Chapter 24

Lin Hanxuan is fine. I hope we can become friends who trust each other, not master and servant."

Peiganbo hesitated a little, but still said, "That's no problem, Lin Hanxuan."

Hal also grinned and leaned in. "Peiganbo, hello. My name's Hal. I'm Boss's little brother."

"...Hello." Peiganbo had always lived alone and was not used to anyone greeting him for a moment, so his answer came out rather stiff.

Seeing that Lin Hanxuan had successfully subdued Peiganbo, Luo Lun directed the teachers and students present. "All right, since the matter is over, the school should return to normal. Everyone must be tired. Clean this place up in a while, and the school will have two days off so the students can get some proper rest."

A burst of cheers rang out, but then a female student, her face streaked with tears, walked up to Luo Lun and said, "Vice Dean, my younger brother was killed by that cruel Magic Beast. You must avenge my brother." As she spoke, she wiped her tears.

Luo Lun's face turned ashen. He asked, "Duoduo, how many casualties were there among the students?"

Duoduo answered awkwardly, "Vice Dean, Yi Junze and Yi Junshu were both injured, and one student named Pedro died." As Duoduo spoke, he kept glancing toward Peiganbo.

Seeing that Lin Hanxuan might get into trouble, Fields hurriedly came out to smooth things over. "Luo Lun, when a Magic Beast attacks a school, casualties are unavoidable. I think I'll step in to soothe that student's family. What do you all think?"

Luo Lun pondered for a moment, but still replied, "City Lord, we should handle this matter ourselves. After all, Pedro was a student of Saguli Academy. Why should you take trouble onto yourself? It's just that Peiganbo can't continue staying at the school. We'll still have to ask the City Lord for help arranging where he should go."

Seeing that Peiganbo definitely could not stay at the school together with Lin Hanxuan, Lin Hanxuan quietly asked Peiganbo, "Peiganbo, can you live in the forest?" He wanted to arrange for Peiganbo to stay beside Sihaier, so that if any danger arose, he could protect her from nearby.

Peiganbo was chewing the long antennae on his head. Hearing that he could live in the forest, he answered without even thinking, "Okay."

"It's all right. Although Peiganbo killed someone first and only became Lin Hanxuan's magic pet afterward, this killing must be dealt with at once, so I'll handle it together."

After Fields finished speaking, he did not wait for Luo Lun's response before saying again, "That student, could you come over for a moment?" With a pleasant expression, Fields waved to the female student whose younger brother had died.

The little girl's face was pale, and her whole body trembled as she walked up before Fields. She stopped when she was still several steps away from him. She was very afraid of Peiganbo and did not dare come close at all.

"Little sister, what's your name?" Fields bent down and patted the female student's head.

"My name is Shafu," the little girl murmured, her voice very small.

"You're of the fox tribe?" The little girl was delicate and adorable, but her lips tilted upward slightly, and the fine hairs on her body were thicker than those of an ordinary human girl, forming a special kind of charm instead. He knew that the fox women's transformation magic could hide their tails. Perhaps she did not want others to know, so Fields asked in a very low voice.

"Yes." Shafu knew that her magical transformation technique could not fool the great mage Fields, so she simply admitted it very readily.

"I'm very sorry about your younger brother." Fields comforted her, saying, "But the dead cannot return to life. We should make proper plans for those still alive. Do you know that Beast Territory has recently been thrown into chaos over the Magic Beast heavenly disaster?"

Shafu obediently nodded. She knew that Fields, the City Lord of Dead City, was very friendly toward beastmen, but what did that have to do with her younger brother's death?

Seeing the little girl looking at him with a pair of innocent big eyes, Fields smiled and said, "Fox Territory has also been somewhat unsettled recently. Would you like your family to move to Dead City?"

"Ah? Is that really possible?" Shafu asked, both shocked and delighted. She knew a little about her family's situation. Their days were not easy, which was why she and her younger brother had traveled the long road to Saguli Academy to study magic. As long as they could graduate smoothly, they would definitely be heavily valued by the tribe after returning home, and then their family's circumstances could be improved.

"Of course there's no problem. I only need to say a word to your grand commander." Fields continued, "Shafu, I must make this clear to you: this is not an exchange." Seeing Shafu's eyes swollen red, likely because she had cried very sorrowfully just now, Fields felt he had to be very careful with his wording as he spoke.

"You also saw what that Magic Beast is capable of," Fields said. "To be honest, if I fought him one-on-one, I would win. But if you added the Locusts or Sand Tigers under his control, I'd be dead for certain. Think about it. If you're dead set on revenge, perhaps one day you really could kill him, but even if you succeeded, your younger brother still could not come back to life. Now he is already Lin Hanxuan's spiritual contract creature. You saw what happened just now too. That child Lin Hanxuan is very kind, kind enough to move Peiganbo into giving up his hatred and willingly risking his life for Lin Hanxuan. I can promise you that Peiganbo will not indiscriminately kill innocents again, because Lin Hanxuan will not let him do that."

As Fields spoke, Shafu's tears began to fall again. Can this human really be trusted? Shafu stared fixedly at Lin Hanxuan.

"You still have a very long road ahead of you." Fields worked hard to persuade her. "