Chapter: Chapter 279
“I put in a lot of effort to maintain the balance. Isn’t this good? Relax when it’s time to relax, and be serious when it’s time to be serious,” Leticia said with conviction, feeling that her method was quite perfect.
But Bai Ling didn’t think so. Leticia’s method always gave her a bad premonition. “Aren’t you afraid of actually splitting into multiple personalities?”
“If I split, I split. It’s not like our Demon King lineage hasn’t had such cases. Even if I do split, I’ll be much better off than my mother, whose eyes were only filled with romance.” Leticia acted very magnanimous. She had already prepared herself for the possibility of splitting when she did this. However, as it turned out, fate still favored her. “Let’s not talk about this anymore. You can’t convince me.”
Abruptly ending the not-so-relaxing topic, Leticia asked Bai Ling, “What should we do next?”
Bai Ling’s eyes widened. Today, she was playing the role of a maid. How could a master ask a maid what to do next?
Shouldn’t she be the one asking what to do next?
“I did have many ideas to tease you, but then I thought about it and realized it was a bit childish,” Leticia explained, pointing to her head. She had indeed thought of many ways to tease Bai Ling before, but due to Bai Ling’s unintentional actions, Leticia’s more composed side had been revealed. The composed Leticia naturally disliked such things.
She felt that doing so was detrimental to her identity.
Hearing this, Bai Ling looked enlightened. So Leticia had actually planned to cause trouble before.
Luckily, luckily, her unintentional actions had foiled Leticia’s plans.
However, Bai Ling didn’t know what to do next either. She hadn’t made any plans for today, and now being asked to decide made Miss Bai uneasy.
“Well, how about we go to bed and sleep?” Bai Ling proposed an idea that even she found ridiculous.
As expected, this suggestion made even the Demon King Leticia wear a strange expression. “I hope you can restrain your perverted tendencies when you’re with me. I’m different from that childish version of myself.”
“Sorry, sorry,” Bai Ling quickly apologized. “But I really can’t think of any good ideas, and this outfit isn’t suitable for going outside.”
This remark made Leticia’s eyes light up. “That’s easy to solve. Just go change into something else.”
“You don’t need to wear the maid outfit anymore?”
“Of course not. I’ll get you a more normal maid outfit.” Leticia smiled. “A promise is a promise.”
Although it wasn’t strictly the current Leticia she had made a promise with, she didn’t mind fulfilling it.
Bai Ling scratched her head. A maid outfit was fine, as long as it was better than the one she was currently wearing.
Hiss, wait, did she overlook something…
Not suitable for going outside?
Leticia wanted to take her outside?!
“Wait, wait, wait, you mean we’re going outside?” Bai Ling quickly stopped Leticia.
Leticia nodded naturally. “Yes.”
“But our agreement was that my maid outfit could only be seen by you and not by others outside,” Bai Ling repeated their agreement.
If it were the previous Leticia, she might have argued with Bai Ling again. But today’s Leticia was different.
“It seems reasonable,” Leticia’s gaze swept over Bai Ling from head to toe. It was indeed not suitable to take Bai Ling outside for others to see.
Even if the maid outfit Leticia intended to find wasn’t too revealing, Leticia still didn’t want anyone else to see Bai Ling in a maid outfit.
She wanted to be the only one to see Bai Ling like this.
Regardless of which personality it was, Leticia was equally petty.
“If we’re going outside, I’ll need to change into my own clothes,” Bai Ling said with determination.
“…Then let’s not go out. I’ll find you a more normal maid outfit. You can wear it outside the bedroom, is that okay?” Leticia quickly made her choice. The maid outfit was more important.
After all, she had already seen the seductive Bai Ling in the maid outfit, so seeing the proper Bai Ling in a maid outfit wouldn’t be bad either.
“I’m really not used to you acting like this,” Bai Ling scratched her head. Leticia’s good attitude made her a bit uncomfortable. “Can’t you be more ill-tempered?”
“My assessment of you was correct. You really are a masochist,” Leticia shook her head, but didn’t say much more. “Fine, it’s just for today. Tomorrow you’ll be able to interact with a version of me that you like more.”
The implication was that Miss Bai would have to endure it.
After speaking, Leticia opened the door and walked out of the bedroom.
“Your Majesty, there is an urgent communication from the Demon Realm.” The moment Leticia stepped out of the bedroom, Akari instantly appeared before her. “Hmm, Your Majesty gives off a different feeling today.”
“Just reminiscing about youth. Give me the letter,” Leticia smiled and extended her hand to Akari. “And then find a maid outfit that fits Bai Ling. I need it.”
Akari blinked. Your Majesty was indeed a bit off today.
“Your Majesty, do you know my name?” Out of caution, Akari decided to test the girl in front of her.
Although she knew that no one would dare impersonate the Demon King, as the Demon King’s personal guard, she had to fulfill her duty.
Leticia smiled with relief. This young guard had potential. “No one remembers your name.”
“Phew, but I remember it myself.” Akari took out a black letter from her怀 and handed it to Leticia. “Is Your Majesty playing role-play today?”
Akari had not been Leticia’s personal guard for very long, and there were long periods in between when she couldn’t even see Leticia. It was normal for her to feel unfamiliar with this Leticia.
“Why so much talk? Hurry up, I need it urgently,” Leticia chided with a smile.
“Yes.” Akari chuckled and disappeared into the shadows.
Leticia then opened the letter, wondering what Xue’er had to report. As she read, her brow furrowed.
She already knew the contents of the letter yesterday.
“Xue’er’s side also observed this phenomenon? It seems the authenticity of this matter is beyond doubt.” Leticia rubbed her temples and muttered softly.
She had only learned of this news yesterday, and the communication to Xue’er was sent at night. Even if the messenger ran back to the Demon Realm at top speed to deliver the items to Xue’er, and Xue’er happened to know about this matter and sent the letter back without any delay.
The time required for this would be at least a day and a night.
In other words, the inquiry letter that Leticia sent last night was most likely still en route, and the letter in her hand was sent by Xue’er before she knew of this news.
The information from both directions confirmed one thing: an anomaly had indeed appeared at the boundary of the world, which would cause the rifts between worlds to disappear rapidly.
In the letter, Xue’er also informed Leticia of the time the demon scholars predicted for the rifts to completely disappear, which was roughly the same as the orc woman’s estimate.
“One month. Not abundant, but not too short either,” Leticia muttered softly.
To be safe, the sooner she returned to the Demon Realm, the better, preferably immediately.
If it weren’t for Xiao Ya’s matter, Leticia would probably have chosen to do so. However, inconveniently, the day before she received this news, Qila was roped into helping by Xiao Ya.
No matter how useless Leticia was, she wouldn’t be so useless as to abandon her sister alone and return to the Demon Realm before her.
If time were truly urgent, she would not hesitate and would have fled immediately.
But, a month’s time, and it was a conclusion reached by both Xue’er’s side and the orc woman’s side, so the credibility was very high.
There was still a whole month. Spending a week in the human world wouldn’t be a big problem, would it?
However, this was Leticia’s thought process in normal circumstances. The current Leticia actually preferred the plan to depart immediately.
“I feel like my usual self is a bit too careless in doing things,” Leticia commented on herself, but she didn’t intend to change her itinerary. After all, the one who made the decision was her usual self.
Even if she packed her bags and prepared to leave now, once she took off this outfit at night, her intelligence would regain the upper hand, and Leticia would definitely change her mind again.
So, why bother changing back and forth and wasting time and energy?
“Your Majesty, here are the clothes you wanted.” While Leticia was thinking, Akari emerged from the shadows again, holding a brand-new maid outfit in her hand, her breathing slightly unstable.
Taking the clothes handed over by Akari, Leticia asked with some confusion, “Aren’t the maids’ living quarters very close? Why do you seem so tired?”
In fact, the maids’ current living quarters were right next door to Leticia’s house. Since there were empty rooms here, Leticia asked Bai Ling for the keys and let the maids and Akari live there.
Therefore, logically speaking, Akari only needed to walk next door and tell the maids about Leticia’s request, and she shouldn’t have been so tired.
“The maids didn’t have any unworn maid outfits, so I went to the mall to buy a new set,” Akari replied breathlessly. “It can be worn directly, but the fit might not be perfect in terms of size.”
“How much did it cost?” Nodding, Leticia accepted Akari’s explanation.
“I’ll submit a report for reimbursement later, Your Majesty doesn’t need to worry about these minor details.” Akari laughed it off. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to standby.”
Reimbursement later? Leticia waved her hand, indicating that Akari could leave.
She didn’t ask where Akari got the money from. With the girl’s abilities, getting some money wouldn’t be difficult at all, right?
The most important thing now was to have Bai Ling change into this more normal maid outfit and then come out to perform her daily duties as a maid.
For example, serving her master, serving her master, and serving her master.
Carrying the maid outfit back into the room, Leticia handed it to Bai Ling. “Hurry up and change. It’s almost noon, and you, as my maid, should prepare lunch for me.”
“You want me to make lunch?” Bai Ling immediately showed a strange expression. The last time Leticia ate something she made, didn’t she just throw up violently?
Could it be that this composed Demon King Leticia wanted to try it now too?
Leticia’s face fell. Of course, she didn’t want to eat that stuff again, so she wasn’t expecting Bai Ling to cook lunch. “I mean, you can order takeout or ask the maids next door to prepare a feast.”
“Oh, then I’ll order takeout.” Bai Ling immediately made her choice. To communicate with those maids of Leticia would mean going out in the maid outfit in front of outsiders.
She wouldn’t do that.
This maid outfit was only for Leticia to see; don’t even think about anyone else.
“Then I’ll go change my clothes first. Wait for me for a while, I’ll be right back.” Holding the new maid outfit, Bai Ling disappeared in a flash.
“Can’t you change here?” Leticia sighed helplessly. She actually wanted to see Bai Ling changing her clothes, but sadly, today’s Bai Ling seemed to be particularly unfavoable to her.
This was the second time in a row. It wouldn’t cost her anything to show herself once, so why put her off like this?
She had just asked Bai Ling to help her change clothes with her own hands. How could that person be so ungrateful and treat her like this? It was too disappointing.
Thinking thus, Leticia became a little unhappy. If it were her usual self, she might have puffed out her cheeks and displayed her emotions on her face.
But today, she hid her unhappiness in her heart, appearing ordinary on the outside.
After a short while, Bai Ling, who had changed her clothes, returned to Leticia’s room. As soon as she came back, she immediately frowned. “Why do I feel like you’re a little unhappy?”
She could tell? How could she tell? Leticia was somewhat surprised. Her ability to conceal her emotions should be very strong, and Bai Ling was usually oblivious to such things. She shouldn’t have been able to tell.
“How could you tell?”
“Although you don’t have any expression on your face, the air pressure around you is clearly lower than just now, so I guessed you were unhappy.” Bai Ling explained. “What happened to make you unhappy?”
“Phew, it’s nothing.” Leticia shook her head. Even in her current state, she couldn’t tell Bai Ling the reason for her unhappiness.
Being unhappy because Bai Ling wouldn’t let her see her change clothes? That would ruin her majestic image too much.
