Lan Qingyou: Disgusted Upon Hearing Laughter.
Lan Qingyou and Esmeralda both turned to look toward the doorway.
A fat woman wearing a lavish, wide-skirted dress in Victorian Basile style stood there.
She wore a large mass of bright red curls on her head, and her lips were painted with equally bright red lipstick.
She looked... like a red-lipped toad walking upright.
That was right.
The owner of that laughter was this woman.
Or rather...
"Greetings, two honored guests. My name is Victoria Salek, and I am also the Patriarch of the Sallek Family."
"You may simply call me Victoria."
After entering the spacious reception room carpeted with expensive rugs, Victoria greeted the two of them.
There was no aristocratic skirt-lifting gesture, nor was there a slight curtsy.
She merely nodded in an ordinary manner.
Even her smile was perfunctory.
How should one put it...
It was the standard greeting of a superior toward subordinates.
That alone revealed Victoria's arrogance.
But Demons...
Whether on Blue Star or here, arrogance was their main theme.
Of course.
As a return gesture, neither Lan Qingyou nor Esmeralda rose from the reception room sofa.
They merely glanced at her before withdrawing their gazes.
Pride.
Who didn't have some?
This reaction also made Victoria, who had originally intended to put the two of them in their place, lose some interest.
At the very least, it was not what she had expected.
"I heard the two of you wished to discuss a business deal with me?"
After entering, Victoria sat on a large sofa specially designed to accommodate her voluminous skirt.
Then she looked at the two witches.
To be honest.
Both the Witch of the High Tower and the Chaser of the Starry Sky were figures Transmigrators loved to talk about.
But for the Demon Race,