The Forbidden Magic Laws of a Fallen Princess

And so, I carried Lila on my back and slowly walked into the cave.

However, Lila remained surprisingly quiet throughout the journey, not saying a word.

Where has Lila, who is usually so lively and silly, gone? Could it be that she's really scared?

Forget it, let's keep going. Anyway, she's not making a fuss, which saves me a lot of trouble.

At this point, the deeper they went into the cave, the darker it became, and soon it was pitch black.

Good heavens, who turned off the lights? It's so dark...

"Ivy, it's so dark here, I'm so scared."

At this moment, Lila behind me must have been unable to bear it any longer, because she finally spoke to me in a trembling voice.

"Um... Lira, how about I try this?"

Suddenly, a thought struck me, and I remembered something.

"Hmm? Ivy, what's on your mind?"

Lira couldn't help but ask with some doubt.

"Hmm... Lira, close your eyes. I'll tell you when to open them, otherwise you'll definitely be in a lot of pain."

Actually, what I was thinking of was using the Holy Light spell, a powerful technique.

Because, to be honest, this is the only trick I can think of.

Although my fire magic can illuminate the area, it's not enough to see everything clearly around me. In that case, I might as well use holy light to familiarize myself with the terrain before moving forward.

Sigh, I don't even realize how smart I am.

"Oh, I understand, I'll close my eyes now."

"Um……"

Having heard Lila's words, I closed my eyes and could now freely use the Holy Light spell that I hadn't cast in a long time.

I hope I haven't forgotten after all this time...

"Holy Light Technique!"

In an instant, I could feel that even with my eyes closed, the area outside my eyelids instantly turned into daytime. Yes, it was indeed a success.

As soon as the light began to dim, I opened my eyes without saying a word.

I was also stunned by the scene before me.

"Lila, open your eyes and look..."

"Huh? Wow!!!"

Lila seemed to open her eyes and then let out a sigh.

Unexpectedly, we found ourselves inside an ancient ruin, and everything here felt so ancient; it was truly magnificent.

At that moment, countless never-before-seen characters began to appear on the floor beneath our feet.

Then, somehow, the light began to shine from the entrance, as if a mechanism had been activated.

It's as if my Holy Light spell was the key to unlocking this ancient ruin.

Gradually, each character was lit up, leading directly to a gate at the farthest point.

"Where is this place? Wow, that's awesome!"

Perhaps Lila had never seen a place like this before, which made her particularly curious.

And so, we began to walk forward along the path where the ancient writing shone.

Just then, a "sizzling" sound was heard, and the distant gate opened as the ancient characters were sensed.

"It looks like the door is open."

"Yes... Ivy, although I felt a little more at ease just now, I'm still scared."

Lila was gripping my clothes tighter and tighter. In fact, if I hadn't been there for her, she probably would have already broken down.

"Then let's finish this quickly and charge!"

Since she's so scared, let's hurry up and leave.

At that moment, I quickened my pace and rushed through the door without saying a word.

What happened next can only be described as shocking.

Because the inside of the door was very bright, and...

That's right, the walls were inlaid with expensive gemstones, radiating a dazzling light.

Could this be... an ancient relic that opens the path to the gemstone?

Wow, this world is really bizarre. But thankfully, we haven't encountered any danger so far. Instead, we've mostly encountered surprises and unbelievable things.

However, this also makes us even more uneasy.

Is this place, where the person fell, really within the territory of the Gray Wolf God?

And so, I continued walking, still filled with doubt, when in the distance I saw an even more dazzling light, and the one emanating that light was a woman…

And she has blonde hair.

"Could it be that person..."

At this moment, the uneasy Lila suddenly seemed to realize something... and kept craning her big golden head onto my shoulder.

It was as if I had seen a familiar face.

"Mother……"

At this moment, Lila murmured something.

"what?"

I was stunned for a moment, because I remembered... Lira's mother had passed away a long time ago...

But how could the person in front of her be her mother?!

In an instant, a chill swept through my entire body, causing me to shiver uncontrollably.

Chapter 42 The Glowing Woman

I quickly turned around and looked at Lila, who had been leaning on my shoulder behind me.

Sure enough, her large, bright green eyes had become completely empty, and no color could be seen at all.

It's clear that Lila was likely under the influence of some kind of illusion, which is why she saw her mother.

However, I was not affected at all. Could it be that my mental strength is so strong that even the illusions cast by others are ineffective?

No, that's absolutely impossible... Although I might have a slightly stronger resistance to illusions than normal people, I would definitely fall for even the simplest illusions that control or bewitch people.

Therefore, Lila may not have been under any illusion spell. Instead, she may have subconsciously mistakenly believed that the person was her mother. This, combined with the influence of the light magic emanating from her, caused her to develop the illusion.

It's clear that the glowing woman in front of us isn't hostile... Basically, we should be able to save ourselves a fight.

Besides, I don't know if that glowing woman will attack us again later, so the most important thing now is to wake up Lila, that silly girl.

"Hey, Lila, wake up, that's not your mother..."

I'm carrying Lila on my back right now, so I can't shake her shoulders at all. I can only use all my strength to shake her from behind.

"She...is my mother."

At this moment, Lila began to struggle to get off my body.

But how could she move with her injured ankle? It would be bad if she sprained it again when she got back, so I couldn't let her get off my back no matter what.

However, Lila started acting strangely and began to struggle more and more violently. Because she was behind me, I couldn't interfere with her too much.

Soon, I lost my balance, and Lila and I fell directly onto the smooth ground.

"It hurts..."

Honestly, it would be fine if it were muddy ground, but this surface is too slippery, so falling on it would definitely hurt...

Besides, although I've been eating a lot of meat lately, I've burned off most of it through exercise, so I feel like my weight has actually gone down instead of up.

My body is now mostly lean with very little fat, so when I fall to the ground, it definitely hurts much more than when someone with a lot of extra flesh falls.

While I was still lying on the ground, recovering from the pain, this clumsy Lila actually crawled off me and kept crawling towards the glowing woman.

Damn it, how can Lila be so easily tempted? Looks like I'll have to use my ultimate weapon.

Without saying a word, I quickly ran from the ground to Lila's body, who was still slowly crawling on the ground, and pulled her in front of me, raising my slender and tender little hand.

"I'm sorry, Lira."

Then, I slapped Lila hard across the face.

Because I know that only extremely intense pain can awaken it.

Yes, if I'm not mistaken, my slap should have been able to restore Lira.

Instantly, Lila must have felt the pain, because her face had turned bright red and bore the handprint of my five fingers.