprise, the maid outside the door, upon hearing her words, instantly went from suspicion to confusion. However, this confusion only lasted a very short time. Soon, she became expressionless, withdrew her hand, bowed respectfully, said "Yes," and left.
It was as if she had been influenced... no, dominated by some force without even realizing it.
After a brief moment of surprise, He Wei Ni Ya immediately realized that it was the power of her eyes and tongue.
Bai Wei's next words confirmed this. "Oh? You really are talented."
He said with great interest.
"Even without me actively sharing my power with you, you still managed to 'steal' some of it. Tsk, such strong adaptability, you really have an enviable body."
He Wei Ni Ya was about to say something, but soon felt a stinging sensation in her eyes and tongue again, forcing her to cover them once more.
"Hmm... it seems it's not all good news after all," Bai Wei said with a smile. "The price we have to pay is still unavoidable. If this continues, you won't live much longer... tsk, I guess I'll have to do it."
The moment Bai Wei finished speaking, the secondary pain in his eyes and tongue disappeared again, and his vision returned to normal.
"... What's going on?" He Wei Ni Ya couldn't help but ask.
"Hmm... let me give you a simple example," Bai Wei said. "It's like I've installed a faucet inside your body. What flows from the faucet isn't water, but my power and your life. As long as you turn on the faucet, you can use my power at the cost of your life, understand?"
Who controls this faucet?
"Hehe, you've grasped the crux of the problem instantly." Bai Wei said with a "as expected of you" tone, "Generally speaking, I control this faucet, after all, it's my power. However, your physique is too special, to the point that you also possess a little ability to turn the faucet open, although only a little, releasing only a few drops of water, but it is indeed water. At least my previous two partners couldn't do it; that's your talent. However..."
Bai Wei paused for a moment.
"But you have the ability to turn on the tap, yet you seem to lack the ability to turn it off. So if you use it like you did just now, your life force will also flow out uncontrollably. That's when I need to turn it off, just like I did just now."
After listening to Bai Wei's explanation, He Wei Ni Ya nodded after a brief silence to indicate that she understood, without saying anything more.
For Bai Wei, the relationship between his power and the life force of his host is far more complex than this analogy suggests.
But he didn't explain much at this time; he was more interested in He Wei Ni Ya's reaction.
This person, who had always been highly wary of Bai Wei and even refused to use Bai Wei's power when pushed to the brink, woke up to find that three parts of her body had been replaced and Bai Wei's power had been deeply infused into her body. What would her mindset be then?
Ah, thinking about it this way is really interesting.
He Wei Ni Ya had no idea what Bai Wei was thinking. She simply got out of bed, walked to the full-length mirror, and calmly looked at herself in the mirror, while going over everything that had happened last night in her mind.
Then, she slowly asked, "So, how should I address you now?"
"Um?"
He Wei Ni Ya looked at her left eye, which resembled a star, in the mirror, as if she were gazing at Bai Wei.
"I have already sworn allegiance to you," He Wei Ni Ya said expressionlessly. "That must not be my imagination."
Bai Wei laughed, "You actually remember?"
"An experience unlike any I've ever had, especially one that teetered between life and death," He Wei Ni Ya said. "It's generally hard to forget. You saved me, my life is yours now, so I'd like to know how I should address you... I should say 'you.' Is it Visas-sama, or Lord, or..."
"Ah, please just call me 'sir' as before," Bai Wei said with a smile. "I'm not that particular about how I address you, just use whatever you're used to."
"Yes, Mr. Visas," He Wei Ni Ya replied obediently. "So, what would you like me to do for you?"
Bai Wei remained silent, quietly observing He Wei Ni Ya.
The current He Wei Ni Ya is very different from before.
She seemed to have lost the willpower to fight the world on her own after last night's huge defeat; her eyes were full of dejection, as if she had already resigned herself to her fate.
If He Wei Ni Ya was like a hungry wolf disguised as a lamb before, then she is now like a soulless puppet, manipulated at will.
This situation is actually quite normal; Bai Wei encountered many similar situations in his previous life.
Many young people's drive and dreams are shattered after being violently rammed by the locomotive called reality, and they eventually abandon everything and choose to go their separate ways, going from "I want to curse God" to "Let God curse me".
This is a perfectly normal phenomenon.
But the question is, would He Wei Ni Ya be that kind of person?
Bai Wei still had a big question mark in his heart, but he didn't show it. He just pretended to be satisfied and said, "Actually, our goals are the same. We are both trying to play the Divine Melody. So, the six golden notes we need to collect before playing the Divine Melody are what we need to do. So, just follow your original plan for now. If you encounter any trouble, just come and find me."
"Yes," He Wei Ni Ya replied respectfully.
Just then, there was another knock on the door, and a maid's voice came from outside. "Miss, Madam is urging you to get up, saying that a guest has arrived."
Hearing the maid's words, Bai Wei chimed in, "Alright, enjoy your life as a pampered young lady for now. I'm tired after helping you so much last night, it's time for me to sleep."
"May you sleep peacefully," He Wei Ni Ya thought to herself.
Bai Wei chuckled softly, then fell silent.
After sensing that Bai Wei had left her body, He Wei Ni Ya's pupils narrowed slightly, and her expression changed again, as if she was pondering something.
But she didn't hesitate for long. After responding to the maid waiting outside the door, she quickly changed her clothes.
While changing her clothes, He Wei Ni Ya saw again the three musical notes engraved on the golden score on the snow-white body in the mirror.
One gold, two silver.
This was also Bai Wei's doing.
He Wei Ni Ya's expression became even more complicated, but she didn't say anything. She quickly changed her clothes and left the room.
Outside the door, the maid was still waiting respectfully.
He Wei Ni Ya immediately reverted to her usual self and casually asked, "What did you just say? That we have guests?"
"Mr. Ha Duo Ke."
He Wei Ni Ya paused for a moment. "Who?"
"Mr. Ha Duo Ke, have you forgotten?" the maid said, "Miss Daphne's father, Mr. Hadock Terrell."
I've read all the comments on the previous chapter, and I think what everyone said makes sense. It really is poorly written, and there's not much to argue about.
Actually, I felt something was wrong when I was halfway through writing the previous chapter. I felt there were big problems with how I was writing it, but I really couldn't think of a way to continue, because that was already the second version (yes, I wrote the previous chapter twice, and the first one was rejected). So I gritted my teeth and finished writing it anyway.
It wasn't until today that I really thought about why I wrote it this way, and then I came to the conclusion that, essentially, I was too afraid of writing about battles, to the point that I resorted to avoidance, which led to this situation.
But this is something an author shouldn't do. As some readers mentioned in my previous writer's block notification, if you're not good at writing, you should write even more; you'll never improve if you don't. I think that makes sense, so I'll probably find time in a few days to delete and rewrite the previous chapter, just like that chapter in the previous volume. I'll let you know when it's replaced.
That's all.