Chapter: 66. An Uneasy Morning
Under the morning light, the Aulus Kingdom looked as serene as dew resting on green leaves.
Reflected in the warm sunlight, the dew lay lazily on the leaves, unwilling to flow and fall, awakening from its slumber.
Birds chirped and butterflies danced; everything painted a picture of rare peace during this tranquil time.
Yet, the demon princess, shamelessly lurking in this tranquility… also exuded a similar lazy comfort?
She wasn’t a bug, but she was as lazy as one.
The silver-haired girl nestled in the gentle softness of the large bed dreamt of herself transforming into a caterpillar, continuously crawling forward in the comfortable mud~ crawling~ how carefree and delightful it felt.
In fact, she had already woken up, half-dreamily.
—But she didn’t want to fully wake up too fast.
Sometimes she really envied those caterpillars…
Because this half-dreaming, half-awake time in the morning was the true treasure of life… If she could snuggle in bed for an extra second, that would be worth its weight in gold.
However… this beautiful morning felt strangely wrong…
Rolling to the left, she couldn’t move… rolling to the right also felt like hitting a wall, cold as ice.
Her hazy consciousness barely reminded Xue Fei of her current situation.
Hmm… Xiya just seemed to tell me… she was going to make breakfast first. Timani gets anxious if she doesn’t eat, and told me to hurry out for breakfast after I woke up…?
Putting this information together, it must mean Xiya isn’t lying on the bed anymore… right…?
As Xue Fei, the caterpillar, continued to try rolling left— a bit soft, but not soft enough.
She rolled right for confirmation— not soft at all, and quite hard.
Ahahaha… neither of the people lying beside her was Xiya… The elasticity Xiya brought was far greater than you two.
Not Xiya…
Uh…
Not Xiya?!
A beautiful morning should be shattered by thunderous events, that’s what a true morning’s awakening is!
Xue Fei suddenly opened her eyes wide, now facing to the right.
Directly opposite her was the gentle and soothing snore of a blue-haired loli.
Because Xue Fei had rolled over too quickly, she had snatched the blanket entirely, causing Xial to curl up from the cold.
“Achoo…! Hmm… Lady Xue Fei… cold…”
“Quick, cover yourself up; next time I’ll get you ten blankets, completely over the top.”
Xue Fei raised her arm and vigorously wiped her face with her pajamas. Xial’s earlier delicate “Achoo” was practically directed at Xue Fei’s face.
Covering Xial with the entire blanket, Xue Fei didn’t even have the time to reprimand her before quickly turning to look in another direction.
If her previous feelings weren’t mistaken… there should still be someone else here.
Excluding Xial and Xiya, who was making breakfast, and Timani, who was just in for a free meal, Xue Fei struggled to recall who else could ambush her peaceful morning domain.
The domain referred to her large, soft bed.
However… the slightly soft yet mostly hard feeling she brushed against while turning around felt oddly familiar.
And when she completely turned back to see who was lying there, with wide eyes and undisguised anticipation…
All her confusion instantly dissipated.
Oh right, this half-grown loli, who had developed but not fully matured, could only be this one!
“Ah~ Queen Sister, good morning?”
“I won’t ask you why you are here, first can I ask another question?”
“Hmm?”
“I want to ask… what are you doing here completely naked?! What did you just do to me?!”
That’s just too terrifying!
The shock Xue Fei experienced was enough to have her seek compensation from Belis in the form of gold coins for her mental distress!
Look at her, to ambush me in bed so early in the morning was one thing, but she’s completely naked!
Seeing Belis hook her finger around Xue Fei’s white triangular cloth, she had just completed “maturation.”
Xue Fei’s mind was a bit fuzzy; she quickly spread her short legs to lift her sleeping dress to check; she needed to confirm that she wasn’t ambushed by Belis in her sleep!
Oh… the triangular cloth was still there; it’s not mine; it belongs to Belis.
Belis propped herself up on the bed, continuously adjusting her angle, her eyes sparkling like little stars, enjoying the view of Queen Sister’s skirt being lifted.
Noticing her impolite gaze, Xue Fei speechlessly pressed her skirt back down while using her other hand to push down on Belis’s head.
“You…! Spill it, or else…”
“Ah, Queen Sister, that hurts…!”
Don’t yell in pain and make me imagine wild things?! I just pressed your head and gave it a gentle punch, okay!
It must be said that Xial’s sleep quality was indeed extraordinary; despite such a commotion, she was still buried under the covers, mumbling quite horrible things in her dreams.
Belis, rubbing her head, sat up; her silver hair fell gracefully over her beautiful body, shining wonderfully under the sunlight.
Xue Fei clicked her tongue and turned her gaze away, showcasing the gentlemanly demeanor she inherited from her past life.
Damn… Belis has indeed developed quite a bit in the last two years…
However, as an older sister, Xue Fei wouldn’t feel gratified by it.
Because that overtaking in development was a profound disrespect towards me as an older sister, right?!
I curse you to reverse your development in the future!
Xue Fei casually picked up the clothes Belis had left on the bed and tossed them to her. Belis hugged the clothes while sitting on the bed, curling her knees, tilting her head towards Xue Fei with a smile.
“Queen Sister… are you worried I might have taken advantage of you while you were asleep, right?”
“What a joke, would you dare?”
“Well… how should I put it, just a little bit. If only Queen Sister could wake up a tad later, unfortunately, I had just gotten rid of the troublesome clothes when you woke up.”
“……”
This is bad.
She actually dares!
I was wondering while I was in my caterpillar dream why it felt like a little thief’s hand was testing along my shin, preventing me from creeping along faster!
Belis chuckled while putting her clothes back on.
She wrapped her hands around the back of her head, pulling all her silver hair out from the ink-black dress, cascading like morning dew.
Belis placed her finger against her lips and showed Xue Fei a devilish little smile.
“Just kidding… I mainly wanted to scare Queen Sister; I wouldn’t dare to do that without you knowing… maybe? Hmm, and it seems like the hero is quite close; if disturbed midway, it would be a big loss.”
“You just said ‘maybe’…”
“Not at all.”
“You clearly did say that… can I still sleep soundly in the future? Can I still have peaceful mornings?”
“Probably?”
“Look, you clearly just said probably!”
This time her venting was loud enough.
Even Xial, the caterpillar number two, could not resist shifting in the covers, seemingly about to wake up.
Belis glanced at the blanket beside Xue Fei, and a shadow of gloom covered her previously smiling face.
The purple light flickered between her fingers, forming a sharp magical knife blade.
“Oh right… how could I forget her… Queen Sister, wait a moment, I’ll deliver a fatal blow to her.”
“If you deliver a fatal blow to her, I’ll twist your head.”
“But she was actually sleeping with Queen Sister! It’s only natural for me to take Queen Sister back, you guys are the ones occupying someone else’s family member, with ulterior motives!”
“And what about my opinion?!”
On the right was a loli, on the left a half-grown loli, each grabbing an arm and pulling; they were small, but their strength was not small at all!
Xue Fei was being pulled left and right, her face filled with confusion.
She never imagined that her beautiful moment of waking up in the morning would morph into this chaotic scene.
At this moment.
Hasty footsteps rang out from the living room.
Xue Fei’s last moment of tranquility, that originally intact door to her room, was kicked open by Xiya.
Xiya entered, holding a spatula with a serious expression, striding confidently.
“Xue Fei?! Was that noise just now…! Uh?”
“Don’t jump to conclusions, don’t take a dead stare; let me clarify, I’m a victim too.”
……………………………
Breakfast was definitely not going to happen.
The urgent family meeting clashed utterly with the leisurely breakfast time.
In the mansion’s living room, the heroes gathered.
Xiya, Xial, Timani, and Xue Fei each sat in their respective seats, some vigilant, some resigned, looking towards Belis, who sat casually with her face resting on her hand, propping up her leg.
Timani recognized her; after all, she had been present at the gladiatorial arena a few days ago.
Timani first glanced at Xue Fei, then turned to look at Belis.
She let out a surreal sigh.
“Alright, so now both the demon princess and the demon second princess are here. Hero, are you sure this place I’m living in is your mansion and not the Demon King’s Castle? I feel like I might have ended up in the Demon Territory.”
“Miss Timani, please don’t make sarcastic remarks; I’m not in a good mood right now.”
“Oh oh, I won’t say anything then; it’s not like it’s my business anyway…”
Timani hugged the breakfast bread in her hands, sensing the hero’s mood low. She had a feeling if she talked any further, she might lose her right to breakfast.
Living under others’ roofs requires subtlety.
Ignoring Xiya and Xial’s shared hostility, Belis waved her left hand and pulled her chair closer to Xue Fei.
She had secretly sneaked into the mansion this morning, and it wasn’t easy at all.
“… The gist of the matter is just as I said, I mentioned that I would quickly return to Queen Sister’s side. The chaos of public opinion in the Demon Territory has basically been stabilized now; as it stands, Father King and Mother Queen’s authority is quite strong. They have clearly ordered the residents of the Demon Territory not to discuss Queen Sister unnecessarily, and no demon dares to speak out anymore.”
“Then what are you going back for…?”
“Hmm? Of course, I’m going back to urge Father King and Mother Queen to improve their efficiency! I can’t stand anyone discussing Queen Sister! Not a single word. Oh right, just yesterday, a lord advocating a sanction against Queen Sister and supporting the war on the border has already been executed. He truly deserved it; his stance on the war doesn’t concern me, but he actually said Queen Sister was a cowardly fugitive and spoke ill of her everywhere. I took the Fifth Legion and went to take his head overnight; it should still be hanging at the city gate.”
“……”
Alright, little sister, your efficiency in handling matters is indeed quite impressive.
When I said I’d twist your head as a joke, you truly spoke of twisting others’ heads as a fact!
Xue Fei sighed while holding her forehead… she didn’t even know what to say under this high-pressure atmosphere, feeling that Xiya’s fighting spirit was extraordinarily strong and Belis was subtly brewing magic.
Despite the laughter, there were underlying skirmishes.
Forget it.
One must learn to be content.
After all… things can hardly get worse than they are now, right?
While Xue Fei was thinking this…
“!”
The little tuft on her head and the tuft on Belis’s head suddenly stood on end at the same time.
Xiya was calling Xial to transform into the form of a holy sword, while Timani swallowed her bread in one go, her vertical pupils instantly turning golden for battle.
Everyone could sense that something was… approaching at an extremely exaggerated speed!
Not yet seen, but the sound could be heard.
A mighty presence, coming closer.
“Xue Fei!! Are you here!! Why aren’t you answering?! Hehehe, you’re really hard to find! If you don’t answer, I’m coming to find you directly!”
“You didn’t even give me time to answer…?!”
As soon as the words left her mouth…
The door that had only been repaired days ago by Timani…
It flew out again.
