63: Don't Hold Me!
"I... don't know either." Bai Ling lowered her head, preventing Leticia from seeing her expression clearly.
However, judging from her voice, this girl was also somewhat confused at the moment.
This wasn't just a question that puzzled Leticia—it was also something Bai Ling was thinking about.
"You don't know either?" Leticia raised an eyebrow. This answer really surprised her. She had thought Bai Ling would find some other excuse.
However, this answer was unexpectedly convincing.
Because Leticia had this feeling too. She could clearly sense that there was an aura about Bai Ling that attracted her—this aura was the reason she could tolerate Bai Ling's disturbances for so long.
Otherwise, she would have turned hostile long ago. Why would she wait until now to make things clear?
"I don't know." This time Bai Ling raised her head. Her eyes were like torches, making Leticia involuntarily feel a trace of fear from the bottom of her heart.
"But I won't let you escape."
"Those words sound quite grating, Miss Bai Ling." This statement made Leticia's temper flare up too. What did she mean by "won't let her escape"? Did she need Bai Ling's permission to leave?
But Bai Ling wasn't scared off by Leticia's words. Instead, she stepped forward and grabbed Leticia's hand: "I want to know why this is."
"There's nothing worth investigating about this. As long as you don't come looking for me, nothing will be wrong. You can be your retired Sword Saint, I'll be my slacking Demon King. Isn't that good?" Leticia wanted to break free from Bai Ling's hand, but Bai Ling's grip was as firm as iron pincers.
"What exactly do you want to do?" Leticia was angry. This person was being too unreasonable. She had made everything clear, so why wouldn't she listen?
Yes, she used to be the Demon King, so it was normal for Bai Ling not to trust her.
But Leticia had shown her sincerity. She had lived here for so long—had she done anything bad?
No, right? She was more law-abiding than humans.
When Bai Ling wasn't around, it was she, Leticia, who took care of Bai Ya. Tell me, did the current Leticia pose any threat?
None, right?
"You can't leave." Bai Ling said with exceptional firmness.
"Fine, then you have to promise never to come looking for me again. My home is off-limits to dogs and Bai Ling." Leticia nodded. She was moving to escape from Bai Ling. As long as Bai Ling stopped bothering her in the future, she had no problem not moving.
Leticia's bottom line was clear—she didn't want Bai Ling to enter her life.
Miss Demon King wanted to be an ordinary person.
And Bai Ling's appearance had created ripples in her ordinary life that shouldn't exist.
During this week, Leticia had rarely gone out, bought clothes, and even beat up three hot-headed kids from the Hero Association together with Bai Ling.
The first few things were still acceptable to Leticia, but the last thing was problematic.
What ordinary person would dress like a villain at night and engage in thrilling fighting games with heroes?
The first time, Leticia endured it. After all, she really was short on money at the time. For the sake of her 2D wife, she could accept being extraordinary once in a while.
But this second time was unacceptable. If there was a second, there would be a third, and if there was a third, there would be a fourth. Leticia had a premonition that once she was drawn into this vortex, it would be very difficult to escape.
She had to make an early decision: either let herself fall back into that vortex of schemes and conspiracies, or escape quickly while it wasn't too late.
The choice was clear. If Leticia liked that vortex, she wouldn't have escaped from the demon race.
Honestly speaking, as long as Leticia didn't want to see Qila and the others, even if they used all their strength, they couldn't break down Leticia's bedroom door.
"Do you know why I ran away?" Leticia looked at Bai Ling's ugly expression and asked coldly.
Then, without waiting for Bai Ling to speak, Leticia answered herself: "I'd had enough. What Demon King, what demon king—I didn't want to be one anymore. I devoted myself wholeheartedly to the demon race, but when I fled back in a sorry state, my ministers were thinking about how to gain more benefits from my failure."
"I tell you, although I was defeated by you that time, my decadence wasn't caused by you. Compared to those monarchs who died by your hand, I'm much stronger."
Leticia said very seriously to Bai Ling. That time, Bai Ling had indeed left her with deep psychological trauma. Initially, Leticia would wake up from nightmares every night because in her dreams, that person carrying a sword and bathed in light never failed to appear.
But Leticia would absolutely never admit that her decadence was due to that defeat. She was just disheartened by her bunch of worthless subordinates and too lazy to deal with all that messy stuff anymore.
"You are indeed much stronger." This point Bai Ling acknowledged. Back then, cutting down those monarchs was like cutting vegetables for her—only Leticia was as hard to cut as a bone.
In the end, although she had shattered this bone, her own sword had nearly been destroyed too.
If not for this reason, how could Bai Ling have let the heavily injured Leticia escape?
At that time, Leticia had completely relied on her willpower to forcibly hold on and run away. If Bai Ling had really been as relaxed as she appeared, Leticia definitely wouldn't have been able to escape.
In fact, Bai Ling at that time had also nearly reached the end of her rope. The gap between her and Leticia wasn't as large as Leticia imagined.
"Do I need you to tell me that?" Leticia snorted. "I finally escaped from this quagmire, and now you want to drag me back in. Tell me, shouldn't I be angry?"
"You should indeed be angry." Even Bai Ling knew this was quite infuriating. That Leticia had only now made things clear showed this young lady had been tolerant enough.
"Then shouldn't you stay away from me and not make me angry?"
"No." Bai Ling shook her head.
"Huh?"
"My intuition tells me that you don't actually feel angry about my approach." Bai Ling suddenly embraced Leticia. "Are you angry now?"
Angry? Of course Leticia was angry!
What did Bai Ling mean by this? She had tolerated holding hands just now, but now she was directly pulling her into her arms—what was this?
"Let go of me! Let go!" Leticia struggled with all her might, but even she didn't realize that her struggling was unusually weak.
But Bai Ling noticed this point. In a corner where Leticia couldn't see, an extremely faint smile appeared on the girl's frozen face.
The iceberg seemed to be gradually beginning to melt.