10 Snake and Rabbit 9 (1/2)

”Congratulations host, you have completed the first mission! Please wait while the system calculates the next mission.” The cold voice of System 097 pierced through Yin Mei's head, causing her to open her eyes.

It really was that easy? She couldn't help but look down, immediately regretting that decision. A wave of nausea immediately rushed up, the sword clattering on the ground as she dropped it, leaning to the side of vomit.

For a while, the only sound in the silent night was that of Yin Mei's retching.

”You did a good job.” Suddenly, the demon king's dark and beautiful voice spoke out, and Yin Mei looked up. She didn't know when, but the demon king had knelt before her, on the other side of the corpse. The blood was soaking his expensive and gorgeous robe, but he didn't seem to care.

The moonlight shined down on him, and he had on the most beautiful smile. Yin Mei was shocked silly, and only felt that her appearance was dirty and shameful in front of him. His eyes were curved into crescent moons, and his red lips perked up. ”You did a good job.” He said again, patting Yin Mei's head.

”A good job?” She murmured. He nodded, still smiling peacefully. ”That's right. I completed the mission. Doesn't that mean I did a good job?” She thought absentmindedly. She then smiled. ”That's right! I did a good job.” Even the demon king said it, so it had to be true. It had to be true.

The next morning, when Yin Mei woke up, she found that she didn't feel any different from usual. Walking out into the courtyard, it was spotlessly clean, as if there hadn't been a bloody corpse lying on the ground just last night. Even Yin Mei was doubting herself, but she looked at the ring in her hand. It wasn't a dream right? ”I wonder what the next mission is?” She thought, closing her hand into a fist. ”Killing the male lead was much easier than I thought.”

She had been so sure that something would happen that would allow him to survive, but it ended up being very anticlimactic. He died without even being able to do anything.

Yin Mei seemed to stop in her tracks, spacing out. Only after a few moments did she start to move again, heading toward the demon king's room.

”Your Majesty, Your Majesty,” Yin Mei said, this time remembering to knock before entering. The demon king was already up, sitting on a chair as he was looking at the dragon sword placed on the table in front of him. He looked slightly more dressed up than usual, his hair partially put up with a fancy gold and ruby hairpin. His red robe had an extravagant gold trim design, and the edges of his eyes were tinted with red eyeshadow. ”Are you going out?” Yin Mei asked, tilting her head. She actually felt that this demon king was much more dazzling than when he was partially undressed, perhaps because it was rare to see him like this. Even so, he still exuded the same indolent and lazy beauty that he normally did, and if Yin Mei had to compare it to something, she felt that it was similar to rotting flowers.

She Ming didn't reply to Yin Mei, instead asking, ”What're you here for?” His hand passed over the dragon sword, and with a flash, it disappeared into his storage ring.

Yin Mei didn't pay much attention to the change in topic. ”It's this,” she said, opening her hand to show him the ring inside. ”I took it off of the Li Kingdom's ninth prince yesterday.” She stared at the ring, again looking absentminded.

It wasn't until she felt a heavy hand on her shoulder that she snapped out of it, looking up to see the demon king's eyes right in front of her. The red eyeshadow made him look even more seductive, and up close, his skin looked especially smooth and free of imperfections.

When did he stand up and walk over to her? She wondered, but then recalled what she had been talking about. ”It seems like a very good treasure.”

The demon king took the ring from Yin Mei's hand, observing it. No matter how one looked at it, it only appeared ordinary. There wasn't really anything to indicate it being a special treasure. If one must say, then the black metal it was made out of looked pretty good, but that was it.

”How about try dropping blood on it?” Yin Mei suggested. She had no interest in taking the ring for herself. She only wanted to give the treasures to the demon king to make him stronger. ”But the male lead already isn't here anymore, so what's the point?” She suddenly thought. That's right, giving treasures was initially to make him strong enough to take out the male lead. In the end, it had all been useless.

No, it's fine. The ring wasn't useful to Yin Mei's mission anyways. It was still better to give it to the demon king.

Yin Mei watched as the demon king pricked his finger with a small needle, letting a drop of ruby-like blood fall onto the ring. The ring absorbed it, seeming to glimmer momentarily before turning to normal.

The demon king seemed to think for a moment before putting the ring on his finger. He then took Yin Mei's hand, and with a flash, they both disappeared from the room.

The hidden guard captain: ... Your Majesty, why couldn't you have brought me with you?

Inside the ring, it was like another world. The flowing green meadows, dark forests, the bejeweled night sky with a colorful aurora made a breathtaking scene. Yin Mei's eyes sparkled, and she felt relaxed. She really liked looking at beautiful things, as it made her body and mind relax, seemingly to forget everything else.

Looking around, there was a small hut nearby. It looked very inviting and cozy, and when the two stepped through the door, the inside was much bigger than the outside. It had all the accommodations needed for a person to live there, but Yin Mei was more concerned about the library and the treasury. These two rooms were the ones that were the most important in this entire dimension.