Picked up a Demon King to be a Maid - Chapter 388

As for how much of a misunderstanding had, Lin Xiao couldn’t know because she had already run off.

Interestingly enough, Claire didn’t go far, the positions just swapped and now it was Claire in front and Lin Xiao chasing from behind.

There was only one main road headed to Yellowstone, even if Claire wanted to go meet Andrew, she had to take the main road. It’s not like she would purposely take a side path to avoid Lin Xiao.

But now if she takes the main road she had to be right in front of Lin Xiao like she was purposely waiting for him. But if she took a side path, then that would be too deliberate, it’s not like she did anything wrong so why did she have to go out of her way to avoid him? If someone had to take the side path, it should be that bastard!

In any case, the teams quickly set out.

On the way, Lin Xiao wasn’t just focused on hurrying, he was also observing the surrounding situation.

He had first thought that there would be corpses littered everywhere in the plague zone, but he realized that the situation wasn’t that bad.

They passed several empty villages and he didn’t see many corpses, but he would occasionally see a couple on the sides of the roads.

Lin Xiao asked Tom but he wasn’t too clear either, he just said that initially, Claire sent people to take care of the corpses, along with Saintess Snow’s purification, so the corpses didn’t become too big of a problem.

Be that as it may, how could so many corpses just disappear in such a large unoccupied area? Even if they were dealt with, the great disparity in numbers still couldn’t be explained.

It’s not like all the dead people came back to life and ran off?

Tom still laughed at Lin Xiao’s jokes but he didn’t notice Lin Xiao’s expression becoming more grave.

To Lin Xiao, even the most outrageous jokes can be possible, after all the existence of the plague zone was outrageous by itself, who knows what the enlightened are planning. For having seen the lesser devils, he was confident in their imagination, he wouldn’t even be surprised if they placed a transformer in front of him…

The power of cults is really scary.

But as for the disappearing corpses, they still couldn’t find any useful clues, so even if he suspects resurrection, they had no evidence since no one understands black magic and could only drop it.

As for the plague itself, Lin Xiao learned a lot from Tom. So far the way it spread wasn’t clear but it was sure that it wouldn’t spread just by being in close proximity with an infected, but body fluids would.

As for the symptoms, they start showing up within 24 hours and vary from person to person. The initial symptoms are madness, followed by festering wounds which will continue to worsen for 3-5 days until their deaths.

Once the symptoms appeared, then death was certain. Presently, there was no cure, and all of Claire’s attempts have failed. It seems Saintess Snow has also been trying to look for a cure, but progress has been slow.

Lin Xiao suspected that it might be spread by rodents or other insects, since the large-scale plagues that happened throughout history like the black plague all had something to do with those annoying pests, but Tom refuted it.

Although he didn’t know what the black plague was and what country’s history he was talking about, but Claire also similarly suspected it was rodents and investigated but they found it had nothing to do with rodents and other insects.

“Is that so…” After listening to Tom, Lin Xiao went back and discussed with Elena.

“But it seems like that Claire did quite a bit, I really underestimated her.”

Recalling everything, Lin Xiao noticed that Tom would often mention Claire’s name, she had attempted nearly all the possibilities that he thought of, though they all failed, that was enough to show that she wasn’t an idiot. Not only did she have outstanding commanding capability, but she was also quite insightful and could see the key to the problem and launch timely investigations. That wisdom and driving force were more outstanding than even many experienced generals.

“Young, courageous and resourceful, with good looks… She is quite impressive, no wonder everyone listens to her and treats her like a goddess.”

Lin Xiao shook his head and felt ashamed for his jump to an unfounded conclusion and his impression towards Claire changed.

He had originally thought that everyone was forced to listen to her because of her status, but it seems like she relied on her outstanding ability and her own charms to rope in so many loyal subordinates.

“Oh? So you also like her now too?”

“Uh, no way, I’m not a masochist, how could I like that kind of tomboy? I just felt like I misjudged her.”

She may be able to conquer a large group of people as a leader, but as a wife, there aren’t many men that would marry her.

Her personality was too forceful.

She was insensitive, unromantic, and other than her figure, she had nothing else going for her. And for Lin Xiao, her figure was just average.

There was one fatal flaw that made Lin Xiao could never accept, a flat chest!

Like what? How could there be a woman that flat? It was as flat as an airport runway!

Lin Xiao often joked about Rosie’s small chest but now he really wanted to apologize… no matter how small hers were, she still had some. One day when Rosie and Caesar get married and have kids, they will probably grow a bit, but as for Claire?

Wow! You really are a tomboy true to its name! Even men have larger chests than you! Are you even a woman? Or are you cross-dressing? Are you actually like Prince Charles?

No that was slander, Lin Xiao was one hundred percent sure that Claire was a woman if you want to ask why he knows… because he saw everything under her skirt already, not just her cute sky blue panties, but also something else incredible!

A sexiness unique to women, called a camel toe.

That’s right, he saw everything clear as day. When she was sitting defenselessly, everything under her skirt was presented right to him. It’s not like he wanted to look, but he had no choice…

That’s right, Claire was an authentic woman.

“Pervert, wipe your disgusting drool and stop with your perverted delusions.”

Elena’s clear voice sounded next to Lin Xiao.

“Uh… cough. Sorry, sorry.”

Elena really knew him well, she knew he was thinking about something perverted before he even said anything… no wonder she was his favorite maid, their mutual affinity was growing stronger!

“Enough you pervert, don’t turn your perverted delusions on me now… be serious!”

It was strange, when Lin Xiao was thinking of Claire, Elena got very angry and sternly rebuked him, but when she noticed him turning back to her, even though she verbally rebuked him, she wasn’t as angry.

Perhaps it was because she was used to it? Or was there another reason?

He didn’t know.

So far, they had one good news and one bad.

The good news was that they were sure that they wouldn’t be easily infected just by entering the plague zone, unless an infected person bit them and drew blood or did something intimate, like kissing or other… cough, anyways as long as they were careful, they shouldn’t get infected.

So, as long as Caesar and them didn’t encounter anything special, as long as they focused on self-preservation and found a safe space, they wouldn’t get infected either.

As long as nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to successfully save Caesar and leave.

The bad news was…

“Elena, did you notice something strange about the festering wounds?”

“Hm, yes I noticed. The exaggerated ulceration and the blackish-purple wounds… just like my thirteenth aunt!”

“That’s right!”

On the way here, he saw a couple of corpses, although most of the flesh had already decayed, the remaining blackish-purple festering still caught his attention. He confirmed with Tom that it was also one of the symptoms.

He had thought it was just in his head, but when he got the same answer from Elena, he was sure it wasn’t a coincidence and that they had to be linked!

“Could it be that Adele also…”