Sister, I Hit You Because There Was a Ghost Behind You - Chapter 14

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Chapter 14. Child-Rearing with a Club, Education with Force
I spun my body through the air, maximizing centrifugal force. The holy power channeled into my hammer blazed like a blue comet.
Crack—!
My hammer struck the cocoon dead center with precision. With a sickening squelch, it burst open.
[KIEEEEEEK!]
A scream that threatened to shatter eardrums shook the Gorge. Black blood cascaded like a waterfall from within the cocoon. And what erupted from it was….
“…Huh?”
I landed and doubted my eyes. I’d expected a massive monster to emerge. Instead, crouched within the bloodied cocoon remains was something that bore the shape of a small child.
Pallid skin, empty eye sockets, and grotesque black wings sprouting from its back. It slowly lifted its head to gaze at me.
[Mom…?]
The moment it opened its mouth, a chilling voice resonated in my mind.
[Mom… came?]
What the hell. What kind of absurd nonsense is this? I tightened my grip on my hammer and stepped back. This was no ordinary beast. This was… an artificial demon—formed from tens of thousands of human souls compressed together.
“Violetta!”
Demian and Kairik burst through the horde of beasts toward me. But they froze the moment they saw it.
“What… exactly is that?”
Demian’s voice trembled. Even he, a member of the Heretic Inquisition, had never witnessed such an abomination.
The child staggered to its feet. Black tears streamed from its hollow eyes.
[Hurts… hungry… Mom, feed me.]
Its mouth gaped grotesquely as it began devouring the surrounding beasts alive. A glutton. No—a predator. With each bite, its body swelled like a balloon.
“Quite the appetite.”
I spat onto the ground.
“Weaning time is over, brat.”
I slung my hammer across my shoulder and spoke to the two men.
“Get ready. Round two starts now.”
True hell was only beginning.
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Crunch, crack!
Grotesque chewing sounds filled the Gorge. The child’s body, which had consumed the surrounding beasts alive, swelled rapidly. Its small frame had already grown larger than an adult man, and the black wings at its back stretched wide enough to blot out the sky.
[Uurp… full now.]
It released a satisfied belch. Black blood and flesh clung to its mouth, dripping steadily. This wasn’t mere gluttony. It was absorbing the beasts’ demonic essence and converting it into its own power.
“Its growth rate is abnormal! We must stop it immediately!”
Demian shouted, channeling holy power into his blade. A sword strike wreathed in azure light cleaved through the darkness.
“Stand aside, Holy Knight. It’s my prey.”
Kairik scoffed and surged forward. He twirled his massive greatsword effortlessly in one hand, then leaped to drive it down at the creature’s throat.
“Die!”
Boom—!
But Kairik’s blade halted before it could touch the creature’s skin. Dozens of black tentacles erupted from its back, coiling around his sword and binding it fast.
[Hurts… big brother, why hit me?]
It tilted its head in confusion. Despite the innocent tone of its voice, the tentacles constricted around Kairik’s limbs like chains.
“How dare you…!”
Kairik von Herzen strained to wrench himself free, but the tentacles coated him in viscous slime, binding him even more tightly.
[Big brother looks delicious too. I want to eat big brother.]
Its hollow eye sockets raked across Kairik von Herzen’s muscular frame. Hunger. Pure hunger.
“Your Highness!”
Demian Lyart rushed forward to sever the tentacles, but the creature, as if it had been waiting, lashed out with another appendage and knocked him back.
Crash!
“Ugh!”
Demian Lyart tumbled across the ground with a groan. In a single moment, it had subdued both men called The Empire’s mightiest warriors. Its gaze turned back toward me.
[Mommy.]
It called to me in a voice laced with metallic scraping.
[Why are you just standing there, mommy? Hold me.]
Black tentacles slithered toward me like serpents. Any ordinary person would have collapsed in terror, but I gripped my hammer shaft tightly and twisted my lips into a smile.
“That’s right, my baby.”
I took a step toward the creature.
“Mommy will hold you. Very, very warmly.”
I pulled a vial of holy water from my pocket and poured it over the hammer head. Sizzle! The silver-plated hammer, now infused with holy water, began to vibrate, radiating blinding light.
“Demian! No time to rest! Barrier!”
At my cry, Demian Lyart gritted his teeth and rose to his feet.
“Divine grace, I beseech thee!”
As he drove his sword into the ground, a transparent golden barrier unfurled around me. Simultaneously, the creature’s tentacles crashed down upon me.
Boom! Crash!
The tentacles rebounded off the protective barrier. I seized the opening without hesitation.
“Kairik! Duck your head!”
I burst out from behind the barrier, shouting. Kairik von Herzen reflexively ducked low. My hammer whistled past his head with inches to spare, striking the bundle of tentacles that had been restraining him with devastating force.
Smash—!
[Screeeeech!]
The creature shrieked and withdrew its tentacles. Black smoke billowed from the severed ends. Freed, Kairik von Herzen landed on the ground, breathing heavily.
“Hah… I’m in your debt now.”
“Pay me back with interest later. Or settle it with your body.”
I winked and charged toward the creature’s main body.
“Now then, time for discipline!”
I spun my hammer like a windmill and struck at its legs. Its knee joint bent backward with a sickening crack, and it staggered.
[It hurts! I hate mommy! Mommy die!]
The creature’s expression twisted completely. The innocent child’s voice vanished, replaced by a grotesque, bone-chilling roar that seemed to layer the screams of thousands of vengeful spirits.
The wings sprouting from its back unfurled fully, and black feathers rained down like daggers.
Whoosh—!
“Dodge!”
Kairik von Herzen stepped in front of me, batting away the feathers with his greatsword. Demian Lyart, positioned at my back, blocked the incoming assault with his shield.
A wolf before me, a Holy Knight behind me. I had never felt more secure.
“Clear the way! I’m going to pierce through its core!”
“Understood!”
Kairik von Herzen roared like a beast and plunged into the creature’s embrace. While he swung his greatsword to draw its attention, Demian gathered his holy power and blinded its eyes.
[Krraaaagh! My eyes!]
The moment the creature writhed in agony and exposed its chest, I kicked off the ground and launched myself skyward.
My spiritual sight revealed it clearly—at the center of its chest, a pitch-black core formed from countless vengeful spirits clumped together. This was its heart, the root cause of this entire catastrophe.
“Who’s your mother?”
I swung my hammer over my head mid-air. I concentrated every muscle in my body and the holy power I’d borrowed from Demian into a single point of impact.
“I’m unmarried, you bastard!”
Crash—!
My hammer struck the creature’s chest, hitting the core’s location with perfect precision. The impact resonated like a colossal bell being struck, and the sound shattered through the gorge.
[Kieeeeeee….]
Its screams faded. Cracks spread outward from where the hammer embedded itself in its chest, and the creature’s massive body crumbled like a sandcastle.
Black smoke erupted and scattered in all directions. I landed gracefully and swept my hair back.
“Phew. Clean work.”
From within the collapsed black ash, something glimmered. A violet magic stone the size of a fist—a supreme-grade stone brimming with magical energy so dense it couldn’t compare to ordinary ones.
“Score.”
I quickly picked up the magic stone. With this alone, I could probably buy a building in the Capital.
“Violetta!”
Demian rushed over and grabbed my shoulders, examining me from every angle.
“Are you alright? Are you injured anywhere?”
“I’m fine. I just made money—there’s no way I’m hurt.”
I laughed and waved the magic stone to show him. Kairik von Herzen also approached and kicked at the creature’s remains.
“A monstrous woman. To send something like that in one blow.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment.”
“It is a compliment. You’re more than worthy of being my bride.”
Kairik von Herzen chuckled and reached to pat my head. But Demian swiftly struck his wrist away.
“Don’t touch her.”
“Why? It’s not like she’ll wear out.”
“She will. And that slime on your hands is filthy.”
The two men growled at each other again. For a moment, I thought we’d returned to our peaceful everyday life (?).
Uuuuung—
The violet magic stone in my hand began to vibrate. Simultaneously, the black ashes scattered across the ground stirred and writhed, gathering together once more.
“…What?”
[It’s not… over yet….]
A sinister voice echoed from the ground.

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