Chapter 33: The Price of Being Blessed
Loti Shana had a very daring speculation in her heart but didn’t dare to speak it out.
If Great Bai got angry, she was doomed.
Anyway, at this moment, being subservient is always the right thing.
At this point, Night Star Lan seemed to see through Loli Shana’s confusion, and the corners of her mouth curled up in a subtle arc.
“Could it be that… Loli Shana is confused about my relationship with Luo Xi?”
“Luo Xi?”
“Mmmh yeah, Luo Xi. It’s my pet name for Bai, if you put it bluntly, Luo Xi and I are lovers, do you get it?”
“Eee!?”
Loli Shana was completely shocked.
She looked at Bai beside Night Star Lan, who still had an expressionless face, apparently accepting it silently without any objections.
After seeing this, Loli Shana was even more shocked!
She was still a child, plus she had been a royal princess before, and recently became a queen of a nation. How could she have any concept of love?
Of course, even if she hadn’t experienced it firsthand, she had heard about the concept of love between men and women by reading chivalric romances and novels.
But the problem was, none of the books she read included stories of two girls in a relationship.
Great Bai was clearly a woman.
Night Star Lan was an adorable girl too.
Even if you ignore their social status gap, two girls being lovers was simply too irrational!
This doesn’t make sense!
Loli Shana felt her entire worldview was shaken and couldn’t find the strength to snap back to reality.
After all, she was just a naive little loli who had never experienced love.
Night Star Lan noticed Loli Shana’s stunned reaction and found it highly amusing.
Sure enough, it’s hard to accept right?
That her deity and a commoner becoming lovers would seem so far-fetched.
“There’s nothing else confusing you, right? I can answer everything, including how I wooed Luo Xi~”
“No no no… it’s okay!”
The moment Loli Shana shook her head, she knew this would be disrespectful toward Great Bai!
While curiosity is natural, indulging it would be foolish.
Gossiping about the thoughts of a deity is taboo.
Even though Night Star Lan, as a lover of a deity, has no fear, they shouldn’t entertain such notions.
Seeing Loli Shana’s reaction, Night Star Lan found it somewhat uninteresting.
“What’s wrong with that? I thought you’d be interested.”
“Gurgle…”
Interested or not, that’s another matter altogether.
It’s an absolute no-go topic.
Even if she gained immense power, it still wouldn’t be allowed!
Loli Shana maintained her strong self-discipline.
She quickly changed the subject.
“Now, can I know why you summoned me here?”
Knowing that Night Star Lan was Bai’s lover, Loli Shana no longer had any disrespectful thoughts.
Her mind was muddled, though, and she hadn’t fully processed the information.
Although she was still full of doubts, she knew that asking Night Star Lan’s reason was the priority.
Then Night Star Lan answered honestly.
“Hmm, you’re very cute, that’s why I’m interested. So I wanted to bring you over and develop something beyond just friendship. Is this answer satisfactory?”
“Eee!?”
Loli Shana was stunned again.
She almost suspected that she had misheard.
How dare Night Star Lan continue trifling around while also pursuing a formidable Queen like herself?
Wouldn’t Great Bai object?
Based on Loli Shana’s understanding of love—it should be absolute devotion, at least that’s how every romance novel she read portrayed it.
Yet, now Night Star Lan had such impure thoughts about her.
Loli Shana’s thoughts were in disarray once again.
“Well… that is… gurgle… can you say things like this? Would Great Bai agree to doing something like this? Wouldn’t it be bad… especially since I’m a queen… unbecoming behavior will damage my dignity… If you really want something, I can pick some beautiful ladies for you back home… would that be alright?”
Night Star Lan flatly rejected it with a smile.
“Nope~ I only care about you. Get yourself ready, Loli Shana~ Since you’ve been idle lately anyway, it won’t be a problem to stay here, right?”
“Not idle! Not at all idle! I’ve been very busy recently, so I might not be able to stay here.”
Loli Shana looked very reluctant, and it seemed like she even contemplated finding an excuse to run away.
She felt that if she stayed here, all the authority she built up would crumble into pieces.
If given a choice, she wouldn’t want to be pampered by young girls.
It makes her feel embarrassed!
After all, she was the invincible queen!
Being pressed down under a younger girl is quite ridiculous.
Unfortunately, Night Star Lan didn’t spare her thoughts.
“Hehe~ You can’t lie to Lu Xi, she can see right through your mind. Plus, I’ve been keeping an eye on you recently, so I’d know if you’re busy all the time, right? Just wandering in the palace, is that what you consider busy?”
“Gurrble!?”
Oh no.
Her lie was exposed.
Now there’s no way out.
Poor little Loli Shana looked pitifully at Bai next to Night Star Lan, as if she was her last hope, trying with her gaze to ask to discipline her lover.
But she was mistaken.
Bai’s affection for Night Star Lan surpassed her imagination.
“Stay here.”
“But… gurrble… yes… Next one is bothering you two…”
Loli Shana accepted her fate.
Since this was a command from the great Bai, she’d better comply.
After all, she was indebted for saving her country as a great deity.
For the sake of repaying even a tiny fraction of that debt, serving as an intermediary to Bai’s lover posed no problem whatsoever!
Night Star Lan looked at Loli Shana’s exaggerated reaction helplessly and didn’t know how to comment.
Despite being a cute loli, why did she seem so frightening?
It’s not like she was going to eat people.
Loli Shana’s reaction was too over-the-top.
Indeed, she’s still just a naive kid.
“Relax, I don’t plan to eat you. I just want to make friends.”
“That’s true? Will you do anything weird to me?”
Hearing what Night Star Lan said, Loli Shana finally felt slightly relieved.
The duo with black fur and silver fur hummed for a moment.
“Ugh… that’s not certain. If I get the urge, there’s no stopping me~”
Night Star Lan deliberately said this ambiguous thing to mess with cute little Loli Shana.
After all, during her human days, Loli Shana’s experience was minimal compared to the star-eclipse era when she lived for many years.
Mischief was just the fun part for a character like Night Star Lan and this pure, innocent cutie.
“Gurgle! What is this!?”
Loli Shana felt she was trapped in Night Star Lan’s clutches.
Is this the cost of being blessed by a deity?
