Chapter 74 - Military Training Begins

That night Shen Xia hugged Kable to sleep, practically sleeping on top of him, but he did not care. He hugged her back and scratched her ears so she would have calm, comforting dreams.  When morning came, Shen Xia found herself hugging a pillow instead of her handsome devil, causing her to pout. But she knew he had to work. "Xiaxia!" 

Lilith opened the door to find Shen Xia sitting up in bed, her hair all over the place.  Lilith smiled and pulled a brush out of god knows where and walked over to the bed. But instead of brushing the bed head first, she went straight for one of the tails and began bushing it before anything else. Seeing this, Shen Xia did not know if she should be laughing or crying at this time. "Lilith..."

"Yes?" Lilith answered as she fluffed the two fluffy tails with a big smile on her face. 

Seeing that smile filled with joy, Shen Xia couldn't bring herself to reprimand her, so she just let her do as she pleased. She looked up towards the door because she felt two more sets of eyes on her and let out a sigh. "Come on and get your fill."

"Yay!" "Xiaxia is the best!" Quan Xinya and Shen Lingxin both ran over and began brushing her hair and tail as well. 

"Master said he will be gone until the weekend. He said if anything happens for me to tell him immediately." Lilith was given specific instructions to make sure nothing happened to Shen Xia, or she would end up being drained of all her blood and fed to the devil imps. Devil imps were vicious creatures of the underworld and would not only rip your body to shreds, eating you alive but were known to do unspeakable things to their prey before they dined on your flesh. They were short, stout little red creatures with long noses and pointy ears. They were a relative of the goblin race that was consumed by darkness, turning them into what they were now.

"Mm…" Shen Xia hummed as she picked at her bed. She didn't mind all the pampering, but she was going to feel lonely at night. This entire time she had gotten so used to her handsome devil sleeping at her side that she was going to miss it.

"Xiaxia, if you want, we can all sleep together until this weekend." Quan Xinya had picked up on Shen Xia's loneliness. 

Hearing this, Shen Xia's ears twitched as she pursed her lips and nodded her head. "Mmm…" The three girls behind Shen Xia all looked at each other and pumped their fists. They got to fluff the tails all night long! Shen Xia did not realize she had just subjected herself to a whole night of tail fluffing. If she had, she would have surely just hugged a pillow all night.

When they arrived at school, the girls dropped Shen Lingxin off at her classroom before heading to the gym lockers to get changed into their military uniforms. Today was the day that Shen Xia, Dai Na, Lilith, and Quan Xinya had to begin their two-day military training. 

The training itself was to take place on the athletics field in the back of the school. It was where all the senior classes were to gather. Shen Xia's class was to line up in two rows of fifteen. The army instructor that was standing in front of the senior classes had his hands behind his back as he paced back and forth. The girls kept whispering about how good-looking he was. Something about him being the youngest general in the military

Shen Xia could hear their idle chatter, but she could care less. The general may be handsome, but he was nothing compared to her devilish husband. So unlike the other girls who were gazing at the young general with dreamy eyes, Shen Xia was going over the algorithms for her planned robot in her head.

Of course, Shen Xia's beauty stood out amongst the crowd, so this young general had already spotted her a while ago. It was the first time he ever felt his heart skip a beat. Her delicate features and her small face that fit well with her petite body making her look like a small kitten that needed to be petted. With how she gazed forward and wasn't even looking at him made him take notice of her even more. The corners of the young general's lips curled up as he looked at the girl. "Hmmm… to think such a girl could be found here. She even beats the capital's Lin Zemin fairy."

The young general paused his steps and stood in front of Shen Xia's class, and looked out over all the students. "My name is General Ning, Ning Mo. I will be your drill instructor for this two-day training session. I know this exercise was sudden, but the government has decided to make sure you get a refresher before you head into college. This is why we are doing it at the beginning of the year and not the end. You will have a two-day refresher course. This will start off with basic training. This includes running, pushups, situps, and basic hand-to-hand combat. You will only get one break in the day, and that is for lunch before training until school close. 

"You may think this is unfair, and some of you might want to collapse. But I will say this now. As students, you need to gain strength and learn discipline! This world doesn't revolve around you, and some of you may even enter the military. It is better to have a head start than it is to be left behind. Alright. Line up according to your class! We will start with thirty laps!" General Ning yelled out his order and then began running. One after the other, the classes all fell into line, four classes altogether, each consisting of thirty students. 

At this time, hearing she had to run thirty laps made Shen Xia want to cry. She had weights on her arms and legs! Each one was nine kilos. Luckily she knew she was not alone, Quan Xinya, Lilith, and even Dai Na had weights on too. Dai Na's weights were a little lower as she was still new to Lilith's training routine.. Right now, Shen Xia felt envious and wanted to switch weights with Dai Na, but she knew she had to put up with it and just do her best.