CH 385

“Sorry…”

He was thirty-something yet acted like a kid that did something wrong as he quietly apologized, then he silently retreated behind Lin Xiao and spoke through his actions.

He rejected Claire and chose to stand with Lin Xiao.

“You, you!?” Claire never expected for him to go against her as well as she clenched her fists and trembled.

“I, I…”

Although he chose sides, he was still apprehensive.

This Leopard Queen wasn’t someone easy to deal with, his decision made her lose face so who knows what will happen next. He was but a normal investigator and wasn’t able to endure Claire’s wrath.

It was good that his choice was correct.

“Don’t worry… get back on the carriage.” Lin Xiao didn’t say much as he patted his shoulder and told him to go back on the carriage to rest.

Lin Xiao was happy that he trusted him. Lin Xiao didn’t need to say anything else and will use actions to show that his choice was correct, as for that tomboy… who cares what she thinks, this wasn’t the city, it’s not like she can do as she likes.

“You… you… how dare you…”

“Tsk, what a waste of time… let’s go!”

Claire was still angry but didn’t have a way to take it out and her entire face was flushed red. It wasn’t like Lin Xiao was a pervert that particularly liked to bully girls, and he didn’t want to watch her pitiful appearance, so he called the others and left Claire behind.

“Bastard! You running? We still haven’t finished speaking yet, get back here! Cough… peh! Bastard!”

Claire yelled futilely at the carriage that disappeared into the distance, but they didn’t slow and left behind a cloud of dust, choking her.

She still didn’t know why that bastard Lin Xiao has to keep going against her, not just disobeying her, but even publicly insulting her, calling her a tomboy!

She was the highest-ranking commander, everyone before was obedient, so why couldn’t she do anything about him?

“Claire, w-what should we do next?”

Andre and the others looked at each other blankly and didn’t know what to do other than try asking.

“What should we do? … Hmph, what else!?” Claire bit her lips and jumped onto the carriage. “Get on… and follow them!”

“O-oh!”

So they’re still going to keep following them… Andre bitterly laughed and obediently followed her orders.

There was no choice, he was still hoping to reap some benefits from Claire so he could only listen.

Of course, that wasn’t all, there was still what was hidden under her skirt…

“What color is it… sigh, clearly a beauty yet more unreasonable than a man, what a shame.”

“Andre, what the hell are you muttering about? Do you think I’m also a wretched tomboy?”

“Uh… princess, how could I? You are the most outstanding commander!”

Andre withdrew his lustful gaze and quickly followed onto the carriage.

…

…

Tom may have not brought back any useful information, but at least he had one use, he could lead the way.

Since he escaped all the way back, he knew the way back, so Lin Xiao didn’t have to worry and could just wait.

Arrive at the destination, take care of the monsters, and save Caesar… what Claire, what special investigation team, none of that had anything to do with him, he didn’t come here to compete with others.

Don’t forget, not only did he promise Elena to investigate the enlightened, he still had the wager with Snow!

While he was quarreling with Claire, that brat must have already started investigating and probably already found something. If she won, then Lin Xiao would have to face being confined by his yandere sister.

“Caesar, I’m betting everything on you, don’t let me down!”

Lin Xiao was relying on the information that Caesar has now.

He didn’t believe that Caesar was trapped by the monsters because of impulsiveness. To Lin Xiao, it was possible that Caesar discovered something huge and was trapped by the enemy!

If that was the case, then he really had to hurry and save him!

“Trapped because he discovered some secret? … Hm, that does sound plausible.”

After noon, ShenDai Ying was curled up in the corner fast asleep, and Elena and Lin Xiao were chatting.

“But he might have already died.”

“Unlikely, he’s tough and as a magic swordsman, he won’t die that easily.”

Caesar already broke through the sixth-level before coming to Gotham Kingdom, along with his dragon slayer sword and his reliable teammates, it was more than enough for him to survive.

“If it wasn’t for Claire then we might have gotten to Yellowstone sooner.”

“Her? I don’t think so.” Elena rested her chin on her hands and watched the scenery pass by, she teased him without turning around, “It looks like you like her.”

“Hah? Who would like a tomboy like that? She may be beautiful, and looks like Caesar cross-dressing… but her personality is terrible!”

“Hmph, then why did you purposely show off to attract her attention?”

“Showoff, when?”

“Using the meteor shower on the ants, doesn’t that count?”

“… Oh, you’re talking about that.”

Lin Xiao scratched his head and understood what Elena meant. He could have chosen a more low-profile method, like getting the demon king to suppress them, but Lin Xiao chose the most high-profile and most shocking method.

This didn’t match his usual low-profile style.

It was either the anger got to his head, or he liked Claire and was trying to show off to her!

“Hey! The reason I did that wasn’t to attract that kind of tomboy, but to help you.”

“Help me?”

“Did you really think the ant colony was there for no reason?”

“Oh, so you’re saying… it’s the enlightened again?”

Elena suddenly realized after hearing that. They’ve been busy quarreling with Claire that she almost forgot their biggest enemy!

“That’s right! Just like the wailing canyon, they must have done it to block the reinforcements from coming… probably a similar mental black magic. Since their a colony, once they controlled the queen, they can easily control all of them.”

“I see, so that’s why you…”

“That’s why I did that, as bait!”

The enemies were currently in hiding and they were in plain sight, Snow could move people to investigate, but he couldn’t. So the only thing he could do was to take the initiative and strike first!

“If you were from the enlightened and realized that the ant colony you gathered with great difficulty were burnt to charcoal, what would you do?”

“Me? … I would get to the bottom of it and find which bastard was responsible!”

“Bingo! If they want to investigate, they’ll eventually come our way, at that itme…”

“When they come, then we can catch them! And then interrogate them!”

“They say that big-breasted girls are dumber, but Elena, your chest has gotten bigger but your head has also gotten a lot better recently.”

“Pervert!”

Elena cried out and shielded her chest, but the small flashes in her eyes spoke of her joy. She had thought that Lin Xiao had just been focused on fooling around with the leopard queen and forgot about their original objective.

“Hehe, what is it demon king, did you get jealous because I was fooling around with other women?”

“W-who’s jealous? Why would I be jealous, get over yourself.”

“Tsk, tsk, it seems like the demon king’s not being honest again… I guess I have to personally check if you’re lying or not.

“Hah? What do you want to do?”

“Lin Family secret technique passed only to men… breast rubbing lie detection!”

“You dare!? Pervert, get off!”

Just a few sentences of seriousness and these two were back to flirting again.

The carriage shook and bumped ShenDai Ying awake. When she saw what was happening she could only helplessly roll her eyes and pretend to sleep.

“Hey, be serious, don’t wake her up!”

Elena felt like ShenDai Ying shifted a bit, so she quickly got him to stop.

“Uh… okay. Anyways, getting back on topic… Elena, why don’t you try checking around, they might already have someone watching us.”

“O-okay.”

Elena tidied her clothes and calmed down after confirming that ShenDai Ying didn’t hear them earlier. She closed her eyes and tried searching their surroundings for enemies.

“Hm? That’s…”

“What? There’s really an enemy?”

“No… it’s your little fangirl. She’s right behind us.”