After the meal, she didn’t forget to give Xiaguang a thumbs up, expressing her approval of the food.
“Have you had enough to eat, precious daughter? Now we should go ‘take care’ of the Demon King.”
“That’s right, ‘take care’ of the Demon King, hehe~”
Zhu Qiu hurriedly ran to the first-floor interrogation room door and pushed it open with great force.
The loud bang of the door hitting the wall woke up the Demon King, who had been sleeping on the floor.
“Xiao Hei, are you awake?”
“Hey! Don’t you know it’s extremely rude to disturb someone’s sleep!”
Zhu Qiu just smiled:
“Of course I know.”
“Then why did you wake me up?”
“I was afraid you’d fall asleep.”
Xiao Hei: ?
“You’re here to pick a fight on purpose again, aren’t you?”
“You guessed right.”
“Don’t tell me you want me to ‘try it’ again?”
Thinking of this, Xiao Hei quickly shrank into the corner, blocking her chest with her hands.
“Alright, alright, don’t be scared. I’m joking. This time, I have a question to ask you.”
Hearing that it was a joke, Xiao Hei took a deep breath to calm herself, then put on a scowling face:
“Is there anything left to ask between us? You’ve tricked me so many times, you still think I’ll give in? I solemnly tell you: No! Way!”
Xiao Hei refused outright.
Zhu Qiu didn’t care whether Xiao Hei refused or not; she directly asked, “Tell me quickly why the Demon Sword is inside me. I don’t want it at all. Take it away immediately.”
“Demon Sword? I told you I won’t answer… Wait, did you say Demon Sword?”
Xiao Hei was a bit shocked.
“That’s right.”
“The Demon Sword, inside you? What kind of joke is that? When I was sealed away tens of thousands of years ago, the Demon Sword was already lost. Now you’re saying it’s inside you?”
Xiao Hei looked confused, not knowing what to say.
“How do I get it out?”
“I don’t know either, but that’s what Zhu Xiaxia said. Anyway, hurry up and take the Demon Sword out.”
“I don’t know how to take it out either!”
“That’s why I came to ask you because I don’t know. Why are you asking me back?”
“I’m asking you back because I don’t know either!”
“So you don’t know how to get the Demon Sword out either?”
“Right.”
“No way! I don’t want to die!”
Zhu Qiu held her head and screamed in despair.
“So you’re going to die? Hahaha! That’s wonderful! I never thought my Demon Sword, lost for so many years, could come to help me across time. Heaven is helping me!”
Xiao Hei blurted out her true feelings, looking smug like a petty villain.
‘If Zhu Qiu dies, the contract will be automatically lifted. Then if I can just find a way to get rid of whatever controls me, I’ll be free!’
“Don’t laugh at me! If you laugh again, I’ll pull your tail off!”
“Hahaha! Who would’ve thought! You’ve finally met your match!”
Xiao Hei stuck out her tongue and made a mocking face.
Zhu Qiu wasn’t going to indulge her.
She reached out and grabbed Xiao Hei’s slender tail that was swinging wildly behind her.
At that moment, a feeling like an electric shock shot through Xiao Hei’s brain, making her body go limp and collapse to the floor.
“Woo… don’t… I’ll talk… don’t touch my tail.”
Xiao Hei gave in instantly, without any hesitation, completely forgetting everything she had said.
“Hmph! If I really die, you won’t live either!”
“Boo hoo hoo~ You just love bullying me.”
“Who told you to keep being disobedient? This isn’t bullying; it’s making you pay back your debt.”
“Spit it out. Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. I think among the people you’ve met, I’m the most magnanimous one.”
‘Xiao Hei was not happy at all. Magnanimous? I think you’re the stingiest one. Stingy person, drink cold water, drink cold water and become a demon.’
But no matter what she thought, on the surface she could only give in.
Zhu Qiu gave Xiao Hei a few minutes to compose herself.
Afterwards, Xiao Hei casually suggested a method.
After all, she didn’t know what to do either.
But since this dragon brat insisted on tormenting her, this was the only option.
“Why don’t you try to sense the power of the Demon Sword inside you? Summon the Demon Sword first and see?”
Zhu Qiu pondered for a moment and thought Xiao Hei’s suggestion made sense.
“Good idea.”
She used the same method she usually employed to summon the Holy Sword, and tried to summon the Demon Sword.
Unexpectedly, the next second, instead of summoning the Demon Sword, she fainted.
Seeing this, Xiao Hei immediately gloated.
“Dragon brat, who would’ve thought you’d see this day? Died so quickly, hahaha!”
She put her hands on her hips and laughed uproariously.
Zhu Xiaxia rushed over upon hearing the news.
The first thing she did upon seeing Xiao Hei was give her a knock on the head.
“Ouch! What are you laughing at? Laugh again and I’ll give you another knock.”
“I’m just laughing. Why do you always interrupt me when I’m happy?”
Xiao Hei was speechless.
Zhu Xiaxia turned to look at Zhu Qiu lying on the ground and quickly picked her up.
“Demon King! What did you do to my daughter?”
“I didn’t do anything! She was fine just now. I don’t know how she suddenly fainted either.”
“True. You’re locked up by the Devouring Shackle, without any magic power, so you couldn’t hurt my daughter.”
Zhu Xiaxia thought for a moment. It might be the same issue as yesterday.
But according to Xiao Bing, the medicine’s effect should last for a whole week.
There’s no way it would act up the very next day, right?
Or could it be that my precious daughter has already found a method and needs to faint first?
Zhu Xiaxia wasn’t sure.
She placed her hand on Zhu Qiu’s forehead.
Her temperature was normal.
It seems there’s no major problem for now.
She’d better put her back on the bed.
After all, she is a Sword Saint, right?
She mustn’t panic.
She had to trust Zhu Qiu.
She carried Zhu Qiu to the bed and patted her stomach at a steady rhythm.
‘Maybe when she wakes up at night, she’ll have gotten rid of the Demon Sword’s power?’
“Keep it up, precious daughter. Mother will always be with you.”
Zhu Qiu’s perspective.
After she tried to invoke the power related to the Demon Sword inside her, her consciousness was brought to another place.
This was a room.
layout was similar to her own room.
The only difference was that this room was extremely cold and had no windows.
“Hiss… Where is this? Why is it so cold…”
Zhu Qiu hugged herself, her whole body trembling non-stop.
“This won’t do. If it gets any colder, I’ll catch a cold.”
She inched to the bedside.
Just as she was about to crawl into the covers, she noticed the blanket was bulging in the middle.
Could there be something underneath?
But Zhu Qiu couldn’t care less.
If she didn’t get in soon, she would freeze to death as a dragon.
She lifted a corner of the blanket and slowly slipped inside.
“Mm… I’m in the blanket, but why is it still so cold? Hiss~”
Zhu Qiu quietly let her feet rest under the blanket, trying to warm it up quickly.
But the next second, two objects as cold as ice suddenly touched her feet.