Chapter 2 : I Can Warm the Bed
Chapter 2: I Can Warm the Bed
【Mission Failure Penalty: Immediate Erasure.】
The cold mechanical voice carried not the slightest trace of emotion, and every word smashed against Lilia’s fragile nerves.
Erasure.
Not death, but being completely wiped away from the level of existence itself.
That pitiful shred of male dignity that belonged to Lin Feng was so fragile before those two words, “Immediate Erasure,” that it could not withstand a single blow.
“A man could be killed, but not humiliated…”
That sentence circled once through her mind, then she spat at it herself.
To hell with not being humiliated!
If her life was gone, what face was there left to save!
“A real man knew when to yield and when to stand tall!”
Lilia frantically cheered herself on in her heart, every word steeped in blood and tears.
“For the reward… to stay alive… it’s not shameful!”
She closed her eyes, not daring to look at the amused expression of the woman on the throne, nor daring to listen to the coarse breathing and low laughter of the surrounding monster guards, who made no attempt to hide themselves.
The sense of humiliation nearly drowned her reason.
Yet her body moved with painful honesty.
She supported herself against the ground with those still-unfamiliar slender arms, her knees shifting across the cold, hard black stone floor and making faint scraping sounds.
Every inch forward was like using her dignity to measure the distance to hell.
At last, her fingertips touched a patch of icy leather.
It was Hera’s battle boot.
The boot was made from the hide of some unknown black demonic beast, and fine black gemstones were inlaid across it, flickering like cold stars beneath the dim red glow of the dome.
Lilia’s body trembled without stop.
She lowered her head, and her silver long hair spilled down like a waterfall, hiding what was surely a twisted expression on her face at that moment.
She bent down, and her trembling lips lightly pressed against that cold, hard boot tip.
Humiliated tears mixed with cold sweat slid from the corners of her eyes, fell to the ground, and evaporated at once.
“I… Lilia…”
Her voice was dry and hoarse, almost squeezed out through clenched teeth.
“Wished to become… your possession.”
Once those words were spoken, it was as though every last bit of strength had been drained from her body, and she collapsed limply.
However, Hera did not respond, and the System did not prompt anything either.
The threat of death still hung above her head.
No, it was still not enough!
A flash of inspiration struck Lilia’s mind, and she remembered those messy novels she had read before transmigrating.
She abruptly raised her head. No longer caring about dignity, she shouted with all her strength.
“I can warm the bed!”
“I can wash clothes! I can cook!”
“I can make you experience the highest level of service!”
The entire great hall instantly fell silent for a second.
Then, laughter erupted like a mountain flood.
“Hahahaha! This human has gone mad!”
“Warm the bed for Her Majesty the Demon Queen? Is she worthy?”
“The highest level of service? I think it’s the highest level of death!”
Those minotaur monsters laughed so hard they doubled over, and even the giant axes in their hands shook.
Lilia’s heart sank to the bottom.
Cold sweat soaked her back.
Had she… said the wrong thing?
Just as she thought she was about to be dragged out and “disposed of” in the next second, that heavenly sound rang out again.
【Ding! Newbie Mission completed!】
【Mission Reward: S-Rank Talent 【Absolute Senses】 has been activated!】
An indescribable warm current instantly surged through her entire body, driving away the piercing cold and soothing the intense pain buried deep within her body.
An even stranger change occurred.
In her perception, the world instantly became different.
The air was no longer merely air. She could clearly “see” countless dark red magic particles floating within it. They were active and violent, yet they obediently circled around the throne.
The minotaur guards’ laughter was no longer merely noise. She could distinguish from it the tremors of strength, the knotting of muscles, and could even sense the scorching blood rushing through their veins.
Her perception stretched out without limit, piercing through Hera’s cold outer shell.
She could “hear” Hera’s steady heartbeat, could “see” the deep and boundless magic within her body like a sea of stars, and could even clearly sense that beneath that cold ocean of magic was hidden a faint trace of curiosity, like a candle flame in the wind.
At the same time, the golden pupils of Hera on the throne contracted slightly.
For that single instant just now, she had felt that the aura of this human female on the ground had changed.
It was no longer the pure weakness and near-death despair it had been before.
Instead, there was now an additional quality… something indescribable, as though a speck of dust had suddenly gained eyes that could see through everything, making Hera feel the illusion of being watched.
That illusion vanished in an instant, yet it was enough to stir her interest.
The surrounding monsters gradually found themselves unable to keep laughing as they laughed.
They discovered in shock that their king, that Queen of Eternal Night with severe mysophobia, who would fly into a rage if even a speck of dust touched the corner of her clothing, had actually not kicked this filthy human away.
Not only had she not done so, she had even maintained that posture with the tip of her boot being kissed, as though she were examining something.
The atmosphere in the great hall became strange.
Hera withdrew the magic that had nearly overflowed, then used the tip of the boot that Lilia had kissed to lightly, teasingly lift Lilia’s chin.
Forced to raise her head, Lilia’s face, dust-stained yet unable to conceal its stunning beauty, crashed straight into Hera’s gaze.
Silver hair like the moon, crimson eyes like blood.
Fragile, yet carrying a strange toughness that had only just begun to sprout.
“Remember your words.”
Hera’s voice was still cold, but it was no longer that pure indifference.
“My… little thing.”
She withdrew her foot and casually pointed toward the area deep within the palace that was shrouded in darkness.
“My bedchamber, from today onward, will be cleaned by you.”
Lilia froze. Before she had even managed to process the joy of surviving disaster, she heard the next sentence.
“If I discover even a single speck of dust…”
Hera paused, and a cruel glint flashed through her golden eyes.
“I will personally twist off that neck of yours.”