In terms of physique, Fiona, standing nearly 6’1″, completely dwarfed the petite Yilisi.
Anyone who saw this scene would immediately think a big sister was bullying a little girl.
But Yilisi wasn’t annoyed.
Instead, she changed the vibe and looked up at Fiona, who had her pinned down, with a provocative gaze.
“Tsk tsk tsk~”
“The trash hero thinks she’s all that again, huh~”
“Then why didn’t you realize your own teammates sold you out, only catching on when you ended up as a stupid prisoner?”
“So foolish~”
Yilisi knew exactly how to break Fiona’s composure.
With just a few words, she left her completely deflated and awkwardly frozen in place.
If you measured personal strength, Fiona was no pushover.
Even without her power fully developed, she ranked in the super-large cup tier of this world.
Just like her figure~..
But intelligence and scheming?
Not so much.
Her personality was straightforward and stubborn—basically an honest person’s level.
If anyone tried to play dirty or underhanded with her, she’d definitely lose.
Of course, she’d improved a lot since then.
After all, she’d taken a major fall.
Not that she’d suddenly awakened, but at least she’d learned from her mistakes.
She wouldn’t make the low-level error of being sold out and then counting the money for the seller.
And Fiona was self-aware enough.
After being mocked by Yilisi, she didn’t protest.
Instead, her eyes went blank, and in a stupidly cute way, she smacked her own head with both hands.
“Ah…”
“I forgot I’m an idiot!”
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Yeah, she was an idiot ðŸ˜
One reason Fiona didn’t want to leave the castle and just wanted to be a homemaker was that her brain wasn’t quite up to snuff, and she worried about causing trouble for Yilisi.
So in an instant, she lost all her fighting spirit and obediently knelt on the carpet.
“Master…”
“Maybe I should just stay home…”
Yilisi truly hadn’t expected that Fiona, who had just ignited some fighting spirit, would retreat back into her shell just because of one sentence.
She’d have to spell things out more clearly.
Looking at Fiona, who had her head hung low, Yilisi stood up from the conference table.
With a slight finger lift under Fiona’s chin, their eyes met again.
“I’m sending you to defend a city, not to charge into battle. Why are you so scared?”
“Besides, you’re no longer that human Shield Hero.”
“Go experience the cruelty of this world again, Fiona.”
“Because I need your help.”
‘Why am I suddenly so happy?’
‘That’s a joy from the depths of my heart.’
‘Is this the feeling of being acknowledged by the one you love…’
‘If so, then what reason do I have to stay negative and sink?’
“Master…”
“Fiona understands!”
Alright, that was enough.
Yilisi had basically achieved her goal.
So after patting Fiona’s forehead as a reward, the Demon Lord formally issued her decree.
“Starting tomorrow, Fiona Draco will be the new governor of the Old Demon City.”
“Of course, I won’t reveal your name. To the outside, you’ll still be called the Demon Lord’s Consort, and as before, you cannot show your true face. During this time, we won’t be able to meet often.”
Though she herself would also head to the Old Demon City in the coming days for a pre-war inspection tour of the city.
Unfortunately, she needed to keep some distance from Fiona.
That was both a safety consideration and part of the future plan.
As for Fiona, she had no issues with Yilisi’s current arrangements.
For her, it just meant wearing an extra magic-shielding veil to cover her face.
The only downside was not being able to see her master often, which made her a little sad.
But what Yilisi was about to say next really cranked up the pressure on Fiona.
“And while you’re doing strength training, you also need to disguise yourself as a human and act as bait in the Black Prison Dungeon.”
“Cassia will assist you then.”
Strength training Fiona could understand, since she’d just agreed to it.
But acting as bait…
If Yilisi wasn’t joking, that meant she had to turn back into her former self and lure her old teammates into the trap.
It wasn’t that she felt sorry for those teammates, but did this boring operation really have any meaning?
And thinking back, Yilisi had already used this trick before.
Back then, she was tied up and hung on a torture cart, paraded through several cities.
The goal was to lure Fiona’s teammates into a rescue attempt so they could all be captured.
But the truth was, no one cared about her miserable situation.
And even worse, not long after, Fiona, who had been broken in limbs and steadfast in defiance, saw a newspaper in the cold, damp dungeon that fabricated facts and labeled her a traitor.
Though Yilisi had already mentioned last night that, thirty years later, a group of so-called “old acquaintances” were coming to rescue her.
Fiona still couldn’t believe those people would have a change of heart.
She preferred a more conspiratorial guess.
“Maybe…”
“Could my information have leaked? Did they find out who I am and plan this operation?”
Yilisi had naturally considered Fiona’s theory.
Because if those humans learned that she herself had delivered a hero with an innate egg-hatching saintly body to the demons, they would undoubtedly stop at nothing to eliminate her.
After all, one more dragon in this world was a terrible thing for humanity.
Especially since the child Fiona bore was the Demon Lord’s offspring—making it even more terrifying.
But a leak seemed unlikely.
Besides the excellent security, the main reason was that the intelligence Yilisi had received was indeed about a rescue, not an assassination.
And among the high-ranking members of the church, it was already an open secret.
This meant that Fiona, once branded with the traitor’s hat 🎩, had suddenly, overnight, become a steadfast, unyielding, and enduring hero.
How to put it?
Pretty exaggerated.
Such a big thing wasn’t as simple as just clearing her name.
The judges who delivered the verdict and the witnesses who participated in the slander would all be affected by the retribution of a retrial.
If not for multiple verifications confirming the intelligence, not only would Fiona not believe it, but Yilisi, who had seen countless storms, would have suspected her own spy had gone wrong.
Of course, this was also due to Yilisi’s meticulous intelligence work.
Although she had hidden all news and records of the Shield Hero from the outside, she had deliberately released false information that Fiona had been imprisoned in some unknown dungeon for years.
The original plan was to set a trap and see if they could catch a big fish.
But by accident, it had now come in handy.