Chapter: Chapter 199
When Bai Ling had already reached her destination, waiting for Leticia’s arrival, where had Leticia gone?
The answer is, Leticia hadn’t left at all. She was still living a rather leisurely life in the Demon King’s Palace.
You ask if she forgot her promise to Bai Ling? Of course not. She remembered her promise firmly. The reason she hadn’t left yet was simply because Xue Er hadn’t prepared everything needed for the trip.
“Mmm, isn’t this type of swimsuit a bit too revealing? I feel like wearing this won’t be any different from being completely naked,” Leticia said to Xue Er, tossing a string bikini into the trash with some distaste.
Xue Er didn’t mind this wasteful behavior. She also felt that her陛下 (Your Majesty) wasn’t suited for such swimwear.
While wearing such a swimsuit in private with close individuals might be acceptable, Xue Er felt Leticia’s skin wasn’t thick enough to wear it out in public.
It was even impossible for her to wear such a swimsuit in front of people close to her.
Fortunately, Xue Er had prepared a wide variety of swimsuits. If she searched carefully, it would be easy to find one that suited Leticia’s taste.
After all, the quantity didn’t need to be too large, as long as it was enough to ensure a different one for several consecutive days.
Although, even if the same one was worn again, it wouldn’t be a big problem.
“Your daily clothes are all ready. They are loose and easy to wear. You can take them out when you arrive at your destination,” Xue Er’s gaze swept over the thin gold chain on Leticia’s wrist. The convenience that divine artifacts could bring at certain times was indeed quite comfortable.
Leticia’s luggage was packed and stored in Inphino’s divine realm. His excellency the god expressed no issues with this; her divine realm was vast, and storing some of Leticia’s belongings was not a problem at all.
“I won’t be accompanying Your Majesty this time. Your Majesty must take good care of yourself,” Xue Er continued to instruct.
Yes, this time, at Leticia’s request, Xue Er would not be accompanying her.
The reason was, “Hasn’t Xue Er also not had a break for a very, very long time? While I’m on vacation, Xue Er can also go on vacation.”
Xue Er wanted to say that she didn’t need a vacation and only wished to stay by Leticia’s side, but since Leticia had already spoken, there was no hope of her retracting the order.
Therefore, Xue Er’s plan was to sneakily follow Leticia to that seaside city. Leticia had told her to go on vacation, she wanted to go to the seaside for vacation, and then she happened to encounter her陛下. This was something that could be easily understood, wasn’t it?
“Mhm, I’m this old already, I won’t starve myself to death,” Leticia said loudly, puffing out her chest.
She wouldn’t starve herself to death, but Xue Er worried she might walk into a tiger’s maw at any moment.
Her own陛下 only looked fierce on the outside, but once you peeled away that outer layer of fierceness, the true being inside was quite a passive young girl. Especially in front of Bai Ling, Leticia was purely passive.
“I’ll go and brief Kira and the others. Xue Er, you can have your break after you organize things here.” Leticia unlocked the chain on her wrist and tossed it to Xue Er. “Once you’ve organized everything, just put it into the divine realm. I’ll come to get it later.”
“Yes,” Xue Er replied, catching the thin chain tossed by Leticia.
Watching Leticia skip away, she felt that her陛下 might be quite looking forward to this seaside trip.
“What are you thinking about?” Inphino’s voice sounded in Xue Er’s ear. Inphino had a very good impression of this maid who had always accompanied Leticia.
Loyal and reliable. What good deeds did her descendant do in her past life to acquire such a subordinate?
“I’m worried about whether Your Majesty will unintentionally give herself away,” Xue Er sighed. Based on the current progress, she felt that the day Leticia would unintentionally give herself away was not far off.
Inphino also understood Xue Er’s meaning. She could also see the feelings between Bai Ling and Leticia. It could only be said that the man had affection, and the woman had feelings. If no accidents occurred, they might be together soon.
Accidents, but what accidents could cause conflict between them?
Xue Er couldn’t figure it out. She just felt that it wasn’t good for her陛下 to give herself away so quickly.
Xue Er did not object in principle to Leticia and Bai Ling getting together, but she felt that Leticia should at least thoroughly understand Bai Ling before getting together.
“Don’t worry. In my opinion, although that Miss Bai is not far from success, it won’t be that easy,” Inphino said with a smile. “You’re not going this time, but the little girl named Akari and I will be following.”
Although Xue Er, the maid, was sent away by Leticia, Leticia’s bodyguards were still present.
Even though the bodyguards’ strength was not as strong as the person they were protecting, there was still a form of protection, right?
Akari’s loyalty and action were trustworthy. Xue Er fully agreed with her accompanying Leticia.
Actually, Xue Er had also suggested that Leticia bring Aina along this time, but Leticia refused the suggestion, saying that she was just going on vacation, not to fight a war. If anything happened, she would leave it to the person with the surname Bai to handle.
She was just a weak woman without even the strength to truss a chicken. Her name was Qian Qian Su, and Leticia? Who was that, I’m not familiar with her.
“Nothing will go wrong. If something really goes wrong, I’ll run away immediately,” Leticia promised her sister. “Kira, you’ve also seen my running skills, haven’t you? I’m as elusive as a shadow, and as long as I don’t want to be found, even that person with the surname Bai won’t be able to discover me running away.”
“I’m just worried that sister will be kept there by Sister Bai with a lot of sweet talk to do unpaid labor for her. What if you get hurt without gaining any benefits?” Kira gently tapped the table. “The lineage of the Demon King still relies on you to continue.”
“If something really happens to me, won’t there still be you, Kira?” Leticia grinned. “It’s much better for Kira to be the Demon King than for me to be. Besides my strength, in what aspect am I comparable to you, Kira?”
Leticia’s flattery didn’t make Kira happy at all. That wasn’t what she wanted to hear. “Hmph, if you really don’t come back, I’ll drag you back from hell, you irresponsible scoundrel.”
“Alright, alright, Kira is the best,” Leticia giggled. “When I come back this time, how about you take a few days off, Kira, and go play with Xiao Ya?”
“Really? When did sister become so kind?” Kira looked at Leticia disbelief, thinking if these words really came from her incredibly despicable sister.
It was terrifying. Her sister was actually speaking human words and doing human things, which made Kira feel a little unaccustomed.
“You ungrateful thing, when has your sister ever been unkind to you?” Leticia said with a wronged expression, thinking about what a good sister she was, how much she had contributed to her sister.
Yet now, her beloved sister was saying such hurtful things, which truly made Leticia feel that life was not worth living.
Regarding Leticia’s minor emotional grievances, Kira felt that she hadn’t said a single word wrong. Her sister was the one who was truly ungrateful!
Where else could you find a sister who dumped all her responsibilities onto her sister? In this world, there was only this one sister who was this despicable, right?
“You can’t say that, I trust you, Kira. If Kira wasn’t my sister, I wouldn’t entrust these matters to you,” Leticia said, acting as if her reasoning was perfectly sound.
Others wanted to help Leticia with these matters but didn’t even have the chance.
“No, Sister, you’ve heard about the elf tribe, right?” Kira rolled her eyes. She remembered not long ago her sister had told her gossip from the elf tribe.
She heard that Emperor Evangeline of the Elves had asked her sister to handle official duties for a week. After a week, her sister, who was originally dissatisfied with her sister’s sole control of power, immediately became compliant.
The reason was simple: it was too tiring.
After that week, the relationship between Evangeline and her sister actually improved a lot. Evangeline herself even said that her sister would occasionally check on her, for fear that she would overwork herself.
If Evangeline was gone, then these horrifying tasks would fall upon her. The innocent little princess didn’t want to be drowned by this pile of terrifying things.
To hell with the glory of the elf tribe. She felt that her sister was doing a good job, and she didn’t want to mess around.
“That’s because that sister lacked awareness. The difference between you and that sister is like the difference between heaven and earth!” Leticia immediately started flattering Kira. “She’s just a delicate flower in a greenhouse, how can she be compared to you, Kira, a towering tree that has weathered many storms?”
“Then please, my dear sister, who brought these storms upon me?” Kira jumped in front of Leticia and tugged at her sister’s face. “It’s you, my good sister!”
“Wuwuwu, Kira, let go! It hurts!” Leticia cried, quickly begging for mercy.
Her flattery had backfired; Leticia was quite something.
Although Kira was harsh in her words, she still loved her sister in her heart. Hearing her sister’s plea, Kira didn’t make a fuss and released Leticia’s already slightly red face.
“Sister, don’t go back on your word this time. I’ll be waiting for you to return.”
“Don’t worry, when have I ever gone back on my word?” Leticia replied, rubbing her face. “Speaking of which, Kira, your progress with Xiao Ya is quite fast. You used to dislike her quite a bit, why are you getting along so well with her now?”
“Not well at all, I just find her one of the few girls I can get along with comfortably,” Kira explained helplessly. Why did her sister always have to interpret pure friendships between girls with such impure thoughts?
It was mentioned before that Kira had few friends. Now, Xiao Ya was probably Kira’s only friend.
To have such a friend, and it was Xiao Ya who forced herself upon her, could also indirectly show how poor Kira’s social skills were.
Leticia had more friends than Kira! This was very telling, wasn’t it?
In terms of social skills, Leticia wasn’t particularly good, but even so, she had many friends.
And then there was Kira, with very few close relationships. She wasn’t young anymore either. Leticia saw this and was anxious for her.
Yes, she was genuinely anxious.
Although she acted quite despicable in some matters, when it came to her sister, Leticia could barely be considered a good sister (in her own opinion).
“Ahem, if you want to date Xiao Ya, I, in principle, don’t object,” Leticia said, patting Kira’s shoulder, indicating that she was very open-minded on matters of relationships.
As long as the other party looked acceptable, and not some grotesque or flawed person, and had decent character, Leticia wouldn’t have any objections.
If Kira and Xiao Ya genuinely hit it off, Leticia would absolutely not object. It would be beneficial to keep Xiao Ya firmly by her side, which would be a great thing for the demons.
At the very least, they wouldn’t have to worry about Xiao Ya’s outrageously powerful magic-nullifying abilities being used in conflicts between humans and demons.
Although Bai Ling’s personal experience confirmed for Leticia that Xiao Ya’s magic nullification did not discriminate based on race; as long as they were within that range, they would be nullified equally.
But this itself was a bit unfair. Humans had powerful weapons like super-powered individuals, but they also had various firearms and equipment.
And what about the demons? Without magic, demons were like old tigers with no teeth. These mages, after losing their magic power, couldn’t even fight in close combat, let alone go head-to-head with bullets.
In such a situation, perhaps only the thick-skinned beastmen would be less affected. But without witchcraft, they likely couldn’t withstand human bullets with their physical bodies.
“Sister! I told you Xiao Ya and I are just ordinary friends!” Kira said, hitting Leticia unhappily. “I’m still young!”
Her sister wasn’t even married yet; how old was she? Was there a need to be so anxious?
Besides, Kira wasn’t into noisy girls like Xiao Ya. She preferred girls who were as mature and stable as herself.
“Yes, yes, yes, my sister is still very young,” Leticia said with a smile, dodging her sister’s subsequent pursuit. “Then, before I return, the Demon race is entrusted to the mature and stable Princess Kira.”
Kira glared at Leticia. Her despicable sister always knew how to make her blood pressure skyrocket at various times. “Got it. After so many years, a few more days won’t make a difference.”
“Hehehe, Kira, do you want any souvenirs? This is a rare opportunity.”
“Souvenirs? Forget it. Sister, your prompt return is the best gift for me,” Kira sighed. “And, be safe. I don’t want to wake up one day to hear the terrible news that I’ve become the Demon King.”
