"Huh, Esdeath-sama isn't here."
Tina glanced around the room, pretending not to see the shattered wine barrel.
Sure enough, there was something strange inside the wine barrel, but she just didn't know who it was, that Esdeath-sama would personally want them.
After scanning the room, Tina pouted and said, "Tina is angry! Tina hasn't even slept in Esdeath-sama's bed! And now someone unknown is lying on it!"
If Esdeath-sama hadn't said to keep her, she would have used a Black Spear to stab the person in the bed to death.
"You'd better be a woman, otherwise, once Esdeath-sama is done with you, if you're a man, I'll kill you!"
Tina revealed a smile that surprisingly showed signs of darkening, and things suddenly started to go awry.
"Hmph!"
She bent down to gather the fragments of the barrel, then cleaned up and left Esdeath's bedroom.
As for Carina, she was so tired that she fell asleep directly in Esdeath's covers.
The act of stealing itself required high concentration, and she had encountered pirates during it, even hiding inside a wine barrel.
Then she stayed in a small wooden barrel the whole time; a fifteen-year-old girl, no matter what, couldn't endure such torment.
So Carina simply fell asleep.
It wasn't until half a day later that Esdeath finished her work and came over, almost forgetting about Carina.
Pushing open the door, she didn't see the wooden barrel that had contained Carina.
On her bed was a lightly dressed woman, none other than the short-haired purple-haired Carina.
"She's got a big heart, actually falling asleep."
She shook her head, looking at Carina on the bed; she really didn't treat herself as an outsider.
However.
"I'm tired too, time to sleep."
She took off her clothes and lay down on the bed to sleep.
As for Carina next to her, please, this bed was Esdeath's bed; Carina was infringing on personal property.
"System, check my attributes."
"Host: Esdeath
Abilities: Demon's Manifestation: Demonic Essence (Beginner), Swordsman, Navy Six Styles
Fame: 12875 points"
"Finally reached 10,000 points..."
"Purchase High-Speed Regeneration."
"Ding! The purchase of High-Speed Regeneration (Beginner) requires 10,000 points. Do you wish to purchase?"
"Wait a minute! Why is it 'Beginner'!"
"Ding! The system is fair and honest. Please check the bottom right corner."
Opening the third page of the system store, Esdeath carefully stared at the bottom right corner several times before she finally noticed that line of text.
Beginner!
"No wonder it's so cheap. It's only Beginner High-Speed Regeneration. Turns out it's a trap."
Feeling a slight pang of regret, Esdeath still decided to purchase it.
What if a five thousand refresh yielded nothing, and then refreshing again resulted in a pile of junk? That would be a dead loss!
"Confirm purchase!"
"Ding! High-Speed Regeneration ability is being distributed."
A warm current surged into Esdeath's body.
Immediately, a cold aura swept over her, colliding with the warm current.
At this moment, she felt as if she were soaking in a hot spring in the dead of winter, a mix of ice and fire.
"I have to say, it's quite stimulating!"
The two energies, initially clashing wildly, slowly began to merge, gradually settling down within Esdeath's body.
"Ding! Demon's Manifestation: Demonic Essence has reached Intermediate level!"
The warm current subsided, and the icy coldness swept over her again, gradually covering her entire body and settling within Esdeath.
"There was an unexpected bonus, too."
For a moment, she was overjoyed.
Esdeath had long discovered that her Demon's Manifestation: Demonic Essence had reached a peak state.
She couldn't advance further on her own; it required accumulation over time and a breakthrough opportunity.
She hadn't expected the opportunity to come now. The Beginner High-Speed Regeneration greatly increased the upper limit of her physical fitness, directly breaking through that bottleneck.
Whoosh!
A meticulously sculpted ice figure of Esdeath appeared in Esdeath's palm, with even the eyebrows carved lifelike.
Her expression was also exactly the same.
Then several more figures appeared: Tashigi and Little Sadie's figures both appeared in her palm.
If it had been her before, she could at most create a crude likeness, but not such precise, subtle control.
Nor could she make ice change as she wished; this was the enhancement brought by the Intermediate level!
The density of the ice, as well as some more detailed operations, and even the lowest temperature, all changed.
"Just in case."
A block of ice floated above their heads. She wasn't a Logia-type ability user and didn't have the ability to elementalize.
It wouldn't be fun if Carina did something reckless and stabbed her.
Doing this would allow the ice to act as a warning, waking her up in time.
In the middle of the night...
Tina paced back and forth several times at the cabin door, only leaving when she was sure she hadn't heard any sounds.
Esdeath-sama's first time must be hers!
If Esdeath-sama liked men, then she would undergo a sex change. She heard there was someone called the Okama King who could change people's genders.
She was going all out!
...
"Mm~"
Rubbing her eyes, Carina opened them and scanned around. After seeing the person she was hugging, she was about to scream but quickly covered her mouth with her other hand!
She looked at the sleeping Esdeath.
Her blue hair was pressed beneath her, and her blue eyelashes moved with her breathing, a complete ice beauty.
Carina was momentarily stunned, not expecting this ruthless Marine to be so captivating up close.
"But should I escape now?"
She shook her head, dispersing the jumbled thoughts in her mind.
She had actually fallen asleep instantly last night!
This was on the bed of this Marine devil, truly courting death.
"Or should I take this chance..."
Take this chance to kill Esdeath? But the two of them had no animosity, and besides, the Marine in front of her must have discovered her.
She just didn't know why she hadn't killed her, so it would be inappropriate for her to make a move and kill someone instead.
"Mm..."
Esdeath had noticed Carina the moment she woke up; she just wanted to see Carina's reaction.
"Oh no!"
Carina quickly and lightly slipped into Esdeath's embrace, praying that nothing would happen.
"Wake up!"
She roughly shook the feigning Carina awake, then said, "You're the one who accompanied me yesterday? Not bad, from now on, stay by my side."
"!!!"
This woman actually liked women!
She wouldn't think I was here to accompany her yesterday, would she? But like this...
"Yes, Officer, my name is Carina."
"Call me Esdeath-sama, little Carina."
One hand lifted Carina's chin, her eyes gazing at Carina with an invasive look.
"Yes, yes! Esdeath-sama!"
At least she survived. What a convenient misunderstanding!