“You still have the nerve to call me Mother?”
“I would have been better off raising a piece of barbecued pork than raising you!”
Slap!
A crisp slapping sound rang out. Valo, who had just transmigrated, watched with her own eyes as her body slapped a black-haired elven girl kneeling before her, sending her sprawling.
The force was so violent that the girl even tumbled down the stairs in front of the throne.
At the same time, a flood of memories poured into her mind out of thin air, making her realize the current situation—she had transmigrated into a game world.
As a recognized grandmaster in the galgame community, he had been playing a newly released nurturing game, Valorant, without sleep or rest before losing consciousness.
In the game, the protagonist plays the role of a white-haired, horned, and seemingly delicate villainous loli Demon King—Valo Rante II.
By raising a daughter of unknown origin picked up in childhood in different ways, the player can achieve various endings.
One could remain a villain to the end and rule the world with the daughter’s help; one could successfully redeem themselves and become a model mother based on the daughter’s affection; or one might even be imprisoned by a daughter who turned into a yandere…
As a nurturing game comparable to an AAA masterpiece, Valorant had countless possibilities depending on the daughter’s status and how she was raised.
Therefore, the newly awakened Valo didn’t even have the heart to stress over the fact that ‘he’ had become a ‘pure-blooded demon loli.’
After all, she discovered that the current situation… seemed a bit dangerous for her.
The empty Demon King Castle already appeared dilapidated, and the villainous faction NPCs who should have been standing guard were nowhere to be found.
Only she and her daughter remained in the vast hall—this was a sign of a plot heading toward a Bad Ending!
The moment Valo’s gaze fell upon her daughter, the [Nurturing Panel] clearly floated into her vision, causing her heart to sink completely.
The elven girl had purple eyes and black hair. Her pretty face was slightly swollen on one side from the slap just now, and her delicate body was covered in pathetic scars…
This was one of the optional starting daughters in the game—the slave elf, Kaika.
She was a being raised as a slave and tool by this villainous Demon King mother, belonging to the tier with the highest nurturing difficulty in the game.
At this moment, not only were Kaika’s various stats and traits raised in a distorted manner, but more importantly, the girl’s [Blackening Value] was about to reach 100%!
The [Blackening Value] was the execution line in the game. Once this value was maxed out, it would trigger the [Matricide Plot]—a forced Bad Ending!
In her previous life, it was just a game, but now she had personally transmigrated into the game world. Didn’t that mean…
Valo broke out in a cold sweat.
To understand her current situation, she hurriedly tried to test the waters.
Clearing her throat, she glanced at the kneeling elven girl and said coldly, “Stand up. You are not allowed to kneel!”
“Kaika, do you know what you did wrong?”
The girl stood up and lowered her head, muttering somewhat absent-mindedly, “I’m sorry, Mother. I failed to complete your order to assassinate the Female Hero…”
“Anyway, you won’t listen to my explanation and intend to punish me, right?”
‘That was then, this is now. Who would dare punish a “filial” daughter like you?’
At this moment, Valo was so nervous she felt as if ants were crawling all over her body.
As a high-level expert of the game, Kaika’s single response was enough for her to understand the current timeline—it was undoubtedly heading toward the matricide ending!
In this timeline, Kaika had not received a single shred of warmth or care; she was raised entirely as a slave and a tool.
Moreover, this villainous Demon King had failed to manage her own forces properly; her subordinates had either struck out on their own or defected.
In the game, having lost her momentum, she ordered her daughter, Kaika, to assassinate the Female Hero of the Hero Party, hoping to turn the tide of battle.
But Kaika, who had suffered endless punishment and oppression, was already on the verge of exploding…
Not only did the assassination fail, but she was even moved by the Hero Party.
The elven girl’s return in failure right now wasn’t to accept punishment… it was to become a “filial” daughter!
When the Female Hero broke in later, it would be the time of Valo’s death!
That wasn’t all. The elven girl blinked her purple eyes and stared at her with a somber expression.
Even though she had just been slapped, the girl acted as if it didn’t matter, continuing to pressure Valo.
“Also, Mother, my whereabouts have been discovered by the Hero Party. I’m afraid it won’t be long before they find this secret base of yours.”
“If you want to punish me, please do it as soon as possible…”
‘The scripted death has approached to this extent!?’
“Shut up! Did I give you permission to speak?”
After silencing Kaika with a single glare, Valo could only think desperately of a way to avoid the scripted death.
How could she care about Kaika’s strange attitude and speech just now?
Should she beg Kaika for mercy, pleading with this “filial” daughter to spare her life for the sake of the past?
‘Keep dreaming. If I had given Kaika even a little bit of a mother’s warmth in this timeline, the Blackening Value wouldn’t be this full.’
Should she order Kaika to commit suicide?
‘No. Right now Kaika is only acting obedient while waiting for the Female Hero to appear!’
Run away? Or fight it out with her daughter?
‘Impossible. The scripted death is absolute. Furthermore, in the game setting, this villainous loli mother has almost no actual strength; she only became the Demon King through hereditary succession.’
Valo regretted it immensely.
Before transmigrating, why had she chosen Kaika for her start on a whim?
This daughter had the highest nurturing difficulty.
Not only was it easy for her [Blackening Value] to rise, but any slight mistake would lead to her showing “filial” piety by killing her mother.
The margin for error was pitifully small.
It was fine to look at this beautiful elven girl in a game, but after actually transmigrating, whoever became Kaika’s mother was truly unlucky.
‘Wait… becoming a mother?’
Valo suddenly smelled a chance for survival. In the game, when Kaika’s [Blackening Value] reached its maximum, it triggered the [Matricide Plot].
Thinking about it from another angle, as long as she cut off the mother-daughter relationship with Kaika before the scripted death arrived and stopped being Kaika’s mother, wouldn’t that work?
If the target cannot be selected, how can she kill her mother if she doesn’t have one?
She didn’t have the strength to fight the scripted death, but not being a mother was too simple.
Once the thought was resolved, the world seemed to broaden!
Valo immediately rose from her throne. Maintaining her villainous image, she deliberately spoke in a tone of disgust.
“Since you can’t even handle a single Female Hero, you indeed deserve punishment.”
“Yes, Mother.”
The elven girl let out a soft sigh.
“Sigh… As expected, is your punishment for me this time the same as before?”
The girl slightly lifted her lowered face.
A trace of faint exhaustion and boredom flickered in her light purple eyes, as if… she had long known the consequences of failure and was disappointed in her mother because of it.
Although she felt her daughter’s behavior had been a bit eerie and strange from the start, Valo couldn’t afford to care about much right now.
She immediately interrupted Kaika’s muttering with a cold voice.
“The same as before? Hmph… Keep dreaming.”
“How many times has this been that you’ve failed to complete my orders? A useless person like you is unworthy of being the daughter of Valo Rante II. You are a disgrace to the honor of the Demon Clan!”
“Therefore, from this moment on, we are severing our mother-daughter relationship.”
The elven girl, who had maintained an indifferent attitude just a moment ago, suddenly showed a look of disbelief! It was as if she had never expected Valo to be so ruthless this time!
“Eh? Mother?”
“Kaika, are you deaf? I am no longer your mother. Get out of here. Don’t let your presence offend my eyes.”
Valo, wearing a disgusted face, was already snickering in her heart.
In her view, this move was bound to be effective. Kaika in this timeline had always been belittled, scolded, and even abused by her.
She must have wanted to escape the mother-daughter relationship and regain her freedom long ago.
And there indeed existed a “Severing Ties with Daughter” ending in the game.
Although it was also a type of Bad Ending, it would at least allow her to escape the [Matricide Plot] triggered by Kaika’s maxed-out [Blackening Value].
Snapping back to reality and looking at Kaika, who was still standing there in a daze, Valo waved her hand, prepared to force her out.
However, in the next instant, Kaika’s sudden action threw her into disarray!
“…No, don’t! Mother!”
With a panicked cry, the girl lunged forward and executed a perfect sliding kneel at Valo’s feet.
“You can punish me however you want, but please don’t drive me away!”
Before Valo could even react, Kaika’s hands had already tightly gripped her black-stockinged thighs.
“You are my only relative, Mother! If you won’t be my mother anymore, then I… I…!”
Her sobbing voice was mixed with pleas. Valo didn’t know if she was mishearing, but there was a hint of excitement and pleasant surprise in the girl’s heavy breathing.
“I will perform well in the future. I… I will work hard to eliminate the Female Hero! Please give me another chance! I beg of you! Please!”
“Hey… let go! Don’t pull on me!”
‘This isn’t even a question of giving you a chance or not!?’
Valo never expected that after choosing to sever their relationship, Kaika would act like a piece of sticky candy that couldn’t be kicked away!
It made no sense! On the [Nurturing Panel] in her eyes, the girl’s [Blackening Value] was about to reach its maximum.
This clearly meant their mother-daughter relationship was incredibly hostile!
In the game, it wouldn’t be surprising if the daughter was the first to cut ties with the mother in such a state.
Why was Kaika refusing to let go when she proactively offered to sever the relationship?
There was no time to think.
While Valo was still struggling with Kaika, the outer doors of the vast castle hall collapsed with a boom.
A brilliant, phoenix-like figure of a girl stepped through the darkness of the hall and into Valo’s sight!
Though she was alone, the moment Valo saw her appearance, she couldn’t help but shudder!
‘It’s over… it’s the Female Hero…’
The appearance of the Female Hero also meant that… at this point in time, the [Matricide Plot] triggered by Kaika’s maxed-out [Blackening Value] was about to begin!
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