After sneaking into the palace, Lucia walked confidently through the corridors instead of being stealthy like before.

Even when she encountered one or two passing maids along the way, they would simply politely turn their heads and smile at her.

Maids were different from the guards.

The guards who were responsible for guarding the entrance on a daily basis had a rotating duty schedule. Since the rotation took a long time, the guard at the entrance was almost never the same person as the day before.

The maids, on the other hand, held the "golden rice bowl" related to the royal family in their hands. The rice bowls were not only large and sturdy but also guaranteed job security, so the maids bustling around inside the palace every day were familiar faces.

The maids' greatest advantage was their good memory. They could remember the appearance of everyone who came to the palace.

Just now, when the passing maid made eye contact with Lucia, she immediately recalled what had happened two days ago.

At that time, Her Majesty the Queen had led two young girls into the palace, and one of them was the young girl with the fan.

Due to that memory, the maid naturally linked Lucia's visit this time to the Queen and believed that she had been invited.

Just ten minutes ago, the Queen had also invited two people who seemed like friends into her room.

The maid thought that perhaps Her Majesty felt that they were lacking one person and called this young girl over to make a group of four to play the card game Landlords.

With this in mind, the maid no longer distracts herself and hurriedly walked past with a basket of clothes, turning a corner and disappearing from sight.

The palace staff were focused on their work.

Lucia's level of concentration was no less than theirs. She had a clear goal, which was to confront the Queen.

The catalyst for this incident was the surge of emotions and the burning flame-like passion that suddenly appeared in her heart when she saw her loved one being called away.

Although Lucia had the determination to remove her rival from the world by any means necessary, she had to be mindful of her loved one's presence and act with restraint.

If she was in front of Wang Xiaole, Lucia still hoped to maintain her image as much as possible.

So once she could appear in front of the Queen, the only thing she could do was challenge her directly.

In human legends, there were more than enough stories of brave men who fought their rivals in public to win over the woman they desired.

Such stories greatly resonated with Lucia, and now that she had found the Queen, she was prepared to do something similar.

That is, to use a duel to determine the final outcome of her loved one's affections!

This idea was ingenious and had room for execution, but the prerequisite was for Lucia to have the opportunity to face her rival.

As she walked halfway, Lucia suddenly felt a sense of discomfort.

The trigger for this bad feeling came from a special aura.

This chilling sense of fear was like a poisonous snake targeting a poor, innocent squirrel, waiting for the opportunity to capture and devour its prey!

The target emitting this aura might not necessarily be nearby.

The senses of the demon race were highly sensitive, and even if there was a distance of kilometers between them, they could sometimes perceive each other's movements and have a general understanding of whether the other was gradually moving away or getting closer to themselves.

Lucia closed her eyelids and stood still like a radar. She carefully sensed all the objects within a radius of thirteen hundred meters that could pose a threat to herself, with her location as the center. After a while, Lucia opened her eyes; during the time she had her eyes closed, a familiar maid passed by her side, but made no sound and only gave a strange look before leaving without turning back. Of course, Lucia did not know about this little incident and showed a bewildered expression (she was most afraid of ghosts) while stumbling over her words:

"Is, is that Coriel! She's also in this coun-, country?"

Vaguely, Lucia remembered, recalling the fear she had when she was dominated by a younger girl for years...

Coriel, whom even the mighty demon lord feared, was also one of the high-ranking demons, female in gender, and slightly younger than Lucia. As a junior member of the demon race, it was not because of Coriel's amazing magical power that made her predecessors so afraid; if they were to engage in a direct confrontation, the junior member would be completely defeated by her senior member's hands.

What truly terrified Lucia was Coriel's sexual orientation, as this junior member of the demon race was also a yuri enthusiast who only liked girls. Naturally, if it were only this, Lucia would have no position to say anything to the other person, nor would she be interested in interfering with other people's choices of finding a boyfriend or girlfriend. However, unfortunately, she couldn't view Coriel as a harmless junior member because the one Coriel liked was her!

"I can't remember at all, what did I do to make her like me? And with so many succubi in the world, why does that demon latch onto me?" Lucia stood on the palace corridor, recalling the past experiences with her junior member.

"Seems like in the past, I was either requested to marry her or be treated forcefully. How can demons behave so shamelessly? Don't they understand to respect the other person's desires? Is a forcefully twisted melon interesting?"

Lucia, who almost forced someone every day, was now experiencing the sorrow of "what goes around comes around."

There was only one thing Lucia couldn't figure out:

"Before entering Dibiles, I used magic to detect the whole city, but I completely failed to sense that demon's presence! Why can I feel her today?"

There was only one reasonable explanation: during the time Lucia intruded into Dibiles, Coriel was not in the city, and she only entered the city today. Perhaps Coriel just happened to decide to visit this place for sightseeing, and there was a high probability that Coriel herself was living in the city, and the past few days were just an outing to relieve stress. And today, that demon junior member has returned.

The situation was urgent, very urgent!

Because there existed a "natural enemy" relationship in the world; if Lucia was a rabbit, Coriel would be a hawk, and one side could only avoid when encountering the other. The restrained side, in order to avoid being entangled, could only act ahead of time and hide in a place where the other side couldn't see.

She had to temporarily halt her original plan, hurriedly leaving the corridor and running to a place she considered safe.

"Darling, I'm sorry, but I have to lay low for now. The earliest I'll come back to your side will be today, and the latest tomorrow!"

Only this sentence dissipated on the empty corridor while the sound of footsteps hurriedly disappeared, completely covered by the sound of wind coming in through the corridor windows.

The silver lining in the misfortune is that, at least for now, she cannot possibly come face to face with the junior she least wants to meet, because Colette is elsewhere.

Speaking of that place, there is still some kind of fate between it and the royal family, but it is not a memorable and wonderful fate, but a curse.

That place is none other than the headquarters of some of the demon clan in the capital city, commonly known as the "Elder Council".

After the constant reshuffling by Wang Xiaole and his comrades, the Elder Council now only has three demons left.

At the same time, these remaining three demons are also the top three in the council, as well as the ace power in the council;

As for the second elder, Ledux, his appearance in public is already frequent enough;

And today, the long-lost third elder happened to have returned to the Elder Council.

She is a petite girl with pink twin tails, wearing a modified school uniform that exudes a youthful vitality.

Although she is a demon, she looks similar to Lucia, and just based on her appearance, there is no difference between her and a human girl.

Perhaps influenced by her seniors, Colette also has a fondness for human clothing;

For example, the one she is wearing now was inspired by the clothing worn by the female students in her homeland, and it is carefully designed to be a unique outfit.

External beauty is very important to this girl, but not all demons can accept this point of view;

Among them, Ledux, who is walking towards the girl, is particularly opposed to it.

"Oh, you're back? Maintaining the same appearance as a human, wandering around without doing any real work, feels so leisurely, right? Colette..."

"What's it to you? Who are you to me? Just because you have the title of 'Brother Two', do you really think you can control me?"

Unlike her sweet appearance, Colette's harshness and sarcasm are truly "demonic".

Although Ledux can scold her, he can't control this third elder;

Not to mention the second elder, even if the chief demon of the Elder Council intervenes, he still can't rein in Colette's independent behavior.

Strictly speaking, although the top three in the Elder Council have a hierarchical relationship, no one can control anyone.

Each of the three represent different goals, let alone cooperation, it is extremely difficult for them to be in the same place at the same time!

In the end, what these three demons hope to achieve is also completely different.

The chief demon clan member likes to gain power, and is currently continuously meditating in seclusion to enhance his own strength;

Ledux is enthusiastic about gaining power and the highest position, winning the final victory in the martial arts competition to marry into the royal family and share the power of the royal clan, which is his greatest pursuit;

Lastly, there's Curyl, who is solely focused on enjoying life and has never ceased searching for her admired senior, hoping to reunite with them as soon as possible.

The search has not been fruitless the whole time, but just recently, Colette sensed keenly through her own perception:

Her most valued senior is in this city!