The demon princess was defeated and captured? Sorry, I acted in it)

He changed his clothes in a daze and got on the carriage.

I arrived at the demon border in a daze.

Timani even started to panic.

"Oh no... You guys are not satisfied with me because I eat too much and don't work, so you plan to take me to the demon territory and sell me! Witch...! I'm telling you... I'm still quite good at fighting. If I use all my strength, you may not be able to sell me...!"

"Come on, how much are you worth?"

"You really want to sell me out?!"

"No, put away your persecution delusion. I'm taking you with me for a more important reason."

"More importantly...? What new ideas have you come up with?"

"Not really. I didn't want to bring you with me, but I thought about it. If I leave you at home, you might steal my snacks, so you should follow me, just in case."

"..."

This insult is no less than selling me out.

Timani had nothing to say, and quietly hid the strawberries and hawthorns she had brought from the mansion in her skirt pocket.

This doesn’t count... This is what the witch gave me that day. Is it food that I can use freely?

Timani is not stupid.

She always felt that there might be some other reason why Xue Feiya took her with her.

I just don’t want to say it now.

In the past, Timani would have jumped out of the carriage and ran away.

But now...

She didn't mind following the witch to take a look and take a walk.

"Almost there."

Xue Fei yawned with her chin on her hand, and everyone's attention was drawn when she said this.

The carriage's forward momentum gradually stopped.

Outside the carriage, a rough voice suddenly sounded, which could only be heard by those who were stationed at the border for a long time.

"Stop the car! Are you a merchant from Orus? Do you have a permit from the Demon Tribe Chamber of Commerce? If not, turn back immediately!"

3. Border towns

Playing and joking were common, and there was laughter and joy in the carriage just now, but when something really happened, everyone sat up straight.

Except for Bellis.

She sat upright because she was reflecting on her mistakes and persisting to the end.

Xue Feiya lifted a small corner of the carriage curtain so that she could observe the outside environment from this angle.

——It’s a world of ice and snow, with not a single blade of grass growing.

This is the demon frontier fortress [Lidqidu], a town covered with snow all year round.

There are almost no residents. Only the Third Legion of the Demon King's Army is stationed here to guard the border. There are a lot of military forces deployed, so it is called a "fortress."

The person who stopped the road and asked for inspection was a middle-aged male soldier from the Demon Clan, whose face was rough from years of wind and snow, and who was holding a spear.

Judging from the single black wing behind him, he should be the sentry here, and strictly speaking, he is not officially included in the Demon King's Legion.

Without a system, there is naturally more indulgence.

When the sentry saw that there was no response from the carriage, he seemed to understand what was going on. He had seen this situation many times.

"Oh oh... You are the black traders who went to the Demon Tribe to sell things without the permission of the Chamber of Commerce again! Get off the car quickly! Do you think I will let you pass if you hide from me? If you don't have permission, then give me a toll, and I will turn a blind eye to it. One by one... It's not easy for you to do business, and I can't stand guard for nothing. Don't make things difficult for each other, right?"

"..."

At this time, Bellis no longer sat facing the wall and thought about it.

There was already a hint of murderous intent in her eyes.

As a sentry, failure to perform duties diligently and dereliction of duty is already a capital crime, but he actually wants to collect tolls privately?

It's really a disgrace to the demon clan...

During the time when Xue Feiya was away from the demon clan, Bellis managed the order of the capital of the Demon King's City, [Cambeno], in an orderly manner. In addition, the overall combat effectiveness and military management of the Fifth Legion of the Demon King's Army, which she commanded, had reached a higher level.

Go back and let Sister Wang review the results.

Who would have known that...this frontier where the sky is high and the devil is far away would be in such a mess as soon as it encountered a small soldier.

Bellis's eyes were cold and purple lightning flashed in her hands.

But before she could make a move, Xue Feiya had already lifted the car curtain.

Some words.

More offensive than magic.

"You are so blind! Damn it! You are still collecting money in the snowy mountains. Are you crazy for money? Or is your horse dead and you are in a hurry to bury it? You are a disgrace, get out of here now!"

The childish scolding caused the three horses pulling the cart to neigh at the same time, as if they were protesting against the statement that "the horses are dead" and they were trying to prove that they were not dead.

The sentry who was collecting the toll was obviously stunned by the sudden insult.

He was just an ordinary sentry on the border, how could he know such a powerful figure as the Demon Princess.

Seeing that the little girl was so outspoken, the sentry's face, which was already red from the cold snow, became even redder with anger!

"How dare you...! How dare you scold me?! Where did you come from, girl? Do you know where this place is...eh?"

Before he finished speaking, the snow was already covered with thick blood.

The sentry just raised his spear and was about to point it at Xuefia's face, but before he could complete the action, he saw the snow in front of him suddenly turn red.

Then...the spear in his hand fell because of the pain he felt belatedly.

He covered his shoulder and then he knew where the blood was coming from.

An invisible slash cut a non-fatal gash on his shoulder.

“Ahhhhh…!! What… enemy attack! enemy attack!!”

In the carriage, a pair of terrifying, eerie, and cold purple eyes flickered and appeared behind Xue Feiya.

Amid the sentinel's screams, her voice was still clear, powerful and irrefutable.

"Listen... go tell the lord of Lidkidu to open the city gates and say that the second princess of the demon clan, Belis Halder, is passing through here and has delayed the carriage's progress. The entire city's army will be held accountable."

"Princess...Princess?! This..."

"roll."

"!"

In the wind and snow, the sentry had no time to pick up the spear on the ground. He was frightened by the oppressive look and his face turned pale. He rolled and crawled towards the sentry's camp, probably to report the situation truthfully.

It's not realistic to expect the border guards to pass just with one sentence.

Bellis got off the carriage and stood in the snow for a while. Then she held down her silver hair that was swaying in the wind and snow, and walked back to the carriage gracefully.

that's enough.

It wasn't that everyone didn't know the Demon Princess. The fully armed soldiers of the Third Legion standing in a row on the border wall were suddenly in a mess when they saw the silver hair that symbolized the Demon Royal Family fluttering in the wind and snow.

As expected, not long after the sentinels returned to the camp, the heavy gate of the border town was slowly opened by a group of demon soldiers.

The gate was opened as wide as possible to welcome the seemingly tiny carriage coming from the vast snowfield.

Bellis returned to the carriage and sat next to Xuefia with an unhappy look on her face, feeling extremely annoyed.

"No one in this world can use a weapon against Sister Wang, damn it... I wouldn't kill him for collecting tolls, but offending Sister Wang is an absolute capital crime."

Bellis spared his life not out of mercy, but simply because she needed him to report the news.

Otherwise, anyone who dares to offend Sister Wang, whether knowingly or not, is Bellis' enemy.

"You are still so extreme..." Xue Feiya said this, but she didn't really care. "Look at everyone else. They are not like you. They should learn to stay calm when encountering things. Look how calm they are... Tsk, you guys are not calm enough either?!"

Xia had just put the unused holy sword back into its scabbard. Apparently, she had been preparing to draw the sword.

The fire in Dimani's palm turned into sparks and dissipated. She pretended nothing happened and looked at the scenery outside the window leisurely.

Livra, who lacked fighting power, remained silent, but the way she clenched her fists seemed to indicate she was ready to join the battle at any time!

You guys... need to cultivate yourselves, but why are you so impatient?

Well, even though Xuefiya herself was about to use [Storm] to blow the sentry away, let's not talk about that for now.

The city gate was open, and the three horses continued to move forward with their heads held high.

The soldiers on both sides stood straight, welcoming the royal family into the city with the Demon King's etiquette of clenching their fists with their backs to their hearts.

Xia lowered a corner of the curtain. Seeing that the carriage showed no signs of slowing down, she asked.

"Xuefei, don't you need to stop? Didn't Sister Bellis just tell the sentinels to inform the lord?

, the Lord will definitely come to greet him personally, right?"

“That’s why we have to hurry.” Xue Fei waved her hand nonchalantly. She really hated trouble. “If we wait for the lord to come, we can’t leave yet. He will definitely have to hold a banquet to entertain us, which will waste a lot of time. We have to hurry through the fortress before he comes. We have to pass through several towns from here to the Demon King’s Castle. We can’t stop every time the local lord says he wants to treat us to a meal... Eh? Eating wherever we go seems not bad, right?!”

Having said that, Xuefei still had no intention of stopping.

The food outside is not as delicious as the food at home. She is eager to go home because she misses the taste of the big fish in the lake in front of the Demon King's City.

When eating fish, you should eat home-cooked fish.

Xuefei leaned back in her chair, crossed her legs again, and made a casual comment.

"Speaking of which, the management of the troops at the border doesn't seem to be very strict...? I just observed that the troops here seem to be stationed in the city, and some have just come out of their houses as if they just woke up, instead of guarding outside the border. Other demon king armies don't seem to be as lax as the Third Legion, right...? By the way, Bellis, who is the commander of the Third Legion?"

"Is it Aunt El-Elek?"

"Oh, that's what I said, that makes sense."

The legion commander travels around the world, so how can you expect the free-range legion under her to be well-behaved?

I can only say that it’s pretty good that they can still guard the border!

4. Powerful reasons

Speaking of the demon army configuration, it is mainly divided into five demon king legions according to their respective jurisdiction areas.

The First Legion is the royal guard directly under the Demon King and is also the purest Demon King's army. It directly guards the Demon King's capital, Campeno, and can only be mobilized by the Demon King and the Queen. Other generals have no power to dispatch them.

Throughout history, the Demon Tribe's First Legion has always been the main force of the Demon King's army, and there has never been an exception.

But in this generation...the situation seems to have changed subtly?

The Second Legion of the Demon King's Army, which Xue Feiya once led, has now become the main force of the Demon King's Army.

This matter is quite annoying for the Demon King.

You said that he originally let Xue Feiya be the commander of the Second Legion just to give his daughter some training, let her experience life, and know the difficulties of royal family. But who knew that when she arrived in the army, she changed this and that and came up with a bunch of weird strategies.

Under her management, the atmosphere in the army became harmonious and even the overall strength of the soldiers increased rapidly!

She even overshadowed her father. Xue Feiya, do you, a rebellious girl, understand the ways of the world? !

The Third Legion is the one stationed at the border fortress [Lidqidu].

In fact, they have no fixed location. They will go on expeditions to fill the gaps in the army wherever they are needed to guard the border.

The Fourth Legion is led by the six-winged demon family of Jeffrey's. It is the only army not directly dispatched by the Demon King's family.

The existence of this army is not due to insufficient centralization, but to allow the nobles to have their own army. This is the tradition of the demons. If they are really capable, they can declare war on other legions on their own. Unfortunately, contrary to this rule, the Fourth Legion in history has always been the most loyal.

——Because they know they can’t win.

The Fifth Legion is a newcomer in recent years. It is stationed on the northern border of the Demon Race. The army is small in number but strong in strength. Most of them are elite demons, used to deter high-level races in the north from acting rashly.

The reason why the Fifth Legion was able to take on such a big responsibility was after Bellis took the initiative to serve as the legion commander.

But Bellis is so dedicated.

At this time, I am still facing the wall and reflecting on my mistakes.

This time, she was ashamed from the bottom of her heart!

"Damn it... We haven't even reached the Demon King's Castle yet and there's already this embarrassing thing... Ah, Sister Wang, how did you manage the Second Legion in the past? I always feel that no matter how hard I try... I can't... Sorry, Sister Wang, just pretend I didn't say anything."