22 Making Friends

Zhi Rui looked at Zhun Xuying." Send aletter to my father, we'll be passing the night here.

"Yes, Young miss."

ZHun Xuying got up and headed for the door.

"Xuying you did well this time."

Zhun Xuying hesitated before the door, she turned aroundand bowed

"Thank you, young miss."

Zhi Rui watched as she closed the door behind her.

'The expression on her face...she's excited?'

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Passing through dark corridor Zhun Xuying was jumping in excitement.

'What was that!? what was that!? what was that!? She's just a little girl after all!! After seeing the blood, she suffered such trauma! and what about the way she jumped up?! Showing so much emotion, she is not such a monster after all!If it's like this I may have a chance of being free again!

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With the sound of birds, Hilda woke up.

At the same time, Izaya and his daughter came out of their room.

They stared at each other.At the sound of footsteps, they turned eyes at The corridor Zhun Xuying came through. With impeccable maid uniform, there was not a clue about her the fight in the forest on her skin.

The three of them met eyes.On the ground, the slaves did not dare to make a sound.

Five minutes later light footsteps came from the corridor.

Izaya held the hand of his daughter firmly. He could feel the excitement in her pulse, but he did not think Zhi Rui would honor her promise, for what he saw. She was in need of manpower, if she held his daughter hostage, she can have a level two beastman at her service. Who in her position would let that go? Even more after he saw what happened with the slaves marked with her blood.

Hilda got up from the ground, from the whole night the scenes in the forest kept repeating on her head, even if she has some interest in Zhi Rui, that was too much. They both looked at the corpses in the ground but, the smile on Zhi Rui's face told they were seeing completely different things.

That smile Hilda the whole night. Giving her goosebumps.

She looked at the slaves, she also saw what her blood did to them.

'I have seen this kind of thing. how will she react?'

Zhun Xuying poured four cups of tea on the table beside the sofa. she looked at the other two's face, a gleam crossed her eyes for a second.

Zhi Rui slowly walked out of the corridor's shadow, she wearing a red dress it covered her neck but not the shoulders, it extended until a little below the knees with a long cut on the left side showing her white tigh.

They all looked at the bright green abyss of her eyes.

Zhi Rui's gave a soft smile after looking at each one of them.

"Let's talk?" she said.

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Zhun Xuying moved first "Miss please sit, I made some tea."

Zhi Rui did not decline she walked on to the couch, Zhun Xuying approached and whispered while she sat down "Miss, Izaya and his daughter kept inside the room the whole night, but when they came out his daughter had an excited face butIzaya kept the same seriousness. and Hilda stood on the saloon with the slaves, she had a thoughtful expression the whole time."

Zhi Rui nodded slowly, but internally she questioned. 'volunteering to collect and give information? It's true, she isn't in a position to bargain, but this soft tone...she saw me in 'that state' yesterday, she must have concluded something on her own and is acting on it.

Zhun Xuying delivered each one a cup,the only ones to drink was Izumi Who's Izaya's daughter and Zhun Xuying herself.

Hilda and Izaya did not drink.

Zhi Rui observed this and asked.

"Izaya what are your plans? "

"Releasing my daughter and find a place to live'.

Zhi Rui nodded "And then? find a beastman settlement,praying that the same thing does not happen again?or you'll grow old together in the middle of the forest with nothing?

Izaya sighed, he knew it'll be like this. 'She does not intend on releasing us.'

As the men's shoulder dropped, Zhi Rui got up and walked toward him.

She waved her hands in front ofIzumi's eyes, the girl closed her eyes and fell on the ground

Izaya did not react, he stared dumbly at Zhi Rui, He could feel the mark of the slave left his daughter's body.

The girl took a step closer, he could feel the smell of sweat on her forehead

"Go and I won't bother you, but if you stay, then I'll help you and your daughter with a place to live a monthly allowance and resources.

All I ask you is to run errands for me. You have until midnight to answer me."

Zhi Rui turned back to the couch 'either he reluctantly accepts for fear of pursuit, or he tries and runs away and risk meeting my father's soldiers outside the city.

Zhi Rui turned to Hilda," I have a proposal to you too.

This place will be my disguise and my real business, but I need someone to manage it, I'm expecting this month's profit will be of a hundred crystals.

I'm planning to ay the manager thirty percent of the business. you hav-"

"Zhi Rui I accept, there's no need to waste time, "Hilda spoke with a smile

Zhi Rui was startled she looked t the feline eyes.

'She's a cautious person. She must have already thought about the possibility of me wanting to kill her and yet, she chose to stay by my side?why? '

'Well at least for now, it doesn't matter'.

"Is that so, then let's make a pact." Zhi Rui took aknife from the tea table and stood in front of Hilda.

Hilda knew what was coming and she felt apprehensive.

Zhi Rui cut her left hand and let the blood flow.

Hilda saw as Zhi Rui extended the knife to her, she saw what her blood can do, and wanted to run away from there but then what would she do?she needed resources,and Zhi Rui's the general's daughter.

There are few places she would be able to go on this city to run away, she could buy a place maybe by telling what happened yesterday to a noble, but then she would be also letting go of her freedom.

'The only way is to play by her side, discover more, found a gap, then free myself.'

Hilda took the knife in hands and cut her hand and shook Zhi Rui's hands with confidence.

Zhi Rui gave her a gentle smile. 'These two, Hilda and Izaya although against their will, joined me. as for Zhun Xuying, I only need to give her hope and she'll fallow me.'

She smiled inside, solving these issue she felt the need to test something else.'

"Zhun Xuying."

"Yes miss"

"Choose twenty of these slaves to work on the brothel ten men and ten women, you can do with the rest as you see fit, also ask for a new carriage for me."

The slaves on the ground started trembling, some even looking at Zhi Rui with tears in their eyes, but before they said anything, Zhun Xuying stared coldly, making them shut up.

Zhi Rui walked to the front gate, while the pallet healed the body it used the body's energy too making her tired. but even so, she felt more tired at each step Zhi Rui frowned

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Inside the carriage, Zhi Rui closed her eyes. her body more weak than the time she had starved for a month

Her core appeared on her conscience.

White, completely white. From blood red to white.

'The moment I told to make the slaves work in the brothel. The little strength I had left, almost disappeared."

Zhi Rui opened her eyes.

"If I cause satisfaction, then I grow strong, and If I'm under stress or cause stress my strength is reduced."

'What an annoying blessing, lust is.'

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