Chapter 282 – Lifetime Commitmen

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Elena, I want you to be my maid, and in order to achieve that, I despicably bound you with the slave contract and purposely avoided things to not let you get in contact with demon related stuff so you can’t go back to the Forest of the End.

So, although I like you, I’m a selfish master.

Elena, it’s true that I like you, but as you saw, my relationship with ShenDai Ying is still ambiguous. I was heartbroken when her marriage with another man was set, but I still won’t give up, those feelings aren’t fake.

So, I like you, but I’m an indecisive fool.

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He should say that to Elena, but if he did so, would he still get the answer he wanted?

“Elena, I, I…”

Since he couldn’t come open, he could only find an excuse.

But there were none.

Drunk? No, he was clearly faking.

A joke? No, he would never use feelings as a joke, he would rather be indecisive than a frivolous and irresponsible scum.

It was strange, Lin Xiao could always find a way to get out of difficult situations, but now that he was facing that girl staring at him, he was helpless.

“Nothing to say?”

Seeing that he was silent, Elena continued to express her feelings.

“Lin Xiao, please don’t take me for ShenDai Ying, I’m different from her.”

“Are you… different?”

“Yes, I’m a demon, different from you foolish and lowly humans. We high-level demons only have one spouse in our entire lifetime, no cheating, and no change of heart, furthermore, we aren’t fickle and indecisive like you humans. Lin Xiao, did you know? My mother passed away soon after giving birth to me, my father, as the Demon King, never took on a new partner… do you understand what that means?”

“Oh, I understand…”

“No, you don’t! Lin Xiao, you don’t understand us demons, and you don’t understand me.”

Elena stared at Lin Xiao’s eyes, her expression was as usual and she didn’t look angry, but Lin Xiao felt that she was more angry than she had ever been.

“We heavily value the feelings between two people, and would always keep a promise that was made between the two and would never leave our partners… we don’t easily make a commitment, but once we do, it’s for a lifetime.”

“A lifetime commitment… you guys are pretty romantic.”

“That’s not the point!” Seeing as how Lin Xiao still didn’t really understand, Elena could only helplessly sigh and get to the point, “Lin Xiao, I’m not like ShenDai Ying, I don’t want a promise that can’t be kept, so please don’t easily give me one, don’t trample on my dignity and feelings like a toy.”

“A promise that can’t be kept…”

There’s a presupposition for that logic.

Even if Lin Xiao irresponsibly made a promise, if Elena didn’t accept, how would her dignity and feelings be trampled on?

So was she implying that as long as he promised, she would…

Was it really like that?

Was Lin Xiao overthinking it, or was Elena intentionally hinting at it?

For some reason, Lin Xiao really wanted to know the answer, so he couldn’t help but ask.

“Elena, if I gave you a promise, would you also give me an answ…”

“Lin Xiao, it seems like you still don’t understand.” Elena shook her head and interrupted him, “It doesn’t matter what my answer is, the point it, as long as I make a promise, I would never go back on it, not even if I die! But Lin Xiao, are you able to do that? No, you can’t, so please don’t waste your breath and don’t make me waste any more superfluous feelings on you.”

“Waste… your feelings?”

“Yes Lin Xiao, I already wasted too much time on you, if you still want to play with my feelings, I would rather leave.”

Elena’s logic was simple, even if she responded to Lin Xiao’s expectations, but if Lin Xiao couldn’t keep it like her, unwavering until death, then her feelings would be wasted and played with.

Elena wasn’t ShenDai Ying, she didn’t enjoy a false happiness in the moment and didn’t want a short and fruitless promise.

She wanted a lifetime.

“Wait… Elena, did you just say leave?”

How was Elena going to leave with the contract still in place?

“Heh, Lin Xiao, do you really think I won’t undo the contract? If you keep irresponsibly playing with me like that, I would rather bear your child, then leave… I’ll just treat it as a stain of my lifetime. I’ll give birth to the child, and raise it, then find a way to kill you.”

“You damn cat, how could you kill your child’s father!?”

“So Lin Xiao, what’s your answer? You have to tell me clearly, don’t try to change the topic, you have to explain what you said earlier.”

“Wait… don’t get mad! I really didn’t mean to tease you and purposely waste your feelings, I just, I…”

“You what? Spit it out! Lin Xiao, what did you mean by it?”

Elena stepped close and approached his face, not even giving him a chance to look away.

Now that its come to this, Lin Xiao couldn’t escape anymore, once he gave his answer, this complicated master-servant relationship would end and change into a completely different one… either parting ways, or growing old together.

Of course, Elena was thinking that even if Lin Xiao actually confessed to her, she would never accept and would instead sternly reject and curse at him so that he would never be able to raise his head in front of a girl for the rest of his life!

Yes, she definitely wouldn’t accept!

How could she accept that pervert?

Definitely not.

Definitely!

Definitely, not…

“Hm? What are you two talking about? You seem to be very happy.”

Elena suddenly heard a familiar voice.

Following that voice, the stagnated world began to spin once more, the noises from the hall, the color, the people, dancing, everything came back within their view, and Lin Xiao who was banished to the void realm by Elena came back to reality.

The person who rescued him, was ShenDai Ying.

“ShenDai Ying!”

Looking at that woman walk closer step by step, it was the first time Elena truly found how detestable she was, actually interrupting their important conversation at the most crucial part.

It was like ShenDai Ying saw through her, the more she frowned, the faster ShenDai Ying walked, and arrived next to Lin Xiao in a blink of an eye and intentionally or unintentionally leaned against him.

“Are you guys planning on dancing? Hehe, Elena, I’m so jealous of you, you have such a nice master, he’s even willing to dance with you.”

“Sister Ying!? No, we…”

“You don’t have to be.” Elena followed up and snorted, “I won’t dance with him.”

“Oh? Then what are you doing? Could you be publicly confessing?” ShenDai Ying pretended to be surprised and asked.

She was only casually teasing them, but didn’t expect to accidentally hit the nail on the head.

“Confessing? Perhaps, but a certain pervert doesn’t want to do that.” Elena squinted her eyes and answered ShenDai Ying’s question, but she was still staring at the idiot who couldn’t give an answer.

“Elena, I…”

“Okay, since your beloved princess is here, you don’t need me to act as your dance partner.”

Elena paused, then glanced at ShenDai Ying and then turned to leave.

“Hey, where are you going?”

“I’m going to get some fresh air.” Elena said without looking back.

“What if you get bothered again… don’t go!”

“None of your business.”

Elena quickly disappeared into the crowd.

“Wu… Lin Xiao, did I do something wrong? She seems angry at me.” ShenDai Ying pouted and guilty batted her eyelids.

“Don’t worry Sister Ying, she’s not angry at you, but because I… sigh, but thanks to you coming, otherwise I really didn’t know what I should do.”

“Is that so? Hehe, then does that mean I did you a big favor?”

“Un, I guess…”

“If that’s the case, shouldn’t you also do me a favor?”

“No problem, ask away, I’ll definitely help!”

Her enticing scent entered his nose and the fragrance startled awake Lin Xiao, who was still immersed in the conversation he just had with Elena. Then he realized, ShenDai Ying was right next to him, looking up to him with flushed cheeks and asking for help.

“Hey Lin Xiao, can you dance with me?”

“Okay… eh? Wait! What?”

Lin Xiao thought he misheard and opened his eyes in disbelief. But before he could ask, ShenDai Ying already grabbed his arm and dragged him to the center of the dance, ignoring the surprised gaze of the surrounding people and gently grabbed his hands, showing a happy smile.