These words nearly made Mengdie faint on the spot! Damn it, to be in love with a man?! In other words, I have to do BL?! Not to mention that such a thing goes against the natural order, a normal man would never fall in love with another man!!!
Moreover, this is definitely not something Buddha would allow!!!
"What a joke!"
Mengdie was too agitated and yelled out again. Father Cotton hurriedly opened the soundproof magic again, and this time, he did not retract the magical barrier.
"Is this what it means to learn to be a woman? Ridiculous! I am a man! How can a man fall in love with another man?! Nonsense! Error! Inhumane!!!"
Father Cotton quietly watched the somewhat angry Mengdie. His gaze was very calm, without a ripple. Because in many past cases, he had encountered such reactions. Forcing patients to suddenly accept an identity they reject would inevitably lead to such fierce resistance.
At that moment, Father Cotton leisurely waited. After Mengdie finished yelling, he leisurely said something that was fatal for Mengdie —
"Do you still want to become stronger?"
Instantly, Mengdie froze. Her eyes became frantic.
"Isn't unifying the mind and body a way to become stronger? The cooperation and non-rejection between them is also necessary, right? If your body cannot become male, and you don't correct your 'soul's gender,' how can you unify with the body and become stronger?"
With a "thud," Mengdie... the girl devastated by the words of the sage, sat down on the ground with a pale face...
I... want to become stronger... and the way to become stronger... is to unify mind, technique, and body... so...
Do I have to accept this female identity???!
Mengdie, deeply shocked, felt an urge to scream wildly. But the outburst that reached her throat couldn't come out. She sat on the ground, continuously whimpering, trying to find some other way to avoid this, but couldn't think of any suitable words.
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"What do you think, little girl?" Father Cotton looked at Mengdie in front of him with a smile, seemingly very satisfied with his treatment plan. As long as he continued to lure her with the bait of "becoming stronger," he believed that soon, this girl with the wrong sexual orientation would return to the right track.
"I... I..."
As it turned out, the sage had won.
"I... will..."
A voice as fine as a mosquito's whine came out with difficulty from the girl's cherry lips. On closer inspection, her cheeks were incredibly red; anyone would think she was shy to the extreme! After all, she had to show favor to one of the two boys next! But who would know that her red face was due to extreme humiliation and violating her own male consciousness?
Father Cotton nodded in satisfaction. Then, he retracted the soundproof magic and helped the girl in front of him up. It seemed her condition was really not good. Teeth clenched, fists tight, every muscle in her body tense... Heh, it looks like she's really nervous~~~
A smile once again appeared on the priest's face. He let go of his supporting hand and smiled, "Very well, child of the goddess. Don't forget your promise, and soon, you will recover... no, you will gain the strength you deserve."
Mengdie looked up at Father Cotton, gazing at him. After two minutes of this gaze, her lips... showed a bitter smile. And two lines of tears flowed from the corners of her eyes...
"Hmph!"
With a face as if she was heading to a battlefield she could never return from, Mengdie turned her head with difficulty and glared fiercely at the two guys still making fire and polishing swords. They were her battlefield. And her training! Only by overcoming them could she possibly... elevate her strength to a higher level!
After adjusting her mindset, finally, Mengdie took the step she would remember for a lifetime, symbolizing absolute "humiliation."
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"You two... you two!"
Xiu was making fire. The wild vegetable porridge in the stove was emitting bursts of fragrance. At that moment, he was taking out some very strange seasonings from his bosom, opening the lid and about to pour them in. Suddenly hearing Mengdie speaking behind him, he put the seasonings away and into his bosom.
"Mengdie, what's wrong?"
Just then, Edward had also finished maintaining his sword. He swung his obsidian sword in the air, sheathing it with lightning speed. The sound pleased him, and he smiled at Mengdie.
Of course, little Nia also stopped her "nature observation lesson" and looked up at Mengdie.
Seeing that the two men's eyes were focused on her, Mengdie forcefully suppressed the resistance in her heart, took a deep breath, and exhaled. After the deep breath, she relaxed her body as much as possible and pointed around the campfire, saying, "I have something to discuss with you. Let's sit down and talk."
Edward and Xiu sat down in front of Mengdie as told, and Nia also wanted to come forward to speak but was unexpectedly held back by Father Cotton with a smile. Her eyes flashed strangely, but seeing the white wolf also lying two meters behind Mengdie, the little girl swallowed and decided not to join this excitement.
"Edward, Xiu. We have been traveling together for some time now, right?" Mengdie relaxed her body, trying not to touch on that sensitive topic first.
Edward nodded, but Xiu counted with his fingers, "Two months, three days, sixteen hours, seven minutes, and five seconds." The answer was already out.
Mengdie took another deep breath, looking up at Xiu and Edward sitting in front of her. She knew she couldn't keep beating around the bush. To become stronger... Well, better to be straightforward and clear!
"Edward! Xiu!"
Hearing Mengdie call them, both men sat up straight with a jolt!
Hesitating for a moment, the girl, now panicky and ashamed of deliberately engaging in BL, said with a flushed face —
"I... I want to ask one of you... to help me... become a real Kēlùlù (meaning woman)!!!"