“Sister, doesn’t it feel good to court death?”
“Get lost, crawl away, crawl away, I don’t want to see you again, we’re breaking all ties!” Facing her sister with a smug expression, Leticia, lying in bed feeling unwilling to move, unhesitatingly gave her the middle finger.
Yesterday’s antics with the person surnamed Bai, coupled with the big hole Leticia had dug for herself, meant that even after sleeping, she hadn’t recovered. Her waist still ached faintly.
“Cough, cough, let’s talk business. I had the Ancestor look at the dagger you bought back. The Ancestor said it might be a key.”
“A key? Is it the kind of key I’m thinking of, or some other kind of key?” Now, whenever keys were mentioned, Leticia immediately thought of a human key to unlock a deity’s seal. So, she inquired meticulously.
Qira gave Leticia a look of helplessness. Of course, it wasn’t the kind of key her sister was thinking of. It was a normal key.
“The Ancestor said this dagger might correspond to an ancient ruin, and this dagger is the key needed to enter that ruin.”
“Does the Ancestor know where that ruin is?” Ruins? Leticia’s interest immediately waned. Although ancient ruins often contained a hoard of precious treasures, these items were of almost no use to her, a Demon King and a newly appointed deity.
She had long surpassed the stage where she needed items from ruins to enhance her combat power. The builder of those ruins was likely not even as powerful as Leticia.
Qira could see Leticia’s lack of interest. Her sister often displayed such an expression when something didn’t concern her. “I don’t know. The Ancestor has been a shut-in in the Demon King’s Palace all these years. What she knows might not even be as much as we do.”
If you asked Infino about deities, this Ancestor might be able to say something. But if you asked her about ruins, she’d be stumped.
She was a super shut-in who could surpass Leticia. It would be a miracle if she knew about such things.
What’s more, according to Infino’s judgment, the dagger was forged during the period after the Age of Gods, when the gods were in seclusion. No one knew what happened during that time.
“Fate will guide it to us. Let nature take its course. That’s what the Ancestor said.” Qira relayed Infino’s words.
What a Buddhist approach. But it seemed like that was all they could do right now. With no clues at all, there was no way to even search for the ruin.
“Sigh, I’m not going out to work today. I’ll spend more time accumulating dream energy.” Leticia stretched, planning to be a sleeping beauty. “I don’t believe there’s no one else who’s still awake.”
Even though she could only manipulate dreams within a certain range around her, that range was as large as a district in Central City. Among so many people, there must be quite a few sleeping right now.
Although ordinary people couldn’t give her much energy, every little bit counted. One couldn’t stop eating just because there wasn’t much food, right?
“Sister has been running around so much in dreams lately. How’s the energy accumulation going?”
“The progress is alright. It should take a few months. By then, I’ll be able to hammer that Bai person so hard she won’t recognize her own mother.” Leticia clenched her fist, a sinister smile on her face. She was increasingly satisfied with the power of deities. “It’s a shame that energy can’t be recovered and can only be used for breaking seals.”
Dream energy provided a simple and crude enhancement to Leticia’s strength. It was like giving her an extra mana bar, and this mana bar was even longer than her own. However, this energy diminished with each use, and to replenish it, she had to work hard in people’s dreams to help them have good dreams.
The most terrifying thing was that this mana bar had no upper limit. At least, Leticia couldn’t reach the upper limit yet. As long as she was given enough time to charge up her ultimate move, she could accumulate thousands of times her normal magical power. At that point, she would be unstoppable.
Bai Ling? It would at most consume three of her mana bars.
Deities? That was hard to say. If she had this way of accumulating energy, other deities might have it too.
“I’ve calculated it. Breaking the seal requires at least ten times my magical power. I’ve only accumulated a little over one time so far. But lately, as my skills have become more proficient, my speed has increased a bit.” Leticia shared her current progress with her sister. “However, this speed ultimately has an upper limit, and I feel it’s still a bit slow.”
It was indeed a bit slow. Qira nodded in agreement. Leticia had already told her that Central City was frantically preparing anti-deity weapons. If that thing were really activated, Leticia’s plan might have to change.
So, being confined to a single place was really too frustrating!
If she could leave Central City and run around freely, she wouldn’t have to worry about these things. She would have already slipped away to other small places to replicate the actions of Miss Dream God.
What Miss Dream God did was a bit crude, but it was indeed very efficient. She managed to accumulate enough energy in such a short time, which made Leticia extremely envious.
Unlike her, she had to collect energy stealthily, worrying about everything and fearing that she wouldn’t make it in time.
It was upsetting, and disheartening.
“Ah, ah, ah, sleep, sleep. Qira, aren’t you going to school today?” Leticia remembered that it wasn’t the weekend today. Was it okay for Qira not to go to school?
To this, Qira expressed that there were absolutely no problems. “These are exam days. I’m too lazy to go.”
Lately, Qira had indeed been going to school every day, but apart from classes, she hadn’t done anything a student should do. She didn’t do homework, didn’t take exams, and the teachers were helpless against this mysterious young lady. She was simply here on vacation.
But what could they do? She had the confidence. Knowledge-wise, they truly couldn’t compare to Qira, this precocious young girl.
With strength and beauty, plus the principal’s subtle hints, the teachers chose to turn a blind eye to Qira’s arrogant behavior.
This was why Qira could stay at home on exam days.
“Aren’t you afraid of Ziu Meng taking advantage of the situation?”
“Impossible. That guy is only taking classes here. For the exams, she takes them separately elsewhere.” Qira replied indifferently.
Ziu Meng’s situation was different from Qira’s. Qira didn’t want to take the exams, while Ziu Meng had to take more difficult tests.
Because this girl’s talent was truly exceptional, the Hero Association had specially designed a tailored training course for her, the difficulty of which was much higher than that of ordinary high school courses. Ziu Meng spent even less than half the time at school compared to Qira. When she was at school, she mostly lingered around Xiao Ya, and anyone could tell what she wanted to do.
“I am absolutely sure that she will not appear at school these two days,” Qira said confidently.
Seeing her sister so confident, Leticia didn’t know why, but she suddenly felt that Qira was very likely to suffer a setback today.
However, this was just a premonition, not yet confirmed. She should honestly go back to work in dreams and accumulate energy. Slacking off was not an option.
“Alright then, good night.” Leticia pulled up the covers, indicating that she was going back to dreamland to be a dream delivery fairy.
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When Leticia returned to the real world from her day’s sleep, the first thing she saw was her sister’s utterly displeased face. It seemed Qira was infuriated by something.
Yawning, Leticia sat up in bed, stretching her body, which had become a bit stiff from prolonged sleep, as she inquired about her sister’s anger.
The answer perfectly confirmed Leticia’s premonition. Ziu Meng had indeed successfully invited Xiao Ya to dinner in Qira’s absence.
“I didn’t expect that person to not have an exam this afternoon. As soon as the morning exam was over, she rushed to school to invite Xiao Ya to dinner,” Qira gritted her teeth, a cute purring sound coming from her throat. “And Xiao Ya just told me she’s not coming back for dinner.”
Oh, their poor little Qira had been abandoned by her girlfriend! Leticia immediately showed an expression with three parts amusement, three parts joy, and one part consolation. “Oh dear, relax, maybe Xiao Ya won’t even come back to sleep at the hotel with Ziu Meng tonight.”
“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” Like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, Qira flailed her limbs and shouted, “Xiao Ya wouldn’t be that kind of girl.”
“Calm down, calm down. Think about it with your smart little brain. If Ziu Meng does something to keep Xiao Ya out for a very, very long time, until it’s almost midnight, and then Ziu Meng proposes to stay at a hotel, do you think Xiao Ya would refuse?” Leticia, with the intention of fanning the flames, started to stir the pot. “Xiao Ya considers Ziu Meng her best friend, so she’ll definitely agree, and then Ziu Meng can take advantage of Xiao Ya falling asleep to… hehehe.”
As Leticia spoke, Qira’s expression grew increasingly grim. In the end, her expression became calm, but her beautiful, clear black eyes became deeper and darker. She grabbed Leticia’s shoulders and said, word by word, “Sister, change your clothes.”
“Huh?”
“Go catch them red-handed,” Qira’s eyes flashed with a dangerous gleam. “Even if we have to snatch her, we’ll take Xiao Ya back from that ill-intentioned person.”
My dear sister, you seem to be quite invested in this, Leticia’s expression became exceptionally peculiar. She had initially thought Qira’s feelings for Xiao Ya were just like those of close girl friends. She never expected that a little provocation would elicit such a reaction from Qira.
This was definitely not the affection between ordinary friends. This feeling had definitely soured!
Goodness, when did this feeling sour? Leticia fell into a daze. Had she been too busy lately, causing her to not notice that her sister’s path might be going increasingly astray?
“Sister, sit down first.” Leticia patted Qira’s shoulder, pressing the restless young girl onto the bed. “First, I need to ask you, do you like Xiao Ya?”
“…No, she and I are just friends.” Qira subconsciously averted her gaze.
Alright, now it was confirmed. Leticia shook her head helplessly. “I don’t mean to discourage you, but Xiao Ya is still a young girl. She has no idea about the little thoughts you and Ziu Meng have. She probably truly considers you both her closest friends.”
This Xiao Ya was also pitiful. One friend after another wanted to trick her into bed for some unforgettable activity, but this girl was clearly at a stage where she didn’t understand much. Her romantic experience was close to zero, let alone same-sex romantic experience.
She was like a little lamb being eyed by two big grey wolves.
“Take it slow. She’ll understand eventually,” Qira retorted, seemingly unconvinced. “Sister and Sister Bai can be together too.”
A big question mark suddenly popped into Leticia’s mind. What did this have to do with Bai Ling? Xiao Ya was Xiao Ya, and Bai Ling was Bai Ling. Although they were sisters, did their sisterly relationship have anything to do with what they were discussing now?
Probably not.
“The possibility of Sister and Sister Bai being together is much lower than Xiao Ya becoming aware of things,” Qira quickly stated a reason that Leticia found difficult to refute.
In the past, who would have believed that the Demon King of the Demon Realm would be flirting with the Sword Sage of the Human Race? Such a scene would either appear in a dream or be when the sun rises from the west.
But now, these two were actually together.
“This… you can’t interpret it that way. Bai Ling’s appearance is the best among humans, and you know I like beautiful women like that the most. It’s normal to be attracted,” Leticia argued in a low voice. She admitted that she was indeed a member of the “lookism” club. As long as someone looked good, her worldviews would follow her facial features.
As for why Bai Ling took a liking to her? Shouldn’t that question be directed at Bai Ling? Leticia felt that it was highly likely that the girl’s brain had malfunctioned, or that she was fundamentally a pervert who liked girls of her physique.
“Then I can’t just stand by and watch Ziu Meng do those things while Xiao Ya is still innocent. We can choose not to appear, but we must be by Xiao Ya’s side to monitor them.”
“But how do you know where they are right now?”
“Magic beacon. You taught me this magic yourself.” Qira looked at Leticia in surprise. Wasn’t this thing Leticia’s specialty? A long time ago, Leticia had placed a magic beacon on her, which allowed her to sense the beacon’s location at any time.
In other words, it was a magical tracker… So, Qira, you’ve really fallen for her, haven’t you! This is definitely a crime!
