Chapter 37: The Demon King’s Servant

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

For the next few days, apart from practicing his beast taming, Lei Yuan spent most of his time with the dragon lady.

The reason he was sticking so closely to her was naturally because he wanted to get more information out of her. Although Lotti disagreed with his method, she could not stop him.

Currently, they knew too little about the dragon lady. If he did not do this, they would not be able to find out anything about her purposes.

Lotti did not want to see Lei Yuan with her at all. Over the past few days, Lei Yuan had not learned any valuable information from the dragon lady, but he had noticed that she was not malicious at heart. In fact, she was quite innocent and curious about everything she had never seen before.

Not only that, but she was also easily pacified. No matter what happened, as long as he brought out some dessert, she would go from looking murderous one second to happily enjoying the dessert the next.

“If only I could stay by your side for the rest of my life. That way, I’ll always have delicious food to eat,” the dragon lady suddenly said.

Lei Yuan just smiled and said nothing else. She could not stay by his side forever. One day, he would send her away.

After spending a few days together, the relationship between the two gradually improved.

In the palace, Ofia saw that the dragon lady did not pose a threat to the country, so she gradually shifted her focus back to state affairs.

Everything had been normal recently, but there was one thing that worried her. Since the end of the last war, the Aoli Empire had not made any movements for a long time.

This was very strange. They did not negotiate with the Aifell Empire, and according to the results of the previous battle, they would not give up and should still be planning to attack the city. There had been no news about their movements for so long… Could they be concocting something big?

She discussed this matter with Eisen. When it came to military affairs, Eisen’s mind was keen and sharp, especially after the last war. He knew very well that carelessness could put him in an unfavorable situation.

This time, he did not underestimate his opponent. Instead, he analyzed the situation carefully.

“Just because the other party hasn’t made any moves for the time being doesn’t mean that they haven’t done anything behind the scenes. I believe that their silence proves that they are plotting something.”

However, nothing could be found regarding the enemy’s plans. This was really troublesome.

“We have to strengthen our defenses.” Ofia grew more worried. “We can’t predict when they’ll take action.”

Eisen followed the order to set up more defenses.

…

However, nobody expected that the enemy would attack the city the next day. Their actions were discreet, and they evaded all the scouts’ attention.

Ofia dispatched Eisen and Lei Yuan to defend the city. However, when she saw the army below, her expression became very stern.

Lei Yuan observed the enemy soldiers, wondering if he could rely on his Charm attribute to win. However, there were too many of them, so he most probably could not completely enthrall them.

A fierce battle was inevitable.

“Radiant Knight, Knight Eisen, I’ll leave today’s battle in your hands.”

Ofia had just given the order when the dragon lady suddenly appeared on the city wall. In the face of thousands of troops, she was not afraid at all. She only said to Lei Yuan indifferently, “I should go home.”

Everyone present was extremely shocked, except for Lei Yuan.

“Home?”

Ofia was stunned for a moment before she realized something and widened her eyes.

‘Could it be…?’

The dragon lady immediately climbed down the city wall and walked into the heart of the enemy camp. It was unknown what she said to them, but the enemy soon retreated.

Lei Yuan’s expression was extremely complicated. It seemed that he had guessed correctly. The dragon lady was very skilled in beast taming, and the evil dragon she conjured was also something that only the Aoli Empire had. At that time, he had already begun to suspect her identity.

‘The dragon lady was actually from the enemy country.’

Lei Yuan suddenly felt a little fortunate that he had not revealed any information about the Aifell Empire during the past few days of interacting with her.

Ofia’s expression was vicious. She was the queen of this country, yet she allowed an enemy to stay in their country for so long!

However, she was surprised that the dragon lady was retreating with her army. This was definitely a good thing for them.

They had avoided a war, and the city gates were safe and still standing tall.

Ofia brought Lei Yuan and her ministers back to the palace to discuss the follow-up matters. At the same time, the scouts who were originally sent to investigate the dragon lady’s identity had also returned to report.

“Your Majesty, we have news about that woman. She is one of the Five Generals under the Demon King, and she is a one-in-a-million talent with incredible abilities.”

‘Demon King? The Five Generals?’ Lei Yuan had never heard of them before, but he did not ask about them out loud.

“What?! Is she working directly under the Demon King?!” Ofia looked very shocked, and her face was much paler than before.

“This information can’t be wrong.” The soldier added, “Your Majesty, why don’t—”

“You are dismissed.”

In such a situation, Lei Yuan did not speak.

When only the four of them were left in the hall, Eisen asked worriedly, “What should we do now? We could never have imagined that she was actually the Demon King’s subordinate!”

He looked at Lei Yuan with a reproachful gaze. “Radiant Knight, don’t thoughtlessly bring people into our kingdom.”

Lei Yuan felt that he had indeed done something wrong. If the woman had not insisted, he would never have brought her here.

“You can’t blame the Radiant Knight for this. That woman threatened us with his life,” Ofia explained on his behalf. “The Radiant Knight had no choice but to obey her.”

No one had expected this situation.

“However, she doesn’t seem to be hostile towards us. She even retreated with her soldiers,” Lotti suddenly said.

This was not her country. She had no right to speak, and she did not have the heart to care about the matters of this country, either.She just wanted to take Lei Yuan away with her and have some time alone with him.

“That might not be the case. You should remember that this woman is a subordinate of the Demon King. How can she not feel any ill will toward us?” Eisen said warily. “Their retreat could be part of their plans.”

Eisen had thought through this a lot. He suspected that the woman had come to the palace to gather intel and that she had left after she had obtained valuable information.

If that was really the case, then the day of their enemy’s next attack would not be far off. The more Eisen thought about it, the more he regretted not working faster.If only he had discovered this sooner!

Ofia ordered, “Reinforce the defenses for the near future. Don’t let any suspicious people enter the city. As for that woman… Continue investigating her. Report to me if there’s any news.”

Ofia then turned to Lei Yuan. “Radiant Knight, this is not your fault. Don’t take it to heart.”

Lei Yuan nodded and did not say much. The woman’s identity really made his heartbeat quicken. ‘The Demon King’s subordinate…? What kind of status is that?’

After returning to his residence, Lei Yuan asked the system about this information.

“The Demon King… I’m not sure about this news either. I’ll have to investigate. But in the meantime, don’t worry. Make sure to prepare your Evolution Points.”

‘Evolution Points? Are you going to charge me for this?!’