At some point, Xi Mengyao had woken up. She had heard the conversation between Leticia and Evangelyne. When the two empresses reached a consensus to erase her memories, she really couldn't hold back anymore.
She didn't want to forget Evangelyne. Even if they couldn't be together, she was unwilling to forget this girl who had saved her.
"Forgetting me would be good for both you and me." Evangelyne said quietly. She had almost no possibility of returning alive, while Xi Mengyao—her future was incomparably bright.
They weren't from the same world. For her own sake and for Xi Mengyao's sake, having her forget was the best choice.
For an ordinary person, those memories were too bizarre and fantastic.
"But I don't want to forget you. Even if you won't come back, can't I at least remember you in my heart?" Xi Mengyao grasped Evangelyne's hand, her eyes filled with intense emotion that Evangelyne couldn't directly face.
Bai Ling nudged Leticia with her elbow, using her gaze to ask Demon King-sama what to do now.
"Mix it cold." Leticia rubbed her temples with some distress. No matter how you looked at it, these two girls wouldn't reach a conclusion through arguing. "You two talk it out slowly. Tell me your decision after you've reached a consensus."
After saying this, she stood up and dragged Bai Ling out of the room.
Walking out of the room and seeing the confusion and bewilderment on Bai Ling's face, Leticia couldn't help but stand on her toes and punch her.
"Why are you sticking your nose into other people's private space?"
"Curious." Bai Ling muttered quietly.
"If you're curious, then squat here and eavesdrop. I'm going back to pack my things first." Leticia rolled her eyes and prepared to leave without any hesitation.
Her curiosity definitely couldn't compare to Leticia's. Bai Ling immediately gave up her plan to eavesdrop and followed Leticia back to the room downstairs.
When they had just gone upstairs, a little guest had arrived at Leticia's house, and this little guest was now tugging back and forth with Leticia's sister.
"Little Qi, are you leaving?" Bai Ya looked at the bewildered Qila with teary eyes. "Is Sister Qianqian leaving too?"
"Ah, this, I... Sister, you explain. I can't explain it clearly." Qila stammered, not knowing what to say. Seeing Leticia and Bai Ling return, she quickly redirected Bai Ya's attention to Leticia.
Taking advantage of Bai Ya turning around, Qila swiftly slipped into the study and locked the door.
Seeing her sister's swift movements, Leticia felt her expression might not hold.
But Bai Ya didn't care about any of this. She ran up to Leticia and asked the same question again.
"Mm, we're moving, and probably won't return to Central City anymore." Leticia nodded.
Bai Ya's tears immediately fell. She hugged Leticia and started wailing: "Sister Qianqian, please don't go!"
Leticia quickly looked to Bai Ling for help with her eyes, but Bai Ling indicated she had no way to deal with her own sister.
"This is your sister. Can't you, as an older sister, do something?" Leticia mouthed silently.
"Little Ya's opinion is my opinion." Bai Ling replied righteously.
She also didn't want Leticia to leave, so she very much approved of Bai Ya's actions.
If this could make Leticia stay, she would even think it was fine for Bai Ya to hug Leticia all day and cry herself hoarse.
"You f..." Leticia was about to curse, but then thought she should maintain her image in front of Bai Ya. "Just you wait."
After saying this, she reached out to stroke Bai Ya's head and began explaining gently: "Little Ya, people have joys and sorrows, partings and reunions. This is something no one can avoid. I've been avoiding responsibility for many years, and now I have to go back."
"But didn't Sister Qianqian say before that she was a bad person? Is Sister Qianqian going to be a bad person again?"
"That was just a metaphor. I'm actually a young lady, and my family now only has me as the person in charge. I can't just dump everything on Little Qi and enjoy myself here, right?" Leticia sighed lightly, indicating she didn't want to go back either, but for her sister's sake, she had to return.
"Then, can't you come back to visit us? Or we could also visit Sister Qianqian." Bai Ya looked up, revealing her small face that was crying like a pear blossom in the rain. "Is that okay?"
This was a good question. Actually, coming back once a year, or having Bai Ya visit the Demon Realm, neither would be a problem.
But why did Leticia want to leave? Wasn't it to maintain distance from Bai Ling?
Meeting from time to time didn't feel like maintaining distance.
But Leticia couldn't bear to refuse Bai Ya.
"If Little Ya isn't afraid, you can visit my place." Leticia said, then changed her tone. "But this guy Bai Ling can't come."
Bai Ya was okay, but Bai Ling was not.
"As for where my home is, when you want to visit, ask your sister. She knows how to get to my house."
"Eh? Why can't sister come?" Bai Ya was somewhat confused.
After getting Leticia's agreement that she could visit, Bai Ya wasn't so sad anymore. If she really missed Sister Qianqian and Little Qi someday, she could just visit Sister Qianqian's house.
But why couldn't her sister go? Bai Ya didn't quite understand.
Weren't her sister and Sister Qianqian super good friends?
"Due to various reasons that can't be explained, this guy just can't go." Leticia was very resolute. Bai Ya going was fine, but she absolutely wouldn't meet with Bai Ling again.
It was better to forget each other in the rivers and lakes than to struggle together for survival. They were originally strangers walking two paths with no intersection.
Not interfering with each other was the best choice.
Bai Ling could continue enjoying her retirement life, while she continued going back to the Demon Realm to slack off.
As long as Bai Ling was alive, this world wouldn't fall into great chaos, and this guy's lifespan probably wouldn't be shorter than Leticia's.
At least for the next hundred years, if no one more abnormal than Bai Ling appeared, the world's power structure probably wouldn't change much.
The only variable was the divines, but after learning more, Leticia wasn't as worried about divines as she had been initially.
She had originally thought divines were about to return and rule the world, but it turned out to be a false alarm. Actually, divines basically posed no threat—the threat came from people wielding divine power.
But that threat was just so-so.
The members of Divine Throne gave off a very harmonious feeling somehow. No matter how you looked at them, they didn't seem like villains.
......
After settling Bai Ya, there wasn't much left to do.
When Leticia turned off the lights and got into bed, Qila had already warmed up the blankets, making them quite comfortable.
"Sister?" Qila lifted her eye mask slightly. "Finished playing games?"
"Mm, sold some equipment and gave the account to the Guild Leader." Leticia nodded. There was no internet in the Demon Realm, so she couldn't play online games.
So she spent quite a bit of money buying many single-player games to play when she was bored.
"Is sister really planning to stay in the Demon Realm forever?" Qila still didn't quite believe it. A few days ago, sister was still clamoring to return to the human world, but after a few days, sister was actually proactively proposing to return to the Demon Realm.
This really gave Qila a little surprise.
"After thinking about it, it's better to go back." Leticia rubbed her sister's head. "Go to sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow."
The departure date was set for these few days. Although they didn't need to pack luggage themselves, Xue'er would still make some noise when packing.
In that case, they definitely wouldn't sleep well.
"Mm, good night, sister." Qila pulled down her eye mask and shrank back into the blankets.
Leticia turned on her side and closed her eyes.
Leticia fell asleep quickly today, but she soon discovered she had arrived at a familiar place.
Flora's divine realm.
Walking toward the purple light's guidance, Leticia indeed saw Flora waiting at the main gate.
"Good evening, Flora." She raised her hand to greet Flora.
"Good evening. I'm very sorry for bringing you here again without your permission." Flora bowed slightly, speaking quite politely.
This God of Desire was really too polite, making Leticia feel somewhat embarrassed.
"It's fine, it's fine. Flora, this time you're looking for me because..."
"Please come in and sit for a while. There's another guest here today." Flora smiled at Leticia.
This time Leticia didn't hesitate much. In front of Flora, she opened the manor's main gate and walked into the manor.
Following Flora to a small pavilion behind the manor, Leticia saw a green-haired girl drinking tea.
The girl looked only about ten years old, wearing a somewhat revealing semi-transparent dress. Her hair was quite long—if it weren't being held up by some unknown force, it could probably be used as a mop.
"Um, who is this?" Leticia asked.
"Qing, God of Nature and Life. She's a good friend I just met these past two days." Flora took Leticia's hand and led her into the pavilion.
"You're here?" The green-haired girl lifted her eyelids to glance at Leticia. "You're the girl Flora mentioned, right? Your mental strength is quite good."
This divine's attitude wasn't as nice as Flora's.
However, Leticia felt this divine was more normal. Flora was really too easy to get along with, giving off an unreal feeling.
This green-haired one was very real—real to the point of being slightly annoying.
"Good evening, Miss Qing." Leticia smiled at Qing.
The girl quietly responded and then continued lowering her head to drink tea.
The atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment. Fortunately, Flora clapped her hands in time and stated her reason for bringing Leticia here this time.
"Evangelyne has developed powerful desires in her heart. Thanks to this, my abilities have strengthened somewhat." Flora opened her hand, and a necklace materialized in her palm. "All of this is thanks to you, Leticia, so please accept this gift."
"Desire?" Leticia took the necklace. Flora's gifts were quite useful, and she had no reason to refuse.
That umbrella had strong performance in defending against mental attacks. This necklace must also have extraordinary properties—no need to refuse.
Would there be any problems?
Leticia felt there wouldn't be. Flora had already gained Demon King-sama's trust. Once she trusted someone, Leticia wouldn't doubt them anymore.
Don't use people you doubt, don't doubt people you use—this was her habit.
"Mm, the desires in her heart have become increasingly intense." Flora nodded. "Before, she only wanted to escape, but now she has many desires—wanting to take revenge on the elven race, and also wanting to... have a relationship."
"Cough cough cough, did Evangelyne really develop feelings? The progress isn't this fast, right?" Leticia immediately started coughing. "She was still very rational this afternoon."
Could it be that Evangelyne was acting?
Qing's face turned slightly red, as if she had thought of something.
Flora put her hand in front of her mouth and said quietly: "Um, anyway, it was a bit fast."
Originally, Evangelyne didn't have such strong desires, but after Leticia left with Bai Ling this afternoon, some small friction occurred between Xi Mengyao and Evangelyne.
This small friction made Evangelyne, who originally thought she had no feelings, discover that she did have feelings after all.
She now had one more goal: to try to preserve her life while causing trouble, and after finishing her business, return to find Xi Mengyao.
Ah, by the way, although Xi Mengyao was a bit bold, she wasn't bold to that extent.
She had simply used physical means to shut up Empress-sama after failing to out-argue her, and incidentally let Empress-sama know her feelings.
Under such an intense offensive, Evangelyne, who had originally been able to convince herself with "I shouldn't be like this," couldn't hold out anymore.
She finally understood why cross-species lovers appeared—because when love arrives, everything else becomes so irrelevant.
If she hadn't retained some rationality and known what her main task was, Evangelyne might have directly abandoned her mission to be with Xi Mengyao.
Sigh, love.
Such intense desire directly elevated Flora's usable power by a level, which was actually a good thing.
"The relationships between girls nowadays are really hard for me to imagine." The green-haired loli, who was dressed in a way that was hard to imagine, sighed with feigned maturity.
Oh, she should actually be old.
Ten-thousand-year-old loli?
"Your gaze is very rude. You act like you're so much more mature than me." Qing glared fiercely at Leticia.
What right did this black-haired loli have to look at her with that kind of gaze? Was there much difference in their figures?
Not really—her chest was even a tiny bit bigger than this guy's.
"Cough cough, just that I'm a bit taller."
"You disrespectful-to-divines guy, don't you know that divines all have bad tempers?"