Get to Work, Empress!

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The switch was flipped, and the room was instantly flooded with the dazzling light of the incandescent lamps.

After getting a spare key from the property management office, Lin Fan carried Long Yue into the home he had not entered in a very long time.

The furniture in the living room was neatly arranged, and everything was exactly as it had been before he left. It was just that, having been unoccupied for so long, the room was visibly covered in a layer of dust.

Long Yue looked around the room curiously, astonishment filling her heart.

"Demon Supreme, this... is your home?"

In her impression, the Demon Supreme's home ought to have dining tables made of bones, chairs sewn from human skin, and severed heads displayed on the walls—a scene straight out of hell.

Yet the sight before her was completely unlike what she had imagined. Aside from the unfamiliar decorations and furniture, it was nothing more than an utterly ordinary room.

"That's right. This is this Venerable's home."

Lin Fan tossed Long Yue from his arms onto the sofa, planted his hands on his hips, and looked around the room with a nostalgic expression.

Before he had transmigrated, he had merely been an ordinary corporate drone. He had dreamed of having a home of his own, worked hard for years, and finally saved enough to buy this seventy-square-meter, one-bedroom apartment with a separate kitchen and bathroom, as well as a small balcony.

Not long after buying this place, he had unexpectedly transmigrated to the Immortal-Demon Continent.

Fortunately, he had paid for it in full at the time, so he had not needed to make monthly mortgage payments. Otherwise, the bank might have repossessed the house long ago due to missed payments.

What was strange, though, was that despite having left this world for several centuries, the room was unexpectedly still here, and the changes to the entire city did not seem all that great either...

"Hmph, Demon Supreme! You brought this Empress here because you intend to humiliate and torture this Empress, didn't you?!"

"This Empress has long heard of the Demon Race's methods! What your Demon Race likes most is torturing others' flesh, little by little destroying their spirit and will!"

"This Empress will never be afraid! No matter what you do to this Empress, this Empress will never yield!"

Long Yue clenched her delicate fists and gritted her teeth, her pretty face wearing a solemn expression of one ready to die. Yet her slightly trembling body made her words somewhat less convincing.

Lin Fan deliberately let his gaze fall upon her snowy-white chest, a meaningful wicked smile appearing on his face.

"As expected of the Empress of the Immortal Realm. This spirit of self-sacrifice truly earns this Venerable's admiration."

"This Venerable sees that Empress also possesses some beauty. It seems you have already made up your mind?"

"Y-you...! You despicable, shameless, lewd, perverted bastard!"

"Even if this Empress dies, this Empress will never let you have your way!"

Noticing Lin Fan's gaze, Long Yue immediately flew into a flustered rage. She hurriedly covered the front of her clothes, tears welling in her eyes in panic.

"Hahaha, don't worry. If this Venerable truly wanted to lay a hand on you, this Venerable would have done so while you were unconscious. Why wait until now?"

"Empress, aren't you being a little too full of yourself?"

Lin Fan laughed happily, thoroughly satisfied.

He had fought Long Yue countless times. In the past, she had always maintained a cold, proud, lofty demeanor. It was rare to see her acting like such a frightened little woman.

"You... bastard!"

Realizing she had been toyed with, Long Yue gritted her teeth in fury, though the unease in her heart eased somewhat.

Though she did not know how much spiritual power the Demon Supreme still retained, one thing was certain: the spiritual power remaining within him was definitely greater than hers!

If he truly wanted to harm her, he could have done so long ago.

"Since you did not bring this Empress here to torture this Empress, why did you bring this Empress here?"

Faced with Long Yue's question, Lin Fan merely glanced at her and said blandly:

"Because you have nowhere to go, don't you? We can't exactly have our noble Empress wandering the streets outside, can we?"

Hearing this, Long Yue froze for a moment. Then she frowned slightly, displeasure appearing on her face.

"Are you taking pity on this Empress?"

"Who do you think this Empress is?! I am the Empress of the Extreme Saint Heavenly Palace! Even without Demon Supreme taking this Empress in, nothing would happen to this Empress!"

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"Really? Empress, you've lost all your cultivation, and you look so temptingly criminal. Who knows what you might run into outside late at night? So hard to guess~" Lin Fan teased meaningfully.

At those words, Long Yue looked toward the silent night beyond the window and could not help falling silent.

Just as the Demon Supreme had said, she knew nothing at all about this world. More importantly, she had lost all the cultivation she relied upon. Who knew whether she might encounter something outside...

Seeing that he had successfully scared Long Yue, Lin Fan finally added:

"This Venerable is not taking pity on you. This is merely to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"If you were outside on your own, this Venerable fears you would truly be sent to a psychiatric hospital by the next day."

"You! Are you insulting this Empress?!"

"Besides, even if this Empress really were sent to that psychiatric hospital or whatever, what would that have to do with Demon Supreme?!"

Long Yue furrowed her brows and glared at him, indignantly retorting in her sweet voice.

Though she did not know what a psychiatric hospital was, it sounded like an insult to her intelligence.

Lin Fan walked into the bathroom with a rag in hand and replied without looking back:

"It naturally has nothing to do with this Venerable where you are sent, but if you expose this Venerable, it will bring this Venerable a great deal of unnecessary trouble."

"Hmph, even so, how could I, the dignified Empress of the Extreme Saint Heavenly Palace, be taken in by you, Demon Supreme!"

"Empress, you misunderstand."

Lin Fan emerged from the bathroom carrying damp cleaning cloths and tossed one of them to her.

"This Venerable is not taking you in for free. I am renting the house to you as the landlord, and you will have to pay rent."

"R-Rent...?"

Long Yue instinctively caught the cloth and stared blankly at it in her hand.

"That's right. One thousand a month, including food and lodging, water, electricity, and internet."

"This Venerable is kind-hearted and knows that Empress surely has no money on hand, so the first month is rent-free. Rent starts from the second month."

"However, while the rent is waived, Empress will need to help clean the house as a condition."

"So get to work, Empress!"

With that, Lin Fan smiled and pointed at the cloth in Long Yue's hand.

"Tch! As expected of the Demon Supreme! Always scheming!"

Long Yue clicked her tongue and shot Lin Fan a disdainful glare.

"But this is fine too. That way, this Empress won't owe you anything."

As soon as she finished speaking, Long Yue picked up the cloth and began cleaning briskly.

Lin Fan took another cloth and went into the bedroom to clean.

The two of them busily moved back and forth through every corner of the house, the only sounds inside being the soft rustling of their work.

Long Yue lay on the floor wiping it down, fragrant sweat beading on her forehead as she panted from exhaustion.

Since childhood, even when facing countless powerful enemies who were also Immortal Emperors, she had never been this tired.

A room covered in dust like this could once have been cleaned with a single cleansing spell at the flick of her finger. Yet now, like an ordinary mortal, she had no choice but to scrub every corner bit by bit with her own hands...

Only today did she realize just how inconvenient a mortal body was...

But more than that, what truly infuriated her was why she, the Empress of the Immortal Realm, had to clean a house together with the Demon Supreme...!

Damn it! This was infuriating!!!

The more Long Yue thought about it, the angrier she became, and she unconsciously put more force into her hand.

She had the distinct feeling that she had been tricked. Perhaps the Demon Supreme had brought her here precisely to make her free labor and have her clean his house!

This had to be a disguised form of tormenting her. It had to be...!