Though somewhat puzzled, Bai Ling still obediently closed the door.
At this time, it was better not to defy Leticia. Having gotten along with Leticia for so long, Bai Ling had figured out Leticia's temperament. For example, in the situation just now, Leticia would absolutely not accept her help.
But she also didn't leave. Instead, she concealed her presence and stood quietly outside the room, concentrating on listening to the various sounds coming from inside.
If anything went wrong, she would immediately open the door and enter the room.
Of course, Leticia didn't know Bai Ling was still standing at the door. Seeing Bai Ling close the door and her presence gradually disappear, she thought this annoying person had really left.
Lifting the covers, Leticia carefully got out of bed. Compared to yesterday, her condition today was much better. These few steps were completely manageable.
Although her body was a bit weak, it wasn't to the point where she couldn't even walk.
One step, two steps, three steps—she slowly walked to the switch while supporting herself against the wall.
Click. The room became dark.
The artificial light source was turned off, but natural light was still inappropriately forcing its enthusiasm into Leticia's room.
She still needed to close the curtains.
Thinking this, Leticia laboriously walked step by step to the window and pulled the curtains closed.
Now the room was completely shrouded in darkness.
Next, she just needed to return to bed and happily enter dreamland.
Just a few more steps—very simple. Nothing would go wrong, right?
Leticia thought so, but her body didn't agree.
It seemed like today's amount of exercise had reached its limit. Just a few steps away from the bed, Leticia's legs suddenly went weak.
This was bad.
Seeing the floor getting closer to her, Leticia instinctively mobilized her magic power, trying to cast magic to stabilize her body.
But she had obviously forgotten she was still in recovery.
For a period after Blood Burning, before the blood burned in her body was replenished, Leticia had no magic power whatsoever.
So her efforts failed.
Bang!
Without any surprise, Leticia fell.
Quite embarrassingly sprawled on the cold floor, Leticia's heart was as cold as the floor. She really hadn't expected she would be weak enough to fall down after just walking a few steps.
"How are you..." Hearing the sound, Bai Ling immediately pushed open the door and walked in.
Then she saw Leticia lying on the ground, just a few steps away from the bed.
Looking at the room that had already become dim, Bai Ling only needed to think briefly to know what Leticia had just been doing—turning off the lights, closing the curtains, then having an accident on her way back to bed.
"Get out, get out!" Leticia struggled to get up from the floor, but her body felt completely burned out, unable to muster any strength. In shame and anger, she shouted at Bai Ling.
Losing face like this in front of Bai Ling—she really would die.
"This time, I'd better not listen to you." Bai Ling ignored Leticia's murderous glare and quickly came to Leticia's side. "You could have just asked me to do such small things. Your physical condition really isn't suitable for getting out of bed without someone to take care of you."
As she spoke, she gently lifted Leticia from the ground. The girl's weight was very light—almost negligible for a Sword Saint.
Soft, warm—the black-haired girl felt quite nice to hold. Bai Ling unconsciously held the girl a bit tighter.
"Let me go!" Leticia was still struggling, but in her current state, she completely couldn't resist Bai Ling. "I'm going to kill you, kill you!"
"Before you kill me, first take good care of your body." Bai Ling didn't indulge in this wonderful sensation. She just deliberately slowed her steps, adding a little time to holding Leticia.
Placing the completely red-faced Leticia on the bed and covering her with the blanket, Bai Ling turned and sat on a chair in the room.
"Aren't you leaving?"
"Looking at how you were just now, I'm afraid you might accidentally fall again later." Bai Ling expressed that her thoughts were very pure. "Don't worry, I won't disturb your rest."
You being here is the biggest disturbance. Leticia really wanted to say this.
But after thinking it over, she finally decided that if Bai Ling wanted to stay here, let her stay. Even if she refused, Bai Ling wouldn't leave anyway.
Better to get a good sleep and recover her energy first.
She pulled the blanket over her head, planning to out of sight, out of mind.
It had to be admitted that Bai Ling controlled her presence very well. After closing her eyes, Leticia completely couldn't sense the other person in the room.
But that person definitely existed. Leticia secretly peeked at Bai Ling from under the covers. The white-haired girl had already put on headphones and was looking down at her phone, scrolling through something.
Sigh, today was really embarrassing. Looking so pathetic in front of Bai Ling, and even getting princess-carried by her. Leticia really wondered if she had been cursed by bad luck today—otherwise, why would such things happen?
Fatigue gradually made Leticia's thoughts hazy. She yawned and closed her eyes.
This time, she truly fell asleep.
Her breathing gradually became steady. Bai Ling promptly removed her headphones and walked to the sleeping Leticia's side.
The sleeping Leticia had shed her usual hard shell, revealing the softness that belonged uniquely to her.
Such a Leticia could undoubtedly play Sleeping Beauty from fairy tales in her natural state—no, she was even more beautiful than Sleeping Beauty.
Bai Ling reached out her hand, wanting to touch Leticia, but just before making contact with the girl, her hand stopped.
She couldn't do this, she told herself.
That Leticia could fall asleep in front of her was trust—believing that Bai Ling wouldn't do anything while she slept. If Bai Ling really did something, she would doubt whether she was qualified to develop feelings with Leticia.
She couldn't betray Leticia's trust.
"Sweet dreams." Bai Ling withdrew her hand and returned to the chair she had been sitting in.
She was no longer in the mood to look at her phone. She just stared blankly at the sleeping Leticia for who knows how long.
Very cute, much cuter than when awake. After watching for so long, Bai Ling had only this one thought. If one day the conscious Leticia could become this soft in front of her, then Bai Ling felt she could die without regrets.
This was what love was like, Bai Ling thought.
She wanted very little—just to hold Leticia and feel each other's warmth and softness.
Such a small wish, wasn't it?
......
"Ah, good afternoon, Sister Bai Ling." When the sunset was about to sink below the horizon, Qila, who had been dragged around shopping all day by Bai Ya, finally returned home with a tired body.
As soon as she got home, she naturally called for Xue'er, but the maid seemed to be handling something troublesome and still hadn't returned.
If Xue'er wasn't there, then who was taking care of her sister?
Qila panicked a bit, hoping it was Doctor Candice taking care of her sister.
Pushing open her sister's bedroom door, Qila immediately saw someone she didn't really want to see.
Bai Ling, Stellar Sword Saint of the human race, the person who had nearly killed her sister.
For some reason, this girl seemed to have developed some strange thoughts about her sister. Qila had keenly sensed that this white-haired girl might want to become her brother-in-law.
However, her sister's attitude toward Bai Ling was still very reassuring to Qila—consistently firm rejection. This was the proper awareness for a demon to have.
Being friends with humans wasn't unacceptable, but dating, especially two people with these identities dating—Qila found it really hard to accept.
"Did you come back? Did you have fun today?" Bai Ling looked up and asked.
Fun? Not fun at all!
Qila shook her head and said to Bai Ling: "I'd rather stay home and take care of sister."
Bai Ya's energy seemed endless. After running around all day, that girl didn't show even a hint of fatigue.
Very ridiculous, really ridiculous.
Qila was starting to suspect whether Bai Ya was a hidden superpower user.
"Sister Bai Ling, tell me honestly—does Little Ya have superpowers?"
This question? Bai Ling was stunned for a moment. She seemed to have never taken Bai Ya for testing.
"I'm not too sure." She answered honestly. "But probably not."
Humans with superpowers had an energy within their bodies that ordinary people didn't have. This energy was invisible to normal people, but Bai Ling, being a fellow superpower user, could easily detect it.
There was no such energy in Bai Ya's body, meaning that as of this morning, Bai Ya was not a superpower user.
"I actually lost to an ordinary girl in terms of stamina." Qila covered her face and sat on another chair. This was too embarrassing.
"Do you know what Xue'er went to do? She's been gone all afternoon." Bai Ling asked Qila. This was somewhat abnormal.
Xue'er was Leticia's personal maid. At a time when Leticia most needed personal care, she had disappeared—this was truly puzzling.
Of course, not only Bai Ling was puzzled—Qila also couldn't figure out what Xue'er was thinking.
"Xue'er only follows sister's orders. Even I don't have the authority to question her actions."
Perhaps the conversation between the two girls had disturbed Leticia's sweet dreams. The girl who had been sleeping soundly let out a soft whimper: "Mm?"
She opened her eyes, looked at the two girls sitting in the room, then shifted her gaze to the ceiling reddened by the sunset.
It seemed like she had slept for a long time.
"Sister." Qila quickly ran to the bedside. "Should I help you sit up?"
"Mm." Leticia nodded. Having just woken up, her mind was still somewhat hazy. She needed some time before she could return to being the normal Leticia.
And this just-awakened state was undoubtedly very impactful.
Cute, super cute!
Bai Ling's eyes were filled only with Leticia's image. This was the conscious Leticia who hadn't yet put on that hard shell!
If possible, Bai Ling really wanted to raise her phone and capture this magnificent scene.
But Qila's presence made her abandon this idea. If she really raised her phone, Qila would probably immediately block Leticia from view.
After about a minute, the cute confusion on Leticia's face gradually faded, and that tsundere black-haired girl returned.
"Why are you still here?" The first words after returning to normal, Leticia addressed to Bai Ling.
This was indeed a very familiar phrase, spoken in a very familiar tone.
Bai Ling knew Leticia would say this.
"Discussing some matters with Qila."
"Mm, discussing what Sister Xue'er is doing." Qila nodded, endorsing Bai Ling's explanation.
Xue'er? She still hadn't returned? Leticia pressed her temples, somewhat confused.
She believed Xue'er indeed had something to do, but she didn't know what specifically.
Often, Xue'er would go handle things first, then report to Leticia afterward.
"Xue'er has her own ideas. Don't worry about it." Leticia reached out her hand. "Help me to the living room. It's getting late—time for dinner... Wait, if Xue'er isn't here, who's making dinner?"
Was this the point?! Qila was shocked by her sister's thought process.
Was Xue'er's only purpose cooking?
She was sister's personal maid and direct guard!
In the Demon Realm, seeing She was sister's personal maid and direct guard!
In the Demon Realm, seeing Xue'er was almost the same as seeing Leticia. Xue'er was Leticia's spokesperson!
Now your spokesperson had abandoned you, who couldn't take care of yourself, to go do who knows what, and sister, you were actually worried about what to eat for dinner?!
"If you don't mind, you could eat at my place. Little Ya shouldn't mind making a few more dishes." Bai Ling indicated the problem wasn't serious.
"That works. Little Ya's cooking is pretty decent." Although this was Bai Ling's suggestion, under the threat of her stomach that was about to start growling, Leticia rarely agreed to Bai Ling's proposal.
"Have Little Ya make more meat dishes. Oh, and don't put onions, ginger, or anything like that."
"Okay, I'll have her make more blood-nourishing foods."
"......" Watching the two sisters directly discuss what to have for dinner, Qila nearly spat out blood.
Shouldn't they be brainstorming about where Xue'er went at this time? Why had they suddenly started talking about dinner?!
This was way too random!
And Sister Bai Ling, don't think I can't tell you're deliberately going along with sister's words. Such shallow tactics won't fool the clever Qila.
"Qila, what do you want to eat? If you don't order now, there might not be anything you like later." Leticia smiled and pinched her sister's hand.
"I..." Qila looked at her sister somewhat confused, noticing that sister was giving her meaningful looks.
Sister seemed to be gesturing toward Sister Bai Ling—she probably wanted her to send Sister Bai Ling away.
After all, sister really disliked Sister Bai Ling. It must be this meaning.
"Does sister want me to send Sister Bai away?" Qila leaned close to Leticia's ear and asked very quietly.
"No, I want you to go with her." Leticia said in an even quieter voice. "I want to be alone for a while."
......
"Really dead? Are you sure?"
"Although I don't quite believe it either, judging from intelligence gathered from various sources, that Old Eagle is indeed dead."
"Without a body, I have some doubts about the authenticity of this death." Xue'er propped her chin, speaking to the man in front of her.
At noon, she had received a message from this man, which was why she had left Leticia to come here.
Because this man said he had obtained clues about Old Eagle's whereabouts.
This was undoubtedly very attractive to Xue'er. She absolutely had to catch that culprit who had made Her Majesty into her current state and bring him back for Her Majesty to deal with properly.
But after arriving here, she discovered the man was standing on a rooftop watching a farce.
Several factions had finally lost patience and were fighting fiercely on what used to be Old Eagle's territory. In just one afternoon, quite a few thugs had died here.
And this man had stood on the rooftop watching for the entire afternoon.
Only after the fighting ended did he slowly reveal what he knew, under Xue'er's murderous gaze.
Old Eagle was dead, along with several of his direct subordinates.
"Very regrettably, no evidence, no body." The man smiled bitterly and shook his head. "Nothing left."
"Then I can't believe he's dead."
"I learned something from some people—that Old Eagle had an unknown divine artifact in his hands. To use the artifact, he had to pay a price." The man stared at his slender fingers, seemingly talking to himself. "The price he paid might have been his own life."
"If you called me here just to tell me this, the meeting fee this time will probably exceed your imagination." Xue'er snorted coldly. She had wasted an entire afternoon and left Her Majesty in Bai Ling's care, only for this guy to make her watch gang fights all afternoon and tell her a speculative guess?
The man laughed heartily. "Of course there's more than this. Actually, I didn't want to watch these people brawl either. It's just that my other employer set the meeting place here."
"Another employer?" Xue'er raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you arranged to meet them now?"
If that was really the case, Xue'er would definitely turn around and leave without another word.
Wasn't her time valuable? Why should she wait here all afternoon?
"Actually, my arranged time was noon."
"I'm convinced you're just a sucker, and I'm a sucker too."
"No choice—the customer is god. Rich customers are god's god." The man sighed, looking toward where the sunset was falling. "Good news is, I can extort another sum."
Looking toward the blood-red sunlight, Xue'er saw a figure wrapped tightly from head to toe rapidly jumping between buildings. Their target seemed to be here.
About a minute later, this customer landed steadily beside Xue'er and the man.
"You were late for a total of five hours and forty-two minutes. Rounding down, that's six hours." The man didn't bother with pleasantries and directly stated his overtime fee. "According to the rules, is that acceptable?"
"Isn't the reward I'm giving enough?" The customer was surprised by the man's shamelessness. "And that's how you round down?"
"I want a share of the overtime fee too." Xue'er crossed her arms and chimed in. "Miss whoever-you-are, I hope you follow the rules. Being late is being late."
The customer, wrapped tightly with only a pair of green eyes visible, took several deep breaths. "Fine. Is this the helper you found?"
This question was directed at the man.
"Of course. Miss Xue'er is the most well-informed person around here. If she doesn't know something, then we definitely can't know it either." The man clapped his hands. "Since you two have met, my task is complete. I have a date tonight, so I'll take my leave first."
Without waiting for either person's reaction, the man leaped from the edge of the tall building and disappeared into the shadows.
"Is this your hospitality?"
"I think he wasn't lying. Our schedules are always full. Waiting here all afternoon, he probably missed quite a bit of work." Xue'er looked at the mysterious person in front of her and asked somewhat curiously, "What would make an elf come to the human world to gather intelligence?"
Yes, an elf.
"How did you figure it out?"
"Your scent is obvious, plus those green eyes that only Elves have. It's too easy to identify." Xue'er indicated she wasn't blind. You didn't even know to cover your green eyes—wasn't this just shouting on the street that you're an elf?
The elf blinked. So that was the reason?
But having her identity exposed didn't matter. The intelligence she wanted to gather would reveal her identity anyway.
"Getting to the point, I want to know if any strange Half-Elves have appeared in Central City recently."
"Half-Elves?" Xue'er narrowed her eyes. This was a good question. "There are."
"How many?"
"Several." This time Xue'er lied. She wanted to know whether this elf was looking for Lin Qingyu specifically, and what Lin Qingyu's true identity was. "Any other characteristics?"
"Magic power fluctuations for a few days each month, making her mobility worse." The elf added, "Should have arrived in the human world about half a month ago."
"Oh, this is interesting. But don't Elves not consider Half-Elves as Elves? Why are you now inquiring about a Half-Elf?"
That elf looked deeply at Xue'er. She felt this strangely-dressed girl was speaking with hidden meaning. "This seems to have nothing to do with you demons."
"Just curious. I also have a few elf friends, but their attitude toward Half-Elves is... not great. Yet you're inquiring about a Half-Elf's whereabouts. Very strange, isn't it?"
"As an intelligence merchant, your words and curiosity are both excessive."
"Unfortunately, this is my style. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to know so many things, would I?" Xue'er covered her mouth and laughed twice, but mentally labeled the elf in front of her as troublesome.
This person's identity was unusual—at least not some ordinary elf.
"She stole an important item. I need to retrieve it and then have her face judgment."
"Can't enjoy the rights but must accept punishment—elven law is really hypocritical." Xue'er said without hiding her sarcasm.
"Under the law, even the empress must accept punishment." The elf glared at Xue'er. "So, do you have any information?"
"No, but I'll ask my friends. Give me a few days."