A Tale of Chase and Love s1

Ren raised his left hand and a green fire appeared in his hand.

Seeing this the two maids trembled.

Who wouldn’t recognize that? Even a commoner knows that this fire belongs only to one person.

The demon lord Long Ren. Killer of potential masters and a lover of gory slaughter.

To think that they did all those things to him in his fox form–they were finished.

His being here means that the lady they insulted was his master.

There was no hope for them but they still refused to beg. It was useless as lord Ren hates pleas.

The fire in Ren’s hand was glowing brighter and getting bigger.

Theresa saw all that was happening and decided to put an end to all this rubbish.

“Ren, don’t hurt them. Just throw them out and take their beauty as compensation for your sufferings.

Ren wasn’t happy but his master already gave orders.

“You two are lucky” He muttered and then opened a portal and threw both inside after a strange word in another language.

The portal closed amidst the shrieks of the two girls but Theresa looked away. A tear slid down her left eye and she did not bother to wipe it off.

Ren was worried about her and slowly approached her.

“Mistress–I–”

He wasn’t allowed to complete his sentence as Theresa suddenly hugged him and began sobbing on his shoulders.

Long Ren was stunned at his mistress’s action. Why did she hug him so suddenly? He looked down at her sobbing face and his heart tightened.

His mistress… she must have been frightened by those two ingrates.

“Ren… I’m sorry for being mean to you. I just wanna tame you. I’m sorry” Theresa cried.

So she finally apologized to him? He could ask her to break the contract but then… she’ll be all alone. Without him, she’d have frozen to death. He didn’t know when his tears began to fall and when they landed on Theresa’s shoulders, they turned into big pearls but he didn’t mind.

“Long Ren, don’t leave me here” Theresa whispered, her eyes closed.

“I won’t leave you, mistress” he reassured her and hugged her tighter. He would never leave her alone but be here for her. She’s trying to act tough but she’s really lonely. Wherever she was summoned from, she might be missing her former home. He should be kind to mistress from now on.

Theresa saw that Ren’s tears had formed 15 pearls and then she left his embrace and picked up the fallen pearls. She put them into a small purse she found under the creaky bed where she had already kept the earlier pearls.

She then wipes her tears and smiled at Long Ren.

“I’m ready to explore this ancient world. Do the honor of being my tour guide.” she said ‘excitedly’ to a stunned Long Ren.

So all along she had been pretending? What kind of master was she? She dared to rob him in broad daylight and under his nose. But the disturbing thing was that he couldn’t do anything about it. It seems he was doomed to a life of shedding tears just because his master wanted free money.

“Mistress… you” he found no words to complete the sentence.

“Yeah! You are useful to me. Money bank, powerful tour guide, You’ll also teach me how to cultivate.” she explained.

Long Ren gelt hurt. So his first use is free money bank? But he has lots of go gold and silver. Why doesn’t she want that?

As if replying to his thoughts Theresa spoke up.

“Getting pearls from you is my way of punishing you for whipping my butt. Not even my mama has slapped me but an audacious you dare to whip my butt, so of course, I won’t let you go. And when I was very weak you did not help me so I punished you with periods” she said.

“But mistress…” Theresa interrupted him and ordered him to take her out of the cold palace after she managed to wear one of the robes. He simply nodded and held her hand and both slowly started to disintegrate and blown away just like willow flowers blown away by the wind.

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Finally out of the cold palace, Theresa was excited when she appeared with Long Ren in an alley.

“Mistress, the bathroom is two houses away from here. It’s meant for peasants and the rich. Mistress, you are a beauty and that’ll cause trouble there so please let me change you” without waiting for his mistress’ answer, he acted of his own accord and turned her into a middle-aged lady that was frail and not too pretty.

Theresa did not say nor do anything as she really wanted a bath.

“Take me there!” she ordered.

“Yes, mistress” he bowed his head in reply and transformed into a middle-aged woman dressed the same as Theresa.

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Wei Jun public bathhouse.

The public bathroom for peasants was filled up. That of the middle class was half-filled.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Then that of the rich only had a few people inside. The bathhouse is provided as a way to make money while still satisfying the people’s wish for a nice bath due to the drought in Luo Ye country. Wells were few and their owners unwilling to even sell the water in them. A minister suggested this to the king with ways of getting good water for the bathhouse. And so the emperor decreed that those finding it difficult to bathe or who want to have a little fun added to their lives should visit the bathhouse. But there are those who have money and own wells and water fountains in their homes, unless they wanna have fun they wouldn’t go out to bathe. Water is expensive and it’s telling on the masses whether they admit it or not.

“What? Isn’t that too much?” Theresa exclaimed, unwilling to believe the price.

She just wanted a nice warm bath and they were asking for a gold coin. This to her was a robbery. And they were doing so in a seemingly righteous manner! so annoying!

But she had no choice.

“My dear… Long Ren, please pay for us” she spoke slyly, blinking her eyes a few times in a bid to look cute.

Long Ren stared at her unhappily.

“Mistress, you dare complain that they’re robbing you? You robbed me twice and now you want me to spend my money on things you want? i am not your lover!” he thought.

“Ren, pay for it and I’ll stop your period punishment for now and won’t make you cry pearls,” Theresa said through telepathy.

Long Ren on hearing her words instantly brought out 3 gold coins and threw it at the attendant who was puzzled until Ren spoke in his female voice “Keep the change” and then hurried off with his mistress.

The attendant/cashier could not believe it. That man gave him two gold coins for free? No! He’d have to give this to the boss. With that, the attendant walked away.

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At the chosen luxurious bathroom.

Theresa had found a vacant bathroom which she quickly entered with some clothes in a bag that Long Ren was carrying before. After instructing him to stand guard at the door, she slammed the door against him and he shook his head, internally lamenting his plight.

When Theresa opened the door leading to the bathroom, she was amazed at what she saw.