Chapter 39: The Queen Arrives

Although this was a necessary measure to ensure the smooth progress of the mission, both sides were ultimately enemies.

As long as the goal could be achieved, even if underhanded tactics were used, it was a game of wits where each relied on their own abilities.

It had nothing to do with morality or politeness.

Beileisi naturally had no objection to this, so she didn’t take personal revenge by subjecting Ka Xiya to vigilante justice.

And the things she had to do each day were actually quite simple: round-the-clock surveillance of the human entrusted to her by Her Highness the Princess.

Since the cells they were housed in were of high quality and equipped with all basic amenities, one of the few tasks Beileisi had to do was deliver prison meals.

Because this was already a deep, confidential area, it was naturally impossible for just anyone to enter.

Normally, at the appropriate times, the guards on the upper level of the dungeon would use a simple encrypted teleportation array to send the food.

Although these two prisoners were VIPs staying in luxurious private cells, prison food still wouldn’t be that tasty—at most it would keep them from starving to death.

Yi Sha Bei La’s situation was better; even though she was severely injured, she still had some appetite and could eat.

But Linka, who was determined to die, had it rough.

In addition to bearing the dual pressure of mental and physical erosion from the demonic energy, she was also forced to eat the disgusting food that the Demon Dragon had forcibly fed her.

That was not human food, but some blood-red solid gel.

Moreover, this stuff had an extremely strong smell of blood; just the scent entering her nostrils made Linka feel nauseous and want to vomit.

Therefore, she strongly resisted this prison meal specially prepared for her.

Besides, she had resolved to die, so eating or not eating no longer mattered.

So on the first day of imprisonment, Linka, who was still in excruciating pain and unable to get out of bed, launched a silent hunger strike against the ‘dark cuisine’ that Beileisi was feeding her.

Coincidentally, her mentor Fei’ouna had used the same trick back in the day.

(Note: Fei’ouna’s situation was quite special; while retaining her own habits, she also passed on some dietary habits to her daughter.)

But obviously Fei’ouna failed, because Yilisi had ways to pry open her lips.

Although Beileisi seemed a bit dim-witted, having been a ‘jail warden’ for so many years, she had her own methods for dealing with hunger-striking prisoners.

Take this purple-haired woman who was in the midst of demonic corruption transformation; she was actually very easy to tame.

Because her body had undergone irreversible changes, her dietary preferences had naturally undergone a fundamental shift.

Human food had become tasteless and extremely inefficient in energy utilization for her.

And because Linka needed a large amount of magical energy to heal her injuries, every cell in her body had an almost insane craving for the mana-rich flesh and blood.

So the physical discomfort was quickly suppressed by instinctual desire.

Then, combined with Beileisi’s force-feeding method—using a specially made funnel that directly entered the esophagus—she could dump the demonic beasts’ blood straight into Linka’s stomach.

After one or two times, as the demonic corruption accelerated, even if the other party could still stubbornly deny it or continue fasting, her body had already become addicted to the wild ingredients unique to the demon race.

However, up to now, after several attempts, Beileisi had yet to see the other party give up her dignity and beg humbly for food.

Each time, she would place a porcelain bowl filled with demonic beast blood in the cell, but this purple-haired ‘undead human’ would still control her desire to eat through sheer willpower, even when her body trembled from hunger and saliva dripped from the corners of her mouth.

In the end, she had no choice but to resort to force-feeding.

All in all, setting aside their positions, Beileisi still respected Linka.

Moreover, Linka was very different from other undead humans that Beileisi had seen.

She had clearer rationality and a higher precision of demonization, very close to pure elite demons, completely unlike those ant-like maggots that were extremely crude and ugly.

Facing this special situation, although Beileisi had heard of it before, because it was so rare, this was the first time she had seen with her own eyes a human with such perfect demonization.

Moreover, the other’s muscle lines, which combined a sense of power and beauty, happened to be exactly to Beileisi’s taste.

If she had the chance, she really wanted to have another contest of strength to settle unfinished business and make up for her regret.

But that would certainly be a matter for later, because a heavyweight big shot, without any warning, suddenly came to the dungeon area under Beileisi’s jurisdiction late one night a few days later.

Think about it—the other’s personal guard was Her Highness Ka Xiya, and the one who could make the eldest princess act as a bodyguard was only one of two individuals in the entire demon realm.

One was the Demon King Yilisi, and the other was the Demon Queen, the princess’s biological mother.

And if it was the Demon King who came, Beileisi wouldn’t have been that nervous, after all, she directly took orders from Yilisi, first serving as a personal guard of the Demon King, and only later becoming the warden of the Black Prison Dungeon.

Of course, there was also Ka Xiya, the ‘boss.’

For various reasons, most of the time, our princess also acted on behalf of the Demon King’s authority, so Beileisi actually had two bosses.

But no matter which one, she was quite familiar with them, at least she wouldn’t get nervous upon meeting.

But the Queen was different.

Beileisi didn’t even know the name of this great female dragon who had brought hope of continuation to the Demon Dragon Court.

It wasn’t just her; this was probably a mystery throughout the entire demon race.

Moreover, the other almost never left the castle, only appearing with a veil during ceremonies or celebrations.

Beileisi had once heard Ka Xiya say that her mother was a loving housewife with no intention whatsoever of getting involved in the court’s management affairs.

But Her Majesty the Queen came to the deep level of the dungeon tonight—what did she intend to do?

It couldn’t be related to the rumors about the Demon King outside, could it…

However, before she could think it over, Beileisi immediately received an evacuation order from Ka Xiya.

But this evacuation wasn’t to clear out the prisoners; it was aimed at all the guards, including herself, to have them all removed without a single one left.

Although there was a certain risk in doing so, since it was confirmed to be the Queen’s order, Beileisi quickly carried it out.

Fortunately, the deep area itself didn’t hold many prisoners, and its footprint was small, so she finished the task in no time.

And when she finally left, Beileisi was very fortunate to see up close this tall Queen.