Chapter: Chapter 194
“Sigh, I feel like if I weigh myself now, I’ll be ten pounds heavier than when I was undressed,” Leticia sighed softly, lifting the hem of her large skirt.
“But you’re beautiful, aren’t you?” Bai Ling stood behind Leticia and clapped her hands.
Unlike the majestic Demon King from the morning, the current Leticia might be more fittingly called a princess.
To be precise, Leticia was still a maiden. If one were to compare her to other royal families in demon history, at her age, she would likely be just a princess.
However, for royalty who were naturally petite, age didn’t seem to make much of a difference.
“Beautiful, yes, I think I’m quite beautiful.” Leticia pouted, looking at the radiant girl in the mirror. “I feel like I’ll definitely be the center of attention tonight.”
This wasn’t Leticia being narcissistic, but rather her understanding of the appearance of the nobles under her command. In front of her, no noble could steal her thunder.
However, the situation was slightly different today because the girl beside Leticia was not inferior to Leticia at all.
Perhaps Bai Ling, dressed more aesthetically, might even attract more attention than the heavily covered Leticia.
“That’s fine, you’ll probably be more attractive today.” Leticia thought the same way, and she agreed to let Bai Ling accompany her with this intention in mind.
Having a target to attract other people’s gazes was better than not having one.
“Then I’ll stick closely by your side so you can feel the gaze of those eyes too,” Bai Ling said with a sly smile.
Leticia’s expression froze. It seemed that when two very beautiful girls stood together, their attractiveness would increase exponentially.
Wow, Bai Ling, you actually want to drag me down with you, you’re so wicked.
“I warn you, find a place to eat somewhere else tonight and don’t stay too close to me,” Leticia said, holding up a finger to Bai Ling. “There will be plenty of food tonight, and you won’t be full following me.”
“Do I look like a glutton whose eyes are only on food?” Bai Ling slowly turned in a circle, showing off her body without a trace of excess fat.
A girl with a perfect figure like hers didn’t look like someone who would overeat, did she?
If Leticia told a stranger that Bai Ling was a glutton, that stranger would probably think Leticia was speaking ill of Bai Ling.
Little did they know, Leticia was telling the truth. Bai Ling was indeed a glutton in every sense of the word.
She could eat three cows in one meal, and the only reason she could maintain her current figure was due to the enhancement of some mysterious power.
If an ordinary person ate as much as Bai Ling, they would have long ago become a perfectly round ball.
“Judging by your figure, you’re not.” Leticia’s meaning was self-evident; in reality, Bai Ling was a pure glutton.
“Ahem, since we’re already dressed, let’s go to the next room to get ready. Maybe we can see Xiao Ya and Qi La,” Bai Ling decisively chose to skip the topic where she had no advantage, as her appetite was undeniably terrifying.
She had long surpassed ordinary gluttons; she was the king of gluttons, the true big eater.
If they continued to discuss it, Leticia would definitely harp on about this topic, and Miss Bai didn’t want to be unilaterally suppressed.
“Hmph.” Leticia slightly tilted her chin towards the door with a hint of displeasure. “Go open the door, quickly.”
“You’re closer to the door, aren’t you?”
“Does this outfit I’m wearing look like it allows for casual movement?” Leticia rolled her eyes. “Unlike you, who’s dressed so scantily.”
Leticia was fully armed this time, with a large skirt on the outside and a pair of black stockings with suspenders on her legs. However, unless she lifted her skirt, no one would see her legs.
Without arguing with Leticia, Bai Ling walked to the door and opened it for her.
She bowed slightly and made a gesture of invitation, “Come out, Your Majesty the Empress.”
This gave Leticia goosebumps. She crossed her arms and walked out of the room one step at a time, then turned to Bai Ling and said, “Behave yourself, this is disgusting.”
“Books say girls like this,” Bai Ling scratched her head, thinking her performance was probably adequate.
“That’s because those are ordinary girls, and I am different.” Leticia thought Bai Ling’s brain had some issues. “Don’t try to disgust me with this, okay?”
If you used other methods to woo Leticia, she would have endured it with gritted teeth, but this method was simply unacceptable to Leticia.
“Okay.” Bai Ling nodded.
At this time, Bai Ya and Qi La, who had already finished getting ready, walked out of the room next door.
Seeing the two older sisters standing in the hallway, the younger sisters naturally greeted them.
“Wow, Xiao Ya, you look beautiful.” Leticia didn’t spare her praise as she looked at Xiao Ya, who had changed into a beautiful outfit.
“Hehehe, Qi La specifically picked it out for me,” Xiao Ya smiled shyly.
“Sister, don’t you think I look different from usual?” Qi La was slightly displeased with her sister praising Xiao Ya first. She was the younger sister, so why did it feel like her sister cared more about Xiao Ya than her?
Leticia shifted her gaze to her sister, and after looking for a while, she replied with some confusion, “Hmm, you changed your clothes, nothing else.”
For the record, this was truly Leticia’s genuine thought, not a deliberate attempt to anger Qi La.
This was because Qi La also dressed properly on normal days, and as a princess of the demon race, her usual attire was quite modest.
This resulted in Leticia, who had severely lacking feminine charm, being unable to discern any difference between her sister now and her sister in the past.
“Let me see again.” Leticia leaned in front of her exasperated sister and observed carefully. “You’ve put on light makeup, your hairstyle hasn’t changed much. Uh, wait.”
Leticia discovered the blind spot.
When did her sister get such a large chest?
Clearly, Qi La and she were in the same boat, unable to criticize each other for their figures. But now, Leticia found that Qi La was a whole size larger than her.
What did this mean? This meant Qi La must have padded herself!
“Qi La, you don’t need to be insecure. Although the two of us can’t compare to these two, your own is the best,” Leticia said earnestly, patting Qi La’s shoulder. “So…”
“So, Sister, may I ask you to die now?”
…
“Your Majesty, why are you wearing a hat today? I remember you don’t like hats,” Elsa, dressed in luxurious attire, walked over to Leticia with a glass of juice. She first scanned her surroundings and, finding that not many people were paying attention to her, she finally spoke.
“Qi La hit me before we came, and the bump on my head hasn’t gone down yet,” Leticia said with a wronged expression. Was it not allowed to speak the truth nowadays?
Qi La clearly padded herself! As her elder sister, of course, she had to teach Qi La not to do such deceptive things. But why did Qi La punch her?
Elsa wore a look of helplessness; these sisterly matters were not something she, a mere noble, could interfere with.
She shifted her gaze to the other two girls not far away, changing the subject, “Princess Qi La looks radiant today.”
“I don’t feel she’s particularly radiant, but after padding herself a bit, she does look a lot prettier,” Leticia said, picking a piece of fruit from the nearby fruit platter and popping it into her mouth. “If I had known, I would have padded myself too.”
“Your Majesty doesn’t need such things. You are already elegant and beautiful enough.”
“Elsa, you have such a sweet mouth. Where did you learn such flattery?” Leticia said happily. Being praised still made her quite happy.
Although it was Elsa praising her, Leticia felt that more of these nice words could come her way.
“This is my sincere heartfelt feeling,” Elsa said with an expression of ‘I’m not flattering you at all.’ “However, that Miss Xiao Ya seems a bit nervous. I can see her legs are trembling.”
Such a grand occasion, so many gazes, made Xiao Ya, who had never experienced this before, panic. She now had only one thought: to hide behind Qi La and let Qi La shield her from other people’s attention.
She was already regretting following Qi La here.
“Xiao Ya, don’t be shy. Although these people have no good intentions in their hearts, they won’t dare to do anything overtly,” Qi La said, pulling Xiao Ya to a quieter corner after dealing with a few male nobles who had approached them.
“But, I’m still a little scared,” Xiao Ya said, on the verge of tears.
She was just an ordinary girl. How could she have faced such a grand occasion? Being able to stand here was already an exceptional performance.
“Oh, Miss Xiao Ya?” a voice that sounded somewhat familiar to Xiao Ya came from the side. “You also can’t get used to this boring socializing?”
Xiao Ya and Qi La simultaneously looked in the direction of the voice. A girl slowly revealed herself from the corner.
“Miss Xiao Luo?” Xiao Ya recognized the girl she had met a few times at the magic academy. “You’re attending the banquet too?”
She thought students from the magic academy like Xiao Luo wouldn’t attend such banquets.
Xiao Luo sighed. She didn’t want to come either. “I just came home to visit, and then I was dragged here.”
She gestured with her chin towards a group of nobles gathered together, indicating that her family was over there.
“I can’t handle this kind of thing, so I found a quiet place to hide.”
She cast an invisibility spell on herself. Those passing by who detected the magical fluctuations wouldn’t pay too much attention.
In fact, there were many nobles like Xiao Luo who disliked socializing but were forced to attend banquets. They often found a place to cast a spell and hide. Everyone was used to this kind of thing.
After all, with or without them, it didn’t make much of a difference. Why bother finding these people?
Even if they were dragged out, it would ruin the atmosphere, and everyone would be unhappy. It was better to mind their own business, and both sides would be at peace.
“Speaking of which, who is this young lady…” Xiao Luo noticed Qi La next to Xiao Ya. “Is she Miss Qian Qian’s sister?”
“Yes, you’ve met my sister?” Qi La nodded. Her relationship with her sister could indeed be distinguished at a glance.
Unlike the Bai sisters, who had nothing in common except their names.
“Xiao Luo is a friend I met with Qian Qian at the magic academy,” Xiao Ya immediately began to introduce Xiao Luo and Qi La. “This is Xiao Qi, my best friend.”
“Uh, I don’t think I can bear this title.” Xiao Ya’s words made Qi La blush. “But we are indeed good friends.”
“Oh, I think Xiao Ya mentioned you before,” Xiao Luo said, suddenly realizing. When she was chatting with Xiao Ya before, she had indeed mentioned that she had a best friend.
It was just that Xiao Ya said her best friend was quite busy and didn’t have time to play with her.
Now it seemed that Xiao Ya wasn’t lying at the time. A girl like Qi La was clearly a sociable type, and such noble ladies must have a lot of things to do usually.
“However, since Xiao Ya is here, Miss Qian Qian must be here too.” Xiao Luo began to look around, trying to find where Leticia was.
However, before she could find her, her attention was drawn to another girl.
“Good heavens, that girl can eat!”
“Ah, she can eat?” Xiao Ya suddenly had a bad premonition. In this place, there seemed to be only one person who dared to freely eat their fill, didn’t there?
Turning her head, Xiao Ya covered her face. It was just as she had expected.
The white-haired girl was surrounded by young nobles attracted by her beauty, but she completely ignored them, focusing her attention entirely on eating.
A large pile of plates had already accumulated in front of her, and looking at her eating speed, these dishes had not filled her stomach at all.
Some young nobles withdrew from the scene after seeing this. They weighed their own financial situation and felt that they might not be able to afford such a big-eating girl.
However, these were a minority. Most nobles could afford a big eater like Bai Ling.
“Sister doesn’t seem afraid at all,” Xiao Ya muttered softly.
Although her voice was light, it was enough for the two girls beside her to hear clearly.
Xiao Luo’s gaze flickered between Xiao Ya and Bai Ling several times, but she couldn’t find any common ground between these sisters.
“Xiao Ya, are you saying that the white-haired girl over there is your sister? Your biological sister?”
“Mhm, mhm.” Xiao Ya nodded. “Although my sister and I don’t look alike, my sister is indeed my biological sister.”
Not only do they not look alike, they look completely different! Xiao Luo complained in her mind.
