Pepe Ni knelt in the shallow stream, water dripping from the ends of her pale-golden hair. She wore an expression as if she had seen a ghost.
"Hmph~"
Pepe Ni made a strange sound, half moan and half questioning cry over fate's injustice. Weren't protagonists supposed to have a good start? Weren't they supposed to inherit some great power? Weren't they supposed to meet a handsome Imperial officer?
"Mentor, your transformation spell is amazing. You can actually turn into the form of a War Demon. There has to be one, right? A transformation spell like that has to exist, right?"
Pepe Ni spoke with tears in the corners of her eyes. She had already begun to delude herself, imagining that transformation spells existed in this world. In reality, there was no such thing.
"Treason, attacking Imperial soldiers, helping the Chaos Legion's Grand Lord escape, defecting to the enemy... With all those crimes added up, you're already one of us, Pepe Ni."
Su Xiao's hand moved from the top of Pepe Ni's head to her neck. If she said one wrong thing, she would die on the spot.
"Waaah~"
Pepe Ni couldn't hold back and burst into tears. Su Xiao withdrew his hand to avoid getting her snot on it.
"Chimney Mountain is over there. I... I have a request. Could you let me die neatly?"
"Speak plainly."
"Leave my corpse intact."
"Fine."
"!"
Pepe Ni's soul nearly flew out of her body. She had only said it casually, yet he had actually agreed—and with such an indifferent attitude.
Crack!
A thin bolt of lightning struck down. Su Xiao raised his hand to block it, arcs of electricity surging across his left arm. He felt this might be a side effect triggered by the Sky-Sweeping Turbulence title, though he couldn't confirm