"Hah? Mo Zili disappeared?!" When Leticia heard this news from Xue'er, she was completely bewildered.
She was fine just yesterday, so how did she vanish today?
"Yes, she didn't appear at the academy all day. We found it strange, so we observed outside her room and discovered she wasn't there." Xue'er nodded. Actually, when the surveillance personnel noticed something was wrong, it was already noon. Mo Zili's disappearance time had to be pushed back to at least the evening before.
In any case, that girl was currently completely untraceable.
"Are there any clues?"
"Unfortunately, there are no clues. We only know that whoever took her away won't be weak, because our people were watching her the entire time, but when she disappeared, it didn't attract our people's attention." Xue'er was quite confident in the surveillance personnel she had stationed there. While they couldn't catch every mosquito, they definitely wouldn't be so blind as to miss a grown girl walking past their faces.
Mo Zili's mysterious disappearance left only two possibilities: either there was a secret passage in that house, and Mo Zili used it to avoid the watchers' line of sight.
Or, someone powerful enough had taken Mo Zili away at night—someone strong enough to take Mo Zili away without alerting any guards or the academy's protective magic.
Was this difficult?
For Leticia, it was very simple.
But for generally capable people, it was definitely impossible. Even the Four Heavenly Kings might leave some traces.
But among the demons, there were only a few people stronger than the Four Heavenly Kings, and Leticia didn't think they would act against a little girl.
"Xue'er, could you do it?"
"Yes, but I'd need some preparation time." Xue'er replied. Give her some preparation time, and she could do it.
"Your level of strength should be the minimum threshold. People weaker than you couldn't do it... Regardless of who took Mo Zili away, why they took her is also a question." Leticia grabbed her head. This was too hard to guess.
Who knew why that person captured Mo Zili?
First, she ruled out that Frank guy. His entire family combined couldn't beat Xue'er alone. Besides, kidnapping a girl who obviously had good relations with some big shot just to save face—wasn't that suicide?
That guy was annoying, but he still had some intelligence.
Anyway, Leticia didn't think he would do something tantamount to seeking death, and even if he wanted to, he didn't have the ability.
"Miss Mo has many mysteries surrounding her. Just standing here guessing won't yield any results." Xue'er said to Leticia. "Your Majesty should relax first. Our people have already begun searching for Miss Mo's traces throughout the city. As long as she hasn't left Demon King Castle, we'll definitely find her."
That said, Leticia was still a bit worried. She always felt that Mo Zili's disappearance might portend some not-so-good things.
The key was, why did she disappear?
It definitely wasn't her teacher's doing. If her teacher wanted to take Mo Zili away, she could just walk in openly and take her—no need for sneaking around.
Then who could it be? She couldn't guess at all.
"How are the test results for yesterday's blood sample coming along?" Perhaps she could approach this from Mo Zili's background, but with her parents unknown, Leticia didn't know what her identity was either.
Last night, she had already handed that blood sample to Xue'er, asking her to personally test Mo Zili's kinship with her current suspect.
Calculating the time, there should be results by now.
"She's not that person's child. I'm currently comparing that blood sample with all the nobles in the city. The results will probably take a few days to come out."
She's not?
Leticia was somewhat surprised. She thought she could finally be prophetic for once, but turned out she guessed wrong?
But at that time and place, there was only that one demon army that was driven back by the human counterattack. It couldn't possibly be a victorious demon army that abandoned Mo Zili, right?
Why would they? There was no reason.
It couldn't be that they felt they couldn't afford to raise a child, so they left the child on the battlefield.
Also, a baby appearing on a battlefield was inherently strange. How could there be pregnant women in an army?
Even if Mo Zili was born before the expedition, no normal person would bring a few-month-old baby to battle.
By all logic and reason, Mo Zili shouldn't have appeared there.
"Your Majesty needn't be too hasty. In just a few days, we'll be able to figure out the situation."
Although that's what she said, Leticia was worried—worried that something would really happen.
The current demon race was her life's work. If it got severely damaged by some incident, Leticia would be heartbroken.
"Tomorrow, call Elsa Priestley over to accompany Little Ya around. It's time for me to put in some effort too." Leticia sighed. She had originally planned to accompany Little Ya around the Demon King Castle that even she found somewhat unfamiliar every day, but now it seemed that wouldn't work.
Leticia's current state was that she wanted to slack off and was slacking off, but whenever something happened, she would unconsciously recover from her slacking state, occasionally rising to the occasion.
Then, she'd continue lying on the ground slacking off.
Though this state was strange, it was much better than her previous complete slacking. At least now Xue'er felt very reassured—having the Demon King backing everything up gave her an incomparable sense of security.
"That Bai person still hasn't come over. Looks like she's not home." Leticia stood on her tiptoes and took out a brown book from the bookshelf behind her. This was a transcribed copy of the Prophecy Book owned by the demons.
Originally kept in the basement of the Demon King Palace, only Leticia and Qila could touch it.
However, there were several such transcribed copies. Leticia and several trustworthy powerful demons each had one.
"When the sun and moon share the sky, ancient gods will vent their fury from being imprisoned for countless years, destroying the demon cities... huh?" Looking at the translated prophecy, Leticia's brow furrowed tightly. It wasn't that she was overthinking—she really didn't dare ignore this prophecy.
If this prophecy came true, it would be a devastating disaster for the demons.
While it wouldn't lead to extinction, setting back national power by decades would be completely feasible. Leticia didn't want the save file she had worked so hard to build to be ruined by something like this.
......
"Sister, are you finally planning to work seriously?" At dinner time, after hearing Leticia's arrangements for the next few days, Qila asked with some surprise.
She thought her sister would keep accompanying Little Ya the whole time. She didn't expect her to remember her proper duties.
This really moved Qila. Of course, if sister could have this realization earlier, Qila would be even happier.
"I have to be serious. She has too many mysteries, and that person is involved. How can I not worry?" Leticia said helplessly. "Fortunately, she's not that person's child."
Otherwise, Leticia would really have to think carefully about how to deal with Mo Zili.
"That person? Which person?" Leticia's riddling behavior made Qila a bit unhappy. How was she supposed to know which person sister was talking about?
"That person who wanted to cause trouble when I was injured." Leticia pressed her temples, saying reluctantly.
Just mentioning this person made her unhappy. You could say this bastard was the main reason Leticia started slacking off.
There was no helping it. Once your heart grows cold, it's hard to warm it up again.
She had worked diligently as the Demon King, blazing trails for the demons and nearly losing her life, yet that bastard actually wanted to take advantage of her weakest moment when she was injured to rally a group of people dissatisfied with the Demon King and force her to abdicate?
Could Leticia tolerate this?
She was so angry she spat up blood twice, and that very night had people arrest that bastard. Without even a trial, she had him dragged away and killed.
In matters like this, Leticia was never magnanimous.
Everything alive in that noble's household was purged under Leticia's orders—eggs had to be scrambled, earthworms had to be split vertically in half.
To describe it in one phrase: rivers of blood.
"Ah?" Qila scratched her hair. Even with that explanation, she still didn't know who sister was talking about.
She had no idea what happened at that time, and no one told her. She only knew sister was very angry then, and after that, sister became decadent.
"In short, some ungrateful bastard wanted to overthrow me when I was injured, so I exterminated his entire family." Leticia explained concisely.
Hearing this, Qila didn't have much reaction, but Little Ya beside them was so surprised she nearly spat out her drink.
Exterminating an entire family—that seemed to be the colloquial term for genocide, right?
From Sister Qianqian's tone, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with doing that?
"What's wrong, Little Ya?" Noticing Bai Ya's pale complexion, Leticia asked with concern.
"Nothing, it's just... Sister Qianqian really killed that entire family..."
So she was surprised about this?
Leticia smiled helplessly. Right, in Bai Ya's worldview, it should be that one person takes responsibility for their own actions—one person's mistakes shouldn't implicate their family.
But this wouldn't work among demons.
The rules on the demon side were very ancient. For such treasonous bastards, extermination was the minimum—even executing nine generations of relatives would be considered lenient.
"The rules on the demon side are very different from the human side. Though harsh, they're indeed most suitable for demons." Leticia reached out and patted Little Ya's head. "The lives I've accumulated in my hands are already countless."
But Sister Qianqian doesn't look at all like the kind of bad person who kills without blinking, Bai Ya thought.
To her, Sister Qianqian was like that kind of sheltered young lady raised in a greenhouse who had never seen the outside world.
Though from sister's previous words, she could tell that Sister Qianqian was probably a very spirited girl long ago, since sister and Sister Qianqian met on a battlefield.
On battlefields, there would always be killing. Sister would kill, Sister Qianqian would kill, everyone would kill.
"But I basically never went to battlefields." But the next moment, Leticia's words left Bai Ya dumbfounded. "I didn't kill people with swords or weapons or anything like that. I used human hearts and power."
"But sister said she met Sister Qianqian on a battlefield." Bai Ya said unconsciously.
"Bullshit! She ambushed me while I was traveling!" Leticia slammed the table in refutation. Bai Ling was really putting gold on her own face. If it had really been on a battlefield, could she have taken her head from among ten thousand troops?
What a joke! That was completely impossible!
She had been caught off guard, which was why she lost so quickly. If she had been fully prepared, though she still wouldn't have won, she wouldn't have been defeated in just a few moves.
She lost so quickly entirely because she panicked and her techniques became chaotic. Bai Ling was fully prepared, calculating with intent against the unprepared—what the hell could she fight with?
"Eh? It was actually like that?" Bai Ya asked with some surprise. She thought sister had really defeated Sister Qianqian on a battlefield.
So it was actually an ambush?
Sister was really quite shameless.
And she even lied to her, saying she had defeated Sister Qianqian fairly on a battlefield. Too bad.
"Of course! That's why I don't like her." Leticia snorted. "Forget it, forget it, those are all things of the past. Tomorrow Little Ya, you can tour Demon King Castle with Elsa Priestley. She's much more familiar with this place than I am."
Regarding this arrangement, Bai Ya was actually not very satisfied. Even if Sister Qianqian couldn't accompany her, she felt having Qila come along would be a good choice too.
But Elsa Priestley—having this rival of sister's accompany her made Bai Ya somewhat reluctant.
An enemy! This was an enemy!
But Little Ya wasn't the type to make unreasonable demands. She knew Sister Qianqian and Qila were both very busy lately and couldn't spare time for her.
If she insisted on having Sister Qianqian or Little Qi accompany her at this time, it would seem too inconsiderate.
Though Sister Qianqian wouldn't say anything, her impression in Sister Qianqian's heart would definitely worsen considerably. But if she obediently accepted Sister Qianqian's arrangement, Sister Qianqian would definitely reward her later.
When that time came, heh heh, she could make the request for sister and Sister Qianqian to meet.
This request wasn't excessive—just meeting once. There was no way Sister Qianqian could refuse. And after they met, everything would be easier to handle.
Better than the current situation where they couldn't even see each other. When that time came, absence makes the heart grow fonder—maybe their relationship would progress greatly.
Little Ya believed in sister. She would definitely be able to seize this opportunity. If she couldn't seize it, Little Ya would mercilessly mock sister.
She had put so much effort into earning this meeting opportunity—it couldn't be wasted!