CH 366

Although Lin Xiao was intentionally reassuring Snow, his words were from the heart.

This brat was going to a faraway country while she was blind and without a reliable helper. Elona may be Elona, but she wasn’t that bright. So even if it wasn’t for helping Elena, Lin Xiao would be willing to go with Snow to Gotham Kingdom to take care of her.

Isn’t it normal for an older brother to worry about his little sister? And the reason Snow was forcing Lin Xiao to go back was that she’s worried about him.

This pair of siblings couldn’t see each other as often as they’d like due to various reasons, but they thought of one another. Of course, their ways of caring differed, Lin Xiao had a semi-free range style, while Snow wanted full control, like a protective hen…

“W-what! Don’t try that with me, I-I won’t get tricked by your words!”

“Snow, don’t worry… you can be in the open, and I’ll be hiding. Us siblings will be a perfect combination, wouldn’t it be much better than by yourself?”

“Mhmm… y-you trash, who wants to combine with you!”

Snow couldn’t stand his corniness anymore and pulled her hands back and took the chance to slap the back of his hands to show authority, but no matter what she couldn’t regain the frightening aura she had earlier.

“How presumptuous… do you really think you can come out of this unscathed?”

“It should be fine, right? Hehe, the Demon King is also on my side after all.”

“Hmph, you only have the Demon King in your eyes! Okay then, since you decided I, I won’t stop you. But… how about we make a bet?”

“A bet?”

“Don’t you think that you’re oh so strong… then let’s make a bet on who will catch the culprit behind this incident first!” Snow puffed up her cheeks and confidently declared, “If I win, then you have to obediently go home! And you won’t be allowed to leave Winterless City in the future without my permission!”

“Uh… you really want to keep me captive. So if I don’t listen are you going to dismember me and keep me in a tank?”

“Hmph, don’t think I won’t!” Snow angrily waved her fists at him.

“Then what if I win?”

“Keep dreaming! You’re just a mere investigator without any connections or authority, all you have is your magic power, how can you be faster than me?”

“Hehe, Snow, you sound unconfident.”

“Peh! Stinking brother, if you win… I-I’ll leave you alone! You can go wherever you like, you can even elope with the Demon King for all I care!”

“Really?”

“Really! Hmph, are you happy now? Just remember, don’t backtrack when you lose! … Elona! Carry your great aunt and let’s go!”

“Ehhh? Are we leaving just like that?”

The quarrel suddenly ended and Snow turned and ran out and ended up hitting her head on the door causing her to cry out in pain. Elona wasn’t sure whether she should go carry her great aunt or to guide Snow.

“Hey, be careful!”

“Owwwww… peh! Mind your own business!” Snow rubbed her swollen forehead while pulling Elona’s arm and ordered, “Elona, gather them up, we’re leaving right now!”

“But didn’t you say that we were going to rest here for a day?”

“Elona, you’re my maid, don’t question me! … I said right now! Immediately! Now!”

“Y-yes, master!”

Elona jumped and hugged her great aunt tightly while running out with fear and trepidation.

“Hey, are you an idiot? If you chase her away, who’s going to guide you downstairs?”

Jokes were jokes, but he couldn’t bear to see Snow hit another wall, so he was about to help lead her, but before he could do that, Snow swatted him away.

“Stupid brother, don’t look down on me! Even if I can’t see, but I can still walk by myself!”

Snow stuck her arms out in front of her and felt around as she stubbornly left the room. And by memory, she was able to make it down the stairs.

“See that! I can still walk even without any help… what… ah!”

Snow got complacent and didn’t notice the last step on the stairs and ended up tripping.

“A-are you okay!?”

“Wuuu… stupid, stupid! Stupid brother, remember this!”

Knowing that she made a fool of herself, Snow couldn’t hold back and started crying. She climbed up and didn’t want her brother to see her embarrassing side so she quickly escaped without cleaning herself off.

At that time, the auntie that owned the inn coincidentally passed by and saw how pitiful Snow looked.

“Which bastard was bullying a little girl? You even made her cry!”

“Uh…”

Lin Xiao scratched his head, it wasn’t like he could go up and admit it, so he slipped back into the room to pack.

He never expected something like this either… anyways, he should also set off as well.

“Let’s go as well.”

He simply called out to Elena, sighed, and then got back to his own things.

“Oh.”

She also simply responded and Elena also returned to the room to pack her things. She looked cold and expressionless like what just happened had no effect on her, but her absent-minded eyes spoke of the ripples in her heart.

Lin Xiao rejected Snow’s suggestion and didn’t hesitate to fight with her and insisted on going to Gotham Kingdom.

That should be a good thing for Elena, but for some reason, she couldn’t feel happy.

“Doing what you promised to do, huh…”

Elena repeated what Lin Xiao had said to Snow and had mixed feelings.

No matter what, the road was already paved and a bet was made. Lin Xiao had no way back and no time to hesitate.

Whether he elopes with his maid or gets held captive by his yandere sister, the rest of his life depended on whether he won or lost!

“Elena, go get Sister Ying.”

“Oh.”

Elena immediately scurried away full of inexplicable feelings.

“Strange, didn’t she hate Sister Ying, why is she so proactive today? Did Sister Ying use delicious food to conquer her?”

“It could be that all red-eyed black cats are gluttonous.”

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A few days later

At last, the demonic beasts were expelled from the canyon and it regained its usual tranquility.

The monkey corpses had already rotted and were eaten clean by wild beasts, leaving behind only a pile of white bones. The scorpion was tied up and brought back to Nighttown where the magic core, something exclusive to high-level demonic beasts, was extracted and sold.

Lin Xiao brought along two beauties and according to the arrangements he had beforehand, he reunited with the siblings at the village by the canyon exit and continued towards their destination.

Though Lin Xiao’s movements were still just as slow… even with the bet with Snow, he still didn’t hurry and it was confusing.

As for his laziness, he had his own sayings… he was just a nameless and powerless person, Caesar and Snow had more power, more connections, and were more hard-working, so what’s the point of him working hard?

Never having heard of that kind of sophistry, but no one else could retort him and he was the leader, so everyone could only follow along lazily with him. In the end, it became a sightseeing trip and they were like tourists who were traveling abroad.

But, everyone enjoyed the leisurely excursion.

While they were happily enjoying themselves, there were some unwelcome guests in the wailing canyon.

“Your Highness the Apostle, that’s the situation, our plan failed.”

Standing at the entrance to the cave where Adele once slept, these two men wearing white robes looked completely out of place.

At first glance, their clothes looked to be from a church, but on a closer look, there was a red sun and a curved moon embroidered on the back.

Earlier, one of the men was reporting to the other about what had happened a few days earlier, mainly focusing on the show that the Yao Zi siblings put on.

“Yao Zi, the wizard’s bloodline possessor…” the apostle quietly muttered the girl’s name with a serious expression.

“Your Highness, it’s my miscalculation… I can’t believe she awakened so quickly. Just two months ago she didn’t even know how to use her magic power, now she not only awakened, she even learned a lot of high-level magic. With her current strength, Adele is no match for her!”

“Hm, Adele’s bloodline wasn’t pure enough, she wasn’t considered strong among the red-eyed black cats. She may be enough to deal with small-fry, but she can’t contend with the wizard’s bloodline.”

The apostle nodded and reassured him.

“But… how did she awaken so quickly?”

“I don’t know, but I’m thinking… could there be someone secretly teaching her?”