"And Lin Qingyu stole something from the elven race. That item is very important to the elven race, so they're now searching for her." Leticia continued.
She didn't plan to tell Bai Ya that the elven race had actually already been fooled into joining their side. Compared to the Elves who definitely existed, that mysterious faction had absolutely no information. Telling Bai Ya about it would serve no purpose.
And Bai Ya was obviously more concerned about something else. "Steal, stealing?!"
Was Lin Qingyu actually a thief?
"Isn't stealing wrong?" the little girl asked.
Stealing was indeed wrong, but that depended on who stole what from whom.
Like if a human stole from humans and then fled to the demon race, then from Bai Ling and Bai Ya's perspective, that person would definitely be in the wrong.
But from Leticia's perspective, she would think that person did great—this was abandoning darkness for light, deserving of great reward.
So when Lin Qingyu came to the human world with elven treasures, from the human perspective, Lin Qingyu definitely hadn't done anything wrong—on the contrary, she had great merit.
Weakening the elven race's strength while increasing human power—with this back and forth, giving Lin Qingyu a medal wouldn't be excessive.
"Little Ya, the adult world is very dark." Leticia patted Bai Ya's shoulder. "Especially people like your sister—her heart is quite black."
Bai Ling's eyes widened. When had she become black-hearted?
She had always acted openly and honorably. Even during those days of cutting people down, she hadn't done anything shameless like sneak attacks.
When she cut people down, she would charge straight up and finish them with one clean slash—open and aboveboard. Others simply couldn't stop her.
Logically speaking, Bai Ling's frontal assault and direct decapitation of enemy leaders couldn't be called a sneak attack.
It was clearly that the people being cut hadn't taken proper protective measures—it had nothing to do with Bai Ling.
As for after retirement, Bai Ling felt even less like she'd done anything unconscionable.
Everything she did was open and honest, whether pursuing Leticia or other matters. In which matter had she acted unconscionably?
None.
In pursuing Leticia, she had directly stated her feelings. Even now when Leticia had lost her combat ability, she had no thoughts of taking advantage of someone's vulnerability.
As for other matters, there was even less to feel guilty about.
Hiding her identity when sparring with the Guild Leader was a request from those old seniors at the Association. Then there was currently protecting Lin Qingyu—protecting her sister's friend, was that wrong?
The elven people themselves had said Lin Qingyu wasn't the Half-Elf they were looking for. Could Bai Ling forcibly insist that Lin Qingyu was the Half-Elf they sought?
Speaking of this, Bai Ling suddenly remembered she and Leticia seemed to have a bet.
That bet—had she lost?
Leticia had bet with her that Lin Qingyu wasn't the person the elven race was looking for, and the elven people had confirmed Leticia's thinking.
Lin Qingyu indeed wasn't the person the elven race was looking for.
So she had lost, right?
But why hadn't Leticia mentioned this matter at all these past two days, as if she had completely forgotten about it?
Was Leticia's memory that bad? Bai Ling didn't think so.
Miss Demon King's memory was quite good. Her not bringing this up probably meant she planned to settle all accounts after Lin Qingyu's matter was completely resolved.
After all, she had been quite busy these days. If Leticia demanded she fulfill her promise now, Bai Ling would feel very uncomfortable.
"That bet..." Bai Ling said quietly. "I lost."
"Why are you bringing this up? Want me to collect payment right now?" Leticia glanced at Bai Ling helplessly. Here she was helping Bai Ling counsel Bai Ya, and this person's thoughts wandered to such a strange place.
"No, just wanted to remind you."
"Don't worry, my memory is excellent. I'll settle accounts with you after this matter is resolved." Leticia's words confirmed Bai Ling's guess.
The Demon King was still reasonable. Having Bai Ling fulfill her promise now wouldn't be good for either of them.
Bai Ling would find it difficult, and Leticia wouldn't enjoy it either.
Better to wait until things ended to settle accounts without burden.
"Cough cough, anyway, from our perspective, Lin Qingyu did nothing wrong—she has merit instead. So we need to protect her. Does Little Ya understand?" Leticia continued her previous words to Bai Ya.
The little girl nodded. She naturally understood this principle—she was human, so she definitely had to look at things from the human perspective.
If someone looked at problems from the elven perspective, they were either mentally ill or wanted to be a human traitor.
"Then in the future, can I still be friends with Little Yu?"
"Of course you can. As long as she's willing, your sister definitely won't stop you from associating with her." Leticia looked toward Bai Ling. "Right, Sister Bai?"
"Ah? Ah." A trace of conflict flashed in Bai Ling's eyes. Actually, she still didn't want Bai Ya to have too much involvement with Lin Qingyu. After all, that was a Half-Elf.
And a Half-Elf with conflicts with the elven race.
Bai Ling didn't want her sister to become connected with these matters. She could face these things alone—Bai Ya shouldn't have to face them.
She knew her thinking might be somewhat extreme, but this was what she, as a sister, wanted to do for her younger sister.
"Little Ya needs to know some things, and besides, she's already jumped into these muddy waters, hasn't she?" Leticia saw Bai Ling's conflict, but felt Bai Ling was really overthinking this.
Could Bai Ya escape now?
Her sister was Stellar Sword Saint, her good friend was the Demon Princess. Although she had no idea about the identities of these big shots around her, those who knew wouldn't care about such details.
Bai Ya had already fallen in long ago. From the moment she knocked on Leticia's door, this little girl was inevitably drawn into the most dangerous vortex of this world.
Fortunately, her relatives and friends worked together to weave a large net, protecting this girl from being swallowed by the profound darkness.
"I still think Little Ya shouldn't be drawn in." Bai Ling said stubbornly.
Regarding matters concerning her sister, even Leticia couldn't easily change her mind.
"Suit yourself. I hope you won't regret it later." Leticia didn't want to meddle too much in Bai Ling's family affairs. "Alright, alright, since you don't want to listen to me, then please, Miss Bai, take Little Ya home."