Mummy Evolution

Egrith looked at Sett with a deep feeling of satisfaction in his heart.

He had thoroughly humiliated Sett, right?

That had even happened in front of Zainah. Now, what honor did Sett still have remaining as a man?

Wasn't he so arrogant before?

Egrith's gaze then shifted to Zainah, but immediately, he frowned. There was merely worry, guilt, and fear in Zainah's face—and when she looked at him, there was only distaste.

Why? Is it not clear to her that I am the better man? He gritted his teeth. Does she not see that Sett is nothing but a worm that I could kill any time?

"Go out, monkey!" He roared at the monkey. "Walk out."

Sett took a deep breath and exchanged a glance with the monkey. Then, he looked at the dimensional gateway that Egrith had opened.

"Monkey, they want you to leave. Leave, show him that you can survive outside."

Still sobbing, the monkey shook its head. "Please let me stay here and just cry for a while longer."

Egrith sneered. "I have no time for that."

The monkey stank like body fluid—and Zainah's expression was pissing Egrith off. Inwardly, he decided to just throw the monkey out if it stayed like that for a second longer.

But then, he thought of something and looked at Zainah.

"Look, Zainah. This is the difference between the man you chose and me."

Zainah remained silent, her hand still clutching Sett's shirt.

Egrith smiled. "Let me ask you, Zainah. I will give you a final chance. Why don't you abandon him and join me?"

Sett gritted his teeth, eyes cold.

Zainah took a deep breath and glared at Egrith, but she did not say anything.

"Look here, woman," Egrith said again. "There are tiers to life. In strength, wealth, capability, fortune, mindset, in everything—there are tiers. And at this moment, I am at a uch higher level than your man could ever hope to be."

Zarah sneered. "Sett started training just a few days ago. How long have you been alive?"

It hadn't been a long time since Sett woke up in this new life.

Egrith raised his eyebrow. "This brat still hasn't learned how to remain silent. Do you think I cannot skewer that mouth?"

Zarah was frightened, hiding behind Sett immediately.

"Then answer my single question, this is baffling to me." Egrith continued. "Why do you still want to remain with Sett when he is inferior to another of your suitors?"

Zainah sighed, then tightly held Sett's hand.

She looked at Egrith with bright green eyes.

She took a deep breath.

"It is true that I first started liking Sett because of his strength, beauty, and wealth. It is true that I enjoyed those aspects of him. I liked being spoiled with his riches, I liked having a strong backing like him, and I also loved how handsome he was."

Egrith frowned.

She continued. "But now, those things are secondary. Even if he has nothing, even if we lose all the money and power, I think I would still be happy. I am willing to go back nd live in that old container home with him and nothing else."

She wasn't done. She tightened her hold over Sett's hand.

"Egrith," she said, for the first time addressing him. "You would never understand. I was someone who was willing to suicide. My heart was long since stone. But he—" she blushed. "For how dramatic it sounds, he truly made my life worth living. Now, I truly look forward to each new day, I truly smile when I think about what awaited me next day."

Egrith became silent.

She continued.

"Sett might be a rival to you—you might see him as wealth, status, and some kind of number tag. But to us? To me, he is more than just that!

"To Zarah, he is the brother she never had, to me, he is a person who I genuinely feel open around. I could talk and reveal feelings I would never even reveal to my sister to him. I could cry and act like a useless burden for him, and he would still just hold me tight. I've seen it happen a lot of times already and I've barely been with him for a short time."

Egrith clenched his hand. "Are you saying that I am incapable of doing that for you, while he is capable of it?"

"Yes."

He gritted his teeth. "Do you want to die?"

Zainah took a deep breath. "You might fall in love with a person because you first saw them as better than others in every aspect. But that is nearly impossible for a human. And Sett is still human, he will not always be the best among all my suitors and what not."

But so what?

What if he was defeated and humiliated in front of her?

It was not one bit degrading in her heart.

To her, it just made her hate Egrith all the more.

How dare he hurt her Sett?

How dare Egrith do this!

For the first time since she started her new life—she truly wanted to kill someone.

"Egrith, I am not a golddigger. I did not fall in love with Sett for his money. And I don't plan to fall out of love with him for anything of the sort."

Egrith's face became deathly cold.

"Love is not something you can force," Sett said with a smile, rubbing Zainah's head. "Well said. I wanted you to say this when I was first overwhelmed by him on top of the wall."

That day flickered through his mind.

That was the first time Sett and Egrith participated in a brawl.

At that point, she had refrained from speaking her mind due to fear of Egrith's status and power. He had been quite downcast at that point.

To think that his own women would have to resist speaking their mind because they were afraid of others.

Zarah said: "I told sis that you seemed a bit sad about it at that point, Sett. She should have done this." She then turned to Egrith. "This is her stance, Egrith. Be a man and learn to accept rejection. In the first place, how can you even wish to split such a loving couple?"

Egrith glared at her, and frightened again, Zarah hid from his view.