Volume 1 Chapter 91: I Will Obey Any Request You Make
“Hey, Heidi…?”
Looking at the blonde girl standing before her and secretly observing her with curious eyes, Bai Muxue could not help twitching at the corner of her lips after canceling her transformation. Still, she forced down the irritation in her heart and tried to keep her voice calm.
“How long are you planning to keep following me?”
“Eh? What do you mean by that, Miss Kaguya?”
“Why… are you still following me? And how long exactly are you planning to keep doing it?”
The relaxed smile Bai Muxue had while transformed was now completely gone. Her expression darkened slightly as she pointed at Heidi, then pointed at the group of pedestrians behind her who were secretly staring at the two of them.
Although it was already late at night, the streets of the royal capital were still lively. Many citizens were still enjoying late-night food and nightlife.
And without question, both Bai Muxue and Heidi were the kind of people who would stand out immediately even in a crowd.
It could not be helped, they were simply too eye-catching.
Especially Heidi. Her light golden shoulder-length curls attracted attention everywhere she went, not to mention her beautiful features and extremely noticeable black dress.
Bai Muxue even heard a little girl nearby exclaim.
“Mommy, Mommy, that big sister’s hair is so pretty! Is she a foreigner?”
But the blonde girl before her seemed completely unaware of how much attention she attracted. Hearing Bai Muxue’s question, she tilted her head blankly for a moment. Then, as if finally making up her mind, she clenched her fists, her cheeks turning bright red as she spoke in a trembling voice.
“I-I-I, according to the professor’s orders, I, Heidi Theresa, belong to Miss Kaguya from now on! Whatever arrangements you have in the future, you can freely order me around. Even if your requests are excessive, I will still…”
Those explosive words instantly made nearby pedestrians turn to look at them. Bai Muxue froze for a second, then her face also turned bright red.
“You little brat, don’t say things like that in public!!”
She quickly dragged Heidi into an empty alley nearby. After the earlier battle, she had already been somewhat exhausted, and now she felt an even stronger headache coming on.
“I don’t need you to do anything for me at all! Go back to your professor right now and stop following me, understand?”
“But… the professor already cut off my communication channel with the Empire…”
“So now I can’t go back anymore…”
“And Sasha is asleep too. I can only follow the professor’s final order and stay by your side, Miss Kaguya, fulfilling all your requests…”
Heidi shrank her shoulders and lowered her pale, delicate face timidly, not daring to raise her head.
“I swear, you…”
Looking at the trembling girl, Bai Muxue could only let out a helpless sigh.
Back in that so-called secret base, Dian had left immediately after speaking, leaving only her and Heidi awkwardly staring at each other.
At first, Bai Muxue did not really take Dian’s strange final words seriously. After searching the hall once and finding nothing, she had planned to leave.
But Heidi seemed to have received some kind of absolute order. She stubbornly followed Bai Muxue the entire way. Even after Bai Muxue canceled her transformation, she still failed to shake Heidi off.
Tch, that woman actually used this method to trap me!?
Who uses a living girl as compensation!?
Bai Muxue fiercely cursed Dian in her heart.
She truly did not expect that professor… to openly place one of her own people beside her in such a direct way!
Compared to simply saying things out loud, directly sending someone to follow her made the situation feel far more troublesome.
Meanwhile, Dian herself lost almost nothing. Judging from Heidi’s foolish and innocent appearance, she probably did not know much about the Empire’s core secrets anyway.
So Dian likely had no fear that Bai Muxue would obtain important information from her.
As for trying to do anything to Heidi, that was even more unrealistic for Bai Muxue…
After all, Sasha was still inside Heidi’s body as well. And that girl was basically a ticking time bomb.
Although Sasha failed to gain any advantage against Bai Muxue earlier, Bai Muxue herself no longer had more than twenty days of lifespan left for transformation…
With the tiny amount of days she had remaining now, even if she transformed again, forget Sasha, even Heidi could probably defeat her easily.
If she handled things badly, she might only end up causing trouble for herself.
Of course, Bai Muxue could directly send Heidi back. But she knew very clearly that even if she secretly escaped somehow, Heidi would still find a way to track her all the way to her house…
After all, Bai Muxue had already witnessed the girl’s tracking ability earlier.
According to Heidi, Dian had cut off the Empire’s communication with her. On one hand, it was to stop Heidi from returning. On the other hand, perhaps it was also meant to show Bai Muxue that they had no intention of planting a spy beside her.
But… was that really true?
Did Dian really send a high-level fighter like Heidi and Sasha to stay beside her simply as a gesture of goodwill, with no other hidden purpose?
Bai Muxue refused to believe that.
Although Heidi did not look like a spy at all and instead seemed more like a foolish girl who simply followed whatever orders she was given, Bai Muxue still had to consider every possibility.
Still…
Even though Dian’s move was truly disgusting, it was not like Bai Muxue had no way to deal with it.
Rather than letting Heidi run around behind her freely, it would be better to keep the girl close.
First, it would stop Heidi from secretly investigating places she should not go.
Second, Bai Muxue might still be able to gather some information from her.
Wasn’t the whole reason she entered that secret base alone today to make them lower their guard so she could collect information?
As her eyes shifted slightly, Bai Muxue silently made her decision.
Meanwhile, when Heidi noticed that Bai Muxue kept lowering her head without speaking, she slowly became a little braver and openly started staring at her.
Eh… so this is what Miss Kaguya looks like after canceling her transformation?
Unlike the cute cunningness and overwhelming killing intent she had while transformed, the current Miss Kaguya looked… much cuter somehow.
If transformed Kaguya was an impossible-to-communicate-with madwoman who casually talked about killing people, then the current Bai Muxue only looked like an unusually beautiful ordinary girl.
At least, if it had been transformed Kaguya, she definitely would not have calmly tried to persuade Heidi to leave…
Instead, she probably would have smiled while saying something terrifying like, ‘If you don’t leave soon, I’ll kill you, okay~?’
Now, after canceling her transformation, Miss Kaguya somehow did not seem quite as frightening anymore…
A faint blush appeared on Heidi’s face. Her timid gaze peeked out from beneath her light golden bangs, like moonlight at midnight quietly falling upon the girl’s delicate face.
She did not dare say much. She did not even dare defend herself against Bai Muxue’s annoyance and rejection.
It was as though simply looking at the girl had already used up all her courage.
No… I can’t just stand here wasting time! I have to say something to Miss Kaguya, or I really won’t have anywhere to go…!
Besides, since the professor sent her to stay beside Miss Kaguya, she must want her to act as a bridge between both sides!
So she absolutely had to show Miss Kaguya her determination!
After struggling in her heart for quite a while, Heidi finally made up her mind. She stepped forward two paces and spoke,
“Miss Kaguya, I—wah!”
Before Heidi could finish speaking, her foot caught on a raised piece of pavement. She helplessly watched herself fall directly into Bai Muxue’s arms.
“Eh?”
A flash of surprise quickly crossed Bai Muxue’s face as well. She had no time to dodge Heidi as the girl crashed into her.