Chapter: Chapter 217
The Guild Leader and her good friend Lu Siyu, who were already nearby the cafe, rushed to the scene within minutes of receiving Bai Ling’s call.
Lu Siyu, who was promoted around the same time as the Guild Leader, had no particular enhancements in speed, and she didn’t know what the standards for hero classification were on the human side.
“Perhaps they just decide you’re S-class if they think you are?” Leticia guessed maliciously.
Since the Guild Leader and Lu Siyu were not doctors, they decided to take An Xin to the Hero Association to have the doctors there examine her condition.
Bai Ling and An Xi naturally followed, but Leticia immediately stated she didn’t want to go to the Hero Association after the Guild Leader voiced her opinion.
“That place doesn’t agree with me, so I’m not going,” Leticia winked at the several girls. “You know my identity, after all.”
Except for An Xi and An Xin, the other girls present knew Leticia was a demon. A demon was indeed not very suitable for being in the Hero Association.
Here, a certain white-haired lady who brought a demon into the association headquarters is publicly criticized.
The Guild Leader didn’t know that Leticia had already been to the Hero Association headquarters once, and she thought it was perfectly normal for Qianqian not to want to go to the association.
“Really not going?” Miss Bai was a little reluctant. She was definitely going. She couldn’t possibly call the Guild Leader and the others over, abandon them, and then go have a private date with Leticia, could she? Leticia shook her head, “Really not going. What would I do there? Be a human camera?”
She knew nothing about treatment and had no particular sympathy for the An Xi and An Xin sisters. Her choice now was actually the most normal one.
“I’ll just go sightseeing with the tour guide. I can’t be bothered to meddle in your business,” Leticia habitually picked up her cup, wanting to take a sip of coffee to moisten her throat.
“Wait…” An Xi immediately spoke to stop her.
But Leticia still took a large gulp of coffee without any mental preparation.
Immediately, the Demon King’s expression froze.
Her body began to tremble, and the mental damage from that sip of coffee was too great.
In a daze, she seemed to see her ancestor waving at her from above…
“You little brat, why do you look like you’re about to ascend to heaven on the spot?” Then Leticia was hit on the head by her ancestor.
“Huh?” Leticia immediately covered her head. “Ancestor, you should have told me beforehand when you pulled me in.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll just say a few words to you, it won’t take long,” Infierno waved her hand dismissively. “I want to tell you that the two girls by your side carry the aura of gods.”
After saying this, Infierno waved her sleeve, and this temporarily constructed mental space began to collapse on its own.
When Leticia’s consciousness returned to reality, she found that the nightmare-like bitter taste still lingered in her mouth. It seemed her ancestor was right; it was indeed quite fast.
Leticia’s conversation with Infierno did not attract anyone’s attention. From the perspective of others, it was just Leticia taking a sip of coffee and then her expression becoming blank for two seconds.
Since she had previously complained about her coffee being super bitter, everyone assumed Leticia had just taken a large gulp of the bitter coffee and was numb, not thinking of anything else.
“Oh my god, this coffee is too bitter.” Leticia moved the cup away from her with lingering fear. She didn’t plan to tell Bai Ling what Infierno had told her yet.
First, there were too many people around and eyes to see. It would be better to discuss it properly in the room after returning at night.
Second, Leticia’s current thought was that she was here on vacation, and these matters had nothing to do with her.
An Xi and An Xin sisters have the aura of gods, well, so be it.
Leticia was no longer the ignorant little newbie about gods that she used to be. If nothing else, she had a god with her now.
Moreover, in a sense, the god she carried was her ancestor. In terms of relationship with gods, who among those present had a closer relationship than her?
The God Seat had a very deep penetration into the human world. In this seaside city far from the center, their influence might be stronger than in the central city.
Under such circumstances, it was normal for these two sisters to come into contact with things related to gods.
An Xi was a thief, or more accurately, a robber, because what she did couldn’t be called stealing; it was purely snatching things with her ridiculously fast speed.
It was quite normal for people who lived in the shadows to come into contact with strange things.
Who knows, this girl might have even cooperated with people from the God Seat.
Bai Ling, who wanted to drag Leticia to the association, returned in vain. No matter what she said, Leticia only replied with meaningless characters.
It seemed the Demon King had completely drifted off.
Upon realizing this, Bai Ling glared enviously at Leticia and then, puffing out her breath, called the Guild Leader and the others to leave the cafe.
Being ignored like this, Miss Bai felt quite unhappy.
When Leticia snapped out of her thoughts, she was surprised to find that only she and the tour guide were left.
“Miss Qianqian, you’re finally back. If you didn’t come back soon, I would have called the police,” the tour guide said quickly when she saw Leticia’s eyes return to normal. “Miss Bai seemed a bit displeased that you ignored her.”
“Ah, I didn’t hear her speaking?” Leticia was stunned. She hadn’t heard a single sound just now.
However, even when she was deep in thought before, she could still hear the sounds from the outside. Why was there a problem this time?
“That’s strange,” Leticia stood up and beckoned the tour guide to leave. “Let’s go somewhere else and have some fun.”
Perhaps that sip of coffee had some kind of impact on her mentally. She should recover by tomorrow.
Watching the two guests leave the cafe, the blue-haired girl standing at the counter had a thoughtful expression. She looked at the half-drunk cup of coffee on the balcony and said softly, “Strange girl.”
Even though the coffee was so bitter for her, why did she take another big gulp after tasting it?
Although coffee is not poison, in a sense, this coffee is much more terrifying than poison.
“Her mind is completely active. It seems my skills haven’t deteriorated too much.”
“Tonight, she probably won’t be able to sleep.”
“Pfft…”
…
It’s over, I can’t sleep.
At two in the morning, Leticia lay in bed, her eyes wide open, feeling no hint of sleepiness.
Calculating the time, she had been lying in bed for almost three hours, but in these three hours, she hadn’t felt the slightest bit of fatigue.
No matter what method Leticia used, she couldn’t fall asleep. This was a super difficult thing to understand.
Originally, as a powerful mage, it was easy for Leticia to control herself to fall asleep.
When she suffered from insomnia before, she would force herself to sleep, but this method failed today.
“This is so strange,” Leticia sat up with a troubled expression. She felt like she wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.
This eerie wakefulness made her quite helpless. Although not sleeping for a day wouldn’t affect her much, being able to sleep was always more comfortable.
As if the movement Leticia made was a little too loud, Miss Bai, who was lying not far away, opened her eyes.
Seeing Leticia sitting on the bed looking lost in thought, a flicker of confusion flashed in her eyes.
It’s already this late, why isn’t Leticia sleeping yet?
She was thinking of ambushing Leticia tonight, but after waiting for a full three hours, the girl next to her was still not asleep.
Even Bai Ling had entered a dazed shallow sleep, but Leticia was still full of energy, which made Miss Bai very confused.
Before, Leticia always fell asleep much earlier than her. Why did it change today?
It seemed like nothing happened today, right?
Except for acting together for a while in the morning, they were separated for the rest of the day.
Leticia went sightseeing with the tour guide, while Bai Ling stayed with the Guild Leader and the others at the Hero Association waiting for the doctor’s examination results.
And Leticia clearly hadn’t encountered anything strange, otherwise, she would have told Bai Ling during dinner. She wouldn’t have kept it until now, right?
“What’s wrong?” Bai Ling asked.
Although Bai Ling’s awakening was very subtle, it couldn’t escape Leticia’s currently overly keen senses. Hearing Bai Ling speak, Leticia didn’t show any surprise. She pressed her forehead with annoyance and replied, “Insomnia.”
Insomnia? Could ordinary insomnia make Leticia show such an expression?
Bai Ling didn’t believe it.
“Did anything strange really happen during the day?”
“No, I just went to the museum with the tour guide for half a day. I didn’t encounter any strange things at all. A bit earlier than that, it was probably that bitter coffee.” Leticia leaned against the bed, recalling what she had done today.
The only thing worth noting was meeting the An sisters in the morning. Other than that, it was just ordinary sightseeing.
Oh, and Infierno’s reminder that those two sisters had divine auras, but that didn’t explain anything.
“We ordered the same coffee, and I finished all of it. If it was a problem with the coffee, I definitely wouldn’t be able to sleep either,” Bai Ling thought that Leticia’s insomnia was likely not due to the coffee. Otherwise, why wasn’t she suffering from insomnia?
“Who knows, anyway, I can’t sleep right now.” Leticia sighed. “You go back to sleep. I’m going to play some games. Maybe I’ll feel sleepy.”
This idea could only be described as fitting for the Demon King, as even her method of dealing with insomnia was so unique.
“Well, if you need anything, just call me. I’ll wake up.” Bai Ling didn’t stop Leticia. She knew insomnia was a very painful thing.
Rather than lying in bed suffering, it was better to relax in front of the computer.
“Don’t worry, when I need you, I’ll definitely bring a loudspeaker.”
“Then when I get up, the first thing I’ll do is hit your head hard with a loudspeaker.”
“Only if you can catch me, Miss Bai~”
That night, there were many people who couldn’t sleep.
The girl named An Xi clenched her fists. On the desk in front of her was a test report from the Hero Association.
The words on this report were like sharp knives, leaving one wound after another in her heart.
At the end of the report were several cold conclusions: her sister had less than a month left, and her sister’s illness was incurable from the beginning.
If she had received treatment earlier, An Xin might have lived a little longer, but only a little longer. As her superpower continued to grow, her body would eventually be unable to withstand it.
“Sometimes, too strong a talent is a death warrant.” The doctor’s sigh echoed in An Xi’s ears, causing the girl to close her eyes painfully.
Talent, what good is talent?
For others, talent was so important, but for her, a nobody living in the dark alleys, she would rather not have this talent.
It was precisely because of this damned talent that her sister had less than a month to live, and it was even incurable.
She could only watch her sister weaken day by day, watch her sister walk step by step towards death, and she, as an older sister, was powerless.
She couldn’t even share the pain with her sister.
Was such an older sister qualified?
“…Sigh.”
…
“…Sigh.” A sigh echoed from the dark rotunda. A towering figure hidden in the darkness glanced at the note in his hand and shook his head.
Opposite him sat another equally tall person. This person wore gold-rimmed glasses, and his dark eyes under the glasses flashed with a predatory glint.
“There’s been a problem twice in a row, Mr. Mercenary. Don’t you owe me an explanation?”
The standing figure sighed again, as if he had anticipated the question. He immediately replied, “The group from last night probably ran into someone they couldn’t handle.”
“The eyes of the entire world are on us. As far as I know, some organizations have already sent out advance teams to compete with us. We must hurry.” The man with glasses shook his head. “Your organization is the most influential in the dark alleys. Why haven’t you completed my mission yet?”
The cold gaze fell on the mercenary’s face, causing the tall man to feel a hint of displeasure. “Before you accuse me of low work efficiency, please first look at your requirements and then look at how outrageous they are.”
Outsiders, females, preferably younger, and try not to attract the attention of other forces.
With such a series of requirements, the mercenary felt that it was already good that his subordinates were able to capture so many people.
“So, how many people do you actually need? Give me an accurate number.”
