Chapter: 55. The Unreachable Distant
Princess Belis pressed down her skirt, every movement perfectly adhering to royal standards.
She walked up to Xue Fei and crouched down, her five wings seemingly trying to envelop Xue Fei.
But Xue Fei shrank back slightly, and seeing this, Belis tilted her head in inquiry.
“Queen Sister… why do you keep squatting on the ground?”
“Of course…! Tsk, don’t mind me, just tell me, what exactly do you want? Get any closer and watch out for my punches!”
I’m not going to stand up just to compare height with you!
As an older sister, how can I be half a head shorter than my younger sister? Where can I go to defend this?!
This was Xue Fei’s eternal pain.
Mother Queen…! Look at you! You had no principles in giving birth! Do you have any sense of order?!
Thus, Xue Fei held firm to the principle that as long as she didn’t stand up, she wouldn’t be shorter, maintaining this bottom line.
She wouldn’t stand, and Belis wouldn’t force her.
The elegant silver-haired girl stood up, hands behind her back, gazing at the crumbling barrier of [Zero] due to Jeffrey’s departure.
In the girl’s eyes, the retreating domain revealed the starry sky, which resonated with a beautiful light deep within her gaze.
—Moreover, there was the Queen Sister sitting in front of her, looking gloomy.
Belis had already heard the earlier conversation between Xue Fei and Jeffrey.
Queen Sister said… she wanted to remain in the Human Race’s nation…
Slowly, she reached out her hand towards Xue Fei.
Belis’s voice didn’t have much confidence… it even held a tone of pleading.
“Queen Sister… can we go home?”
“No.”
“……”
This response was clean and crisp!
In fact, Belis had no chance to inquire further.
A flash of sword energy came, providing an answer for Xue Fei.
“Xue Fei, are you alright…! What happened to the Demon Race…?! Uh? Who is this?!”
The seal of [Zero] had loosened, and Xiya, in conjunction with the Holy Sword, quickly broke free from confinement.
Her first reaction was to rush to Xue Fei’s side and slash down at the demon standing before her!
Belis instinctively defended herself, her deep purple magic transformed into a blade, clashing with the radiance of the Holy Sword, stirring up a wild storm that ruffled the calm bangs on Xue Fei’s forehead.
Hah… the fights between women are truly terrifying.
When Xiya let her consciousness recover, her sense of time still lingered at the moment when the domain of [Zero] had wrapped around them.
So, as time resumed its flow, her fighting spirit was high, thinking of launching a new round of attacks against Jeffrey. Although she didn’t know why Xue Fei suddenly appeared here, she naturally intended to continue attacking the person standing before Xue Fei!
As Xiya and Belis clashed, at the moment when the potent magical energy of the Holy Sword collided with the short blade of deep purple magic, Xiya realized the enemy was no longer Jeffrey.
Instead, it was a…
Uh…
Five-Winged Demon? And she seemed to bear some resemblance to Xue Fei?
It was due to this that Xiya didn’t exert all her strength in her slash, which allowed Belis to grip the short blade tightly, albeit with some effort, keeping the balance of power.
A bead of cold sweat appeared on Belis’s forehead, but her seemingly smiling expression showed no change.
“Ah… meeting each other with swords drawn right away… what a barbaric woman, you must be the Hero that Queen Sister mentioned…?”
“Barbaric…?! You mentioned Queen Sister…? Are you Xue Fei’s…”
“What do you call her…?”
“Of course, Xue Fei… huh?!”
The seemingly smiling expression—her smile vanished.
An overwhelming burst of magical energy erupted, exceeding Belis’s limits and even causing Xiya to frown and take a few steps back to create distance.
Xiya’s first reaction was not to raise the Holy Sword to continue fighting, but to seize the opportunity and quickly maneuver to Xue Fei’s side. She saw that Xue Fei was still calmly seated on the ground, which worried her!
However, upon getting closer, she realized that Xue Fei was indeed just meditating.
Aside from her cute little expressions that were quite troubled, there wasn’t anything else out of the ordinary.
Well… how should I put it.
My little sister traveled thousands of miles just to fight with my best friend; it’s quite a sad situation, so I am contemplating what sins I have committed.
“Xue Fei… is that person really your sister?”
“Yes, though I don’t want to admit it… but the bond of blood is quite annoying. That person is the Second Princess of the Demon Race, Belis Hald.”
“Hiss… what on earth happened that even she came here? What about that Six-Winged Demon from earlier?”
“Oh dear… this situation is hard to explain! I’ll tell you more later! In any case, stop fighting for now, listen to me!”
Dealing with Belis wasn’t any easier for Xue Fei than dealing with Jeffrey.
Every time she saw Belis, she either faced cold eyes or was ignored; Xue Fei’s young heart had already suffered significant trauma.
To put it simply, Belis was just familial emotional abuse!
But today, Belis’s demeanor didn’t feel completely different…
In simple terms, she seemed like she had taken the wrong medicine.
The tiger had turned into a kitten, the big fish had become a small fish.
Belis’s earlier rage quickly calmed down, she casually tossed the short sword of magic aside, which disintegrated into specks of light, and slightly lifted the hem of her azure dress, kneeling toward Xue Fei.
“Sorry… Queen Sister, I was abrupt just now. To be honest, today’s disturbance in the capital city by Lord Jeffrey was instigated by me.”
“Did I ask you… why did you just say that?”
Xue Fei tried to dust off her dress and stand up, but found there was absolutely no dust in this space.
So she patted the air to prove her action wasn’t that foolish.
“You instigated it, huh.” Xue Fei crossed her arms, while pressing down on Xiya’s Holy Sword that was still ready for combat, “I don’t believe you actually care about how I’m doing in the capital; what do you really want?”
Hearing this, Belis trembled all over.
Perhaps it was from guilt and regret…
She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end, she swallowed it back down.
In the end, she still maintained that elegance, her hands clasped in front of her as she tilted her head with a smile.
“I know Queen Sister must be living well in the capital… because I believe Queen Sister cannot be defeated; your presence here proves my assumption. Jeffrey didn’t believe me at first, but now he should understand, Queen Sister is invincible.”
“What you said makes it sound like I often lose to big fish. When I finally catch them, if they taste bad, I will have lost completely.”
“Yes… Belis wants to go fishing with Queen Sister now… but it seems there won’t be any opportunity.”
This last part, Belis said very softly, almost as if she were only talking to herself.
Xiya was puzzled as she listened to the conversation between the sisters.
She turned to look at her father.
The barrier on Ecklight’s side had also started to loosen.
The area enveloped by [Zero] was growing smaller.
It would probably not be long before the barrier maintained by Jeffrey’s residual magic completely collapsed.
Amid the sounds that the barrier couldn’t fully isolate, the voices of the human army marching closer were already audible from afar.
Belis knew that time was running out today.
She unfurled her five wings as she approached Xue Fei.
However, with every few steps she took, Xue Fei retreated a few steps back.
—Like something forever unreachable in the distance.
