The Lord Demon King is Unfathomable!

Of course it's not just... so teasing is one of the purposes too?

Mia's lips twitched, but she lacked the energy to retort. Her gaze drifted to her toes, and she muttered a sentence.

"I... what good is it for me to be honest? I can't influence his choice."

"Not necessarily, I feel he has a good impression of you. Moreover, he is different from those who simply want to get close to your father or to me. He neither distances himself from us to avoid suspicion nor deliberately tries to ingratiate or rely on our strength... This is actually a very mature behavior. He is attempting to become an ally of the Padric family. It's not strange for you to appreciate him, and even I have to admit, he's quite a good guy."

Serena's gaze shifted, placing a finger on her lips, and she said with a smile.

"How about..."

"How about what! Don't come up with any bad ideas! I, I can take the initiative myself! I'm about to make a move! I'm already making a move!" Mia was genuinely flustered. She hurriedly interrupted Lady Serena's nonsense, wishing she could rush over and cover that mouth.

As a Purple Crystal Level expert, the experienced Lady Serena naturally wouldn't be caught by a mere Silver Level Enchanting Demon.

She chuckled, deftly dodging her daughter's hand, and her figure flashed to the other side of the corridor—beside the garden arch.

"Then I'll look forward to your performance."

"If you can keep him overnight, then I'll believe what you said is true."

With that, she left behind the utterly embarrassed Mia, disappearing into the empty corridor along with her mischievous laughter.

...

On the other side.

In the reception room.

Luo Yan sat on the plush sofa, calmly sipping tea while listening to Egger talk about his military life on the front line.

"... The environment at the Central Fortress is particularly harsh. In the uninhabited desert, it's windy all year round, and the nearest water source is on a mountain dozens of miles away. I even suspect the Empire doesn't not take it because they can't, but because they simply don't want that barren land. In short, the situation there is really terrible. At first, I thought I wouldn't last a month, but gradually I adapted..."

It was evident that a year of military life had indeed changed him quite a bit, at least making him more confident than before.

As for masculine aura...

Luo Yan couldn't tell; maybe there was some.

As he continued, Egger's eyebrows shone more and more with pride, but he quickly lowered his head with embarrassment and added softly.

"Of course, compared to you, all this is nothing... I often hear about your glorious deeds in Demon City on the front lines."

Luo Yan raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"My reputation reached the front lines?"

"Of course!"

Speaking of this, Egger's eyes suddenly sparkled, nodding earnestly as he continued.

"Everyone on the front lines is talking, saying how amazing the Demon King of Thunder County is, not only avenging the brothers who lost at Seldo Port but also clearing out the corruption within the army! They also say you are the Chosen One by the Demon God, there to root out corrupt guys like Zakro Dragon!"

Corrupt, huh...

It seems the Truth Department pinned some heavy charges on that guy.

Luo Yan hadn't paid much attention to the aftermath of that matter, partly because he quickly got involved in affairs on the Gana Continent, and partly because assigning crimes to a dead man wasn't that important.

However, Egger misunderstood Luo Yan's calm demeanor—the composed manner of making opponents vanish in laughter and conversation perfectly fit his fantasy of a strongman!

"... Speaking of which, I have to apologize to you about something."

"What?"

"Well... I'm new, right? No one really took me seriously, and they always picked on me, stole my clothes, and played pranks during training..."

Egger instinctively tightened his knees, blushing and looking to the side nervously.

"So later I just said... you're my buddy, and since then they've stopped bullying me, even made me their leader, saying they'd follow my lead from then on."

Luo Yan was momentarily speechless, stunned for a while before saying with a wry smile.

"Ah, this thing... Well, I don't think you need to apologize; you didn't really lie, did you?"

Egger looked up, his clear eyes lighting up with gratitude.

Just as he was about to express his thanks, the door to the reception room suddenly opened gently, and the previously missing Mia walked in, her face flushed.

Luo Yan glanced at her and casually asked out of concern.

"Why were you gone so long?"

Mia hesitated, looking around guiltily.

"Ah... um, nothing, my mom just... worried about me... pulled me to ask some questions..."

As she said this, her voice gradually quieted, but then she seemed to make a decision, raising her voice courageously.

"Tonight! You... stay, stay the night?"

The air was suddenly silent for a few seconds.

Luo Yan held his teacup, not reacting immediately, maintaining a polite smile while actually being stunned for a moment.

Egger, sitting beside him, was even more surprised, his eyes widening as he looked at Mia, whose face had turned red like a light bulb. He couldn't reconcile this shy face with the arrogant and domineering image he had of her.

What's going on?!

He instinctively looked at Luo Yan, who still wore a calm smile, unchanged from before.

Egger's gaze gradually turned from shock to admiration.

To tame even the evil dragon of the Padric family like this...

No wonder he's the toughest graduate from the Demon King Academy in recent years—Demon King Luo Yan of Thunder County!