Chapter 106 – Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid

After hearing Qin Ling’s brief explanation, Lin Xi finally understood that the Seven Monarchs of Desire were the seven supreme rulers of the Dark Realm.

Even more terrifying was what Thor had said: among the Seven Monarchs of Desire, the Monarch of Lust, who had already descended into this world, was very likely in Z City.

That was why Qin Ling had blurted out that Z City was doomed.

Thor explained in detail, “Destroyer Drax coerced me into coming to Z City to investigate.”

“If Z City has already been ruled by the Monarch of Lust, then if I show up and provoke her, I’ll definitely enrage her and force her to reveal herself.”

Thor had never expected that what she would draw out instead would be a Magical Girl.

“Wait, that doesn’t make sense,” Lin Xi said. “Z City hasn’t been taken over. How could some absurdly powerful existence like the Monarch of Lust be here?”

“Th-that, I don’t know,” Thor said. “Drax was the one who told me. He wants to eliminate any threats before the Monarch of Pride descends.”

“The existence of the Monarch of Lust is a huge threat in itself.”

The intelligence Thor had brought far exceeded everyone’s imagination.

A “black hand” from distant A City had reached all the way into Z City???

All because Z City might be hiding a Dark Realm monarch capable of taking control of the city at any time???

“Isn’t this even more terrifying than the Dark Realm Alliance?” Lin Xi murmured.

“It is,” Qin Ling sighed. “Never mind whether this Monarch of Lust is actually in Z City or not. Just being targeted by Destroyer Drax from A City is dangerous enough.”

“Thor,” Qin Ling asked, “were you the one destroying Z City’s defensive barriers recently?”

“It wasn’t me,” Thor replied. “It was Drax’s subordinates. They destroyed the defensive barriers to help me enter Z City.”

Thor said she had entered Z City several days ago through one of the damaged defensive barriers.

She simply hadn’t been able to make up her mind to act.

“Actually, before Drax found me, I had been living a normal life in A City’s human society.”

Thor had been forced into this.

“This Drax guy really is a bastard,” Lin Xi said. “If his master, the Monarch of Pride, descends, won’t the world be finished?”

“Whether it’s the Countermeasures Bureau or us at ZERO, we will stop that catastrophic outcome,” Zheng Mo said firmly. “A City has a Countermeasures Bureau branch too, and we have people there as well.”

“I’ll report this intelligence to Sister Lin. Sister Lin will notify their side.”

As for A City, Lin Xi sincerely wished them luck. She truly hoped Z City would not be doomed.

She lived in Z City. Her friends were here.

If some earth-shattering crisis really did appear in Z City, then no matter what, Lin Xi would do her part to protect it.

She asked Zheng Mo, “If this Monarch of Lust really shows up, with ZERO and the Countermeasures Bureau working together, could we beat her?”

Zheng Mo shook her head. “Even with the three Magical Girl members added to our side, we still wouldn’t be enough for her.”

“At the very least, we’d need people from the Countermeasures Bureau and ZERO headquarters to come over… In any case, I’ll report this up the chain.”

Lin Xi was starting to have a hard time keeping it together. She had always thought that Xia Xun, Misaka Shirai, and Su Tang together made an all-star lineup that should be invincible.

But sure enough, there was always someone stronger, and every mountain was overshadowed by a higher one.

“Let’s hope this Monarch of Lust, who might be hiding somewhere in Z City, stays quiet forever…”

While they were talking, Qin Ling had already finished applying medicine to Thor’s wounds and bandaging them.

Since Thor was not a Dark Realm Disaster that went around committing evil, Zheng Mo agreed to let her stay in the Safe House and recover.

“Thank you. Thank you all!” Thor stood up and thanked them solemnly. “If not for you, I might already be dead.”

“Especially you, Lin Xi. I’ll never be able to repay what you’ve done for me!”

Lin Xi: “…”

She felt Thor was making it sound a little too serious.

Lin Xi had saved her with a purpose in mind, so she didn’t need Thor to thank her too profusely.

“Just focus on recovering.”

“Mm. Once I’m healed, please let me become your Maid so I can repay you for saving my life!”

“A Maid???”

“Yes. My job in A City was being a Maid.”

“A dragon Maid in my house, huh…” Lin Xi found the idea novel, and honestly, a little tempting.

Who wouldn’t want a dragon Maid?

“Well, let’s talk about it after you’ve recovered.”

Lin Xi asked Zheng Mo to arrange a room for Thor to rest in.

Then she solemnly thanked Zheng Mo and Qin Ling. “Thank you. If it hadn’t been for you two, I never could’ve brought Thor here on my own. I really caused you a lot of trouble.”

“We’re teammates,” Zheng Mo said. “ZERO’s corporate culture is helping each other out and loving one another like one big family.”

What kind of perfect teammates were these…

Just then, Xia Xun called. She told Lin Xi she was home.

And asked Lin Xi to come over too.

“Xia Xun invited me to her place for dinner, so I’ll head out first,” Lin Xi said.

“Wait!” Shi Yu called after her. “You’d better only be going there for dinner.”

“Obviously. What else would I do besides eat?” Lin Xi told Shi Yu, “You should focus on ‘recovering’ too. Quite a few classmates are worried about you, our ‘gentle beauty.'”

“And you?”

“Me? Why would I be worried about you?”

Shi Yu: “…”

“Once I’m recovered, just wait and see how I deal with you.”

Lin Xi shrugged. “Then hurry up and get better. I’m off-“

…

After a whole day of nonstop work, Xia Xun lay on the sofa like she had lost the will to live.

The moment the doorbell rang, she came back to life at full health.

Because Lin Xi had arrived.

“Lin Xi!”

Xia Xun excitedly pulled Lin Xi into a huge hug. “I… I thought I might never see you again.”

“Huh? What happened?” Lin Xi asked with concern.

Utterly drained, Xia Xun said,

“Today, the disaster alarm kept going off everywhere. I thought the Dark Realm Disaster was launching a full-scale invasion of Z City.”

“I thought I was going to die in battle today.”

“But as it turned out, they were all false alarms.”

“Misaka Shirai and I-even everyone in District 3’s Countermeasures Bureau-got played by some bastard.”

Lin Xi: “…”

Sorry… she silently apologized to Xia Xun.

The bastard Xia Xun was cursing with all her might was currently being held in her arms.

Holding Lin Xi gave Xia Xun the feeling of being “recharged.”

Lin Xi really was warm and comforting.

Lin Xi also gently hugged Xia Xun back, comforting this Magical Girl who had become anxious and stressed because of her.

She changed to a lighter topic and asked,

“Where’s Little Mi?”

Xia Xun replied, “I took it to the Countermeasures Bureau building and put it in solitary confinement.”

Lin Xi: “…”

This topic was a little heavy for Little Mi…

So Lin Xi changed the subject again.

“How about I make dinner for you?”

“Anything you want to eat is fine.”

Lin Xi could only do whatever was within her power to make it up to Xia Xun.

As for Little Mi, it deserved to be locked up!

“Lin Xi, you’re so good to me.” Holding Lin Xi, Xia Xun was reluctant to let go for a long time.

No matter how hard or exhausting it was, protecting a Z City where Lin Xi existed was worth it.