I knew it!
Veil hadn't even finished speaking before Fu Qian sighed inwardly.
Why wasn't I surprised at all?
Fu Qian still had a vague impression of Veil's younger sister—the Beast Claw Girl from the Ring Archipelago.
He remembered that Veil had even been willing to sacrifice her dignity just to ask him to deliver something to her.
Of course, to this day, Fu Qian still didn't know what the girl was called.
It seemed she'd been lucky enough to survive the laboratory accident.
To gain Supernatural Power, she'd let herself be talked into having her hand chopped off and replaced with a claw. She really had been rebellious to an extraordinary degree.
Dealing with a troublemaking kid like that was exhausting.
Come to think of it, her sister really was a strange one, always seeking out the weirdest places.
The Ring Archipelago had been strange enough, and now even Bailuoke was hiding its own oddities.
Veil looked a little sheepish, as if something had crossed her mind.
"Did you just arrive here, Mr. Fu?"
After composing herself, Veil took the initiative and broke the silence.
"Just call me Fu Qian."
Fu Qian looked into the distance. The group who'd been with Veil earlier were gradually leaving, and people kept turning back to look.
"I did arrive not long ago."
"You don't seem to have settled in yet. The hotels here are all rather shabby. Would you consider staying at my place?"
Veil pointed to the suitcase by Fu Qian's feet.
"Your place?"
"Yes. I have a temporary place to stay here. It's fairly spacious. If you don't mind..."
Veil's tone was very sincere.
"You helped me get a message to Lita last time, and I haven't had a chance to thank you."
So the Beast Claw Girl was called