Chapter 282 – Lifetime Commitmen (1/2)

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Elena, I want you to be my maid, and in order to achieve that, I despicably bound you with the slave contract and purposely avoided things to not let you get in contact with demon related stuff so you can’t go back to the Forest of the End.

So, although I like you, I’m a selfish master.

Elena, it’s true that I like you, but as you saw, my relationship with ShenDai Ying is still ambiguous. I was heartbroken when her marriage with another man was set, but I still won’t give up, those feelings aren’t fake.

So, I like you, but I’m an indecisive fool.

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He should say that to Elena, but if he did so, would he still get the answer he wanted?

“Elena, I, I…”

Since he couldn’t come open, he could only find an excuse.

But there were none.

Drunk? No, he was clearly faking.

A joke? No, he would never use feelings as a joke, he would rather be indecisive than a frivolous and irresponsible scum.

It was strange, Lin Xiao could always find a way to get out of difficult situations, but now that he was facing that girl staring at him, he was helpless.

“Nothing to say?”

Seeing that he was silent, Elena continued to express her feelings.

“Lin Xiao, please don’t take me for ShenDai Ying, I’m different from her.”

“Are you… different?”

“Yes, I’m a demon, different from you foolish and lowly humans. We high-level demons only have one spouse in our entire lifetime, no cheating, and no change of heart, furthermore, we aren’t fickle and indecisive like you humans. Lin Xiao, did you know? My mother passed away soon after giving birth to me, my father, as the Demon King, never took on a new partner… do you understand what that means?”

“Oh, I understand…”

“No, you don’t! Lin Xiao, you don’t understand us demons, and you don’t understand me.”

Elena stared at Lin Xiao’s eyes, her expression was as usual and she didn’t look angry, but Lin Xiao felt that she was more angry than she had ever been.

“We heavily value the feelings between two people, and would always keep a promise that was made between the two and would never leave our partners… we don’t easily make a commitment, but once we do, it’s for a lifetime.”

“A lifetime commitment… you guys are pretty romantic.”

“That’s not the point!” Seeing as how Lin Xiao still didn’t really understand, Elena could only helplessly sigh and get to the point, “Lin Xiao, I’m not like ShenDai Ying, I don’t want a promise that can’t be kept, so please don’t easily give me one, don’t trample on my dignity and feelings like a toy.”

“A promise that can’t be kept…”

There’s a presupposition for that logic.

Even if Lin Xiao irresponsibly made a promise, if Elena didn’t accept, how would her dignity and feelings be trampled on?

So was she implying that as long as he promised, she would…

Was it really like that?

Was Lin Xiao overthinking it, or was Elena intentionally hinting at it?

For some reason, Lin Xiao really wanted to know the answer, so he couldn’t help but ask.

“Elena, if I gave you a promise, would you also give me an answ…”

“Lin Xiao, it seems like you still don’t understand.” Elena shook her head and interrupted him, “It doesn’t matter what my answer is, the point it, as long as I make a promise, I would never go back on it, not even if I die! But Lin Xiao, are you able to do that? No, you can’t, so please don’t waste your breath and don’t make me waste any more superfluous feelings on you.”

“Waste… your feelings?”

“Yes Lin Xiao, I already wasted too much time on you, if you still want to play with my feelings, I would rather leave.”

Elena’s logic was simple, even if she responded to Lin Xiao’s expectations, but if Lin Xiao couldn’t keep it like her, unwavering until death, then her feelings would be wasted and played with.

Elena wasn’t ShenDai Ying, she didn’t enjoy a false happiness in the moment and didn’t want a short and fruitless promise.

She wanted a lifetime.

“Wait… Elena, did you just say leave?”

How was Elena going to leave with the contract still in place?

“Heh, Lin Xiao, do you really think I won’t undo the contract? If you keep irresponsibly playing with me like that, I would rather bear your child, then leave… I’ll just treat it as a stain of my lifetime. I’ll give birth to the child, and raise it, then find a way to kill you.”

“You damn cat, how could you kill your child’s father!?”