Demi-human Girls Completion Manual-Chapter 997 - 58: Master Tao

"Who’s panicking?! I’m not panicking, you get down here! Who’s the trivial one!"

Although Tangze Asuka claimed not to be panicking, she was clearly enraged by this brat who deserved a beating. She raised the peach in her hand and walked towards the giant peach tree at the end of the stream, only to find the closer she got, the more condescending the brat’s gaze became.

Upon hearing Tangze Asuka’s words, the brat’s smile grew more brazen. She slightly shook her wrist, and the delicate folding fan unfolded, covering half her face, but her curved eyes remained visible. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

"Look at you, low rank, short stature, low intelligence, plain looks, no matter how you see it, you’re a trivial one among trivial ones. Not happy being called that... trivial, trivial human."

"You!"

Tangze Asuka felt as if pierced by thousands of arrows, pointed a finger at the other, wanting to refute something but finding herself speechless, instead she felt like crying more and more.

But everyone has some level of stubbornness, even when their sore spot is hit, people don’t easily admit it and might even rush to deny it. When Tangze Asuka, angered, was about to challenge the brat to a duel, she suddenly grew cautious.

They seemed to be inside an Elf Duke’s Barrier, this little girl appeared here silently, perhaps she was a maid of Master Tao, or perhaps she was Master Tao herself?

Tangze Asuka swallowed, thinking of the terrifying feeling of meeting the Angel Leader before, she resisted the urge to curse at the brat, forcing a smile,

"You... are you an elf?"

"Oh, so you trivial one suspect me to be Master Tao?"

The girl lowered her small folding fan, tilted her head, looking at Tangze Asuka as she spoke.

"You’re not?"

There was a hint of hope in Tangze Asuka’s words, as she couldn’t stand the brat for even a second longer. Her fist slowly tightened, she vowed that if the brat said she wasn’t, she would definitely give this kid a proper childhood as a big sister.

"Hmm..." the brat pondered briefly, and just as Tangze Asuka was more certain this brat wasn’t Master Tao, she suddenly smiled, "I am indeed Tao, which is what you refer to as Master Tao, trivial one."

You mythical species are so annoying!!

With her hope shattered, Tangze Asuka seemed to lose all her strength, collapsing to the ground, weakly nodding and mumbling,

"Ah, like that... your temper is really peculiar, haha... haha... so cute..."

Looking at the trivial human filled with "survival instinct" in front of her, the brat’s smile grew deeper. She stood up playfully, hands on hips, and praised Tangze Asuka,

"That’s better, trivial ones should act like trivial ones, looks much more pleasing... by the way, why did you, a trivial one, come here?"

"...Wasn’t it the Dukes summoning those of the Fourteenth Rank?"

Master Tao tilted her head, suddenly smiling,

"What’s that, I don’t know... forget it, trivial one, help me with something, there’s a reward."

"Eh? You don’t know?" Tangze Asuka blankly lifted her head, seemingly unable to grasp Master Tao’s meaning, "But... isn’t this command given to you and the Dukes by the Elf King?"

"Hmm, maybe that’s it, but I’m the Master Tao from the past..."

The Master Tao in front of her said dismissively, then hopping barefoot from the giant peach tree into the stream, fan in hand, eagerly approached Tangze Asuka and continued,

"Anyway, trivial one, help me with something, and I’ll treat you to peaches..."

"Eh?"

Tangze Asuka looked at Master Tao perplexed, hearing the claim of being "past Master Tao," she suddenly had a hypothesis.

Could it be a time issue, and the real Master Tao went outside to talk with other Dukes, as the maid said, while this Master Tao was merely a part of the barrier like the peach blossom forest?

"What... do you need me to do?"

"Look, trivial one, there’s a fish swimming very fast in that stream, seems delicious. Help me catch it, and we’ll roast it on the shore, how about it?"

Following Master Tao’s gaze, Tangze Asuka looked all the way over, indeed spotting several fat black fish in the knee-deep river, their fleshy appearance enticing.

For some reason, the creatures here all look perfect, everywhere there’s rare treasures hard to find elsewhere.

She didn’t move but turned her puzzled gaze towards Master Tao behind her, asking,

"You’re a mythical species, an elf. Why do you need a trivial one like me to catch fish?"

"Eh, well..." The petite Master Tao scratched her head, the hair in her Flying Immortal Bun messed up slightly. Then she, like an angry cat, lightly tapped Tangze Asuka’s arm with her fan, exclaiming, "Humph, trivial one, it’s an honor for you to do things for me, no refusal allowed! You’re lucky I haven’t punished you for wandering in Taoyuan, so obediently catch fish for me, and you’ll have peaches to eat on shore."