Bride of the Great Demon King

"Any life will eventually come to death. The Great Demon King had a cruel smile on his face. Bailiel couldn't help trembling, but he didn't let go of his fingers."

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It had been three days since Mina had been taken to the harpy's lair.

Three days is enough to change a lot of things.

She practices odd moves in her lair.Beside her was a newly born baby Harpy.It looks extremely ugly, with a dark purple baby face growing on a chick covered in black fluff, giving people a creepy feeling.

Mina watched it be born.Not long after she was caught in the lair, fear almost tore her nerves, she screamed frantically for a long time, until she could no longer make any sound from her throat, and cried for a long time before finally regaining her senses.Looking around, the huge nest was empty, and the terrifying big black bird had already flown to nowhere.On one side was a rock wall that was so steep that it was almost perpendicular to the ground, and on the other side was a cliff. She mustered up the courage to look carefully in the lair, praying that she could find a way to escape.

She finds a white egg.

Mina didn't initially associate the egg with the harpy.It was too small, not much bigger than an egg, with fine golden lines flowing on the crystal clear white shell.If it weren't for the fact that a moving shadow could be vaguely seen from the fine lines facing the sun, Mina almost thought it was a rare gem.

What kind of egg is this?

It must be some kind of holy creature anyway.Mina even imagined a vile harpy stealing the egg from the nest of some beautiful bird.

Soon, her stomach growled uncontrollably, she was hungry.How can you not be hungry?She had only eaten a piece of dry bread before she got up early in the morning to go to work.After being taken away, in a state of extreme terror, she did not know how long the vile creature that had clawed through her arm had been flying.Looking up at the scorching sun covered by gray dust, it should be past noon now, right?

There are only balls wrapped in viscous liquid in the nest, and some of the mucus wrapped outside has been dried by the wind, revealing some crumpled pieces of cloth and white bones.Mina thought for a while and suddenly understood what it was, and couldn't help but vomit.

very hungry……

Vomiting is followed by an even more unbearable hunger.Although her family is not rich, it is not enough for her to starve.

What should we do?Finding a relatively clean place to sit down, Mina held up the egg in her palm and watched it carefully.I can't eat you, can I?Working in the fields all year round, she naturally knows that raw eggs are also edible.As soon as she thought of this idea, hunger rushed over her like a tide, and the egg in her hand seemed to start emitting a charming food fragrance.She hesitated for a moment, weighing life and beauty for a moment, then turned around and found a stone, and gently knocked the egg on it.

Click.

The egg was cracked open.Mina carefully held her only "food" and broke open the eggshell. The transparent liquid covered her fingers, and a black wet thing raised its head.

"what!"

Mina threw away the things in her hand in an instant, and retreated several steps in a row gasping for air.

"It seems that he likes you very much?" That was the first time Mina heard the harpy speak, and the sharp voice almost pierced her eardrums.She raised her head, and the big black bird was hovering in the air, with one wing flapping, and the chick that had just hatched was supported on the other, and another big bird that was exactly the same was being held in its claws .

Huge streams of liquid slid down the edge of the bird's drooping wings.

is blood.

The adult harpy glanced at Mina, carefully placing his companion in the center of the den.

Mina couldn't tell what the big bird was hurt, but could only hear a low growl from his mouth.Viewed from the side, this one looks almost identical to the uninjured one.

"Since he likes you, then you are responsible for taking care of him!" The harpy had already flown to her side at some point.A terrifyingly sharp sound came from the depths of his throat, making people shudder. "If you don't want to be food."

Mina couldn't help trembling, hesitantly took the ugly little thing from the black wings.

"There is too little food this year. I have to continue looking for food. You feed him." The harpy raised its head and made a series of strange sounds.Suddenly, his throat rolled up, and several black beads were spit out.

Mina swallowed, and took the fingernail-sized beads.She wanted to ask what to do with her food, but she couldn't utter a word in the face of this terrifying monster.It would be nice to save my life temporarily, she thought.

The black wings fluttered up and down in a gust of wind, and soon the harpy was reduced to a speck in the sky.Mina felt movement in the palm of her hand. It turned out that the chick was struggling to swallow a bead.

How to do it?All that was left in the lair was himself, a baby monster, and an evil, wounded but still dangerous creature.Mina curled her body to the minimum, suddenly thinking of her younger siblings at home.

She is the eldest in the family, and has been sent by her parents to take care of her younger siblings since she was sensible.unfair!In the past, she quarreled with her parents more than once, trying to win some pitiful rights, but the result was that at the age of 14, she was doing the work equivalent to an adult, and she was so busy every day that she didn't even have time to catch her breath.

She remembered how she had been slapped in the face by her father this morning for slapping her chattering sister.She escaped from that home, the one with mean parents and a bunch of little monster-like siblings.Immediately afterwards, the sun suddenly disappeared and was covered by black wings...

The chick in his hand seemed to sense Mina's depressed mood, and instead of trying to swallow the second bead, he rubbed his wrinkled face against her palm.Very strange feeling, a little itchy.Mina suddenly felt that this little evil creature was much cuter than her younger siblings, at least he knew how to care about his emotions, didn't he?

She suddenly remembered the conversation she heard that morning——

"The blizzard has completely ruined this year's harvest. What will we do in winter? Are you going to keep raising that little bastard you picked up?" The mother seemed very worried.

"Mina can at least do the work of an adult..." The father hesitated.

"The old tailor promised to give us twenty silver coins and five sets of winter clothes as a bride price."

"...Let me think about it again."

Mina covered her mouth and retreated into her little attic. There's a good explanation for all of this, isn't there?The eldest daughter who is not valued, the eldest daughter who is called around, the only eldest daughter with blond hair... can have a good explanation.

Suddenly, the warm sunlight disappeared again, and Mina, who was still immersed in the memory just now, raised her head in horror.

"Ha! Miss Delicious Food, why are you crying alone here?"

With a very different face, here's another Harpy!Mina subconsciously hid the chick in her arms.

"Today is really my lucky day! You know, I haven't tasted such a delicious food lady like you for a whole month!" The harpy that suddenly appeared flapped its wings, and appeared in the Behind Mina, curled up the girl's hair with her slender tongue.

"Ahhh! I'm not your food!" Mina ran forward, jumping over the balls scattered in the nest, avoiding the deadly pursuit behind her.It's useless, she said to herself desperately, the lair is only this big, and if you run any further, you will almost reach the edge.

"You'd better give up hunting in my territory." A black shadow faced the intruder, Mina turned her head secretly, and the big bird lying in the middle of the nest had disappeared at some point.

"Huh? Haven't you already? Ah! The weather is so nice today, I'm glad I can talk to you, please say hello to your brother for me." The cunning intruder saw the rapidly expanding black spot on the horizon and left angrily.

"Lie back!" The returning big bird glared at his brother angrily.

"Uh...I feel better." Despite the rebuttals, the injured big bird obediently lay down in the middle of the nest.Turning around, he didn't find that his brother was staring at him, with deep sorrow in his eyes.

The harpies returning to the nest sighed silently, moved to his brother's side, and spit out black beads from its mouth.The injured big bird swallowed one and spit it out, shook his head, and whispered something.

"come here!"

Mina blinked and found that there was no second person to send.She moved two steps slowly, and under the gaze of that sinister gaze, she couldn't help speeding up her pace and walked in front of the two evil creatures.

"My brother asked me to tell you that the cliff is not as scary as you imagined." The harpy hovering in the air looked impatient.

"Huh?" Mina wondered.

"In my absence, you should learn to avoid danger alone. For us, the cliff is equal to the ground, and you can too." The harpy stopped flapping its wings, and he walked to the edge of the nest with his sharp claws. "Look, it's like this."

Mina opened her mouth wide, and the big black bird turned around after reaching the edge and walked along the nest for a small half circle at an angle parallel to the ground!

"Come and try." Big Bird said suddenly.

"No, no, I don't have claws, I..." Mina shook her head in horror.

"Go, or be treated as food!"

Just when Mina was about to despair, the little life in her arms suddenly moved.The black chick fluttered to the edge of the nest, took a step, and fell straight down!

"what!"

"Humans are indeed noisy creatures." The Harpy frowned, "The little guy just wants to go for a walk, and he will be back in a while."

Mina restrained her fear and looked down, but there was no sign of the chick at all.She turned her head, but suddenly found that the chick with the face of a baby was striding up from the other side of the nest!

"Now it's your turn!"

Mina only felt a strong attack, and she couldn't control her body to fall outwards.I'm going to fall!She closed her eyes, and a voice urging her to "walk" came from her ears.

She took the first step.

It's an amazing feeling!

Mina suddenly felt as if the ground had turned its direction, and there was an attractive force that made it impossible for her to fall.After carefully trying a few steps, she found that she could not only walk parallel to the ground, but also run head-down under the nest!She ran all the way to the cliff, turning up and down several times.God!How did this miraculous ability to walk on flat ground come from?

"Okay, be smart next time! When you see something approaching, find a place to hide." Harpy sneered and saw through Mina's thoughts, "As soon as you have the idea of ​​running away, this ability will disappear , when the time comes... hum..."

"No, sir! I won't try to run away! I'll take care of him!" Mina picked up the chick at her feet.

"Very good, then I will also remember to bring you some food." The Harpy nodded in satisfaction, looked back at his brother, and flew away from the lair.