Was she seduced? She should say, there was indeed a tiny bit.
Leticia was a very ordinary girl. The thoughts normal girls would have and things they would do, she would have and do too—just with the target changed to girls like herself.
And in certain special situations, Leticia might behave even more, um, thirsty than other girls.
"No way, how could I be such a shallow person." Leticia guiltily looked away, unwilling to look at the smiling Bai Ling anymore.
What this answer represented, everyone probably knew.
The smile on Bai Ling's face could no longer be called a smile. If it could make sound, she would probably burst out laughing loudly.
"I say, is being my girlfriend really such a hard thing to accept? You're already not rejecting me anymore, right?" Bai Ling reached out with both hands and forcibly turned Leticia's face back.
At the very beginning, when Leticia was unwilling to accept her, Bai Ling could understand. They weren't familiar then, and they had deep enmity before. Being able to get along so harmoniously was entirely because of Little Ya and Leticia's desire not to cause trouble.
But later, as the two gradually became familiar with each other, Bai Ling felt it would be better to let the past be the past, wouldn't it?
She had already moved on from the past. Though she still put her sister first, her view of humanity as a whole had changed.
Before, she always wanted to bear everything alone, but now she knew she couldn't and shouldn't do that.
Living constantly under her protection, what humans would become was really hard to say. For example, Guild Leader—her worship of Bai Ling could be said to be a benchmark of people's previous attitude toward the Sword Saint: worship, deification. Bai Ling was humanity's spiritual pillar.
When she could still achieve victory in every battle, this situation was fine. But who could guarantee there wouldn't come a day when the Sword Saint failed?
This didn't just mean failure in one-on-one combat—being outnumbered with two fists against four hands also counted. As long as Bai Ling was defeated, humanity's spiritual pillar would collapse, and how much will to resist humans would have left was hard to say.
Senior Sang had seen this time bomb buried deep in people's hearts. Combined with Bai Ling's psychological and physical problems from long-term combat, she ordered Bai Ling to retire and go home to enjoy life.
A sharp treasure sword, whether sheathed or not, could deter those greedy villains circling humanity. Until they were certain the Sword Saint couldn't kill them, those people wouldn't make any major moves.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, humanity's new generation of heroes could also grow strong. When the day came that Bai Ling truly wasn't there anymore, they could continue to shield humanity from wind and rain.
"Tch, I still want to conquer the world. When that time comes, we'll still have plenty of fights." Leticia pried away Bai Ling's hands cupping her face. "I'm a Demon King with great ambitions—I won't be held back by romantic entanglements."
"Your chest is quite clean—there are no big moles." Regarding Leticia's daily bragging, Bai Ling's emotions remained quite stable.
Conquering the world—Leticia only said such things in front of her. Other times, had she done even one thing related to conquering the world?
This person just slacked off every day, throwing everything to Qila to handle while being a leisurely Demon King.
Saying she wanted to conquer the world—Bai Ling didn't believe it at all.
"Before conquering the world, I think you should think about how to conquer me first." There it was—Bai Ling's specialty straight ball!
"Haven't I already conquered you?" Leticia also demonstrated her super defensive power against straight balls. She fiercely poked Bai Ling's forehead. "Get the situation straight—you're the one chasing me, not me chasing you. If I wanted to find a pretty girl, that would be simple."
"Look at Little Mo—noble bloodline, gentle personality, and she's even a demon. Why would I choose you, this violent woman who has nothing going for her?"
"Then go marry her. I guarantee I'll definitely appear at your wedding with her and turn the wedding into a funeral." Bai Ling said cheerfully. Her words were somewhat ambiguous, and Leticia couldn't tell if Bai Ling was serious or joking.
This white-hair shouldn't have yandere attributes, right?
Wasn't that exclusive to pink-haired characters?
"You said it yourself. I'll go propose to Little Mo when I get back and make her my wife." Leticia stared at Bai Ling's face, wanting to see her reaction to this statement.
This little look couldn't fool Bai Ling. The girl giggled and showed a quite classic yandere expression. "Do you think I would do such a thing?"
Hiss—Leticia sucked in a cold breath. She really didn't dare bet on this.
Women were scary, and crazy women were even scarier. For her own life's sake, she'd better be careful not to provoke Miss Bai.
If Miss Bai couldn't take it anymore and decided to take Leticia to the underworld to get married, where would Leticia go to reason? She was only in her twenties—her wonderful life had just begun. Being taken away by this bastard would be too unfair.
"Be normal. I don't like mentally ill people." Leticia scooted her butt back a little. "If you acted normal, I might consider it."
Hearing this answer, Bai Ling changed her expression as quickly as changing masks, showing a smile. "I'm very normal—trust me."
No one would believe your nonsense! Leticia roared internally.
"So, about being my girlfriend..." The persistent Bai Ling raised this question once again.
"Insufficient favorability, confession failed." Leticia irritably kicked Bai Ling. "Can't you properly follow the process? Max out the favorability before confessing, okay?"
Excluding the favorability bonus from looks, Leticia's favorability toward Bai Ling was currently at the level of good friends—much better than the previous ordinary friends or even enemies, but still not at the level where confession was appropriate.
And using looks to cheat—Leticia was firmly opposed to this. She refused to allow cheating. If Bai Ling wanted to pursue her, she should honestly follow the process. Relying on looks had no future.
"Then give me a number so I can see how far I am from success." Bai Ling, who had been kicked, didn't get angry but moved closer instead.
In her heart, she actually hoped Leticia's kick had hit her face just now.
......
It was said that on that day, the two younger sisters' dance amazed everyone and became the undisputed stars of the evening banquet.
As for the two older sisters, they sat under the starry sky until the banquet ended. No one knew what they talked about—only that their relationship remained the same as before, full of playful banter.
Two more days later, Little Ya's vacation was truly ending. If she didn't go back soon, she might even miss the start of school.
"Little Ling, pack these things up." Leticia directed her little pet to organize the miscellaneous items on the ground.
The God of Shadows didn't come out to breathe every moment. During times when the God of Shadows was too lazy to come out, Mo Ziling's body was still controlled by herself.
Leticia had also asked Mo Ziling if she wanted a new body, but the girl shook her head, saying the current arrangement was quite good.
After all, her true form was actually a soul. Having her body occasionally controlled by a god wasn't something unacceptable to her.
Creating another body—not to mention whether it would be as comfortable to use as the current one, appearance alone couldn't be guaranteed.
"Master's inventory is quite extensive." Mo Ziling used black tentacles to toss the miscellaneous items on the ground into boxes one by one.
Being frequently possessed by a god, she naturally received some compensation, such as these tentacles.
"These things have been piled in the warehouse for who knows how many years. Some are probably older than me." Leticia leaned against the wall, saying somewhat speechlessly. "But I didn't expect there would be things here that could serve as local specialties. Pretty good."
The farewell gifts she gave the Bai sisters were found in this place. Though they were all old antiques, they represented her feelings.
Some small decorative items, several weapons with strong demon characteristics, and a nameplate Leticia carved herself—these were the gifts Leticia gave this time.
"Isn't Master going to see off Miss Bai and the others?"
"Nothing much to see off. It's not like we'll never meet again—why make it so ceremonial?" Leticia shrugged. She had considered whether to see off Bai Ling and the others, but ultimately decided not to go.
"Qila can represent me. She's better at these things than I am."
Indeed, Qila was quite good at such things and handled them without any problems.
But Bai Ling, who still wanted to see Leticia one more time, was somewhat unhappy.
"Sister said she still has many things to do and won't come see off Sister Bai and the others." Standing by the main road outside Demon King City, Qila spoke to the girls before her.
When they came, there was only Little Ya. The group returning had grown considerably.
The Bai sisters, Mo Zili, and Emily serving as guide—a full four people.
After learning about her background, Mo Zili had requested to return to the Human World. Compared to the demon race, she was indeed more like a human.
Anyway, the divine artifact was already in her hands, and the God of Shadows within had reached an agreement with her. Mo Zili's usefulness was gone, so Leticia readily agreed to Mo Zili's request.
Use and discard—very much in the style of Demon King.
"She's clearly very idle though." Bai Ling looked angrily at the large and small packages in her hands. She was leaving, yet that person didn't even come to see her off—definitely on purpose.
Leticia always managed to be infuriating at certain times.
"Haha, maybe Sister really does have things to do." Qila scratched the back of her head, defending her sister with obvious guilt.
How could she not know whether Leticia actually had things to do? Of course she didn't.
With her sister's personality of lying down rather than sitting if possible, if there really were things to do, she wouldn't need Qila to say anything—she'd immediately come running over to see off Bai Ling and make Qila handle the business.
That Leticia would stay in the Demon King's palace using the excuse of having business to handle meant she had absolutely nothing to do.
She simply didn't want to come see off Bai Ling.
"Qila, don't speak for her." Bai Ling indicated she wouldn't believe Leticia's nonsense. "Since she doesn't want to come out, forget it. Give her a message from me—don't forget our agreement."
In summer, they were still going to play at the seaside.
"Mm, I understand." Qila nodded solemnly.
"I have nothing else to say. Little Ya seems to have something to tell you, Qila. I'll go wait over there." After saying what she wanted to say, Bai Ling left the stage to her sister.
As soon as Little Ya saw her sister leave, she immediately rushed to Qila's side. "Qila, can you come visit me sometime?"
Now she knew Qila's identity, but she still harbored some small feelings for this precocious girl.
Girls around eighteen having romantic feelings was very normal. Meeting someone special like Qila at this age made it hard for Little Ya not to be moved.
Though her feelings for Qila were still somewhat hazy, and she currently only wanted to be very good friends with Qila, when this emotion might change was hard to say.
"If Sister ever has a conscience awakening and helps me handle a month's worth of business, I could probably find time to play with Little Ya." Qila sighed. Unlike the Bai sisters who could travel freely, she couldn't just go on trips. With such a sister, she was basically working year-round without rest.
Travel? Too much to ask for.
"Sister Leticia is too mean, clearly doing things that are her own responsibility but making Qila do them." Little Ya felt indignant for Qila. "Why don't you come with us and abandon that bad sister?"
Hearing this, Qila burst out laughing. Wasn't this just replicating her sister's previous operation?
However, she was a very responsible girl who couldn't do such irresponsible things.
"Alright, alright, we'll have many chances to meet. In the future, when Little Ya has time, you can come to the Demon Realm." Qila stroked Little Ya's smooth black hair, saying softly, "Come, one last hug before leaving."
Little Ya opened her arms and hugged Qila tightly.
In terms of figure, Little Ya, who was already a young woman, was slightly bigger than Qila, but looking at their facial expressions, Qila appeared more composed and calm.
Bai Ling watched the two girls embracing and smiled slightly. The sisters' progress was much faster than the older sisters'.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a gaze fall upon her. The direction the gaze came from seemed to be... toward the Demon King's palace?
"In the end, you couldn't help but come after all?" Bai Ling finally smiled. That stubborn tsundere—so adorable yet hateful.