Volume 5 Chapter 18
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 18: The Law of Victory
“How did I end up getting dumped…?!”
For a moment, Elly simply couldn’t accept what had happened.
No, this wasn’t right, this couldn’t be right!
Wasn’t she supposed to be working hard toward becoming a full member of the Royal Maid Corps from the very beginning?
So how did the plot suddenly pull a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree drift and turn into her getting heartbroken out of nowhere??
“Junior, this is the taste of youth, savor it properly!” Atiya said with heartfelt emotion.
“Elly, you’re a good person.”
Xia Yi also felt that Elly was a bit unlucky, but there was really no other choice. After all, she couldn’t exactly admit that she had come here to cause trouble, could she?
“Ahhhhhh! How can you even say that with a hairpin involved?!!” Elly was on the verge of fainting.
“Miss Atiya, what’s going on over there??”
Suddenly, the voice of a treasury guard rang out.
It seemed they had noticed the commotion and were moving closer.
“It’s nothing, I found my pet!!”
Dragging along the massive tiger she kept, Atiya ran off, deliberately drawing the treasury guards away.
Judging by her actions, she had done this on purpose, making sure the guards didn’t notice that Xia Yi and Elly were still there.
“That should make it safe now.”
Xia Yi let out a sigh of relief.
Whew…
She could finally relax.
“Your Highness, is this the end of it?” Elly asked. “The treasury guards are gone, so we can safely leave too, right? This time, our operation wasn’t discovered by anyone at all.”
“Mm, you could say this phase is over. I also got what I wanted.”
“Your Highness… what exactly did you take out of the Dragon Treasury?”
Elly stared at the large bag Xia Yi was carrying, feeling a little afraid.
“Taking things from the Dragon Treasury, this isn’t good, is it?!”
“Elly, let me ask you something.”
“Yes, Your Highness?”
“Does the Dragon Treasury belong to the dragon royal family?”
“Yes. All the treasures in the Dragon Treasury belong to the dragon royal family. No one else has the right to touch them.”
“Then what is my identity?”
“You are the Silver Dragon Princess, the sole heir of the dragon royal family…”
“Then there you go,” Xia Yi replied matter-of-factly. “Since it’s already mine, isn’t it perfectly reasonable for me to take it?”
“That… actually does make sense. There’s no problem at all, it was originally the Princess’s property.”
Elly had already been completely talked into it by Xia Yi.
“Anyway, Elly, don’t worry about such minor details. This mission is complete, let’s go back and sleep!”
“Your Highness, have I proven my loyalty now? The suspicion of being an insider… it’s been cleared, right?”
“Yes, yes, yes. Elly, your efforts this time truly moved me. Your loyalty to the dragon royal family is evident to heaven and earth, witnessed by the sun and the moon!”
“That’s wonderful!!”
After being tossed around for so long, Elly was finally about to be freed from it all.
“Don’t worry, Elly. When the time comes, I’ll put in a good word for you in front of Xia Lulu and express my high recognition of you. You’ll definitely become an official member of the Royal Maid Corps. Just go back and wait for the good news, your dream will come true!” Xia Yi said seriously.
“Finally, finally, finally… I’ve made it through!!”
Elly was so happy that her tail wagged uncontrollably.
She recalled everything she had been through, the trials to enter the Royal Maid Corps, becoming a trainee maid within the dragon royal family, working tirelessly every day. Every time she was about to be promoted, her qualification was inexplicably revoked, and she had even faced several life-threatening crises…
This time, her dream was finally becoming reality.
She would no longer be the unlucky little trainee maid. In just a few more days, she would become Elly, an official member of the Royal Maid Corps!
“All my efforts up to now have not been in vain!” Elly declared excitedly. “I am getting promoted!”
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Xia Yi quietly opened the window of her room and poked her head inside, carefully observing the situation.
The lights were off, the room completely dark. The human-shaped doll lay in the bed exactly as before, tucked beneath the covers just as it had been when she left.
Perfect, everything was normal.
This time was different from before. Her actions had left no flaws, and she hadn’t been discovered at all.
“Success~!”
Xia Yi hoisted the large sack of Sky-Blue Wood over her shoulder, climbed back through the window, dusted herself off, and changed back into her nightwear.
She stuffed the sack into the wardrobe, pulled the human-shaped doll out from under the covers, hid it beneath the bed, and cleaned up the remaining traces.
After everything was taken care of, she flopped onto the bed, hugged the blanket, and started yawning.
“…Running around so much in the middle of the night is exhausting. Next up… sleep…”
Xia Yi’s room grew quiet once more. Moonlight gently streamed in through the window, spilling across the floor.
After a long while, the door to Xia Yi’s room slowly opened, but the silver-haired little girl, deep in sleep, was completely unaware…
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“Ahh~!”
Xia Yi stretched lazily and woke up from her sleep.
“Good morning, Your Highness.”
Serra, her personal maid, had been waiting since early morning. She immediately greeted her princess with a proper bow.
“Good morning, Serra!”
Xia Yi felt a little nervous inside.
“Serra, you… didn’t tidy up my room this morning, right?”
“Of course not, that would disturb Your Highness’s sleep,” Serra replied. “I usually clean in the afternoon. Have you forgotten, Your Highness?”
“No, no, I was just asking casually. I just woke up, so I’m a bit groggy.”
Eager to confirm whether the things she had hidden were still undiscovered, Xia Yi quickly found an excuse to send Serra away.
“Serra, I want soup dumplings for breakfast today!”
“Soup dumplings? But I didn’t prepare those in advance today…”
“I want soup dumplings, I want soup dumplings, I want soup dumplings!!”
Xia Yi started rolling around on the bed while shouting.
She knew it was silly, maybe even embarrassing, but… this was a necessary sacrifice to defeat Xia Lulu!
“I only want Serra’s soup dumplings, nothing else!!”
“Goodness, there’s no helping it, Your Highness. Then I’ll go to the kitchen first and prepare soup dumplings for you.”
Serra smiled as she agreed, then took her leave for the kitchen.
Once she saw the maid leave, Xia Yi hurriedly checked beneath the bed.
No problem, it was still there.
Then she opened the wardrobe and confirmed that the Sky-Blue Wood was still inside as well.
“Xia Yi, it’s time to begin the operation,” the Inner Demon Xia Yi appeared within her field of vision.
“…Inner Demon, will it really succeed this time? I’m a little worried.”
“Did anyone notice anything at all?” the Inner Demon Xia Yi replied. “Look, the Sky-Blue Wood is already in our hands. This amount is more than enough to deal with Xia Lulu! This time, we’re in the shadows, and Xia Lulu is in the open. Plus, after you challenged her several times and failed, she’s bound to grow arrogant, underestimate you, and drop her guard. That’s our chance!”
“But I still feel like something’s off… why did everything go so smoothly…?”
“Oh, come on, Xia Yi, since when did you get so hesitant? Hand over control of the body to me. I guarantee there’s absolutely zero chance of failure this time, because…”
The Inner Demon Xia Yi spoke with absolute confidence.
“The law of victory has already been established!”
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