"I can only tell you that this matter involves a lot, but your empress is indeed not involved in it." Xue'er tapped the table with her finger. "To be honest, you'd be better off running away with your empress."
As long as the Elven Empress stayed in elven territory for one day, she wouldn't have the ability to resist the Council of Elders for one day. Having ascended the throne at a young age with impure bloodline, such an empress would undoubtedly be kneaded at will by the Council of Elders.
Those deeply rooted old fossils might not even be suppressible by the previous empress, let alone the current one who had almost no foundation.
"If only it were that simple. You don't know how strict the security is at the palace. Even I have to go through layers upon layers of inspection to enter." The elven girl sighed deeply. Bringing the empress out was absolutely impossible.
"That's something you need to figure out. I still have some things to do, so I'm going back first." Xue'er drained the red liquid in her cup and stood up to leave.
The elven girl also stood up. "I need to return to the clan too. I hope Her Majesty is doing well these days."
"She probably won't be doing well." Xue'er indicated that based on what the girl had just described, the current Elven Empress probably couldn't even sleep peacefully.
"Can't you say something nice? Maybe Her Majesty has a big heart and doesn't care about those rumors and gossip?"
"If she really had a big heart, would you come looking for me?"
"Sigh, that's true too." The elven girl shook her head. "I'm leaving."
"Not seeing you off." Watching the elven girl disappear outside the tavern door, Xue'er's gaze moved to a certain dark corner.
An old friend of hers was crouching there.
"Your eyesight is as good as ever. Long time no see, Miss Xue'er." A man in a black suit emerged from the shadows. He very gentlemanly bowed to Xue'er. "I wonder if I have the honor of sharing a drink with you?"
"No time. If you have something to say, just say it." Faced with this man, Xue'er's attitude wasn't so good.
Regarding Xue'er's refusal, the man's expression showed no fluctuation. He always wore this smile—it was said that even when killing people, he maintained this expression.
"I want to know where that Old Eagle from Central City has gone."
"I'd like to know the answer to that question too."
After Old Eagle stirred up trouble, he vanished without a trace. No one knew where that old man had gone.
His subordinates were completely unprepared for their boss's sudden disappearance, causing considerable turmoil in Central City's underground forces recently.
The man had come to find Xue'er because of this matter.
"You don't know either?" Xue'er's answer left the man somewhat disappointed. He had already experienced this disappointment several times.
He had visited all the famous information brokers in Central City, but not one of them knew where that cunning Old Eagle had gone.
"Maybe he ran outside the city." Xue'er said half-jokingly.
That was the worst-case scenario. With humanity's current management capabilities, the ruins outside the cities were completely lawless territories.
Trying to catch a shrewd Old Eagle in such a vast area was basically impossible.
"Forget it, forget it. Since he left on his own, we still have to clean up this mess." The man shook his head and walked back into the shadows.
After a strange energy fluctuation, the man's presence disappeared.
Appearing and disappearing without a trace was his greatest characteristic.
"There's a feeling that a storm is coming..." Xue'er stood in place for a while. She keenly sensed that Central City's dark side was about to erupt in a major battle.
The power vacuum created by a giant's sudden disappearance would inevitably lead to several other giants of similar strength confronting each other, as they all wanted to devour Old Eagle's territory.
But their opponents thought the same way.
Negotiations?
Using strength to negotiate was the favorite method of these people living in darkness.
"I need to remind Her Majesty that it's best not to go out at night recently." Xue'er thought.
This matter had little to do with them. Human internal conflicts—they demons shouldn't get involved blindly.
Her Majesty was still recovering from injuries, so it would be better to stay peaceful these days.
......
"It looks like you're in quite a bad situation." After nightfall, Bai Ling, who had been busy outside all day, came to Leticia's room with the Guild Leader.
Guild Leader looked completely exhausted, making Leticia suspect that her own condition might be better than Guild Leader's.
"I think the Guild Leader's situation is even worse." Leticia pointed to a chair nearby. "Sit down first."
"Ah, life is unbearable." The Guild Leader plopped down on the chair, her eyes completely lacking any spark.
This girl seemed to have broken down.
"I heard from that Bai person that you've been seriously training recently. What, is she lying to me?"
"Senior... Little Bai wasn't lying to you. I am training seriously, and it's all voluntary, but it's really exhausting." The Guild Leader supported herself with the chair, clearly very tired indeed. "I feel like I could fall asleep the moment my head touches the pillow."
"Then why did you come to see me? Get some proper rest." Leticia grasped Guild Leader's small hand, the burning sensation making her understand that Guild Leader was indeed training hard.
"Miss Bai, you're not going to let Guild Leader go back alone later, are you?"
Although Guild Leader's blood energy was quite abundant, her mental state wasn't good.
"Fall asleep the moment my head touches the pillow" wasn't an exaggeration.
Leticia didn't know where the Guild Leader's home was, but the distance from her place was definitely not short.
Letting Guild Leader go back alone felt very ominous.
"She's staying next door to your house tonight. I bought and renovated that room too." Bai Ling said calmly.
"...You're awesome." Leticia held back for a long time before squeezing out this sentence. "I'm starting to suspect you bought this entire building."
Bai Ling very calmly nodded.
Smack! Leticia covered her face with her hand.
It really was like that!
"I originally wanted to play with you, Qianqian, but seeing your current condition, we'll probably have to wait a few days to play together." The Guild Leader decisively ignored Bai Ling's tycoon behavior.
With Leticia's current state, gaming was out of the question. Even if she wanted to play, Qila would absolutely not let her touch the computer.
As for her phone, she wasn't interested in looking at it either.
The discomfort from within her body was still quite noticeable. Although she had Candice and Xue'er, two girls who were very good at taking care of people, this kind of thing still had to be endured by Leticia herself.
"If only I were a boy." Leticia sighed deeply. At least boys didn't have to suffer this kind of torment.
......
The day after Leticia lay in bed was Saturday. Although the Hero Association claimed to operate year-round, for heroes like Guild Leader who hadn't taken on any missions, weekends were still available for proper rest.
They couldn't stay tense all the time. People weren't machines that could work around the clock non-stop. Without time to rest, Guild Leader and the others would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
"So Guild Leader, you heartless person, you're just sitting next to me using my computer to play games?!" Leticia sat against the headboard wearing pink cotton pajamas, staring at Guild Leader with very hurt eyes, as if Guild Leader had done something utterly heartbreaking.
"Ehehe, anyway Qianqian, you can't play games right now, so let me mooch off you." The Guild Leader expressed that she was thick-skinned. "Besides, you can watch me play, right?"
"I'd rather play myself."
"But your sister won't agree, right? Little Qi is very strict." The Guild Leader immediately brought out Leticia's nemesis.
At the mention of Qila, Leticia fell silent. She really had no way to deal with Qila. She couldn't just resort to physical action like before to let her sister know her authority as the older sister, could she?
Leticia didn't want to fall out with her sister.
"So boring."
"If you're bored, you can come watch a movie." Just as Leticia finished speaking, Bai Ling walked in carrying a cup of brown sugar water.
Hearing Leticia's words, she very naturally offered her suggestion.
"Can I go out in this condition?"
"No need to go out. I converted the downstairs into a home theater. The latest movies can also be played." Bai Ling expressed that her money power was beyond Leticia's imagination.
True money power.
"...Alright, you're awesome." Leticia started grinding her teeth. She felt like she had just been slapped in the face by Bai Ling. "Little Qi shouldn't have anything to say about watching movies, right?"
"Little Qi was dragged out shopping by Little Ya. She won't be back until afternoon." Bai Ling told Leticia the good news. "Even if she comes back, it should be fine."
They couldn't make Leticia lie in bed all day. If she couldn't play computer games, couldn't she at least watch movies?
"Then let's wait for the Guild Leader to finish this round, and we can all go together... Should we call Xue'er and Candice too? You should have enough space there, right?"
"Enough. I'll go call them first." Bai Ling placed the water cup beside Leticia. "I tested the water temperature—it's just right. Drink it quickly."
"Got it, got it." Leticia took the cup in her hands. As Bai Ling said, it was warm and gave a very comfortable feeling.
She carefully tested the water temperature with her tongue. As Bai Ling said, it could be drunk directly.
"Hm? Why are you both looking at me?" After testing the temperature, Leticia looked up to find both Bai Ling and Guild Leader staring at her motionlessly.
Bai Ling's gaze was particularly intense.
"Guild Leader, you're about to get killed."
"Ah! A sneak attack, how shameless!" The Guild Leader quickly turned back to continue her game.
Next was Bai Ling.
"You were very cute just now." Bai Ling somewhat guiltily averted her gaze.
Just like a little kitten, extending that pale pink little tongue to lick the liquid in the cup. In that instant, Bai Ling even had some strange thoughts.
Like kissing, and such.
"I want to heat up this cup of water and splash it on your face to help you, this brain full of yellow waste, sober up properly. Understand?"
"Don't waste food." Bai Ling said to Leticia with a straight face.
"Then could you please use the food you've eaten in more normal places, instead of providing nutrients for your already hopeless yellow brain?"
"I'll go call people." Bai Ling quickly escaped. If she stayed longer, Leticia's verbal artillery session would probably start again.
Leticia took a sip of brown sugar water and comfortably squinted her eyes.
If this cup of water wasn't brought by Bai Ling, it would be perfect. Unfortunately, it was brought by that person surnamed Bai.
When Leticia had finished drinking half the cup in small sips, the Guild Leader ended her game. She didn't lose, but that moment of distraction earlier had left her frantically busy in the final minutes.
Shutting down the computer, the Guild Leader stood up and stretched.
"Nice figure, Guild Leader." Leticia gave the Guild Leader a thumbs up.
"Me? My figure isn't very good." Guild Leader said somewhat shyly. "A bit fat."
How to put it, Guild Leader should be considered the type with a figure that was slightly fuller than the perfect body type. Not bad, but standing next to people with good figures would make her plumpness immediately obvious.
Coincidentally, several girls who had good relationships with the Guild Leader all had slender figures.
Miss Lu Siyu, as a wind-type superpower user, controlled her figure very well—not a bit more, not a bit less.
To describe her, she should be like a Bai Ling with ten points deducted from her appearance.
Leticia had the normal figure of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, thin and small, giving people a delicate impression.
What? Someone said she was short?
Who said that? Come forward! Leticia guaranteed she wouldn't beat them to death.
As for Bai Ling, please exclude this perfect existence from discussion. Her appearance rating was undoubtedly one hundred points, because the maximum was only one hundred points.
Even Leticia admitted that Bai Ling was truly beautiful, making even her, who considered herself strong-willed as a mortal enemy, unconsciously develop good feelings toward her.
Compared to these few people, Guild Leader was naturally considered relatively fat.
Fortunately, Guild Leader didn't care much about these things. She couldn't compare with these few, but compared to other girls, her figure was still quite good.
People should be content.
She, Xia Hongying, was also a little beauty. Many people wanted to pursue her.
"Not fat, not fat." Leticia reached out her hand toward the Guild Leader. "Help me up. Let's go outside and wait for that Bai person."
"Okay." The Guild Leader grasped Leticia's slightly cool small hand and helped her up.
"Whew, feels like I don't have much strength to use." Putting on her slippers, Leticia shakily walked a few steps by herself, helplessly discovering that it was better to have someone support her.
The Guild Leader very carefully supported Leticia. The girl was very petite, seeming like she could curl up in her embrace. She had a fragrant smell—perhaps the legendary maiden's body fragrance?
"I think I understand why Little Bai acts that way." The Guild Leader muttered quietly.
Even she, this iron woman, almost got bent in an instant, let alone Little Bai, who spent day and night with Qianqian.
......
When the Guild Leader helped Leticia out of the room, Bai Ling, who had gone to call people, was just returning.
Seeing Guild Leader and Leticia, a flash of envy passed through Bai Ling's eyes. She also wanted to have contact with Leticia like the Guild Leader.
But she knew this wasn't very likely.
Counting her contacts with Leticia, the first time was during the bath. At that time, she and Leticia weren't familiar, and Leticia's help was completely because she didn't want to destroy her peaceful life.
Later, as they gradually became familiar, Leticia's attitude toward Bai Ling became increasingly hostile, because this Miss Demon King keenly sensed that if she continued to be submissive, sooner or later Bai Ling would make excessive demands.
Rejection—she had to clearly reject, so Bai Ling would know her attitude: you bastard, get as far away as possible.
Although the effect of rejection wasn't great.
"Let me support her." Bai Ling walked to Leticia's side and reached out, wanting to snatch Leticia from Guild Leader's hands.
Of course the Guild Leader didn't dare refuse, but this matter wasn't decided by the Guild Leader and Bai Ling.
"Get lost." Leticia expressed that she wanted the Guild Leader to support her. Bai Ling? Even dogs didn't want her.
"Oh." Bai Ling dejectedly withdrew. "Xue'er and Candice aren't interested in movies, but I called Lin Qingyu."
"Her? That's fine too." Leticia had no negative feelings toward Lin Qingyu. Everyone had their own secrets, and she could completely understand not wanting to tell others.
Of course, she also had no positive feelings toward Lin Qingyu. To make Leticia develop good feelings toward someone, they either had to be as beautiful as Bai Ling—because Leticia was a pure member of the Appearance Association—or it had to be through long-term interaction, like a Guild Leader.
Lin Qingyu met neither criterion. Beautiful? Honestly, she was fairly pretty, but compared to Bai Ling, there was no comparison at all.
Time spent together... it probably hadn't even exceeded an hour total.
So Leticia's current attitude toward Lin Qingyu was that it didn't matter whether this person existed or not. The troublesome matters surrounding her had nothing to do with herself.
She, a Demon King, managing a Half-Elf?
What a joke.
Taking the elevator downstairs, Lin Qingyu was already waiting at the theater entrance. This girl's mental state didn't look very good today, with two prominent dark circles under her eyes.
She probably didn't rest well last night.
"Good morning, Miss Qianqian." After seeing Leticia, she politely greeted her. "And this..."
"Xia, just call me Xia Xia. I'm a friend of Qianqian and Little Bai. I heard she was back, so I came to see her." The Guild Leader quickly introduced herself.
"Good morning, Miss Xia."
Setting aside everything else, just based on this greeting manner, this girl gave the impression of having received decent education. Such a girl shouldn't have no records in human files.
Even Leticia had created fake records for herself.
Opening the door and entering this compact but complete theater, Bai Ling very naturally sat beside Leticia after she was seated.
"What are you doing? Stay away from me." Leticia immediately refused, reaching out to push Bai Ling, signaling for her to get away.
"Go sit next to the Guild Leader. Little Yu, come sit with me." Leticia said to Lin Qingyu, who was planning to sit in the back row.
"Me? I'll just sit in the back." Lin Qingyu was somewhat conflicted. She didn't want to sit with others, but she was afraid that refusing Leticia would have bad consequences.
Living under someone else's roof, it was normal for this girl to have such concerns.
Moreover, what made her most want to retreat was Bai Ling's resentful gaze. Through these days of interaction, she already knew that this white-haired miss was truly a powerful figure with extensive connections. Offending her would probably mean no good days ahead.
Looking at this person's expression, she probably had romantic feelings for Miss Qianqian, but Miss Qianqian didn't appreciate it and actually disliked Miss Bai.
Wait, weren't both of these girls?
Oh no, her head was so confused. So in the human world, girls could also fall in love with girls?
"I'll still sit in the back." Under Bai Ling's threatening gaze, Lin Qingyu said weakly.
After thinking about it, the consequences of offending Leticia didn't seem as severe as offending Bai Ling. For the sake of her life, Lin Qingyu decisively chose the former.
Besides, this Miss Qianqian seemed quite easy to talk to. She probably wouldn't take such small matters to heart.
"What did you do?" Leticia stared at Bai Ling, who was still shamelessly clinging to her side. She felt that Bai Ling had definitely threatened Lin Qingyu. Look at this girl's final expression of despair—Bai Ling had definitely threatened her.
"I didn't." Bai Ling guiltily averted her gaze.
Then she took out a tablet and tapped it a few times. "How about this 'Forest Love'?"
"Hah? A romance film?" Leticia had never been interested in romantic movies.
She preferred those with big scenes, exploding from beginning to end.
Plot? Not important. Romance? Better not to have any.
Watching movies was for the thrill. Watching two people pull and tug in romantic entanglements—she'd rather play a game with that time.
The Demon King didn't need romance.
"Should be called romantic action film."
"Rated R?"
"Not to that extent. It's real action. This movie tells about the soul sparks between a simple elven girl and a human girl. It's the most well-reviewed movie recently." Bai Ling looked over the movie synopsis and reviews on the tablet, explaining.
Uh, a romance action film between two girls? And one human, one elf?
What kind of weird stuff was this?
Leticia, as the Demon King, firmly opposed these fabricated movies. How could a human girl develop feelings for an elven girl?
They didn't even speak the same language. It couldn't be love at first sight, could it?
"Are you being perfunctory with me? What's good about this kind of movie..." Leticia expressed her intention to stick to principles, until Bai Ling stuffed the tablet into her hands.
Holy crap, what beautiful girls.
"Cough cough, actually I think occasionally watching a romance film to change things up isn't bad." Leticia blushed slightly and changed her mind. Just watching these two girls being intimate on the big screen would be enjoyable.
"Shallow."
"Thanks for the compliment, Miss Bai, who's just as shallow as me." Leticia returned the tablet to Bai Ling and turned to ask the Guild Leader beside her. "Guild Leader, do you have any objections?"
"I, I'm fine with anything." The Guild Leader expressed that she had no objections.