Bai Xi felt despair. She had clearly become stronger, so why was she still being stared at by Safa and breaking out in a cold sweat, and why did she still feel guilty for being a 'heartless person who started something and then abandoned it'?
"You remember correctly, but this isn't my fault. How would I know about the succubus's tail...?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the air froze again, because Safa's face darkened even more. Thinking about it this way, Bai Xi felt that her words were just an excuse made by a heartless, scumbag woman.
"..."
Now she was caught in a dilemma, unsure whether to agree or not, and even had an urge to run away.
"Oh dear, what should we do? Actually, touching a succubus's tail isn't that serious. It's just that Safa's situation is a bit special. As a demon of time, he's a very devoted demon."
“You touched Safa’s tail, so you have to take responsibility for him.”
Philomona adjusted her emotions quickly. Just a moment ago, her mouth was agape in surprise, but now it had returned to normal, and she was looking at Bai Xi with an ambiguous gaze.
"..."
Bai Xi didn't want to say a word.
"I've never heard of the devil having such an important concept of chastity."
El chimed in casually, his gaze toward Safa seeming to say, 'A dignified demon king, yet he acts like a chaste virtuous man, coming all this way to find someone to take responsibility just because his tail was touched.'
"You don't need to hear about it."
Safa's eyes seemed to be filled with daggers as he glared at El before turning back to look at Baixi.
"I won't pursue the matter of you deceiving me now, but you touched my tail, and only you can be my partner."
As soon as she finished speaking, Bai Xi felt everything go black.
But she wasn't truly blind; all she could see was Safa's earnest expression. This powerful, cold, cruel, and bloodthirsty Demon King was now demanding recognition from her.
What kind of situation is this...?
Bai Xi took a deep breath; she decided to reason with them.
“Demon King, that was when I was very young. Back then, I only thought of you as an ordinary child, as a younger brother, and I had no other thoughts.”
"Besides, you've been single all these years, it's okay if you don't have a partner, it's not like you can't live without me."
Bai Xi felt that a man as career-oriented as the Demon King shouldn't necessarily need a wife. He shouldn't be bound by traditional ideas. If she helped him break free from these constraints, he probably wouldn't want her as a partner anymore.
She wasn't entirely sure either.
To everyone's surprise, Safa coldly twitched the corner of his mouth.
"I've been looking for you ever since you left. I've never forgotten you, but as time goes by, my memory has become more and more blurred, which is why I didn't recognize you immediately."
"Do you think I'd let you go so easily after searching for so long?"
The malice and mockery in his eyes gave Bai Xi the feeling that Safa wanted to retaliate against her.
However, this actually relieved Bai Xi.
It seems that he has a grudge against her, both old and new, and wants to use her as a partner to drag her back and torture her so that she won't have to feel guilty.
She didn't deceive anyone's feelings.
Bai Xi regained her composure; as long as it didn't involve emotions, she could be cold enough.
"Demon King, I think your plan is going to fail. With your current strength, it's probably unrealistic to think you can forcibly take me back and torture me."
The temple was vast, and Bai Xi's somewhat indifferent voice echoed in the empty hall, making her truly resemble a heartless woman.
Philomona gave a strange look when she heard this. She turned her head, looked at Safa and then at Baixi, and finally muttered a couple of words in a voice that was neither loud nor soft.
"What a blockhead! When Safa said he wouldn't let you off easily, he meant he was going to make a big fuss about it forever. How could you interpret that as him torturing you?"
Her voice reached the ears of the three people present completely, and Bai Xi's previously composed mood collapsed on the spot.
"!!!"
Bai Xi stared wide-eyed at Philomona in disbelief, hardly able to believe her ears. What nonsense was this woman spouting?
Unfortunately, Philomona didn't receive a single glance and was still muttering to herself.
"No, you could call it torture if you want. Our clan's games are pretty exciting, hehe, looks like Baixi is in for a treat."
Her laughter even carried a hint of lewdness, completely at odds with her mature and sophisticated appearance.
Bai Xi had an urge to rush up and gag Philomona.
However, Safa clearly thought the same thing. Before Baixi could even speak, he squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.
"Mother, could you please stop making things worse...?"
He was still so polite.
When Bai Xi heard Safa's words, this was the first thought that came to her mind. Although Philomona seemed unreliable, surprisingly, Safa never seemed to have disrespected her.
"How can you be so dense? Compared to those apathetic and boring angels, we succubi definitely have the upper hand!"
"If you want to win the heart of a beautiful woman, of course you have to work hard to promote yourself!"
"With your attitude and look, people will misunderstand. I tried to explain, but you told me to shut up. It's true that your son has grown up and doesn't understand his mother's good intentions."
As she spoke, Filomona covered her face and pretended to cry, wiping her eyes with her hands.
Even with such an affected posture, with Filomona's goddess-like face supporting it, it didn't feel out of place at all, and even had a pitiful charm.
"..."
Safa was speechless, completely rendered helpless by Philomona.
He originally came to confront them, but things have turned out like this.
Surprisingly, the awkward atmosphere that had made Bai Xi want to disappear was dispelled by Filomona's incredible remarks.
Bai Xi actually felt like laughing now.
“I’m not interested in succubi’s bedroom arts, and I’m sure Miss Baixi isn’t curious either. This is a temple, not a place for succubi to be in heat. If you insist on discussing this, please move to another place.”
El's voice was never very emotional, which was just right to break the awkward silence.
"Besides, Miss Baixi must have other things to do, right?"
He countered with a question, his gaze fixed on Bai Xi.
"Yes, yes, that's right."
With someone coming to the rescue, Bai Xi immediately backed down, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, afraid that Safa would say something else.
"Then I'll be going now."
After saying that, she took the scales and left the temple, heading straight for the Elemental Source Realm.
Bai Xi would rather save the world than stay in this eerie place any longer. As for Safa's next move, whether he will come back to settle scores with her again, that remains to be seen.
She doesn't want to think about it at all right now.
The key point is that no one could have imagined that the life-or-death duel she envisioned would turn into a situation where 'he chases her and she flees, and she has no way to escape'.
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