Chapter: Chapter 251
“Are you sure they went with Xi to the Divine Seat? Since it was their choice, there’s nothing we can say.” After being nagged by Qila for several hours, Leticia finally escaped the purgatory.
The reason, naturally, was that time had unknowingly progressed to the afternoon, and the Commander had arrived to visit Leticia as scheduled.
The most crucial piece of news the Commander brought was that the two young girls, Anxi and Anxin, had gone with Xi to the Divine Seat.
According to the Commander, Sasha had not even returned to Binhai City and had hastily returned to the headquarters of the Divine Seat with the spoils of this operation.
Only Qian Lin and Yi Yujun brought Leticia and Bai Ling back to the Divine Seat’s stronghold in Binhai City. Even this hospital room was temporarily modified by Qian Lin.
“This choice isn’t entirely incomprehensible, after all, the Divine Seat does have a way to restore Xiaoxin’s health,” Bai Ling said softly from the side. She wasn’t entirely satisfied with this outcome. The Divine Seat had profited immensely from this incident.
Not only did they get a divine artifact for free, but they also took away two exceptionally talented girls.
On the other hand, the human official forces, represented by Bai Ling, had suffered a slight loss. At the very least, the urban areas damaged by the small monsters would need to be rebuilt, and the families of those who perished in the storm would need compensation.
If nothing else, money would definitely be spent lavishly.
As for the party that suffered the most, it was undoubtedly the demon race’s spectator faction, represented by Leticia.
She, a demon, fought fiercely with monsters in human cities and territories to protect them, only to gain nothing in the end. Not only that, but she was now being scolded by her own sister.
Loss, too much loss, it was a loss that left her with nothing left.
“No, you Divine Seat must give me some compensation.” Leticia looked at Qian Lin, who was standing nearby as an observer, and said unhappily.
Qian Lin never expected the topic to shift to her. This was not a question she could answer.
“It’s no use telling me this. I’m just a low-level errand runner at the Divine Seat. Miss Yi has more say than I do,” she whispered, ears drooping. “However, I will report your request. I believe the Master will not let you suffer a loss.”
“That’s more like it.” Leticia’s gaze shifted away with satisfaction. With those words, she felt reassured. “Commander, is there anything else noteworthy recently?”
The Commander shook her head. “As Xiaobai requested, we omitted your and Xiaobai’s actions in the report. The current official statement is that the heroes of the Hero Association fought desperately against the ancient monsters that revived from the seabed, and finally killed the monsters completely at a terrible cost.”
Not only were Leticia and Bai Ling omitted, but the Divine Seat was also omitted.
“Cough, cough, but someone does know about your role in this matter, Qianqian. In any case, you will definitely get your share when the merits are rewarded.”
To the Commander’s words, Leticia curled her lips. What rewards could the human side offer?
She didn’t care about material rewards. Would they give her an honorary title?
Giving the Demon King the title of ‘Savior of Humanity’ – hmm, just thinking about it felt extremely ironic.
“Speaking of which, Commander, you should have received quite a few rewards this time. You are a true hero who participated in resolving the monster issue,” Leticia asked curiously about the Commander’s gains this time.
As a genuine hero who contributed to resolving the monster issue, the Commander was sure to receive good rewards.
The Commander scratched her head embarrassedly. “The bonuses will only be issued after returning to headquarters. Other than that, it’s just useless commendations and medals.”
If she hadn’t reached S-rank yet, this contribution could have directly promoted the Commander to S-rank. Unfortunately, the Commander was already an S-rank hero, and the Hero Association had no titles above S-rank. Therefore, the Commander could not advance further.
Oh, no, there was still a title above S-rank: Star River Sword Saint.
However, the value of this title was understood by those who knew. If another such person appeared, Leticia would really complain.
You humans already have Bai Ling, who is cheating enough. If another one appears, it would be too much.
“When I get my bonus, how about I treat you and the others to a meal?” the Commander said with a smile.
“That would be great!” Leticia agreed without thinking.
Then, she felt the murderous gaze from her side.
A drop of cold sweat trickled down her forehead. Leticia swallowed. Oh no, how could she forget that her sister was by her side?
“Sister, I think we might need some private time to express our feelings.” Qila, with a dangerous smile, leaned close to Leticia’s ear and whispered.
“Qila, let me explain. It’s just a celebration meal, it won’t take much time,” Leticia quickly searched for an excuse in her mind. “Besides, it’s in the central city, which is very safe. We can also go see Xiaoya, right?”
Qila gave her sister a helpless look. It was already like this, what else could she do?
She couldn’t exactly force her sister to ditch the meal.
In normal life, Qila was a very considerate sister to her older sister and wouldn’t do anything that would embarrass Leticia.
Seeing Qila’s gaze, Leticia knew she had passed the test.
Phew, Leticia let out a quiet sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. “When Bai Ling recovers, we’ll return to the central city first.”
This place was still not as comfortable as the central city.
Regardless, there was still a place in the central city that Leticia could acknowledge as home.
“Yes, I’m planning the same. Xiaoya’s school matters are also approaching, so we need to hurry,” Bai Ling agreed with Leticia’s idea.
Since both of them intended to do so, it would be easy. The only obstacle now was when Bai Ling would recover.
Regarding this issue, Qian Lin stated that it wouldn’t take much time: “It’ll be soon. With the branches of the Tree of Life placed here, it will only take a few days.”
In this unreasonable world, things related to gods were the most unreasonable.
Bai Ling’s injury, if placed elsewhere, would conservatively take half a year to heal. But here, it would only take less than ten days to recover her health.
What is unreasonable? This is unreasonable.
Even Leticia muttered inwardly, this Divine Seat, even the tip of the iceberg it displayed was so powerful. What would its true form be like?
……
After a few boring days of recuperation, Bai Ling could finally get out of bed and walk.
The girl who regained her mobility immediately ran to Leticia’s side and started pinching her soft little cheeks. She wanted revenge.
Leticia had not been idle these past few days, and the Demon King seemed to think pinching Bai Ling’s face was a very fun thing to do.
This made the proud Miss Bai a little unhappy. Before, she could only lie in bed and be manhandled by Leticia. Now, it was her turn to manhandle Leticia.
Leticia tried her best to resist this turn of events, but unfortunately, Miss Bai, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was still quite strong. After resisting for a while, Leticia decisively chose to lie flat.
She couldn’t resist at all.
“Just you wait. Don’t let me get a chance,” Leticia could only vaguely utter threats, sitting unhappily in a chair as Bai Ling pinched her face fiercely.
To the soft threats, Bai Ling giggled. Her smile seemed even more beautiful than before. Now, this smiling face made Leticia a little dazed.
After all, Leticia was a girl with super self-control, completely immune to being tempted by beauty!
Yes, truly.
“I feel like you’ve become even more beautiful.” Leticia dazedly reached out and touched Bai Ling’s smiling face.
Become, even more beautiful? Miss Bai tilted her head. “That’s a good thing.”
Only by becoming more beautiful could she firmly keep this fickle Leticia in her hands. Otherwise, if some girl even more beautiful than her popped out from some corner one day, wouldn’t Leticia fall for her?
“I really don’t know how lucky your parents must have been to give birth to a pervert like you,” Leticia muttered softly.
She inherited the Demon King’s bloodline, which was why she had such powerful talent and beautiful appearance. No descendant of the Demon King was ugly.
But Bai Ling, she should have had ordinary parents.
“I don’t remember very clearly either. My childhood memories are already very blurry. I only remember that my mom and dad were very gentle and treated me very well.” Mentioning her parents, a trace of sadness flashed across Bai Ling’s expression. This was undoubtedly a scar in her heart that was difficult to heal.
“Do you still have any news about them?”
“No, it’s as if they’ve vanished into thin air. They said they were just going on a normal business trip when they left, but after leaving the house, all contact was lost.” Bai Ling shook her head and reached out to pull Leticia into her arms.
Mentioning this matter made her feel a little down. When she felt down, she needed a pillow to make her feel better.
The Leticia-brand pillow, small, soft, and fragrant, was undoubtedly a perfect pillow.
The only problem was that this pillow sometimes hit people, and it hit quite hard.
“Don’t worry too much. At least you still have hope,” Leticia pouted. She had already confirmed that she had no parents. Bai Ling at least had some hope.
Compared to that, Bai Ling’s situation was actually quite good.
As long as she looked, there was always a chance to find clues. However, Leticia didn’t think the possibility of Bai Ling’s parents being alive was very high.
With no news for such a long time, it was hard to believe they were still alive and well.
“Do you need me to comfort you?” Bai Ling asked softly, resting her head on Leticia’s shoulder.
What Leticia said was not wrong. Compared to Leticia, who had personally confirmed that her mother was no longer able to be exhumed, she at least had some hope.
In fact, Bai Ling had long been mentally prepared to receive that news. After so many years, she had also accepted in her heart that her parents were most likely never coming back.
But, there was still a little bit of hope, wasn’t there?
“Forget it. I don’t have a good impression of my mother, and I don’t expect her to come back,” Leticia shook her head. As a dutiful daughter, she thought it was better for her mother to lie peacefully in the resting place of past Demon Kings.
If her mother were to be exhumed one day, the first thing she would consider would probably be how to put her mother back into the coffin.
Leticia’s answer did not surprise Bai Ling. The Demon King seemed to only recognize Qila as her relative. Her mother, whom Leticia called not like a Demon King at all, was not recognized by Leticia at all.
“Is it like this for your demon race regarding family affection?”
“You’re mistaken. Although our rules are more brutal than those of humans, family affection still exists. It’s just that my mother is a weirdo,” Leticia sighed. Thinking of her nightmarish childhood, she couldn’t help but want to cry.
If she hadn’t been mentally mature enough back then and seized every opportunity she saw to gradually become stronger, she would probably have become a plaything for those great nobles.
Much like Evangeline before, but her situation would likely be even worse. The elf elders had some shame, but those great nobles of the demon race might not.
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. People always have to look forward,” Leticia was not interested in bringing up her childhood.
It was just a boring story of enduring, searching for opportunities, and delivering a fatal blow.
The young empress protected herself and her sister amidst wolves, and through a series of schemes and tricks, gradually regained power, eventually becoming the true queen of the demon race.
If it weren’t for a certain unreasonable person swinging a sword, the ending of this story would have been that under Leticia’s wise and mighty command, the demon race became the ruler of the world, and Leticia also became the empress of the entire world.
It was a very standard transmigration novel template.
Even though she was only a little bit away from the final ending, she was sent to another world line by Bai Ling’s sword at the most crucial moment.
“I’d like to hear about your past stories,” Bai Ling rubbed Leticia’s face, her voice filled with a bit of curiosity.
The young Leticia should have been even cuter than she is now, right?
Leticia unhappily pushed Bai Ling’s face away. Letting her hold her was already her limit. This girl actually wanted to go further, truly insatiable.
“I’m not interested in talking about it. If you really want to know, ask Qila. I don’t want to talk about that black history,” Leticia pulled Bai Ling’s hand away from her waist. “Alright, have you hugged enough?”
