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Li Ancheng looked at Beta, smiled helplessly, said nothing, and lay down flat on the bed.
The room quickly fell silent.
Only the soft sound of Beta turning pages remained, and the quiet rustle of pen on paper.
When the breathing beside her grew steady and slow, Beta finally stopped.
She watched him carefully for a moment.
Once she confirmed Li Ancheng was sound asleep.
She gently closed the notebook, held her breath, and leaned closer.
Silver hair slipped down and covered her burning cheeks.
The lightest, quickest touch.
Her lips brushed the corner of his mouth.
The instant she pulled it off.
Beta shrank back like a little fox who had just stolen the finest honey, her entire face so red it looked ready to drip.
Flustered, she lowered her head, opened the notebook, and with a trembling hand scrawled a line of chaotic little text on the newest page.
[TOP SECRET RECORD: Lord Ancheng’s lips…
are fragrant and soft…] Li Ancheng lay there with his eyes closed, feeling like laughing.
The adjacent room.
Tsubaki Shinra and Hualian, dressed in silk nightgowns, sat cross-legged on their own beds with eyes shut in concentration.
But not long after.
They opened their eyes at almost the same moment.
Their gazes met squarely in midair.
“Shinra-senpai…” Hualian scratched her fair cheek in irritation, her expression caving in.
“It’s so strange.
When we cultivated like this during the day, the spiritual energy circulated so smoothly.
Why can’t I settle my mind tonight?” Tsubaki Shinra pursed her lips lightly.
Her gaze drifted, almost against her will, toward the master bedroom next door.
“Probably because…” “Tonight, the spot beside Master is occupied by Beta.” “Hah…” Hualian flopped forward like a salted fish that had lost all its dreams, sprawling spread-eagle across the soft bed.
“When is Master going to call us over?
Does Beta really need that long to talk things through?” “I’m waiting too…” Tsubaki Shinra answered softly.
She stole a glance at Hualian, and the corner of her lips curved into a faint smile.
“Oh right, Hualian.
Let me tell you something.” She lowered her voice.
“Master’s first time…
I was the one who got it.” “…Hah?!” Hualian shot upright, eyes round as saucers.
The smile on Tsubaki Shinra’s lips deepened.
She nodded lightly.
“It was the very first night I met Master.
Half-asleep, I heard him say…
‘So this is what it feels like?'” …
At this moment, Alpha had Asia in tow and was seated in the stands of a dim, chaotic underground black market.
Every seat was packed.
The noise was unbearable.
On the display platform below, cold chains bound one figure after another.
Humans.
Beastmen.
Elves.
Alpha opened the notebook in her hand and swept her gaze over the names Beta had circled, checking them off one by one.
Finally, her eyes settled on an elf maiden.
Raven-black hair.
Ink-dark eyes.
Her features delicate and gentle.
The only high elf in the lot.
“Alpha-nee…” Asia stared at the miserable slaves below, quietly clutched the hem of Alpha’s clothes, and looked away.
“All these people…
are we going to save them?” “Whether they live or die depends on their own luck.
I’m only responsible for taking the one Beta specifically named.” Alpha shook her head, expression flat.
The notebook in her hand dissolved instantly into specks of golden light and scattered.
She rose to her feet and curled her fingers slowly, as if gripping something.
The Sword of Law condensed silently in her palm.
A nearby buyer sensed something wrong and stared.
“Wha, what are you trying to —” BOOM!
A deafening explosion tore through the air.
Under a single casual swing of the Sword of Law, the entire underground black market was swallowed by darkness.
The ground heaved.
The solid magical stonework shattered inch by inch like tofu.
Countless slave owners and buyers were shredded into bloody mist by the raging sword energy.
And in that chaos, that ruin, that end of the world.
Only Alpha’s blue eyes blazed, bright and terrifying as a death god’s.
She grabbed Asia by the shoulder and shot forward like lightning.
Weaving through the collapsing debris, she cleaved a cage apart with one stroke and pulled the stunned elf maiden against her.
BOOM!
Another blast.
In the night.
Alpha held Asia in one arm and carried the elf maiden with the other.
She drove straight through dozens of meters of solid underground rock using nothing but brute force.
She burst skyward from the ruins collapsing into a massive crater below, and in a blink, she was gone into the distant dark.
“You…
you are…” The elf maiden looked up at Alpha in a daze.
Asia had already pressed her palms, glowing with soft green light, against her.
Warm energy flowed in.
The weakness and pain receded quickly.
“My name is Alpha.
I’m an elf, same as you.” Alpha gave her a faint smile.
“The one healing you is Asia.
We’re from the Demon Court.” Asia blinked and smiled.
“Hi there, I’m Asia.” “Greetings…
my ladies.” Gamma came back to herself, her eyes faintly red.
“My name is Gamma.
Thank you…” Alpha chuckled softly and shook her head.
“Save the thanks for our Master.” Half an hour later.
Alpha stood before the master bedroom door, brow furrowed.
That Beta.
Didn’t she say she was going to organize materials and sit out the rescue?
So why was she asleep in Brother’s bed?
Beside her, Asia held Gamma’s hand and murmured quietly, “Don’t be nervous.
Mr.
Ancheng is very gentle.” Alpha took a breath and pushed open the door.
Li Ancheng surfaced from his cultivation and opened his eyes.
“Brother.” Alpha walked to the bedside.
Her gaze swept over the silver-haired head sprawled across Li Ancheng’s chest, sleeping soundly.
The corner of her eye twitched.
“Mm.
You’re back.” Li Ancheng nodded, looked toward the doorway, and smiled.
“Asia, bring her in.” “…Just how long were you planning to keep sleeping?” Alpha reached out and pinched a certain elf’s pointy ear.
“Didn’t you say you were organizing materials?
And somehow that turned into sneaking into Brother’s bed?” “Ow, ow, ow!” Beta sprang up, staring at Alpha with a blank look.
A few seconds passed before she fully woke up and realized she had actually fallen asleep.
She turned her head on instinct and met Li Ancheng’s gaze, warm with quiet amusement.
“L-Lord Ancheng!
I-I-I accidentally fell asleep…
because, because being by your side is just too comfortable…” Her cheeks burned red.
She scrambled off the bed in a panic and stood to one side.
“It’s fine.” Li Ancheng waved a hand and walked over to Gamma.
Gamma looked up, a little timid.
“H-Hello, Lord Ancheng…
My name is Gamma.
Alpha-nee said this place…
would be my new home.” “That’s right.” Li Ancheng smiled and ruffled her hair.
“This is your home.” “Gamma!
Do you remember me?!” A bright voice rang out.
Beta darted in front of Gamma, bent down close, eyes sparkling.
“I…” Gamma studied her face carefully, then shook her head with a lost look.
“I’m sorry, I don’t think…
I remember you.” Beta’s eyes went wide.
She started gesturing wildly.
“We were locked in the same cage by slave traders!
You said back then you were great at making money and had a head full of business plans!” “I even told you I liked writing and that my future pen name would be Natsume!” “Na…
Natsume?” Gamma went completely still.
Her eyes swept in disbelief over Beta’s figure, which had developed in a way that defied all expectations.
“But…
but how did you suddenly grow so big?
You should’ve been a whole head shorter than me…” Five minutes later.
Beta sidled up to Li Ancheng, looking utterly wronged, and pointed at Gamma.
“Lord Ancheng…
why is Gamma taller than me now…” Alpha silently pursed her lips off to the side.
Because Gamma was now half a head taller than even her.
A simple black strapless maxi dress traced her silhouette cleanly: slender, full, and graceful all at once.
Ink-black hair.
Snow-white skin.
Her pointed ears fine and delicate.
Standing there doing nothing, she gave off an air of quiet, refined warmth without trying.
Asia stared with her mouth slightly open.
“Wow…” she whispered.
“She’s so beautiful…” “You’re perfect as you are.
Very cute.” Li Ancheng, amused, gave the tip of Beta’s nose a light flick and turned to Alpha.
“Alpha, I’ll leave Gamma’s arrangements to you.” “Understood, Brother.” Alpha nodded.
Only then did Gamma fully come back to herself, still processing the seismic changes in her body and the power now humming beneath the surface.
She took a slow breath and gave Li Ancheng a deep, solemn bow.
“Lord Ancheng!” “In the past, within my clan, every external commercial venture and wealth strategy was personally planned by Gamma for the clan leader.” “From this day forward, Gamma’s life belongs to you!” “I will build you a commercial empire spanning the Three Realms.
I will earn you the wealth to buy the entire world!” Li Ancheng smiled and nodded.
“That kind of dedication is more than enough.
Go and do things in whatever way suits you.” He honestly thought money only needed to be sufficient.
He still had the Boyman family as an endless stream of funding, after all.
But if they loved to push themselves this hard, let them.
He wasn’t going to stop anyone.
Alpha considered for a moment, then laid it out cleanly.
“I’ll take you to find Koharu for capital.
A business operation is fine, but the people you recruit need to be combat-capable elites.” Gamma nodded gently.
“Leave it to me, Alpha-nee.
I will make sure both you and Lord Ancheng are satisfied.” ➤ Next: The Nekomata Hunted by the Underworld!