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Chapter 12 - Being Eaten While Naked

Through all her reincarnations lives in the False Realm, nothing had ever made her so desperate and agitated to kill someone before, except now. She had never felt so humiliated either. So now, she had this burning desire to swallow... no, she had swallowed him, technically. Umm...

'Kill him?'

Couldn't really do that. She would kill them both.

'Smack him?'

She shook her head. Nope, she would have to smack herself as well and she had just done that to her eyes just now. It hurt.

Ugh...

"Pfft... I'd like to remind you that I can hear your thoughts. And my dear, you're a very interesting human being."

He just couldn't hold it in. She was too adorable! She was so concerned with her body being seen and yet, ironically, she had come to term with 'being one' with him? What sort of situation was this?

Anyway, he had seen far too many naked bodies. It didn't surprise him anymore. But, he would not tell this fussy little cat or who knew what else she would do. He tried to conceal his thoughts from her as he was a bit worried with her claws now.

While he was busy worrying, the little cat's face had turned bright red!

"Shut up!" She yelled in her mind, like a child who had just lost in arguments.

"Okay, okay. I'll shut up now. As you wish, My Dear." His voice was strangely gentle and kind. It sounded like he was trying to coax her.

She thought she heard it wrong. Knowing this demon, he was probably just teasing her. Hmph! She was not a child. 'I'll show you who's the boss!'

"Master!" she exclaimed.

He raised an eyebrow. What now? He was confused. Was she calling him master?

Heh...

If she wanted to switch their role in the play, he would become her 'kind and loving' master with pleasure. That could make things easier for him too. However, before he could act it out, the fussy little cat had bared her sharp claws and aggressively scratched his dream to pieces.

"Not 'my dear', call me Master!" she demanded arrogantly, like a queen ordering her servant. She even lifted her chin up as if she was high above the others.

"What?"

What master? He was instantly defeated by this little cat. But then, a light flickered in his eyes. In just a moment, his brain went south again. His heart became jittery all of the sudden. Did she mean that she wanted to be the one on top and rule him over? So, he would be her submissive then?

Oh, that was new. He had never been the one in the bottom before. He offered to call her master that one time when they first met, it was because he was just trying to persuade her and humans were easy to be lured by power. So he had to make her feel that she was the boss. Good thing she rejected it.

However, now he thought about it again. How she demanded him to call her master, that sounded tantalizing. He felt that she was sort of sexy and at the same time, cute, trying to be all dominant over him. This little cat begging him like a spoiled princess had successfully nudged his heart.

While he was being all chummy with his thoughts alone, the little cat had begun to hiss impatiently.

"You said it before, you would call me master. I declined but now I change my mind. As your owner, I demand that you call me master!" she exclaimed again. Meow! this feline's paw had whacked the demon's brain once and for all.

Crack!

And his imagination was shattered to pieces. Now, he was completely defeated, for real. It galled him. Somehow, he felt that his self-esteem was hurt. His face was contorted into a nasty expression. Owner? She said 'Owner'?! He was not a pet! How dare this human? He was already thinking to be kind to her too.

Truthfully, Li Fei didn't think that way. She just thought of being a master of a junior or something. The demon was way out of his head.

"Woman, you said we're just going to use our names," he argued. He would not admit defeat. Not now, not ever. He would not call her master.

"You're just a guest. Learn how to be ashamed! Call me master or consider this contract gone. It's not like I haven't died before anyway."

The little cat was tenacious. Turned out, he had taken an aggressive one! He felt a headache coming. Hearing her persistent tone with her cute pouting, he felt like he was already losing the argument even though it had just started. He needed to escape from this unfavorable dispute.

Fortunately for him, it seemed that the goddess of luck had chose to side with him this time out of pity as he began to sense a presence. He perked up and smiled evilly, knowing that the couple and some of the villagers had awaken.

"Hey, Woman," He called. However, before he managed to continue, Li Fei had already interrupted him, "Call me Master."

Tch! This fussy little cat.

"You sure you want to argue about this now? Look there, you dumb cat! They're waking up."

Eh? Li Fei lifted her head and her eyes locked on the two people in an instant. She gulped. They had indeed sat up. After that, she couldn't be bother to look at the village anymore. All that she could think about was, run!

She was naked, for God's sake!

"Where're you going??" The demon asked in panic. Why was she running away? Why not just dumped herself into the spring again? That couple was his other contractor. He made a deal with them to bring this wild cat here.

"To that forest!" She pointed at the Crystal Forest not far away from her position. "I'm not going to just stand there naked, am I? This body is not for display."

The demon face-palmed. This little cat. Indeed, her beauty was out of this world. After all, he was the one who created her current body using his power. Well, the power that he had absorbed beforehand when they arrived in this world. Anyway, how could it not be perfect? But still, her body belonged to a 13 or 14 years old girl. It was a child body. Yet, she seemed to regard it as if it was a precious jewel, the best of the best. Nobody was permitted to glance at it, except her.

Whatever, he was too exhausted to comment any further. She could do whatever she want. "Yes. Just run far away into the forest as fast as you can. You have just missed an opportunity to be saved by that couple."

Li Fei abruptly stopped running when she had just stepped into the forest.

"What did you just say?"

"Nothing." He simply feigned ignorance. Let this be his little revenge for her! 'This pet' was going to shut his mouth now.

"I heard you said something about being saved by that couple." She squinted her eyes suspiciously. "Did you know them?"

"Master, this one has nothing more to say."

After that, he became mute. Li Fei could neither feel his consciousness nor could she hear his thoughts. 'What the hell? I thought it was not possible since we were the same soul. But now he could conceal himself?' Li Fei thought to herself. She gritted her teeth. He lied!

"Oi-"

She halted. Right, she didn't know his name. She covered her face with her hands and sighed.

"Hey Demon."

"..."

"Heyy!!"

"..."

She coughed. "My dear."

As soon as she said that, she blushed so hard that her face looked like a cherry tomato. However, there was still no respond. Ugh. He was mad, right? He had to be from his last respond, but why?

She scratched her head. She had no clue. She tilted her head. Could he be sulking because she asked him to call her master?

"Pfftt..." That bad, huh?

Li Fei shook her head. Oh well, might as well enjoy this solitary. Thinking about it now, she had been too hot-headed since she met him. Her actions after that had become rather impulsive. She felt ashamed somehow, for acting so childish.

She let out a heavy sigh. Then again, whenever the demon crossed her mind, she just felt like a time-bomb that could detonate in any seconds. He was really annoying. Every time they talked, he had somehow got on her nerve. He seemed to have a talent for that.

Li Fei leaned down on a tree. Her black hair scattered loosely onto the snow. She sat there on the ground. Her pale skin camouflaging with the pearl white snow as the coldness seeped into her pores, calming her down. Then, a series of conversations she and the demon had so far entered her mind. She couldn't help but smile.

Hmm....

Well, he might not be that bad. Even though she felt irritated all the time, she felt a certain sense of security and trust with him. It was strange and ironic, in account that he was a demon. She was supposed to be frightened by his presence. But now, she felt lost without him.

It was then it hit her, she was really alone in this new realm she arrived in. She knew nothing about it, she had not identity, no strings attached, no past, nothing. Before when she was reincarnated in the False Realm, her soul always inhabited another person's body. She automatically had an identity and her associates who came with it.

But now, she was born anew. This body was hers and hers alone. In addition, she had no name, though the demon called her Li Fei. Remembering that, her smile became even more profound. Her beautiful face blossomed like a flower in early spring. Perhaps, she should stick with that name.

'Hmm... Li Fei doesn't sound so bad.'

While she indulged herself with her thoughts, a 'scrunch' was heard, like the sound of somebody stepping on the thick snow. It pulled her back into focus. However, her face turned ashen upon seeing the scene in front of her.

A wolf emerged out of thin air. It slowly appeared from a layer of invisibility. The color of its fur interchanged between pale white and sky blue, basked in glittering aura of its majestic spiritual power. Two pairs of violet eyes were violently glowering as it stalked the little girl in front of it.

Gulp...

Li Fei's heart was lodged in her throat. She felt like her soul had flown out of her body as her gaze met that pair of violet eyes. She was not seen by people but in return, stalked by a weird unknown species of wolf.

Ugh, her day couldn't get any worse. Was she going to be eaten while still naked?