"Long Aotian?"
Full red lips formed the three syllables.
The voice was dreamlike.
"Someone, come."
"Master, I'm here."
Two handsome members of the Demon Race hurried into the Phantom Sound King's bedchamber. They knelt on one knee, eyes fixed straight ahead, not daring to look at the graceful figure who had just woken on the bed.
"Within one day, I want everything on that Long Aotian in the Human World!"
"Well..."
One of the handsome demons looked troubled. "Master, these past few days, the humans have gone mad shutting down every passage between the Demon Race and the Human World. I'm afraid... I'm afraid the investigation won't be that fast..."
"Hmm?"
The Phantom Sound King raised her eyes.
"You can't do it? Then what use are you to me? Kill yourself."
Her voice was gentle.
Yet as soon as she spoke, the handsome demon raised his hand and slammed it into his own heart.
Bang!
His heart burst, and his corpse hit the floor with a heavy thud.
He had really killed himself!
The Phantom Sound King turned her gaze to the other demon and parted her red lips again. "And you... can you do it?"
The other handsome demon trembled violently, prostrate on the floor.
"Yes, Master! I'll bring you all the information on Long Aotian within one day!"
"Mm. That's more like it. Go."
The Phantom Sound King waved a hand, and the other demon left her bedchamber, still shaking.
On his way out, he carefully took his dead companion's body with him.
It wasn't grief for his companion that made him do it. He was afraid leaving the corpse in the Phantom Sound King's bedchamber would anger her and get him killed too.
Only after he had gone did the Phantom Sound King slowly rise.
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