Picked up a Demon King to be a Maid - Chapter 361

Nighttown was peaceful for the last two days.

Perhaps it was just the calm before the storm, but everyone knew that their third expedition was about to start. This time with Yao Zi joining, their success chance was greatly improved. If it was no good this time as well, then it was probably the end. Everyone was prepared for it being their last gamble as they silently waited for the day to arrive.

Such peaceful days were a luxury, to everyone except for Caesar that is. To him, it was more of a torment.

He felt an inexplicable helplessness.

As matters stand, he couldn’t do anything else but wait and on the other hand, his classmate Lin Xiao was calm and collected.

No, he wasn’t just calm, it was like it didn’t concern him at all!

Caesar didn’t find Lin Xiao last night and heard he left the city, so he planned to question him the next day when he came back, but he foolishly waited for an entire morning and didn’t see him.

But that couldn’t be blamed on Lin Xiao since he was asleep the whole time.

Because of Adele’s identity, ShenDai Ying couldn’t be too public, so she sneaked them back into the inn without alarming anyone and just told others that she went for a morning stroll outside.

And so, Caesar finally encountered Lin Xiao in the afternoon, and he shockingly discovered that he was just sneakily wandering around the town with ShenDai Ying.

“Lin Xiao, stop right there… where are you going!?”

Caesar ran up to Lin Xiao and forcibly blocked his way.

“Uh… what a coincidence?” Faced against him, Lin Xiao awkwardly scratched his head, “Caesar, d-don’t misunderstand, there’s nothing between us, you have to believe me!”

“That’s right Caesar, we’re just… um…”

When ShenDai Ying saw Caesar’s enraged expression, she quickly moved back and let go of Lin Xiao’s arm while nervously twirling her hair like she was cheating.

“What’s going on?”

When Caesar saw their strange reaction, he also froze and couldn’t process it.

As they faced each other, it was Lin Xiao that reacted first.

“Caesar, you didn’t come to catch us in the act?”

“What?”

“Uh, no, no, you misheard…”

He was out strolling around with ShenDai Ying while talking and laughing and being intimate. They were even holding each other’s arms like a loving couple… he thought that Caesar stopped them because he saw that scene, but Lin Xiao realized that Caesar didn’t even think anything was wrong.

After everything that’s happened, in Caesar’s eyes, ‘Lin Xiao and ShenDai Ying’s intimate stroll’ wasn’t even worth being shocked over and was natural. Caesar almost forgot that ShenDai Ying was his fiancée and had nothing to do with Lin Xiao.

“Oh, speaking of which, why are you two…”

Caesar wasn’t an idiot, he just reacted a bit slowly. When he noticed how they were acting, he finally noticed an incongruity, but before he could finish asking, Lin Xiao interrupted him.

“Caesar, buddy, don’t think too much about it, your wife is really amazing… oh no, ShenDai Ying is really outstanding and I came out with her today to buy food! Tell me, you must have been looking for me because of something important, right?”

“Right… I have something I wanted to ask you! What did you go to do last night?”

“Last night…” Lin Xiao glanced at ShenDai Ying then calmly responded, “I went to survey the terrain last night!”

“Survey the terrain?”

“Yes.”

Lin Xiao’s excuse was that he knew Yao Zi and Lin Tian were lacking in battle experience, even if they were strong, it was hard to help the team. So he specially went to survey the terrain to help them create a plan to more successfully complete the mission.

“But why did you go during the middle of the night?”

“Because all the demonic beasts are asleep, so it was safer!”

“Oh, I see.”

Lin Xiao felt like he was a genius, how could he have thought of such a perfect excuse? He was just worried that Elena’s performance would be noticed, so he chose to go in the middle of the night…

“So, what’s the plan?”

“It’s a secret, I can only tell Yao Zi and Lin Tian.”

“… Okay.”

Even though got an answer, a lot of his questions still weren’t resolved. Since he couldn’t be satisfied, he changed the topic.

“Where’s Elena? Why isn’t your maid with you?”

“Her? She… she’s still sleeping.” This time Lin Xiao didn’t lie and spoke the truth.

“Okay…. so, where are you guys going?”

“ShenDai Ying and I are… hey, Caesar, why do you have so many questions, does where I’m going have anything to do with you?”

“I was just…”

“Just what? Caesar, buddy, why do you keep bothering me instead of accompanying that little fan girl?”

“She’s making the final preparations before we leave.”

“Then why don’t you hurry and go be with her? Are you not afraid she’s going to get mad at you for leaving her alone?”

“But I…”

“Go, I’m going to go shopping with your fiancée… oh no, anyways, just stop thinking about it!”

“Okay.”

Caesar nodded and obediently left, but as he was leaving he felt like he was still duped…

Why was his fiancée abducted by Lin Xiao again?

“Hey! Lin Xiao, what are you two… hm? Where’d they go?”

Caesar turned around and called out to them but noticed that they already slipped away. So he could only go back to Rosie to prepare.

But honestly speaking even if Lin Xiao did take ShenDai Ying away, Caesar had nothing to worry about because they had important matters at hand.

Saving someone.

Adele became a vegetable, it’s not like Lin Xiao could just leave her be so he had to find someone to help her as soon as possible. That’s why he and ShenDai Ying came to test their luck and see if they can find someone who knows black magic, or someone who could repair mental damage.

Unfortunately, Nighttown was small, unlike Winterless City, so there were no people like that. Lin Xiao wouldn’t be able to find someone to save Adele even if he turned the city inside out.

After two days of torment, he still came up empty-handed.

During that period, Elena’s mood already recovered. She helped her aunt bathe, change clothes, without sorrow or joy like days before, but Lin Xiao knew that she was just deceiving herself.

Now, Elena was faced with a dilemma.

Should she continue or turn back?

To save Adele, the sooner they did it, the higher chances of a full recovery. If they wanted to, then they had to turn back to Winterless city to find someone who knows black magic. But then they might not be able to complete their mission…

Because of the unforeseen incident at Nighttown, they were already held up for a while, if they chose to turn back, then they might not make it in time to Gotham Kingdom.

Don’t go to Gotham Kingdom.

That was Adele’s final warning, but that was completely opposite of Elena’s original intent.

She wanted to find out the truth and save her people, so she had to go to Gotham Kingdom! But, she couldn’t just leave her aunt behind…

These two days must have been torture for her.

Whether to advance or retreat, should she forgo her personal feelings for the greater good, or abandon her work for her family.

Two days passed in a blink of an eye.

…

This morning, their team with Abra and Caesar leading would set out and head towards the canyon for a fight to the death. Though Lin Xiao and Elena already dealt with those demonic beasts…

At the same time, Elena finally made her decision.

“Let’s go back.”

It felt like Elena relaxed a lot after saying that.

“So you’re saying to go back to Winterless city and find someone to cure your aunt?”

“Yeah.”

She couldn’t just leave her aunt behind and could only choose to abandon her work… furthermore, that traitor Thunderfang still couldn’t succeed the Demon King position and the red-eyed black cats were still being protected by uncle Barton and weren’t in too much danger. Even if she wanted to clear out the rebellion and regain the throne, there was no rush and there would be more opportunities later on.

As for Gotham Kingdom’s civil unrest…

She really does want to find the person behind the scenes and personally finish off that mysterious apostle to get revenge for her aunt! But she cant be blinded by that, and saving her family was the correct choice.

“Okay.” Lin Xiao smiled and agreed with Elena’s decision.

The gentle warmth under her coldness was probably the quality that Lin Xiao admired the most.

“Lin Xiao, are you sure there’s someone in Winterless City that can save my aunt.”

“I’m sure. Did you forget? It’s my little sister Snow… that brat is proficient in black magic, she definitely has a way to save your aunt.”

“Sigh, do I have to beg her again…”

Elena sat by the bed and caressed her aunt’s cool face and bit her lips.

She didn’t know whether Snow was willing to help or not. Even if she was Lin Xiao’s sister, she was still a Saintess so how could she save a wicked high-level demon? It was too contrary to common sense…

While Elena was hesitating, there was a gentle knock on the door behind her.