Chapter 726 - Isnt It Fun To Torture Information Out Of Someone? (1/2)

(MC POV)

I woke up to the feeling of something pressing against my chest.

I looked down to see Cai Hong nuzzling against me in her sleep, the little dragon purring softly as she did so.

So cute.

Then I noticed that Xun Guan was in her slime form on the chair near the bedside. That was odd since she never leaves my side unless I told her to, so something must have happened for her to do so.

”Xun Guan? Did something happen?” I asked.

She wiggled, ”Oh! Good morning Master! Before I say anything, could you tell me what a good girl I am?”

I smiled wryly at her, ”Really? What's this about?”

”Fufufu~ Could Master praise me first, please?”

”Hmm… Fine. You're a good girl, Xun Guan.”

”Ehehehehe~ Master praised me!”

I coughed, ”Ahem. So what's this about?”

”Oh! Right! Last night that Dark Sect slime came by. I believe it was trying to control Master like how it was controlling everyone else. So I captured it!”

Oho? That's weird. Did it know who I really was and thus tried to control me? How odd.

I doubt it would have succeeded anyway since I did have protection inscriptions in place to prevent this from happening. I had already expected such a possibility after knowing who our enemy was, but it seems like such preparations were unneeded since Xun Guan dealt with it easily.

But still, I'm surprised Iris didn't wake me up.

'Ara? Why would I wake Master up over something so trivial? If this slime thing Master is keeping as a pet didn't have the capability to protect Master from such trivialities, I wouldn't even have allowed her to get close to Master. And if she didn't, then the other slime thing wouldn't have existed either.'

Ah, I see. I suppose that's a compliment since Iris does trust Xun Guan to protect me.

'Oya? I suppose it is~ Although if it had woken Master up while I was admiring your sleeping face, I would have Ended its existence too~”

This woman...

I reached forward and patted the slime girl, ”Good work, Xun Guan.”

”Kyaaa~~ Master praised me twice! This is the best day ever!”

No wonder she wanted me to praise her first, this sneaky girl.

”So where's that slime now?”

”Ehehehe~ I consumed it and held it in stasis inside me, Master. Should I spit it out now?”

I shook my head, ”Let's do this in the sitting room, give me a moment…”

I moved Cai Hong onto the bed slowly, making sure not to wake the little dragon up before climbing out of bed myself.

Once free from the little dragon's cuddle, I gestured for Xun Guan to follow me to the sitting room so that we could begin interrogating the slime.

Xun Guan moved to the centre of the room before her body expanded and shrunk quickly, shooting out a red puddle in front of her.

The red puddle stayed there for a few seconds before it reformed into the shape of a slime blob, looking quite disoriented.

”Whe… Where am I?” The red slime muttered.

”Hello there,” I greeted, causing the slime to recoil away from me.