CH 18

Chapter 18: Pei Xia struggling to pull the strings

The cat-eared woman, whose name was currently unknown for the moment, lay wrapped in cloth by the campfire, The warm fire made her break free from the cold hell. She woke with a wail, slowly opening her eyes.

She subconsciously looked up ahead and saw a handsome young man who was crouched half on bent knees fiddling with the flames in front of the campfire. The young man had short black hair that glowed slightly orange in the light of the fire. His skin was fair and his nose was high, and the firelight reflected in the pupils of his honey-coloured eyes as if they were a flower in full bloom.

The cat-eared woman remembered, ‘It was him! He was the one who had caught her when she accidentally fell. He was her saviour!’

Just as she slowly sat up, Pei-Saviour-Xia heard the sound and looked up, his voice gentle as he asked, “You’re awake? Are you feeling better?”

Pei Xia did remember some of the original plots, this orc girl was a poor girl who was trafficked into the underground brothel of the sub-church, escaped with her willpower and indomitable spirit, but her body collapsed with fever from exhaustion in the days of running and straining.

Such a poor girl, even though Pei Xia was gay, he could not help but be gentle with her.

The cat-eared girl raised her hand to rub her eyes and stammered, “I’m all right now, you saved me, may I know …… your name?”

“Of course, my name is Pei Xia.” Pei Xia grinned. He smiled, and then moved his butt to the side, revealing Lucifer, who was sitting on the side of the carriage and looking up at the stars, “Look, that’s Lord Lucifer, the holy Son of the God of Light! Isn’t he particularly handsome, isn’t he? Especially charming?”

Accidentally causing the hero and the heroine to lose their other halves? Afraid that the hero and the heroine won’t have the right emotions?

No problem, the knight Pei Xia will help them out!

The cat-eared lady choked up for a moment and subconsciously looked over along, and indeed saw a man with a false smile on his face.

The Son of God of Light? She grabbed her arm agitatedly, and couldn’t help but think of those disgusting and sanctimonious clergymen, who, wearing white robes exactly like those of the Son of God, spoke of light, kindness, and integrity…

But when you take off the hypocritical skin, what is revealed underneath is the disgusting darkness!

Yes, this ‘Lucifer’ was indeed good-looking, but one look at his false smile and she couldn’t help but feel nervous and disgusted!

The cat-eared lady withdrew her gaze with difficulty and forced herself to smile, “Pei Xia, thank you for saving me, you’re a good man ……”

“No no, I just did what should be done.” Pei Xia wondered a bit how she didn’t look too interested in Lucifer.

No, it’s a big no-no to spoil the male lead’s pickup of a girl! Pei Xia gave himself a pep talk in his heart and continued his efforts, “It was the light of Lord Sage’s mercy that healed your injuries, it’s Lord Sage you should be thanking!”

After hearing these words, the cat-eared woman’s body trembled, and she clenched her lower lip and grabbed her arm as if she was caught in an extremely painful memory.

“Are you alright?” Pei Xia looked at her worriedly, “Don’t be afraid, no one will hurt you here, you’re safe!”

“Is that true?” The cat-eared lady smiled bitterly, “But why, instead, is it the very people of the Gods of Light who are hurting me?”

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from the cat-eared woman’s stomach, and she blushed in shame.

Pei Xia handed her a bowl of warm broth and said encouragingly, “I don’t know what you have met, if you wish, you can tell us, I swear to you, Lord Holy Son is the kindest and most righteous person here, he will do justice to you!”

The cat-eared lady took the broth and looked meaningfully at Pei Xia, “Good, I believe you.”

She first introduced herself by her name as ‘Tess’.

What Tess said was not too different from what Pei Xia remembered, except that it was more detailed; she had developed a high fever after escaping, hid in a tree to avoid her pursuers, and fell into Pei Xia’s arms because of her weakness.

As she said this, she repeated with some embarrassment, “Thank you, Pei Xia.”

Pei Xia’s brow furrowed and stood up, startling Tess.

“You, what’s wrong with you?”

Pei Xia smiled reassuringly at her, then drew herself up and ran over to Lucifer.

Lucifer was looking up at the stars, looking melancholy and wondering what he was thinking about.

“Lord Saint Son!” Pei Xia called out loudly.

Only then did Lucifer withdraw his eyes without haste, lowered his chin, turned around, and slowly straightened the corners of his robe, saying very elegantly, “What’s the matter, Pei Xia, finished talking with that lady?”

Pei Xia looked at him in amazement, “I didn’t think that Lord Sage would know that I was talking to Miss Tess just by looking at the stars, you’re so amazing!”

Lucifer took a breath and couldn’t help but wonder if the other party was mocking him or was genuinely complimenting him.

He decided to skip the subject, “Get down to business, Peixia.”

“Yes Lord Holy Son,” Pei Xia quickly retold the story Tess had told, and when he was done, he carefully watched Lucifer’s expression while trying to pull the strings.

“Lord Holy Son, do you think that Miss Tess is very weak, very pitiful, and very distressing?”

“Is that what you think?” Lucifer asked as he narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at Pei Xia.

Pei Xia blurted out, “Yes.” After saying that, it seemed that something didn’t feel right.

“Ahem, what I mean is that a delicate girl like her deserves a strong gentleman to guard her!” Pesha hinted frantically.

Lucifer stood up without a hint of a smile, “So that’s what you think.”

Pei Xia: “…… Huh?”

He hadn’t even figured out what Lucifer meant by that when Lucifer had already walked over to Tess.

Pei Xia wanted to follow him, but then he remembered that this was a good time for the hero and the heroine to develop their feelings, so wouldn’t he be delaying them again by being a light bulb? No way. Pei Xia stood still and began to look up at the stars like Lucifer.

Tess looked at Lucifer warily, her animal instincts telling her that the man in front of her was very dangerous!

“Miss Tess, I have deep sympathy for your plight.” He frowned slightly to make his “sympathy” seem more sincere, and then said, “It’s just a pity that Pei Xia, as a paladin should be headed by the God of Light. He will dedicate his life to the gods, and he can’t give you the happiness of ordinary girls.”

Tess bit her lower lip and said coldly, “I know, and I have never been infatuated with ……”

The girl looked at Pei Xia’s figure looking up at the stars and was not surprised to find that the kind and handsome dark-haired paladin had the same posture as the object of his total devotion and praise.

He was so enamoured of him, paying lip service to the Holy Son of God, even his hobby of stargazing at night was the same, so what could she not understand?

Tess closed her eyes in pain, and when she opened them again, said earnestly, “Don’t worry, I won’t bother you.”

This fateful encounter brought along wrong feelings, let those feelings pass with the wind!

Lucifer smiled with satisfaction and said, “Please rest assured that as a holy son of the Church of Light, I am obliged to expel the moths within the church, and the demons who harm you will surely be punished.”

Peixia, who was looking up at the stars, quietly glanced at the two of them out of the corner of the eye.

Strange, how come they haven’t made progress yet?