Having the genes of a demon king, I never intended to be a kept man.

"Your Majesty, you've really become mischievous."

Ye Ge felt that the current Empress Long Ying was not the same person as the Ninth Princess Long Ying whom he had met for the first time.

Or perhaps, she has always been like this.

Born into royalty, she has never had anyone to let her show her little girl side.

"You audacious traitor!" Long Ying said sternly, "Release me at once!"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "I can let her go, but it depends on Her Majesty's reaction. I'll consider whether to untie her ropes once I'm in a better mood."

Long Ying: "......"

Long Ying suddenly felt that these words sounded somewhat familiar...

......

I don't know how much time has passed.

It's all over.

Ye Ge sat down next to Long Ying, looking at her cautiously, and tentatively called out, "Empress?"

"..."

Long Ying kept a straight face, her clothes were neat and tidy, and she had regained her noble and majestic empress demeanor, but she did not want to pay any attention to Ye Ge.

He looked like he was really angry.

Or perhaps it's less about being angry and more about feeling embarrassed?

What just happened made her... she was so ashamed she could never face anyone again!

This audacious Ye Ge is indeed a despicable traitor who deceives the emperor!

"Your Majesty?" Ye Ge called out again.

Long Ying still ignored her.

Ye Ge leaned closer from behind: "Little Yingying?"

Long Ying: "......"

"My adorable little Yingying?"

"!!?"

Long Ying finally couldn't hold back anymore.

She turned around abruptly, her beautiful face flushed, and quickly covered Ye Ge's mouth with her hand: "Enough...enough! I forbid you to say any more!"

Ye Ge smiled and said, "I already told you, a soundproofing spell has been cast around here."

"That won't do either!" Long Ying bit her lip. "I am the Empress of the Human Race, how dare you make me do such...shameful things?"

"No need to show it to anyone." Ye Ge looked around. "Anyway, there are no outsiders here."

Upon hearing this, Long Ying paused, as if she had realized something: "So you heard everything I said earlier?"

“Yes,” Yege said, “I’ve been here for a while now, and I’ve been in your room the whole time.”

"Then why haven't you shown up yet?"

"Isn't it because you've been busy reviewing memorials...?"

"Stop it."

Long Ying stood up indifferently, walked to the windowsill of the room, looked at the dim crescent moon in the night sky, paused and said: "I didn't expect you to break through to the Asura Realm as well. I thought that this time I could finally surpass you."

"If Your Majesty insists on having such a wish, it is not impossible; I will not resist."

"loquacious."

Long Ying sighed softly, then said, "Ye Ge, this All Races Summit was too sudden. Three months was absolutely no time for me to prepare. What do you think we should do next?"

Although the content of the All Races Summit is entirely the responsibility of the Light Alliance, with the human capital merely serving as the venue, the imperial court need not worry about running out of time in planning all the events.

However, because of this, three months was far too short. There wasn't even enough time to plan how to receive guests from all races. Therefore, in terms of the competition, the Light Alliance had the final say, and the human race, as the organizer, didn't even have a chance to verify the results.

Ye Ge stroked his chin, pondered for a moment, and said, "Are you worried that we won't get a good ranking at this All Races Summit?"

Long Ying: "If our ranking this time is less than 93rd, then our existing territory and resources may be divided up... and some of our people may even become enslaved by other races..."

Ye Ge fell silent.

“Lai Chu is dead, the five great generals are dead, Duke Wang En and Duke Lang Xiao are also dead. So many of our human race’s top experts have died, and now we don’t even have a Saint Realm expert.” Long Ying said with a worried look: “To be honest, I really don’t know if we can keep our 93rd place ranking.”

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm here for you."

"You?" Long Ying looked at him and said quietly, "I know you killed Lai Chu, but you didn't exactly defeat him yourself, did you? You relied on your six mysterious masked subordinates, and they even had to work together to defeat Lai Chu. Individually, their strength is definitely not as good as a Saint-level expert..."

Ye Ge walked behind Long Ying and patted the Empress's head: "So Your Majesty doesn't trust me?"

Long Ying: "I...believe."

Long Ying paused for a moment, then suddenly turned around, took the initiative to hug Ye Ge, and buried her face in his chest.

"His Majesty?"

"Don't speak." Long Ying's voice was muffled as her fingers dug deeper into Ye Ge's clothes behind his back. "I sometimes want to lean on someone and have a hug, is that not allowed?"

Ye Ge was taken aback.

He then chuckled and said, "Of course."

"Since I ascended the throne, this is the first time I have encountered such a momentous event. It concerns not only the empire but also the entire human race. You have no idea how much pressure I am under, how helpless I feel..."

Long Ying opened her thin lips and took a small bite, as if she wanted to pour out all her grievances and helplessness in one breath: "At times like this, I wish I had a trustworthy and capable minister by my side to help me solve my problems, or even just to chat with me and cheer me up... But what about you? Not only have you disappeared, but you haven't even left me a message. You're a complete bastard!"

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Majesty is a bastard." Ye Ge said, "From now on, Your Majesty will definitely come often to help you relieve your worries, relax your mind and body, and release your stress. Not only that, Your Majesty can also serve as a human body pillow so that Your Majesty can hug you whenever you feel helpless and want to find someone to lean on."

"Stop being cheeky. I won't believe what you say so easily now."

"..."

"I think they're not just after the Azure Dragon's remains this time."

Long Ying finally raised her head and said seriously.

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "The ones you're referring to, are they...?"

“I’m not sure either.” Long Ying shook her head and said with worry, “But I think that the fact that the Light Alliance suddenly changed the location of the All Races Summit to the human territory and got all the races at the summit to agree is not a simple matter.”

"..." Ye Ge seemed to be deep in thought.

“Oh, right, there’s one more thing,” Long Ying said. “People from the gene company came to see me before.”

Ye Ge raised an eyebrow: "Oh? Looking for you?"

“Hmm.” Long Ying said, “That person said that as the human empress, I should distance myself from the demons, otherwise I would be associating with darkness and being an enemy of the gods.”