Chapter 112: I will protect you.
“Hmm?”
By the campfire, amidst an awkward atmosphere, Shane suddenly lifted his head, his eyebrows slightly raised.
At that mont, Shane’s “Enemy Detection” skill had reacted, informing him that soone nearby harbored hostility, even murderous intent, towards him.
Shane glanced in that direction and appeared to understand sothing, a mocking expression erging on his face.
This left rica, who had been secretly watching Shane, sowhat stunned, and after hesitating, she ventured to speak in a trembling voice.
“What… What’s the matter?”
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Finally, after half an hour, soone broke the awkward silence.
“It’s nothing,” Shane shook his head, smiling aningfully, “Just marveling at how so young masters really don’t have the patience I imagined they would, and even more at their strong possessiveness. They’re truly the spitting image of dieval prodigal nobility.”
“Young master? dieval prodigal nobility?” rica seed not to understand.
However, the words “young master” and “nobility” struck a nerve and made rica tense up.
“Could it be…?”
rica guessed what was happening and her expression beca bewildered.
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Seeing this, Shane couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
“Are you that afraid of him?” Shane asked incredulously, “Even though he’s a noble, you’re an elf, a race revered as blessed by the gods. Your level is much higher than that prodigal young master’s. Despite being oppressed by him like this, wouldn’t you just blast him with a spell?”
In fact, Shane had wanted to say this for a long ti.
No matter how you looked at it, rica was a Level 42 Elf Mage. If she truly fought back, even with high-quality equipnt, the upstart young master at only Level 38 couldn’t possibly bully rica, could he?
But ti after ti, rica was unable to deal with him, which was indeed baffling.
After much thought, Shane could only co up with one possible reason for this situation.
That was that rica didn’t want to fight, or rather, she dared not fight.
“No… I can’t!” rica said, shaking her head vigorously, and quickly explained, “Magic is a very dangerous power. The Fla Series and Ice Series I’ve learned both have high damage outputs. Even the least powerful Basic Magic can cause great harm to the human body, so it’s not sothing you can just use on people at will!”
She seed to genuinely believe that.
But Shane didn’t understand and beca sowhat annoyed.
“The other person wants to hurt you, yet you’re still worrying about hurting them, are you foolish?” Shane spoke with a mix of frustration and iron-willed concern, “Look at Tielle, at the first sign of conflict, she goes straight to chopping people’s limbs off. Surely that’s more harmful than you using a Basic Spell, right?”
The implication being, if rica decisively hit them with a Basic Spell, one wouldn’t suffer as severely as being dismbered.
“Sotis, a person’s kindness doesn’t necessarily lead to better outcos, you know?”
Shane was being as patient as he could.
To this, rica wanted to say sothing but found herself speechless.
She understood the principle.
But…
(…I’m actually just too nervous and scared, so I forgot how to chant the Magic Spell. If I admit such a truth, it feels so embarrassing.)
rica’s face turned beet red, nearly consud by embarrassnt.
This was, in fact, one of rica’s weaknesses.
As soone with high natural affinity for magic, when facing demons or the Demon Clan, even if danger lood close, she could steadfastly complete the Chanting and calmly blast her opponent away.
However, when the opponent was of the Human Race, for so reason, rica would get so nervous that it caused her Chanting and ditation to be intermittent, preventing her from successfully performing Magic.
This condition was relatively common among elves.
Due to their innate kindness, when facing humans, they often inherently held back, and even when they had to strike hard, most elves couldn’t help but hesitate for a mont.
rica, in particular, had severe issues in this respect, not just due to her kindness, but because she got easily nervous and was quite clumsy in combat against humans, even more so than the timid and shy Lu Muya.
Lu Muya, despite her timidity and shyness, always mustered her courage to fight when necessary, otherwise she wouldn’t have charged at the demons without hesitation, sending all the enemies flying with a single punch.
In contrast, rica was neither particularly timid nor shy. However, due to her excessive wariness of others, she beca easily tense, leading to problems.
This was a problem that Vivian, Tielle, and Lu Muya were all aware of, yet Shane was the only one who didn’t know.
rica didn’t want Shane to know either.
The only reason was that she didn’t want Shane to look down on her.
At the mont, all rica could do was bow her head in silent despair.
Shane didn’t wish to lecture her like so haughty life coach. Seeing rica fall silent, he too didn’t want to say anything more. He simply shrugged his shoulders and turned his attention back toward the source of the hostility, his eyes filled with mockery.
There was Magre, clutching a tattered piece of parchnt, growling continuously.
“Co on! Put so muscle into it!”
Early sumr, Sea City.
Mu Lan clutching a docunt bag drove towards the Empire Building, it contained the drafted divorce agreent.
Throughout the journey, Mu Lan’s expression was calm, showing no signs that she was a woman about to get divorced.
At eighteen, Mu Lan had tried everything to marry Huo Tingxiao. Seven years had passed, and she thought even a stone would have ward up by then.
Unfortunately, no matter what she did, Huo Tingxiao treated her as if she were air, just as he had said those years ago, “You will only get the title of Mrs. Huo, nothing more.”
Pale fingers gripped the steering wheel, and during the drive, she received a call. Whatever the other person said, Mu Lan got distracted. To avoid a pedestrian suddenly crossing the road, she instinctively made a sharp turn, causing her white Maserati to spin out of control and crash into the roadside railing.
With a “bang”, the airbag deployed instantly!
The huge impact buzzed in her head, the sudden car crash drew more and more onlookers.
“There’s soone in the car, call 120 quickly.”
“My gosh, she’s bleeding so much, the lady looks badly hurt.”
“Miss, miss, can you hear speak? Can you tell your family’s contact information?”
Mu Lan’s vision was blurry; she could only see the mouths of the people around her moving, but couldn’t hear their voices.
Her mind was filled with the words the person on the phone had said, continuously agitating Mu Lan.
Suddenly, her eyelids uncontrollably drooped, and the next second, she lost consciousness entirely.
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The next morning.
High-level surgical ward at the First People’s Hospital.
Standing beside the bed, the man frowned deeply at the still-unconscious Mu Lan.
Upon receiving the news of Mu Lan’s car accident and hospitalization, Huo Tingxiao did not rush back imdiately but waited until he had finished all his work before arriving at the hospital.
His physique was tall and straight, wrapped in a dark shirt, and his features were sharp, especially his eyes, which, when looking at soone, resembled a black panther locking onto its prey, emitting an intimidating aura.
“Why hasn’t she woken up yet?”
The tone was as cold as an ice-pick, scaring the attending physician behind him into shivering.
“Huo… Mr. Huo, Mrs. Huo’s condition is sowhat special; the car accident caused a head impact, thus forming a clot, so…”
Before he could finish explaining, Mu Lan showed signs of response on the bed.
This made the attending physician sigh with relief; thank goodness, if she hadn’t woken up, he really feared that Huo Tingxiao would freeze him to death with his gaze.
However, before his heart could settle, a new crisis erged.
Mu Lan moved slightly, and involuntarily let out a moan from her lips.
“Hiss…”
Headache!
She slowly opened her eyes, looking bewildered at the entirely unfamiliar surroundings. Mu Lan’s mind blanked for a mont.
The white ceiling, the faint sll of disinfectant in the air, and certain fragnted images montarily flashed through her mind. Her gaze landed on the unfamiliar man before her, and instinctively, Mu Lan beca sowhat defensive.
“This… Where is this?
Sir, you… who are you?”
Sir?!
This term made Huo Tingxiao’s already furrowed brow look even more twisted.
The doctor was also confused by the situation in front of him, a bad premonition swirling in his mind.
He held out two fingers in front of Mu Lan and waved them.
“What is this?”
Mu Lan couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
“2”
“What’s your na?”
“Mu Lan.”
“And him… who is he?”
“I don’t recognize him.”
Huo Tingxiao’s face completely darkened, already sowhat unapproachable, now he looked even more like King Yama.
The attending physician, on the verge of tears, wondered if this was so kind of stunt Mrs. Huo was pulling during an argunt.
“Then do you rember what happened before?”
“Of course I rember. I felt awful with nstrual pain during the comprehensive science exam this morning, and I fainted right after I finished the answer sheet…”
Mu Lan sat up, her tone already sowhat impatient.
What was with this doctor, asking her all these unnecessary questions.
“Exam… Comprehensive science? Filling in an answer sheet?”
This answer baffled the attending physician.
Of course, seeing him like this, Mu Lan was even more confused.
“Yes, it’s the second day of college entrance exams today, the comprehensive science test in the morning. This… isn’t this the school infirmary?”
“Mu Lan, enough, this act is really boring.”
The tone of Huo Tingxiao’s voice made Mu Lan frown and retort sharply.
“Who are you, sir? Speaking so rudely. What’s this about boring or not boring?
Glancing at the wall clock, Mu Lan, in a rush, pulled out the IV needle from her hand and attempted to get out of bed.
“It’s already noon, and I still have an English exam at three. I don’t have ti to dilly-dally with you all.”
But she had barely lifted the corner of the blanket when Huo Tingxiao restrained her, the difference in strength rendering her completely immobile, crouching on the hospital bed like a small quail.
Their distance suddenly so close they could feel each other’s breath, Mu Lan staring blankly at the handso face before her, the complex emotions in Huo Tingxiao’s eyes deep as dark pools, almost seeming to suck her in completely, leaving her montarily disoriented.
The situation was completely unexpected, frightening the attending physician into hastily arranging a series of tests for her.
But just after the CT scan, Mu Lan protested.
“What’s wrong with you people? I just have nstrual pain, I don’t need any tests. If you delay any longer, what if I’m late and can’t take the exam? Can you all just let be?
Hey! Why are you carrying ?! Ah! Help! Kidnapping! Is there no law anymore?!”
The attending physician secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, pondering to himself — law? In Sea City, the law is Huo Tingxiao.
After the examination, Mu Lan was taken back to the ward by the bodyguards, while Huo Tingxiao was led to the consultation room, where five or six specialists and the dean surrounded the new CT and lab reports, discussing her condition.
The conclusion reached was — Mu Lan might have lost her mory.
“mory loss?”
A tone full of skepticism.
Clearly, Huo Tingxiao did not accept this conclusion.
Shane instinctively caught rica, finally realizing he had gone too far.
anwhile, Magre had completely lost control.
“I’ll kill you!”
From the corner, Magre charged out, filled with raging fury.
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