Chapter 117: Zhu Xiaxia’s Wild Methods

“As long as we don’t let her recover her magic power, we won’t have any future worries,” Zhu Xiaxia said.

Zhu Qiu seemed to understand, yet also seemed confused.

“What do you mean by that?”

This left the little loli on the ground utterly bewildered.

“What are the two of you whispering about? Hurry up and tell this Demon King!”

Zhu Xiaxia pressed her lips against Zhu Qiu’s ear and whispered softly, “It’s like this… hehe~ we can do this… hehe~”

As the whispering ended, Zhu Qiu and Zhu Xiaxia suddenly leaned in.

Zhu Qiu took the lead by grabbing the little loli’s two hands, while Zhu Xiaxia hoisted her two feet from behind.

Together, they carried the little loli back to the Imperial Palace.

The mother and daughter ignored her protests until they set her down in a small room in a corner on the first floor.

“Daughter, watch her here. I’m going to get the magic props.”

“Hey! What are you trying to do! I’m asking you a question!”

“Okay, Mother!”

“You evil female young dragon! Let me go this instant; I want to settle who is superior once and for all!”

The little loli remained defiant.

“Stop struggling. Struggling is useless. Once Zhu Xiaxia returns, you’ll behave yourself.”

After a short while, Zhu Xiaxia walked back in carrying a massive, mysterious black box.

“Daughter, step out for a moment. The following scenes are not suitable for children.”

“Got it!”

Zhu Qiu obediently left for the time being.

“I could already imagine what would happen next to this stupid loli.”

Inside the room, Zhu Xiaxia opened the box, revealing several specially treated ‘torture devices.’

She pulled out a heavy chain that was thicker than the little loli’s leg.

The entire chain was forged from tungsten steel and tempered with all types of elemental magic, making it nearly indestructible.

It was impervious to physical attacks and even more resistant to magic.

The moment she pulled the chain out completely, the Demon King loli’s arrogant demeanor vanished instantly.

It was replaced by terror; every pore on her body seemed to tremble.

One end of the chain was connected to a devouring lock that was twice as thick as the chain itself, while the other end was a ‘neutron ball’ with a radius of half a meter.

The density of this ball was immense. Though a radius of half a meter didn’t look particularly large, its weight reached one hundred tons.

An ordinary person could never hope to move it.

As for why Zhu Xiaxia could carry it so easily, it was because the ‘neutron ball’ required the Dragon King’s Aura to act as a key for activation; otherwise, it was weightless.

However, once activated, there was no way to make the ‘neutron ball’ lose its weight—it was, so to speak, set in stone.

Furthermore, the devouring lock had the function of absorbing magic power.

As long as one was fastened by it, even a Dragon King could not escape the fate of being drained dry.

The ‘neutron ball,’ the tungsten steel chain, and the devouring lock—with all three present, they were the perfect tools to restrain the Demon King.

Zhu Xiaxia removed the bindings Zhu Qiu had used to tie the loli up.

Then, she stood up and looked down at her.

“Demon King, do you have any last words?”

The black-haired little loli had long since been scared out of her wits by those props.

She could barely speak clearly.

“I… I… well…”

“This will be your last moment of freedom. if you don’t speak now, you won’t get another chance,” Zhu Xiaxia gave a final reminder.

“Waaah~ Can… can you at least let me have some dignity? Sniffle…”

The little loli began to sob from fear.

“Dignity? How do you want to be dignified?”

“Waaah~ Just… let me take a bath and give me some clean clothes… sniffle.”

Zhu Xiaxia looked closely.

The Demon King was not only filthy, but her clothes were also tattered and torn.

Only two thin, wretched scraps of fabric remained, stubbornly protecting her secrets.

This request was reasonable enough; she could be allowed some dignity.

“I agree.”

With that, she grabbed the little loli’s hand and walked toward the door.

Once she was cleaned up, she would not only be restrained, but there were also many questions that needed to be cleared up—things that Zhu Xiaxia cared about deeply.

Zhu Qiu was waiting anxiously at the door. Seeing Zhu Xiaxia come out, she hurriedly craned her neck to look.

However, the scene she expected did not appear. Instead, it looked like a mother leading a child who had accidentally tripped.

Feeling quite uncomfortable, Zhu Qiu quickly asked, “Zhu Xiaxia, where are you taking her?”

“I’m taking her to wash up and change her clothes to prepare for the upcoming interrogation.”

“Oh, so that’s it.”

Upon learning the truth, Zhu Qiu’s irritation vanished. Wait… did Zhu Xiaxia mean a bath?

Yikes! But there was only one place to bathe in the Dragon Race Imperial Palace—the bathroom!

Zhu Qiu did not want an outsider bathing in her family’s bathroom because she thought it was dirty.

“Zhu Xiaxia, don’t take her upstairs! I don’t like other people using my bathroom.”

“Of course not. I’m just taking her to the ordinary shower room in the corner of the first floor. You can rest easy, Daughter.”

“Good!”

While Zhu Xiaxia was helping the Demon King clean her body, Zhu Qiu took a curious peek at the items in the room.

“Whoa!”

Zhu Qiu let out an exclamation of surprise.

‘Zhu Xiaxia actually plays this wildly? I’m really looking forward to what happens next!’

After watching for a bit, she ran over to Xiaguang’s room and reached out a finger to test Xiaguang’s breath.

She was still breathing; she was alive.

“Xiaguang, oh Xiaguang, please wake up soon. I really need you.”

Inside the shower room, it was as if the Demon King loli had the memory of a goldfish.

She wasn’t afraid at all anymore and began struggling again, thinking of how to make a run for it.

“Hey! I can wash myself. You get out!”

“Fine, then wash yourself.”

‘This idiot mother dragon actually agreed? Isn’t this giving me a chance?’

“But…”

“Don’t just stand at the door! Go out.”

“No. I’m going to watch you right here. Don’t think about playing any tricks.”

“Hmph! You’re a pervert too! Peeking at a little girl taking a bath.”

“You aren’t a little girl; you’re the Demon King. Hurry up and wash. If you keep talking like that, I won’t even give you the chance to be dignified,” Zhu Xiaxia threatened.

The Demon King had no choice but to clean herself first.

“Fine, fine, fine. You win, okay?”

She took advantage of the time to stall as much as possible, hoping her magic power would recover quickly.

The moment she finished washing and went to put on clothes would be her best opportunity to escape.

‘Stinky mother dragon, just you wait to have your jaw drop at the powerful dark magic of the Great Demon King!’

“Hahaha!”

The little loli accidentally laughed out loud in her joy, and Zhu Xiaxia immediately gave her a thump on the head.

“Ouch, that hurts.”

“Hurry up and wash. I didn’t tell you to laugh.”

“Oh.”

Zhu Xiaxia waited patiently for the Demon King to finish her bath.

Five minutes, ten minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes, two hours…

“No one takes a bath for that long. You’re clean enough already. You’ve scrubbed with body wash five times. Wrap it up.”

“No, I don’t think I’m clean yet.”

In reality, the Demon King just wanted to recover more magic power to escape.

“I don’t care what you think.”

Losing her patience, Zhu Xiaxia grabbed the little loli’s small tail and dragged her out of the bathroom.

“Nooooo!”