Chapter 78: A Familiar Fragrance

The one… how do I find her mother?

“Hmm… actually, I don’t know either. At the time, her mother was made the scapegoat for the mutiny and taken back to the demi-human nation. But she’s alive, I’m sure of it. So I hope you can go there with her…”

Before he could finish, the church door seemed to be pushed open, letting out a creak.

I turned around and saw the Young Master standing there in a loose, light-blue nightgown, squinting at us.

I quickly looked at the King and nodded, showing my agreement with his plan to take the Young Master to the demi-human nation.

“You… how did you even manage to break a wine glass? Hurry up and clean this mess, then get out!”

The King in front of me had come up with this way for us to escape. I played along, stood up, nodded, and crouched down to pick up the shattered glass from the floor.

Then I got up and was about to leave, but just as I stood, the Young Master had already come to my side, looking at me suspiciously.

“Are you a student at our school?”

‘Huh? This school uniform is too obvious…’

I could only nod and lower my head. She still looked at me doubtfully.

“Ah! This? She became a maid here so she could survive in the royal capital. Now hurry up and go change your clothes.”

“Mm…”

I kept my head down and quickly left the church. As soon as I stepped out, Ashiya spoke in my mind.

[The King should tell the Young Master about going to that demi-human empire, so don’t worry. Also, once inside the church, I couldn’t communicate with you. The Young Master probably didn’t notice. Actually, your real task is to let me return to the divine realm, and then I can grant you a wish. But… unlike Xun, I don’t want to go back. Do you want to return to your original world?]

‘Mmm… I actually don’t really want to go back…’

[So stay with me in this world, by your Young Master’s side. And that childhood friend of yours who was summoned…]

‘Huh? Xiao Linlin?’

[You don’t need to know about that yet. Let’s go back to the car.]

‘Okay, which way?’

[Mm… go back the way we came. I’ll send a signal. Xun will definitely come.]

‘Uh… what’s the deal between you and her, good or bad?’

While chatting with Ashiya in my head, I ran toward the tall wall where I had been dragged over earlier.

[She’s a gentle idiot… she acts like she doesn’t care, but deep down she cares more than anyone…]

‘Those two actually get along really well, don’t they?’

“What are you thinking?”

“Ashiya! You called me again, are you telling me to drag you back?”

When I reached the wall again, sure enough, Miss Xun was standing there waiting for me, and she reached out a hand toward us.

“Hurry, Master Yake seems to have something to do!”

“Okay.”

I ran over quickly. She grabbed my hand and, with a leap that used who knows how much strength, carried me back over the wall.

Then, without saying a word, she went back.

I was a bit dazed. A few seconds later, I came to and noticed my hair had already returned to its original silver-white. I let out a breath.

[I injected the last bit of my mana into your body. It should be enough to get you back to the car. I’m going to rest for a bit…]

Sure enough, I didn’t feel any dizziness or fatigue at this point.

I set off on the way back again, and the surroundings were still as silent as death. I couldn’t even hear the wind.

I climbed back over the bushes from before and, with quite a bit of effort, finally made it back to the car. But the air around me vaguely felt different…

I climbed onto the car.

“Hey, He Yizi, are you still…”

Suddenly, a series of sounds came from behind me. Just as I turned my head, a sack was thrown over it, and a familiar scent came from inside. That fragrance gradually made me pass out.

‘So familiar… this feeling… it can’t be again…’

📚 Also on NHV Novels

Deductive Reasoning

Capable BottomDevoted TopFantasy

Read Now →
Not interested