Chapter 9 - The Demon Sovereign and the Empress's First Time Sharing a Bed
“My hair is soaking wet. Looks like I’ll have to wait for it to dry.”
Longyue touched her dripping-wet fine hair, a look of helplessness on her face.
Compared to the overly cute pajamas on her body, her wet hair was actually more of a predicament for her.
At least no one else had seen the clothes, but if she wanted to sleep, she had to wait for her hair to dry.
If her spiritual energy were still present, she could have casually steam-dried her hair with her own power. Now, however, she could only wait for it to dry on its own.
After losing her spiritual energy, everything seemed to have become incomparably troublesome...
“You wait here, I remember that thing should still be around.”
Lin Fan walked back into the bedroom, opened the drawer at the bottom of the wardrobe, and began to rummage through it repeatedly.
“Found it.”
Soon, he dug out a hair dryer from inside.
Once, when his hair was long, he had bought a hair dryer for the convenience of going to sleep quickly after a shower. However, after he cut his hair short later, the hair dryer was never used again and was tossed into a drawer to gather dust.
“What is this thing?”
Longyue studied the hair dryer in Lin Fan’s hand, her pretty face full of curiosity.
“A hair dryer. It’s something that can dry hair quickly.”
“Sit tight, this sovereign will help you dry your hair.”
Lin Fan pushed Longyue to sit in front of the mirror, lifted her thick, jet-black hair with one hand, and turned on the hair dryer with the other.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh.
Accompanied by a whistling sound, hot gusts of wind blew from the nozzle of the hair dryer.
Longyue was greatly shocked.
“Demon Sovereign, this thing can blow hot wind. Are you sure it’s not a magic treasure?!”
“It’s not. It’s just an electric current passing through a heating element to heat the air blown out by a fan.”
Lin Fan explained with a smile while helping Longyue dry her hair.
“Th-This was also invented by the mortals of this world?” Longyue asked again in disbelief.
Lin Fan nodded affirmatively.
“That’s right. This world has no spiritual energy. Everything you see was invented by mortals.”
“Be it the water heater or the hair dryer, they are just one among tens of thousands of inventions in the world.”
“One among tens of thousands…”
Longyue murmured in a daze.
If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed that mortals with no cultivation or strength could create such a treasure.
And there were tens of thousands more of such strange and convenient treasures in the world!
As Longyue was immersed in her shock, Lin Fan, who was drying her hair, gradually smelled a strong floral fragrance coming from her.
He was very familiar with this floral scent because he had just used it himself not long ago.
It was the smell of the shower gel and shampoo!
Lin Fan lifted Longyue’s fine hair and sniffed it carefully, his brow furrowed slightly.
Fragrant! Too fragrant! So fragrant that it was actually a bit pungent.
Through the mirror, Longyue noticed Lin Fan holding her fine hair and sniffing it, and she was so startled that she quickly turned her head.
“What are you doing…?!”
Lin Fan didn’t answer. Instead, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he guessed:
“Empress, could it be that because this sovereign said you smelled of sweat, you purposely used a lot of shower gel and shampoo, wanting to cover up the smell?”
Longyue: “…”
“O-Of course not, this Empress only used a little bit…”
Having her little scheme exposed so suddenly, Longyue retorted in a small voice, her face blushing.
This rebuttal, which lacked any confidence, naturally aroused Lin Fan’s suspicion at once. He put down the hair dryer and turned to walk into the bathroom.
“Empress, could you please explain why half of this sovereign’s shower gel and shampoo are suddenly gone?”
Lin Fan walked out of the bathroom holding the bottles of shower gel and shampoo, which were not even half-full.
Longyue: “…”
With the facts laid bare before her, Longyue knew she could no longer argue her way out of it. She turned her head away with a blushing, guilty face.
“It was my first time using it, this Empress didn't know how much to use…”
Lin Fan: “…”
“Never mind. It was my fault for not telling you in advance.”
“Next time you use it, just one pump is enough.”
Lin Fan sighed lightly, put the shower gel and shampoo back in the bathroom, and came back to continue drying Longyue’s hair.
Longyue sat obediently in front of the mirror, letting him play with her fine hair, her heart filled with a hundred mixed emotions.
Her hair had only ever been touched by herself or her personal handmaidens. This was the first time it had been touched by a member of the opposite sex, and moreover, it was the Demon Sovereign…
A woman’s hair should not be casually touched by a man…
But the Demon Sovereign is only helping her dry her hair, it probably doesn’t count as anything, right…
“Alright, your hair is all dry. You can go rest early.”
After confirming that Longyue’s hair was all dry, Lin Fan put away the hair dryer, walked to the light switch, and reminded her:
“I’m turning off the lights.”
“Oh, oh…”
Longyue came back to her senses, climbed onto the bed first, and pulled the covers over herself again. Then, still worried, she poked her head out from under the covers and sternly reminded him:
“Remember, you are absolutely forbidden from crossing the boundary!”
“Got it...”
Lin Fan replied helplessly, casually turned off the light, and immediately lay down on the bed.
In the darkness, Longyue lay flat on the bed, her eyes calmly staring at the ceiling, but her heart could not find peace for a long time.
Even now, she felt as if she were immersed in a dream.
She was supposed to be here to kill the Demon Sovereign, but now she was being taken care of by him in every way, and was even lying with him on the same bed…
Why have things turned out this way…
Longyue glanced over at Lin Fan sleeping beside her, and a terrifying thought suddenly flashed through her mind.
Judging by the sound of his breathing, the Demon Sovereign seemed to be already asleep, sleeping so completely unguarded beside her…
If… if she went to the kitchen and got a knife right now, perhaps she could kill the Demon Sovereign directly!
The moment the thought appeared in her mind, Longyue was startled and shook her head vigorously and repeatedly.
No! Absolutely not!
How could she have such a terrifying thought!
After she lost her cultivation, not only did the Demon Sovereign not harm her, but he even took her in. As the Empress of the Immortal Realm, how could she repay kindness with enmity!
Besides, she fell into this world only after shattering the void together with the Demon Sovereign. If she wanted to go back, the Demon Sovereign’s power was naturally indispensable.
Relying on herself alone, let alone going back, whether she could even survive in this world was perhaps a problem...
The Demon Sovereign must not be killed!
At least, I can't make a move at this stage!
Even if I am to make a move, it will be after we return to the Immortal Demon Continent, to have a decisive battle, fair and square!
Mhm! That’s right!
After convincing herself in her heart, Longyue quickly threw that terrifying thought to the back of her mind, closed her eyes, and went to sleep.
In the pitch-black, silent night, Lin Fan, with his back to Longyue, slowly opened his eyes. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and then he closed his eyes and went to sleep, reassured.
There probably won't be any danger tonight…