Volume 2, Chapter 23 – The Boss Lady Got Kidnapped? You’ve Got to Be Kidding Me!

How on earth did things end up like this?

Serveiling pondered this question gloomily in her mind.

Even now, Serveiling still vividly remembered how Ailiya had been quite resistant to letting the Boss Lady replenish her Augury Force when they had first formed their contract. Back then, the little girl had been adamant about getting her hands on potions that could supplement her Augury Force as quickly as possible.

On ordinary days, unless she was starving to the point of dizziness and confusion, that girl would never go to the Boss Lady for “milk.”

But at some point, the girl had started actively seeking out the Boss Lady for “milk,” and not only that… she had even used the excuse of heavy cultivation consumption to increase the frequency.

After that,

Even when Yelena had actually managed to procure that special potion, the girl had shown no intention of using it.

Instead…

Looking at the remnants of the potion at Ailiya’s feet, Serveiling spoke up with some confusion:

“Back then, you were always so eager to get your hands on this potion. Now that you have it, you just destroyed it?”

“That was then, this is now, Cat Sis.”

Ailiya placed one hand on her hip and replied with a serious and earnest expression:

“Whether it’s Lianyue or you guys, don’t you all want me to improve my strength as quickly as possible? And if I want to improve quickly, using a substitute potion like this just won’t do. It’s far less efficient than getting power directly from Lianyue~”

As she spoke, Ailiya clasped her hands together and continued with a pleading look:

“So, I’ll have to trouble you to help me out again, Cat Sis. Just like before, tell them that this potion is no longer being produced.”

“Sigh, I got it.”

Serveiling resignedly nodded.

After all,

No matter how much this girl stirred up trouble, the one being troubled wasn’t her, but the Boss Lady.

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As the saying goes, “If it doesn’t concern you, just let it be.”

Serveiling couldn’t be bothered to care anymore.

Let the Boss Lady make the sacrifice herself.

As the leader of the Vassals of Earth, she should have this kind of awareness! Hmph~ (Bai Lianyue: Meow??)

“Oh, right, so do you have that muscle-soothing oil?”

The silver-haired girl bounced over to Serveiling and asked excitedly.

In response,

The cat-eared woman could only sigh helplessly, her ears drooping:

“Sigh, I do have it.”

Nodding, Serveiling slowly reached into her chest and pulled out a small bottle of the muscle-soothing oil, her go-to tool for charming girls.

“Opg……”

“Hehe, thanks, Cat Sis~”

Taking the small bottle from Serveiling, Ailiya smiled happily.

“Oh, by the way, I should remind you.”

Pointing at the small bottle, Serveiling suddenly put on a slightly serious expression:

“You need to control the amount you use, or there might be some side effects. This bottle of mine is quite potent. Also, there are some special areas where you shouldn’t apply it.”

“Side effects? And what areas are those?”

“Well… huh?”

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However, just as Serveiling was about to give Ailiya a proper tutorial on the precautions for using the muscle-soothing oil, her brows subtly furrowed, and she glanced to the side. The words she had been about to say were swallowed back.

In the next moment,

Under Serveiling’s slightly stern gaze, the ground cracked, and a massive creature resembling a land dragon emerged from the soil.

It was a Crimson Hex Beast—a Marshland Behemoth—a rare creature in the Veiled Domain that retained some level of intelligence and could speak human language.

“Cat Sis, there’s something unusual in the eastern border area.”

Blinking its eerie crimson vertical pupils, the behemoth spoke in a hoarse voice.

“Hmm? What’s going on?”

“A human army is gathering.”

“A human army? From the Westivian Covenant?”

Hearing this, Serveiling’s brows tightened, and a rare trace of astonishment flashed in her crimson eyes.

Beside her, Ailiya also lost her smile and looked at Serveiling with concern.

“Cat Sis?”

“It’s fine, it’s fine, don’t worry about it.”

Taking a deep breath, Serveiling suppressed the shock in her eyes and waved her hand dismissively.

“A Covenant army gathering at the border isn’t a big deal?”

“It’s not a big deal. Ailiya, you might not know this, but before the Westivian Covenant went to war with the Vassals of Sky, they often sent troops to the border. Sometimes it was to test weapons, sometimes to train their soldiers, and sometimes to test the miasma concentration and our clan’s reactions. It’s usually just small-scale stuff, nothing to worry about.”

Serveiling spoke nonchalantly, even curling her lips in disdain as she did so.

“Over the years, to ensure you girls could grow up smoothly, we’ve been suppressing our curse power day and night, and the Boss Lady has barely used her strength. I guess that’s given the Covenant folks some wrong ideas, making them think we’re easy to deal with.”

“So, what are you going to do about it, Cat Sis?”

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“Although we Vassals of Earth don’t like to take the initiative against humans, if someone dares to provoke us, we have to teach them a lesson. Otherwise, they’ll keep causing trouble, and that’s just annoying.”

“So, you’re going to give them a warning…”

“Well, there’s no other choice. We need to give them a stern warning to stay away from the Veiled Domain. Otherwise, if the Boss Lady gets hungry one day, those ‘deliveries’ that show up at our doorstep will be in for a rough time.”

As she spoke, Serveiling gently patted Ailiya’ head.

“You don’t need to worry, kid. I know what I’m doing.”

Before her words had fully settled, faint golden-gray lightning began to flow across Serveiling’s body.

“I’ll teach you how to use the muscle-soothing oil when I get back. For now, go keep the Boss Lady company and make sure those human scents don’t stir up her appetite again.”

However,

Just as Serveiling finished her instructions and walked to the storage room door, the lizard that had emerged from the ground suddenly spoke up again:

—“Oh, Cat Sis, there’s one more thing I need to report.”—

“What now? What else is there?”

—“The Boss Lady… she was just kidnapped by a few human intruders.”—

“Oh, kidnapped, huh? I thought it was something serious.”

Serveiling tilted her head nonchalantly.

Then, her steps came to an abrupt halt.

Suddenly realizing what had just been said, Serveiling ‘whooshed’ through the air in a flash of lightning, instantly appearing in front of the Crimson Hex Lizard. Without hesitation, she stomped the lizard’s head into the mud!

“What?! Kidnapped?! Such an important thing, and you didn’t lead with that?!”

Serveiling, rarely losing her composure, shouted in frustration.

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“What the hell happened?!”

As the cat-eared woman slightly lifted her foot, the lizard-shaped Corrupted Beast was finally able to pull its mouth out of the mud and spoke in a pitiful tone:

“Just now… a few humans entered the courtyard, went into the Boss Lady’s house, and carried her out…”

“If humans entered the Bellflower Sanctum, why didn’t you stop them?!”

“The Boss Lady told us not to enter the Bellflower Sanctum… and we thought those humans were her contractors… here to visit her, so we didn’t stop them.”

“Come on, if they were really the Boss Lady’s contractors, they’d have the Bellflower Brand on them! Can’t you recognize the brand’s aura?”

“We… forgot to check…”

The lizard hugged its head with its claws, clearly too scared to endure Serveiling’s sharp gaze any longer.

“Then how did you figure out they were intruders?”

“Because… they didn’t… give us any food…”

“What?”

“Usually, the contractors would give us tasty treats when they left… but these guys didn’t… so… they must be intruders.”

The lizard spoke with a tone of absolute certainty, as if this logic were beyond reproach.

Hearing this explanation, Serveiling fell silent, slowly raising a hand to her forehead.

“Good heavens…”

But,

Human intruders?

Where the hell did they come from?!