The two days passed in the blink of an eye. Bai Ling’s prediction was not far off; Retisia’s reply was indeed delivered to her today.
However, it wasn’t delivered during the day but in the evening, while Bai Ling was having dinner, when Emily brought it to Bai Ling’s home.
“Miss Bai, this is a reply from my mistress.” Emily, dressed in spring attire, handed Retisia’s letter to Bai Ya, who came to open the door, “I have other things to do, so I’ll be taking my leave.”
“Ah, are you in such a hurry?” Bai Ya took the letter, asking curiously.
She had seen Emily quite a bit these past few days and had gotten to know the girl.
This wasn’t to say that Bai Ling often had Emily do things for her. Rather, after Retisia moved out, Emily would often come to check on the condition of the room and would clean it if she found it dirty.
Through these interactions, Bai Ya had come to know this young girl who called herself a servant of the Su family.
“This is adult life, Miss Bai. Please go back inside; you don’t need to see me out.” Emily gave a somewhat forced smile and turned towards the stairs.
She had been truly exhausted these days. Kira had transferred many of her previously planted informants in the central city elsewhere, causing Emily’s workload to suddenly increase.
Coupled with all sorts of other matters, Emily felt she might need to request a leave of absence from Her Highness the Princess. At this rate, she might not make it.
“Emily, come in and sit for a while,” Bai Ling also appeared at the doorway and said to Emily, “I might need your help with a few things later.” For example, explaining Retisia’s identity.
“Ah? Ah, is that so?” Emily’s face immediately fell. She could refuse Miss Bai’s request, but she wouldn’t dare refuse Bai Ling, even with ten more guts.
Entering the room, Emily sat somewhat stiffly in an empty chair. On the dining table in front of her were several exquisite small dishes, seemingly Bai Ya’s handiwork.
In front of Bai Ling’s seat was a bowl of half-eaten rice. It seemed that when Emily knocked on the door, the two sisters were having dinner.
“Sister Emily, please have some water first.” Bai Ya had already finished her dinner. She brought a cup of warm water from the kitchen and placed it in front of Emily. Then, she looked at her sister, who had put the letter aside and continued eating, “Sister, aren’t you going to read the letter first?”
Bai Ling swallowed her food. “Xiao Ya, you open it and read it yourself. I pretty much know what it says.” She wouldn’t possibly be rejecting my proposal, would she?
Bai Ya blinked her eyes. She was a bit unclear where her sister’s confidence came from, but since her sister had said so, how could she refuse?
Taking the envelope back from her sister’s hand, Bai Ya’s gaze was attracted by the exquisite wax seal on the envelope. “What a beautiful seal!”
On the red wax was a calligraphic ‘L’, quite a beautiful design. Bai Ya didn’t overthink it; she simply assumed it was a symbol of Qianqian’s distinguished status. After all, in this era, there were very few people who used such ancient things, and those who did were basically those who considered themselves inheritors of ancient noble traditions. While their arrogance was annoying, it had to be said that the world outside the central city truly fell for this sort of thing.
Opening the envelope, Bai Ya took out two thin sheets of paper and began to read. Retisia’s handwriting wasn’t great but was still neat; at least, it didn’t feel like torture to look at. After quickly reading the letter, Bai Ya happily said to her sister, “Sister, Qianqian said she welcomes me to visit her home!” This wasn’t unexpected for Bai Ling; Retisia wouldn’t possibly turn Bai Ya away.
However, “Qianqian also said that she wants Sister to figure out a way to send me and Emily sister over.”
“Ah?” Emily raised her head in confusion. How did she get involved?
“It seems Emily, you can go back and rest for a while,” Bai Ling said to Emily with a smile. Sending Emily and Bai Ya to the demon realm together was another way of saying Emily was being recalled to the demon realm. It was likely Kira, considerate of her subordinate, intended to let her return to the demon realm for a period of rest.
“That would be wonderful.” Emily let out a long sigh of relief, thanking Her Highness the Princess for not forgetting her, a poor overworked employee.
“But why did Qianqian say that she wants Sister to figure out a way to send me over? If Emily sister is accompanying me, can’t we just take a plane?” Bai Ya asked.
“Airplanes can’t reach where your Qianqian sister lives,” Bai Ling chuckled. “Or rather, you can’t enter her place through normal means.”
“Eh?”
“It’s time I told you something, Xiao Ya.” Bai Ling put down the bowl she had finished eating and said to Bai Ya with a serious expression, “Your Qianqian sister is actually not human.”
“Eh… Eh?!”
“Qianqian, she’s actually a demon,” Bai Ling continued after a pause.
Bai Ya was stunned. Her cute Qianqian sister, that gentle and tsundere Qianqian sister, that Qianqian sister who liked to stay home and not go out, was actually a demon?! A demon who enjoyed war, an incorrigible demon? It must be a joke; how could Sister Qianqian be a demon? How could demons be like Sister Qianqian?
Furthermore, if Sister Qianqian was a demon, wouldn’t Xiao Qi also be a demon? And if she thought about it further, wouldn’t Emily sister also be a demon? But they were completely different from the demons described in books.
“I know this might be hard for you to accept, but it is indeed a fact. Qianqian, like other demons, used to enjoy conflict…”
“Um, I’ll interrupt for a moment. We demons aren’t that fond of fighting either,” Emily raised her hand and interrupted Bai Ling’s discourse. “What’s in your books is completely slandering us.” Most demons, while not opposing war, didn’t particularly enjoy it either. They simply followed the Demon King’s footsteps, wanting to let all living beings in the world know the power of demons.
“In any case, Qianqian is different, but I can’t guarantee whether other demons are hospitable…”
“I can guarantee that. They will definitely be hospitable,” Emily interrupted again. These were His Majesty’s guests; who would dare not be hospitable? Not being hospitable would be disrespecting Retisia, disrespecting the Demon King, and then the Demon King would not show any respect.
“Emily, don’t interrupt me,” Bai Ling said, pressing her temples with some helplessness. She was explaining Retisia’s situation to her sister, and Emily was being so inconsiderate of the atmosphere.
“I… Okay, please continue.” After a long explanation, Bai Ling finally clarified that Retisia was a demon and also recounted the scene of her first meeting with Retisia in relatively simple terms. “Back then, she was quite driven. We met on the battlefield, I defeated her, and she had a mental breakdown and ran off here.”
“So, Sister and Qianqian sister had this kind of relationship before?” Bai Ya stared with wide eyes. She had originally thought her sister was just joking, but she hadn’t expected her sister and Qianqian sister to have been mortal enemies before. Former mortal enemies becoming good friends now – how romantic!
“Yes, after all, she’s changed for the better now. Actually, when I first came back, I was still thinking of killing her, but since you, Xiao Ya, like her so much, I didn’t dare to act.”
“Sister Qianqian is certainly a good person, and you’re not allowed to make a move on her in the future either!”
“Okay, okay, okay,” Bai Ling replied with a smile. After half a year of practice, she could now smile normally again. It was truly something to celebrate.
Ending this topic, it was time to discuss how to travel to the demon realm. Emily spoke first, “You can’t use the method I use, Xiao Ya.” Her return to the demon realm was simply a matter of finding a spatial portal and jumping in. Even if the spatial portal was unstable, it could still send her to the demon realm. But for Bai Ya, it would be better to use the larger portals. Those portals were more stable, and the travel experience would be much better.
“I will find a way to handle this,” Bai Ling said calmly. Since she had agreed to let her sister visit the demon realm, she had already made the necessary preparations. Sending her sister into the demon realm was very simple.
“I have no problems on my end. What about you two?” Bai Ling asked Emily. The entrances and exits of large, stable portals were definitely guarded by demon armies. If Bai Ya were attacked by an overreactive demon army as soon as she landed, wouldn’t that be awkward?
Regarding this, Emily felt there was no need to worry. “Since Miss Xiao Ya has been permitted to go to the demon realm, my mistress will surely make arrangements. You just need to tell our mistress which portal Miss Xiao Ya will be using.”
“From this place, you should be quite familiar with it.” Bai Ling took out her phone and opened an electronic map, marking a coordinate on the yellowish uncharted territory. The spatial portal in this location was considered the largest and most stable spatial portal between humans and demons. Traveling to the demon realm from here wouldn’t even give one the feeling of having left one world for another. Because of this, both demons and humans stationed large armies in front of this portal to prevent sneak attacks from the other side.
“Here?!” Emily’s eyes widened. Wasn’t this a bit too reckless?
“I have a way to get you through. Don’t worry, I won’t put Xiao Ya at risk.”
…
“Good heavens, this person is going to send Xiao Ya through this place.” Upon receiving Bai Ling’s reply, Retisia was shocked. The security of that spatial portal was unparalleled; not even a mosquito could cross the line. Bai Ling intended to have Bai Ya come through there – was she joking? Did she possibly have some other method? Impossible, right? With her brain, what method could she possibly come up with?
“Inform the guards of Zero Channel that they need to be kind when they see Xiao Ya. If Xiao Ya gets a bad impression of us… they can go find an old crooked tree and hang themselves.” Since Bai Ling had made such a plan, what else could Retisia say? She couldn’t write another letter to Bai Ling saying, “I don’t believe your brain can send Xiao Ya through this place, why don’t you think of another location?”
Speaking of which, although Emily would be the guide, it would be better to send someone else to meet Xiao Ya. “Xue’er, go find Aiersa and ask her if she’s free these few days. If she is, ask her to come see me.” Is she free? Of course, she’s free. Even if she wasn’t, Aiersa could lie with her eyes wide open. This was a rare voluntary summons by His Majesty. Thinking about when His Majesty last called her to the palace, it had been almost six years.
After receiving Xue’er’s message, Aiersa quickly put on her clothes and rushed to Retisia. “Your Majesty, you summoned me?”
“Yes,” Retisia nodded. “Actually, you don’t need to dress so formally. What’s our relationship?” Unlike Retisia’s cool home attire, Aiersa was wearing a super beautiful, grand dress with all sorts of ribbon decorations that made Retisia’s eyes water. Aiersa covered her face with a helpless expression. “This is respect for Your Majesty.” Compared to her, Retisia’s attire was a bit lacking. Who knew how this girl managed to wear only a top in front of Aiersa? If the hem of the top was not long enough, Aiersa even felt she could see Retisia’s private parts. However, since the meeting was in His Majesty’s sleeping quarters, perhaps Retisia wearing such attire was understandable.
“Ahem, let’s not talk about this. I summoned you, Aiersa, because I wanted to ask you for a favor.” Retisia took out Bai Ya’s photo and handed it to Aiersa. “This is a friend I made in the human world. She’s coming to visit the demon realm. Could you go and welcome her on my behalf?” A friend of His Majesty?
“It’s my honor.” After looking at Bai Ya’s photo, Aiersa nodded. This was a task assigned to her by His Majesty, so why would she refuse? Besides, it was just escorting a girl to the Demon King’s Castle, a task that basically amounted to a small assignment for Aiersa at the border.
“Yes, you should set off as soon as possible. I estimate that she won’t delay much on her end,” Retisia said. If Aiersa was late and caused any misunderstandings, it would be awkward.
“Understood, I’ll set off immediately.”
“Good.” Watching Aiersa leave, Retisia stretched. She thought about what fun things there were to do in the demon realm. Things suitable for a girl like Bai Ya would probably be banquets and the like. Watching a performance, dancing on stage – she couldn’t possibly take Xiao Ya to the gladiatorial arena to watch those somewhat bloody scenes. If Bai Ya had any psychological trauma, Bai Ling would probably rush over to demand an explanation from Retisia.
“Xue’er, you can start booking Xiao Ya’s itinerary first.” However, Retisia felt it was better to let the professional Xue’er handle these matters. As the Demon King, she only needed to make the final decision.
…
“I feel like we’re doing something shady,” Bai Ya whispered, hiding in a corner and watching the fully armed soldiers walk past her.
“Not just shady; if we were exposed, we’d be treated as spies,” Emily added. She hadn’t expected Bai Ling’s method to be sneaking in.
“It’s fine, they can’t see us.” Bai Ling remained unfazed, confident in her abilities. These ordinary soldiers would definitely not discover their existence. This was Bai Ling’s further development of her abilities over the past six months. She could now conceal her presence with several people, achieving an effect close to invisibility. With this method, she could easily travel to any part of the world without anyone knowing of her arrival. As for taking two girls through the spatial portal between the demon realm and the human realm, it was a task that presented absolutely no difficulty.
“Hold my hand, let’s go.” Bai Ling stepped forward and walked past the patrolling soldiers. Just as she said, the soldiers didn’t notice the presence of the three girls at all. Thus, Bai Ling led Bai Ya and Emily unimpeded to the spatial portal. This spatial portal was different from the giant black holes that ordinary people imagined. It was very large, so large that ordinary people couldn’t even imagine it was the legendary spatial portal at first glance. From Bai Ling’s current position, one could clearly see the dark demon army on the other side. Humans and demons were closer than ever. However, in reality, those armies were just illusions; if one rushed through, they would never reach the world on the other side. Arriving at that spot, Bai Ling released Emily’s hand, drew her sword, and swung it lightly. The scene in front of them distorted for a moment. Seizing this opportunity, Bai Ling pulled the two girls and stepped through. As if passing through a thin barrier, Bai Ya looked in surprise at the green grassland beneath her feet. It had been a wasteland just moments ago, and now it had become a grassland. It was truly hard to imagine. Looking back, she saw the human army on the other side. Those soldiers were still patrolling, and they hadn’t even noticed that three girls had crossed the spatial portal and smuggled themselves from the human world to the demon realm.
“Let’s walk a bit further before we find the person Qianqian sent to meet us,” Bai Ling said. If they dispelled the invisibility here directly, it might cause some unnecessary commotion. It would be better to dispel the invisibility in a place where the human soldiers couldn’t see them. And what she referred to as walking a bit further was actually walking directly into the main camp of the demon army. Indeed, if they dispelled the invisibility here, no humans would see them. But would this black-haired girl sitting here not be scared to death?
“Eh, isn’t that Aiersa? Why is she here?” Emily certainly recognized Aiersa, this great noble. But she remembered that this Grand Duchess was usually stationed in the Demon King’s Castle. Appearing at the border, perhaps she was here to welcome them? “Um, why don’t we go out first, and then I’ll come in and ask Aiersa?”
“There’s no need for so much trouble,” Bai Ling said, indicating there was no need to go around in circles; it was better to speak clearly. She released the girls’ hands and released her aura again. The girl sitting on the chair, resting her chin, looked up in surprise. “Who… Ah, so it’s you.” She saw the girl in the photo and also the other girl that Kira had quietly shown her before they left. According to Kira, they were sisters, but Aiersa couldn’t see any similarity between them. One had black hair and black eyes, the other white hair and red eyes. They were sisters, which could only be explained by genetic mutation or a green hat.
“I didn’t expect you all to appear before me in this manner. You nearly scared me to death,” Aiersa stood up and walked to Bai Ling. “My name is Aiersa, and I’m… well, Qianqian’s friend.”
“Yes, I’ll entrust Xiao Ya to you.” Bai Ling nodded and pushed her sister forward. “I promised her that I wouldn’t go deep into the demon realm unless necessary.”
“Yes, yes, don’t worry. Qianqian has been busy planning an itinerary for Xiao Ya these past few days.” Aiersa said to Bai Ling with a smile. Then, she turned her head to Emily. “As for Emily, Xiao Qi said she wants you to go home and rest for a while. She’ll contact you if there’s anything.” Aiersa knew that Kira had a special unit under her command, but she wasn’t interested in knowing about it. As the foremost of the great nobles under Retisia, she knew full well what she should and shouldn’t know. Kira’s affairs were not her concern.
Emily’s eyes lit up. She could finally rest for a while. Her Highness the Princess had indeed not forgotten her; it was truly touching. Watching Emily leave in a good mood, Aiersa turned her gaze back to Bai Ling. Kira had mentioned that this white-haired girl seemed to have a peculiar affection for His Majesty. That kind of affection was exactly the same as her own feelings for His Majesty.
“Miss Bai, how do you feel about Qianqian?” Bai Ling, who was about to leave, was asked this question by Aiersa. She looked at Aiersa with some confusion, unsure why Aiersa was asking such a question. However, upon seeing Aiersa’s gaze, as if looking at a love rival, Bai Ling understood. It seemed Retisia’s romantic prospects were quite good! This Miss Aiersa seemed to have some strange feelings for Retisia? But judging by her current demeanor, she hadn’t yet won Retisia’s heart. This made Bai Ling feel very happy. Retisia wasn’t as promiscuous as she claimed. A beautiful girl like Aiersa had feelings for her, and Retisia hadn’t been moved. This was great news!
“She’s a very cute girl, and I ‘like’ her.” Bai Ling deliberately emphasized the word “like.” The meaning was self-evident.
Aiersa narrowed her eyes. Just as Her Highness the Princess had said, this white-haired girl harbored ill intentions towards her Majesty. Hmph, but Aiersa wasn’t worried that Bai Ling would pose any substantial threat. Retisia wouldn’t even accept herself, so how could she possibly accept a human? She believed that her Majesty would make the right choice.
“Is that so? But Qianqian probably doesn’t like you that much.”
“Tsk.” Bai Ling clicked her tongue with some annoyance.
