CH 371

TN: Wow, I feel like the last two years just passed in a blur. But yeah, happy holidays!

“Hah? What do you want me to do now?” Xiao Hua furrowed her brows, “I’m warning you, don’t mess with them. Their strengths are abnormal, if they get their eye on you, I can’t protect you! If you get the miss involved… then you’re a sinner!”

“Uh, it’s not that scary.” Lin Xiao shook his hand to reassure her.

He could understand where Xiao Hua was coming from, considering she just escaped death, but he wasn’t afraid.

“Even if he comes to me, it doesn’t mean he can beat me… what I’m more concerned about is his next target.”

“Who else could it be… you and Yao Zi broke through the wailing canyon, so his next target is definitely you guys!”

“No, it’s not us.” Lin Xiao shook his head, “I think that his next target is Snow.”

“What? That young Saintess?” Xiao Hua couldn’t follow.

Although Lin Xiao wasn’t a hundred percent sure, he felt like they won’t care about small fry like himself. Yao Zi may have some strength, but she was just a lone female and they probably wouldn’t pay her much attention.

If Lin Xiao was that apostle, the most worrisome existence would definitely be that loli Saintess, Snow!

“Xiao Hua, I want you to go to Snow and help me keep an eye on the people around her… if I’m right, they would have planted someone next to Snow, so I want you to find them!”

“Okay, no problem, I guarantee completion… my ass! I’m not your maid, I’m not going! Snow has nothing to do with me, why would I go help her catch a mole?”

“Xiao Hua, think about it, helping me now is equivalent to helping your future young master! After I marry ShenDai Ying, won’t we be a family?”

“Who’s going to be a family!? She wouldn’t marry you! I…”

Just as Xiao Hua was going to ridicule this shameless bastard, she suddenly heard ShenDai Ying’s footsteps from the hallway. Although it was gentle, she immediately heard it.

“Damn, if she finds me along together with you, she’ll get jealous!” Xiao Hua realized she was in an odd situation.

She was ShenDai Ying’s servant yet she was secretly meeting with Lin Xiao. Not just helping him, but also sneaking around, she was like the maid the master was having an affair with!

Strange, how did it turn out like this? She clearly hated this womanizer…

“Hmph, I’m leaving! Don’t you bully the miss, also remember to keep some distance with your big-breasted maid!” Leaving behind a warning, Xiao Hua used her sleeves to cover her face and vanished into the dark kitchen.

“Little maid, bye-bye, don’t forget to go help Snow!” Lin Xiao didn’t know where to look so he could only foolishly wave into the darkness.

“I’m not your maid! Bastard…”

The slightly husky voice echoed in the room and soon all motions disappeared.

Lin Xiao shook his head and knew that Xiao Hua left so he could relax.

It couldn’t be helped that he was hated, her first impression of him was the worst… but it’s good that she was a kind and serious girl. He knew that she would do her best with the task he gave her and help Snow catch the mole.

Even though they had a wager, but compared to that, his sister’s safety was more important. Whether he lost or won, he didn’t want anything to happen to her.

With Xiao Hua’s help, he didn’t have to worry about the enlighted and could focus more on Gotham Kingdom.

“Strange, Xiao Hua gave me the signal, so why isn’t she here… ah, Lin Xiao, sorry, I made you wait.”

ShenDai Ying walked into the kitchen and greeted Lin Xiao but didn’t notice the shallow wound Xiao Hua left behind on his neck and started helping him make a simple and tasty late-night snack.

Lin Xiao didn’t mention Xiao Hua’s visit, he didn’t want ShenDai Ying to overthink it and just silently waited for the food.

He can deal with those dangerous things himself, he didn’t want to involve ShenDai Ying, she’s been through enough…

“Hm?”

As ShenDai Ying brushed past Lin Xiao, she took a couple of sniffs and noticed a strange scent within the kitchen…

“A woman’s smell!?”

They all say that a woman in love has a sharp sixth sense, but it seems their noses are also very sharp… this made Lin Xiao worried, if he really married ShenDai Ying, then it seems like all his little secrets would be exposed.

“Uh, the cook here is probably a woman!” He casually found a shitty excuse.

“Could be…”

ShenDai Ying had her suspicions but Elena and Yao Zi were already sleeping. It’s not like Lin Xiao could find some other woman to do anything with so she dispelled that thought.

At that time, in the room’s shadow, a certain maid felt guilty.

“Wuu… miss, believe me, there’s nothing between us, I wouldn’t steal your men, don’t misunderstand…”

Xiao Hua weakly muttered in a voice that only she could hear as she stared at ShenDai Ying’s figure and completely vanished into the darkness.

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In the end, they still safely got through that night.

They set off on their journey and headed towards their intended destination. There were no other problems, the only thing worth mentioning was Gotham Kingdom’s current state.

In the morning a couple of days later, when they finally arrived at Gotham Kingdom’s deep and dark city, they were going to find the alliance office and officially start their mission.

Little did they know, the office was already a mess and everyone was already geared up to leave. If they were an hour later, not only would they not be of help, they wouldn’t even meet a single person…

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At the same time

Deep and Dark City

Alliance Office

Compared to the small room in nighttown, this city’s alliance office was much more spacious, there were also many more people in the main hall. Investigators from all over were gathered and equipped waiting to be dispatched.

“Hey, what happened? Why are we in such a rush?”

“Princess Claire’s expression seemed grave earlier… it’s probably something serious!”

“I heard that the investigators from Lombard Kingdom met trouble and were trapped!”

“Hah? What kind of trouble could there be? Most of the people to the west are dead and there aren’t many demonic beasts left either, what could trap them? It’s not like those people who died from the plague revived and caught them, right?”

“I don’t know… let’s just listen to princess Claire.”

“Right, with the princess here, nothing is a problem.”

The crowd was bustling and there was a lot of chatter and discussion as they were all indicated to gather here, but no one knew what happened or what was going to happen next, they could only put all their expectations on that princess and wait.

Currently, the atmosphere was rather worrying.

“Princess Claire, the situation is a bit complex…”

“Then be honest and tell me what’s going on?”

At the round table, there was a handsome-looking girl squinting her eyes and sternly questioning a middle-aged man in front of her.

That’s right, handsome… the girl looked to be the same age as ShenDai Ying around 17-18. She was on the tall side with a well-proportioned figure, her pale blonde hair fell to her shoulders and her dark blue eyes were as mesmerizing as a sapphire. She was a beauty, but she had more of a sharp demeanor.

If she weren’t wearing a short black skirt, then people would mistake her for a handsome boy that just liked leaving long hair…

Her existence was completely out of place with the atmosphere.

She was the only young girl in that room, all the others were mature middle-aged men of musculature statures. Yet that girl did not cower against them, rather she aggressively pressed them and her attitude made it so that no one there dared to breathe too loudly. That man being questioned was trembling and afraid of saying something wrong and angering her.

The reason why everyone feared her was that she was the aforementioned princess Claire, and was the highest level commander the royals sent to deal with the plague, so all the investigators had to listen to her orders!

Not just that, her handsome appearance with the sexy short skirt created an unexplainable allure, so men and women alike would fall for her. More importantly, she was also an outstanding archer. So her status and strength made these unruly people obediently yield to her.

Speaking of which, if Lin Xiao saw that, he would find it extremely familiar. That was because this princess was very similar to a certain acquaintance…

That person was also a young talent with a handsome face and was always followed by a group of fangirls.

That’s right, that person was…

“Princess Claire, I…”

“No need to call me princess, just call me Claire, or commander.”

“O-okay, commander Claire…”

The man awkwardly pursed his lips and was still too afraid to meet her gaze. He took a couple of breaths and finally began explaining.

“We went to Yellowstone town to investigate and ended up being trapped by a group of monsters…”

“Monster?”