Chapter: Chapter 196
“Kyra, quickly teach me how to dance, I’m in a hurry!” After coming out of the bathroom, Leticia immediately dropped Bai Ling and ran to Kyra.
Bai Ling naturally knew what Leticia was going to do; she was definitely going to cram at the last minute.
It was easy to guess Leticia’s little thought, but Bai Ling had no intention of stopping her. Giving her a little hope and then crushing it mercilessly would make Leticia’s reaction even cuter.
There wasn’t much time left before the ball started. Could Leticia learn to dance in such a short period? Bai Ling thought it unlikely.
Even if she did learn, whether it was her making a small mistake and winning the chance to dance with Leticia, it was hard to say who profited and who lost.
In any case, Bai Ling felt she wouldn’t lose; only Leticia would lose.
This was a win-win situation, with herself winning on both sides, giving Bai Ling full confidence to face what was to come.
“Sister, can you dance?” At this moment, Xiao Ya, who had been pushed aside by Leticia, ran over. “I just invited Kyra to dance with me, but I’m afraid I’ll embarrass myself in front of Kyra if I dance poorly.”
Miss Bai, who had successfully performed a displacement reaction to bring her sister over, shook her head. Like Leticia, she couldn’t dance.
Leticia was lazy and didn’t want to learn, while Bai Ling lacked the time and energy. Before her retirement, she was always traveling around the world dealing with troublesome matters. Although she occasionally had some rest, she wouldn’t use that time for such meaningless things.
Could dancing kill enemies? Could it enhance her strength?
Obviously not.
Then why would Bai Ling learn?
“Um, but Qianqian, um, no, didn’t Sister Leticia say she was going to dance with you?” Xiao Ya blinked her eyes. Leticia had rushed to find Kyra for help just now, and she thought something had happened, but it turned out that Leticia was invited to dance by Bai Ling.
And Leticia worried that her skills were not good, so she came to Kyra for urgent tutoring. This was quite normal and fit the image of Leticia in Xiao Ya’s heart.
She didn’t want to embarrass herself in front of others, especially in front of her sister.
“Pfft, Xiao Ya, you and Kyra are a perfect match; you’ll look great dancing together. As for me and Leticia, we’ll probably drag each other down, seeing who makes more mistakes.” Bai Ling giggled. “By then, Xiao Ya, you can just watch how your two sisters embarrass themselves.”
“Eh, but, this isn’t…” Xiao Ya couldn’t quite understand why her sister was smiling so happily even though she knew she would be embarrassed later.
Shouldn’t her sister be eagerly asking her to learn some skills now? Knowing a little would be better than knowing nothing.
“Sometimes, embarrassing yourselves together can be a happy thing too.” Bai Ling smiled and popped a piece of fruit into her mouth. With Leticia gone, she could eat freely again.
Embarrassment was unacceptable to Leticia, but for Bai Ling, if it was embarrassing with Leticia, she felt it wasn’t unacceptable.
She had thick skin and didn’t mind being embarrassed, while Leticia had thin skin, and her reaction after being embarrassed would surely be quite cute.
To see that cute Leticia, Bai Ling was willing to be embarrassed with her.
Of course, this was her idea; Leticia definitely didn’t want to be embarrassed.
“Sister, why don’t you find an excuse and slip away?” Kyra looked helplessly at her sister’s anxious face. It was completely impossible to teach her to dance in such a short time.
“No, won’t I be embarrassing myself in front of that guy?” Leticia quickly shook her head. “The thought of embarrassing myself in front of that guy makes me unbearable.”
“But if you dance with a brave front, you won’t just be embarrassing yourself in front of Sister Bai.” Kyra patted her sister’s shoulder and persuaded her earnestly, “In terms of numbers, I think it would be better for you to slip away as soon as possible.”
One was embarrassing herself in front of only Bai Ling, and the other was embarrassing herself in the public eye. Thinking about it calmly, it seemed better to slip away quickly.
Leticia began to struggle. Seeing this, Kyra quickly continued to persuade her, “Anyway, the outcome will be being ridiculed by Sister Bai. Sister, you don’t have to force yourself to do it.”
“But the thought of being ridiculed by her makes me so uncomfortable.”
“Who told you to be so easily provoked? Sister Bai just said something to provoke you, and you fell for it. You’re too naive!” Kyra rolled her eyes and then pushed Leticia towards the main door. “Hurry up and leave, the ball is about to start. If we don’t leave now, there won’t be a chance.”
“Then, then I’m leaving first.” Leticia gritted her teeth and, with Kyra’s cover, quietly left the hall without attracting anyone’s attention.
Except for that girl who had been watching her all along.
Seeing Leticia sneak out of the hall, Bai Ling let out a “pfft” and laughed. In the end, she chickened out.
“What is Sister laughing at?” Xiao Ya asked curiously, her hands tightly covering her chest, trying to calm her wildly beating heart.
She was about to go on stage to dance with Kyra, and she was so nervous.
“It’s nothing. Sister has something to do and needs to go out for a bit.” Bai Ling stood up, planning to go out and surprise Leticia.
“Ah?”
“Your Sister Leticia has sneaked away, and Sister is going to catch her.” Bai Ling showed a kind smile. “Don’t worry, Sister will be back soon.”
“Then, Sister, good luck.” When it involved Leticia, Xiao Ya had no objections. Her problem was not big; she could solve it herself.
But her sister’s problem was big. This was a good opportunity. As long as her sister seized the opportunity, the progress of conquering Sister Leticia would surely advance greatly.
As a sister who was lacking in sisterly duties, Xiao Ya indicated that her sister should fly freely, and she would do her best to assist her.
“Um, where did Sister Bai go?” As soon as Bai Ling left, Kyra came looking for her.
Similarly, she was here to delay time for her sister, but her goal was doomed to fail.
“Sister said she was going to the restroom.” Xiao Ya grabbed Kyra’s hand. “Don’t worry about Sister. Let’s practice the dance we’re going to do later!”
“But didn’t Sister Bai just come back from the restroom?”
“Sister had a bad stomach, yes, a bad stomach!” Xiao Ya began to lie with her eyes wide open.
…
“What, your stomach hurts again?”
“You… How did you…” Leticia turned around in surprise. Seeing Bai Ling appear behind her, she was also startled.
She still couldn’t escape.
“Don’t tell me you plan to go to the restroom. There’s no restroom here.” Bai Ling pointed downwards with her finger, showing a somewhat obnoxious smile. “Unless you want to say you plan to relieve yourself here.”
This was the back garden. If Leticia really nodded, it would be more than just embarrassing.
Leticia’s expression stiffened. She couldn’t seem to find any reasonable explanation for why she would sneak away to this place.
“Can’t I just come out for some fresh air?” Leticia retorted with a blushing face. “What about you? Why did you come out?”
Fresh air? Coming out for fresh air at this time would probably last until the ball ended before she went back.
“Me? Of course, I’m here to watch a certain little cutie, lest she desert the battle.” Bai Ling spread her hands, indicating that her reason for coming out was much more sufficient and credible than Leticia’s.
Catching a little cutie who wanted to escape, what a reasonable excuse.
“So, you plan to drag me back?” Leticia glared at Bai Ling. If Bai Ling dared to nod, then she would abandon everything and run away.
At worst, she would be laughed at by Bai Ling afterward; it was better than having an incredibly clumsy dance with Bai Ling in public.
If that were the case, not only Bai Ling would laugh at her, but those uninformed nobles might also laugh at her in private.
If they later found out who was dancing at that ball, then Leticia’s reputation would be completely irrecoverable.
“Let’s see your answer. If you admit that you can’t dance, then going back together is fine.” Bai Ling looked up at the sky. There were quite a few stars in the sky today; she liked nights like this the most.
“I can dance, but I don’t want to dance in front of so many people.” Stubborn to admit failure, this was Leticia’s current state.
Since she said that, Bai Ling no longer gave Leticia an out. “Then, there’s no one else here. How about dancing a dance with me?”
“There’s no music, do you want to have a freestyle dance?”
This problem was easily solved. Bai Ling took out her phone and tapped the screen. Melodious music floated out from her phone.
This stunned Leticia. “You actually downloaded this?”
There was no internet connection in the demon realm. The fact that Bai Ling could play this music meant that she had downloaded it onto her phone.
This noble and elegant orchestral music was indeed quite suitable as accompaniment for dancing.
“I often listen to these when I’m bored at home. They’re very pleasant and have a spirit-refreshing effect,” Bai Ling explained. She placed her phone on a nearby wooden bench and extended her hand to Leticia. “So, come on, I’m really looking forward to dancing with the Demon King.”
“You, don’t think I’m afraid of you just because of that.” Leticia gritted her teeth and grabbed Bai Ling’s hand.
Bai Ling’s hands were still as warm as before. This girl’s body temperature seemed to always be like this, not changing with the seasons or time.
Holding her hand, Leticia felt her heart gradually accelerate. She felt that Bai Ling must have some kind of strange spell on her, otherwise, why would the unsociable Leticia become flustered at the mere sight of her?
“You’re a little nervous.” Bai Ling pulled Leticia closer and whispered.
“Tsk, you talk too much. If you want to dance, hurry up and dance.” Leticia said impatiently. “Hurry, hurry, the music is about to end!”
“It’s okay, I’ve set it to repeat.” Bai Ling also took a deep breath.
The two stood still like statues. Until the music began to cycle again, they hadn’t moved a single inch.
“What are we doing? Cosplaying as statues?” Leticia looked at Bai Ling’s expressionless face and asked with some confusion.
Bai Ling guiltily averted her gaze. “I don’t know. I don’t know how to dance.”
Bai Ling didn’t know, and Leticia certainly didn’t either. No one knew how to dance, so the two were stuck in awkward silence.
“Okay, I overestimated you.” Realizing that Bai Ling was just as clueless about dancing as she was, Leticia’s mood improved considerably. At least now they were embarrassing each other. “I remember it should be like this first.”
Trying her best to recall the only dance footage she had in her memory, Leticia cautiously took the first step.
Following Leticia’s movements, Bai Ling also moved slowly. Although it was a bit clumsy, at least she had taken the crucial first step.
“Hey, you stepped on me again!”
“You stepped on me four times, and I only stepped on you three times.”
“Bai, you clearly stepped on me six times!”
“Impossible, only three times.”
“My brain isn’t so bad that I can’t even count.”
Of course, the dance of the two novice dancers was quite unbearable. Their minds were even focused on how many times the other person had stepped on their feet.
Under this poetic and beautiful starry sky, in the dreamlike colorful garden, the dance of the two girls should have been perfect and intoxicating.
But sometimes, reality always has some regrets. Although the two girls present were so beautiful, the dance they performed could only be described as a disaster.
Cough, cough, at least their looks could make people overlook their disastrous dancing.
“I feel like dancing is harder than fighting.” After the song ended, Leticia plopped down on the ground and took off her little boots. “Wow, my feet are swollen.”
Leticia, a mage, was not as thick-skinned as Bai Ling. However, the transparency of the black stockings covering her feet was not high enough for Bai Ling to see the true appearance of the small foot.
“I don’t think my feet are much better than yours.” Bai Ling also sat on the ground and took off her shoes. Her stockings were more transparent, and she could clearly see the red mark on her foot. “Look, you stepped on me.”
Saying that, Bai Ling even brought her foot closer to Leticia, as if to let Leticia see that she wasn’t lying.
“Take it away, take it away, it stinks of feet.” Leticia glanced at it and quickly reached out to push Bai Ling’s foot away. “Don’t you think your current posture is very… alluring?”
Bai Ling was wearing somewhat revealing clothes today. It was fine when she was standing or sitting, but sitting on the grass like this was very alluring.
“So, are you captivated by me?” Bai Ling, however, wasn’t shy and asked with a smile.
