33: Trust
"Ahh..."
The dim yellow sunlight filtered through the gaps in the light blue curtains, scattering across the brown wooden floor.
Having spent an entire day in dreams, Leticia stretched lazily. Accompanied by the crisp sound of bones, the Demon King was fully revived!
But Leticia's good mood lasted only a few seconds before it came to an end, because she saw the person sitting in her chair.
That pure white bastard.
"What are you here for again?" Leticia asked with an unfriendly tone.
She must have been sleeping too deeply—she hadn't even noticed Bai Ling sitting nearby. If Bai Ling had harbored ill intentions just now, she might have paid a quite heavy price.
"This afternoon, Senior Sang and I talked about matters related to that book." Bai Ling looked at Leticia with a complex gaze, making the black-haired girl somewhat uncomfortable. "That book, you should have finished reading it, right?"
"So what, am I not allowed to read it?" Leticia didn't deny it. Of course, she didn't think there was anything to hide about this either. "Don't tell me this is still some untransmittable secret of your human race, and anyone else who reads it has to die."
"Senior said that you demons are very interested in this book, and have sent envoys multiple times these past few years trying to bring this book back to the Demon Realm." Bai Ling told Leticia everything she had learned from Senior Sang. "But due to warnings from several elven and beastman friends, those transactions ultimately failed."
This news was somewhat surprising to Leticia. She had never heard of such a thing before she left.
In other words, was this Qila's doing?
"That's strange. There aren't many useful things in that book, so why would it involve so many factions?" Leticia indicated that the book was no different from garbage in her view. "I'm not lying to you—that book is useless to me."
Otherwise, would she have so readily returned the book to Bai Ling?
"I don't know the answer to that question either." Bai Ling shook her head. Since this book was so valued, there must be a reason. "However, I believe you."
Bai Ling believed Leticia when she said the book wasn't very useful to her.
She had a natural ability to discern lies, and just now, Leticia had indeed been sincere.
"How touching, Miss Bai." Leticia responded to Bai Ling's trust with a sarcastic tone. "Alright, you've asked everything you wanted to ask. Now please get lost, OK?"
Leticia's attitude made Bai Ling somewhat annoyed. "Your attitude is very poor."
"Hah? You want me to give you a good face?"
"I prefer yesterday's you who was blushing." Bai Ling crossed her arms and answered calmly.
"You... that was an accident, an accident!" Leticia retorted in frustration. She had been ambushed that time. If it happened again, she would definitely have the resolve to push that bastard Bai Ling away!
Absolutely!
But soon, she realized she was wrong.
Whoosh!—Bai Ling appeared in front of the girl in a flash. The young woman's body leaned slightly forward, and combined with her outfit, it actually made Leticia feel parched. "Really? Your face is as red as yesterday's now."
"Get lost! Get lost right now!" For some reason, Leticia felt a wave of panic. In her urgency, she directly hugged her blankets, wanting to use them as her shield.
"Am I that scary?" Seeing Leticia's performance like a startled bird, Bai Ling's mood was inexplicably good. "I won't eat you."
"You..." Leticia scooted backward again, and incidentally, she called loudly for backup. "Xue'er!"
Click—the bedroom door opened.
Xue'er poked her head in. "Your Majesty, Miss Bai, good afternoon."
It seemed she had been waiting by the door the whole time.
"Good afternoon." Bai Ling nodded to Xue'er.
The maid's arrival didn't make Bai Ling think of retreating.
"Um... Miss Bai, Her Majesty is in a bad mood right now. Could you please move elsewhere?" Xue'er naturally knew why Leticia had called her. "If you don't mind, please come to the living room."
"Right, get lost!" Leticia chimed in.
This guy always liked to run into her bedroom—she really didn't know what was going on in this person's head.
Could a girl's bedroom be entered casually?
Did she have no common sense?
Oh right, this bastard indeed had no common sense—after all, she was the kind of divine person who could boldly teleport naked into her, Leticia's, bathroom.
But her figure really was quite good... No no, how could she think about this at a time like this? Leticia quickly pulled her thoughts back.
She couldn't become a pervert like this female pervert. She, Leticia, was a good girl!
"What a pity." Bai Ling shook her head with some regret. "Then I'll go back first. I'll come find you again if something comes up."
"When you come find me, please use the front door. What's the deal with teleporting directly into the bedroom!" Leticia quickly added.
"You mean, if I use the front door, you'd still welcome me?"
"Heh heh heh, then I could refuse visitors at the door."