The Fox Demon Queen Says She Was My Ex-Girlfriend Three Exes Ago

[Next door: "The Bloodied Demon Lord and Her Light of the Righteous Path," a xianxia novel, now updating!]

Blurb:

"Is my name written all over your history of secret crushes?"

"No. It was to make you fall for me first in every lifetime."

◆ Gentle exorcist × sly fox-demon tavern owner

Lu Shili is an exorcist whose luck seems to have been discounted.

She can stumble across magical artifacts that people from the fading age of magic can only dream of just by walking down the street, but whenever she gets to a crucial moment while doing something important, something always goes wrong.

For instance, after finally climbing thousands of stone steps to take the Demon Administration Bureau's exam and earn her exorcist certificate, she was locked out and told that selection had already ended.

She stood at the top of the mountain, legs trembling like leaves, and looked down at the seemingly endless stone steps.

"Working at Chu Qingci's tavern actually sounds pretty good! A job's a job, wherever you work!"

But later, she realized that somewhere along the way, it seemed Chu Qingci had become the one working for her.

They slayed demons together in the boundless depths of the sea; they defied heavenly punishment together to save Fei Yao; in the Realm of Weak Water, they entrusted their lives to each other. From then on, Chu Qingci appeared in every mission that should have had nothing to do with her, and somehow everything went remarkably smoothly.

As the hazy sense of familiarity grew, Lu Shili, an exorcist, couldn't help asking, "Chu Qingci, did we know each other in a past life?"

Chu Qingci gave an answer that seemed to mean one thing and another: "How long does an ordinary person live?"

Lu Shili was puzzled. "A hundred years?"

Chu Qingci said, "I'm nearly nine thousand years old."

At first, Lu Shili couldn't grasp the meaning behind those words. Not until later, in the Realm of Weak Water, did she see an exorcist tuck a badly wounded little fox into her robes, just as she had done here and now.

Only then did she remember: thousands of years ago, she really had saved a little fox disguised as a rabbit, and she had met her in every life since.

[Mini Theater: Daily Headlines from the Demon Realm], Shocking! Exorcist plucks a thousand-year-old grass demon bald late at night just to divine her romantic prospects?

Lu Shili squatted on the tavern roof, plucking at a quivering golden spirit grass.

First leaf: She has designs on me.

Second leaf: She was only helping me out.

Third leaf: ...

"That's right, I have designs on you." A fox tail appeared out of nowhere and whisked away the last leaf. Chu Qingci leaned in close. "If you want to ask me something, just ask me directly. Why pick on a little grass demon?"

The little grass demon had only wanted to play dead and eavesdrop on the Demon King's gossip. Now, seeing the fake leaves it had carefully prepared to get through winter in style plucked bald, it burst into tears. Exactly! Exactly!

#She says she's working to pay off a debt, but who's paying whose debt? #

In short, this is a story about an exorcist and a fox demon, and the many different demons and humans they meet while cultivating together.

◆ The setting is fictional!

◆ Original title: Daily Life Working at a Fox-Demon Tavern

◆ Update schedule: Daily updates from now on!

Theme: Face life's twists and turns, and write your story with resilience