Chapter: Chapter 168
Isn’t it embarrassing to not remember the names of your subordinates?
Leticia thought so, but even if she wanted to help Touen break the curse now, she didn’t have the means or the energy to do so.
The most urgent matter right now was to catch that escaped woman.
“Lans is still in pursuit, isn’t he?”
“Lord Lans seems to have realized his mistake and is now following the trail of the person who escaped with his direct subordinates,” Touen reported. “However, they haven’t caught sight of the person yet, and I don’t know if they’re even chasing in the right direction.”
Uh, if they’re chasing in the wrong direction, that would be a bit awkward.
But there was no better solution now, so let Lans chase over there; it would be good if it could buy time for Leticia.
“Also, Your Majesty, about half of the matters you assigned yesterday have been completed. An abnormal cavity has been discovered beneath the ruins of that house.”
“Has it been cleared up?” Leticia blinked her eyes. She thought it would take a little longer to clear, but she didn’t expect her subordinates to be so efficient.
“Because it was a task assigned by Your Majesty, everyone’s enthusiasm is very high,” Touen replied calmly.
No one dared to slack off when the Demon King personally issued an order.
The hastily dispatched cleanup squad worked through the night last night, but even so, they only managed to clear away some of the larger debris by this time.
But that was enough. Leticia wasn’t planning to rebuild the “feng shui treasure land”; she just wanted to see what was under the house.
And the result was as she expected. There was something under the house, and even quite a lot of it.
“That monster should have come out of this underground space…” Standing in the huge pit, Leticia scanned the surroundings and came to a conclusion.
Touen waited quietly at the edge of the pit. This was one of the rare occasions she appeared in the open.
Although Touen was by Leticia’s side the last time Leticia encountered that monster, she, like the other attendants, didn’t have time to act before Leticia easily dispatched the monster.
It was quite troublesome for the bodyguard that her protectee was more powerful than herself.
Because Leticia arrived here, the hardworking craftsmen finally got a chance to rest. They were dismissed and sent home; they were no longer needed here.
Even though the house had collapsed, the strange phenomena in the vicinity had not disappeared. The continuous cold rain made the soil muddy, which had a significant negative impact on Leticia’s psyche.
“Tsk, it’s all mush.” Frowning, Leticia poked the mud at her feet with a wooden stick and saw mottled yellow dots mixed in the soil.
These things were probably paper-like before, but they were crushed when the monster appeared.
“But how did that monster appear?” Leticia compared the monster’s size to the pit at her feet and realized that the space couldn’t possibly accommodate the monster.
So the monster wasn’t imprisoned here, or rather, the monster wasn’t that huge to begin with.
Something must have caused the monster to appear. As for what it was, she might not know until Bai Ling brought Mo Zili over.
Mo Zili, Mo Zili is the key. She is very likely the descendant of the demons who fought for the throne of Demon King with Leticia’s ancestors a long time ago, and the divine artifact that was taken away might contain the seal of the god that was once sealed by the Demon King.
This would explain everything. Why would that god destroy the demon race when it came out? Because it was once sealed by the Demon King.
The gods are very petty. Among the few gods Leticia had met, only Flora had a good temper. The other two had tempers that could only be described as bad.
Two-thirds of them. And Flora herself said that she was an anomaly among gods, with most gods having bad tempers.
If Qing wasn’t from Evangeline’s side, Leticia would likely have clashed with her if they met.
Uh, actually, even if they were on the same side, they still had a verbal conflict.
At this time, Flora should be praised. Not only was her temper good, but she also gave Leticia gifts every time they met.
One was a parasol that could defend against mental attacks, and the other was a necklace that could distort others’ perception. Both were very useful items.
And Flora gave them to Leticia for free. Just based on these items alone, Leticia had to give Flora a good review.
She was beautiful, spoke nicely, and never left without a gift. Who wouldn’t like such a girl?
If this wasn’t Evangeline’s treasure, Leticia really wanted to snatch the necklace containing Flora’s consciousness and wear it herself.
“I wonder if the Bai surnamed person saw the message I left for her,” Leticia returned to the ground by stepping on the air. “If she saw it, she should hurry and get here so I don’t have to worry.”
She wasn’t worried about Bai Ling’s safety, but worried that this guy would mess up and lose Mo Zili.
It didn’t matter if Bai Ling didn’t come, but Mo Zili absolutely had to come. This was Leticia’s current thought.
The person surnamed Bai was dispensable. Yes, dispensable!
…
“She wants me to take you to find her,” Bai Ling said to Mo Zili, looking at a flyer posted in an alley. “What are your thoughts?”
“Are you referring to Miss Su?” Mo Zili asked. “Why?”
“Perhaps she has obtained some information that we are unaware of. I trust her judgment,” Bai Ling moved aside, allowing Mo Zili to get closer to look at the flyer. “In any case, I think if she used this method to have me bring you to see her, she must have her reasons.”
“But the flyer doesn’t specify who should go where. Why do you assume this is information from Miss Su?” Mo Zili asked, examining the flyer thoroughly.
“Intuition, and also, only she would do something so indirect,” Bai Ling chuckled. That girl, her personality was still the same.
Looking at the faint smile on Bai Ling’s face, Mo Zili’s heart suddenly trembled. This mysterious and powerful Miss Bai looked so beautiful when she smiled.
“Miss Bai trusts Miss Su, so I am willing to trust your judgment as well.”
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“Eh, Sister? Miss Mo? Why are you here?” Bai Ya rubbed her eyes in disbelief, looking at the two girls brought into the hall by the maids.
Because yesterday’s trip wasn’t very pleasant, she strongly requested to stay home and slack off today. Leticia and Kira also had no intention of forcing Bai Ya out, so Bai Ya was in charge of the house today.
But what Little Ya never expected was to see her sister walking in from outside.
“She needed me for something, and asked me to bring Mo Zili along,” Bai Ling walked up to her sister and gently touched her head. “Have you been having fun these past few days, Little Ya?”
“Yes!” The little girl hugged Bai Ling tightly, burrowing into the girl’s not-so-flat chest.
Bai Ling smiled and gently stroked her sister’s hair. She had been away from her sister for so long. She really missed her sister’s presence.
If only Leticia could burrow into her arms like Little Ya later.
But, given that girl’s personality, if she were actually in her arms, she would probably bite her shoulder.
It was impossible for her to act spoiled like Little Ya. If Leticia actually made such a move, Bai Ling would think that Leticia’s brain was malfunctioning.
Wasn’t Leticia still Leticia without her tsundere behavior and sulking face?
And about half an hour later, Leticia, who had rushed back after receiving Bai Ling’s message, acted as Bai Ling had predicted.
“Do you really like stalking and peeking that much? Do you know that in the human world, you’d be arrested and thrown in prison!” The petite girl placed her hands on her hips and said with a look of disdain at the smiling white-haired girl.
What a familiar feeling. This tone, and the faint fragrance she could smell up close, made Bai Ling realize that this Leticia was the Leticia she had been longing for.
“For you, I’m willing to be arrested,” Miss Bai said without hesitation, making a direct move.
However, the Demon King’s resistance to direct moves, especially those made by Bai Ling, was extremely high.
Without blushing or skipping a beat, she grabbed Bai Ling’s hand and pulled the stunned girl towards the study. “Come with me, I have something to tell you.”
Seeing Leticia, the great Demon King, forcefully drag Bai Ling, who looked like a weak victim, into the small room, Mo Zili’s mouth slightly parted. So this was the relationship between Miss Su and Miss Bai?
It was too enviable, or rather, surprising.
“Um, Miss Little Ya, have Miss Bai and Miss Su gone to the small room for a reunion honeymoon?” Mo Zili asked curiously.
Although Bai Ling had said before that her relationship with Leticia was not good, judging by their current behavior, their relationship was incredibly good.
This made Mo Zili suspect whether Bai Ling’s definition of “not good relationship” and her own definition of “not good relationship” were the same.
“Uh, they shouldn’t have gone that far,” Bai Ya’s eyes twitched. Although she liked it when her sister and Qian Qian were having a reunion honeymoon, judging by their personalities and other factors, the possibility of something like that happening was basically zero.
And the facts were indeed as Bai Ya expected. After entering the study and locking the door, Leticia immediately launched into a ten-minute scolding spree at Bai Ling.
The core content was to denounce Bai Ling for the shameless act of entering the demon world without her permission and engaging in such unsavory activities as peeking.
“A pervert like you deserves to be shot a hundred times!”
“I just wanted to protect Little Ya,” Bai Ling immediately counter-argued.
As a sister, it was not a problem to secretly protect her sister’s safety, right?
If Kira were to go out to play someday, Leticia would definitely have someone protect Kira’s safety too. It’s just that she didn’t have anyone to send, so she had to come herself to protect her.
This was all explainable, wasn’t it?
“Then why did you peek at me while I was bathing?” Leticia rolled her eyes. Why did she feel that Bai Ling’s gaze lingered on her more than on Little Ya?
Is this how you protect your sister, Miss Bai? Next time you lie, can you tell something more believable? When you say something so obviously false, it makes things difficult, you know.
“I didn’t peek. I didn’t see anything!” Bai Ling immediately declared that she hadn’t seen anything.
Without using her abilities, her eyesight wasn’t good enough to see the girl in the pool through the thick white mist.
Besides, “I’ve already seen it anyway.”
“You bastard, I’ll fight you!” Leticia swung her small fists and started hitting Bai Ling’s head.
That time, it was Bai Ling who suddenly appeared in her bathroom, and she was completely naked.
Leticia was stunned at that time. Besides, she was properly wrapped in a bath towel that time, and she was seen completely when Bai Ling pulled her out of the water.
The total time was less than ten seconds.
“Aren’t we going to talk about the main business first? Why did you call me here?” Bai Ling asked weakly, shielding her head.
She knew that she was in the wrong this time, so she didn’t offer any other excuses. The more she said, the more upset Leticia seemed to get. It was better to be hit a few times like this, and then the matter would be over.
“I should be asking you, why did you take Mo Zili away?” Leticia retorted.
“She asked me to leave with her, and I also wanted to know the secrets hidden within her, so I took her with me,” Bai Ling explained. Her simple intention in taking Mo Zili was just to find out which two demons left this girl in the human world.
Anyway, with Leticia watching over Little Ya, there wouldn’t be any major problems. And she couldn’t be following her around all the time, so she might as well find something to do.
Also, keeping Mo Zili by her side would prevent Leticia from coming to find this girl all day long.
Even though she knew Leticia had no interest in Mo Zili, Bai Ling still felt uneasy. Leticia was hers, and she didn’t want to see Leticia with other girls.
But at that time, she couldn’t appear openly and tell Leticia that she was jealous. The best way was to take Mo Zili away and investigate what happened a few years ago, right?
