I'm a fox girl, I took over the job of the Night Demon Queen

"Accident?"

"Well, it was an unexpected event that only made me feel a little relieved until now, when the children were born. At the critical moment of the war, I became pregnant."

The seemingly delicate fingers drew a streak of light, and a hole was torn in the space. Philomena took out a cradle engraved with ancient patterns from it. Only then did Jiang Lan finally see the children that Philomena cherished.

Just like newborn human babies, the three little ones don’t even have much hair, and their noses, mouths, and eyes are squeezed together, making it impossible to tell that they will grow up to be beauties like Philomena.

Looking at the children in the cradle, Philomena's expression became softer, but unfortunately, due to the restrictions set up to protect them, she could not touch the children she regarded as treasures.

Philomena took back her half-extended hand, feeling quite pleased with herself. "Hey, these are some lovely children."

With a forced smile, Jiang Lan tried very hard to agree, but she was secretly complaining in her heart - how could a newborn "little monkey" be cute!

After all, she has no experience of being a parent. Philomena, who has seen through all this, is not annoyed, but continues to talk about the past.

"Because of my pregnancy, my strength as the strongest fighter of the demon clan has been greatly reduced. I wanted to strangle them several times but gave up the idea at the last moment. Even the unborn little one would kick my belly."

"And you've seen the ending of being soft-hearted."

The corpses of the demons were piled on top of the corpses of humans, and were buried under more corpses. The most unconquerable fortress in the world, the devil's residence, turned into the most terrifying purgatory in the world.

But I don't regret it.

"But I don't regret it." Jiang Lan's thoughts slowly flowed out of Philomena's mouth. There was no so-called regret, but only relief.

This is what it means to be connected in thoughts, Jiang Lan thought.

"In order to ensure that the child has good talents, the demon race will take away most of the mother's magic power. Taking advantage of the time when I was weakest after giving birth, the human race launched the final decisive battle. How did they know the specific situation on my side? Where did they get the space magic that allowed hundreds of thousands of people to pass through? And who the demon race's spy is, these are not things I need to consider. In short, the final result of this war is that I am the only one who survived."

Philomena didn't say anything later, but Jiang Lan had already guessed most of it.

"Correspondingly, Your Majesty, you have also been fatally injured?"

"That's right. Actually, I was destined to die a long time ago. I only survived by relying on the secret method of the demon clan, [Eternity of a Moment], to preserve the moment of my impending death. So this place is actually a space that is independent of time and should not exist. Everything in it except me, you, and my children is false. Soon, when my last bit of strength disappears, this space will no longer exist."

After listening to the explanation, Jiang Lan only felt that there were countless numbers floating above Philomena's head.

[-1s], [-1s], [-1s]...

Ah, that's a bit violent.

"But I still don't understand why it was me." Jiang Lan tried hard to get rid of these unlucky things, but she still had the same question. She was not an extraordinary person. She obviously didn't know any martial arts or magic from the high magic world. Why did she summon a useless person like her to protect the things she cherished most?

"Because whether it is the continent where humans live or the demon world of our demon race, I dare not open the door of summoning in between. Compared with them, the aliens who have nothing to do with me are the most likely to be willing to help me. From this point of view, we are indeed destined to meet."

"Wait, I can understand the human race, but why don't you ask the demon race for help."

When Jiang Lan mentioned this, she could clearly feel the sadness coming from Philomena.

"Although this place still looks the same as it did at the end of the war, it's actually all the power of magic. According to my estimation, at least three years have passed in the outside world, and the demons have probably already elected a new demon king. If I entrust my children to the demons now, they won't be supported. The only fate that awaits them is to be eaten to increase their magic power, or to be taken as the exclusive food of some high-ranking officials."

"Then can people from other worlds be enough?" Even though she was facing Philomena, who was like the goddess Jiang Lan, she was indeed a little angry. Judging from the information provided by Philomena, protecting her child was undoubtedly a dangerous road with a high risk of death or even a ten-fold loss.

Being hated by humans would be bad enough, but she couldn't even get any help from the demons and had to accept more severe hunting than that of humans. No wonder Philomena had to use her body to seduce her and make her take over not long ago.

This is not a plate at all, but a pot that can smash Jiang Lan into a meat paste.

The atmosphere was stagnant at this point, and it was the Demon King Philomena who broke the stagnation.

"Sorry." He was obviously the Demon King but he said words that were not in line with his identity at all. In fact, Philomena had completely eliminated the danger of this commission in the doors she opened in various worlds, but it was Jiang Lan, a man with no awareness, who concluded the contract by accident.

But because she had put Jiang Lan in danger, Philomena still chose to apologize.

"But even though I feel sorry, I won't have any regrets, because this is the inherent selfishness of a mother." Philomena smiled, and the world came alive. Jiang Lan, who was watching this, couldn't help but be stunned.

A selfish mother? Some beautiful...

In this beauty, Philomena's figure seemed to be glowing with light, blending little by little with the surrounding air.

"Oh, the time that has lasted for so long has finally reached its limit." Philomena sighed. Summoning souls from another world had exhausted her last bit of magic power. It was a blessing that it could support her in telling the whole story. At the end, all she had left was relief. Feeling her body disappearing, this cruel demon king all his life uttered his last wish.

"I will soon disappear, and this space will be connected to the real continent. The body carrying your soul is actually the body of a brave man. If you use it well, it will be enough to deal with most of the incidents. It can be regarded as my small compensation to you. As for my child, I no longer have enough power to restrict you. Whether to accept or abandon is entirely up to you. But if..."

"But if possible..." At this moment, only the part above Philomena's shoulders was left, and her beautiful face was no longer gentle, but filled with anxiety and expectations that were rare in her life.

Philomena completed her transformation in the end. As a demon king, she brutally killed tens of thousands of lives, but at this moment, she had completely washed away all the worldly desires and transformed into a completely clean Philomena.

There is no pride or dignity anymore. What she has here is just a powerless mother trying to grasp at the last straw.

"Please, this is my last and only request in my life. Please help me take good care of my child." Philomena's tone became sharp and her words became more rapid.

Perhaps it was because the gaze on Jiang Lan was too intense, and the words of request were too earnest, her already unsteady determination to refuse became even more shaken. Unable to bear the burden, she lowered her head, and her eyes happened to fall on the three ugly little ones. Because of the magic [Eternal Moment], they did not move at all at this moment, and only the slight rise and fall of their chests proved that they were still alive.

It's not pretty, but it can make the cruel demon king so deeply attached to it that he would apologize to the weak human beings for it, lower his proud head for it, and plead with an almost humble attitude.

Jiang Lan's eyes slowly swept over the first child...

This is a commission that has no benefit at all and only brings murderous intent from all directions, Jiang Lan thought to himself.

Then came the second child...

If one's identity is discovered by humans, he will die. He will be taken to the stake and burned to ashes in the raging fire, both his body and soul.

Then came the third child...

If your identity is discovered by the demons, you will die. There will be no one who will be your companion in this vast world, and there is no place to take shelter. This is a thorny road with almost no future in sight.

As expected, she still refused, or pretended to agree to give her the final comfort, and then abandoned the three children and left silently, choosing the most selfish path in danger. This is what human beings do, right?

In this way, Jiang Lan thought he had strengthened his resolve.

It’s a pity that it’s just self-righteousness.

As a succubus known for her charm, Philomena is good at conveying feelings with her eyes. When Jiang Lan raised her head again, her seductive red lips had turned into particles of light and dissipated, leaving only a pair of speaking eyes.

But Jiang Lan was defeated at just one glance. He knew what Philomena wanted to say without even having to guess.

When stared at by these eyes, any hard heart will soften.

"I agree." Jiang Lan was thinking about how to refuse, but now she felt that simply agreeing was not enough, so she immediately continued, "I will definitely protect them. I swear to the oath star, Kalilochas."

How could an oath without mobilizing elements be effective? Jiang Lan didn't know this, but Philomena did. But even so, it was enough, enough to make her beautiful eyebrows curve into the brightest arc of her life.

The moment the light disappeared, the world changed. The blood-red river turned into moist land, beautiful flowers bloomed on the eerie corpses, time and space merged into one, and the stagnant time slowly flowed. Philomena might not have thought that the ruins of the battlefield were full of flowers. It was spring.

A drop of moisture was blown onto Jiang Lan's face by the wind. She subconsciously wiped it and put it in her mouth to taste it.

Not astringent, not bitter, not salty, but sweet.

In the very end, with peace of mind, joy, happiness and reluctance, Philomena's beauty finally dissipated and went to a place that Jiang Lan could not reach.

Three loud cries burst out simultaneously from the cradle at my feet. The cries of newborn babies are always so loud.

After looking at them and then at the boundless new world in the distance, Jiang Lan sighed softly with a relieved smile.

"I'll take this one."

#Look at this plate...#

4. My mother can swim

"I fell in love with you the first time I saw you, please marry me!"

In the ordinary town of Sula, outside an ordinary flower shop, a traditional art that started five years ago is being performed: fancy proposal and fancy getting hammered.

Legend has it that in the only flower shop on Meili Street lives a beautiful widow. Whoever wins her heart will get a fox lady as his bedmate, three cute little girls, and the mother-daughter rice bowl that everyone dreams of. This has attracted countless warriors to propose marriage, using various means, but the result is...

How many times has the wall opposite the flower shop been rebuilt? Judging from the pile of human figures on the wall, it's probably not far from being rebuilt again.

"Heh." As the sun was setting, Jiang Lan, the fox-eared girl, twitched her eyes as she was about to close the shop. How many hundred and ten times had this happened?

"That's the three hundred and twelfth time, Xiao Lanlan~" a good-looking friend beside her reminded her softly, calling her by a nickname that gave her goose bumps all over her body.

"I've told you so many times, don't call me by that name!" Jiang Lan yelled.

"Okay, I understand, Xiao Lanlan~"

"Xiaohe-chan, it's redundant to repeat the same idea!"

"Hey~ Hey~ I understand. By the way, there are 519 such dialogues~"

"You still do it again after so many times, really."

Jiang Lan frowned while muttering to herself. She had no way to deal with her friend Meili.

When Jiang Lan first entered this strange world, she had to run around for a while with her three burdens and suffered a lot. Fortunately, she met Meili and had a good relationship with her. She finally had a place to settle down and opened a flower shop where most of the customers were male to make a living. So for her, as long as Meili didn't do anything excessive, she would never be angry.

And the most important thing now is to reject this unlucky guy in front of her. He should be a kid who has recently become an adventurer. He is about 18 or 19 years old, clean and neat, and looks very popular with girls. Why does he care so much about her, a single mother with three children? He didn't even have the most basic communication, dating, kissing, etc., but he jumped straight to marriage.

Really, if he knew that this gentle and charming fox girl in front of him was a big man with bucklers a few years ago, what would his expression be at this moment? Inexplicably, Jiang Lan was actually a little looking forward to it.

Sighing, without even putting down the broom in his hand, Jiang Lan put his hands on his waist and revealed a sneer that he thought was sinister, but in fact it only made people feel noble and cold, and made people even more fascinated.

"You are so young and you are already imitating others in proposing marriage. You have a monthly income of 3,000 gold coins. You can afford a dowry of 200,000 gold coins and support four spendthrift women. Can you buy a house in the capital? Does the carriage have four or eight horses? Can your mother swim? Ha, I can tell from your expression that you can't do any of these. You can't do them and yet you bother me. Get out of here!"

Completely unconcerned about the vulgar words she uttered and the waste of her pretty face, Jiang Lan ruthlessly shattered the boy's fantasy.

After all, she used to be a man, and she knows that men are like pigs who can become brilliant with a little spring light, just like the flowing water. When it comes to treating the suitor, Jiang Lan will definitely not be soft-hearted, soft-mouthed, or soft-hearted.

"Hmph!" After saying that, Jiang Lan was about to close the shop and go back to cook dinner for the three little ones at home. However, she was stopped by the young man's weak voice, and her heart skipped a beat.

Wcccccc, so far this is the first man who dared to stop her after she made these unreasonable requests. Looking at his appearance and his miserable face, could he really meet her requests? If he could, then...

Or not.

"Well, I, I can satisfy one requirement, my mother can swim." The boy scratched the back of his head, his smile showing the immaturity and shyness that belonged to his age.

What a pure and sincere child! Jiang Lan was moved.

Without saying anything else, she slammed him into the wall with a broom.

"Fuck (in Chinese and Japanese), what a waste of my expression."

After resolving this farce and dispersing the crowd of onlookers, Jiang Lan returned to the store.

"I'm really fed up with these stupid people coming here all the time."

Jiang Lan complained unhappily to Mei Li who shamelessly came in before closing the store, saying that the frequency of twice a week would make anyone annoyed.

"You are Xiao Lanlan, the most beautiful girl in Hongye County. This is the charm of a single mother! You have never been moved in all these years. After all, there are not only adventurers but also nobles among the people who proposed to you. From my perspective, they are not bad."

"Impossible." Without even thinking, Jiang Lan waved his hand without hesitation.

It has been five years since Jiang Lan traveled through time. It has also been five years since she first traveled through time. Although her behavior is still a little rough and masculine, she is basically like a real girl. However, there is one thing that she cannot change, and that is her love for girls.

After finally becoming a beautiful young lady, of course I want to have a happy marriage and be a lesbian!