Chapter 93 Talia's Change of View on Ranchi

As the dusk deepened, the world outside the window began to be swallowed up by the night. Stars began to twinkle in the night sky of Ikerit. The full moon was hung high in the sky, emitting soft light. The street lights gradually lit up, illuminating the night of the royal capital.

Until the light on the bedroom window glass slowly disappeared, as if the whole world had fallen into a dream.

Seeing that Lanqi fell asleep due to exhaustion of mana, Talia knew that she couldn't wake him up in a short time even if she wanted to, so she simply left him at the table.

After completing the duties she had promised to Lanqi, she finally took out the [Shadow World Recording Program].

She had long wanted to watch it as soon as possible.

She even felt this was more important than going out for dinner.

In fact, in addition to the contents of the shadow world recorded in it, Talia was more concerned about the half-demon girl with silver hair and amber eyes who participated in the challenge with Ranchi.

She took out a magic projector that she had modified from the bottom shelf of the bedside table, put the [Shadow World Recording Program] into it, turned down the volume to a minimum that would not wake Lanqi up, and then went to turn off the lights in the room.

Then the image began to be projected onto the dark wall facing the bed.

The room was completely filled with darkness, and the only source of light was the quietly running magic projector.

Talia sat on the bed and watched silently, her hands hugging her knees as if she was watching a movie late at night.

The dim light and shadows on her face were changing rapidly, sometimes bright and sometimes dark. The voices of Lanqi and Hyperion in the video of the film world echoed in the room.

Talia gradually immersed herself in the story, as if isolated from the world, staring at the figure of the girl in the picture, as if she was missing her closest demon.

"Ifatia, is she your daughter..."

After an unknown amount of time, Talia murmured to herself, making an almost undetectable sound.

Although they don't look exactly alike, their hair and eye colors are very similar.

The day before yesterday, I watched the live broadcast of the second half of Shadow World. Until the end, when Taliyah witnessed the cultists shouting that the Duke's daughter was half-demon, she began to deeply suspect that this Duke's daughter might really be her sister's daughter.

If she could see Hyperion in person, Talia might be able to sense whether there was really a blood connection between them.

However, Talia was not in a good position to approach the Duke's daughter who was at the center of the storm in a crowded place.

Talia just felt that the more she looked at it, the more similar it looked.

Maybe I'll have to find a way to ask Lanqi to bring this duchess to meet me in private later.

Thinking of this, Talia also saw on the screen how Lanqi treated the demons in a ruthless and brutal manner in the demon examination room.

Gradually she frowned.

Although she had been with Lanqi for a long time, she gradually became familiar with him.

But it is also at this moment that she will seem to wake up and feel more strongly the hatred and rejection between humans and demons.

After all, it is impossible for humans to coexist peacefully with demons.

The reason why Lanqi can get along so well with her and continue to trade with her is only because he doesn't know that he is a great demon.

The day he finds out the truth, he will surely look at me with malicious intent.

In the projection screen.

Lanci and Hyperion had just left the demon examination room and were following the demon students in the corridor.

Hyperion seemed to hesitate for a long time while running, and finally lowered her voice to ask Lanqi tentatively:

"Lanqi, what do you think of demons?"

Lanqi was slightly stunned after hearing this, and then replied:

"They can live a long time. Even if they are several hundred years old, they still look like a young girl."

“……!”

Talia in the bedroom immediately glanced at Lanqi who was sleeping at the table.

She didn't know whether Lanqi did it intentionally or unintentionally.

But she felt that no matter what, it was damnable enough that Lanqi would think that way.

And, Lanqi answered like this.

Just like those humans, they are full of prejudice against the demons and regard them as monsters.

The sound and image on the screen continue——

"If you met a demon in the real world, would it be the same as before?"

Hyperion still felt a little nervous as she asked Lanqi another question.

Lanqi looked at her without saying a word, and seemed to be speechless for a long time.

Finally, he asked back:

"Do you think I'm an old man who ate arsenic because I think my life is too long?"

Talia took in Lanqi's reaction on the screen.

I just think he's becoming more and more annoying.

Soon, Lanci gave Hyperion another earnest advice: "Let's not talk about whether it's dangerous to provoke the demons. The demons may also have some good guys. Hyperion, don't discriminate against the demons."

Hearing this, Talia seemed to be stunned.

Until, a long time passed.

She then looked at the sleeping human boy again.

Just looking at him like that, no one knew what she was thinking deep in her golden pupils.

“…”

A cool breeze blew in from the half-open window, gently caressing Lanqi's body.

As if sensing a gaze, Lanqi felt a slight chill and opened his eyes unconsciously.

What caught his attention was not the warm wooden furniture in the dim room, but the pair of golden eyes and the beautiful face not far away.

The cold and noble pupils could not hide a bit of confusion, emotion, and bewilderment.

It's like wanting to keep someone at a distance but also wanting to explore a little bit more.

Lanqi raised his hand and touched his face.

He thought that something was stuck on his face while he was sleeping, which was why Talia was staring at him like that.

"Uh... Tata? Sorry I fell asleep. What time is it now?"

Lanci asked tentatively, not sure if his lethargy would make Talia angry.

"Just after twelve."

Talia glanced at the clock and answered him.

Lanqi breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that Talia was not angry.

If she is angry, she will definitely retort to herself instead of answering herself.

"Ah, you are starting to watch the movie world content now."

He quickly noticed the only source of light in the bedroom.

“…”

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Talia turned her eyes to the screen again, and remained silent until a moment later, she spoke again, "What do you think of the Duke's daughter who challenged the Shadow World with you?"

“He’s a very nice person.”

Lanqi answered decisively. He knew that Talia wanted to find out the news about her fellow tribesmen.

Lanci had originally planned to introduce Hyperion to Talia after the company was established.

Talia, an old demon who is far stronger than Hyperion, should be able to see Hyperion's half-demon identity at a glance, but Hyperion has almost no way of seeing through Talia's exquisite disguise.

At the moment Lanqi was thinking.

"Don't bully her. The demons are very murderous. If you anger her, I may not be able to protect you in time."

Talia just said this calmly.

It seemed that she was just fulfilling her duty to protect Lanci in her words, and she did not show Lanci the slightest intention of defending Hyperion.

"Who do you think I am? I'm not a school bully. I'm a good student with excellent character and academic performance!"

Lanqi held his head and complained in disbelief.

He would never bully an honest person like Hyperion.

And Hyperion has such a gentle personality, completely different from Talia, the old woman with a bad temper and a murderous heart! "…I'm sorry."

Talia is convinced that Lanci is telling the truth.

When she was watching on the open-air giant screen square of Ikerit College, she could clearly feel that the students did not like the duke's daughter who had demon blood.

But throughout the entire film world, Lanqi sincerely regarded Hyperion as a trustworthy companion.

Even after knowing Hyperion's identity, this sincerity did not waver.

"Hey, Tata, what did you just say?"

Lanqi immediately opened his eyes, put his hands beside his ears and turned his head, as if he suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Nothing."

Talia felt that this guy was a bit annoying again.

And he seemed to be very active just now! "Don't worry, Tata, I will not allow discrimination against kind students to happen in the academy!"

Lanci said to Talia with a grin.

When she was silent, Lanqi happily made a scissors gesture: "My purpose is to love all living beings equally!"

“…”

Talia didn't reply.

She was sure that this guy's "love" was a little scary, especially towards those who provoked him.

But correspondingly, if it is a friendly creature, even if it is a demon, he will treat it sincerely.

After Talia had traveled through the human kingdom for decades, she was convinced that there would be no humans who could treat the demons without prejudice.

——Until she witnessed Lanci's attitude towards Hyperion.

She saw the first one.

Right before her eyes.

No one spoke in the dim room, and this lasted for a while.

There was only the sound of a light breeze blowing through the curtains in the silent night of the royal capital.

"are you hungry?"

Talia asked.

"I'm so hungry."

Lanqi touched his stomach and felt that after the sleepiness he had just woken up had dissipated, the feeling of hunger came back completely.

"Let's go have dinner. I'll pay for today."

Talia's tone was emotionless as she stepped off the bed and began to walk on the soft carpet.

Human teachers are said to reward students when they behave well, so it should be okay to reward him in order to better imitate humans.

This is also to make him more loyal to himself.

"Eh? Tata, are you going to treat me to a meal?"

Lanqi pointed at himself in surprise, his expression a little unbelievable.

"If you ask again, it's gone."

Talia glanced at him and walked out of the room without looking back.

Thanks to Brother Pseudodian for the Silver Alliance. I will try to update more in the next few days!

(End of this chapter)