Okay I admit I may have responded to her asking for a place to stay a little too fast but in my defense no girl had ever asked to go to my house mantis or not. When you're thin and lanky and have eyes that seem to look like they are ready for murder at any time its rare to be approached at all period
So, when a beautiful girl asks to visit your home you damn well say yes even if you just watched her kill three men and then look at you for approval. How did I know she was trying to impress me? When she looked up to my branch after killing them with the expression of a daughter who was looking for a head pat, I got a rough idea of what she was doing. But hey crazy girls need love too, so maybe I shouldn't judge
Although I must admit it was rather impressive… I'll have to get her to teach me the technique if I ever get a human body, the very idea of ripping out a cultivator's core in front of their eyes sent happy shivers down my spine, I mean its like boning your bully's mom, just complete victory
The core exploding was a first for me though and judging by how she was lying on the ground in pain with back of her robe burnt off showing her now toasted skin she hadn't expected it either
When she asked for a place to stay, I admit once again that maybe instantly revealing myself could have ended badly but judging from the girls near starstruck expression I should be fine
She was looking at me like someone looks when someone won the lottery but of course I don't know the feeling
While she was looking at me like I was a new puppy I began to think of my next course of action, if I took here back to the tree the chances of here running into danger were almost non existent and could easily keep an eye on her or make a deal with her to find the forest exit and on the other hand I would have to constantly watch and follow her as to find the way out of here
I obviously chose the first option and then spent the next entire minute on what to say
Finally able to hold in my giggling I told her with as short words as possible
"Haaaave Saaafe Plaaassse" God it was hard to speak without slurring my words, but I think I'm getting a hold of it
She immediately snaped her head to my face with a badly hidden hopeful gaze "is it safe from other members of my sect, because they seem to also want me dead" she responded in her rather beautiful voice. Not going to lie her attitude reminded me of the stereotypical villain, like Maleficent but even hotter (only maybe)
"Kekeke Not eeeeven Deeeemons enterrr" she stopped hiding her hopeful look for all of 1 second before she began to look at me suspiciously…probably because of the laugh
"Why have you been helping me?"
Honestly, I was surprised she had noticed that someone was helping her, better watch her, she's sharp. Its always the pretty ones you need to be careful around. though in all fairness I had been literally stalking her for nearly two entire days without rest, and giggling creepily certainly wouldn't make me seem like a better or safer person
"Taalk aaat hooome" it was getting easier and easier to talk but harder and harder to not giggle. Oh, and it was also around midnight so the Class 4s would be hunting
"How am I going to get there?" she said looking me over with a slightly confused look
I always wanted to do this!
Before she could even react, I had folded my swords behind me and lifting her up by the waist carful of her burns placed her between them behind my upper body, now normally if you did this to a demonic cultivator you would spend the next eternity screaming in unimaginable pain once they got their hands on you but she needed me so even though she was clearly annoyed by a "lesser creature" touching her she let it slide
And then I took off towards my home
As we flew I was a little sad she didn't scream and grab my waist but we cant always win, flying from branch to branch at high speeds for an hour or so we finally reached a dead tree that she seemed rather unimpressed by, she did however appreciate my home defense system "are those purple mist orchids!?" she shouted pointing towards the little and extremely lethal garden at the base of my tree, to which I just shrugged as I saw almost literal dollar signs appear in her eyes as we landed she hopped off my back and looked around my lair
She looked almost as shocked seeing the bed and bath/mirror as she had when she saw the flowers before she turned to me with a look that clearly spelt what she wanted and that she was nearly ready to die for it, nodding at her reaction I walked over to one of the corners of my room and pulled out from behind the bed a Class two core that I had harvested while I was keeping an eye on her.
Chucking it towards her and seeing her once again shocked look I responded with as little hissing as possible "Bathe aand heeal" indicating towards the core and bath before flying out of the cave to give her some privacy and get dinner myself leaving her alone to her own devices
After all its not like she could leave with a field of flowers that could kill a Demon Beast surrounding her
Kekeke