Revive Rome: Wait! Why not make the empress fall in love with me first? Chapter 624: 3: Aftertaste

Chapter 624: Chapter 3: Aftertaste

“You were too reckless, Derek.”

The woman with the youthful appearance crossed her arms and spoke coldly.

“I just wanted to test her companion’s ttle.”

The old man chuckled gleefully.

“If ssiah found out, she would surely develop a rift with us.”

“It doesn’t matter, Sherry.” The old man took off the hood of his cloak, revealing the rotting and withered face characteristic of a Corpse Witch, “I didn’t expose my true face.”

His originally hunched back suddenly cracked straight, revealing a cold and imposing posture, as he silently looked at Sherry.

“So, what did your testing reveal?” Sherry sighed. It was pointless to bla him now that it was done.

“The woman isn’t up to par,” Derek smirked coldly, “Her sense of caution and ability to adapt are too poor. But that man, he’s impressive; I don’t even know how he caught on to the flaw I exposed.”

“That man is definitely a problem,” Sherry said, puzzled when she ntioned Aske, “He looks alright, and I admit that being of mixed Eastern descent is a plus, but he’s not so handso as to shake the world. Why would ssiah be crazy about him?”

“Maybe he’s just really good in the sack.” Derek shrugged, “That Enchanting Demon today was really clingy to him, and as far as I know, Enchanting Demons don’t choose n by their looks. Maybe you should consider it too, Sherry.”

“Consider what?” Sherry spoke irritably, “I’ve been single for hundreds of years, do I need to break my celibacy with that little runt? Do I look that desperate?”

“I was just saying.” Derek spoke uninterestedly, “After all, us near-immortal Demigods probably can’t understand ssiah’s thinking. If you found love again, maybe you could find common ground with ssiah.”

“And compete with her for n? Forget it.” Sherry waved her hand in disgust, “Have I ever told you? The thing I can’t stand the most is this—one man with multiple won and everyone thinks it’s perfectly fine.”

“Why?” Derek wondered, “Are you a devout Catholic?”

“No, I’m a feminist,” Sherry said.

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The puppet parade that circled the entire city was still not over, yet Aske and dea naturally lost interest and hurried back to the inn.

“Was that a Demigod just now?” dea asked.

“Yes,” Aske’s answer was straightforward.

“Damn it!” dea couldn’t help but curse furiously, what business does a Demigod have bothering for no reason? Have I offended you in so way?

“What Law did he possess?” She tried to calm herself down and asked again.

“It should be the ‘Puppet’ Law,” Aske said.

“So he’s a Corpse Witch Demigod.” She frantically pulled at her hair, unable to figure out when she had offended a Corpse Witch Demigod.

Could it be the Enchanting Demon Queen or Marquina offended soone outside, and I’m the one left carrying the can?

“How did you realize it?” dea still angry, asked with a hostile expression.

“Have you forgotten I have Intuitive Ability?” Aske looked at her strangely, “As long as there’s a danger to , I can detect it in advance, okay?”

dea curled her lip and didn’t continue to argue. Her intuitive ability could certainly sense danger, just as a conspiracy ability could detect malice.

However, being aware didn’t an she could react in ti and make the correct response. She sensed the malice alright, but who would have thought the other party would use Law Skills?

On the other hand, when Aske sensed danger the first mont, he cast Star Nine Forms on her, which just proved he was always on guard against her!

Otherwise, how could you respond so quickly!

Although quite annoyed, dea wasn’t foolish enough to say this out loud, just glaring at Aske resentfully.

Aske: ????

“What’s wrong?” Aske asked cautiously.

“Nothing, I want to sleep,” dea pointed at the inn’s bed and said coldly, “You’ll join , right?”

“Today is my turn to keep watch outside,” Aske said, “You should go back to Fire Island.”

“What about the temporal agreent of a one-day boyfriend?” dea imdiately disagreed, “There are still 12 hours left in a day! Don’t couples sleep together?”

“Who said that couples have to sleep together?!” Aske also beca sowhat flustered. If he really slept with an Enchanting Demon, he might be devoured in his sleep!

By then, if others saw her growing belly day by day, not to ntion his own return to Earth, the whole team would likely fall apart right there.

“I promise I’ll just sleep, I won’t do anything to you,” dea persisted, raising her hands to show she would behave.

“Heh,” Aske thought to himself, I’m not an idiot. You’ll definitely start with “I promise to only sleep and not touch you,” followed by “Just holding hands or I can’t fall asleep,” then “Just kisses and cuddles are enough,” next “Just a rub outside, won’t go in,” and finally, you’ll “mount ”!

I’m not so naïve chick, your thods of coaxing have been popular on the internet for so many years, nowadays probably only naïve young girls would be deceived… Huh, wait, that doesn’t seem quite right?

Realizing Aske’s thoughts, dea was utterly speechless.

As a cognitively normal adult male, why are you terrified like a chaste woman just to share a bed? Even if I truly devoured you in bed, what harm would it do to you, physically or ntally?

But Aske’s attitude was very firm, and dea eventually had to compromise and teleported back to Fire Island alone.

Back at the mansion, as she walked upstairs, dea saw the Half-elf Girl leaning against the railing, seemingly having been waiting for her.

“Did you have fun?” Miel asked with no particular expression on her face.

“Quite fun,” dea said nonchalantly. Regarding her date with Aske, she had already prepared for the event it was discovered—she was definitely not feeling guilty at this mont.

“So, you used the information from our cooperation to curry favor with Aske?” Miel raised her eyebrows.

“Even if we kept silent, he would have guessed so clues eventually,” dea explained patiently to her ally, “So it’s better for to tell him so things in advance rather than waiting for him to beco suspicious and speculative.”

“Oh,” Miel didn’t continue to ask, “What does this have to do with the date?” because such a question would have certainly been scorned by dea. Anyone can sell information, and dea, who sold it first, therefore reaped and monopolized the benefits—Miel had no ground to bla her.

Just as she discreetly sold information to Thira, even if dea found out, she couldn’t do anything—worst case, they would just stop cooperating, big deal!

“There’s one more thing I think you need to know,” Miel said expressionlessly.

“What is it?” dea subconsciously tried to read her mind, but still encountered noise. The Eden Fruit was too detestable, it actually helped Miel block her psychic intrusion, which was quite frustrating for dea.

“I found the family suspected to be Mia’s lineage,” Miel said.