Chapter 55: An overly innocent yuri demon king!

When Emily once again reaffirmed that even if her body had become a girl, her heart was definitely still that of a man.

Xilina had already prepared the meal and placed it in front of Emily.

Having made the food, Xilina was hungry but didn’t dare to eat.

Instead, she stared at Emily with a restrained expression, as if waiting for Emily’s command.

After all, Xilina already knew that Emily was her lifesaver.

Although she had been frightened by Emily’s human identity, her terrible attitude toward her savior filled Xilina with guilt.

So Xilina believed she couldn’t eat without permission, even though she had made it herself.

“Um… you can eat.”

The moment she received Emily’s permission, Xilina immediately began wolfing down the food.

After all, she hadn’t eaten proper food in a very long time.

Seeing Xilina eat so hurriedly, Emily felt a pang of sympathy.

Such a well-behaved and obedient child had gone through something like that.

It made Emily deeply realize the unfairness of fate.

‘But my situation isn’t much better… I’m still a prisoner the Demon King might give to a dangerous race at any moment.’

Although Emily also wanted to taste Xilina’s cooking, she held back considering the willful Demon King.

If she ate alone behind her back, Natalie would definitely get angry.

Angering Natalie was not good, so Emily chose to take the meal to Natalie first.

Emily naturally didn’t know that Natalie, after “convincing” Xilina, had never actually left.

She had been using invisibility magic to stay by Emily’s side, spying on her interaction with Xilina.

After all, Natalie herself had nothing to do in this mansion.

In the past, there was an endless amount of government affairs that seemed never to be finished, but now she didn’t have to do them anymore.

So the only “work” left for Natalie was naturally to observe (monitor) Emily!

However, after sensing that Emily seemed to be bringing the meal to her, Natalie hurriedly ran back to the room she shared with Emily.

Of course, before going to find Natalie, Emily also told Xilina not to leave the mansion.

Although Xilina already seemed to regard Emily as her benefactor, Emily couldn’t completely rule out the possibility of her running away.

So to prevent Xilina from sneaking away, Emily even invoked Natalie’s name, warning Xilina that if she ran away and was caught, her fate would be absolutely miserable.

After hearing Emily’s words, Xilina recalled the fear and pressure Natalie had just unleashed on her, and quickly nodded, indicating she would never sneak away.

After confirming Xilina wouldn’t run, Emily finally felt relieved and took the meal to the room, knocking on the door.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me, Lady Natalie.”

“Emily? Come in.”

Natalie pretended not to know why Emily had come to see her as she said this.

After receiving Natalie’s response, Emily opened the door and entered.

As soon as she entered the room, Emily saw Natalie sitting in a chair holding a book.

Natalie was pretending she had been reading in the room the whole time.

However, the only flaw was that the book was upside down.

After all, Natalie was too flustered and her mind was full of teasing Emily about the meal, so she naturally didn’t notice this detail.

Although Emily really wanted to comment on why Natalie was reading upside down, criticizing Natalie, the willful Demon King, would only bring misfortune upon herself.

So Emily could only pretend she hadn’t noticed.

“Lady Natalie, I brought you a meal.”

“Oh? A meal…”

Looking at the plate in Emily’s hand, Natalie silently closed the book.

Of course, after closing the book, Natalie realized she had been holding it upside down, and felt embarrassed for a moment.

“Um… didn’t you say you couldn’t cook?! How did you suddenly learn? Are you lying to me!”

To cover up her mistake and also to toy with Emily, Natalie said this with anger.

“No, I didn’t make this…”

“Oh? There are only three people in this house, right? If it wasn’t you, then did that little girl make it?”

“Xilina made it…”

“I don’t believe it… You have a face of a good wife and mother, yet you can’t cook. How could a little brat possibly know how?”

‘What the hell is a “good wife and mother face” anyway!’

“Um… this really wasn’t made by me.”

Afraid that Natalie might actually misunderstand and think she had lied, Emily’s expression and tone became genuinely flustered.

Seeing Emily’s flustered expression, Natalie was naturally very excited.

Natalie couldn’t understand why every reaction from Emily amused her so much.

“Fine, let me have a taste first.”

“Yes…”

Trembling, Emily placed the plate of food in front of Natalie.

“If it’s terrible, you know what will happen to you, right?”

‘Crap! I forgot to taste it first. Even though Xilina seems very skilled at cooking, you never know if it’s good without trying it… What if it really doesn’t suit Natalie’s taste…’

While Emily was lamenting her mistake, Natalie had already picked up a piece with her fork and said, “You take the first bite.”

“Of course…”

As Emily spoke, she reached for the fork, but Natalie refused with a look.

“Just open your mouth.”

“…I understand.”

Although she didn’t understand why Natalie would suddenly feed her, Emily silently opened her mouth.

Of course, because her hair was in the way, Emily instinctively tucked it behind her ear.

Without Emily realizing it, she had ingrained such girlish movements into her body.

And Natalie simply stuffed the food into Emily’s mouth.

“How is it?”

“Um… it’s quite good?”

Of course, a child’s cooking like Xilina’s couldn’t compare to what Natalie ate as the Demon King, but it was definitely delicious.

“I see…”

Natalie replied to Emily while staring at the fork in her hand.

“Um? Is there something wrong?”

Seeing Natalie suddenly spaced out, Emily asked nervously.

“No, nothing…”

Natalie naturally couldn’t tell her that she was looking forward to an indirect kiss with Emily.

That was also the reason why Natalie insisted on feeding Emily.

And so, under Emily’s gaze, Natalie unhesitatingly put the fork into her own mouth.

“Um… Lady Natalie?”

“What is it!”

Afraid of being found out, Natalie hurriedly took the fork out and asked.

After all, according to Natalie’s past statement, Emily was merely a slave she was interested in.

Natalie was terrified that if Emily noticed she wanted an indirect kiss with her, she would realize that Natalie liked her.

“There was nothing on your fork, though?”

Emily naturally couldn’t imagine that Natalie, who seemed like a battle-hardened yuri demon lord, could be so innocent.

She simply thought Natalie had forgotten to pick up food.

“Oh, I was just a bit distracted…”