"Routine inquiry from the wardens. Please open the door."
Knock, knock knock—
It was those city guards...
Harvey parted his lips slightly, then swallowed back the words he had painstakingly gathered.
Knock, knock knock.
The knocking sounded again.
This time, the voice from outside carried a clear edge of vigilance and impatience. "Is anyone home at Number 46 Sea Breeze Street?"
"They're definitely in there. I can feel it... Did you forget what I told you?" Another lowered voice filtered through the door.
Harvey's gaze fell back onto the dragon egg in He Xi's hands.
The curtains in the living room had indeed been lit up by that red glow just now.
Though it was neither some evil ritual nor an unregistered dangerous spell experiment, to the tense wardens outside, there was probably no difference—especially after this street had just been through a bout of chaos.
At the thought, Harvey could not help feeling awkward.
After all, those people outside had come for him.
Of course, he could say that his battle with that evil presence last night had been to protect this street, and to protect the young man before him, the one chosen by the dragon egg.
But what had come of it?
Not only had he failed to catch the other party, he had also turned this quiet street into a complete mess.
Come to think of it, nothing he had done tonight had been particularly friendly from beginning to end.
He had turned into a rat and snuck into someone's home, then questioned the other's age and qualifications in an interrogative tone.
He had even tried to take the dragon egg from this young man.
If the dragon egg had not ultimately shown a rejection that was practically the same as "disdain"...
*Why would it dislike