62: Tolerance
Tap tap tap tap tap—the crisp sound of striking keyboard keys echoed in the room. The black-haired girl operated her character with a relaxed expression, taking down the monsters charging at her one after another.
"Sigh, easy as pie." After eliminating all the monsters, Leticia leisurely speared a piece of apple from the fruit plate that Bai Ling was holding nearby and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Really sweet." Chewing the apple, the girl showed an expression of enjoyment.
Beside her, Bai Ling, wearing a black and white maid outfit, clearly couldn't maintain her composure.
Yes, Leticia's second request was for Bai Ling to put on a maid outfit and serve as a daytime maid in her house.
The maid outfit was provided courtesy of Xue'er. This outfit, slightly different from the maid outfits Xue'er usually wore, was one of Xue'er's treasured pieces that even she herself had never worn.
Under Leticia's strong insistence, Xue'er had no choice but to reluctantly part with this brand-new outfit and give it to Bai Ling.
However, Miss Bai wasn't very appreciative of this.
"Your requests are really annoying." Bai Ling said through gritted teeth, speaking viciously.
She wasn't dissatisfied with Leticia leaving her hanging here while playing games herself. Her dissatisfaction came entirely from the outfit she was currently wearing.
"Are all demon race maids like this?"
Why did Xue'er treasure this outfit but never wear it once?
The reason was that this outfit was simply too bold.
Xue'er's usual maid outfits were already quite daring—walking down the street in them would definitely attract a crowd of onlookers.
Compared to the one Bai Ling was currently wearing, Xue'er's maid outfits could practically be considered conservative.
"Isn't it nice? I think it looks quite good, Little Bai Bai~" The corners of Leticia's lips curved slightly. The large expanses of snow-white skin that Bai Ling had exposed to the air made her feel quite pleased.
Weren't you seducing me before? Good, since you want to seduce me so much, then I'll let you seduce me.
Seeing this outfit that could almost be called adult goods worn on Bai Ling, this ice-cold beauty, Leticia felt wave after wave of satisfaction.
Especially those two big white legs—under the white lace garter stockings, they appeared extremely alluring. Compared to this, Bai Ling's previous seductions were like child's play.
"!" Bai Ling glared angrily. She was really getting angry.
"Are you angry?" Leticia giggled. "So you do know how to get angry?"
Forcing someone to do things they don't like—what an infuriating thing that was. The current Bai Ling should understand this deeply.
"Do you really hate wearing this kind of outfit?" Leticia picked up another piece of apple with her toothpick, but this time she didn't put it in her own mouth. Instead, she brought it to Bai Ling's lips.
Bai Ling's expression wavered for an instant, but quickly froze over again. She nodded, admitting that she was very unhappy right now.
"For me, when you barged into my life without permission, my anger was no less than yours right now." Seeing that Bai Ling had no intention of opening her mouth, Leticia lost interest and put the apple in her own mouth. "I haven't forgotten the grudge from that arrow back then."
"......" Bai Ling still didn't speak, but her eyes told Leticia that this girl was seriously considering her words.
After a long time, Bai Ling looked at Leticia, her eyes showing unwavering determination. "I can endure it."
"......Are you brain-damaged?!" Leticia bristled. Was this the answer she wanted? What she wanted to hear was Bai Ling admitting her behavior was wrong!
What did "I can endure it" mean?
The implication was that Leticia could endure it too, right?
Yes, you, Bai Ling, are a great saint with a broad mind, but Leticia was a narrow-minded girl who couldn't endure it.
"It would be best if we had no connection whatsoever. You be your Bai Ling, I'll be my Su Qianqian." Leticia stopped pretending. She was laying her cards on the table. "I quite like the human world. You don't need to worry about me causing any major incidents someday."
"What do you mean?" A bad premonition arose in Bai Ling's heart.
"If I can't provoke you, can't I avoid you?" Leticia snorted. The main reason Bai Ling could bother her with such high frequency was that they lived far too close to each other.
So close that either of them could appear in the other's home with just a thought.
If she could increase the distance, Leticia really didn't believe Bai Ling could continue bothering her daily with such high intensity as she did now.
"You're moving away?"
"What, do you have a say in this too?" Leticia propped her chin up, looking at Bai Ling with a half-smile. "I'm already looking for a new house. This time I plan to buy a villa directly, to avoid having any annoying neighbors."
Bai Ling's expression became somewhat ugly. The news that Leticia was moving away was somewhat unacceptable to her.
"Just because you hate me?"
"That's only one reason." Leticia shook her head. While Bai Ling was indeed a major reason, there were other reasons too. "You're a Sword Saint. Even though you've retired and no longer act as a hero, the troublesome matters around you won't decrease one bit."
"I don't want strange things breaking into my house someday. I just want to live a peaceful life."
Leticia's goal had always been very clear. She wanted to slack off; she didn't want to get involved in all that nonsense.
Games, manga, novels—weren't these much more interesting than fighting and scheming?
"There will be no shortage of people with ulterior motives around you. Unlike me, although your identity is secret, quite a few people still know it." Leticia walked in front of Bai Ling and gazed into those beautiful crimson eyes. "My final request is: don't disturb my life, okay?"
"I..." Bai Ling suddenly found she had nothing to say. Leticia's request was very sincere, and her reasons were very sound.
From the beginning, it was she who had forcibly intruded into this girl's life.
"But there's one thing I've never been able to figure out—why do you insist on pestering me?" Leticia asked. By all rights, she and Bai Ling should have been incompatible with conflicts everywhere.
After the two of them met, how could Bai Ling possibly come up with the idea of wanting to get close to Leticia? Wasn't this a very strange thing?
Their previous interactions had been completely one-sided—Bai Ling approaching, while Leticia tried her best to tolerate it.
Leticia's tolerance was understandable, but Bai Ling's active approach was very difficult to explain.