Chapter 289 – Doing It For Nothing (1/2)

The voice from behind was extremely familiar, and it carried a tinge of jealousy. The tone was like it was accusing Elena of fooling around with someone behind his back.

Who else could it be but that pervert Lin Xiao?

Usually, Elena’s first reaction would to be annoyed, whoever she talks to is her freedom, what’s it to you? Who the hell do you think you are?

That was a natural emotion, but unexpectedly, she wasn’t angry at all, rather she was grateful. Like a small boat amidst a violent storm that finally saw a glimpse of the harbor, she almost even leapt into his arms and cried to him about the terrifying event she just experienced.

Of course, there was no way Elena would do something so feeble in her lifetime. She was a monarch how could she show her weak side to anyone?

“Cough…”

Elena cleared her throat and slowly turned around, when she finally saw Lin Xiao’s familiar appearance, she was able to calm down and all her fear was swept away. She still maintained her cold expression and spoke in her characteristically cold voice.

“Those two people, one was the hero Greenton, the other was the reserve hero Evelyn.”

“… Uh, Elena, I don’t remember you drinking, why are you also drunk?” Lin Xiao thought she was telling a joke.

“If you don’t believe me, forget it… the banquet isn’t over yet, why did you come out? Weren’t you dancing with your little lover?” Not wanting to recollect on her weakness, Elena quickly changed the topic.

“Oh, that’s because Sister Ying, she…”

“She?”

“Un, originally she was to agree, but…”

“It seems like you were rejected and you couldn’t stay any longer. Hmph, let’s go.” Elena didn’t want to hear about them flirting, she was more worried about Greenton coming back, so she planned to quickly leave.

“Hey, don’t rush, explain it properly!”

Since Elena’s complexion didn’t look too well, Lin Xiao realized that Elena wasn’t joking earlier and was serious. So he instantly became vigilant and grabbed hold of her not letting her go.

“Eh? W-what are you doing…”

When Elena noticed Lin Xiao grabbing her hand, she felt his warmth and the not so gentle grasp. Elena blushed and tried pulling her hand away, but her weak power and halfhearted attitude revealed her inner shameful desires of wanting Lin Xiao to grasp her hand even tighter.

Elena suddenly remembered something.

ShenDai Ying once said that she felt extremely at ease when she was with Lin Xiao.

Elena could never understand what she meant by that, until now when she finally had a chance to experience it.

No wonder why that slut was always pestering Lin Xiao and thinking of ways to seduce him. It was because of this…

Elena couldn’t help but feel jealous when thinking of that, it felt like something that belonged to her was snatched away by someone else.

“Elena, why’s your face red? Were you injured by the hero’s aura?”

How would Lin Xiao know of the Demon King’s thoughts? Based on her usual cold attitude, there was no way she would blush just because her hand was grabbed. He thought she was hurt and checked her up and down. When he was sure there was no problem, he stared at her blankly.

“W-what are you looking at? I’m fine…”

Elena felt uncomfortable when being stared at by Lin Xiao, so she turned her head and didn’t want him to see her increasingly red face.

“Strange, why is the hero here? Oh, the king probably invited him to keep up appearances for his son, or he coincidentally passed by during a mission and came for some free alcohol. I heard that he was an alcoholic and smoke addict, the royal champagne should be very alluring to him…”

Since he couldn’t tell what Elena was thinking, he came up with possibilities based on the situation.

“So Elena, did the hero discover your identity?” Lin Xiao asked with worry.

If her identity was saw through, then he would have to quickly think of a way to deal with it. If word got around, then Elena would be in danger!

“Yes, he noticed.”

“Really? Then why did he leave?”

“He was drunk, so he didn’t mind it!”

“Oh, I see, long live the royal champagne!” Lin Xiao couldn’t help but celebrate and breathe out a sigh of relief, and asked, “But, why aren’t you afraid?”

“Afraid? Hmph, of course not, if it wasn’t because he escaped quickly, I even thought about transforming to finish him off.”

How could the demon king be afraid? Of course not, she felt really secure right now, and it definitely wasn’t because of Lin Xiao’s hand, but because she was brave!

Un, that’s right.

“Uh, finishing him off might be difficult… right, what were you guys talking about? I’m surprised you were even brave enough to chat the hero up, could it be you were trying to get him to cede land and give in to the demons?” After Lin Xiao confirmed nothing happened, he relaxed and began joking with her.

“No, we were talking about you.”

“Me? What about me?”

“That woman, said you were useless trash.” Elena simply spoke of the truth.

“… Sigh, the world has misunderstood me too much, they don’t understand my transcendent pursuit of a life free from fame and fortune.”

“Lazing around and waiting to die counts as a life pursuit?”

“Hmph, how dare you say that… so Elena, as my maid, did you properly retort her?” Lin Xiao jokingly blamed her.

Although he said that, Lin Xiao knew, with Elena’s temper, there was no way she would help him say anything. Not joining in was already good enough.

“I…”

Elena stopped, this time, she was scared of saying the truth.

She was angered by what Evelyn said, not only did she retort her, she even almost started arguing… there was no way she would let Lin Xiao know that.

“No, I-I didn’t.” Elena cleared her throat again and used her usual cold voice, “I think she’s absolutely right, I even added that not only were you useless trash, you were also an incorrigible pervert.”

“Tsk, Elena, do you like it the more perverted I am? You masochistic maid!”

“Pervert.”

Elena coldly snorted and was preparing to turn and leave, but she realized he was still holding onto her. If she wanted to leave, she would have to pull her hand away. She didn’t want to do that yet and wanted to continue holding his hand, she was worried if she just left like that she would be caught in fear again. So she thought about it for a moment and in the end just simply turned around, like a wife having an argument with her husband, holding hands while pretending to be aloof.