Beneath The Surface

Act 13 - Rose as red as blood

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Astaroth's POV
Astaroth trudged back to her room, her face a little gloomy from the recent wild encounter. The evening would have been perfect if it weren't for those uncultured swines! They had to make her upset! But truth be told, she also didn't expect herself to react this severely to their brainless taunts. She herself wasn't even a stranger to misogynistic remarks. She had been dealing with this her entire life. And yet, Astaroth's fragile mind can't help but snap when they start insulting her sister. Insulting Astaroth's existence. At that moment, the screams of her parents echoed obnoxiously in her head. About how worthless she was forever going to be just because she's a damn woman.

It wasn't Astaroth's fault. She wasn't given the choice to pick what she wanted to become. But her cruel parents didn't care. Only mercilessly branded her as a faulty good that could not be salvaged. And now that some stupid cannon fodders echoed the same things as her parents, Astaroth ended up exploding, which destroyed her kind and harmless image. She unintentionally shredded them to minced meat. Just so that she could prove to those unworthy bastards. To her dead parents that she wasn't useless. That even if she's unfortunately a girl, she's just as capable, if not better than some random waste on the streets. How could she be worthless when this entire godforsaken city was in her palm??? She accomplished something that even her perfect parents couldn't. So she's not hopeless! Far from it! She's the sharpest tool her dismembered parents could ever ask for!

But at least this evening wasn't a complete failure. She still uncovered something interesting. The little fox's intelligence far exceeded that of any other wild creatures, even her expectations. It's truly astounding. Her baby was able to understand her words perfectly. Was it perhaps a mythical creature? But the most important takeaway—she now knows what her baby likes to eat the most. Astaroth didn't see the beautiful fox mauling the spoiled meat (thank goodness!). Instead, she saw her slurping down fluorescent green light emitting from the pile of bodies, purring away contentedly. Astaroth hadn't seen or read about that mysterious glow anywhere before. However, she could tell that it probably had something to do with corpses. She could always exchange for the supplements Evelynn obtained from Noxus. If not, there's another riskier option which was to butcher people herself. As long as it wasn't too obvious until it catched Caitlyn's prying eyes. That would be troublesome.

The moment she entered her room, a suggestive voice mused, "You seemed to have found a new pet, dear."

Astaroth narrowed her eyes, eyeing the blonde suspiciously. Has she been following her?

Evelynn only chuckled, "I can smell a new scent on you. A VERY familiar scent."

Is she some kind of dog???

The woman clicked her tongue, "Look at you. Giving it so much more attention than your roommate. Makes me sooo jealous~"

Astaroth rolled her eyes, "Then why don't you go on all fours and bark? Maybe I might find you cuter that way."

However, her degrading remarks did nothing at getting the nosy succubus to shut up. She refused to end the pointless conversation. Astaroth should have known how shameless this incorrigible seductress was.

An ethereal giggle sounded, the ends tapering off in a sensual manner, "My, my~ Is this your preference? I don't mind indulging you. Does a harrier work for my sexy little junior?"

Astaroth looked at her with a bored expression, clearly unimpressed with her vulgar language.

Evelynn finally cut to the chase and brought up the actual point of this exchange, "Okay. Okay. Jokes aside, I have good news for you."