[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc":3,"chapter-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-117":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","My Harem of Dangerous and Crazy Women as a Reincarnated Necromancer",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},751608,997,"Chapter 117: Appearances Can Be Deceiving","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>\"I promise we’re not going to hurt you,\" he said, trying to sound friendly. \"The people who had you here are all dead now, and no one is ever going to—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark couldn’t finish the sentence because the rabbit woman lunged forward with a speed he hadn’t expected, launching out of the corner of the cage in a single motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing herself directly at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark instinctively braced to catch her, but she went right past him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Noticing that, he quickly turned around, and what he saw behind him was the rabbit-eared woman tackling the officer with her full body weight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man, who could barely stay on his feet with a broken arm and a wrecked face, fell backward onto the ground with no chance of resisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She started throwing desperate punches, with all the force her body could muster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely, Yuki, and Aria, who were the ones who had brought him there, stood watching without doing anything to stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"H-how are you still alive?!\" the man shouted between blows, trying to cover his face with his one good arm. \"How are you—?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SHUT UP!\" the rabbit-eared woman screamed, hitting him without stopping. \"BASTARD! YOU ROTTEN BASTARD!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another punch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’M GOING TO KILL YOU!\" she cried in a broken voice. \"I’M GOING TO KILL YOU FOR WHAT YOU DID TO MY SISTER!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By that point the man had already stopped talking and moving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that didn’t stop her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She kept hitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until finally her arms stopped moving, not because she wanted to stop, but because she had no strength left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark watched everything in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Well... she’s a lot stronger than she looks...’ he thought, watching the woman on her knees over the corpse, her shoulders rising and falling with heavy breathing and her hands covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman stayed still for a couple of seconds, looking down at what was left of that man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she started to cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tears ran down her cheeks and mixed with the small drops of blood that had splattered across her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria, who was closest to her, looked at the officer’s corpse and then at the woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, we were still interrogating him,\" Aria said in a slightly annoyed tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aria... it’s fine,\" Mark said calmly. \"It doesn’t matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Master,\" Aria insisted, turning toward him, \"we could still have gotten information out of him, he hadn’t told us yet how many camps like this there are or where—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Aria.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry about that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria’s expression made it clear she wasn’t entirely convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Mark began walking toward the woman, and when he reached her he crouched down beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly extended a hand and placed it on her shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She flinched at Mark’s touch, tensing up all at once, but didn’t pull away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on,\" he said in a soft tone. \"Get up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark helped her to her feet slowly, guiding her with the hand on her shoulder until she was standing fully upright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was shorter than him, roughly the same height as Aria, and up close Mark could see how thin she was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her arms were bony, her collarbones showed above her worn clothing, and the reddish marks from the shackles on her wrists and neck looked even worse up close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her black ears were completely flat, pressed against her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark raised his hand and placed it on top of her head, between the two ears, and began stroking her hair gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s your name?\" Mark asked in a soft voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her gaze toward him, her golden eyes reddened from crying with tears still pooling at the edges, and looked at him for a few seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then she hugged him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She clung to Mark with both arms, pressing her face against his chest as the sobs came back with greater force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My name is...\" she murmured in a voice muffled by her crying and the fabric of Mark’s robe. \"My name is Zilu...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sobs interrupted her with every word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you hadn’t come... I would have... ended up like the others...\" she said, holding onto him tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark stayed still, letting her cry against his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Technically it’s our fault the others died... but as long as she doesn’t know that, everything’s fine,’ Mark thought, glancing briefly at the destroyed cages with the charred bodies inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark let her cry on his chest for a while longer without saying anything, while he stroked her head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then he noticed something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was watching them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ely was standing a few meters away with her arms crossed and an expression of jealousy visible from a mile off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aria had her lips slightly pressed together and her eyes fixed on the rabbit woman’s hands gripping her Master tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice’s face wore a calm expression that was trying to conceal something that was probably discomfort at watching another woman touch her lord.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rose, on the other hand, was clearly trying not to laugh as she watched the others’ reactions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Yuki was simply observing the scene with her usual neutral gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...I think it’s best if I put some distance between us.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mark gently separated the rabbit woman from him, placing his hands on her shoulders to create a little distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know, I’d like to ask you a few questions,\" Mark said, looking her in the eyes. \"But before that... I think it would be best if you cleaned up a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zilu looked at him confused, as if she hadn’t realized her face and hands were covered in blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she looked down at her stained hands and her eyes opened slightly wider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-yes...\" she said, nodding slowly as she wiped her tears with the back of her hand, which only served to spread more blood across her face. \"Yes... you’re right...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alice, could you help her?\" Mark asked, turning to the nun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...As you command, my lord,\" she replied, stepping forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She approached Zilu and stopped beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come with me,\" Alice said in a surprisingly gentle tone. \"I’m sure I saw some washing facilities around here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zilu’s ears moved slightly, rising barely a centimeter before falling back down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Alright,\" she said quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alice nodded and began walking in the direction of the camp’s washing area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zilu followed at her side, taking small, slow steps, glancing back to look at Mark before disappearing among the remains of the tents.\u003C\u002Fp>",1078,"2026-06-02T12:17:11.958Z",1,"novelbin.me","07026ef72bb692da5bc7c3b53f87929f1a4da23232cd0d2398493f00ee31a2ac","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-118","my-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-chapter-116",190,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmy-harem-of-dangerous-and-crazy-women-as-a-reinc-cover.jpg"]