Chapter: Chapter 45
If you were to ask Emily who she admired most among the demons, she would undoubtedly say Letitia without hesitation.
She is the Demon King, the most powerful mage of the demon race, and a being most revered by ordinary demons like Emily.
Emily is twenty years old, barely considered an adult among demons. Upon reaching adulthood, she immediately joined the demon army and became a glorious demon warrior.
Well, “glorious” is quite glorious, but her performance isn’t ideal.
Her task was to be a common soldier, doing things like training and standing guard, which was very boring and confused Emily.
She joined the army to respond to the Empress’s call to restore the glory of the demon race, so why was she doing these things now?
Moreover, everyone in the army lacked the vigor described in the propaganda; it was as if they were all in the army just for a vacation.
When Emily expressed her confusion to her captain, the captain took a deep drag of his cigarette, his face filled with melancholy.
“Little Ai, that was a long time ago,” the captain exhaled a smoke ring and tossed the remaining cigarette butt into the trash can beside him. “If you calculate the time, it’s been nearly seven or eight years since we last fought.”
Yes, seven or eight years. Ever since that failure, the Demon King had lost her former sharpness and had become listless.
The demon race had not engaged in any major battles since that day.
“If you really want to do something, Little Ai, you can try your luck with the Princess. Her Highness has been recruiting new soldiers recently, which is quite suitable for hotheads like you.” In the end, the captain pointed Emily in a direction.
Emily went and was assigned to the human world as an intelligence officer.
Usually, she pretended to be an ordinary person and gathered intelligence. Her life was relaxed and comfortable, but it gave Emily a sense of doing something.
At least it was better than staying in the demon world doing nothing all day. Here, she was truly contributing her strength to the Demon King.
You say she’s working for the Princess?
Come on, the Princess and the Empress are sisters! Helping the Princess is helping the Empress, isn’t it?
However, today, Emily messed up.
Today was her first actual combat mission. The Princess’s instructions were to thoroughly search this place for a book called “Studies on Ancient Magic”.
The family would not be home tonight. Emily had expected an easy mission, but to her surprise, shortly after the mission began, she encountered a huge crisis.
A girl with black hair came down from upstairs, almost colliding with Emily.
If Emily hadn’t reacted quickly and swerved aside, she might have died before she could even start her mission.
Ah, no, she wouldn’t have died. At worst, she would have just knocked the girl unconscious.
However, Emily had a feeling that if she truly acted, it might not be the girl who fell, but herself.
Fortunately, the girl didn’t notice Emily. She just muttered something and brushed past Emily.
The girl’s senses were truly sharp, causing Emily to break out in a cold sweat.
After that, Emily encountered the greatest crisis of her career.
“We ask, you answer. Understand?” The dwarfish man in white stood before Emily, who was tied to a chair.
Emily only remembered finishing searching the kitchen of the house when she sensed a strange aura suddenly appearing behind her. Just as she was about to react, she felt a sharp pain at the back of her head, her vision went black, and she lost consciousness.
When she woke up, she was already tied to the chair. Not only was her body restrained, but her magic was also sealed.
“Wuwuwu!” Emily whimpered in anger. It wasn’t that she couldn’t speak, but rather because her mouth was stuffed with a white towel.
“Um, her mouth is blocked,” the man in black, slightly taller than the man in white, noticed something was wrong. He nudged the man in white with his elbow and whispered a reminder.
The man in white paused. “Of course, I know that. But looking at her, she clearly doesn’t want to cooperate.”
You should let me speak! Emily was going crazy. Is this how you interrogate people?
The Princess had said that if she was caught, she must protect her own life, and it was acceptable to reveal her mission.
“Mmm!”
“She seems to have something to say,” the man in black reminded her again.
“Then you go and take the towel out of her mouth,” the man in white waved his hand, signaling the man in black to remove the object from Emily’s mouth.
The man in black quickly stepped forward and removed the towel from Emily’s mouth.
“You two despicable scoundrels, I will not rest in peace even as a ghost!” As soon as the towel was removed from her mouth, Emily began to curse.
Hmph, although the Princess had said that, how could Emily betray the Princess?
“Heh, you really won’t shed a tear until you see the coffin,” the man in white immediately rolled up his sleeves, appearing somewhat angered.
