Chapter: Chapter 144
Bai Ling admitted that she was somewhat moved by Leticia’s proposal.
It was certainly a good thing for humans that the elves were in disarray and weakened. The only problem was that Leticia’s demons seemed to be gaining a lot of benefits as well.
With this increase and decrease, Bai Ling was temporarily unsure of what decision to make.
Fortunately, there was still plenty of time, and she had enough time to consider the pros and cons.
After all, the more important thing now was to take Evangeline, who looked like she was about to die, back to be treated. She couldn’t stay in this barren wasteland with nothing.
If Evangeline were to wake up here, who knew how long it would take.
The correct choice was to send her back to the central city as soon as possible for treatment by professional doctors.
Thus, after a simple cleanup, Leticia and her group headed for the central city first.
Sher, on the other hand, parted ways with Leticia to inform Iyefut and the commander that they could disband and return home, and to see if they could catch the singer.
However, it seemed that she had heard some rumors. Sher wandered the wasteland for almost two days, searching almost the entire wasteland, but couldn’t find any trace of the singer.
She probably slipped away.
It was quite convenient for someone to hide in the wasteland if they truly wanted to.
Unless extensive manpower and resources were used for a carpet search, finding someone in the wasteland was akin to searching for a needle in a haystack.
However, Sher had an unexpected surprise. While looking for the singer, she found the lost Ena. The heavenly king of pathfinding was in a ridiculously remote location, nearly a hundred kilometers away from that small town.
If Sher hadn’t found her, this girl would have probably walked all the way to the border between humans and beastmen.
“What does Sang Zitong plan to do with Yi Yujun?” At this time, Leticia was already comfortably lying at home, continuing her decadent life.
She planned to return to the demon realm after Evangeline woke up, so for the past two days, she had been packing her belongings while waiting for the little empress to wake up.
Bai Ling, on the other hand, became busy. She informed Sang Zitong of everything that had happened in the past few days and handed over Yi Yujun, whom she had captured.
She also reported the matter of Eden and the priest, but Sang Zitong seemed uninterested.
“Senior Sang didn’t say, but I think she’ll just lock her up,” Bai Ling scratched her head. After all, the other party seemed to have a high status and possessed the power of a god. Directly killing her would be a bit of a loss.
Sang Zitong probably intended to use Yi Yujun to exchange for something.
But these were not problems that Bai Ling needed to worry about. She only needed to be responsible for killing people. The rest should be left to more professional people.
“What about Evangeline? Didn’t you tell her?”
“I did, but Senior Sang said that this matter is for me to decide.”
“She really trusts you so much,” Leticia pouted, then pushed Bai Ling, who was almost leaning on her, with some displeasure. “If you’re just going to watch TV, why are you sticking so close?”
“You’re leaving, and you won’t let me stick around a little longer now?” Bai Ling mumbled with a pout.
Leticia was furious for a moment. Didn’t this guy understand why she was leaving? It was to keep her distance.
There would be no outcome between them.
“Look at how Xiao Xi looks at Evangeline now, I think we can also…”
“No, impossible!” Leticia said fiercely. “Speaking of Xi Mengyao, I want to ask you, do you really intend to let her retain this memory?”
“Ah, is there anything wrong with that?” Bai Ling tilted her head.
Leticia covered her face. Of course, it was wrong. Evangeline probably wouldn’t accept Xi Mengyao’s feelings when she woke up.
She herself was a victim of interspecies relationships, so how could she repeat the same mistake?
“Xiao Xi is an ordinary person, and look at what she’s been through these past two days. She adventured with the Elf Queen and escaped from the Demon King’s subordinates while carrying the unconscious Elf Queen.” Leticia listed Xi Mengyao’s experiences over the past few days one by one. “These things are too heavy for an ordinary person like her.”
“Evangeline will definitely go back. Instead of letting Xi Mengyao keep thinking about her, it’s better to erase this memory. It’s better for everyone.”
“However, without telling her?” Bai Ling frowned.
“Of course, I have to tell her. When Evangeline wakes up, I’ll have a good talk with both of them. If she really doesn’t want to forget this memory, then I won’t force her.” Leticia stated that she was not a bad person and would use reason and emotion to persuade them.
“Is that so? Can’t they really be together?” Bai Ling was still somewhat unwilling.
It wasn’t that she wanted to be a matchmaker, but from this, she could see Leticia’s attitude towards cross-species romance.
Unfortunately, Leticia’s attitude was somewhat firm. She was not optimistic about such relationships and did not support them.
“When the world is truly peaceful, lovers like them can be together.” Leticia sighed, but ideals are often too good to be true.
By the time the world truly found peace, it was uncertain if their generation would still be around. Even if they were, they would probably be old and frail.
“Like them?”
“For us, it is absolutely, absolutely impossible, understand?” Leticia snorted. “Xi Mengyao is just an ordinary human. She can give up everything and fall in love with Evangeline, but can you? Can I?”
“No,” Bai Ling shook her head.
Power brought responsibility. She couldn’t abandon humanity and be with Leticia wholeheartedly, and Leticia couldn’t either… probably?
“Don’t you not want to be the Demon King?” Bai Ling rubbed her hands and said slyly, “Let Kira be the Demon King, and you just abdicate.”
Upon hearing this, Leticia hit Bai Ling without thinking. It was impressive that this guy could say such a thing.
“Do you think I can abdicate if I want to? The demon realm can’t do without me. Kira can’t suppress those old schemers under her.”
It wasn’t that Kira wasn’t smart enough, but her strength wasn’t enough to suppress those great nobles.
“After I took office, I cleaned them up once, and the current guys are much more obedient than before, but they basically only obey me. In their eyes, Kira is just a child who hasn’t grown up,” Leticia said.
“Speaking of which, I was originally planning to put a few of them in my harem.”
Bai Ling’s fists hardened.
When Candice knocked on the door, Leticia and Bai Ling were still struggling fiercely. Their hands were tightly clasped, and judging from the expressions on their faces, this was not a little flirting game between lovers.
Hearing the knock, the two quickly separated and tidied up their expressions and clothing. Then, after exchanging a look, Bai Ling consciously went to open the door.
“Miss Bai, Your Majesty, Your Majesty Evangeline has awoken.” As soon as the door opened, Candice delivered excellent news – Evangeline had woken up.
Leticia immediately walked out of the living room. “How is her condition now?”
“She’s recovering well, but the poison in her body is active and causing her pain at all times,” Candice said. “I can’t remove this poison, perhaps only the elves can.”
“Alas, as expected, she still needs to be sent back.” Leticia had expected this. In any case, Evangeline was meant to return to the elves in her plan. “Can I go and see her now?”
“Of course, you can.”
Since Evangeline was staying with her ‘dependents’ this time, Candice moved to another room, and her original room was occupied by Miss Xi Mengyao.
After experiencing so much, this young lady also took a lot of time to calm her emotions. In the first few days after her return, every time she closed her eyes, she would be chased by strange monsters in her dreams.
She woke up startled several times every night, which also led to the young lady being somewhat dispirited.
When Leticia and Bai Ling arrived at Evangeline’s room, they saw Xi Mengyao sleeping on Evangeline, and Evangeline with a smiling face.
Why did it feel like these two girls had something going on?
“Miss Bai, Your Majesty Leticia, thank you both for saving me.” Upon seeing Leticia and the two of them arrive, Evangeline quickly put away her smile. She lowered her voice and said to them, “Xiao Xi is resting, so could you please be quiet?”
“Of course,” Leticia moved a chair from the side. “Cough, cough, we’ll talk about the matter of feelings later. Your body’s poison can’t be delayed any longer.”
Speaking of poison, Evangeline’s expression became a little unsightly. She could feel the weakness in her body, and if it wasn’t resolved, she might never be able to get out of bed in her life.
During her comatose days, she wasn’t completely unconscious, but was pulled into an artifact space by Qing and Flora for extra lessons.
What surprised Evangeline was that Qing was extremely supportive of her ideals.
This deity even said, “It’s best for elves to disappear from this world.”
Her resentment towards the elves seemed to be very strong.
However, these were historical issues that had little to do with Evangeline. She just needed to know that Qing also supported her.
“The poison I was given is a poison specifically formulated by the elves to prevent the Elf Emperor from arbitrarily using artifacts and betraying them. Although it won’t kill me, without an antidote, I may never be able to function normally again.” Evangeline explained, “I have to go back.”
“The artifact you mentioned…”
“It’s this one.” Evangeline raised her right hand, revealing the emerald green paper strip wrapped around her wrist. “This is our elven scepter. I took it with me when I ran away.”
No wonder the elves were so anxious to find Evangeline. Good heavens, she took the scepter with her.
This was basically equivalent to Leticia carrying away the demon realm’s throne when she ran away, which was quite treacherous.
“But I remember you said you threw this thing away?”
“Actually, I only found out that day that every Elf Emperor can summon the deity within the scepter. As long as the deity is willing to respond, the scepter can instantly appear by the summoner’s side,” Evangeline replied.
This answer made Leticia fall silent. Artifacts were too convenient.
Also, why was Lin Qingyu’s luck so good? The two deities in her artifact were so accommodating.
They were completely the opposite of that scoundrel Fog God.
Bai Ling didn’t know that Evangeline had escaped with two artifacts. She thought this was the only artifact Evangeline had.
But that didn’t stop her from feeling uneasy about artifacts. “Deities are very dangerous.”
“It’s their artifact, so stop your nagging,” Leticia immediately retorted to Bai Ling. “You also heard Evangeline’s plan, right? If she’s going back to the elves, then let me send her back.”
Bai Ling frowned slightly. She instinctively wanted to object, but compared to herself, Evangeline seemed to trust Leticia more.
When Leticia spoke just now, Evangeline kept nodding, looking like a little fan seeing her idol.
“Then it’s settled. I’ll send someone to send you back tomorrow,” Leticia made the final decision. “So, what are your plans for the relationship between you and Xi Mengyao?”
Judging from their expressions when they came in just now, Evangeline had some interest in Xi Mengyao at the moment.
As for Xi Mengyao, it was even more so. Evangeline was her savior. It was very normal for a girl to develop feelings for her savior.
This was basically a case of mutual affection, and if there were no other factors interfering, these two would probably have done all the necessary things within a week.
Unfortunately, there were too many interfering factors at the moment.
Evangeline absolutely couldn’t take Xi Mengyao back to the elves. She didn’t plan to return alive this time, as she was going to cause trouble, and causing trouble would lead to her being dealt with by those elders.
If ordinary means were ineffective, those shameless old fogeys would resort to any means necessary. Even for her own sake, Evangeline couldn’t bring her weakness back to the elves.
“She and I have fate but no destiny,” Evangeline sighed lightly. “Perhaps, forgetting me is the best choice for her.”
Her thoughts were the same as Leticia’s. She intended to have Xi Mengyao forget what had happened in the past few days.
“She is human, a girl with a boundless future, a rising star, and I am just a useless half-elf,” Evangeline said in a low voice. “I can’t delay her because of me.”
“So, have her forget me.”
Bai Ling opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but her words got stuck in her throat, unable to come out.
This was Evangeline’s choice, and also the best choice for Xi Mengyao.
However, Xi Mengyao was unwilling to forget.
“I disagree!”
