Joyce's Rescue

Just as the cute girl was agonizing over whether she should go or not,

Su Wen gently patted her shoulder from behind.

"Ah! Who is it?"

She startled like a little rabbit, nearly jumping straight up.

Only after turning around and seeing Su Wen did she lightly place her right hand over her chest, as though she had finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mr. Kevin,

Don't scare me like that."

She pointed to the broken beam bridge beside her, where Norma's explosion had shattered it,

Then added seriously,

"I really might get so scared that I jump down."

Su Wen merely smiled and sat beside her. Then, as if making it up to her, he handed her a White Chocolate Bar.

"Looks like our brave Miss Joyce has things she's afraid of too."

"Mm,

Of course I do."

As though recalling something,

She adorably snatched the chocolate bar from Su Wen's hand and added indignantly,

"You don't know that woman.

The whip in her hand was like a venomous snake. It was terrifying.

If it hadn't been for your barrier, Mr. Kevin, I probably would have been killed by her."

"That was understandable."

Su Wen did not tease her further.

Though teasing the cute Miner did put him in a good mood,

"Because,

Just now,

I ran into her too."

Hearing that, Joyce nervously circled Su Wen once.

"Mr. Kevin, are you all right?

Did she bite you anywhere?"

"No.

I broke her strongest poisonous Shaping Spell. Do you remember that tremor just now?

That was the reaction from her piloting an Escape Pod away."

At his words,

The girl's eyes seemed to sparkle with little stars.

"You're so amazing, Mr. Kevin.

You even scared that awful woman away.

That's incredible!"

Being admired felt good.

But Su Wen felt