Chapter 229: A Maid’s Interrogation (I)

"Stop, this is Princess Krista Dragoon and Princess Leila Dragoon's living quarters. No men are allowed here." A woman suddenly came forward with some maid clothes as she shouted at Zen.

Zen was in disbelief as he wondered if Krista Dragoon ever bothered herself in informing her people that he would show up.

Zen cleared his throat softly before glancing at the maid in front of him. 

"Did Krista not explain my identity to you?" Zen asked softly.

The maid narrowed her eyes as she tried to recognize him since Zen was acting overly familiar with their princess since he said Krista Dragoon first name only.

"I've never seen you before so please wait here as I shall ask Princess Krista Dragoon." The maid said as she turned around to leave.

However, she warned Zen for one last time to not make any other movement and stay put in his position before entering inside.

Zen smiled bitterly when he received the same treatment as the imperial guards. 

"Well at least the maid was much more reasonable than Konner and she is actually loyal to Krista," Zen mumbled softly as he leaned on a wall to support himself.

After all, he wasn't the type of person to just stand still and hated lining up for anything.

Sometime later, the maid returned from inside and stared at Zen, seemingly trying to see if he was the correct person.

"What is your name?" The maid asked.

"The name is Zen Von Henning and Krista's ally," Zen smiled at her and replied swiftly.

He thought he could enter inside now but the maid raised her hand to halt his movement.

"Apologies but you can't enter yet just because you gave me a name." The maid said as she shook her head, causing Zen to twitch his mouth slightly.

"Can't you see I'm very handsome and have the demeanor of a peerless mage? Who else do you think I am other than Zen?" Zen exclaimed loudly as he wanted to sit down already.

"I'm sorry but I'm just trying to be cautious and confirm your identity. If you are truly Princess Krista Dragoon's ally then you wouldn't mind me doing some checking because there are many spies that tried to sneak inside." The maid said without any change of emotion despite Zen's outburst.

Seeing how the maid was merely doing her duty without slacking off, Zen gave up arguing and allowed her to question him.

After all, being unreasonable now wouldn't make anything better. Worse, it would only delay him further and make him more suspicious.

"Alright, ask away now. I'm the real Zen anyway so nothing can be difficult for me." Zen said as he continued to lean on the wall.

The maid didn't bother with his rude behavior and asked with a solemn expression, "How many women have you fucked before?"

COUGH!

Zen almost choked on his own saliva when he heard the question from the maid.

"Cough Cough, what kind of question did you just ask?" Zen coughed multiple times as he asked the maid while hoping he misheard her question.

The maid remained calm and said it again with a deadpan expression, "I asked, how many women have you fucked before?"

Zen narrowed his eyes and wondered if the maid was trying to toy with him but was dumbfounded to realize her seriousness.

'Who the fuck asks that kind of question to determine the person's identity?' Zen cursed inwardly as he couldn't understand this logic.

Hence, he decided to ignore her question and fire back with his own. "Instead of asking questions to confirm my identity, you might as well get Krista out here as she would recognize me the instant she sees my face."

Zen held a smug face as his words were logical and reasonable since nothing is better than having Krista Dragoon coming out to identify him.

However, to his disbelief, the maid shook her head with a resolute expression. 

"If we listened to your request then wouldn't everyone be coming here, requesting our prestige Princess Krista Dragoon to come out every time to identify someone?" The maid said in response to Zen's question.

"What is your name, maid?" Zen asked as he decided to mess with her once this identifying issue is over.

"I'm just a lowly maid that doesn't deserve others to acknowledge me so you can just call me a maid. After all, your expression tells me everything about what you're thinking and trying to do." The maid said kindly.

Although the maid said it kindly with a gentle tone, Zen can feel her teasing and even mocking him.

"Fine, but can't you ask another question instead of how many women I fucked because I can guarantee you would soon be on the list if you annoyed me too much or crossed my line," Zen shouted as he started leering at her body.

This time, Zen could feel the maid shuddered slightly but soon recovered after her initial shock from his word.

The maid took a deep breath before nodding her head, "Very well then. I shall ask another question for you."

And she continued, "What kind of magic spell do you know or more precisely, what kind of flame do you have?"

Zen smiled briefly at this reasonable question from the maid when compared to her ridiculous personal question about how many women he fucked. 

"I can do something like this," Zen said as he snapped his finger and the BloodJade Flame soon appeared and started swirling around him.

The maid glanced at the BloodJade Flame and its unique color briefly before nodding her head.

"Okay, that matches one of the criteria of the correct person but it doesn't mean you are Zen yet." The maid said calmly, causing Zen to want to strangle her alive.

His flame was unique in the Jade Kingdom and none could ever replicate his flame unless they had the same essence flame as him.

'This maid is too cheeky with that deadpan expression.' Zen cried inwardly as he wanted to barge inside already.