Picked up a Demon King to be a Maid

Who was he? What did he want? All his actions thus far couldn’t have just been a part of a large game of chess for him, could it?

“Could it be… he purposely approached me because of my background and status.”

ShenDai Ying shivered when she thought of that possibility and it felt like she was just dunked into cold water.

Lin Xiao looked innocent and was actually very eloquent with his words and acting.
He was lazy and would rarely show his dark side.
He also wouldn’t hold back his craftiness against an enemy, so if he purposely wanted to deceive her, then she wouldn’t be able to tell and would definitely fall into his honey trap.

“Impossible, why would he trick me? What am I thinking about…”

Perhaps it was because it was too boring or she was worried, but the more she thought about it, the more agitated she became.
So she just didn’t think about it and picked up the pace to arrive as soon as possible.

When she looked up, she saw a shocking scene.

At the entrance, the wreckage of the carriage was scattered everywhere.
The wheels were broken into pieces and that poor horse was gutted and drained dry, so it was very bloody.

“Wait… i-isn’t this Lin Xiao’s carriage?” ShenDai Ying recognized it immediately.

It looked like it was destroyed by demonic beasts, doesn’t that mean Lin Xiao encountered an attack?

ShenDai Ying quickly jumped off her carriage and rushed over.

Other than the wreckage, there was a dead Jackalwere and a lot of scattered footprints, but no Lin Xiao.
She arrived yet Lin Xiao wasn’t there and there was just wreckage in his place… what was going on?

Was Lin Xiao in danger?

With his strength, he shouldn’t be, but it was really dark last night and it wasn’t uncommon for accidents to happen… When she thought about that, she resolved herself to get to the bottom of it and she had to see him, dead or alive!

So, she brought the lunchbox she prepared and headed deeper into the canyon while trying to find traces of Lin Xiao.

“This seems to be their footprints…”

ShenDai Ying found footprints from two people.
Ever since the demonic beasts arrive, no one would be strolling around here other than those two.

She calmed herself and gripped her sword as she carefully followed their footprints.

She may be confident in her own strength, but this place was filled with demonic beasts, so sneaking in was the smartest choice.

Who knows if it was because she was too successful at concealing herself or whether it was because there were no demonic beasts around, ShenDai Ying realized after a while that she never ran into a single demonic beast.

What was going on? Wasn’t this place supposed to be very dangerous?

Was the information about demons taking over the canyon fake?

ShenDai Ying couldn’t even dream that those demonic beasts were all dismissed by Elena last night, so the canyon was already restored to its usual peacefulness.
The remaining demonic beasts weren’t aggressive so they were nothing to worry about.

As she explored the canyon, ShenDai Ying became increasingly flustered.
She gripped her sword tighter and was prepared to deal with an ambush at any time.

She finally noticed something and saw a nocturnal lion monkey not too far away.

But…

“W-what? This…”

Just as she was about to draw her sword, she noticed that monkey was already dead!

Not just one, if she looked carefully, the surroundings were littered with corpses! The corpses were scattered in all positions, some had their limbs bent, some were just a pile of flesh…

“Did Lin Xiao do this?”

As she carefully maneuvered past the corpses, she noticed a detail.

These monkeys didn’t die from magic, they died simply by falling from a tall height like they linked up and jumped off to commit suicide.
ShenDai Ying had originally thought this was Lin Xiao’s work, but after that, she was sure that it wasn’t him!

No matter how strong he was, how could he force the demonic beasts to do his bidding?

ShenDai Ying continued walking with a stomach full of questions, and then she saw something even more alarming.

“W-what is that? Seventh-level phosphorus poisonous scorpion!?”

Even she couldn’t afford to be careless against a seventh-level demonic beast, she was even full prepared to fight to the death… but after a while, it didn’t make any movements and just motionlessly.
stayed there

“What… eh? It’s unconscious?”

ShenDai Ying was dumbfounded.