Chapter 34: Cunning Huahuai
"Your Highness, please be magnanimous~~"
The Qilin knelt before the Demon Suppression Tower, bowing its head with a humble and apologetic demeanor.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! I wouldn't even need you to save me! If it weren't for you, cowardly beast, I would have already crushed those lowly peasants!"
The Princely Heir's face turned red with anger, visibly indignant, even dropping the honorific 'King's assistant', and pacing back and forth on the makeshift carpet.
"Now disaster has struck! You've caused me to lose Qiu Niu! There's only that one left in the National Mansion, and now it's dead! Father will certainly be furious! He'll definitely punish me by making me kneel in the ancestral hall!
He might even beat me! Oh no, oh no, once Father's angry, even Mother can't soothe him! What should I do! Tell me, what should I do!"
"It is all my fault, Your Highness~~ please be magnanimous~~"
The Qilin continued to plead in a theatrical tone, reminiscent of a stage performance.
The old mage, serving nearby, his eyes on his nose, nose on his mouth, mouth on his heart, unconcerned about the pleading Qilin or the two concubines shrinking in the corner like quails. His old face practically said 'I told you so' as he secretly rolled his eyes.
Yet before he could take any secret pleasure, he heard the Qilin melodiously sing in a theatrical manner,
"Your Highness~~ Qiu Niu, as the National Guardian Beast of Dui Country, carries the nation's fate. Even if we rightfully punish those Demon Sect demon spawn, it might not be enough to atone for the disasters they caused.