Chapter 145 – Who Can Say What the Future Holds?

“That’s my master for you, love~” Thor snuggled up to Lin Xi again. “Love~ love~”

Lin Xi silently gathered up the dishes, moved to another seat, and stopped sitting beside Thor.

Thor: “…”

Lin Xi settled into her new seat. Qin Ling, who was sitting beside her, couldn’t resist making a jab.

“Lin Xi, don’t tell me you’re the Queen of Lust, one of the Seven Monarchs of Desire of the Dark Realm?”

Lin Xi: “???”

“What makes you say that?”

Qin Ling explained, “First, you’re incredibly strong. Second, you’re never short of girls around you! I used to think you were the Blazing Flame Succubus. Sorry. I underestimated you.”

“Stop pinning random labels on me!” Lin Xi was absolutely certain that she was the Blazing Blast Witch!

“What Queen of Lust? I’m obviously an upstanding person, okay?”

Qin Ling said disdainfully, “Could’ve fooled me.”

Lin Xi: “…”

Shi Yu stepped forward to defend Lin Xi. “There’s no way Lin Xi could be the Queen of Lust or the Blazing Flame Succubus!”

“Mm-hmm! Exactly!” Lin Xi nodded at Shi Yu. Now that Shi Yu was finally behaving and talking like a normal person, Lin Xi found her much more agreeable.

Unfortunately, Lin Xi celebrated too soon. Shi Yu wasn’t finished yet.

“Lin Xi’s figure isn’t perfect enough!”

The group immediately launched into a heated discussion. Shi Yu seemed to have a point.

Lin Xi was indeed very pretty and cute, but her figure was still somewhat lacking. She couldn’t qualify as the Queen of Lust or a Succubus…

“Sister Lin, please get us back on topic-” Lin Xi pleaded weakly with Zhou Lin for help.

Zhou Lin gave two solemn coughs. “That discussion just now was rather inappropriate.”

“Exactly!” Lin Xi immediately voiced her wholehearted support.

Zhou Lin continued, “You should all realize that Lin Xi is still growing. Maybe in the future, she’ll develop-“

“Sister Lin!!!” Lin Xi cried out, cutting Zhou Lin off. “I’m really not the Queen of Lust or the Blazing Flame Succubus!”

If anyone tried to pin another ridiculous label on her, she was going to storm out.

Zhou Lin therefore had everyone apologize to Lin Xi before steering the conversation back on track.

“‘Destroyer’ Drax coerced Thor into attacking Z City in order to provoke the Queen of Lust.”

“In other words, he’s certain the Queen of Lust is in Z City.”

“But we don’t have any intelligence on the Queen of Lust, do we?” Zhou Lin wasn’t very familiar with Z City, so she turned to Zheng Mo.

“No,” Zheng Mo said. “Qin Ling and I have been following up on this matter, but we’ve found absolutely no information about the Queen of Lust.”

Zheng Mo believed that this member of the Seven Monarchs of Desire of the Dark Realm was hiding in plain sight.

“She’s lying low in Z City and has no intention of coming out to cause trouble.”

“Even so,” Qin Ling said worriedly, “she’s still one of the Seven Monarchs of Desire. She’s a hidden time bomb…”

“Forget about her,” Lin Xi said. “We can deal with her when she actually shows herself. What we should be more concerned about is the Dark Realm Alliance.”

Lin Xi had always believed that the Evil Maid who had attacked her belonged to the Dark Realm Alliance.

As it turned out, she’d guessed correctly.

Her attacker had been Yang Tongtong’s Maid Liya. Like Yang Tongtong, Liya was also a member of the Dark Realm Alliance.

Because Yang Shanshan had forbidden the two of them from laying a hand on Lin Xi, Lin Xi’s peaceful days had only been possible because someone else was carrying the burden for her… Well, all Yang Shanshan had done was give an order, so it didn’t really count as carrying much of a burden…

They had guessed correctly about that, but they were wrong about something else.

They believed that the person who had ambushed them outside Jinrui Bank that day-and shot Shi Yu in half with a single bullet-was also a member of the Dark Realm Alliance.

And so, Zheng Mo proposed that the team’s next priority should be:

Dealing with Shuguang Technology and the Dark Realm Alliance.

As the meeting drew to a close, Zhou Lin said with relief, “You’re all doing so well. Now I can leave for A City without worrying.”

“Sister Lin, you only just got here. Aren’t you going to stay a few more days?” Lin Xi asked.

“No,” Zhou Lin said. “Didn’t Thor tell us that Drax’s true objective is to bring the Monarch of Pride into this world?”

“We have to stop him!”

“The Monarch of Pride is the strongest of the Seven Monarchs of Desire. If he descends, A City will be wiped off the map.”

Seeing everyone’s worried expressions, Zhou Lin reassured them.

“We have people from ZERO in A City, and there’s also the Countermeasures Bureau. I think I should be able to convince A City’s Countermeasures Bureau to join forces with us against Drax.”

“After all, no one wants the Monarch of Pride to descend.”

Everyone raised their glasses and wished Zhou Lin a smooth trip to A City.

Once they finished discussing serious business, Zhou Lin began regaling them with interesting stories from outside Z City.

Lin Xi had never visited another city before, so she couldn’t help envying Zhou Lin, who had already been to several.

Of course, Zhou Lin hadn’t gone sightseeing. They had all been business trips.

She had traveled from city to city on missions.

She said that once Lin Xi and the others graduated and became strong enough, the organization would send them all over the world to uphold justice too.

They would become the legendary champions of justice!

Lin Xi had once dreamed of roaming the world with a sword in hand too… Wait, what was this, some kind of witch’s journey?!

But all that was for later-for the future, for when they grew up… And who could say for certain what the future held?

Most of Zhou Lin’s stories were about her experiences in S City.

She had helped rebuild the half of S City that had been destroyed by the Calamity Witch.

“Sister Lin, have you ever seen the Calamity Witch?” Lin Xi asked.

So far, Lin Xi had yet to encounter another witch.

Zhou Lin shook her head. “By the time I reached S City, the Countermeasures Bureau had already captured the Calamity Witch and locked her up in their Undersea Prison.”

“The average witch is extremely powerful and highly destructive.”

“You’re the exception, Lin Xi. You’re as gentle as an angel. Truly worthy of being the Sun Goddess.”

Lin Xi was speechless.

“Sister Lin, don’t tell me you joined that weird meme fan group of mine too?”

“I would never do something like that!!!”

Zhou Lin claimed she hadn’t joined the group, but Lin Xi didn’t believe her.

“Being popular is a good thing,” Zhou Lin said. “Lin Xi, I think you have what it takes to become Z City’s Moe Queen this year.”

Qin Ling, who also wanted to become the Moe Queen, agreed that Lin Xi was a rather formidable rival.

But Lin Xi herself had no desire whatsoever to become the Moe Queen…

It was a delightful dinner, filled with good food and lively conversation.

But all good things had to come to an end. Zhou Lin would be setting out for A City the next day.

“Tonight, I simply must experience your team’s tradition for myself!” Zhou Lin declared. “Lin Xi, take good care of me tonight!”

“Huh?!” Lin Xi stared at her blankly. “Our team doesn’t have any traditions!”

Zheng Mo and Zhou Lin flanked Lin Xi, each wrapping her arms around one of Lin Xi’s.

The heiress flushed as she said,

“Lin Xi! Don’t make Sister Lin and me feel left out!”

The two of them began dragging Lin Xi away by force. The others immediately objected at the sight.

Thor said, “No fair! I want in too!”

Lu Yi cried, “My ‘Sleeping Pill’! Give me my ‘Sleeping Pill’!”

Shi Yu declared, “I’m the backup girlfriend, so the best spot has to be mine!”

Qin Ling shouted, “Could all of you show at least a little shame?! I… I’m staying to supervise you!”

Lin Xi wailed, “What did I do to deserve this?!”