Chapter: Chapter 64
“I… don’t know either.” Bai Ling lowered her head, her eyes hidden from Leticia’s sight.
However, judging by her voice, the girl seemed a little lost at the moment.
This was not only a question baffling Leticia but also something Bai Ling was contemplating.
“You don’t know either?” Leticia raised her eyebrows. This answer truly surprised her; she had expected Bai Ling to come up with some other excuse.
However, this answer was surprisingly convincing.
Because Leticia had the same feeling. She could clearly sense an aura from Bai Ling that attracted her. This aura was the reason she could tolerate Bai Ling’s disturbances for so long.
Otherwise, she would have turned hostile long ago, why would she wait until now to clarify things?
“I don’t know.” This time, Bai Ling looked up, her gaze sharp, causing a sliver of fear to rise in Leticia’s heart.
“However, I won’t let you escape.”
“That sounds really harsh, Miss Bai Ling.” This statement provoked Leticia’s temper. What did she mean by not letting her escape? Did she need Bai Ling’s permission to leave?
But Bai Ling was not intimidated by Leticia’s words. Instead, she took a step forward and grabbed Leticia’s hand: “I want to know why.”
“There’s nothing worth investigating. As long as you don’t come looking for me, nothing will be wrong. You be your retired Sword Saint, and I’ll be my slacking Demon Lord. Isn’t that good?” Leticia tried to pull her hand away, but Bai Ling’s grip was as firm as iron.
“What do you want to do?” Leticia was furious. This person was too unreasonable. She had explained herself clearly, so why wasn’t she listening?
Yes, she used to be a Demon Lord, so it was normal for Bai Ling not to trust her.
But Leticia hadn’t shown no sincerity. She had lived here for so long, had she done anything bad?
No, she was more law-abiding than most humans.
When Bai Ling wasn’t around, I, Leticia, even took care of Bai Ya. Tell me, what threat do I, Leticia, pose now?
None, right?
“You can’t leave,” Bai Ling stated with extreme firmness.
“Fine, then you have to promise not to come looking for me again. No dogs and no Bai Ling allowed in my house.” Leticia nodded. She had moved precisely to escape Bai Ling. As long as Bai Ling stopped bothering her, it was fine if she didn’t move.
Leticia’s bottom line was clear: she didn’t want Bai Ling in her life.
The Demon Lord girl wanted to be an ordinary person.
And Bai Ling’s appearance had caused an unwarranted ripple in her ordinary life.
In the past week, Leticia had uncharacteristically gone out, bought clothes, and even beaten up three hotheads from the Hero Association with Bai Ling.
The first few incidents were acceptable to Leticia, but the last one was problematic.
What ordinary person would wear clothes typically worn by villains at night and engage in a tense, thrilling game of mutual combat with heroes?
The first time, Leticia tolerated it. After all, she was short on money at the time, and for her paper waifu, she could accept being extraordinary occasionally.
However, this second time was unacceptable. One led to two, two to three, and three to four. Leticia had a premonition that once she got involved in this vortex, it would be difficult to extricate herself.
She had to make a decision sooner rather than later: either allow herself to fall back into the vortex of schemes and tricks, or escape while it was still not too late.
The choice was clear. If Leticia liked that vortex, she wouldn’t have escaped from the Demon Realm.
To be honest, as long as Leticia didn’t want to see Kiara and the others, even if they tried their best, they couldn’t open Leticia’s bedroom door.
“Do you know why I ran away?” Leticia asked Bai Ling, whose expression had turned grim, in a cold voice.
And before Bai Ling could reply, Leticia answered herself: “I’ve had enough. What Demon Lord or not, I don’t want to be one anymore. I dedicated myself to the Demon Realm, but when I fled back in disarray, my subordinates were thinking about how to capitalize on my failure.”
“I’ll tell you, although I was defeated by you that time, it wasn’t you who caused my decline. Compared to the monarchs who died by your hand, I am much stronger.”
Leticia said this very seriously to Bai Ling. Bai Ling had indeed left a deep psychological scar on her. In the beginning, Leticia would wake up screaming every night because in her dreams, the radiant figure holding a sword was always present.
However, Leticia would never admit that her decline was due to that failure. She was simply disheartened by her incompetent subordinates and was too lazy to deal with those messy affairs.
“You are indeed much stronger.” Bai Ling agreed with this point. Back then, she could defeat those monarchs as easily as slicing vegetables, but Leticia was like a stubborn bone that was hard to cut.
In the end, although she shattered this bone, her own sword was almost destroyed.
If not for that reason, why would Bai Ling have let the severely injured Leticia go?
At that time, Leticia was barely holding on by sheer willpower. If Bai Ling had truly been as relaxed as she appeared, Leticia would never have been able to escape.
In fact, Bai Ling at that time was also close to her limit. The gap between her and Leticia was not as large as Leticia imagined.
“You don’t need to tell me that?” Leticia snorted. “I finally escaped this quagmire, and now you’re trying to drag me back. Tell me, should I be angry?”
“You have every right to be angry.” Even Bai Ling knew this was quite infuriating. It was already very patient of Leticia to explain this now.
“Then shouldn’t you stay away from me and not make me angry?”
“No.” Bai Ling shook her head.
“Huh?”
“My intuition tells me that you are not angry about my closeness.” Bai Ling embraced Leticia. “Are you angry now?”
Angry? Of course, Leticia was angry!
What did Bai Ling mean by this? She tolerated her holding hands just now, and now she was pulling her into her arms. What was this?
“Let go of me! Let go!” Leticia struggled with all her might, but even she didn’t realize how weak her struggles were.
But Bai Ling noticed this. In a corner where Leticia couldn’t see, a faint smile appeared on the girl’s frozen face.
The ice mountain seemed to be slowly starting to melt.
