Chapter 709: Ways

"I want to eat that!" Lily exclaimed as they walked past a restaurant. Her tiny paw was pointed at the grilled prawns on someone's plate behind the glass window. "The canned food yesterday was so horrible; it was so salty I almost died."Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

Lylejay's steps halted. Without saying a word, he nodded and brought Lily into the bustling restaurant.

Soon, the two were seated on a couch in a private room. A smile of affection graced Lylejay's face as he watched Lily devour the succulent shrimp. He also held two different sauces, one in each hand, serving her by the side.

While indulging in her food, Lily's beady eyes darted around the room in search of any mouse holes. But to her dismay, she found none. A hint of frustration crossed her face. She wasn't here just for food. She was hoping she could run into another fellow mouse.

Suddenly, Lily swallowed the mouthful of food in her mouth and complained, " I can't eat with you staring at me. I don't like people watching me while I eat. Go wait outside!"

"Alright, I'll wait for you outside," Lylejay said and placed down both sauces before leaving the room.

As soon as she heard the sound of the door closing, Lily hurriedly plucked some of her fur and arranged it on the table to spell out a few simple words of distress.

She then carefully lifted the plate and placed it over the fur to cover the makeshift message. Once the waiter cleared the plates later, he would definitely be able to see it.

"I'm done!" Lily called out toward the door when she was done with her preparations.

Hearing Lily's call, Lylejay entered the room again. He sat down and scooped the shrimp shells and leftover shrimp pieces from Lily's plate, stuffing them into his mouth. Then he picked up the plate and together with all the fur underneath, he brushed them all into his mouth as well.

"God, since you're full, let's go," Lylejay said as he tucked Lily, whose tears had welled up in her eyes, into his sleeve and exited the private room.

Back on the bustling streets, Lily's mind was racing with ideas on how she should escape. Just then, she spotted a mouse perched on a bald head. Her eyes lit up with hope—it was one of the mice she had sent out to assist the other exploration ships!

Just as Lily was about to shout, Lylejay's hand reached out swiftly and covered her mouth. No matter how hard Lily bit down on his flesh with her tiny front teeth, his grip remained unyielding.

Lylejay bowed his head to avoid a patrol squad and then darted to the back of a brothel before finally releasing his hand over Lily's mouth. "I've told You that these attempts are useless. Stop wasting Your energy."

"Hmph!" Lily let out a snort and retorted angrily, "Don't be so smug about it! Mr. Charles will definitely come to rescue me!"

"I'm telling you! Don't you dare hurt James!! He's Mr. Charles' subordinate!"

However, Lily's words only served to quicken Lylejay's pace instead of slowing him.

"Oh, isn't that even better?" Lylejay said with a chuckle.

"You... don't hurt him! He's my friend too! He's my best friend! I'm begging you!" Lily sounded as though she was about to burst into tears the next moment.

"Please! Let him go! As long as you don't harm him, I'll do whatever you say, alright? I won't run away anymore. I'll stay by your side obediently." Lily begged in desperation.

Only then did Lylejay finally slow down in his steps...

"Alright, there is more than one way to return to the Subterranean Sea. I'll find another way. But please keep Your word and stay by my side without causing trouble."

"Okay..." Lily's mouse ears drooped slightly, and a bitter expression crossed her furry face.

Lylejay turned to look at the giant hole in the distance. There were indeed many ways down, and the best course of action was to find one that caused the least disruption.

Since he had yet to establish his own forces again and was just a lone individual, it was best not to provoke Charles’ forces.

Just then, a tall Haikor walked toward him. As soon as he brushed past Lylejay, a black backpack fell from his sleeve and landed right at Lylejay’s feet.

Lylejay picked up the bag and looked at it, his eyes filled with curiosity. He then lifted his gaze to stare at the tall Haikor's retreating figure.

"Hmm? Where did that come from? You weren't holding that before." Lily asked in confusion upon returning to her senses.

Bringing the backpack to a secluded corner, Lylejay then unzipped it to find a shriveled human skin and several red papers.

He remembered seeing these papers. Those boarding the airships were holding onto these. With these, he could now descend from the surface world to the Subterranean Sea.