“Thank you for your purchases, dear customers. Please visit again whenever you desire another taste of bliss,” the store’s employee gave them a low, sincere bow, as Bianca accepted the many, many boxes of cakes and sweets from her.

  All of them went into a spare shrinking bag – despite their miraculous usefulness, they seemed more plentiful than Bianca would’ve expected – and would then be brought to Huang Su, who would be able to store them better. The containers did have some kind of talisman on them, presumably to keep them fresh, but since talismans were generally a short term thing, she expected them to expire before too long.

  Still, she had enough sweets to sustain her for an eternity, or close to it at least.

  Thus, she exited the store feeling a lot happier than when she entered, a smile tugging at the corners of her lips despite the tougher exterior she tried to present to the people in the store – to keep up her Demon Queen persona, mostly. She waited for a while before turning to address her pet, as she wanted to ensure a bit of peace and quiet for herself, and their long time spent over at the cake shop ended up using hours and now the streets were less free than before.

  Once she did find a comfortable spot to chat, she dropped a little of that fa?ade and leaned in to kiss her pet’s lips briefly.

  “So, sweetie, now that you’ve had your fill, want to walk it off? Feel free to go wherever you want, grab whatever you like, and I’ll be just behind you, checking stuff out as well.”

  “Sure, Mistress. I… I feel quite full, though, so I don’t know how far I wish to go today,” Song Ming said, then chuckled, “Although, compared to how you fill me up, this isn’t that bad, actually. Your loads are so thick and…”

  “Sweetie, not right now. I’m pretty sure I already left the seat back there rather wet,” Bianca sighed, gncing around before pulling aside the front of her robes, letting her pet see her soaked thighs, “Look at what you’ve been doing to me, pet.”

  “Mistress… ah, I’m so gd that you like me this much… but you want to wait to take care of it?”

  “I’d rather not spend the whole day fucking… not while we need to do other things. I would actually much prefer to pass the time that way than most others…” she chuckled, returning her robes back to a more presentable state, “We’ll do it lots once we have our pce, deal?”

  “Mhm, I can’t wait, Mistress,” her pet nodded along, expectation filling her gaze for a while before her attention was inevitably forced away, “Um, so, I can just go wherever I wish?”

  “Yep, anything that catches your attention. What, not used to having any freedom?”

  “Heh, I… I like being led around by you, Mistress. I wish you had a colr and leash, so that I could be led around by you while I’m on all fours, my body exposed so that everyone could see your plug in my ass, and your cum dripping from my gaping pussy… ah, sorry, I forgot that…”

  Bianca exhaled, her breath warm and steamy from arousal. She wasn’t angry with Song Ming, especially not when her mind went into simirly lewd directions the moment any kind of hook for ideas presented itself, but she would’ve definitely preferred to have dry thighs while out and about. It even made her contempte whether summoning her cock would make her excitement less obvious, but the next moment she recalled that it would just add another problem to the list, so she dropped the idea.

  “Hah… I really, really want you on your knees, but not now. Let’s just… take care of everything, spend our money, then we can take care of other things.”

  Although her pet seemed worried, she agreed, and thus they went along… although Bianca struggled to focus even more than before. The raw arousal passed within minutes, luckily, but her mind remained distracted. Whether she managed to think about anything other than fucking her cute pet’s wet cunt, she’d instead ponder about life, the universe and everything… or something to that effect.

  Thus, she didn’t pay too much attention as Song Ming wandered around, going to where she wished and checking out anything that caught her interest. She seemed happy enough, and so Bianca allowed her mind to wander further on, until they ended up separated.

  Not by far, as Song Ming simply went into an alley to check something out, but enough to be out of sight and the direct range of her spiritual perception.

  In a pce like Xi Vilge, it was almost impossible to get lost, or to find anything interesting off of the main road. However, in rger areas like this Heart’s Core Town – and those cities she never really had the chance to look around in – it felt as though Song Ming could walk for hours after turning off the main path and not find another proper road.

  Thus, when one alley seemed to lead somewhere off the beaten path, she decided to go have a look, as she wouldn’t have many chances in the near future when they set out on the final part of the path to their future sect. Her Mistress wasn’t far behind her, and Huang Su was likely watching with her spiritual perception, so ultimately, she wasn’t in much danger.

  From there, it was as though one alley led to a dozen others, and when she chose to traverse one of them, she ended up at a big opening, the wall before her belonging to the back of some building that had wooden boards covering up any part that might function as a window.

  It didn’t seem abandoned, judging by the light pouring from the small gaps, but it was unlikely to be an especially prestigious establishment.

  The rest of the open space was roughly rectangur in shape, a dozen buildings in total forming it, and each one was lined with trash and debris, rotting pnks and random junk that Song Ming couldn’t possibly identify. Whatever most of it was, it left only the building ahead.

  What grabbed her attention before she could look in, though, was a pair of men that emerged from another alley, one looking unsteady and arrogant while the other walked behind him, clearly watching out in case the first man falls or otherwise gets into trouble.

  Her nose was instantly assaulted by the scent of alcohol pouring from the man, prompting her to turn away, but that seemed to catch his attention, as he instantly turned to her and started practically jogging to her.

  “Ah, finally!” he excimed, arriving by her position quickly, “Tell me, what is your price?”

  “Huh?”

  She was tempted to sp him away and leave, but the thread of energy that reached her at that moment interrupted her.

  ‘Song Ming, please hold. This man has some standing in Fang Vilge, and getting into a confrontation here may cause us issues in the future. I will attempt to diffuse the situation peacefully, if you grant me a minute to do so,’ the Sect Master said through that thread, a thin and weak strand that indicated she must be near the edge of the range at which she could manipute energy, ‘Bianca is also not far, so if needed, I’ll alert her, or she’ll find you.’

  ‘Did she not follow me? Mistress did seem distracted all this time, so I guess it makes sense… I should’ve insisted on helping her, maybe gone back here and let her use my ass until she was fully drained…’

  Seeing no reply from her, the man must’ve taken offense, as anger filled his expression while he got even closer, forcing Song Ming to step back and bump into a wall.

  “Oi, do you think you can ignore me, bitch! Do you know who I am?”

  ‘A pathetic waste of space, by the looks of it… Mistress…’ her thoughts returned to Bianca yet again, trying to distract herself from the awful scent of the man’s breath, not to mention his general masculine… stench. She gnced over to the man’s companion, who seemed to become alerted after a moment.

  “Young master, hold on for a moment-”

  “Shut it! I finally found a whore, so let me use her!” the man shouted, even as Song Ming felt a thread of Huang Su’s energy approach him too.

  It was as though he didn’t perceive it whatsoever, as he pced his – filthy, disgusting, sweaty – hand on Song Ming’s shoulder.

  “Young master, please-”

  “I can smell you from here, you’re ready for me, aren’t you?”

  ‘So vile… how dare he try to do anything when I belong to Mistress!’ her killing intent fred up as the man tried reaching down below with his other hand, ready to attack him and ignite a rune beneath his feet if he actually touched her.

  However, before that could happen, she felt a far more powerful – and inviting – killing intent flood over her. From that, she knew she wouldn’t have to.

  Bianca had attempted to track down Song Ming, but the alleyways proved a little challenging. When she did find her, though… she was instantly filled with fury.

  There was some drunk, disgusting man touching her pet, her slut, her girlfriend, and she could feel Huang Su’s presence, yet she wasn’t doing anything! For all of the promises, all of the times she insisted that she would protect them…

  She made up her mind. She couldn’t rely on others to carry her through this mad world, and she couldn’t trust in them to act as she wanted. Xue Yaling had made it more than obvious, but Huang Su turned out to be no different. So, she would take control.

  With her sword in hand, she closed the gap between her and the man that pinned her pet to the wall within an instant, and, without a moment’s hesitation…

  Song Ming felt her Mistress’ presence, and only a moment after, saw a bde thrust directly into her assaint’s neck, a flower of blood blooming out, spraying all over, flooding her vision with red. Bianca had raised her hand to manifest a barrier and block the blood, leaving her spotless. It was as though she was a saviour descended from the heavens, untouched by the filth of the mundane world.

  “Y-Young master!” the other man excimed, though his shock only sted a moment before he drew his weapon – a one handed axe that had several runic symbols upon the head, glowing with the light of his energy – and charged, “You’ll pay for that, you demon!”

  He swung the axe down as lightning enveloped it, and Bianca managed to block it just in time, her own crimson lightning cshing with the bluish arcs.

  Even at a gnce, Song Ming could tell that her Mistress’ energy was brighter, stronger… more stable. It felt as though the fear within her owner’s heart had faded, and her confidence came to the forefront. Although it caused the demonic aura she had around her to surge all the more, after being around it for so long, Bianca’s aura was pleasant.

  “B- Mistress!” the Sect Master finally appeared, dark fming feathers trailing her as she appeared behind Bianca, “I-”

  “Shut it!” her Mistress kicked the man before her, pushing him back, and used that opportunity to turn and point at Huang Su, “I trusted you, and you allowed some freak to touch her!”

  “It-”

  “Was this why you wanted us to keep low? To get her molested?”

  “N-No-”

  Bianca had always felt as though she had lost control when she did certain… rash things. When she killed people, when she stole, when she did things she deemed to be wrong. This time, she didn’t have that kind of feeling at all – quite the opposite.

  She felt like she finally had complete control, like she knew exactly what she was doing, what she wanted to do.

  All of that stupid obsession she’d had with doing the right thing, with being a good person, had been completely pointless. That side of her she had kept trying to subdue was right, she had just been too blind to see it.

  When the Sect Master appeared, looking all apologetic, all that she could think was, ‘You should be.’

  “I’ve had enough of you telling us what to do. As Sect Mistress, it’s my turn,” Bianca said, returning her attention to the asshole that dared to attack her.

  He had refrained from attacking when Huang Su entered the scene, perhaps realising her high realm, but she could tell from his aura that he was in the fourth realm. If she tried fighting him herself, she would inevitably struggle, and she had the feeling that he wouldn’t be the only one here, not with her killing intent bursting out and his aura manifesting.

  “I… Very well, Mistress,” Huang Su replied to her, sounding almost genuinely meek.

  The man contempted things for a moment, looking between her and Huang Su, and finally raised his weapon again before another party entered the scene. A pair of women rushed in from an alleyway, one with light hair and another with dark. The one in front quickly asserted herself by spreading out her aura, seeming to bring attention to herself and her identity, but Bianca couldn’t help but look towards the one behind her, the dark-haired one.

  She was dressed as a maid, complete with the dress and apron that wouldn’t look out of pce back on Orbis, but her eyes were firm, and there was a rather particur aura about her. It felt as though she was looking at a writhing mass of tendrils just behind the fabric of reality, one close to being nearly invisible.

  ‘And there’s a thread of energy coming from her… what’s going on with these two?’

  “Halt, everyone! What is going on here?” the blonde woman in front shouted, and the axe-wielding man appeared to falter at seeing her.

  “Liang Song, this bitch-”

  “SHUT IT!” Bianca interrupted him, a wave of killing intent rushing over him that it gave her enough time to speak, “This corpse here was trying to molest my pet – my girlfriend! And now, he’s was going to bme me for something, no doubt.”

  “You killed the young master of Fang Vilge, demon! It is my duty to protect or avenge him!”

  “Please, stand down!” Liang Song, the blonde woman that stopped them earlier, called out again, “Do not escate this conflict in the middle of the town!”

  As if to make this matter more complicated, the other entrances to this little space were suddenly filled by guards, who emerged with shields and spears, pointed in. One ended up dangerously close to Bianca, although as she gnced in the guard’s direction and let her anger flow towards him, he involuntarily backed away a step.

  “You don’t have the authority to tell me anything,” Bianca wasn’t perturbed, swinging her sword to remove the blood from it, “The Demoness Sect will do as it pleases!”

  She turned to Huang Su, and although the Sect Master clearly had things she wished to discuss, she seemed to understand exactly what she wanted. Releasing a storm of fming feathers, Huang Su rose into the air, taking Song Ming and Bianca with her, and despite the efforts of the guards to encircle them, they just flew off at a speed too fast to match for low realm forces.

  “What are you doing? Give them the order to chase after her!” the man shouted at Liang Song, and although she faltered for a moment, she seemed to gather herself quickly and rebuked him.

  “Did you not see? That woman’s companion, the one with bck hair and a veil, was in the fifth or sixth realm. To attempt to fight her would mean death – for my guards, and for us, as well,” she shook her head and expined, “Not to mention the feathers, and-”

  As though to emphasise her words, the fleeing trio suddenly erupted in the shape of a dark phoenix, wings spreading out and seeming to completely cover the entirety of Heart’s Core Town, shrouding it in bck fmes. It was a brilliant dispy of power, and with the various rumours floating around, it inevitably drove everyone there to think of a single figure.

  “Huang Su? She came here… and listened to that demonic brat?” the man from Fang Vilge spoke in disbelief, “Impossible.”

  “And yet, that is what we’ve heard from the Heart Lake. Even if she is some other sixth realm expert, chasing after her is suicidal… we will take note of her companions – if any remain here, although this is unlikely – and report to you if we’re able to track down their whereabouts. Rest assured, Fang Vilge will be able to receive justice.”

  “Tch… I will hold you to that, as will the master of the vilge.”