Unspeakable bubbles

The illusion collapsed, and the little girl looked around and found herself in an unfamiliar place.

Fortunately, the skeleton, the strategist, and a large group of skeletons were still behind her.

“Bone, you’ve turned golden!” Bubble exclaimed in surprise.

'Your Majesty, this is my true form... Beware, our enemy is right before us.'

Hearing Bone's reminder, Bubble noticed an old man and a young boy not far away, and, and, Rabbit too!

"Bunny!"

As Bubble shouted happily, the plush rabbit quickly darted into her arms.

"The bunny is so disobedient, where has it been all this time?"

Bubble was happy for a while, then got angry again.

She tapped the bunny on the head and looked back at Carmen and Andy: "Did you guys help Bubble find the bunny?"

Andy moved his lips but didn't speak. The army of skeletons behind the little girl was so intimidating that he couldn't utter a single word.

“You are qualified to be the successor of the Undead Legion, but I will not acknowledge it,” Carmen said calmly.

"Old man, are you getting blind? Can't you see the situation?"

Before Bubble could even speak, the young man couldn't wait to retort angrily.

The Marquis snorted coldly: "You have no right to speak here."

"Haha, I am you, and you are me, so why don't you have the right to speak?" The young man curled his lip.

"You really dare to say that. You're nothing but my, yes, my collection of negative emotions."

Marquis Carmen remained expressionless: "At most, you are my second personality that formed in this secret realm. With me here, it's not your place to speak."

"...I'm not going to argue with you about that. Now it's your turn to fulfill your promise!"

"She passed the test of the secret realm, but not my test."

Upon hearing this, the skeleton army behind Bubble immediately stirred.

If Carmen hadn't had such high authority, the skeletons would have almost rushed forward and torn him to shreds.

"Hey, I knew it, I knew you old bastard were unethical."

"You've been dead for so many years, and you haven't changed at all."

Marquis Carmen remained unmoved by the man's mockery.

"Even if I exist in spirit form now, there are some things I will never give up."

"Although I don't know what went wrong that gave you the same level of authority as me, even so, without my permission, the Undead Legion will never return to the world!"

"Oh?"

The man gave a half-smile: "I'm afraid you won't have a choice soon."

Chapter 161, Section 162: Dancing in the Palm of One's Hand

The young man's expression turned serious: "Carmen, I ask you, do you still remember the oath you made in the Chaos Sea?"

"The Chaotic Sea..."

The old marquis muttered to himself, "There, there I met #%#%￥, yes, the oath, I made the oath."

Seeing his expression shift between light and shadow, the young man smiled, realizing that Carmen had already realized her Achilles' heel.

“That was a very important thing, but I’ve forgotten it all. No, it doesn’t want me to remember it.”

Carmen sighed, a helpless look on her face: "Is this your trump card?"

“That’s right! Old man, it doesn’t matter if you’ve forgotten everything, I’ll remember it for you.”

The young man laughed loudly: "Back then, in order to obtain the Undead Legion and quell the Black Tide, you made a promise to that terrifying being in the Chaos!"

“Carmen is not the ruler of the Undead Legion, the Great King is.”

"When the King of Terror descends, Carmen will offer her loyalty and everything."

As the man spoke, a long-forgotten memory suddenly resurfaced in my mind.

The old marquis looked blank, as if he had always been dancing in the palm of someone's hand.

Was everything predetermined?

"Hahaha, what's wrong? You look so dazed. Now kneel down right now."

Beneath the young man's smug expression lay a deep-seated malice.

“Carmen will surely be loyal to the King, but I can refuse.”

The man's laughter stopped abruptly. He looked at the Marquis in disbelief: "Refuse? How could you refuse! You had no choice at all!"

"Originally, I had no choice, but your appearance gave me a choice."

"My second personality... Do you still believe that your appearance was just a coincidence?"

The old marquis's body became transparent, and at the same time, the young man felt that he had obtained something of paramount importance.

"You bastard!"

Amidst the man's ecstatic joy, a chill also settled in his heart.

"Carmen, ha, it's just a name, why not give it to you!"

The old marquis's voice was deep, and his figure became increasingly indistinct, clearly indicating that he was not simply giving a name.

Before his privileges expired, the old man suddenly pulled Andy.

"Come on!"

In the final moments before leaving the secret realm, the old man glanced at Bubble with a complex expression.

It seems that I haven't completely failed, and I can still choose the path I want to take.

But is this really not what that person would like to see?

After all, the second personality is much more compatible with the Undead Legion than with itself.

"With your political acumen, ruthlessness, and military prowess, you are its ideal 'Carmen.'"

'Ha, is my choice still within its expectations at this very moment?'

'King of Terror, are you an avatar of that being, or an apostle? Or perhaps, in fact, you are...'

Filled with endless sorrow, the old man transformed into a sapphire and flew towards Andy, who had left earlier.

"..."

"........."

"I am Carmen, and from this day forward, I am Carmen!!"

The young man trembled all over, laughing and crying at the same time: "I am Carmen, not someone else's appendage, and certainly not some second personality!"

"Carmen, I am Carmen!"

"Old man, this isn't over yet."

Carmen's face twisted into a ferocious grin: "Just you wait. I will find you, destroy your soul, destroy everything you have!"

"Are you... are you alright? Um, Carmen?" the little girl asked timidly from the side.

"Your Majesty, I am fine."

Carmen wiped her eyes, recovering from her out-of-control emotions.

“Now that guy is gone, I have the highest authority over the secret realm.”

"I have lifted the restrictions on the Skeleton Legion. Well, Your Majesty, you only need to wait here for a year or two, and everyone can completely shed their status as Foundation Stones and return to the world."

"At that time, your subordinate..."

"A year and a half?"

Before Carmen could finish speaking, Bubble became anxious.

"Bubble has been out for a long time, we need to hurry back to find Masumi-neechan!"

"Alas, but, but it is too dangerous for Your Majesty to be out there alone."

Carmen is hostile to the outside world and is especially worried about Bubble going out alone.

"The rules of the secret realm are special. You won't get tired or hungry here. Your Majesty, please bear with it. Right now, no one but me can get out."

"Even I, if I suddenly appeared in the outside world, would not be able to adapt immediately. I could only turn into a gem and stay by Your Majesty's side, giving you advice and such."

"It's okay. Although some strange things sometimes happen outside, it's safe most of the time."

Bubble had no desire to stay in this place for a year or two; she wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Your Majesty, it only takes a year, or even less. Are you really not going to reconsider?"

Seeing the little girl firmly shake her head, Carmen had no choice but to say, "Then, I'll go out with the King."

"Ah."

Bubble reached out her hand, and Carmen immediately transformed into a ruby, landing in her palm.

The passage opened, and Bubble waved to the skeletons and the skeletal army: "Goodbye! Bubble's going back now, I'll come back to play with you all again later."

'Your Majesty...'

The bone looked very reluctant, but still nodded obediently.

'When you return to the secret realm once more, the skeletal army will surely sweep across the land for you!'

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"Are you really not going to give it a try?"

Andy gripped the sapphire in his right hand as he hovered in mid-air, riding a griffin.

"My martial arts skills are above average, and I also have the assistance of a griffin. My opponent is just a little girl."