“Your taste in movies is really good,” Leticia said, pressing her forehead as she walked out of the cinema with Bai Ling. “It must have been difficult for you to carefully select this trash film to torment me.”
Was this movie good?
If Leticia were to answer this question, her answer would be no, it was very not good. Not only was it not good, but it was also incredibly infuriating.
Firstly, Leticia preferred action-packed movies with fighting and killing, while the movie Bai Ling chose this time was a very artistic portrayal of love.
From the beginning, Leticia was incompatible with this movie.
Secondly, even if it was a love story, Leticia could have endured it with gritted teeth. But why did they have to complicate things so much while telling a love story!
Did they really think the audience was stupid?
There were many situations where there was a clearly perfect option, but the female protagonist would deliberately not choose it, just to be difficult.
Then, by being difficult, she had managed to turn the ending into a tragedy.
Halfway through the movie, Leticia really wanted to rush into the movie world and slap the female protagonist a few times. This protagonist truly embodied the word “troublemaker” to its fullest.
“If you ever drag me to watch another intelligence-draining movie like this, I’ll cut off all ties with you.”
“The online reviews were actually pretty good, though. I checked, and this movie has a very high rating,” Bai Ling said, also a bit troubled. She had specifically chosen a movie with a super high rating.
Look, this movie was about love, and it had such high ratings. Doesn’t that mean the love story it told was very good?
Wasn’t this kind of movie perfect for a young couple like herself and Leticia to watch together?
Yes, but after watching the movie, Bai Ling realized she might have been tricked, and tricked quite badly.
Leticia pulled out her phone and searched for the movie. When she clicked on the movie’s review section, her eyes immediately became sharp.
Why did these comments feel so uniform?
“I feel like these high scores were boosted by paid online trolls, specifically to trick suckers like us out of our money,” Leticia sighed. “If you want me to watch movies with you in the future, remember to find me first and let me choose the movie, understand?”
Although Bai Ling had largely adapted to modern life by now, she was still too pure in some matters and too easily deceived.
“Okay,” Bai Ling nodded. She had indeed miscalculated this time, having dragged Leticia into a nearly hour-and-a-half prison sentence. “Let’s go get some snacks. Consider it my compensation to you.”
“Alright, the same coffee shop where we had lunch. I saw a lot of desserts on the menu last time,” Leticia said casually.
“Going there again? Not changing the place?” Bai Ling was curious why Leticia had fixated on that maid café.
But Leticia didn’t explain. She shook her head, seeming to mutter to herself, “Let’s go, I have some doubts that need to be resolved.”
Doubts?
Bai Ling was even more confused. Leticia was a bit incomprehensible today.
“Right, let’s conceal our auras first,” Leticia suddenly turned and said to Bai Ling after walking a few steps.
They did not conceal their auras in their normal state. To ordinary people, there was nothing special about them, but to those with power, Leticia and Bai Ling were like two giant, dazzling torches, incredibly conspicuous.
What this represented was self-evident.
As per Leticia’s request, Bai Ling carefully concealed her overflowing aura. After a few breaths, she nodded to Leticia, indicating that she had concealed it.
“Good, it’s time to investigate,” Leticia started walking, heading lightly towards the coffee shop.
The distance from the cinema to the coffee shop was not very far. After walking for a few minutes, Leticia and Bai Ling once again stood in front of the coffee shop.
Through the light brown glass window, the coffee shop was still as deserted as it was at noon. A “Closed for Rest” sign was hanging on the door, as if telling customers that their little shop had already closed for business.
“It’s closed, what should we do?” Bai Ling pointed at the sign and asked.
“Whether it’s closed or not is up to them,” Leticia shrugged. That sign couldn’t stop her.
She reached out her hand, applying a gentle force. Resistance came from her hand.
Leticia’s face showed a thoughtful expression. In her eyes, a sophisticated magic circle was circulating within the main door. It was precisely this magic circle that prevented her from pushing the door open.
However, for a Demon King, deciphering this magic circle was an easy feat. By infusing a trace of demonic power into the magic circle, Leticia successfully caused the magic circle to momentarily malfunction.
Causing a magic circle to temporarily fail without destroying it was an extremely advanced magical technique.
Creak. Leticia pushed open the door.
“Well, well, looks like they’re having some kind of gathering here?” Upon seeing the coffee shop filled with all sorts of demons and monsters, Leticia revealed a knowing smile. “I knew something was up here.”
Stunned, truly stunned, the non-human beings seated in the coffee shop were all bewildered.
Even the beautiful woman standing alone in the coffee shop was bewildered.
After their initial shock, these seemingly formidable foreign races became restless. They didn’t know why Leticia had returned, but they knew that what they were doing right now was rather difficult to explain.
“Elves, Orcs, even Demons? What’s going on?” Bai Ling poked her head out from behind Leticia. Seeing the customers in the coffee shop, she was a little confused.
It was truly strange how three entire races were gathered in this small coffee shop.
“Misses, is there anything we can help you with?” The still-charming beautiful woman adjusted her expression and walked up to Leticia, asking very respectfully.
After opening the door, Leticia had released her aura again. This beautiful woman could naturally sense the unimaginably terrifying aura emanating from Leticia.
This young lady was not someone she could afford to offend.
“I was just curious. I ate here at noon, and there were only a few customers in the large restaurant, but it didn’t feel deserted. Instead, it felt somewhat lively,” Leticia explained, stroking her chin. “So, I became a bit curious, and since I had some free time, I came to take a look.”
As it turned out, the facts proved that Leticia’s guess was not wrong. There was indeed something wrong with this coffee shop.
“Ah, just for that?” The beautiful woman asked a bit awkwardly. Wasn’t that a bit too casual?
Even if she had returned, seeing the “Closed for Rest” sign at the door, she would likely have returned dejectedly. Those like Leticia who directly interfered with the magic circle to enter were truly rare among the rare.
“So, can you tell me what all of you are gathered here for? Are you planning some conspiracy to overthrow the entire human world?” Leticia asked with great curiosity.
At a glance, everyone here was a non-human, not a single human. She herself wouldn’t believe that these guys gathered together weren’t plotting something.
“If that’s the case, I don’t mind lending you a hand,” ignoring the resentful glances from behind her, Leticia spread her hands and conjured a small spell, which was enough to prove her demon identity.
The beautiful woman was naturally discerning and, upon realizing that Leticia was not human but a demon, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that she wasn’t human.
“Since you are foreign races, please come in. The meeting has just begun,” she made an inviting gesture. “This meeting is not extremely secret, so it wouldn’t be impossible for you two to listen in.”
She was invited in so easily? Leticia blinked her eyes.
However, this beautiful woman seemed to have no other option. She couldn’t possibly kick Leticia and Bai Ling out.
At this moment, the beautiful woman took off the sun hat she was wearing, revealing a pair of quite cute orange-yellow cat ears.
This was an Orc, and a very rare one with a higher proportion of human features!
Finding an empty seat at random, Leticia and Bai Ling whispered to each other, “What do you think they’ll talk about?”
Bai Ling shook her head. As a human, how could she know what these foreign races wanted to do? However, seeing how calmly they accepted Leticia’s impromptu joining, they were probably not discussing anything too important.
It certainly wouldn’t be any conspiracy.
“I don’t know, I’ll just listen.”
“Yeah.”
A demon sitting not far from Leticia twisted his neck uncomfortably. Since a moment ago, he had felt as if a large stone had appeared in his heart, pressing down on him, making him breathless.
What was going on?
He had no idea that the cute black-haired girl sitting not far from him was the legendary Demon King.
“Everyone, I presume you are all familiar with each other, so there’s no need for introductions. I’ve gathered you all here today to tell you something very important,” the beautiful woman took the microphone handed to her by the maid, cleared her throat, and said in a clear voice.
Something important?
Everyone present sat up straighter. Something that would cause this person to summon them was likely very, very important.
The beautiful woman paused for a moment before slowly speaking, “The edges of the world are changing. The number of spatial rifts is decreasing.”
“What?!” The biggest reaction did not come from the other foreign races but from Leticia. She looked at the beautiful woman in surprise. “Are you telling the truth?”
According to the detection from the Demon King’s Palace, the edges of the world were becoming increasingly unstable, and the number of spatial rifts should have been increasing instead.
But why would this beautiful woman say that the number of spatial rifts was decreasing?
What did this portend?
“I only found out about this yesterday. As you all know what I do, I am the most familiar with the spatial rifts at the edges of the world. I can assure you that everything I say is true. According to my estimates, the spatial rifts will completely disappear as early as next month,” the beautiful woman said with a solemn expression. “I cannot predict what will happen afterward, but it is foreseeable that within a short period, the connections between various worlds will be severed.”
Will the connections between the various worlds be severed?
Leticia pressed her forehead, a troubled expression appearing on her face. This was truly big news.
“Everyone, if you still plan to return to your own worlds, you should start preparing as soon as possible,” the beautiful woman continued. “Please also convey this news to the foreign races who are still in the human world, so that no foreign races are stranded in this world due to lack of information.”
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“What do you think about what she said?” After the brief meeting ended, as they left the now deserted coffee shop, Bai Ling looked at the worried Leticia and asked in a low voice.
She could tell that Leticia believed what the beautiful woman had said.
And this meant one thing: Leticia would be leaving soon, and this departure might be a farewell forever.
“She didn’t lie, and from the attitude of those foreign races towards her, it can be seen that she has prestige among them. Such a person wouldn’t tell such a lie,” Leticia fiddled with a strand of her hair, her voice sounding illusory, as if from the distant heavens. “The spatial rifts at the edges of the world are disappearing. This is not normal.”
Those rifts should have been increasing. As those rifts gradually increased and connected with each other, it would be the time when the four worlds would be completely connected.
But now, things had changed again. World fusion progress seemed to have been hit by a rewind button, and the effect of this rewind button was quite strong. Decades of fusion progress were being reversed within a month.
“What do you plan to do?” Bai Ling asked.
“I’d like to go back to the Demon Realm and take charge right now, but since that woman said there’s still at least a month left, I’m not in such a hurry,” Leticia said with some hesitation. “Tell Sang Zhitong about this and have her send people to check the boundaries of the world. I’ll also tell Xue’er about this. If this matter is the same as what that woman said, then I can only hurry back.”
After all, if she stayed here, she might not be able to return at any time.
“Do you still have to go back?”
“Yes, I’m not someone who would casually abandon my responsibilities,” Leticia patted Bai Ling’s shoulder. “Don’t put on that mournful expression. Maybe the world just has a minor illness and will get better soon.”
“Sigh, why did it have to be like this?” Bai Ling sighed. She understood Leticia’s decision and had long expected Leticia to make this choice.
The Demon King was never someone who let emotions sway her decisions in major matters.
Even though she had feelings for Bai Ling, it couldn’t make her compromise at all in this matter.
“Who knows? This world has so many secrets. Maybe someone somewhere is causing trouble,” Leticia shrugged. This world was too strange, with too many secrets.
Hopefully, she wouldn’t catch those guys, hehe.
