Chapter 122: Chapter 108: Cute Dumb Servant
"To bring justice to those innocent girls, to rescue the beautiful flowers about to fall into the devil’s claws, let us castrate him."
Little Zi hid behind Long Yi, clearing her throat, and imitating Long Yi’s manner of speech.
"Yes, Little Zi speaks the truth." Long Yi burst into laughter. Little Zi, delighted, buzzed around and dived into Long Yi’s chest, then shot out from his back. Long Yi could only feel a chill passing through his body. Although there was no discomfort, he still shivered.
However, Little Zi, having passed through Long Yi’s body, looked at him with a peculiar expression.
"Brother Long, it seems like something’s missing here...." Little Zi pointed at Long Yi’s right chest, very carefully and softly.
"Yes, I know, this is my secret." Long Yi nodded.
"Secret huh...." Little Zi glanced around; Bajie was totally oblivious, but Shadow Dragon Xiaoyou and Ai Lin raised their heads. Obviously, they were both very sensitive to the word ’secret’.
"Wait, so am I the first person who knows your secret?" Little Zi’s voice suddenly became sweeter.
"Of course not, another person has known about it for a long time." Long Yi laughed.
"So, am I the first girl to know your secret?" Little Zi’s voice turned saccharine.
"That person is a girl." Long Yi said.
"So, am I the first little girl to know?"
"She’s younger than you, by hundreds of years."
"I am only nine years old!"
Little Zi’s eyes widened in indignation, making Ai Lin beside her burst into laughter. Apparently, the girl Long Yi was talking about was Elsa. But she was also quite curious about what was missing from Long Yi’s chest. His heart? That’s impossible, if his heart was missing how could he be alive? Moreover, the heart isn’t on the right side either, so what could it be?
Little Zi originally wanted to tease Ai Lin, but ended up being teased by Long Yi instead. With a wave of her hand, she froze the soup in front of Long Yi into a block of ice, and quickly joined forces with Ai Lin again.
Looking at the plate of soup in front of him, Long Yi, having no other option, lightly tapped it, breaking it into an ice biscuit, and directly started chewing on it.
"Hmm? This actually has a unique flavor!"
Long Yi chuckled, speaking while eating.
Ai Lin pouted, bristling, and her big eyes glared at Long Yi. She watched closely as Long Yi chewed up and swallowed the whole block of ice, praying that the hard ice would break his teeth.
"Ha ha ha, interesting female demon familiar, Brother Long Yi, Sister Ai Lin, are you interested in the Familiar Competition?"
A teenager’s voice sounded, and Long Yi and Ai Lin turned back to see a group of people around the boy who spoke. There were no scars on his face, but his clothes were a bit crumpled and there were footprints.
"Who is it?" Instead of answering, Long Yi counter-questioned.
"No way, you don’t even recognize our Ruien Clan’s young master Fister? Do you really dare to call yourself a student of Academy City?" A guy standing beside the teen sneered.
"Never mind, hard to communicate." Long Yi turned back, ignoring them, and continued chewing his ice cube.
"Ha ha ha, you think quite highly of yourself, huh? Think you’re so famous, but others don’t recognize you!" A loud voice laughed from the other side.
On the right, a group of people surrounded a big guy, who, although not as strong as Long Yi, was considered above average among regular people. He was dressed in trousers and vest, his body covered in wounds, hinting that brute strength didn’t necessarily provide an advantage.
"Don’t worry, I don’t recognize any of you." Long Yi said.
"Not knowing doesn’t matter, my name is Ford! From the Tuomente Clan! We run a Familiar Arena in the empire, and there’s one in Academy City too. You can come by when you have time! I’ll give you a discount!"
"Familiar Arena?" Long Yi was puzzled, "What is that?"
"You haven’t heard of this? Man, your life must be incredibly dull," Ford said sympathetically, looking at Long Yi.
Dull? Long Yi spent most of his free time either studying or exercising, he never really had a habit of going out to have fun.
Originally, there were many arenas in the Empire, where many gladiators fought to entertain people. Then the Empire enacted a law prohibiting these bloody battles. Subsequently, the arena proprietors had to change their business strategies, introducing new fight projects.
Beast Fighting.
There are many powerful creatures in nature, some of which can use Fighting Aura and magic. Some people captured these powerful creatures and let them fight freely.
But such fights were soon dominated by trained servants.
The Dragon Knight’s servants could gain strength from the Dragon Knight, meaning, they could draw power from dragons. The servants who signed contracts with Dragon Knights would increasingly possess some dragon attributes, making them continually stronger. More and more Dragon Knights joined the arena, not only for entertainment but also to earn lucrative betting odds.
The Ruien Clan and the Tuomente Clan were two old arena operating families. Their businesses spread throughout the Empire. As the two largest arena operators in the Empire, their competition and mutual disdain were almost a daily occurrence. Especially in recent years, several Dragon Knights have emerged from both families, making the families extremely proud. The incidents of showing off by arriving on dragons happened from time to time.
Today was one such instance, a dispute over a trifle resulted in a fight, which then escalated to a full-scale brawl.
"Ford, you still have the audacity to recommend your pitiful arena to Brother Long? Look at those shoddy walls, you’re not even willing to use quality materials. Brother Long, if you come to our arena, I can guarantee that both you and your servants will receive the best care. Plus, I’ll even provide a free annual membership!" Fister sneered sarcastically.
"Idiot, your arena is surrounded by black steel. It reflects Fighting Aura and affects the combat balance! And you’re offering just an annual membership? Aren’t you embarrassed?" yelled Ford.
"A year isn’t enough? This is the highest authority my old man has given me, and I can renew it after a year. As long as Brother Long visits us, I can continuously provide him with membership. Look at you! I heard that your old man is about to revoke your managerial authority. He knows you’re going to lose to me, and you’re still boasting? You should promptly hand over your Crystal Core. You’ve lost for sure, why the needless fuss?" Fister said with a sarcastic grin.
"I’ve lost? You moron, it was agreed to be a one-on-one fight, and then you all ganged up, you don’t even understand the basic rules. You are truly like your old man, without an ounce of integrity! You’ve been fiercely competing in all cities. Despite agreeing to a draw in three cities, you surreptitiously changed it to two and a half cities. One could expect such shameless acts from you guys. It’s only because we had guests who told us that, although your equipment is good, the rate of servant injuries is much higher. We were kept in the dark! You’ve got the nerve to say I lost, shameless!" Ford retaliated, not backing down at all.
"Enough, both of you, calm down. We’re just here to have a meal," Long Yi couldn’t bear it any longer. If this went on, a battle would break out soon. "Look, our little girl here, she’s adorably clueless, and frail. All she’s good for is helping out with cooking and cleaning at home. Fighting and all, she’s not good at it."
Fighting? Not good at it? This Female Demon?
That’s utter bullshit!
Do you think a female demon is like you, judged on its size? This fully evolved female demon can knock out everyone in this bar, believe it or not! You must have misstepped on years of dogshit luck to get such a demon as your servant. Although she has a petite figure, and a cute face, and even though she can pout and act cute with her big eyes, she’s still a female demon! A powerful female demon! Moreover, a female demon that grows stronger as the Dragon Knight becomes stronger!
You human scum! How can you have a female demon do your laundry and cook for you! Why don’t you have your Mount Dragon chop wood and mine for you? Why don’t you just die!
Everyone from both sides was filled with grief, their faces longing to bite Long Yi dead. They were all from the Servant Combat Arena, they spent most of their time there, dealing mostly with Dragon Knight’s servants. They knew how important a servant was to a Dragon Knight’s battle and they understood even more, how rare a fully evolved female demon was.
"Achoo... Yes, yes, I’m just an ordinary little maid. It’s too un-ladylike for me to engage in such fights. How could I ever go to those places," said Little Zi, standing next to Long Yi, with an air of elegance.
The surrounding men immediately showed a sign of agreement.
Although she was a demon, but she was so adorable! With her petite body, little face, big eyes, and her plain pigtails swaying with her head. Her fancy dress only made her more endearing.
"Yes, she’s just a little maid, how could you make her fight?"
"Indeed, such a cute little girl should not be mixed up with those monstrous creatures. It’s really not suitable."
Such discussions spread across the crowd, the men remorsefully admitting their earlier intentions, engaging in deep criticism and self-criticism for their previous thoughts.
But, in the next moment, these voices vanished in an instant. The men’s faces simultaneously showed signs of confusion, which then turned into panic, and gradually turned into pure horror!
Kidding! These guys have been mingling in the arena for how long? They’ve seen all kinds of people! How could they suddenly feel sympathy because Little Zi looks cute? If it was just one or two people feeling sympathetic, it would be okay. But so many feeling sympathy simultaneously? What does this signify?
It indicates that they’ve fallen into a trap!
