The hall was grand and magnificent but at the same time, could give one chills with a creepy evil aura enveloping it. There was a black carpet in the centre with high leveled demons gathering on each side. And there, before all these powerful evils sat a man on his resplendent throne, his attires all black with intricate patterns of silvery threads embroidered on hems.
Sitting leisurely with his legs crossed, He Tengfei patted his daughter's head who was sitting on a smaller throne made of red crystal besides. His little daughter looked so bored with her elbow on the armrest, resting her chin on one fist.
Glancing over at the corpse that was lying on the black carpet with thousands of sword cut injuries, He Tengfei narrowed his eyes. The convict had already got what he deserved. But his little girl seemed to be disgusted by the hideous corpse which was emitting such stinky odor with its foul liquid.
With a wave of his hand, the demon gestured Ye Hu who was standing nearby to remove the corpse right away. The entire hall was completely enveloped by silence at the moment.
The punishment lord He gave to this betrayer left other demons with absolute horror. They could still hear pleas and screams of this convict before he died. They all witnessed which sort of ending was awaiting them if they chose to betray this lord. No matter how loyal they were to this lord right now, they couldn't help but to shrink into themselves at the sight of this brutal punishment.
The corpse was already removed and the black carpet had been cleaned leaving it with a brand new look. But princess Jingyi was still like this with a cloud hanging over her head as though she was unhappy about something. In fact, lord He was just overthinking. This little lady here was simply bored to death at this unexciting show. Only when the lord caught a glimpse of his daughter yawning did he finally tumble to a realization to the problem. It seemed like this horror show didn't do its trick for his little daughter and left her with boredom.
"Girl, is it that boring?"
He Jingyi almost nodded off when he heard his father's voice. Rubbing his sleepy eyes with a frown, he glanced over at the entire hall. Demons had their heads bowed and were absolutely quiet the moment. Some seemed to be afraid whereas some appeared uneasy. What were they planning to do like this? To get him somnolent? To get his eyes heavy? Weren't they supposed to be shouting or hurling insults at the convict who had just been slain? Were they not demons? Were they not wicked creatures? What so frightening about this little horror show? Just fuckin cowards....
"Mn.....dad, if I keep seeing these annoying faces of useless idiots, I'm going to die out of boredom. Isn't there any exciting mission by which I don't need these hideous ones following behind? Like outside of the demon realm?"
Using that puppy eyes attack, He Jingyi attempted to make good use of his father's kindness. Yeah....he knew he was not a real girl. Nor it was a good thing to take advantage of this lord's kindness over his dead daughter. But.....even if he was not the real daughter of this evil lord, even if they were no where near blood-related, he couldn't help it. This person was the only one in this vicious world who showered him with sincere love...who treated him like a real family member.
This was the only place where he felt like he belonged to. He Jingyi had no recollection of his past life's memories either. So instead of staying by the side of this evil overlord father, in this cruel world, he just couldn't find any place he could belong to. Heaven sent his soul from hell to be a daughter of this demon. And he also didn't feel like running away.
Until the day when the truth would be revealed by itself, He Jingyi just chose to stay by the side of this evil dad. At least, he wouldn't be an orphan till that day. At least, he wouldn't get forsaken till that day..... isn't it? Trying to stop himself from such terrifying trains of thoughts, He Jingyi looked up at his father, waiting eagerly for a positive response.
Touching his chin with one hand, Lord He seemed to be in deep thoughts at his daughter's question. That's right. It had almost been months since he let this precious daughter of his set foot into human realm. Since her fight with prince Jiang which almost led to her death, happened, he had no choice but to forbid this wilful girl from roaming around all the three realms as she wished.
No wonder she was filled with such gloomy mood these days.....maybe, he had gone a little overboard about that. He was such an old man already, so he wouldn't mind trapping in this boring realm all the time. But his daughter was a different story.
But then, to let her go as she wished, like in the old days, demon He knew he might not be able to stay reassured. Just in case, He Tengfei wanted to give He Jingyi some high leveled demonic subordinates. But his little girl didn't want them either. Demon He was having a hard time finding a solution when a certain son-in-law-to-be of his came to his mind.
Why didn't he thought of that crown prince earlier? This way, his little daughter would get what she wanted. And as for that desperate crown prince, he could also have a chance to capture his daughter's love. This was exactly what it called to kill two birds with a stone.
Though, at the moment, he was using Ming Zixin as a tool just to get what he wanted..... If that prince were to be really able to prove himself being worthy of his precious daughter, demon He wouldn't mind changing his plans. Till now, that prince was doing all fine and almost finished the first mission of their deal. There're still another two more tasks for Ming Zixin which were going to take at least a few more years. But his impression of the prince was already starting to change.
Nodding to himself, the old demon finally made up his mind as he bestowed the very awaited response to his seemingly pathetic daughter.
"Okay.....if that's the case, then your next mission is to help Ming Zixin with his task in the human realm."
" Eek, I have to work with that mute uncle?"
He Tengfei, who finally realized his chosen son-in-law still needed to put a lot of effort to get his daughter's love, nodded his head once again as a satisfying thought occurred to him.
Mn...that's my girl.....