The door was opened. Just as Zhu Qiu was thinking about the next step to punish the Demon King, the gates of the Imperial Palace swung open.
Zhu Xiaxia hurried in, pulling along a Dragon lady with a green dragon tail and green eyes.
Seeing this, Zhu Qiu quickly moved the black-haired little loli to clear the way.
“Mother! You’re back!”
“Yes, I’ve brought the healer from the First Grand District, Li Hua. With her help, Xiaguang shouldn’t have any major problems and should recover quickly.”
“Yay!”
Li Hua froze for a moment when she saw the little loli with the strange tail on the floor, but she didn’t think too much of it.
Zhu Xiaxia didn’t say much either, quickly leading the healer to the room where Xiaguang was lying.
“If anything really happens to Xiaguang, you’re finished!”
Zhu Qiu added, looking at the wretched little loli on the ground.
“Ugh…”
The black-haired little loli felt like her head was spinning.
“I don’t have time for you right now. I’m going to see Xiaguang. You just stay here quietly.”
Zhu Qiu turned and followed them into Xiaguang’s room.
Inside the room, Xiaguang and her mother were both lying on the bed with their eyes closed.
A small patch of the bedsheet was stained red by the blood trickling from the corners of their mouths.
“Sister Li Hua, Xiaguang will be okay, right?”
Zhu Qiu asked worriedly.
“She’ll be fine. I won’t let anyone die in front of me.”
Li Hua spread her hands, placing one on Xiaguang’s forehead and the other on the mother’s forehead.
She activated her Healing Magic to treat them both simultaneously.
A green halo appeared around her hands, pulsing into Xiaguang’s body wave after wave, like sound waves.
This was a specialized form of Healing Magic, specifically used for external injuries.
It used Magic Power to assist the injured and accelerate their self-healing capabilities.
Zhu Qiu couldn’t help, so she could only watch from the side, anxious.
In contrast, Zhu Xiaxia looked calm because she believed Li Hua could completely heal Xiaguang; any worry would be redundant.
The entire process lasted for 5 minutes. During those 5 minutes, every second felt like a year to Zhu Qiu.
She was so nervous she didn’t know where to put her hands, so she just gripped Zhu Xiaxia’s clothes tightly.
“All right, they’re out of danger now.”
Li Hua released her hands and wiped a thin bead of sweat from her forehead.
Zhu Qiu rushed forward excitedly, but Xiaguang still hadn’t woken up.
“Sister Li Hua, why haven’t they woken up yet?”
“I can only heal their injuries. The fact that they haven’t woken up might be due to a coma from the trauma. They should wake up after a while.”
“I see.”
Half the weight on Zhu Qiu’s heart was lifted.
“Miss Li Hua, are there any signs of poisoning on them?”
Zhu Xiaxia asked.
“Of course not. They only suffered physical damage. When they wake up, they’ll be the same as usual, with no lingering effects.”
Li Hua tidied her clothes.
“Your Majesty, if there are no other patients, I’ll take my leave. The patients on my end need me.”
“Wait a moment.”
“Your Majesty, we healers never charge any fees. Our mission is only to serve the people and give selflessly.”
It was as if Li Hua knew exactly what Zhu Xiaxia was about to do and answered the question in advance.
Before Zhu Xiaxia could urge her to stay, she had already strode out of the room.
“True, she has her own business to attend to,” Zhu Xiaxia sighed as she looked at Xiaguang, whose wounds had already healed.
However, to show her gratitude, she followed her out to see her off, and Zhu Qiu followed as well.
Once they reached the open space in front of the Imperial Palace, Li Hua saw the black-haired little loli with the strange tail again.
She was all tied up, her body twisting and squirming like a caterpillar as she tried to crawl away.
‘That tail… why does it look so familiar…! Is that a Demon Race tail? There’s a member of the Demon Race in the Dragon Territory?’
Seeing Li Hua suddenly stop, Zhu Xiaxia hurried forward to check.
Zhu Qiu trotted behind.
Seeing Li Hua’s expression upon spotting the Demon King, she seemed to realize something and quickly helped come up with an excuse.
“She’s not from the Demon Race. She’s just a little loli. We’re playing cosplay.”
Zhu Xiaxia caught on immediately and nodded quickly.
“Yes, yes. My daughter is playful and likes to imagine she’s defeated a Demon King, so that’s why she’s like this. She’s just a child, so don’t take it too seriously.”
“I—is that so?”
She looked at Zhu Xiaxia.
“Your Majesty, there’s a Demon King here!”
“I see. I also think it’s quite interesting to find a little girl to play the Demon King.”
With the Queen’s confirmation, Li Hua said no more and continued on her way to Soderland’s House.
“Hey! Who are you calling a little girl! I’m the world-renowned Lord Demon King!”
Hearing those words, Li Hua turned her head again, full of astonishment.
‘If you aren’t a little girl, what are you?’
She felt something was off about the girl who could say such things, but she couldn’t put her finger on what it was.
Impatient, Zhu Qiu generated a Magic Entity Ball to gag the Demon King, signaling to Li Hua that everything was fine.
“Mmph, mmph…”
“Hurry along now; your patients are waiting for you.”
She then whispered to the Demon King, “If you dare say another word, I’ll pluck that tail of yours out — the one that looks like spider silk — and plant it in the dirt as a flower.”
This sentence immediately dispelled any of Li Hua’s doubts.
Right now, her patients were the most important thing.
“Oh, right. Then I’ll be going now.”
After Li Hua left, Zhu Qiu pulled out the Magic Entity Ball, wearing a wicked smile.
“I know everything now. Xiaguang wasn’t poisoned at all. You actually dared to lie to me, hehe — “
Zhu Qiu wickedly stretched out her hands.
“That gives me even more reason to punish you!”
This terrified the black-haired little loli. Her scheme had been seen through.
It was over; this time there really was no escape. Just as Zhu Qiu was about to make her move, Zhu Xiaxia stopped her.
“Mother, you said you’d let me deal with her. You can’t lie to me.”
Seeing that the wicked hands hadn’t descended, the little loli became arrogant again.
“Oh, look at this. Who is this, still having to be controlled by her mother?”
Zhu Qiu was getting anxious, but Zhu Xiaxia calmly explained, “Daughter, wait a moment. She’s still a Demon King, after all. There will be endless trouble if we aren’t careful.”
“Right, right! So you’d better release me quickly! Keeping me in the Dragon Race Imperial Palace will be the biggest mistake you’ve ever made in your lives!” the little loli continued arrogantly.
“But even so, we can’t just let her go, right? I feel like letting her go would be irresponsible to the whole world.”
Zhu Xiaxia smiled and shook her head, as if everything was under her control.
“My daughter, you’ve misunderstood. What I mean is that the Demon King is only powerful because of the Magic Power in her body. But if she loses that Magic Power, her true form will be just like her physical body. Looking at her like this, one punch would probably make her cry for a long time.”
She continued, “As long as we don’t let her recover her Magic Power, won’t we be free of any future worries?”
Zhu Qiu seemed to understand, yet also seemed confused.
“You mean?”
“That is… hehe — “