Bai Ling's hands were warm, soft, and carried a faint fragrance. If these hands weren't currently covering her mouth, that would be even better.
"Mmph mmph mmph! (You bastard, let me go right now!)"
Bai Ling looked at Qila somewhat helplessly. She didn't know how she had impulsively covered Leticia's mouth either. Now she was stuck—continuing to cover it would probably make Leticia furious, but letting go, Bai Ling was afraid Leticia would bite her directly once she regained freedom.
So at this time, Bai Ling could only seek help from Qila.
And Qila indicated that she wouldn't get involved in the drama between them.
"I'll go back to my room first. Goodbye, sister and Sister Bai." Qila directly chose to retreat, leaving behind Leticia whose anger meter was about to fill up and Bai Ling who didn't dare make any unnecessary movements.
Of course, she didn't actually go back to her room, but hid around the corner, planning to see what would happen next.
However, she wasn't the only one crouching in the corner.
Xue'er had been crouching here long ago. Seeing Qila also sneaking over, she smiled and waved at Qila.
"This is a blind spot." Xue'er said to Qila.
It was obvious that the maid miss had done this kind of thing quite often.
"Sister Xue'er, do you think between sister and Sister Bai..."
"I think we can trust Your Majesty. Although Your Majesty is somewhat unreliable now, Miss Bai has always been a sore spot in her heart. They basically can't be together." Xue'er directly expressed her trust in Leticia.
Her Majesty definitely wouldn't fall so easily.
But Qila was still a bit worried. "But sister already slept with Sister Bai!"
"Sleeping together is a very normal thing, isn't it? They don't do anything at night anyway." Xue'er indicated that sleeping together was completely fine, and Leticia and Bai Ling had only slept together twice.
Did anything happen during those two times? No.
What was their relationship before sleeping, and what was their relationship after sleeping—there was no progress at all, as if this sleeping together really was just pure sleeping together.
"If you ask me, Your Majesty's heart should no longer hate Miss Bai, but she's still unconvinced." Xue'er said in a low voice. "If one day Your Majesty can defeat Miss Bai fair and square, her attitude might change."
Just as Xue'er and Qila were having their whispered conversation, the living room had already become chaotic. The angry Leticia directly pulled out her beloved magic sword and chased Bai Ling all over the room.
And our Miss Bai, feeling guilty, could only dodge and weave everywhere. When forced to, she had to pull out her sword to clash with Leticia's magic sword.
"Stop right there! If I don't hack you to death today, I won't be surnamed Infinoi!" Leticia thrust with her sword, but was easily parried by Bai Ling.
Without magic power enhancement, Leticia's magic sword was no different from a fire poker.
Her sword didn't even have a blade—hitting someone would probably just leave a red mark.
"I didn't mean to!" Bai Ling tried to explain, but the furious Leticia didn't give her the chance at all.
Watching the two girls chase each other around the living room, dodging and weaving, Qila felt Xue'er's workload today was probably going to be quite heavy.
"Thank goodness Your Majesty still knows to protect the furniture." Xue'er's eyes had already become utterly gray. Those shoe prints on the wall made her see herself about to die from overwork.
Fortunately, Leticia still retained some rationality in her anger and didn't go chopping up her own furniture, otherwise Xue'er would really be heartbroken.
Finally, Leticia collapsed on the sofa from exhaustion after half an hour, her stamina depleted.
Bai Ling, who had gained a breathing space, immediately said goodbye to Qila and Xue'er who emerged from around the corner, and fled at the fastest speed.
"She just ran away like that? I haven't hacked her to death yet!" Leticia lay face-up on the sofa, her little face completely red, her small mouth continuously panting.
That magic sword that hadn't been unsheathed for a long time lay obediently beside Leticia's hand, showing no signs that this was actually the Demon King's ceremonial sword.
"This is the first time it's attacked someone since being repaired, right?" Qila walked to her sister's side and helped her pick up the sword.
Unlike Qila's magic staff, Leticia's magic sword somewhat resisted contact from people other than its master. It trembled with very subtle movements, expressing its displeasure.
"You ungrateful thing, don't you even recognize me anymore?" Qila flicked the sword body irritably. Back then, this sword's condition wasn't any better than Leticia's. If Qila hadn't taken action to repair it, this sword would have been thrown in the trash long ago.
Hearing these words, the magic sword trembled again. Although the displeased emotion could still be felt, it wasn't as strong as before.
"I don't know who it learned this temperament from." Qila's gaze seemed to casually glance over Leticia.
Leticia awkwardly averted her gaze. What Qila was implying—wasn't it that the sword learned from herself?
"It didn't learn properly on its own. What can I do about it?"
"Sister, please stop making excuses." Qila smiled as she put the magic sword back in place. "Hurry up and put it away. It wouldn't be good if others saw it."
The magic sword was, after all, still a magic sword. Although it could currently only function as a stick, its appearance was quite impressive—anyone could tell at a glance that it would be shocking.
The pure black sword body with dark gold patterns all over it, and from a distance, there seemed to be a faint rainbow light protecting the sword.
Even an idiot could see this thing wasn't ordinary.
"After being idle for so long, it also wants to come out for some fresh air. Isn't that right?" Leticia tapped her sword.
Unfortunately, the magic sword didn't give Leticia any face at all. It transmitted the thought 'hurry up and let me go back' to Leticia.
Just like its master, the magic sword had also become a shut-in sword.
Although being let out to hack people was quite fun, the magic sword wasn't too happy about hacking Bai Ling, this old opponent. After all, it had almost been chopped into a real fire poker by Bai Ling last time.
If Leticia hadn't remembered to take half of its sword body when she fled, Leticia's magic sword would probably have been replaced by now.
Besides, this time was obviously just daily roughhousing. Leticia didn't even channel magic power into it, which greatly disappointed the magic sword. What it liked was the feeling of being completely filled with Leticia's magic power throughout its body, not this current dry feeling.
Boring, empty, wanted to go back to being a shut-in.
"You're just a black stick and you still have the nerve to complain. Believe it or not, I'll burn you as firewood right now?"
Looking at her sister getting into an argument with her own sword, Qila felt her words from just now probably weren't wrong.
This was definitely learned from sister!
...
After causing such a commotion in the morning, Leticia just lay on the sofa resting until noon mealtime.
Fortunately, she had completed all the work Qila needed to do before coming out, without abandoning it halfway. Truly something to celebrate.
For the entire morning, Leticia lay on her sister's soft thighs, tilting her head to watch TV.
Her sister's thighs compared to Bai Ling's seemed a bit smaller and thinner. Leticia felt they were a bit uncomfortable to rest on.
How to put it—it still felt like Miss Bai's thighs were more comfortable to use as a pillow.
Of course, Leticia would absolutely never say such words in front of her sister. If she did, she estimated her sister's hands would go to her neck for a sistercide scene.
"Your Majesty, Princess, it's time to eat." Xue'er placed two plates of delicious-looking dishes on the dining table, then turned to the two girls who had been lounging on the sofa all morning.
"Good, coming, coming." Leticia immediately sat up. Time to eat—great.
She had eaten breakfast a bit early today and was indeed somewhat hungry now.
Xue'er's housework abilities were still as perfect as always, which Leticia's dining speed also proved.
"Miss Bai took Dr. Candice with her when she left." When Leticia had almost finished eating, Xue'er said to her.
The Miss Demon King's eating movements slowed for an instant, then returned to normal. "It's fine. I'm mostly recovered now. If Candice wants to borrow her, let her borrow."
Swallowing the food in her mouth, Leticia put down her bowl and chopsticks and asked, "Is there any news about that troublemaking elf?"
"Not yet. All the underground forces in Central City are desperately searching for her. Doing such things on their territory is undoubtedly a serious provocation." Xue'er lowered her eyes and told Leticia the information she currently knew. "But that elf is hiding very well."
So there was no news at all?
An elf hiding in the shadows with such ruthless methods was indeed somewhat troublesome.
"Do we know how she found where Lin Qingyu was?"
Lin Qingyu had just been transferred when that elf launched such an accurate assault on Lin Qingyu's location. This efficiency was really a bit too fast.
It was as if the moment Lin Qingyu was transferred, this elf knew where she would be transferred to.
"Could there be a mole?"
That was the only way to think about it. If there wasn't a mole, how could this elf find Lin Qingyu's location so precisely in such a huge Central City?
Don't mention some precise positioning magic—if there was such magic, why would that elf need to ask Xue'er for information about Half-Elves?
She could have just come over and delivered her head.
It couldn't be that the elf who asked Xue'er for information wasn't the same elf who launched the attack, could it?
Leticia suddenly felt that keeping Lin Qingyu here and having Bai Ling guard her day and night would be a better choice.
If that elf dared to come, Bai Ling could finish her with one swoosh of her sword.
How simple—unlike now where they had to play mind games with that green-skinned mouse.
"Your Majesty needn't worry too much. These matters don't have much to do with us." Xue'er indicated that Leticia didn't need to concern herself—this conflict between Elves and humans, they demons could just watch the show from the sidelines.
Lending Candice to save someone could be considered friendly support.
"I'm just curious. Also, what exactly is Lin Qingyu's identity? To be able to steal from the elven race..." Leticia almost spoke too quickly again, but fortunately she stopped herself in time. "Something important enough to make the elven race hunt her down—very strange, isn't it?"
Ordinary Half-Elves couldn't even access ordinary things, completely different from Lin Qingyu who was being hunted after stealing something.
"I have a hypothesis." Qila finally finished eating and joined the discussion. "A Half-Elf who would be hunted by elven elites after escaping, a Half-Elf who could take important items when escaping—her status in the elven race, at least her apparent status, wouldn't be low."
A Half-Elf's status in the elven race?
"But Half-Elves are all... wait, Qila, you couldn't be suggesting that this Lin Qingyu is that poor child Evangelyne, could you?" Leticia immediately understood her sister's meaning.
Evangelyne was the Elven Empress's name. As for her surname, it was really too long—Leticia couldn't memorize it at all. Anyway, it was the royal surname.
"Mm, although this hypothesis is very bold, if you think about it carefully, in the entire elven race, it seems only Evangelyne has this possibility." Qila said, resting her chin on her hand. "If news of her escape were known by other races, the elven race would probably become a real laughingstock in the world."
After all, their empress had run away herself. If this were known by other races, wouldn't they ruthlessly poke at the elven race's backbone?
When Demon Queen Leticia fled, it was because her sister had staged a coup—she was driven away.
Although everyone in the demon race knew the sisters had a good relationship and that Leticia just didn't want to work so she ran away, others didn't know. They really thought Qila had pulled off a "purge the court" drama and made her sister disappear.
But Evangelyne was different. On the surface, she didn't have a single enemy in the elven race—everyone ostensibly obeyed her commands.
Then she ran away and even took important elven treasures with her. If this news got out, the elven race would lose all face.
"But I've seen Evangelyne, and she doesn't look like this." Leticia raised an objection. "Could she have used some special method to change her appearance?"
Special methods—there seemed to be a traceable pattern.
Flora—this deity definitely had the ability to change Evangelyne's appearance, transforming that Elven Empress into the current Lin Qingyu.
"Then to be even bolder, I speculate that Evangelyne took elven artifacts with her when she escaped, which is why the elven race sent people to find her." Qila said, then frowned. "But they only sent one person?"
Such a major incident should require sending several people.
"Who knows how many Elves have secretly snuck in? We only know one elf came, but how many are hiding in the shadows—who knows?" Leticia indicated this wasn't a problem.
The current problem was whether, if Lin Qingyu really was Evangelyne, they should get involved.
The risk wasn't high, and the benefits weren't small. It seemed they could extend their hand just a little bit.
"Qila, call two Heavenly Kings from the Demon Realm. I want to see them before the day after tomorrow." Finally, Leticia decided she would wade into these muddy waters.
An ordinary Half-Elf couldn't move her heart, but if that Half-Elf's name was Evangelyne, then Leticia had both interest and reason to find herself a suitable role in this grand drama.