Stacy stared at Austin with all her attention. Her beautiful eyes showed no sign of any emotion. They just stared blankly at the young man.
Austin had completely no idea what this girl would do to him. Though he was maintaining composure on his face, he internally racked his brain for a way to escape from her.
"You seem afraid of me?"
Austin heard Stacy ask an unexpected question. He was slightly taken aback amidst his nervousness and alertness. He raised his head to look at Stacy and saw a glint of mischievousness in her charming eyes.
"I..." Austin fumbled in embarrassment. He continued after a short pause, "I was just trying to help you that day, Miss Ren. I'll zip my mouth and keep the whole thing about that day a secret. I swear no one else will know any bit of it. The secret will only stay between you and me.
So I'll be leaving if there are no other things I can help you with."
Austin felt so awkward and uneasy under the girl's gaze that he wanted to leave as soon as possible.
"The secret will be more secured if I kill you, as the dead never speaks."
Stacy seemed serious as she uttered those words.
"What are you going to do?" shouted Austin with a slight panic on his voice.
He hurriedly backed off, getting prepared in protecting himself in case Stacy would launch an attack.
To his surprise, the girl just flashed a brilliant smile at him instead of making a move for an attack.
"Wouldn't it seem to be ungrateful if I kill the one who had saved me? You saved my life after all. So I will not kill you. Instead, I would like to thank you for helping me because I can still speak these words to you alive.
I will not blame you for anything."
Stacy's sudden change of attitude startled him so much. Just a few moments ago, she seemed cold as ice and wore a freezing expression as if she was a pure goddess who hated to see any stranger near her. At this moment, to his amazement, she was suddenly smiling at him! This relaxed Austin's nerves and even made him feel that all that the girl had said was just a practical joke against him.
Austin finally let out a long sigh of relief.
To be honest,
s put Stacy in a sudden daze. It was true that every warrior would have some secrets that he wouldn't what to share with others. So what he had said was actually reasonable!
Stacy knew about this fully well. She was also not some eager girl poking and prying into someone else's secrets. It had dawned on her why she asked so much about him. She had no idea why she felt so interested in Austin's things.
Over the past few days, she had been sinking into an intense desire of finding the lad who had saved her in that valley. That was why she had tried every possible means to do so. Now that she had found this lad and had him right in front of her, she just felt so awkward to speak with him. She raked her brain for topics that they could talk about, but it seemed that all the topics she had raised from the beginning were extremely improper.
"Have you heard about what Sexton and I said about the map that day in the valley? I mean the map that will reveal the location of the Secret Valley of this Wild Herb Valley."
Stacy finally thought of something that Austin might be interested in.
"Yes, of course."
Austin felt surprised for a while with this sudden question. Then he admitted it as there was no use in denying it.
"Are you interested in finding the Secret Valley with me?" asked Stacy with earnestness.
Then she sank into complete silence in expectation of a reply.
"Find the Secret Valley with you?"