Seeing Gabriella’s gaze, Holy Queen Simona’s face carried a faint blush.
Simona’s voice was still as firm and unwavering as before, but her eyes had lost their previous resoluteness.
She had only arrived less than a day ago, not even fully familiar with the work yet, and already signs of demonification had appeared.
However, Gabriella suddenly felt that the golden demonic pupils looked quite charming on Simona’s face.
Most of the maids in the Demon King’s palace were of the cute type; big-sister maids like Liya and Simona were relatively rare.
But unlike the other maids, this one was the genuine Holy Queen—the true king standing at the pinnacle of humanity.
After changing into white silk stockings and a maid skirt, the Holy Queen had transformed into a maid with considerable elegance.
She clenched her hands tightly, like a shy young girl, which contrasted beautifully with her tall figure and voluptuous body.
Yet for some reason, she had been defiled by demons, and much dark magic power still lingered on her body.
Simona finally lowered her head in shame, as if the demonic traits on her body were a disgrace to her as a warrior.
Gabriella felt utterly helpless for a moment and could only console her:
“Miss Simona…”
But she was immediately interrupted. “Gabriella, I know everything. Our experiences are almost the same.”
“Have you also been cursed by the Demon King?”
“It’s… it’s a long story…”
Seeing that Gabriella seemed open to negotiation, the determination in Simona’s eyes became even more evident.
She had guessed correctly.
Although Gabriella was devoted to the Demon King, she still retained memories from her human period and maintained her rationality.
As the Silver-White Sword Empress and the reincarnation of the divine maiden, Gabriella would never fall so easily.
In the Black Stone Mountains incident, as long as the evil god did not actively corrupt her mind, she would still act to protect humans.
“I was corrupted by Liya. She is a powerful demon. We… knew each other before.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes! I completely understand your experience. But the reason I came this time is to tell you that we haven’t lost yet.”
Simona looked around to confirm no one was there before continuing.
“Gabriella, in the past, I went through the same thing as you…”
She recounted her own past in detail—how she met Liya, how she was corrupted and became a demon, nearly falling completely into irredeemable depravity, and the severe, humiliating curse that remained afterward… all of it.
After listening, Gabriella felt helpless.
Liya was indeed no ordinary demon; in recent years, she had been the most unexpected existence for Gabriella, yet her unwavering loyalty made it hard for Gabriella to dislike her.
Additionally,
Simona was quite the fool.
After hearing her story, Gabriella felt both sympathy and helplessness.
No wonder she’s the clingy heroine from my impressions.
She had actually offered her own body proactively just for a bit of intelligence?!
This was simply a tremendous humiliation.
If she couldn’t control herself and fell deeply into it, she might end up making it real—by the time she realized, her child with Liya might already be grown.
And given Simona’s personality, she would probably be taken right then and there!
Fortunately, Gabriella knew Liya, that innocent little demon—she was likely quite naive when it came to emotions.
“So, you’ve accepted Liya?”
Gabriella tilted her head, her tone three parts questioning and seven parts comforting.
“Yes, I agreed… But I absolutely did not do it for her. It was for humanity, just like you.”
Seeing the firm look in Simona’s eyes, Gabriella somehow felt offended.
So she immediately changed the subject:
“Is the curse of demonification pollution impossible to completely remove?”
She had imagined before whether this curse, which could even change a creature’s race, could be purified with holy water like other curses.
She had been very anxious back then, thinking she might never return to the past.
But what made Gabriella feel burdened with guilt was this.
When she asked this question, she felt no psychological fluctuation at all, as if deep in her subconscious, she didn’t care whether she could turn back into a human.
The horns on her head were a bit itchy.
Simona sighed and continued: “Actually, the Saintess can purify it for you. I wonder if Gabriella still remembers the [Fountain of Purity].”
“The Saintess… that’s my sword, right?”
“Since Gabriella knows, then everything will be simple.”
Gabriella fell into thought.
The primary goal now was to end the war.
Although the residential palace was peaceful, the Demon King’s army and the human forces were still at daggers drawn on both sides of the Black Stone Mountains.
At the very least, the Holy Queen needed to return quickly to stabilize the troops’ morale.
Thinking of this, Gabriella suddenly felt that the path to protecting humanity was long and arduous.
But why exactly am I protecting humanity?
Damn it, my thoughts feel a bit unclear—it’s all that idiot Isabella’s fault for making me think about children for so long.
I am still human right now.
“Miss Holy Queen, you should hurry back to the human side.”
After pondering, Gabriella said decisively.
“I will stay here and hold back the evil god’s advance. If I leave, the evil god will surely become furious and launch a full-scale war against humanity… At least for now, she has no intent to wage war on humans, and the war hasn’t broken out.”
But Simona seemed even more resolute than her: “I will stop this war, but I won’t abandon you. I will never again, like the people before, save humanity by sacrificing you.”
“You…”
“Gabriella, I will stay.”
Simona said firmly: “As for the human side, I have my own plans. There are many strong individuals there—plenty who can temporarily replace me. They will receive my orders and won’t collapse easily.”
“Next, I will try to find Elsa and Tina. They are also poor children controlled by Liya.”
Gabriella didn’t so much fail to respond as she simply didn’t know how to respond.
After that, they just shared a few pieces of intelligence, and the conversation ended.
As she left the lounge, she silently thought that Simona was a bit foolish.
The last person who said similar words to her had been Tina, who had already accepted the power of shadows and was falling deeper and deeper—she didn’t know if Tina had fully submitted to the demons by now.
But suddenly, she felt that the foolish one wasn’t just Simona.
There was herself as well.
She had originally planned to quickly obtain the item to lift the curse and remove the demonification pollution for herself.
But with so many complicated matters keeping her busy, she couldn’t find the time to retrieve the purification item, and the matter gradually faded away.
Yet now.
The thing to purify the curse was right in front of her.
She hesitated.
She hesitated whether to return to being human or to continue as is, falling completely into demonhood.
If I suddenly turned back into a human, would Isabella be heartbroken?
I like her—though only a little—but that’s not a reason to betray her feelings.
But if I don’t betray Isabella’s feelings, that would mean betraying my past self.
She spent so much time wanting to make me one of her kind.
Most importantly,
Isabella wanted a child.
To have a child with the Demon King, one must become a demon.
It seems.
There’s nothing to hesitate about, right?