Volume 5 Chapter 22
by Need_More_SleepVolume 5 + Chapter 22: There’ll Be A Next Time?
After Xia Yi took back control of her body, she was greeted by a baffling sight.
All around her was Sky-Blue Wood, so much that she was nearly submerged in it.
Wait, that wasn’t right, was it?
Hadn’t the inner demon said she was going to use the Sky-Blue Wood to deal with Xia Lulu?
So why was it her who was suffering instead now?
What on earth was the inner demon doing? Didn’t she say everything would be handed over to her, and Xia Yi just had to wait for victory?
“Uuuugh…!”
Xia Yi tried to crawl out from the Sky-Blue Wood, but her entire body was already drained of strength, limp and soft all over.
Her thoughts slowed down, her head felt dizzy, and a strange, inexplicable sense of happiness washed over her, making her mouth lose control.
“Daughter?”
Xia Lulu asked tentatively from the side.
She sensed that something subtle had changed about Xia Yi, almost like… a personality switch?
“Y-yes… Mother! My favorite Mother!”
Xia Yi spotted Xia Lulu, lifted both arms, and tried to ask for a hug.
“Oh? Even the way you address me has changed?”
Xia Lulu pondered for a moment, then asked.
“Daughter, why are you different from just now?”
“Just now… that wasn’t me. That was the inner demon!”
Xia Yi had now completely turned into an obedient little dragon. Facing her beloved Xia Lulu, she answered whatever was asked, blurting out everything in her heart.
“The inner demon?”
Xia Lulu blinked.
“Mm! Earlier, I released the inner demon and let her take control of my body for a while. She’s a little different from me, she doesn’t show up very often, usually stays alone practicing swordsmanship…” Xia Yi explained.
“So there really is another personality.”
Xia Lulu had already been mentally prepared, but hearing it confirmed by Xia Yi herself was still somewhat surprising.
She had heard of inner demons before.
She’d thought it was just a legendary concept, but it actually existed.
What was even stranger was that her own daughter could coexist peacefully with her inner demon.
Under normal circumstances, the main personality and the inner demon should be locked in a life-or-death struggle.
Yet no matter how she looked at it, Xia Yi and her inner demon were extremely close, practically like sisters.
Xia Yi said, “The last time, the inner demon got her butt spanked by Mother, and she’s been holding a grudge ever since…”
“No wonder.”
Xia Lulu laughed.
So Inner Demon Xia Yi had come to cause trouble over something so childish.
Even though her personality differed from Xia Yi’s, in some ways, they really were alike.
“Mother… hug meee…”
Xia Yi whined in a syrupy, spoiled voice.
“No, Xia Yi. You made a mistake this time,” Xia Lulu replied. “You did something bad. I can’t keep indulging you.”
“I was wrong… I won’t mess around anymore!”
“Just saying you’re wrong isn’t enough, Xia Yi. If you’ve done something bad, do you know what you should do next?”
“I have to… accept punishment!” Xia Yi shouted. “Mother, please punish me!”
“Alright. Since it’s Xia Yi’s own request, I’ll grant it.”
Xia Lulu was quite pleased as she patted Xia Yi’s head.
“Then, daughter, starting today, your punishment begins~”
……
……
One day later.
“Hmph, ahhhh!!”
In her room, Xia Yi lay sprawled on the bed, rolling around furiously while screaming at the top of her lungs.
“My snacks, my manga, my vacation, my allowance!!!”
Because the plan had failed, and under the influence of Sky-Blue Wood, Xia Yi had ended up telling the truth about everything.
This also let Xia Lulu find out exactly what she’d been up to during this period.
Her vacation, which should have belonged to her, ended early.
Normal studying and cultivation had all resumed.
She had to wake up early every morning, no more sleeping in, and at night she had to go to bed early, with the lights forcibly turned off.
All her comics had been confiscated. Not a single one would be returned until the punishment ended.
All snacks were completely canceled. No snacks of any kind were allowed in her room.
As for her allowance…
Of course, it was also completely gone!
If all of that were still bearable, then the most unacceptable part was this,
Her daily meals would now include broccoli.
“Eating broccoli every single day, I can’t accept that at all!!”
Xia Yi let out a wail of despair.
“Poor Princess…”
Serra wore a deeply regretful expression, though in reality, she was quite pleased inside.
Watching the teary-eyed princess, anxious, furious, and helplessly raging…
It was simply…
Too adorable.
“Serra, help me! If I live like this, I’ll die!”
Xia Yi jumped off the bed, hugged the big sister maid tightly, and pleaded pitifully.
“I can’t live without junk-otaku happiness soda!”
“Your Highness, I truly sympathize with your situation, but… I really can’t help you. Her Majesty the Queen ordered me to supervise you strictly.”
“Serra, is this betrayal? You’re actually choosing to aid tyranny!”
“That’s not it, Your Highness. If you keep breaking the rules, there will be even more terrifying punishments,” Serra reminded her. “For example… three cups of bitter melon juice every day.”
“Eek!”
The moment Xia Yi heard the words “bitter melon juice,” her body started trembling.
If broccoli was a demon, then bitter melon was the Demon King itself!
“Your Highness, in order to prevent you from enjoying three cups of bitter melon juice daily, I can only supervise you carefully and make sure you don’t make any more mistakes.”
“…Alright.”
Xia Yi lowered her hands, her eyes dim, left with no choice but to accept her punishment.
“Serra, I want to be alone for a bit.”
“Understood, Your Highness.”
Serra nodded and left Xia Yi’s room, leaving her alone.
Snacks, manga, allowance…
The more Xia Yi thought about it, the angrier she became. Angrier and angrier,
“Inner demon, come out right now!!”
The little princess ran to the mirror and called out to her inner demon.
“Look at what you’ve done! Why did things end up like this? Say something!”
“Th-this…”
The inner demon in the mirror showed an awkward expression, her gaze drifting away, too embarrassed to look Xia Yi in the eye.
“There were some… small… accidents.”
“This is a small accident? This is a total disaster!” Xia Yi snapped, her ahoge standing straight up. “I handed my body over to you so you could take down Xia Lulu, not so you could sell me out!”
“Sell you out?”
“Yes!” Xia Yi fumed. “Like making up things about me reading manga every day and not sleeping at night, ”
“But that’s the truth, isn’t it? You’ve always been that degenerate.”
“Ugh…!”
Xia Yi was momentarily speechless, unable to refute it, and could only muddle past the point.
“No! Don’t make excuses for your failure! Who was it that said you’d definitely defeat Xia Lulu?”
“I-it was… me…”
Inner Demon Xia Yi lowered her head and admitted it in shame.
“Next time, next time I absolutely won’t mess it up again!”
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