9: Notifying You to Go Shopping with Me
"Ah, another beautiful day has begun." Drinking the last sip of milk from her cup, Leticia thought energetically about which game to play today.
What happened yesterday didn't cause her much reaction. It was just helping Bai Ling take a bath—she didn't have any strange thoughts about it at all.
(She didn't fall asleep until 2 AM last night.)
The TV still broadcast utterly boring news, but Leticia didn't think about changing channels. As the Demon King, although she was slacking off now, understanding the enemy's recent situation was still necessary.
After all, they might become obstacles on her path of slacking.
"Sources claim that the demon race has found traces of Leticia Infinoi, and the Demon King is about to return."
"The Elven Empire has suffered the most severe insect plague in a century, with large numbers of trees being devoured by flame moths. The Elven Empress has officially declared the Elven Empire to be in a state of emergency."
"The Chief of the beastmen's Yellow Ear clan recently posted on social media..."
Knock, knock, knock. The sound of knocking interrupted Leticia's thoughts.
Xue'er walked to the door and opened it. "Miss Bai?"
Bai Ling nodded to Xue'er. "I'm looking for Lei... her."
Before Xue'er could call Leticia over, Miss Demon King, who had heard Bai Ling's voice, consciously came to the front door. "What's up?"
"Come shopping with me." Bai Ling said very flatly.
"......"
"......"
The two girls looked at each other in silence.
After a few minutes of silence, Leticia confirmed that Bai Ling wasn't joking.
"Are you serious?"
"Little Ya said it would be better if you came along." Bai Ling explained. She didn't want to have any involvement with the Demon King either, but Bai Ya had strongly insisted.
There was no helping it. As a hopeless sister complex, Bai Ling could do anything for her sister. Going shopping with the Demon King wasn't unacceptable.
"I'm not feeling well today..."
"We leave in half an hour." Bai Ling had no intention of seeking Leticia's consent. She had only come to notify Leticia.
After saying this, she coolly turned her head, and her snow-white hair swept across Leticia's face.
Watching the white-haired girl's figure disappear around the corner of the stairwell, Leticia squeezed out one word through gritted teeth: "Shit!"
This was the weekend! The weekend! Why did she have to accompany this damn pervert outside?
Was there any justice? Any righteousness?
Why should she, a Demon King who had been a law-abiding citizen in human society for three years, suffer this kind of torment?
"Your Majesty, go change clothes." There was a hint of schadenfreude in Xue'er's voice.
Although she was nominally Leticia's maid, in reality, their relationship was more like that of mischievous friends.
"Xue'er, you're laughing at me!" Leticia shouted.
"No, I'm not." Xue'er covered her mouth.
"You've been laughing at me the whole time! You haven't stopped!"
"It's your imagination." Xue'er coughed lightly twice. "That dress we bought last month..."
At the mention of that dress, Leticia's expression became somewhat broken. Who knew what illness Xue'er had contracted to use their already meager living expenses to buy online such a dress that had no use other than looking good.
That dress was quite pretty. The only problem was that it wasn't very suitable for Leticia's identity.
Leticia was the Demon King, but that dress emphasized being pink and tender. When she saw that dress, Leticia swore she would never wear it.
"Out of the question! I won't wear a dress unless absolutely necessary!" Leticia firmly refused Xue'er's suggestion.
"Really won't consider it? It would suit Your Majesty very well."
"Absolutely not." Leticia shook her head vigorously.
"Then socks..."
"I have plenty of short socks."
"Alright." Xue'er muttered somewhat disappointedly. Ever since Her Majesty was defeated by Miss Bai seven years ago, she had never seen Her Majesty wear girls' clothes again.
All those beautiful long dresses from before had been thrown by Leticia into the deepest part of the storage room. After she started slacking off, she completely stopped caring about her image in other people's eyes.
Ah, no, she still cared a little. At least when receiving the Four Heavenly Kings, she would still dress properly.
It's just that the clothes she wore were rather... free-spirited.
A short-sleeved T-shirt plus long pants—very simple, so simple that the Heavenly Kings couldn't believe this was their majestic Empress.
As the saying goes, clothes make the person. The clothes Leticia used to wear were all specially custom-made by demon craftsmen to highlight Leticia's dignity.
But now Leticia wore ordinary clothes that weren't even valuable in the human world. The difference wasn't just a little bit.
No wonder later the Four Heavenly Kings and Princess Qila dared to charge into the royal palace with the imperial guards. If the Your Majesty in their hearts was still the same as before, they wouldn't dare even with ten times the courage.
"Your Majesty, when do you plan to return to the demon race?" Thinking of this, Xue'er asked quietly.
This question made Leticia's steps toward her room falter. "When the demon race encounters a crisis that Qila can't solve."
However, as long as she could keep an eye on Bai Ling, the demon race probably wouldn't face any major crisis.