281: Chapter 281 The Black Rose's Confession

After a hearty meal, Chen Yi gave a light cough, drawing everyone's attention.

"My beautiful ladies! I have been keeping something from you all for a while, and now it is time to tell you!"

Chen Yi's gaze swept across The girls present, finally settling on Black Rose.

He took a deep breath and said slowly, "First, it is about the true identity of Black Rose!"

"She is not a human Beast Tamer, nor an ordinary spirit beast! She is—the Demon Empress, the final evolutionary form of a demon beast!"

"At the same time, she is also from the Demon Abyss Cult, and she approached us with ulterior motives from the very beginning!"

"What?"

Upon hearing these words, The girls were instantly shocked.

Except for Black Rose, who had been mentally prepared, and Lilian, who had just learned of it, all the other girls—Lin Mengxue, Luo Shiyin, Su Taotao, Yan Jiuyue, Hua Yuetong, Hua Xingtong, Chu Feiyu, and Yun Zhiyao—all jumped up from their seats in shock.

Their faces turned pale, their beautiful eyes widened, and their expressions were filled with disbelief!

"De—Demon Empress?"

"Big Sister Black Rose is a... demon beast?"

"How is this possible?"

"Little Brother Chen Yi, are you serious? This is not the time for jokes!"

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The scene was chaotic for a moment.

Shock, confusion, vigilance—various emotions intertwined in the eyes of The girls.

Chen Yi waved his hand, signaling everyone to calm down: "Let me finish—"

Then, Chen Yi elucidated, in a relatively understandable way, the plans of the Demon Abyss Cult, the fact that the origin of demon beasts was not entirely natural, and the horrifying information that it might involve the plundering of the world's essence.

He also mentioned that Lilian had risked bringing out the final potion precisely because she had a premonition of its ominous nature, hoping to find a way to break it.

This series of information exploded in the minds of The girls one after another, shaking their spirits and dealing a massive blow to their worldview!

They sat there blankly, digesting this incredible news, and for a moment, they even doubted reality.

Luo Shiyin struggled to digest the information and looked at Chen Yi tremblingly: "So—Little Brother Chen Yi, you actually saw through Black Rose's identity long ago? That's why you have always been... distant with her, and showed no interest in forming a contract?"

Chen Yi nodded.

Although he did not explain in detail how he had observed and discovered it, this action itself was already the answer.

Upon hearing this, The girls looked at each other, and could not help but show bitter smiles on their faces.

"We actually... thought that Black Rose was a devoted sister, and even thought about setting you two up..."

"What an... incredible disguise!"

"It's too scary! The Demon Abyss Cult actually wants to destroy everyone..."

While smiling bitterly, when they looked at Chen Yi again, the admiration in their eyes grew even stronger, almost overflowing.

They didn't expect Chen Yi to have known all along!

At a time when everyone else was deceived by Black Rose's perfect acting and her devotion.

Chen Yi had already seen through her true identity!

That insight, that composure—it was truly amazing!

And they hadn't noticed anything unusual at all!

They thought they had seen a very vast world by following Chen Yi, but now it seemed they were just like naive little girls!

Especially when thinking about how real the emotions Black Rose had displayed before were.

They could better understand how difficult it was to see through such a disguise.

And Chen Yi not only saw through it, but also kept it to himself, only revealing it at the right time.

This level of intelligence made them feel at ease and even more filled with admiration.

With such a man leading them, no matter how big the storm was, it seemed there was nothing to fear.

At this moment, Chen Yi turned his gaze to Black Rose, who had been silent since just now.

"Black Rose."

He said calmly, "What about you? Now that your identity has been exposed, your so-called mission has basically failed! What are your plans for the future? What are you thinking?"

Suddenly called out, Black Rose's delicate body trembled slightly, appearing somewhat dazed.

But soon, she raised her head.

She stood up and walked to Chen Yi.

Ignoring the vigilant or complex gazes of the other girls around her, she said word by word, very forcefully: "My thoughts have never changed, and they will never change! Chen Yi, I want to stay by your side!"

"Why?"

Chen Yi asked, "A single sentence is not enough to convince everyone!"

Black Rose took a deep breath, a light in her eyes as if she had found her final direction.

"Because, in you, I saw reality and felt a warmth I had never experienced before!"

"We were created just for destruction and plundering!"

"I originally thought that this was everything in the world, and this was the meaning of my existence—until I met you."

"You are powerful, but you do not kill indiscriminately; you are cold to your enemies, but you protect your own people immensely; you are happy for the growth of your companions, and you fight to protect those you care about; you possess power that makes everyone jealous, but you have never lost yourself in that power—"

"You let me see that apart from destruction and darkness, the world has other colors—"

"I admit, I have fallen in love with you!"

"I betrayed the Sect, not just because of the feelings I developed for you that I shouldn't have!"

"It is even more because I want to possess my own reality! I want to feel the warmth you bring!"

"Even if this choice leads me to total destruction, and I am hunted to death as a traitor by my former kin, I will never regret it!"

"This—is my answer!"

After Black Rose's words, which were almost a confession, fell.

The whole place fell into a brief, deathly silence.

A light breeze blew by, carrying a faint scent of roses, stirring everyone's hair, but it could not disperse the heaviness and disbelief pervading the air—

If one were to set aside all the premises and listen only to these words, anyone would think it was a young girl deeply in love pouring out her heart to the one she admired!

However, everyone present knew the cruel premise!

The one saying these words was Black Rose!

She was a Demon Empress, the final form of a demon beast, the enemy they had been fighting all along, and an undercover agent from the Demon Abyss Cult—

The more they knew, the more complex and indescribable their feelings were at this moment.

The atmosphere was so stifling that it was almost suffocating.

The girls' gazes shuttled complexly between Chen Yi and Black Rose, not knowing what to say.

However, Chen Yi, as the male lead, just sat there quietly, his face calm.

He listened to Black Rose's pouring out of her heart, nodded gently, and there seemed to be a trace of extremely subtle emotion on his face.

But overall, he still gave people a feeling of coldness.

In fact, Chen Yi's heart was far less calm than it appeared on the surface.

His heart was caught in a struggle.

Should he trust Black Rose?

Or should he draw a line here?