Just as Ai was about to 'kiss' Yuki's lips with her fingers, she heard some rustling from the bushes behind her, Ai turned around while gently pinched Yuki's cheek which successfully woke up the latter.
"Ai-chan! Why are you pinching me again... Ah..."
Just as Yuki was about to complain about Ai's slightly childish deed, she was silenced by the scene in front of her, just like Ai.
Walking out from the bushes is a gorgeous beautiful lady in a colorful and flowery yet elegant dress, on her head is a crown that is made of vines and flowers of various colors. Ai and Yuki slowly stood up and stared at the lady, slightly alerted.
"Don't be afraid, my beautiful ladies. I am the queen of this kingdom of plants, people addressed me as the Flower Queen." said the lady, in the most alluring and beautiful voice you can imagine.
Knowing that the lady is the Flower Queen they had been looking for, Ai cautiously stepped back as her killer instinct tell her that, this Flower Queen is not as friendly as her appearance looks like. However, Yuki doesn't seem to be alerted by the situation, and instead, she seems to be attracted by the Flower Queen.
"Come to me, my dear princess, your everlasting paradise is just a step ahead." said the Flower Queen, trying to lure the ladies.
Seeing Yuki slowly approaching the Flower Queen, Ai quickly grabs her hand trying to pull her back but Yuki brutally shakes off Ai's hand away from hers and continues walking towards the Flower Queen.
"Oh! No, no, no, we have some misunderstanding here, I am not talking to you, my dear, I am talking to that elegant and delicate lady over there." said the Flower Queen with the gentlest voice but meanest words.
Hearing the mean statement of the Flower Queen, Yuki seems to be dazed off for a while before aggressively turning to Ai and staring at her with murderous eyes.
"It's you!? You are the chosen princess!? Why!? But this isn't fair! Why am I not the chosen one?" Yuki yelled at Ai all of a sudden, rather hysterically.
"Yuki-chan?"
Ai was a bit confused and surprised at Yuki's sudden attitude change but she soon figured out that Yuki is under the control of the Flower Queen. Then, without any warning, Yuki activated her bracelet, the bracelet around her wrist immediately merged into her body and turned into sharp claws on both of her small hands, and to Ai's terror, Yuki doesn't plan to attack Ai, but instead, she raised her sharp claws towards her own face.
"If I am not pretty enough to be the princess, what's the use of this ugly face of mine?!" Yuki shouted
Before Ai can do anything to stops Yuki, Yuki brutally scratched her face with her sharp claws.
"Yuki-chan!... Eh?"
Just as Ai and the Flower Queen thought that Yuki was going to ruin her own face with the sharp claws, the sharp claws just smoothly 'slid' through Yuki's face without causing any damages as if her face is in liquid form.
"Ah... I totally forgot that Yuki-chan can't be hurt by physical attacks." Ai murmured as she stared at Yuki who continuously try to tear up her own face but failed miserably.
Ai sighed a bit before taking out a small bottle of cloudy liquid and walked towards Yuki. She gently patted Yuki's head for a while before opened the bottle.
"Yuki-chan is a good girl, right? So, let's get you a short nap, shall we?" said Ai as she places the opening of the bottle near Yuki's nose.
In less than three seconds, Yuki stopped all of her movement and collapsed into Ai's arm like a lifeless doll.
"Mhmm... Dr. Ben's nerve paralyzing drug is amazing, I should get more from him after this." Ai mumbled.
"As for you, Your Majesty, you are not a good girl, you don't deserve a nap. But what should I do to you? Hmm... Maybe you should... Uhm... Die?" said Ai with a sweet and innocent tone while pulling out her golden dagger with a sweet and innocent smile...
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Meanwhile, Maria's headache had been temporarily soothed, he is currently exploring the garden with Suzaku. Suddenly, Maria is 'greeted' by a pungent foul smell of rotten meat. He immediately covered his nose and frowned in disgust.
"Ugh... What the hell is this smell?" Maria exclaimed while trying to find the source of the foul smell but can't find anything nearby.
"My Lord, I think we are very near to what triggered your headache." said Suzaku with a serious and concerned tone.
"What is it? Suzaku." Maria asked.
"Well, I am starting to feel some really heavy sense of resentment and rage around this area." said Suzaku.
"I hate to ask this, but... What does that mean?" Maria asked, despite he has briefly figured out what Suzaku was talking about.
"Well... My Lord, with this foul smell, I believe you already have the answer. There is a lot of dead souls that are trapped in this small garden, and probably focused in some specific area of this garden." said Suzaku, in a serious tone.
Relating those words from Suzaku and the rumors about the missing girls in the town, Maria can't help but shivered a bit before taking a deep breath...
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At the same time, Ai had already slaughtered the Flower Queen, but Ai found out that things aren't as simple as they thought.
Ai casually picked up a whole piece of human face skin from a puddle of gooey greenish mess. She carefully observed that piece of face skin.
"Hmm... A body double huh? But real human face skin? Mmm... This is getting more and more interesting." said Ai, who showed a seldom excitement.
*in case anyone had forgotten about Ai's previous occupation, she was the top killer in most of the dimensions.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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