"Shut up! You don't deserve to kick my master!" Su Tian refused to back down and began battling me again. I deliberately retreated toward the rear courtyard, drawing Tong Shi and the other women of the household over. There were quite a few onlookers, leaving Su Tian both grief-stricken and furious.
I had no intention of getting too far from her either. Taking advantage of the chaos, I whispered to her at close range, "If you agree to three small conditions, I can either let you kill me with one sword strike. How about it?"
"You lecherous swindler! How could I possibly trust you?" Su Tian had even less intention of letting me off.
"I won't harm you either. I know my sins are grave, so surely I can at least kill myself, right?" I wasn't actually burning with impatience. But seeing Su Tian and me engaged in such a dangerous duel, Li Ci and the Dao Lord of Wind were already preparing to come rescue me.
"You don't need to kill yourself. I'll kill you right now!"
"Don't! How about this instead? I'll agree to three conditions of yours!"
"Huh?" The girl was genuinely surprised this time. Agreeing to three conditions of hers—where had such a good thing come from?
"Heh heh. On one condition: you can't kill the dragon, and I get to control the investigation into this matter!" Seeing that things had taken another turn, I straightforwardly voiced my idea. We were already far from everyone else, and no one could hear what we were saying.
"Fine! But you won't escape a single one of the three conditions!" Su Tian said through gritted teeth, though the sword in her hand was still trying to take my life.
"Of course. Once a word is given, breaking it means