The hero's gender is yet to be determined after rebirth.

Meilan's ambitions surged within its still somewhat limited vision.

Lorenwei, you should just be a good cook for this future demon king!

"Hey? Melanie, something's off with your expression. It's not exactly ferocious, but it's giving me the creeps." Lorenwei was a little scared.

"Hahahaha—" Meilan laughed loudly.

That's strange, what is she laughing at?

Lorenwei looked at her, puzzled.

However, it seems that Meilan's previous worries are no longer a problem, right? Lorenwei felt a little relieved.

The person who can produce such a hearty, silly laugh is definitely not someone with doubts. Oh, only a demon could make it.

"Don't worry, Meilan, I'll protect you," Lorenwei said softly amidst Meilan's laughter.

"Huh? What did you say?"

Should I say I'll protect you, as a demon, from being attacked by heroes or anything like that? Lorenwei felt she couldn't explain it clearly in a moment, so she changed her approach: "It's nothing. I mean, I'll try my best to make sure you eat well every day."

Meilan Longxin was overjoyed: "Yes, yes, yes! Hahaha! Lorenwei, you just need to make sure I eat well every day!"

"Simple wishes are the happiest."

"Yes, I mentioned before that Grandpa shares a similar view. Being able to eat is better than anything else!"

"Hmm. By the way, did the original Demon King eat well?" Lorenwei suddenly asked.

Meilan said decisively, "No, definitely not good!"

"Why are you so sure?"

Meilan smiled but did not answer.

“Alright. Tell me the reason later. I won’t spell it out for you.” Lorenwei smiled.

"What have you revealed about me? What secrets do I have?" Meilan's face clearly said, "Don't ask, or I might let something slip."

“Okay, okay, there are no secrets. Even if there are, tell me later, consider it a surprise.” Lorenwei’s eyes crinkled into crescent moons with laughter.

"Okay, consider it a surprise. Wait, no! I don't have any secrets!"

"..." Lorenwei looked at the nervous Meilan and couldn't help but tease her, "By the way, Meilan, do you know why the headmaster hired Sally as his secretary?"

"Hey? Why?"

"Because we can't hire you, hahaha!"

“???” Meilan asked, puzzled.

"Hahahaha—" Lorenwei continued to laugh.

Meilan looked at Lorenwei with disdain: "You're just grinning like an idiot. Be careful you don't really become an idiot. Then you'll be like a hero or a demon king, how pathetic."

Lorenwei laughed even harder.

I laughed until I cried.

Yes, how pitiful the hero and the demon king are.

The weak... how pitiful...

Chapter 257 Meilan's talent is higher than imagined; A public challenge to Sally!

After chatting with Meilan for a while, Lorenwei's cynical sentiments began to surface.

"Meilan, let's become stronger together!"

"You don't need to become stronger, I can become stronger. You just need to improve your cooking skills, and I can support you in the future."

"Haha, no way. I really want to lie down, but I still have Kurara and Sylph at home."

“I can afford to raise them all,” Meilan said ambitiously.

"Stop joking around. Instead of bragging here, you should get to training. Stop sitting on the balcony daydreaming."

"I'm not bragging, I'll give you a big surprise sooner or later!" Meilan leaped off the balcony.

The height of the second floor was nothing to her; she simply lowered her knees slightly and withstood the gravitational potential energy.

Lorenwei noticed this and secretly thought to herself how quickly Meilan had improved.

"Come down quickly."

"Hmm..." Lorenwei jumped off the balcony, but her current body didn't dare to act tough, so she obediently rolled on the ground.

However, this was a skillful way of deflecting force. If Sylph were here, she would praise it for being decisive and efficient.

"You're so weak, you might as well just wait for me to take care of you. Hahaha!" Meilan didn't see through Lorenwei's clever trick at all, and instead mocked him.

“Have you forgotten what Burbo mentioned about arc punches? That’s also a way to deflect force.” Lorenwei explained patiently as they walked toward the training ground. “You know, the Holy Son of Light back then had a unique skill called Tai Chi.”

Lorenwei explained, but inwardly she thought: "Romeo, the Holy Son of Light, is also a transmigrator. Tai Chi was a skill that transmigrators had to demonstrate back then. But it's outdated now, so I'll just talk about the concept."

Upon arriving at the training ground, Lorenwei gave Meilan a brief demonstration.

"Are you demonstrating Tai Chi? This is a martial art passed down from the Holy Son of Light." Burbo wasn't surprised at all that Lorenwei knew Tai Chi, after all, she was a descendant of a hero.

"This martial art is so boring. Why would you turn around and give the opponent back their power when you could just knock them down with one punch? It's like the behavior of a weakling."

Lorenwei laughed and said, "That's called the weak defeating the strong."

Meilan disagreed: "But we need to be stronger than our opponent. If we're weak, even if we win by luck, there's no guarantee we can win next time, right? I don't like this kind of martial art called Tai Chi."

"Actually, I wanted to show you that gentleness can also overcome adversity." Lorenwei, having exhausted her tricks after teaching Meilan a few concepts, asked for help, "My parents only mentioned it briefly back then, but I didn't take it seriously. Do you know how to do it, Burbo?"

"No," Burbo firmly denied.

"You're the consultant I paid to hire."

"I'm a mage, so it's normal that I don't know how. By the way, on the other hand, Lord Sylvie once passed down a martial art called 'inch punch,' do you know it?"

"I only know the concept. Softness can overcome hardness, but it can also be said that force can overcome skill." Lorenwei then gave Meilan a brief explanation of what "inch force" meant.

"Wow! This martial arts technique is amazing!" Meilan exclaimed excitedly after watching Lorenwei demonstrate a few times.

However, Lorenwei's demonstration was actually incomplete; she couldn't truly unleash the power of a short burst of energy. Her current physical abilities weren't sufficient to perform this skill, nor was it worth using Sword Saint Time, so she could only demonstrate it superficially.

Lorenwei said regretfully, "I lack physical strength and can't actually generate sudden bursts of power with short bursts. I don't have enough staying power and the destructive force is insufficient, so it's better to exert force directly."

"No, no, no, the martial arts technique you taught me is amazing!" Meilan jumped up and down excitedly. "The first strike triggers the opponent's defensive reaction, but the second strike follows immediately, like ripples in water. If you keep launching wave after wave of force, who can withstand that?!"

Lorenwei scratched her head: "How do you manage to unleash wave after wave of power?"

“That’s how it is…” Meilan looked around and walked to a big tree. “I threw a punch first.”

bang——

The big tree trembled violently.

She didn't give it her all.

But as soon as the tremor began, Meilan's fist followed up instantly.

bang——

The tree trembled even more violently.

bang——

The third force followed immediately.

A tree as thick as a person's embrace developed cracks. If Meilan had used her full strength, the tree would probably have broken.

"Wow! This way of generating power is really good!" Melan retracted her fist and exclaimed in surprise, "If I had known this way of generating power when I fought that guy Oha, I would have smashed his giant to pieces!"

Lorenwei and Burbo stared in disbelief.

Burbo asked blankly, "Lorenwei, you only demonstrated this 'inch force' once, right?"

Lorenwei: "Yes... I didn't even demonstrate it. I just explained the concept and made a mock-up."

“This Meilan’s talent in martial arts might not be inferior to your talent in magic,” Burbo remarked, stroking his beard.

“By the way, she’s not a boxer,” Lorenwei said. “She’s a mage.”

"..." Bulbo was stunned for a few seconds: "I've disgraced the mage profession..."

Meilan's talent is becoming increasingly apparent.

During lunch, Burbo praised his own eye for talent.

"Hmph, I told you, Meilan's talent is absolutely amazing, isn't it?"

Lorenwei's assessment was: "You guessed right about the talent for calculating by bust size."

Sylph remained silent, and after the meal, she began to polish the golden bow and arrange the arrows.

Kurara was the most anxious. After eating, she picked up a book on knightly theory and began to read it diligently. After digesting her food, she immediately started exercising.

It's not a bad thing that the three girls are competing and improving. Lorenwei watched them work hard with satisfaction, cheering them on in her heart, and then started making milk tea herself.

Okay, let's treat the wives.

As Burbo left, he did leave with the comment: "Shouldn't we be teaming up for training tomorrow?"

He didn't wait for Lorenwei's reply and walked away.

"I'm urging you," Kurara sighed.

"I'll go with you to find Sally."

“Uh…” Lorenwei was a little reluctant: “I’m already very satisfied with three women in my harem. I don’t want to add any more burden to my kidneys.”

Kurala retorted angrily, "Look how pleased you are with yourself. Sally hasn't even fallen for you, so why do you think adding her to the team is like entering the palace? I bet you're the only one having such wild ideas."

“You’re right.” Lorenwei shrugged and went with Sylph to find someone.

As they walked along the road, Lorenwei and Sylph began to notice that many students were looking at the notice boards by the roadside.

The students were talking a lot.

Wow, someone is publicly questioning Sally!

"Look, they say they want to confront each other in the church!"