"Ah? What's going on? Isn't Maria the mother?"
"I thought this instance was already over, but why has it become so confusing now!?"
"Fuck! I only noticed just now! In the rules, Professor and Maria are not referred to as father and mother, but as the male and female masters of the Western-style mansion! They are not father and mother, there were hints from the beginning!"
"Nathan is also described as 'the son in this family,' without specifying whose son!"
The audience in the live broadcast room, hearing Nathan's words, were all greatly surprised.
"You mean, Aunt Maria isn't really your mother?" Xiao Yi was stunned, "But the person on the phone said she was your mother, right? What exactly is going on?"
"What did you say?" Nathan also showed a startled expression, "What is that woman's true motive?"
"Little brother, what exactly is going on?" Xiao Yi asked.
"Don't call me little brother!"
Nathan took a deep breath before he continued,
"That woman didn't say, so it seems I have to explain it clearly. Listen carefully, our mother actually is... uh!"
Nathan suddenly paused, unable to continue speaking.
Because, that blade made of Black Jade, the blade named "Origin," suddenly fell from the sky and pierced straight into Nathan's forehead, piercing through his brain.
"...!" Xiao Yi's pupils constricted, "Hey! Nathan! Nathan!"
"Stop calling."
At that moment, a familiar voice reached Xiao Yi's ears.
Xiao Yi looked towards the voice, and he saw the person "on the phone" once again.
However, unlike last time, Aviya now inexplicably had a physical body and stood in front of Xiao Yi as a whole person.
She said to Xiao Yi, "That boy, who was once my brother, is now thoroughly dead."
As if responding to her words, Nathan did not move at all, like a rigid stone.
"..." Xiao Yi silently watched him.
Not far away, Maria was struggling to stand up despite her weary body.
"Did you... are you behind this? Aviya..."
"...How annoying."
Aviya walked towards Maria, and with a flick of her hand, the Origin blade flew back to her, instantly growing several times its size into a long blade.
Without any hesitation, the blade fell, decapitating Maria.
"You...!" Xiao Yi abruptly stood up.
"Finally quiet... Ah, now there's still you."
Aviya smiled as she looked at Xiao Yi.
"I thought you might die in their battle, what a pity, but since you survived, well, so be it. Thanks to your help, I was able to achieve my goal."
"My help? What's going on here?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brows.
"Hmph..." Aviya snorted with disdain, "I might as well tell you. It would be a pity if my meticulously crafted plan remained unknown."
"..." Xiao Yi remained silent.
The live stream audience was already completely baffled by the sudden change in events.
"What's going on? Isn't Aviya an ally?"
"No, perhaps because she is an ally, she eliminated those two, right? Rule nine clearly stated she could offer help!"
"Wait! The content of rule nine, I remember it said the person on the phone might offer some help. I just noticed, why is it 'might'? Such an ambiguous rule doesn't make any sense!"
"Could it be! Is rule nine also a fake rule!?"
At that moment, everyone in the live stream involuntarily held their breath.
Further speculation was meaningless at this point, and they could only listen as Aviya spoke the truth herself.
"This actually goes back a long time ago, but this time, it's not a story, it's the actual fact."
Aviya looked at Xiao Yi, her eyes filled with mocking laughter.
"About a decade or so ago, I happened to pass by this place. I was in such a dire state, I thought I would starve to death in these deep mountains and forests; unexpectedly, I stumbled upon a western-style mansion that was still inhabited—what luck."
"Living in the mansion were a young couple and their daughter who was only a few years old. They were truly a kind family, taking me in without any suspicion, providing warmth. I was so moved that I decided that very night to kill their daughter."
"After all, who asked them to be so self-righteously kind, totally unguarded against the possibility that I was a fugitive murderer. This place is really nice, not easy to get caught, and no worries about living, but it would be hard for them to accept a stranger living there permanently, so I killed their daughter, and in their utter grief, I suggested becoming their son. Yes, I was originally a man, but I switched genders just to experience what being a woman feels like upon rebirth."
"In any case, everything went smoothly, and I became part of their family—a true credit to me. But what I didn't expect was that the family got a book, claiming that it could resurrect their daughter according to the methods described within. I didn't care at first, but to my surprise, they actually summoned God!"
"Ah! God! That irresistibly enticing figure, my heart still races thinking about it. But I knew, I couldn't let God bring their daughter back to life—that would jeopardize my position. So, I tricked God, ensuring that the daughter wasn't resurrected but instead, their memories of her were erased. This also made me realize how naïve God was, utterly clueless about human affairs, so adorable."
"Afterward, God, for some reason, wanted to be a mother and have a family. So, we were all eaten by that bug, and reborn in the form of bugs into people, becoming her family. Nathan later was because Maria wanted to experience pregnancy again, so she bred that bug inside her body, making her own daughter although the memories had erased, but she was still in search of her daughter's trace."
"Having been transformed, we surprisingly gained special powers—truly wonderful, a true testament to God's power. But too many, one needn't let everyone possess power, right? God is really selfless, a pity I am a selfish person. I wanted to monopolize God's love and power, so I decided to get rid of this family."
"I was purposely locked in that room just to decode the book that summoned God. The poison that could kill that family, as well as the Origin, were all produced by me through decoding that book. And Nathan, this fool who doesn't understand the beauty of God, thinking of fleeing from here, became my perfect pawn."
"After that, you came along, and upon realizing you were unaware of the situation here, I decided to take a little advantage of you. Let you gather those two together, and when they had fought each other to a standstill, I could... how does it go? 'When the snipe and the clam grapple, it's the fisherman who benefits.' Anyway, thank you, you foolish, naïve Xiao Yi."
Xiao Yi, speechless, listened to Aviya's words, then asked, "... Is this, all of the truth?"
"At least it's everything I know." Aviya was still smiling, "How about it? Isn't it spectacular?"
"The professor... it was you who killed him, Maria and Nathan, it was also you who killed them, you are the real murderer."
"So what if it was?" Aviya laughed playfully, looking at Xiao Yi disdainfully, "Do you want to avenge them? With you being such a frail ordinary human? Quite the joke."
"..."
To be honest, Xiao Yi still didn't quite understand exactly what was happening.
However, there was one thing Xiao Yi was utterly certain of.
He looked at Aviya and said,
"You... are truly beyond redemption."