Volume 6 Chapter 142

Volume 6 + Chapter 142: The Game In The Cell

“Damn you, little silver dragon, how dare you treat me like this!”

The furious succubus lady stood inside the cell, gripping the bars, and shouted angrily toward the outside:

“If I get truly angry, the consequences will be severe!!”

After being arrested by Xia Yi, she had been handcuffed and escorted back to the Maginot Fortress’s dungeon, where she was locked up.

“Oh, really? Then I’d love to see just how severe the consequences can be.”

From the darkness came a slightly mocking voice.

The silver dragon loli appeared.

Xia Yi walked up to the cell, a smile on her face, looking at the imprisoned Ella.

“Little silver dragon, you have the nerve to show your face in front of me!” Ella fumed. “How dare you!”

“Ella, your current predicament is entirely your own fault,” Xia Yi said with a shrug. “If you hadn’t done anything wrong, why would the Maginot Fortress have arrested you for no reason? And why would you have ended up locked in a dungeon afterward? Am I right?”

“I was just following my… instinct! When you’re hungry, you need to eat, what’s wrong with that?”

“You can say that to the judge in court and see if it helps.”

“Ugh…”

Ella knew that if a trial really happened, the judge wouldn’t listen to her excuses.

She had already attacked the Maginot army multiple times.

“Ella, I’ll tell you some bad news, your actions have thoroughly infuriated the Maginot Fortress,” Xia Yi lowered her voice. “Right now, the Maginot Fortress is facing a huge crisis, and you’ve chosen this critical moment to cause trouble, even putting important personnel into a deep sleep. You’ve hit a raw nerve, they’re furious and plan to cut off your head and hang it in the streets as a warning.”

“What!?”

Ella was terrified.

In the succubus business, her activities basically amounted to causing trouble everywhere, earning the hatred of many. That’s why she had to ensure her own safety and never fall into someone else’s hands, otherwise, she would be finished.

And precisely because of Xia Yi, she had been captured by the Maginot army.

“You can’t do that, absolutely not!”

“Sigh, Ella, I really sympathize with you. I can listen to your last words, and maybe even help you a little, so that you can pass away peacefully.”

“Th-this… I can’t accept that! That old hag Vear hasn’t died yet, how can I die?” Ella started panicking. “If anyone’s going to die, that old hag should go first!”

“Vear?”

“My teacher, an old succubus hag. If it weren’t for her forcing me to come to the Elven Kingdom to help Eve…”

Ella’s complaining suddenly stopped mid-sentence. Her face changed dramatically, and she immediately covered her mouth, cutting herself off.

“Eve?” Xia Yi pressed quickly. “What happened between you and Eve?”

“Nothing, nothing. I’ve never seen her, I don’t know anything. That was just a slip of the tongue, don’t pay any attention to it!”

Feeling guilty, Ella averted her gaze and tried to brush the topic aside, unwilling to go any deeper.

Xia Yi sensed that something was definitely off. Ella certainly knew some important inside information, but perhaps was unable to reveal it due to some constraint.

She thought for a moment, then changed tack. “Ella, you don’t want to die here, do you?”

“Little silver dragon, what are you getting at?”

“I can put in a good word for you and save your life. I’ll ask the Maginot Fortress’s higher-ups to do me a favor and not put you on trial. As long as you wake up all those people who fell into a deep sleep, we can pretend this never happened.”

“…Oh, I get it now, little silver dragon. You planned this!!”

Ella, being an old hand who had survived for years, finally understood what was going on. This little silver dragon had set a trap for her.

“Little silver dragon, you caught me and threw me in this cell just to use me, didn’t you!”

“Use you? Ella, that sounds so ugly. I have no such intention. I really can help you get out of this predicament. If I do nothing, you’ll have to face the wrath of those people.”

Xia Yi had employed an open stratagem against Ella.

The brilliance of this open stratagem was that even if Ella saw through it, it didn’t matter.

She knew this despicable succubus’s character all too well, how could she willingly accept her guilt and punishment?

“Choose, Ella. Will you help me? Or will you be judged by the Maginot Fortress?”

“Ugh…”

Ella lowered her head.

Xia Yi continued to persuade her: “Ella, I’m not asking you to do anything difficult, just tell me the truth you know. Isn’t that a fair trade for your life?”

“I should have avoided you. Silver dragons are full of wicked tricks.”

Ella regretted it. She had stumbled time and again before this silver dragon, why couldn’t she ever learn her lesson?

Now her greed had landed her in real trouble.

“Have you decided?” Xia Yi asked.

“…No, I can’t tell you!”

“Why not?”

“If I tell you, she will never let me off.”

Ella’s attitude was truly troubling.

Xia Yi felt that the person Ella wouldn’t even name was most likely Eve.

But from her memory, Eve had always been very easygoing. Even if the despicable succubus Ella had done something wrong, it shouldn’t have made Eve want to hunt her down across the world.

“It’s okay, Ella. There’s no one else here, just the two of us. As the saying goes, heaven knows, earth knows, you know, and I know. As long as neither of us speaks, how could anyone else find out?”

“…”

Ella was caught in a dilemma. She didn’t want to be tried by the Maginot Fortress either, that wouldn’t end well for her.

“Alright, I’m done caring about your problems. You’ve caused me a lot of trouble. The trial will start tomorrow morning. The guard will come to notify you later.”

Xia Yi pretended she had run out of patience, waved her hand, bid Ella farewell, and went for the final round of psychological warfare.

“Goodbye, Succubus. Considering we’ve known each other, I’ll collect your body, set up a gravestone, and burn incense for you every year.”

“Hey, wait!”

Ella started to panic as she saw Xia Yi leaving the cell.

“Don’t go, little silver dragon. We can talk this over, negotiate. For example, you could add some sweeteners, get a little lewd with me…”

Hearing that, Xia Yi only quickened her pace, heading up the stairs without looking back, ready to leave the dungeon.

Ella was completely flustered, sweating profusely.

“Little silver dragon, I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything! It’s all Eve’s fault!!”

“Eve?”

Xia Yi turned around, narrowing her eyes.

What she heard next from Ella’s mouth was a statement almost too shocking to believe.

“Eve… she’s planning to destroy this world!”

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