"Tch, I should be the one making threats, right? You're stealing my lines—are you looking for a fight?" Leticia expressed strong dissatisfaction with Bai Ling's interruption.
Playing good cop and bad cop was indeed a good method, but Leticia felt she was more suited to be the villain, while letting Bai Ling be the good guy would be better.
This wasn't giving Bai Ling any favors—being the good guy required considering too many things, while the bad guy could feel justified doing things that couldn't be accepted by ordinary people.
For example, the "permanent solution" Bai Ling had just mentioned.
Faced with Leticia's dissatisfaction, Bai Ling showed an extremely harmless smile. "This time you should be the good guy. Introduce yourself first."
How could this bastard look so good when smiling? Even Leticia was stunned for a moment before coming back to her senses.
She slapped her face hard, driving those chaotic thoughts from her mind. "Are you trying to seduce me?"
"I'd like to, but seduction doesn't seem to work on a certain someone." Although Bai Ling didn't explicitly say who seduction didn't work on, considering the context, even an idiot would know who she was talking about.
Of course, this evaluation seemed to be a positive one.
"Tch, move aside, move aside. Time to talk business." Leticia pushed Bai Ling away and stood where Bai Ling had been standing. "I am the Demon King."
"Um." Mo Zili blinked.
What did Demon King mean? Wait... Demon King... Demon King?!
Miss Su is the Demon King?!
Upon first hearing this term, Mo Zili didn't immediately understand what Leticia's words meant.
Only after a few seconds did she realize she was currently in the Demon Realm, which was the world of demons, and the Demon King was the ruler of all demons.
Miss Su was the Demon King?!
That legendary Demon King with a green face and fangs who killed without blinking and liked eating children?!
"What's wrong with her?" Leticia jumped in front of Mo Zili and waved her hand before her eyes.
But the girl's gaze remained dazed. She seemed to have completely immersed herself in her own world.
"She probably can't accept such explosive news all at once, causing her brain to crash." Bai Ling also came over. "How about I take this opportunity to cut her down?"
"When did you become the type to want to cut people down at every turn?"
"I've always been this type, I just restrain myself a bit in front of you." Bai Ling tilted her head as she answered. The first thing she thought about when solving problems was whether it could be resolved by cutting people down.
If it could, she'd go cut. If it couldn't, she'd find other methods.
Only when facing Leticia would she immediately rule out the option of cutting people down.
Other times, her thought process was that simple—just cut and be done with it.
"No no no, it's not time for that yet." Leticia pointed to the corner of the study. "Go squat over there obediently and don't interfere with me, okay?"
Bai Ling touched her nose somewhat aggrievedly. Clearly Leticia had been the first to suggest this option, so how did it seem like she was the one most eager to solve things this way?
After Mo Zili finally managed to replace the image of the super big Demon King in her mind with the cute girl before her, she looked somewhat puzzledly at the white-haired girl facing the wall in the corner. "What's wrong with Miss Bai?"
"Don't mind her. I told her to go cool off over there." Leticia snorted. "I am the Demon King, the one called Leticia. Do you understand?"
"Mm-hmm. Then Your Majesty the Demon King, what do you need to tell me?" Mo Zili felt it would be better to add an honorific after Demon King, since this was the Demon King after all.
Although different from what she'd imagined, one never knows what's truly in someone's heart. Who knew if Leticia's inner self housed a super big villain?
"I didn't find who your parents are, but I found your ancestors." Leticia propped up her chin, putting on a troubled expression. "You might not believe this, but your ancestors were quite impressive."
"Were they nobles?" Mo Zili's eyes lit up. To receive such evaluation from the Demon King, her ancestors must have been very impressive.
Leticia shook her head. "Not nobles. Your ancestors once competed with my ancestors for the position of Demon King, and the result... well, you should know."
If Mo Zili's ancestors had won, the current Demon King would probably be Mo Zili, not Leticia.
"And after your ancestors failed, they couldn't accept this reality and released an evil god. In the end, the evil god was sealed by my ancestors, and your ancestors should have been completely exterminated, yet somehow the bloodline survived to today."
Leticia's words made Mo Zili's eyes widen. She didn't doubt the accuracy of what Leticia said—she was just shocked that her background would be like this.
"So, is Your Majesty the Demon King planning to kill me?" she asked quietly.
Since her bloodline should have been severed long ago, was Leticia now going to complete what her ancestors hadn't finished and have her killed?
Leticia showed a kind smile. "If I wanted to kill you, I wouldn't be telling you these things. The moment you stepped into this room, I would have burned you to ash with a single flame."
After saying this with a smile, she pointed to a large chair nearby and said to Mo Zili, "Alright, go sit over there. Your legs are shaking quite fast right now."
Mo Zili dragged her somewhat uncooperative legs to the chair, while Leticia also brought Bai Ling to another chair.
After both were seated, Leticia spoke again. "Your teacher isn't a good person."
"Teacher has been so good to me!" Mo Zili immediately retorted.
Well well, this girl had quite deep feelings for her teacher. But this was normal—after all, it was this teacher who raised Mo Zili. Their relationship should be closer to mother and daughter.
So Mo Zili not believing what Leticia said was understandable, and Leticia had no intention of convincing Mo Zili that her teacher was a bad person.
"I'm just mentioning it. The reason I had Bai Ling bring you here was to prevent you from falling into your teacher's hands. Stay here obediently for the next few days and don't go out." Leticia looked at Bai Ling. "Bai, you'll watch over her these few days, okay?"
"I thought you needed my help."
"You not causing trouble would be good enough. If it weren't for you two, I would have gotten everything from that underground room. But with your interference, so many things—all gone!"
......
"Good evening, Sister Bai." When night fell and Qila finished her day's work and returned home, she was somewhat surprised to find her sister and Bai Ling squatting on the ground with small sticks, drawing something.
Beside the two sisters were Bai Ya, who looked unhappy, and Mo Zili, who was also in a bad mood.
Each occupied one side of the large sofa, showing complete indifference to the actions of those two sisters over there.
The atmosphere in the hall was awkward—so awkward that even Qila couldn't help wanting to break this strange atmosphere.
As for those two girls in bad moods, Qila didn't want to disturb them for now. She felt the culprit behind these two girls' bad moods was probably her dear sister.
Thinking this way, it would be better to start the conversation with Sister Bai, the girl she hadn't seen for over half a year.
"Ah, good evening, Qila." Bai Ling stood up and responded. "She and I are arranging the defenses here. Would Qila like to listen?"
Yes, although it looked like these two were doing something somewhat childish, they were actually working on serious business.
Using this manor as a base to create an impregnable fortress—Bai Ling had used this method once before.
And that time, the fortress was breached from within.
Of course, it wasn't actually breached. After all, Leticia could have destroyed that teleportation magic at any time. She didn't do so only because she planned to use that opportunity to steal Evangelyne away.
Unfortunately, the results didn't quite meet her expectations. Although the general direction of events satisfied her, her plan ultimately failed.
But this time was different. Leticia didn't believe she would be like Bai Ling, letting an enemy into her own headquarters.
Bai Ling's trust in her fellow tribesmen was too mindless, while Leticia, who exemplified the inverse relationship between intelligence and chest size, was completely different.
She was a very, very suspicious person.
Actually, according to the original plan, Leticia intended to stuff Mo Zili into a secret room beneath the Demon King Palace. But she ultimately abandoned this idea.
The reason was simple—Leticia worried that woman might come with a desperate mentality to give her a big surprise.
The Demon King Palace was Leticia's home—it couldn't be damaged.
Although this place's defensive capabilities couldn't match the Demon King Palace, Leticia wouldn't feel bad if it got damaged. Plus, this place was far from the urban area, so she and Bai Ling could both fight without restraint.
The Demon King Palace was located in the center of Demon King Castle. Fighting there would inevitably restrict Leticia's movements.
"Sister's arrangements are quite good. I have no objections." After hearing Leticia's plans, Qila expressed no disagreement.
"I have objections!"
The three people's gazes simultaneously turned to the little girl who had jumped down from the sofa. Bai Ya was now angrily glaring at her sister. "I don't want to be locked up here!"
"First, Little Ya, you're not being locked up here." Leticia immediately clarified that she never intended to restrict Little Ya's activities. "The one being locked up is Mo Zili."
Mo Zili, suddenly mentioned by name, looked up blankly, then nodded blankly. "Mm, I'm the one being locked up."
"Then why can't I go out and play?" the little girl asked angrily.
She had just asked Leticia about tomorrow's arrangements, and Leticia's answer was actually, "Little Ya should stay home these few days."
Wasn't this locking her up?
"Sister, haven't you explained the current situation to Little Ya?" Qila poked Leticia and asked quietly.
Leticia shrugged. "Not yet. Bai didn't want me to tell her."
"I never said that. You made that decision yourself." Bai Ling immediately denied it.
She hadn't planned to hide things from Little Ya this time—she just didn't want Little Ya to know about the deity. Using other analogies to let Little Ya understand the current situation was something she didn't oppose.
"Hey, you didn't tell me, so how was I supposed to know that was your plan?" Leticia blinked. According to Bai Ling's explanation, was this somehow her fault?
"Cough cough, let's not discuss this first." Bai Ling cleared her throat and pulled Bai Ya aside to begin explaining quietly.
Taking advantage of the two sisters whispering, Qila walked to the blank-eyed Mo Zili. "Mm, she really is quite beautiful up close. As expected of a descendant of those who once competed with our ancestors for the Demon King position."
Although her ancestors ultimately failed and did unforgivable things, Qila didn't think Mo Zili should be held responsible for these matters.
She obviously knew nothing before today, and she didn't even want to come to the Demon Realm. If not for her teacher bringing her back to the Demon Realm, she probably would never have had any connection with demons in her lifetime.
"Sister, I have an immature idea." Qila turned to Leticia. "After this matter is resolved, why don't you just take her in?"
"Hah?" Leticia tilted her head.
Mo Zili also widened her eyes. She naturally understood what this meant—taking her in meant she'd spend her entire life with Leticia.
Was she about to be taken into the Demon King's harem?
"I'm not the type to force myself on people. Even if I agreed, Mo Zili wouldn't agree." Fortunately, Leticia currently had no such plans.
She patted Mo Zili's shoulder. "Sigh, how to handle you afterward is indeed troublesome, but I can promise you that I won't force you to stay by my side against your will."
Looking at Leticia's sincere eyes, Mo Zili's heart suddenly stirred with an inexplicable feeling. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something.
But ultimately, her voice stuck in her throat.
"What are you talking about?" Just then, Bai Ling returned with a confused-looking Bai Ya.
Leticia rolled her eyes. "Talking about expanding my harem."
"Stop fooling around."
"Hey, how is this fooling around? I think this girl is worthy of me. What's wrong with taking her into my harem? Can you even control this?" Leticia put her hands on her hips and questioned.
"I don't agree."
"Your disagreement has nothing to do with me. Can you control who I like?"
"I can."
"I..."
"You two, it's time for dinner. Please stop this meaningless argument." Finally, Xue'er acted as peacemaker, calming down Bai Ling and Leticia who were about to clash again.