Rejected the Demon’s Marriage Proposal Thousands of Times

We’ve Both Changed (4)

On the side, White Fur, the other spike pigs, and Gray Gray were all lying on the ground with their heads down, as if they knew they had made a mistake and were waiting to be punished.

Anna said with some amusement: “It’s okay, just come and clean this up.”

Gray Gray and White Fur rushed to clean the mess up as if they were granted great amnesty.

Rothgarr looked at Gray Gray and White Fur coldly, and suddenly said, “Aren’t they too stupid?”

Gray Gray and White Fur froze immediately.

Anna quickly said: “No! Aren’t they cute? White Fur and the others carry things without complaint, and Gray Gray can farm the land. There are no demonic creatures that are more suitable to stay in the castle!”

Gray Gray and White Fur immediately nodded, looking like bobble heads.

Rothgarr glanced at Anna, and finally gave up the idea of replacing these demonic creatures.

Anna followed Rothgarr away from the plot of dirt that Gray Gray had just broken so as not to damage the crops, but when she retracted her gaze from the fruit trees that Gray Gray planted, she suddenly thought of The Abyss tree seeds.

She learned from Catherine that the bet between Rothgarr and Balan was for The Abyss tree seeds, but Catherine didn’t know the use of the seeds, and Anna was unable to ask Rothgarr about them in the past.

But now, she wanted to know things related to the demon and The Abyss, so she thought she could try asking.

“I just remembered that I once heard Catherine mention The Abyss tree seeds. The tree seeds… can be planted, right? Do you want to let Gray Gray try planting them?” Anna asked Rothgarr.

“The Abyss tree seeds aren’t planted.” Rothgarr replied to Anna. He once found two tree seeds and tried to find a way to get rid of the curse of The Abyss, but all his attempts failed. This time, he hadn’t had time to try out the seed he got from Balan.

Anna wondered, “Then how is it used?”

Rothgarr’s answer was very straightforward: “I don’t know.”

Anna was even more confused: “Then what do you want The Abyss tree seed for?”

“To find a way to undo the curse of The Abyss,” Rothgarr said.

Anna nodded. No wonder Rothgarr was willing to propose to human women for the Abyss tree seed. His curse was indeed the cruelest torture for him.

“How are you going to find it?” Anna asked curiously.

Rothgarr said nothing, because he didn’t have a clue right now, either.

Of the two The Abyss tree seeds he had obtained in the past, he had tried to stimulate the growth of one, but it rotted even after trying various methods. As for the other one, he tried to swallow it like that, and was nearly “poisoned to death.” When he forced the seed out, it had also rotted.

He didn’t plan to try out this new one until he figured out how to get it to work.

Anna saw Rothgarr’s expression and knew he had had no luck.

She thought about it and it made sense. How could the curse of The Abyss, something related to the mysterious “The Abyss”, be lifted so easily? She felt that The Abyss tree seeds were unlikely to be the “answer” Rothgarr was looking for; it was just that he was really desperate in looking for a way to lift the curse.

She even thought that maybe the curse of The Abyss was not able to be lifted at all. If it could be lifted, wouldn’t The Abyss be a joke?

Of course, Anna wouldn’t voice these thoughts. If she did, what would she do if Rothgarr got angry and refused to continue teaching her?

She asked: “The Abyss tree seeds… What’s their origin? Is it related to The Abyss?”

“That’s right, The Abyss tree seeds come from The Abyss. Exactly how it came to be, no one knows,” Rothgarr said.

Anna was now more and more curious about The Abyss. She still didn’t know what kind of place it was.

She looked at Rothgarr. Remembering that both Balan and Catherine had said that demons crawl out of The Abyss, she couldn’t help more questions from coming to mind.

“Do you have any questions?” Seeing Anna’s hesitation to speak, Rothgarr asked her.

Anna hesitated for a while before saying: “I’ve heard that demons crawl out of The Abyss… Is this crawling a metaphor? Or do you really crawl out with your hands?”

Rothgarr, who hadn’t expected Anna to ask such a random question: “…”

Anna looked at Rothgarr.

Rothgarr frowned: “Throw away whatever you’re thinking about immediately!”

Anna: “…”

If it were someone else, Rothgarr would have already made it so that they would never be able to think about such a question ever again, but because it was Anna, he could only say after a moment of silence: “You’ll know after you’ve seen The Abyss.”

Rothgarr’s words made Anna more curious about The Abyss, and she asked, “Can’t I go and see it right away?”

“No.” Rothgarr refused, “The Abyss has an active cycle. If you get close now, you’ll die without a question.”

Anna nodded understandingly: “I see, then I’ll just wait.”

For now, under the guidance of Rothgarr, the “strict teacher”, Anna gradually became proficient in what she learned the day before.

And Rothgarr didn’t show mercy. When the training ended, Anna’s limbs felt paralyzed and unable to move, so he carried her back, her protests on the matter of bathing herself ignored as well.