Chapter 83 - This Little Thing Seems to Like This Empress a Lot

In the living room.

Long Yue's eyes were fixed on the cockatiel in the birdcage, and the cockatiel was also staring back at her with its small, round eyes.

The woman and the bird stared at each other, big eyes meeting small.

Perhaps because she was unwilling to give up just like that, after hearing that Lu Zhai didn't want the bird anymore, she had ultimately decided to take the cockatiel home.

Birds and beasts are often more sensitive to the perception of spiritual energy than humans. Since this bird could talk, it meant its intelligence wasn't too low. With a little training, maybe it could lead her to a place in this world where spiritual energy existed!

With this thought in mind, she decided to train it properly, to make it her spirit pet and have it serve her!

“From this day forward, you are This Empress's spirit pet in this world. You should know, not even immortal beasts or divine beasts are necessarily qualified to become a spirit pet under This Empress's command. You should feel honored! This is a tremendous opportunity that other birds could never hope to encounter in their entire lives!”

“You must obey This Empress's words and are not allowed to go against my will. Do you understand?”

Long Yue lectured the cockatiel in the cage with a serious expression.

The cockatiel rolled its small, round eyes, paid her no attention, and just kept hopping around in its cage.

“How dare you ignore This Empress…!”

Long Yue's delicate brows furrowed slightly. She then took out the grain feed she had also brought back from Lu Zhai's place, poured a little into her palm, and held out a grain or two to the side of the cage.

Sure enough, the moment it saw the food, the cockatiel quickly hopped over and snatched the grain from her hand to eat.

After feeding it two or three times, Long Yue stopped, clenched the remaining grain in her hand, and said triumphantly:

“Want more? If you want more, then obediently listen to This Empress.”

“This Empress is the Empress of the Supreme Sacred Heavenly Palace. From now on, you must call This Empress 'Your Majesty the Empress'.”

“Come on, say 'Your Majesty the Empress,' and This Empress will give you the food in my hand.”

The Cockatiel: “Dumbass.”

“……”

Long Yue had black lines running down her face. She was so angry she couldn't help but clench the grain in her hand a little tighter.

“This Empress is not telling you to swear!”

“I'm telling you to say Your Majesty the Empress! Your Majesty the Empress! Understand?”

“Dumbass.”

“…Haaa!”

Long Yue took a deep breath, trying to calm the anger in her heart, and repeatedly told herself:

It's just a stupid bird that hasn't had its intelligence awakened. There's no need to get angry with it, no need…

Lin Fan, watching from the side, just shook his head.

“Empress, what you're teaching it at the start is too difficult. You have to begin with something simple.”

“For example, one or two words that are easier to pronounce.”

With that, he walked over to the cage himself and said to the cockatiel:

“Say 'daddy'.”

“Say 'daddy',” the cockatiel repeated.

“Oh! It really copied what you said!”

Long Yue was a little surprised. She hadn't expected that this time, the stupid bird would obediently repeat the Demon Sovereign's words instead of cursing!

“Say 'mommy'.”

Long Yue copied Lin Fan and said to the cockatiel.

“Say 'mommy'.”

The cockatiel repeated the same words again, which made her especially happy.

This stupid bird doesn't seem as stupid as I imagined! With a little training, maybe there's real hope for it to become her obedient spirit pet in this world!

Long Yue pointed a finger at herself and, like teaching a toddler who was just learning to talk, said in a soft voice:

“Mommy.”

“Yes?”

This time, the cockatiel didn't repeat her words, but responded directly.

Long Yue: “…???”

Long Yue blinked blankly, her face a mask of question marks.

“Demon Sovereign, did that bird just take advantage of This Empress…?”

“Let me try.”

Lin Fan, trying to stifle his laughter, also pointed at himself and said to the cockatiel.

“Daddy.”

“Yes?”

The cockatiel responded again. After it spoke, it even lifted its little head and let out a series of shrill chirps, “cheep cheep cheep,” that sounded like mockery.

Both Lin Fan and Long Yue were stunned.

The two of them, one a Demon Sovereign, the other an Empress, actually felt as if they had been viciously mocked by a bird!

This little thing is quite arrogant!

“Empress, feel like having parrot soup tonight?”

Lin Fan stared coldly at the cockatiel, the corners of his mouth lifting into an 'amiable' smile.

The cockatiel's chirping came to an abrupt halt, and it fearfully shrank into a corner.

“Forget it. There's no use keeping this stupid bird. Let's just let it go.”

Long Yue hesitated for a moment, sighed helplessly, opened the birdcage, and carried it out to the balcony.

She had already lost all confidence in training this stupid bird to find spiritual energy, but she also couldn't bear to eat it. So, she decided to just follow Lu Zhai's original plan and release it.

“You and I are the same, both imprisoned in this world. But you still have wings, and can pursue the freedom of a wider sky.”

“Go on. This Empress grants you your freedom.”

With that, she extended her hands out past the balcony's iron bars.

“Cheep cheep cheep.”

The cockatiel hopped back and forth in her palm, but showed no intention of flying away.

Seeing this, Long Yue simply placed it on the balcony railing, waiting for it to fly away on its own.

However, as she turned to walk back inside, the cockatiel flapped its wings and landed on her shoulder.

“Hmm? This Empress told you, you're free. You can go.”

“The world is so vast, why be a caged bird.”

Long Yue cupped the cockatiel from her shoulder, walked back to the balcony, and released it again.

Who would have thought that as soon as she turned around, the cockatiel would once again return to her side, even landing directly in her palm.

“Hmm? You can't bear to leave This Empress that much?”

Looking at the cockatiel hopping about in her palm, looking so affectionate and cute, Long Yue's heart suddenly overflowed with girlish feelings.

“There's just nothing to be done with you. Since you can't bear to leave This Empress, then you can stay by my side.”

Long Yue gently stroked the cockatiel's feathers, then held it out triumphantly in front of Lin Fan.

“Demon Sovereign, look! This little thing seems to like This Empress a lot!”

“It's actually not that annoying. Its previous owner must have taught it bad habits. As long as This Empress teaches it slowly, I can definitely make it mend its ways!”

The moment her words fell, a dollop of emerald-green droppings suddenly landed in her palm.

“…?”

Long Yue's eyes abruptly widened, her expression gradually shifting to one of terror and rage.

“It... it pooped...? On This Empress's hand?!”

She was the great Empress of the Supreme Sacred Heavenly Palace, with a noble immortal body! It was already a tremendous honor for this stupid bird to stand on her, but it dared to push its luck and poop on her hand!

“Cheep cheep cheep~”

The cockatiel fluttered its wings, letting out a cheerful chirp.

GRAB!

Long Yue's hand moved like lightning, grabbing the bird's entire body. She brought it in front of her face and stared at it coldly with a murderous glare.

The cockatiel was terrified, its small round eyes wide as it struggled back and forth in her hand, trying to escape toward the balcony.

However, with its wings of destiny firmly grasped, all its struggles were ultimately futile…

“Demon Sovereign, that parrot soup you mentioned earlier... This Empress suddenly feels like trying some!”

Lin Fan: “…”

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