82: Still Paid in the End
"This restaurant's noodles taste pretty good." After the noodles were served, Bai Ling very restrainedly slurped one strand and gave her assessment. "Have you eaten here before?"
"No, I usually don't go out much." Leticia wasn't so restrained. Her cheeks were puffed out, and unclear sounds came from her mouth, completely ignoring the fact that it's best not to talk when your mouth is full.
She had just randomly found a restaurant that looked decent. As for whether it tasted good or not, it was like drawing cards in a game—all depended on luck.
The news about the elves on TV had passed, followed by some internal human news.
Some Parliament Member caught fooling around in the red-light district, how many bad guys the heroes caught these days.
Basically all nutritionless information.
"Your humans' infrastructure development is really good. Even I, this Demon King, feel envious and jealous watching it." Having finished her noodles in a short time, Leticia muttered quietly.
The demon race's infrastructure was probably at medieval level before, and although there had been great progress after the world passages opened, it couldn't compare at all to humanity's modernization here.
However, the demon race's current style had its own unique charm. Leticia still quite liked the demon race's magically-colored architecture.
"The demon side... is it very poor?" Bai Ling's noodle-eating motion paused. She had only been to the demon world once, and that was to chop down Leticia.
She stayed less than half a day, and the location was in the wilderness—she hadn't seen what demon cities looked like.
"Not poor, very different from the human side." Leticia shook her head. "You won't go anyway, so what's the point of telling you?"
"Maybe someday I'll want to tour the Demon Realm?"
"Impossible. With the current relationship between humans and demons, forget about tourism—even trade would be a major breakthrough." Leticia pouted. Although the war had ended, the pain brought by the flames of war was far from over.
"Stop thinking about these random things. Hurry up and finish eating, then let's go to the agreed place to wait for the Guild Leader and them."
Leticia forcibly ended this topic. Having been away for so many years, she didn't know what the Demon Realm had become now.
She believed Qila could manage the demon race well. Perhaps the current demon race was very different from the demon race she had previously ruled.
Unlike humans, the difficulty for demons to build infrastructure was very, very low. With almost everyone being a mage, they could completely build a high-rise in one day.
"I'm still hungry." Bai Ling stared at her thoroughly cleaned noodle bowl and said quietly.
"If you're hungry, order another portion yourself."
"Tch."
"Even if you look at me with that kind of expression, I won't soften!"
"Oh."
So Bai Ling ordered another bowl of noodles.
After Bai Ling finished eating with great effort, Leticia casually took out her phone and paid the bill.
Immediately, she suddenly remembered she seemed to have paid for three bowls.
"Is this what the Guild Leader calls tsundere?" Bai Ling stood beside Leticia, watching the girl's changing expression, and giggled.
She spoke so decisively, but in the end, didn't she obediently treat her anyway?
Leticia glared fiercely at Bai Ling, but this action made people can't help but marvel at how cute this girl was.
Really, the current dressed-up Leticia had absolutely no intimidating presence. That glare just now could only give people a feeling of being adorably fierce.
"Give me the money!" She held out her hand, asking Bai Ling for the extra money she had paid.
But Bai Ling's reaction caught Leticia off guard. This white-haired girl actually reached out and took Leticia's hand. "Let's go, we still need to hurry."
Her hand was wrapped by Bai Ling's warm, soft hand. Leticia's face imperceptibly reddened a bit. "Let go!"
"No." Bai Ling firmly refused Leticia's request.
While speaking, she forcibly pulled Leticia toward the entrance.
In terms of strength, Leticia really couldn't compare to Bai Ling, this pure brute. She was a delicate magic user—how could she compare to Bai Ling, this thick-skinned human-shaped violent dragon?
So, under the gazes of everyone in the store thinking 'Ah, what a beautiful scene,' Leticia was forcibly brought onto the street by Bai Ling.
"Why can you be so shameless? Casually holding other girls' hands—don't you feel ashamed?" After reaching the street, to avoid becoming the focus of the crowd, Leticia had to give up resistance.
After settling down, she suddenly felt that being held by Bai Ling's hand wasn't bad.
Bai Ling's hand was very warm, and the skin of her palm was very delicate—not at all like a warrior who was active on battlefields year-round.
"I wanted to do this, that's all." Bai Ling said something quite domineering. "I feel like I've fallen for you."
"If you want to go into heat, do it toward other people. I'm telling you right here—I, Leticia, would rather be beaten to death by you, jump down from Central Tower, than fall for you, this damn pervert!" Bai Ling's direct approach didn't have even a tiny bit of effect. Leticia's attitude was as tough as ever.
When affection points are insufficient, Leticia's defense is very, very formidable—not something that can be broken through with just a few words.
Arriving at the agreed-upon park, Leticia glanced at the time and found there was still a bit of time before the meeting. "Seems we came early."
"Let's go sit on that bench for a while." Bai Ling suggested.
"Alright." Leticia didn't object.
Since they could sit, why stand and torment themselves? There happened to be an empty bench under the shade—not sitting would be a waste.
Reaching the long bench, Bai Ling reached out and felt the bench, then frowned. "It's a bit dirty."
"A cleaning spell can handle it." Leticia snapped her fingers, and the bench in front of them instantly became clean.
Magic was just that convenient sometimes.
After sitting on the bench, Bai Ling noticed that Leticia didn't sit down but instead took out her phone and aimed it at her.
"Mm?"
"Taking a photo for the Guild Leader, so she won't fail to recognize us later." Leticia held up her phone to explain. Although she couldn't send her own photo, Bai Ling's was completely fine.
"Don't look so serious, relax a bit... I didn't tell you to smile, change your expression back."
Soon, Leticia had taken the photo. After sending it to the Guild Leader and telling her where they were now, Leticia also sat on the bench.
Of course, maintaining considerable distance from Bai Ling.