Chapter 153 – Holding the Sun and Moon, Plucking the Stars-There Is No One Like You in This World

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!!!!!

The pounding on the bedroom door was loud enough to shake the house.

Lin Xi buried her head beneath her pillow, but it did no good.

Her beautiful Sunday had begun with her being jolted awake by the frantic knocking outside. Even the most easygoing person would have lost her temper.

Lin Xi was furious. Briefly.

“Thor?! Is there a fire?! An earthquake?!”

“Save yourself! Leave me behind!”

She had gone fishing with Yang Shanshan yesterday, so Lin Xi planned to spend all of today lazing around at home.

Unless Angel-sama herself came looking for her, no one was getting her out of bed.

“Master!!!!!” Thor finally stopped knocking. “Didn’t you promise to go on a one-on-one date with me on Sunday?!”

“A date! A date! A date! A date! A date!”

“I want a date!”

“I want to go on a sweet, lovey-dovey date with Master!”

Lin Xi fell silent.

“Did that happen?”

“Did I promise?”

“I don’t think I did.”

Lin Xi told Thor to stop making such a racket. She wanted to sleep a little longer.

Crack! Bang!

Thor ripped the lock off with one hand and stormed into Lin Xi’s bedroom.

She looked ready for war.

“A-Are you trying to rebel?” Lin Xi shrank beneath the covers.

“I’ll fix the lock!” Thor puffed out her cheeks indignantly. “Master! A person who doesn’t keep her word cannot be trusted!”

“You clearly promised to go on a date with me on Sunday, but not only are you trying to stand me up, you’re even pretending it never happened! You’ve gone too far!”

“If you refuse to get up-“

Without another word, Thor began taking off her clothes.

Lin Xi stared at her in silence.

“W-What are you trying to do?!”

“Sleep with Master, of course!” Thor had already removed her dress. “I’ve recently gotten into the habit of sleeping naked, so even if it’s a little embarrassing, it can’t be helped-“

Lin Xi covered her eyes and shouted, “I’m getting up! I’m getting up, okay?!”

Faced with Thor’s forceful “palace coup,” Lin Xi had no choice but to make an “imperial procession” to the living room.

Thor had already prepared breakfast.

Lin Xi yawned as she ate the delicious food.

“Even if we’re going out, isn’t it way too early?”

“I’m exhausted. Can’t I go back to sleep after breakfast?”

“Nope!” Thor declared. “I’ve been counting the days, waiting forever for Sunday to finally arrive.”

“I was so excited about going on a one-on-one date with Master today that I couldn’t sleep all night.”

“But I never imagined you wouldn’t care about our promise at all.”

“There’s no place for me in your heart!”

Lin Xi stared at her, utterly baffled.

How had this suddenly turned into a tragic romance drama?

“Fine, fine. We’ll leave as soon as we finish eating. Wherever you want to go, we’ll go.”

On second thought, Thor had been living with her and serving as her Dragon Maid for quite some time now. This was the perfect opportunity to thank her properly.

“Everything today is on me.”

“Thank you, Master!” Thor beamed from ear to ear, only to ask, “Do you have any money?”

“That’s an incredibly rude question,” Lin Xi said. “Of course I have money. I still haven’t spent half the compensation Shi Yu gave me.”

“Oh, so Master is the type to spend one woman’s money supporting another woman.”

“Quit talking nonsense! Don’t make me sound like some two-timing scumbag.”

Even if Lin Xi had been broke, it wouldn’t have mattered. Thor told her she’d saved up a sizable amount from working as a Maid in A City.

It was more than enough for Master and Maid to splurge for quite some time.

Once they blew through it all, they could always rob a bank… Thor really did consider bank robbery a ZERO tradition.

Lin Xi had never paid Thor a cent in wages. If she went and squandered Thor’s savings too, could she even call herself human?

All right, so she wasn’t human to begin with… Still, Lin Xi considered herself a good witch.

Squandering someone else’s money was the kind of scumbag behavior Lin Xi would never stoop to.

Which meant finding a part-time job had officially been added to the agenda…

After breakfast, Thor quickly cleaned everything up, and the master-servant pair headed out.

Going out with Thor saved on transportation costs.

Wherever Lin Xi wanted to go, she could simply climb onto Thor’s back. Thor would soar into the sky, with a fuel consumption per hundred kilometers of… a few steamed buns???

As they flew through the heavens, Thor asked, “Master, where would you like to go?”

“I’ll leave it to you,” Lin Xi said. “Didn’t I promise? Wherever you want to go, we’ll go.”

“All right!” Thor picked up speed and eventually brought Lin Xi to the top of the tallest tower in Z City.

“Why did you bring me up here?” Standing atop the tower, Lin Xi felt her knees go weak. She was afraid of heights.

“From the highest peak, all other mountains seem small,” Thor declared. “We came here to look down upon the teeming masses.”

Thor’s heroic spirit soared sky-high. Lin Xi couldn’t muster an inch of it. “Why don’t we go back down-“

Thor cut her off. “Master, I brought you here because I want you to understand that you are an existence who stands above all others!”

“I didn’t start following you on some passing whim. My devotion is completely sincere.”

“The Dragon Clan respects strength above all else, and you are strong!”

“The strongest in Z City!”

“You grasp the sun and moon and pluck stars from the heavens. There is no one like you beneath the sky. Master, if you wanted to, you could rule Z City in a matter of minutes!”

“Thor.” Lin Xi pressed a hand to her forehead. “Did you stay up all night reading mindless power-fantasy webnovels?!”

“Huh??? You even knew that?! As expected of my Master!”

“Get lost!” Lin Xi said helplessly. “Rule Z City, my ass.”

“Are you afraid of the Magical Girl?” Thor asked. “I don’t think you need to worry at all. You’re definitely stronger than the Magical Girl.”

“Oh? And how did you figure that out?”

“I didn’t see it. I smelled it. Aside from smelling soft, sweet, and delicious, you also give off an incredibly powerful aura-one even stronger than the Magical Girl’s!”

“Thor, you can seriously get lost now! I’m firing you, you Perverted Dragon Maid who spends all day sniffing me!!!”

Thor: “…”

“Master, please focus on the important part! What I’m trying to say is that you’re the strongest person in Z City!”

Lin Xi remained unconvinced. “The strongest? Don’t forget, the Queen of Lust may still be hiding somewhere in Z City.”

Thor had to admit that the Queen of Lust was a threat.

“Besides,” Lin Xi reminded her, “Thor, have you forgotten that we at ZERO are an organization of justice?”

“Maybe I should consider getting rid of a villain like you.”

Thor: “…”

She hurriedly apologized to Lin Xi. “I shouldn’t have gotten carried away… but it’s only because you keep such a low profile.”

“You’re obviously so powerful. You could run rampant and push around any girl you wanted without the slightest problem.”

As a member of the Dragon Clan, Thor really did have violence in her blood… Lin Xi decided she needed to give Thor a few lessons in proper thinking and teach her not to underestimate humans.

Uh, but first, she needed to get down from this ridiculous height.

Her legs were so weak that she could barely stay upright.

“Oh, and Thor, remember to read fewer mindless power-fantasy webnovels from now on!”

“I shall heed your teachings, Master. From now on, I’ll switch my interests to stories about girls cuddling instead.”

Lin Xi: “…”

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