2: Underneath A Thousand Skies

288 This Psychopathic Demon Is Psychic (40)

Of course, Song Jia didn't really let go of those demons that had bullied Xu Jinhai. She had them hunted down one by one, and were finally presented in front of her inside the throne room.

They were tied and gagged up, looking very much in a sorry state. But Song Jia's gaze was still cold.

"I am very much aware that the weak are prey to the strong in this world. So I won't argue why you bully those who are weaker than you. Since you understand this rule, then I'm sure you can also understand why I would also bully those who are weaker than me."

Song Jia already had their gags removed. One of the demons there spat out, "Stronger than us? If you hadn't seduced the previous Great Demon King in giving you all of his power...!"

Song Jia leisurely crossed her legs. "Let's say I seduced him then. Doesn't that mean I'm very powerful too? Not struggling everyday but still eating the meat pie that dropped from the sky [1]."

"..."

All the demons there became speechless. What the heck, it seems that her words were right? In the first place, they weren't the type of species that would honestly work hard for something. If they were placed in her shoes, they would also accept the power not only shamelessly, but also happily.

"Any more complaints?" Song Jia raised an eyebrow. She stood up from the throne, the hem of her ruqun skirt falling elegantly on the floor.

"Wa, wait!" One of the demons abruptly opened his mouth. "We didn't bully him out of spite. It was him who bullied us first!"

"That's right!" Another demon piped out. "We were just venting out our anger, Your Majesty!"

"Hm?" Song Jia stopped. "Now you're trying to blame the victim?"

Although Song Jia said that, she still stopped to listen to them.

Seeing a way to break out of the situation, the demons there began to speak out. If this was the former Great Demon King, they would simply give up and take their punishment without a fight. After all, the former Great Demon King hated troublesome matters. To quickly finish endless meetings, he would simply dole out punishment as fast as possible without listening to their pleas.

"My whole clan was banished by him for a random reason!"

"Your Majesty, when I used to be the former Great Demon King's attendant, he beat me up just for blocking the sun!"

"Your Majesty, the former Great Demon King ordered me to cut off my little brother because I peed in the royal garden!"

"The former Great Demon King..."

Their complaints were endless.

Song Jia massaged her aching forehead. She gestured to a nearby gui chai.

"Call Xu Jinhai to come here for me."

After a moment, Xu Jinhai came rushing in. He went straight towards Song Jia with an eager expression.

"Jia, you called for me?"

He didn't even pay any attention to the demons that were kneeling in front of her.

Song Jia felt bad. Now that Xu Jinhai was in front of her while still wearing his apron, she realized that she couldn't be a righteous ruler. She was biased towards this culprit in front of her.

She sighed. He was such a cute, little milk dog in front of her. Why is it that every time she wasn't looking, he would suddenly turn rabid?

"Voice out your complaints again."

Song Jia ordered the demons. With her other hand, she gestured for a gui chai to place another chair beside the throne so that Xu Jinhai could comfortably sit down.

Xu Jinhai finally learned the reason why Song Jia requested for him. After he listened to their complaints, Song Jia looked at him.

"Jinhai, are they telling the truth?"

He honestly nodded his head, "All of it are true."

"Do you feel bad doing all of these things to them?"

As long as Xu Jinhai expressed a bit of guilt, Song Jia would pretend to scold him and finally punish the demons who had bullied him.

Xu Jinhai was calm. "I don't feel anything."

Towards other people, he had long detached himself from their matters. Their presence, their feelings, their life and death, what did it have to do with him? He only ever cared about a single person.

"..." Song Jia was speechless. She remembered a line from a poem she had read a long time ago, written by a famous poet:

Though I face nine deaths yet I will never repent! [2]

She felt that Xu Jinhai's attitude was exactly like this. But who told him to cook her delicious food? Song Jia could only grit her teeth and feel sorry for herself.

It seemed that her life as a pig has its consequences. Now, her morals could be easily bribed by food.

"Considering that you still made an act of violence inside my own court, I will then hand over your punishment to Chuljang. She can do whatever with you as she likes."

After hearing this, the demons turned pale. Although they weren't executed, the court of 『Ira』 was not a good place to go to. One had to know, they often punished souls there by throwing them into a volcanic pit, freezing them into blocks of ice, or drowning them in a pool of defiled blood.

There was one more thing Song Jia had kept from them. Chuljang was Xu Jinhai's number one fan. After she heard how they beat up her idol, who knows what that short-tempered demon lord would do?

After the demons were dragged out, Song Jia looked at Xu Jinhai.

"Naturally, I will punish you too. Don't you know that if you collect a lot of bad karma, the heavens might not let you reincarnate?"

Song Jia told him this with a straight face. Don't joke with her, the heavens spoiled this male god like he was their biological child. The one who would end up having bad karma were the people who dared to provoke him.

"Then I will force them to reincarnate me."

Three black lines appeared on Song Jia's forehead. Look and see at that calm reply, just like a spoiled and pampered son that dared to scale the roof to rip the tiles!

Xu Jinhai tried to maintain his calm expression as he asked her, "How is Jia going to punish me?"

If it was on the bed...

Xu Jinhai quickly calmed himself down as he felt blood rushing up to his nose and down below like an electric current.

Song Jia slowly opened her mouth.

"Starting today, you will sleep on the floor for a week."

Xu Jinhai, "..."

Not to mention punishing him on the bed...he wouldn't even be able to sleep on it!

Right now, he can only do skinship with Jia while they were sleeping, alright? The hug from earlier was the closest he had gotten to her after several weeks!

How come his punishment was harsher than those demons?

Xu Jinhai greatly expressed, he would rather be thrown into a volcanic pit!

[1] Ch. idiom that means for something to fall into your lap without working hard for it.

[2] From Qi Yuan's poem Li Sao, otherwise known as 'The Sorrow Of Parting.'