Chapter 4: Science Alters Magic! …And Now I Have to Wash My Panties

When Lilia woke up in Lucia’s arms, her face turned bright red.

“You, you, you! Why are you sleeping while hugging me again!”

Lucia opened her blood-red eyes and glanced at her indifferently.

“You crawled over yourself.”

“Nonsense! I wouldn’t!”

Lilia stomped her feet angrily, but her short legs made no sound at all on the carpet.

“Oh.”

Lucia stood up and straightened her clothes, completely ignoring Lilia’s protest.

“Just wander around today, but don’t tear down the palace.”

After speaking, she left the room.

Lilia glared at her back, gritting her teeth.

“One day, I’ll make you experience what it’s like to be hugged while sleeping!”

After washing up, she decided to check out the Alchemy Laboratory.

She pushed open the laboratory door, and was instantly stunned by the equipment inside.

Various bizarre containers were neatly arranged, and the walls were covered with precision tools.

The most eye-catching was the huge Alchemy Platform in the center, engraved with a complex Magic Circle.

“These devices are even more complete than our school’s chemistry lab.”

She searched the bookshelf and quickly found a copy of .

She opened the first page:

“Fuse Flame Petal and Ice Crystal Grass Heart, stir 300 times at a constant temperature of seventy degrees, and you will obtain Cleanser Potion.”

Lilia rolled her eyes after reading it.

“Isn’t this just a simple acid-base neutralization exothermic reaction?”

“And yet they make it sound so mysterious.”

She kept reading, feeling more and more like complaining.

“What does it mean to ‘feel the flow of magic’?”

“This is obviously just controlling reaction temperature!”

“And this ‘communicating with the soul of the medicinal material’ is pure nonsense!”

“Do you even understand molecular structure?”

Lilia grew more and more excited as she read.

These so-called ‘mysterious alchemy techniques’ were just chemical experiments in fantasy clothing to her.

“In that case, I’ll do it the scientific way.”

She picked the simplest Cleanser Potion recipe and began preparing the materials.

Flame Petal, Ice Crystal Grass Heart, purified water, and some auxiliary materials.

“Materials ready, time to start the experiment.”

Following the book’s instructions, Lilia first put the Flame Petal into the crucible.

Then she was dumbfounded.

The book said ‘activate magic to heat’, but she had no magic at all!

“Damn, I forgot about that.”

She tried rubbing the crucible with her hands, hoping to spark something.

Of course, nothing happened.

“Miss, are you having trouble with something?”

Lilith appeared at the door without a sound.

“Can you help me heat this crucible?”

Lilia pointed at the vessel in front of her.

“Of course.”

Lilith walked over and tapped it with her finger.

A blue flame immediately ignited under the crucible.

“Like this?”

“Wait!”

Lilia quickly stopped her.

“I need precise temperature control.”

“Precise control?”

Lilith frowned slightly.

“Yes, I need you to keep it at seventy degrees.”

“No more than two degrees of error.”

Lilith paused.

“Miss, alchemy isn’t done like this.”

“We usually go by feel…”

“Don’t go by feel!”

Lilia cut her off.

“Scientific experiments must be rigorous!”

“You just need to be a voice-activated smart heating rod.”

“Smart…what?”

“It means, when I say a certain temperature, you keep it at that temperature.”

Lilith didn’t understand, but still followed her instructions.

She precisely controlled the flame temperature, and the crucible stabilized at seventy degrees.

“Good, now start stirring.”

Lilia picked up the stirring rod.

“I need you to control the stirring frequency.”

“One hundred and twenty times per minute, with an even rhythm.”

“One hundred and twenty times per minute?”

Lilith looked even more confused.

“Miss, this number…”

“Don’t ask why, just do it.”

Lilia began her ‘controlled variable method’ experiment.

Temperature, stirring frequency, time—she controlled every variable precisely.

Lilith watched in stunned silence.

She had never seen anyone make a potion this way.

This level of precision was beyond anything she’d imagined.

“Now add the Ice Crystal Grass Heart.”

“Careful, add it bit by bit, not all at once.”

“Why?”

“Because the reaction releases heat.”

“If you add it all at once, the temperature will spike and destroy the molecular structure.”

Lilith had no idea what Lilia was talking about.

But she could sense this little girl was doing something unprecedented.

Twenty minutes later, the experiment was done.

The liquid in the crucible was perfectly transparent, with a faint fragrance.

Lilia took a little with a test tube and examined it carefully.

“Purity is at least ninety-eight percent.”

“That’s ten times better than what the book described.”

She turned proudly to Lilith.

“Well? Do you see the power of science now?”

Lilith stared at the potion in the test tube, her eyes flashing with shock.

As a fifth-rank Monarch-level Succubus, she could sense the potion’s quality.

This level of purity— even the Court Chief Alchemist might not manage it.

“Miss, your method… is truly special.”

There was genuine respect in her voice.

“Of course!”

Lilia put her hands on her hips, looking smug.

“This is called science! It’s more reliable than your superstitions!”

“Very little impurity.”

A cold voice came from the doorway.

Lilia turned to see Lucia standing there, holding the Cleanser Potion she had just made.

“When did you get here?”

“Just now.”

Lucia sniffed the potion lightly.

“The purity is indeed good.”

Lilia felt a surge of pride.

Even the Demon King acknowledged her work!

Being recognized by the strong ignited her sense of conquest.

“Since you made it, you should test its effect yourself.”

Lucia put down the test tube and pulled a pile of things from her Storage Space.

Lilia looked closer, and her face went pale.

It was a heap of lace panties.

Pink, white, black—every color imaginable.

Each pair was covered in lace and bows.

“These are the underwear you’ll be wearing for the next week.”

Lucia said expressionlessly.

“Hand-wash them clean with your Cleanser Potion.”

“What?!”

Lilia’s voice cracked.

“I’m not washing these shameful things!”

“Refusing?”

Lucia just looked at her.

A dangerous light flickered in those blood-red eyes.

Lilia immediately caved.

“I…I’ll wash them, okay…”

Her pride crumbled in an instant.

She’d just been gloating over her scientific achievement.

Now she had to use her own potion to wash panties.

This world was too cruel to her!

“Lilith, prepare a washbasin.”

Lucia ordered.

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

Lilith held back her laughter as she went to get the washing supplies.

Lilia stared at the pile of lace panties in front of her, almost in tears.

“I shouldn’t have bothered making Cleanser Potion…”

She screamed inside.

“This pervert Demon King! She must be doing this on purpose!”

“Just wait, one day I’ll make you taste this shame too!”

“I’ll make you kneel before me in those lace panties and beg for mercy!”

But for now, she could only obediently pick up the first pair of pink lace panties.

And begin her ‘testing work’.