Chapter: 14. Pointless Words
Xialet followed into the bedroom holding two cups of hot tea and saw a “heartwarming” scene.
Princess Xue Fei was completely “melted” on the bed, curled up with a velvet pillow in her arms, looking like a cute silver puffball.
However, her posture was too casual and indulgent… to the point where between the slightly lifted black skirt, the corner of some mysterious and beautiful white fabric appeared and disappeared.
Doing her best to keep her mind calm, Xialet placed the tea cup on the windowsill—despite the tea inside shaking violently, it was not steady.
She sat down by the bed where Xue Fei was lying.
Xialet quietly helped her pull down the skirt to cover her calves.
“Honestly… Xue Fei, you need to be more guarded, you know? Girls should have a sense of propriety. Haven’t you learned these manners in the Demon Territory’s palace?”
“Hah? I usually pay attention, or else I’ll get my head smashed by Mother Queen! I have to be especially careful in the Demon King’s Castle!”
Xue Fei, a bit late to realize, turned back and finally noticed Xialet’s gesture of turning her head aside while helping her arrange her skirt.
To this, she slightly closed her legs but carefreely sat up and touched the back of her head with a chuckle.
“But here it doesn’t matter! After all, it’s just me and Xialet, who do I need to guard against~”
“We can’t say that; what if I have ulterior motives towards Xue Fei?”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible~ Hehe, you just like to make jokes like this; you’re really humorous.”
“……”
Suddenly, the air fell silent.
Only the wall clock continued to tick away.
When Xue Fei’s big, confused eyes suddenly looked back, Xialet skillfully concealed the source of silence.
Changing the topic, she could do that.
“Ahem… By the way, Xue Fei, you just said you used [Storage Magic] to catch fish?”
“Yes, it’s simply a plain storage.”
“How is it plain? I’ve never heard of a storage magic that can store an entire lake…”
In Xialet’s impression, the limit of storage magic was probably being able to accommodate a wagon, which was already enough to be considered impressive for a great magician.
Ordinary storage magic could only hold small items.
So when she saw Xue Fei’s fishing demonstration earlier, if Xue Fei hadn’t said it was storage, Xialet would have instinctively thought it was some kind of special high-level space magic.
Xue Fei couldn’t take this!
She was straightforward; magic was magic, how could it be confused?
Sitting on the bed in a duck-like posture, her feet wrapped in white socks moved forward, bringing her closer to Xialet’s face.
For some reason, Xialet suddenly retreated the same distance.
But Xue Fei had to raise a finger for explanation!
“You don’t understand! This is the storage magic I improved, it’s convenient and quick, plus it has a low magic consumption!”
“Low consumption, huh…? This time, just to be safe, let me ask, how much magic would it consume to release that storage spell for the lake?”
“Really not much… let me think.”
Xue Fei pulled at her fingers, actually calculating in her mind. She was thinking of how to express it in a more vivid way to highlight the convenience of her improved magic!
Soon, she came up with the most suitable phrasing.
“Let’s put it this way, based on my estimation, it probably only corresponds to the magic consumption of three thousand two-winged demons casting a fireball spell simultaneously. So, what do you think? Isn’t it particularly energy-efficient?! Hmm…!”
“That’s not efficient at all! Ah, Xue Fei… I need to educate you on some common knowledge; this is basically the magic power consumption level of war!”
“Nonsense, how can I not know about war? If it was a space transfer of the same scale, rather than storage magic, it would take at least six thousand fireballs! Mine only needs three thousand! Just say it’s progress.”
“This…”
Hey, if you really calculate it like that, it’s actually quite energy-efficient.
It saves a full half of the magic consumption; Xue Fei, you really are a genius.
—But you can’t help that the base magic consumption is too large!
Three thousand two-winged demons could easily form a demon army; you actually use that amount of magic for fishing?!
Xialet facepalmed and sighed, patting Xue Fei’s shoulder, reflecting on how much the Human Race owes her for getting this far…
Xue Fei thought this gesture was showing approval of her!
As a result, Xue Fei’s violet eyes sparkled with joy. In her life, no one had ever recognized her magical research ability, so she was very touched!
This prompted her to suddenly stand up, waving her hands and started explaining enthusiastically.
“And there’s more…! Not only did I improve storage magic, but I also frequently do other magical experiments… like fireball explosions, multi-fireball explosions, high-level fireball super explosions…! The lethality is absolutely gorgeous! Hmm… it’s just that my home in the Demon King’s Castle always ended up getting blown up, and my Demon King dad kicked me out during that time; it was too much! Isn’t experimenting with magic just for learning? There will always be accidents during experiments, right?!”
Whenever my father, the Demon King, sees me doing those big fireball explosion magic experiments, he always stares wide-eyed, waving his arms and cursing me for being a fool… he almost wants to kick me out immediately!
My already limited self-confidence gets shattered over and over again!
Xue Fei is truly a poor child with her interests suppressed at home, sob sob sob…
“……”
After listening, Xialet’s expression slowly became subtle and understanding.
Got it.
I might need to tidy up the valuable items at home first.
Because at any moment…
—home might just be gone.
Seeing this, Xue Fei hurriedly waved her hands to explain.
“Don’t panic! I won’t experiment with magic in your house, I promise.”
“Are you sure…?”
“Yeah, after all, I really like your big soft bed, and if it gets blown up, then it’s gone. You have to believe me on this.”
“That sounds hard… after all, Xue Fei is quite unaware.”
“Hah?! That’s a prejudice, I must protest! I…! Hmm, what?!”
“Xue Fei!”
In a moment of panic, her movements easily became erratic.
Xue Fei’s little sock-clad feet stood on the bed, and without paying attention, she tripped over her left foot with her right foot!
Feeling unbalanced, she fell off the bed!
As her view dropped quickly, she activated her defensive magic to soften the impact of her face hitting the ground.
But Xialet’s first reaction was to quickly grab her!
The situation occurred too suddenly, Xialet reached out but missed Xue Fei’s arm—yet she caught her calf!
Thud!
“Ouch!”
“!”
You know… grabbing the calf doesn’t do any good.
My forehead smashed onto the ground like a turnip!
The light dots of the defensive magic gradually faded away, and Xue Fei’s face was pressed against the floor, still reflecting on her cleverness.
“Phew… good thing I reacted quickly; otherwise, this time I would definitely break into pieces… Just kidding, falling wouldn’t be a big deal. Um, Xialet?”
Why are you suddenly silent?
And why don’t you let go of my leg…?
Maintaining this precarious position, Xue Fei tried to twist her neck to look up.
She realized that Xialet, who was holding her calf, was staring intently at the position under her skirt… while her face appeared to have a shock line.
With her face down and falling straight down—her skirt naturally bloomed down like a flower bud.
Xue Fei then realized, her face turned slightly red, and she quickly used one hand to cover what was now fully exposed in front of Xialet!
“I said Xialet…! It’s really impolite to do this!”
“Impolite…?”
“Yes! Although I wasn’t a girl in my past life… but… everything should be considered in this life, right?! You’re making me lose my dignity!”
Xialet slowly released Xue Fei’s calf, allowing her to flop down to sit on the floor.
From above, Xialet extended her finger, pointing to Xue Fei’s skirt that was spread out on the ground like black petals.
And murmured a question.
“Since Xue Fei, you know you are a girl in this life… then what are you wearing under this skirt?”
“Um… that… haha… didn’t you already see it, why are you still asking me…”
“I’d like to hear you answer in person, come on, please respond.”
Xue Fei first looked down shyly.
Perhaps she was organizing her words.
But in just a moment, when she looked up again, her expression was incredibly resolute!
Only her voice still lacked confidence.
But it was bold!
“It’s just… it’s just wearing boxers… I’ve always felt that girls’ underwear isn’t comfortable… no sense of security, aren’t boxers good…? Plus, I sewed it myself… it’s well-crafted, you know.”
This was a lie.
This loli clearly used magic to create the boxers in one go.
This time, Xialet finally grabbed Xue Fei’s wrist.
When Xue Fei was sitting on the bed earlier, Xialet thought what she glimpsed… was the beautiful sight that appeared and disappeared.
In the end! It turned out to be such an unflattering pair of boxers!
Xue Fei… you don’t understand, you completely don’t understand!
“This won’t do… not at all, Xue Fei, regarding this matter, sloppiness is unacceptable.”
“Why is it unacceptable…?! Um, so you mean…”
“Xue Fei is unaware of her current appearance, and boxers are really not suitable for you… sigh!”
“…but I didn’t bring other underwear!”
“No problem, wear mine. I have quite a few new ones that I haven’t worn yet, though they are slightly older.”
“Don’t pull me… no…! Let’s not go to the closet! This is just devilish behavior! I demand the right to wear boxers! I demand…!”
“Pointless words.”
“Eww!!”
