After completing a series of formalities and collecting Melodie's belongings, Su Xiao walked out of the prison. Melodie followed him from a distance, looking as if she was ready to flee at any moment.
"I'll give you ten minutes to escape. Now... begin."
Su Xiao took out a pocket watch and started timing.
"What will happen if I'm caught after ten minutes?"
Melodie was very clever. She did not flee immediately. Freeing a white witch with a history of fraud required paying a large sum of gold coins.
"I'll skin you."
"Haha, that's the funniest thing I've heard lately..."
Melodie laughed, but soon could not laugh anymore. Whether it was an illusion or not, she felt that he might really do it!
"What do you want? My body? Forget it. I'm a very stubborn person. If you're interested in corpses, you can try possessing me."
Melodie's expression turned serious. She knew this was an opportunity—a dangerous one. She was badly short of money, while Su Xiao seemed very wealthy.
"Finished?"
"Uh~ More or less."
"Follow me."
Su Xiao walked toward a tavern. Bubu Wang was already waiting inside. It was nine in the morning, and there were basically no customers in the tavern.
Five minutes later.
Sss~
A beer mug as thick as a fist was filled to the brim and overflowed. The bartender picked up a wooden ruler and scraped the white foam from the rim before tapping the bar with it. The foam flew off, and the whole set of movements was highly practiced.
A large mug of beer was placed in front of Su Xiao. The liquid in the transparent mug was orange-yellow, with bubbles rapidly rising and making a pleasant hissing sound.
In the quiet tavern, Su Xiao and Melodie sat facing each other at a