Chapter 36: Eve of Departure (cont.)

Li Zihan, who had always loved wandering, chuckled.

"Restless impulses flow through my blood, urging me to keep seeing the wonders of other worlds."

"Can you take me with you?"

Equally restless, Raphael's eyes lit up slightly. She wrapped her arms around the boy's arm and shook it hard like a child begging for a gift.

If she went to another world, she could grow stronger through its power system and collect heads that didn't even exist in this world. Just thinking about it made her blood boil.

"No."

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Zihan matter-of-factly rejected Raphael's request.

He was going to peaceful, harmonious Tenku City and Little Garden, where gods and demons were everywhere. Taking Raphael to the former would cause trouble, while in the latter, she could only serve as cannon fodder—the lesser kind, at that.

"Ehhh—how heartless. You were so gentle with me all night the day before yesterday."

Rejected, Raphael looked deeply aggrieved, appearing so delicate and pitiful that anyone would feel sorry for her.

But Li Zihan knew that what she was really thinking about was hunting in another world, slaughtering enemies, and using their blood to nourish her own strength.

Perhaps that was what it meant to do the most brutal things with the most delicate appearance.

"I'm only going to help a pig-raising girl deal with something. It won't be challenging, and even if you come with me, you won't encounter any powerful monsters or heads worth hunting."

Naturally concealing the matter of Little Garden, the boy tried to persuade his lover with a headache.

"A pig-raising girl? What kind of title is that?"

Raphael froze. What sort of nickname was that?

"A half-elf with time-based abilities. Her head is probably about as big as your chest."

Having already become irredeemably malicious,