Was There Something Wrong with This Demon King's Head?

Su Ying felt black lines of exasperation streaking down her forehead. That gesture looked far too much like someone beckoning a puppy.

But she couldn't very well refuse Feng Moyuan.

Deciding that staying alive came first, Su Ying could only shuffle over to stand opposite Feng Moyuan. "Lord Demon Venerable, what can I do for you?"

Feng Moyuan pushed all the memorials toward her. "Review these for me."

Su Ying jumped in shock. "Huh?"

"What are you standing there gawking for?" Feng Moyuan deliberately frowned, putting on a displeased expression.

Su Ying picked up a memorial at random and opened it. The densely packed writing inside made her dizzy.

"Lord Demon Venerable, I-I don't know how to review memorials." She simply wasn't cut out for handling paperwork like this.

"Then learn." Feng Moyuan leaned back comfortably in his chair and picked up the Dragon Roar Sword beside him to toy with it.

Watching him, Su Ying broke out in a cold sweat.

The man might have looked as though he was merely playing with the Dragon Roar Sword, but he was actually threatening her.

If she didn't behave and obey, the Dragon Roar Sword would demonstrate how to seal her throat with a single strike.

"Are there memorials written on my face?" Feng Moyuan raised an eyebrow, his violet eyes brimming with warning.

Su Ying shuddered, resigned herself to her fate, and selected a writing brush to begin reviewing the memorials.

She didn't understand the work, but at least the system had given her a cheat that let her read the complicated writing.

Su Ying simply asked the system, [Can you give me a cheat?]

[Host...]

The moment she heard that, Su Ying knew the system wasn't willing, so she said, [If it weren't for that stupid quest of yours, I wouldn't have ended up here. Help me review these memorials right this instant, or I'm going on strike. At worst, I just won't do the quest. It suddenly occurs to me that dying and getting reincarnated sooner wouldn't be so bad. But if I give up on the quest, won't you, as the system, be finished too?]

The system was helpless. Even her request came with a threat, so it could only cooperate and help her review the memorials.

With the system helping her scan through them, Su Ying reviewed them exceptionally quickly.

Watching her work, Feng Moyuan's violet eyes flashed with a gleam. He had known Su Ying could do it.

With her system, she was quite reliable.

As he watched the pile of memorials shrink one by one, Feng Moyuan began thinking of having Su Ying review all his memorials from now on.

Otherwise, merely making her cook to compensate him would let her off far too easily.

Having her shoulder some of his work could count as compensation for what had happened before.

Even with the system's help, the thousand years' worth of memorials this demon king had accumulated weren't so easy to deal with.

As she reviewed them, she grumbled inwardly, [Is there something wrong with the people in the Demon Realm? They even report their concubines having affairs? Aren't they embarrassed by that?]

[Haha, who would have thought the Demon Venerable's memorials would be so entertaining?]

Su Ying didn't share the system's good mood. [This demon king's subordinates sure are something. They even submit trivial things like losing a dog. What, is their dog inlaid with gold and jade? Is it that precious? It's just a dog! Use a spell to look for it, and if you can't find it, let it go.]

The system added, [Host, didn't you read the preceding sentence? It was a dog bestowed by the Demon Venerable.]

[I did...] Su Ying fell silent for a moment, then complained about Feng Moyuan inwardly again. [Is there something wrong with this demon king's head? He actually gave someone a dog as a reward.]

After writing "Reviewed," she moved on to the next memorial.

This time, someone had lost a cat, and it was also a cat bestowed by the demon king.

Su Ying couldn't stand it anymore. She looked up, ready to demand whether there was something wrong with Feng Moyuan, but the instant their eyes met, her courage collapsed.

The sinister chill in his violet eyes made her whole body shudder, instantly jolting her alert again.

[Argh, I've really had enough.] Su Ying raked a hand through her hair. Her already poorly arranged bun was now scratched into a mess, resembling a feather duster.

Su Ying was utterly bewildered.

Seeing her hair sticking up, Feng Moyuan felt a surge of mischief. He cast a spell to make it even messier, then narrowed his violet eyes slightly and leaned back in his chair, toying with the Dragon Roar Sword in his hand.

He curled a finger and flicked it.

At once, the Dragon Roar Sword let out a humming sound, as though protesting-or perhaps responding in agreement.

Su Ying knew that treasured swords like the Dragon Roar Sword possessed a spirit of their own.

So if Feng Moyuan wanted to slit her throat, the Dragon Roar Sword might very well do it for him.

Su Ying could only work even harder at reviewing the memorials.

When Ling Xian came in carrying tea, this was the scene she saw.

She was startled.

"Senior Sister Su Ying, why are you here too?" No sooner had Ling Xian spoken than she realized Su Ying was working for Feng Moyuan. Raising her voice, she asked, "Senior Sister, you're actually colluding with the Demon Realm?"

Su Ying rolled her eyes, stuck the writing brush straight into her hair, and turned to look at the panic-stricken Ling Xian.

She could come in if she wanted, but why did she have to stand there denouncing her?

[I'm speechless. This Female Lead isn't doing her proper job.] Su Ying grumbled without speaking aloud, merely unable to suppress a yawn.

[Host, the plot has gone off course,] the system reminded her.

[If Ling Xian would seduce Feng Moyuan right this very instant, the plot would definitely get back on track, and I could return to the Cultivation Sect without a hitch. Everything in this Demon Realm is red or purple. There's nothing understated or elegant about it. My eyes are practically swimming.] Su Ying complained.

[With someone as handsome as this demon king right here, instead of thinking up all sorts of ways to tumble around in bed with him, she's snapping at me for betraying the sect. If she could be a little sharper, I wouldn't have ended up like this.] As she spoke, she yawned again.

In Ling Xian's eyes, everything Su Ying did was utterly improper. She took two incredulous steps back, her face filled with grief. "Senior Sister, Master treated you so well, yet you actually joined up with people from the Demon Realm and caused countless deaths and injuries in our sect. How can you face Master after doing this?"

Su Ying spoke mildly. "Junior Sister, which eye of yours saw me joining up with anyone from the Demon Realm?"

"Y-you being here means you've joined up with people from the Demon Realm, doesn't it?" Ling Xian's face was full of disbelief.

Su Ying pointed at the tray in her hands. "That's for the Demon Venerable, isn't it? You're working for him too, so you've joined up with people from the Demon Realm as well?"

"Nonsense!" Ling Xian flushed scarlet, her face filled with shame and anger. "I-I'm being forced!"

"Oh, you're being forced. Then which eye of yours saw that I wasn't being forced?" Su Ying said. "We're both being forced, Junior Sister. Why must you slander me like this?"

Feng Moyuan watched them with keen interest-or, to be precise, he watched Su Ying.

In an instant, her expression went from supremely arrogant to pitiful, as though she intended to compete with that girl called Ling Xian over who was more miserable.

Feng Moyuan had no intention of stopping them from recounting their woes to each other. Then he heard another voice from the system inside Su Ying.

[Host, a side quest has arrived.]

Su Ying rolled her eyes. She was still having an acting showdown with Ling Xian, so why had a quest appeared now? And a side quest at that, leaving her no room to refuse.

Thinking of escaping, she accepted it anyway. [What quest?]