Ten-Thousand-Fold Repayment
Little Fool was not stained with filth, but she also carried an indescribable odor.
Looking at the two who had returned in such a miserable state, Frieren was slightly stunned. Had they fallen into a trash can?
Inside the bathroom, Li Yan scrubbed Little Fool three times with fragrant soap and used several Water Magic spells to wash Little Fool's body. The smell of stink eggs was the worst smell in the world, and Little Fool was washed a full seven or eight times, just like ingredients being processed.
Little Fool lowered her head, feeling the water droplets gently patter against her hair. Her big eyes blinked slightly, and she silently accepted the bath.
Half an hour later, Li Yan walked out of the bathroom and smelled the scent on his own body. Although the smell of stink eggs had already been washed away, his heart still found it somewhat unacceptable. As an aristocrat, this was the first time he had been treated like this; whether in his past life or the present, this was the first time he had been attacked with stink eggs.
Little Fool followed him out, bewildered, like a penguin that had just emerged from a bath, her eyes full of confusion and curiosity. During the bath, she had seen a new world. Out of curiosity about art, she had asked a question, which earned her a gentle pinch on the cheek from young master and an order not to mention it.
"A Yan, what happened when you went down the mountain this time? Frieren said you came back covered in a mess."
Flamme approached Li Yan with a worried expression on her face, gently observing Li Yan's body for fear that Li Yan might have been injured during this outing.
"It's fine, Godmother. It's just that Little Fool's Demon identity was discovered by the small town's residents, and then she was pelted with stink eggs."
Li Yan lowered his head in frustration. In front of Flamme, he had originally wanted to speak with fortitude, but remembering his encounter and listening to Flamme's exceptionally gentle tone, the corners of his eyes welled up with moisture.
Flamme listened quietly, opened her arms to pull Li Yan into her embrace, and gently stroked Li Yan's head with her delicate hand. "It's normal for Demons to be unwelcome. Since the town residents hate her, let's move."
Frieren patted Li Yan's back with a sympathetic look on her face. "It's all right, Senior Brother. At worst, we'll return the favor with stink eggs."
"Right, since they dared to hit my godson, Godmother will avenge you and make the whole town pay the price."
A cold smile appeared on Flamme's face. She was not a kind-hearted person; since the other party used stink eggs to pelt her most beloved precious godson, then the people of the entire town would taste the smell of stink eggs.
As a disciple of Serie, who was comparable to the Goddess, the strange magic among the spells she had learned was not in the minority. Among them was a Stink Egg Magic spell, which she had learned back then purely for fun, and now it happened to come in handy.
To cover the entire city with stink eggs, no matter how powerful her mana was, she could not cover it all. The main issue was still gathering all the citizens together, even if only for a few seconds.
The plan to take revenge on all the commoners who had attacked Li Yan officially entered the discussion phase. Li Yan proposed using the pretext of commoners attacking an aristocrat to have the town mayor gather all the citizens, on the condition that all citizens stand at attention as a penalty for three minutes, with no one allowed to leave arbitrarily in the middle. As long as this was done, the residents of the entire town would be forgiven.
Frieren slightly opened her mouth, looking at Li Yan with an astonished expression. She knew that human aristocrats held immense power, but she had not expected that one could casually manipulate a small town with a population of a full thousand people.
Little Fool listened in bewilderment, an extremely excited expression rising on her face. She had already gathered that everyone seemed to be discussing revenge on the commoners from this afternoon.
"As long as the residents are gathered, then the next step will rely on your Space Magic, my godson. Occupying the high vantage point above, my Stink Egg Magic can continuously release stink eggs as long as mana output keeps up."
A ruthless look appeared on Flamme's face; anyone who dared to bully her godson would definitely receive a hundredfold repayment from her.
"Godmother, my Space Storage Magic can load about ten thousand stink eggs, and at that time they can be released all at once. Coupled with your full-mana-output stink egg bombardment, I believe the entire town will be able to taste fresh stink eggs."
A smile appeared on Li Yan's face, and Flamme nodded gently.
Frieren swallowed her saliva. For some reason, her master and senior brother felt somewhat unfamiliar to her at this moment. Just because senior brother was pelted with some stink eggs by commoners, the master-disciple duo was actually going to directly subject the commoners of the entire town to a stink egg baptism, and the duration would be a full three minutes.
With the plan discussed, to prevent the culprits from escaping, Li Yan immediately took the Earl family badge and sought out the town mayor.
Perhaps due to the reason of commoners attacking an aristocrat, the town mayor upon receiving the news hurriedly nodded and agreed to Li Yan's demand in order to save his official position.
At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, he would make all the citizens appear in the town square. Whether they were adventurers, mages, or ordinary commoners, all would go.
Watching Li Yan leave, the town mayor breathed a sigh of relief. The person attacked this afternoon truly was the Earl's eldest son, and fortunately, the Earl's eldest son was very magnanimous, only demanding that the entire town's citizens face the wall in repentance for three minutes and not be allowed to leave arbitrarily. Even the citizens who had already been arrested would be released because of this; as long as they stood for three minutes, they would regain their freedom.
"Truly magnanimous, that Lord Earl's eldest son."
The town mayor sighed with emotion and rejoiced, even managing to sleep quite comfortably through the night.
That night, all the guard soldiers were dispatched, going door to door to notify everyone of tomorrow morning's gathering and assembly. This was the entire town's apology to the Earl's eldest son, and the great, selfless Lord Earl's mercy toward the town's citizens. Commoners attacking an aristocrat had always been a capital crime; now, the Earl's eldest son was supremely benevolent—as long as they stood as a penalty for three minutes without leaving arbitrarily, the whole town would be forgiven. All citizens had to be present, and if anyone did not go, they would be treated as an assassin who attacked an aristocrat and thrown into a cage.
That night, Li Yan returned to his residence with a smile at the corner of his mouth. Looking at Li Yan's smile upon his return, Flamme already knew things had gone smoothly. The task had been heavy tonight, and she had only just manufactured eight thousand stink eggs now.
Frieren, who was guarding the stink egg warehouse, swallowed her saliva. This was the first time she realized the terror of a mage. That was not world-destroying magic, nor was it look-at-someone-and-they-die magic, but rather ordinary Stink Egg Magic—as long as mana was sufficient, stink eggs could be manufactured.
A single stink egg might be insignificant, but ten thousand stink eggs constituted an incomparably terrifying biological weapon. It did not hurt people or take lives, but it made people unforgettable forever; it was a lifelong trauma, a day of eating stink eggs until one threw up.
Little Fool resembled a small dog with a tail, closely following Li Yan. Watching Li Yan store a full ten thousand stink eggs into the Alternate Space, she felt a inexplicable surge of excitement in her heart. She remembered the stink egg attack from the afternoon, and now, young master was about to repay it ten-thousand-fold.