Unforeseen Developments

"Horns! That little girl has horns on her head, she's one of the Demons!"

"That little girl is one of the Demons!"

Quite a few sharp-eyed commoners shouted in panic, and the entire street instantly plunged into chaos. Many commoners distanced themselves one after another from the Black Lightning Motorcycle, while the group of adventurers drew the longswords at their waists and looked toward Li Yan and Little Fool behind Li Yan with vigilance.

"Demons!"

"How did one of the Demons sneak into the Small Town?"

"Demons are all man-eating monsters, how could that man bring a Demon into the Small Town, where are the guard soldiers!"

Quite a few commoners who had been attacked by Demons, had family members killed by them, and had fled here as refugees roared one after another, their eyes bloodred, as if Li Yan and Little Fool behind Li Yan were the most heinous of people.

"Drive them out!"

"Kill them!"

"He's definitely a spy who came to scout out our Small Town's bottom line, we must take them down and hand them over to the guard soldiers to be locked in the cell."

When the atmosphere at the scene had already formed a state of hostility, Li Yan frowned. Judging by the current situation, no matter how he explained, for these people who hated Demons to the bone, all his words were a waste of effort.

Some commoners even started to take action. Whether fresh vegetables or eggs, they were thrown angrily by the reasonless crowd, and the target pointed straight at Little Fool behind Li Yan.

Looking at the riotous crowd, Li Yan calmly scooped Little Fool into his arms and casually swatted away a few tomatoes and eggs.

"Hey, you guys, Little Fool may be a Demon, but she's my maid, not those ruthless, unblinking beastly Demons."

Li Yan opened his mouth to retaliate, but the next second, whoever prepared the rotten eggs directly and neatly smashed them behind Li Yan. The reeking stench made Li Yan's mood instantly plummet to rock bottom, and he no longer wanted to explain—leaving was the best choice.

And before his eyes was a cold, solid wall formed by some adventurers. Clearly, they did not want to let one of the Demons leave either, and even the adventurer who had returned Little Fool's hat was likewise watching with apathy.

Demons are the eternal enemies of humanity, at least for the humans who had been harmed by Demons, they could never be forgiven.

The smell of the rotten eggs made Li Yan unbearable. When he lowered his head to comfort Little Fool in his arms, the expression on Little Fool's face made him freeze in place.

Little Fool, who in his impression was exceptionally soft, obedient, and timid, was currently wearing a cruel smile, her eyes filled with bloodthirsty murderous intent, and countless great swords gathered from Mana were converging in the sky.

"Anyone who hurts the Young Master must all die!!!"

Little Fool glared at the surrounding crowd with murderous intent, her mere level-twenty-something Mana bursting forth abruptly. Some commoners who were preparing to throw rotten eggs were blown away one after another by the powerful Mana fluctuations, and even the adventurers carrying out the blockade were shaken back several steps.

"Little Fool! Stop your magic!"

Li Yan was somewhat surprised, but he quickly reacted at this moment. If Little Fool launched a massacre against the commoners, then how would he face Little Fool.

Looking at Little Fool, whose eyes had already lost a bit of reason, Li Yan grasped Little Fool's small hand, looking straight into her pupils. "Are you not listening to my words? Little Fool! I told you to stop your magic!"

In the sky, the Mana great swords suspended in the air were swaying and about to fall. Little Fool parted her small mouth slightly, looking at Li Yan who was looking straight at her, her pearly teeth biting her lower lip.

"But, Young Master, they hurt you, I'm going to kill them all."

Hearing Little Fool's unadorned words, Li Yan shook his head. "Stop your magic, we're going home."

As the engine of the Black Lightning Motorcycle roared once more, Little Fool nestled aggrievedly in Li Yan's arms. With the deployment of Space Magic, Li Yan teleported and left the spot, and the surrounding vigilant adventurers broke out in cold sweats one after another; they were actually completely unable to stop the other party from leaving.

"What happened!"

"What Demons? Where are there any Demons?"

The tardy squad of guard soldiers wore wary expressions, a bad premonition rising in their hearts.

"It's that fellow riding the strange black magic tool, as a human he actually brought along a Demon cub."

"Exactly, exactly, what are you guard soldiers doing, why didn't you check them out at the City Gate!"

The surrounding commoners shouted and accused one after another, venting the displeasure in their hearts.

"It's over!"

"The Town Mayor Lord's dream of promotion is over!"

"My dream of promotion is also over!"

The guard soldier captain looked at the noisy crowd with an annoyed expression. Through special information channels, he knew that the Earl's eldest son lived near here, and there were also rumors that the Earl's eldest son kept a Demon pet for magic research.

He originally wanted to let the Earl's eldest son stay safely around here like this, and he had also managed the soldiers guarding the Small Town, telling them to keep their eyes peeled and not offend people who shouldn't be offended.

When the time came, as long as he had a slight meeting with the Earl's eldest son, and as long as he won a little praise from the other party, then getting promoted, getting a salary increase, and marrying a fair, rich, and beautiful woman would no longer be a dream.

Now, his beautiful dream was ruthlessly shattered, and his future was also broken by this group of ignorant commoners.

"Who was the one who attacked the Earl Lord's eldest son just now, round them all up for me, commoners attacking nobles, hang them!"

The guard soldier captain roared loudly, and the soldiers around him began indiscriminately arresting people. The commoners scattered and fled everywhere, terrified of being caught by them, at which point their lives would no longer be something they could control themselves.

In the noisy market, the guard soldier captain no longer had his usual smile on his face. At this moment, he only wanted to mend the fold after the sheep were lost, striving to catch some ordinary commoners who had attacked the nobles to salvage his future; even if he couldn't salvage it, he had to keep his current position.

Li Yan, who had left the Small Town, rode the Black Lightning Motorcycle expressionlessly back home. The smell of rotten eggs on his body put him in an exceptionally terrible mood, and right now he just wanted to take a bath, clear away the smell of rotten eggs on his body, and then consider the problem of Little Fool.

Little Fool followed behind Li Yan with some trepidation. Looking at Li Yan's expressionless appearance, she felt a bit panicked—that was an emotion she had never experienced before, a psychological state of worrying that Li Yan would be angry and wouldn't need her.

Although she didn't know why she had this unwarranted emotion, big sister Xiao Xue and big sister Xiao Wu had once mentioned such an example: the Young Master had previously gone out to study magic and didn't return for several years, and during those days, they were as if they were people who were not needed, seeming to be completely abandoned by the Young Master.

She still remembered that before leaving back then, big sister Xiao Wu and big sister Xiao Xue had looked at her with great envy, an envious gaze that she hadn't understood at all back then, but now, she already understood it somewhat.

The door was suddenly pushed open. Frieren blinked her eyes, shifted her gaze away from the Magic Tome, and looked up toward the disheveled Li Yan.

"Senior Brother, you are..."

"It's nothing!"

Li Yan stepped into the bathroom in silence. Frieren parted her lips slightly, not daring to ask out loud, and cast her gaze toward Little Fool trailing behind Li Yan.