The Hero Who Became a Monster Girl Will Never Fall to Evil

“If you don’t want to work by my side anymore, then don’t work at all!”

Marlam grabbed the white dog Pike, who was tugging and biting at her sleeve, and with a sharp motion tossed him onto the ground with a loud smack. She winced and gently stroked the sleeve that had been pulled into a mess.

“If you won’t do it, there are plenty of fairies who will!”

“Waaah! You heartless woman! I—I’ll fight you to the death!”

The white little dog burst into tears on the spot. Of course, he didn’t dare actually rush up and fight. He could only squat on the grass, wiping his tears while wailing.

Vieya watched the entire process without saying a word.

She hadn’t originally planned to simply fool Marlam and be done with it. When someone wants something, they absolutely must not expose their true intentions too early. First, they have to confuse the other party with different rhetoric.

Vieya said, “You’ve chased me all this way, must’ve been pretty hard on you. How about I treat you to a meal as an apology?”

Seeing that Vieya actually wanted to treat her to food, Marlam stopped her plan to pick up Pike and leave.

She felt a little tempted, but also thought that this white-haired little girl was probably up to no good, like a weasel paying respects to a chicken.

But on second thought, she didn’t believe that this monster girl brat, whose bone age wasn’t even ten, could do anything to her. She had conducted herself openly and uprightly her entire life, with a clear conscience, strictly observing her precepts, unafraid of the Holy Sword’s might to slay demons and eradicate evil.

So what if she freeloaded a meal from her—free food was free food, why not eat it?

This meal could be considered the monster girl brat repaying the karmic debt for standing her up.

“Do you have any request?” Marlam asked after thinking it over.

“What?”

Vieya shook her head. “Just treating you to a meal.”

“If it’s just eating, that’s fine. But we’ll only have vegetarian dishes,” Marlam nodded.

“Then how about alcohol?”

“That’s fine.” 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

“Alright then. Do you want to eat on the human side, or with the elves?”

“Wherever you usually eat, just take me there,” Marlam said indifferently. “No need to be polite.”

Vieya fell silent for a moment.

“Is there a problem? Don’t tell me you’re actually not that familiar with the elves, and everything you said earlier was fake?” Marlam narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her.

“You’re overthinking it. Just don’t get drunk and embarrass me later.”

Vieya pressed two fingers to her tongue and let out a sharp whistle. From the distant forest, a tall, powerfully built Azure Tiger came running in response.

She flipped onto the tiger’s back, turned her head to look at Marlam behind her, and said, “Get on. Hold tight.”

“My goodness, it’s only been a few days and you’ve already found yourself a tiger mount,” the little dog Pike said with eyes full of amazement. “Marlam, in a few days let’s also go catch one—”

Before he could finish speaking, he was grabbed by Marlam and hauled up onto the tiger’s back. His screams were carried away by the rushing wind.

The Azure Tiger carrying the two of them galloped across the grassland. Its broad paws struck the soil with heavy thuds, like a streak of green light crashing into the dense, shadowy forest.

......

Elven Royal Court.

Vieya rode in on the Azure Tiger at full speed, braking hard ten meters before the front guard post. Dust flew everywhere, and the ground was plowed into a long furrow.

The elven guards thought a powerful enemy had arrived and were startled, but upon seeing that it was Vieya, they relaxed.

“Miss Vieya, you almost made us sound the alarm...”

A group of elven guards gathered around, wanting to help her down, yet wary of the Azure Tiger’s powerful monster aura.

Only after Vieya flipped down from the tiger’s back and chased the Azure Tiger back into the forest did the elves finally let out a huge sigh of relief and crowd around her, chattering away.

“They’re my friends, here to have a meal.”

Vieya pointed to Marlam behind her and the white little dog Pike foaming at the mouth, and said with a smile,

“Whatever registration steps there are, just take them to complete them first. I’ll personally supervise their movements within elven territory.”

The elven guards all nodded. They split into three groups—one led Marlam and the others to sign and register, one continued standing guard, and the remaining elves invited Vieya into the lounge to wait while Marlam’s registration was processed next door.

“Hehe, Miss Vieya. This is red fruit juice we made ourselves. It’s really good...”

“Thank you.”

Vieya took the juice and sipped it, then asked curiously, “Did anyone else come to the Elven Forest this morning?”

“No.”

The elven guard shook her head. “I stood watch all morning. Other than you, no elves went out, and no outsiders came in.”

Vieya nodded and took another sip of juice.

Looks like the cardinal she met yesterday hadn’t come over. Then for now, there was nothing to worry about.

“By the way, how long will my friends’ registration take?”

“Um... probably about ten minutes. If Miss Vieya has other matters, you can leave first. Once it’s done, we’ll send your friends to near your cabin.”

“It’s fine. Do you have anything to eat here besides drinks?”

“Oh yes! We have fruit and pastries! I’ll go bring them right away!”

The guard elf happily ran off. For these elves stationed on the front line, they had all seen the scene when Vieya fought the intruders back then. They had remembered it.

Quite a few elves even regarded her as something like an idol.

Now that they finally had a chance to serve their idol, they were naturally eager to do their very best.

Not long after, several elves carried over large basins filled with fruit and pastries. Piled together, they were even taller than the slime girl.

Vieya’s eyelid twitched. She wanted to say something, but in the end said nothing.

During the waiting time, the enthusiastic elves also provided conversation. From chatting with them, Vieya learned that most elves in the Elven Royal Court had never left the Elven Forest since birth.

They were somewhat curious about the outside world, but they loved their homeland even more.

In the slime girl’s words, they were all hometown treasures.

‘What a pity. I can never go back to my own hometown anymore~’

Vieya sighed inwardly and, for no clear reason, started humming a tune.

Suddenly—

Bang!

The lounge door was blasted open with brute bear-like force. Tongren Novel Network, follow updates—never this smooth. Vieya, who had just been about to happily ◆ Nоvеlіgһt ◆ (Only on Nоvеlіgһt) enjoy some cake, was so startled that her little hand trembled. The fragrant, crispy cream cake fell to the floor with a slap, smeared into a mess.

“My little ancestor, you’re finally back! Do you know how I spent this entire morning, waaah...”

Phoenix burst through the door, shoved aside the elven guards trying to stop her, and rushed straight to the slime girl. Ignoring Vieya’s expressionless face, she grabbed her shoulders and shook her while crying,

“Waaah, I thought that once you left this time, you’d never come back...”

“Sigh!”

Vieya let out a heavy sigh. “My daughter is still here. If I don’t come back, where would I go? Also, you knocked my cake onto the floor...”

“I’ll pay you back for the cake.”

“Wasting food!”

“Then I’ll lick the floor clean and buy you a new one.”

“...Others are divine people. You’re a divine bird.”

“Thanks for the compliment, waaah.”

“......”

Vieya was helpless. She pulled out the letter she had already written from her clothes. Phoenix’s eyes lit up, and she grabbed it and ran.

“Wait!”

“What is it?” Phoenix turned her head.

“You leave in the afternoon.”

Vieya wiped the ruined cake into the trash can with a tissue, then straightened up and crossed her arms.

“I still need you to take someone with you later. Before that, you stay put.”

As she spoke, she glared with authority.

“Don’t ask why, and don’t spout nonsense later. Watch my signals. Otherwise, your wife will be gone!”

Phoenix nodded meekly, behaving herself.

The divine bird of the northern lands, worshipped by countless beings, now in front of a little slime, looked just like a tiny chick.