"Leaving the gas stove on really is a serious problem. You may go." Qianyi gestured for Theresis to help untie her.
"Ah, you're really letting me go just like that? Then I won't stand on ceremony, Your Majesty!" Nian had actually been able to free herself from the ropes long ago. With her heat, it would have been effortless. But she had not run, for one simple reason—she did not dare.
If you wore the symbolic restraints and obediently complied, then you were a prisoner of war and received the treatment due a prisoner of war. But if you broke free and tried to flee, then you became an escapee.
Nian figured that if she dared slip out of those ropes and run, the moment she stepped out the door, several monsters comparable to Yan's Old Heavenly Master would descend from the sky and beat the living daylights out of her.
Now that they had agreed to let her leave, of course she had to run while she could.
She strode quickly, gusts of scorching wind trailing in her wake. She was no slower than if she had been running, and in the blink of an eye, she had reached the door. She had already decided that the instant she pushed it open, she would flee Londinium at top speed!
But at that moment, Qianyi's voice reached her ears. "I have heard that giant beasts possess the trait of nurturing ecosystems within their bodies, and that this trait can also affect the outside world. Much of Ursus is unsuitable for growing crops, so I wish to capture a giant beast and try altering the environment. Does Miss Nian happen to know the whereabouts of any giant beasts?"
Nian forcibly stopped in her tracks and turned back. "I do, brother. As