Naliyi

Nalini (娜丽伊 *Naliyi*) was a Great Demon and Kander's 35th wife.

She was originally engaged to Ross, but was then given to Kander. She then cheated on Kander and gave his Purple Flame Heart to Lennon. Kander then locked her up in his dungeon, where she perished.

## Appearance

At that time, Chen Rui heard moans from the front and immediately walked faster. Surely, as the centaurs said, in the innermost cage, he saw a woman lying on the ground with shackles on her limbs.

The woman's hair was disheveled and her robes were ruined. She was lying on the ground, motionless. There was only a soft moan from her mouth.

Chen Rui's hearing was very keen now. He could tell that the intermittent moans weren't a cry but a curse. Although the voice was weak, the voice from the bottom of her heart gave him chills.

## Story

Nalini tells Chen of her dreadful experience with Kander and said that she wanted to end it all, but that the shackles Kander put on her prevented her from using her magic or starving to death. Nalini also tells Chen:

1. Once when Kander defiled her, Nalini secretly poisoned Kander. Every time Kander defiled her, the poison would get stronger. Once activated by a special dragon incense, a type used for a birthday party like tomorrow, the poison would kill Kander.
2. Kander invited the boss back from the capital because he found a special devil pomegranate tree in Luray Valley. The pomeg tree is valued by those in the capital. That is why there was martial law in the town, so that they could collect the fruit.

Chen then frees Nalini, but she uses her demonic flame to immolate herself.

Chen Rui clenched his fists as he knew that he might not forget this scene for his entire lifetime. Nalini's suffering had gradually disappeared as the flames extinguished.

The deceased had passed away and the more important ones were the living. Exactly because he had seen the pain and tragedy of others, he should cherish everything he had now. Chen Rui secretly vowed that he'd never let his beloved woman suffer or regret!

### Ross

Nalini was young, beautiful and knowledgeable, and she was a famous beauty and talented woman. She was fiancee to a Great Demon named Ross. Ross was the vice captain of the Leia Town guard which was equivalent to an estate's deputy sheriff. However, in order to be promoted and make a fortune, Ross gave his fiancee to Old Kander who had been ogling on Nalini's beauty.

Nalini was drugged by Ross and given to Old Kander to became his 35th wife. Ross was also promoted to the captain of the Leia Town defensive team. Female Great Demons were known as the most loyal woman in the Demon Realm. After being betrayed by Ross, Nalini's heart was broken, but she didn't succumb to Old Kander. Instead, she retaliated by sleeping with a foreigner named Lennon. Old Kander found out, and that Lennon disappeared immediately.

Things weren't over yet. Old Kander found out that his family's secret treasure ring, "Purple Flame Heart" (紫炎心) actually disappeared. Nalini admitted that she had stolen it.

Wrathful Kander interrogated and tortured Nalini. Yet, Nalini refused to confess the whereabouts of the ring. Therefore, he had to lock her up in the dungeon under his mansion, where she lived a painful and miserable life.

*Purple Flame Heart ring?* Chen Rui suddenly recalled that the "infatuation ring" that Lennon gave him to promote the intimacy between men and women had a purple gem engraved.

"There is a special magic engraving on the silver ring and it's centre has a round purple gem." The imp described. "The mayor once set a huge reward for the whole town. Unfortunately, there's still no news until now."

Chen Rui affirmed that the "infatuation ring" was the Kander family treasure, Purple Flame Heart. Nalini indeed gave it to "Lennon" / Roman. Roman didn't value the ring heavily in his eyes and gave it to Chen Rui somehow. Yet, Chen Rui suddenly felt that Roman was really a jerk. *Since he was cheating with Nalini, why didn't he take her away, but he left her here to face such inhuman torture!*

### In the Dungeon

"That old bastard can't live for a long time either. Although he has reached the level of Demon King, he is always cautious and afraid that someone would assassinate him." Nalini said coldly, "Yet, he would never have thought that I will poison myself. When he defiled me, he was infected with a slow poison called violet ripple flower. The more he defiles me, the more deadly it gets. This poison is very special. Usually, there are no symptoms at all. When encountering the scent of the dragon's incense, the poison will manifest and multiply violently in about an hour. The more one tries to suppress, the more the poison spread. The dragon's incense is very rare and is only used on special occasions, for example, tomorrow's birthday or when someone comes from the capital..."

"Unless there's a potion master at his side, he will definitely die." Nalini laughed self-deprecatingly as she said. "My ambition was to be a pharmacist. Unfortunately, my knowledge is all used on this. I'm truly pathetic..."

Chen Rui was silent for a long time. Then, he asked, "How can I help you? Kill Ross?"

"You don't have to. That man and I have no relationship at all now." Nalini lowered her head and looked at the shackles, "If you want to help me, break the magic array and shackles. The bones in my limbs have been crushed and one of my eyes was stabbed blind. Even without these, the poison of the violet ripple flower has already permeated into my bone marrow and my internal organs are almost rotten. There is no cure. The funny thing is that when the old bastard interrogated me, he forced me to drink various poisons that curbed the symptoms of the violet ripple flower. This shackle is to restrain my strength while the magic array is to maintain my life. The old bastard can't bear me dying too fast as he wants to torture me while interrogating for the ring's whereabouts."

Chen asks some questions:

"Lately, Town Leia has a very strict martial law. It seems that a noble from the capital city is coming. I want to know detailed information."

"I once heard the old bastard inadvertently mentioned that a rare devil pomegranate tree (魔榴果树) was found in the Luray Valley (鲁雷山谷) of Leia Town and it was near the moment of fruit ripening. This fruit is very rare and has a special function for a certain big shot in the capital city. The old bastard surely wouldn't let the opportunity to earn a merit slip away, so he immediately report it to the capital city. The capital city attaches great importance to this, and they send a special envoy to collect it. It is said that the devil pomeg tree is very strange. Once picked, the fruit tree will wither and it will only mature once in a lifetime."

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 107 (Steambun)
2. ↑ Chapter 108 (Steambun)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Chapter 107
4. ↑ Chapter 108: Nalini says she was drugged by 'that man' (Ross) and given to the 'old bastard' (Kander). Later she says 'Other than that man and the old bastard, Lennon is my third man.'
5. ↑ Chapter 108