Chapter 35: Are All Females This Fierce?
Maya narrowed her eyes and said coldly, “Kill him!”
She made a slashing motion across her throat, assuming that because Luo Luo didn’t object, she agreed.
Drawing the translucent, jade-like dagger from her waist, she prepared to strike.
Luo Luo quickly stopped her. “Just beat him up, that’s enough.”
She could tell that Maya had no romantic feelings for Xiao Zhan at all; her gaze was solely on the princess.
Xiao Zhan had never even looked at Maya and seemed a little afraid of her.
Following Maya’s order, she whipped the vine swiftly.
She aimed directly at Xiao Zhan, hitting him without holding back. In just a few strikes, Xiao Zhan’s handsome face was marred.
Xiao Zhan didn’t dodge at all, obediently accepting the punishment.
Seeing how helpless he looked made Maya even angrier, and she whipped even harder.
In a short time, he was beaten all over.
Finally, Luo Luo couldn’t watch anymore. “Alright, alright.”
Xiao Zhan didn’t care about his own handsome face, and Maya certainly didn’t.
It was Luo Luo who truly felt for him. Such a handsome face—how could they not know to cherish it?
If this were in China, he’d be considered a top actor and worshipped for it.
“Xiao Zhan,” Luo Luo said, “I also did something wrong. I shouldn’t have taken out my resentment on you just because of your brother.”
Because Xiao Ba had forced the original owner, she had taken her anger out on him and betrayed him.
Xiao Zhan lifted his eyes, mist clouding them. When had a female master ever apologized to anyone?
She was a high-ranking princess, his female master. Everyone respected her; even if she was arrogant or violent, she would never apologize first.
She would never admit she was wrong. A princess was always right.
But now, Luo Luo lowered her gaze, her look sincere.
Even a little afraid. Afraid of what?
That he wouldn’t forgive her?
Realizing Luo Luo had truly changed—and changed a lot—Xiao Zhan quickly shook his head. “It’s not the princess’ fault. It’s my blindness.”
He could have saved her, but he had turned away instead, and she had held a grudge against him.
Xiao Zhan felt utterly unworthy. “My female master, you should dismiss me. I don’t deserve you.”
He used to think the arrogant, domineering, chubby princess wasn’t worthy of him.
Now, he sobbed quietly. What was he even?
Clueless, a fool.
Xiao Zhan looked at Maya. “You were right to call me foolish.”
She had said he was stupid, and indeed, he was.
Maya was confused by his senseless remark.
She shouted at him, her voice booming: “Dismissed? That would be too generous for you!”
She couldn’t swallow her anger. “Princess, just kill him. You don’t even need to touch him, just watch.”
Luo Luo refused.
Maya frowned and leaned in, whispering, “If not killing, then leave him here and torment him slowly.”
She knew the princess’ temperament. She didn’t really enjoy killing, but she loved tormenting people.
She admired the princess and didn’t see it as cruelty.
“He knows he was wrong. Let him go,” Luo Luo said, holding Maya’s hand and shaking it gently. “Okay?”
Being touched by the princess like this for the first time, Maya felt flattered and surprised.
Who was she that the princess would humble herself to beg her?
“Okay, whatever the princess decides.”
Luo Luo smiled broadly. “You’re the best.”
If not for Maya, she probably would have been dead just now.
“Well… it’s fine,” Maya blushed. The princess had actually praised her.
Having grown up with the princess, she had never heard her praise anyone before.
Seeing the princess’ thin jaw, Maya felt concerned. “Princess, have you not been eating or sleeping well recently?”
Luo Luo shook her head. “I’m fine.”
“Then why… why are you so thin?” Maya blushed, concern written all over her face.
“I’m on a diet! Have I lost a lot of weight?” Luo Luo said excitedly.
She stood up and turned around. People who saw her often might not notice, but those who hadn’t seen her in a while would.
Maya’s eyes reddened further, and she turned to scold the three men with Luo Luo.
“How can you serve the princess so poorly? Are you missing limbs? Can’t you find food for the princess?”
“Chi Yao, all that strength of yours, and you only use it to bash the fence?”
She was furious. Stupid things, knowing the fence couldn’t be broken, yet repeatedly crashing into it.
Brave but foolish—what use is that?
“Ziye, you too. You’re the worst. You tricked the princess into coming to this lousy place in the first place.”
Hands on her hips, Maya gave the three beast-men a thorough scolding.
A’cang whispered, “Brother, she’s so fierce… are all females this fierce?”
A’jin looked confused. “Probably.”
All the females he had seen were fierce—the fence female, Luo Luo, even that female wolf.
And now, in front of them, Maya was terrifyingly fierce too.
Chi Yao accepted the scolding with a smile. “I deserved that. Next time, I’ll try to… be smarter.”
That would be difficult for him, but for the female master, he would try.
Xiao Zhan swore by the heavens, “From now on, I’ll stay by the female master’s side, never letting her be harmed.”
Ziye moved his mouth, wanting to say something, but as he opened it, he spat out blood.
Luo Luo panicked and rushed to hold him. “Maya, what happened?”
Maya shook her head. “I don’t know. Find a rat shaman to check him out.”
Seeing the three before her made her angry—useless males who couldn’t protect the princess and made her worry.
She silently vowed never to choose such beast-men again.
But the princess protected them, so she had no choice but to vent on the two kids.
“A’cang, how old are you, and you’re still drooling? Isn’t that disgusting?”
“A’jin, why are you always wearing that sour face? It annoys me just to see you.”
Luo Luo looked up at her, and Maya immediately shut up.
Great. The princess protected these two little rascals too.
The princess was truly kind—she protected everyone.
If she were a little more ruthless, Maya could worry less.
A’cang and A’jin exchanged glances. Had this fierce female just helped them?
She was protecting them? It was like the sun rising in the east—too strange to be real.
“Princess, stop dieting. Eat more; gaining some weight would look good.”
Maya had just come of age, yet acted like an old mother, endlessly worrying about Luo Luo.
Then she turned to the men. “Did you say the princess was fat? If I find out who did, I’ll tear his mouth apart.”
Chi Yao said, “I like our chubby female master the most!”
Holding all that fluff was just too comfortable.
Xiao Zhan didn’t dare speak again, having once truly looked down on Luo Luo.
Ziye frowned deeply, and Luo Luo softly said, “Don’t be afraid. I’ll take you to see a shaman.”
A’jin reminded, “That shaman won’t work.”
He meant the crow shaman from the cat clan.
A’cang said, “The priest said only a rat shaman will work.”
Ziye lowered his eyes. “Let me go. Forget it.”
Since being sent for the marriage alliance, he had no connection with that family.
A male sent away through marriage was like water poured out. Especially since he was a political match.
Returning now would only cause trouble for the tribe.
The tribe had sent him off, never expecting him to come back.
“What trouble? Think of it as a homecoming visit.”
Luo Luo picked him up. “Maya, you go back first. I’ll make a trip to the rat clan.”
After the battle, a third of the beasts on Wild Island had died.
Stories of such massive bloodshed happened every fifteen days.
The wind blew, trees shook, dust rose, gradually covering all the blood.
The road ahead was long and perilous. Luo Luo didn’t want Maya to suffer with her.
She also didn’t want to watch three handsome men abandon her and fall in love with her.
After all, the female lead’s charm was irresistible.
She might even like her a little herself.
