In the shabby little house, the two thugs saw the situation and knew there was no escaping today. They quickly dropped to their knees and kowtowed.
"Mercy, sir! Please spare us!"
Just then, the city guards arrived as well.
The commander saw Lynn in the air and hurriedly bowed. "Sir! I'll take these two back for a thorough interrogation immediately. They will not be shown mercy!"
Lynn landed before the house, his voice devoid of emotion. "No need. I'll handle them myself."
The commander shuddered and looked at the two thugs with sympathy.
Falling into the hands of a furious wizard, the two of them would probably not even be allowed a clean death.
The two thugs exchanged a glance, each seeing the despair in the other's eyes.
Lynn walked over to Lin Chen and Lin Yao.
Lin Yao was still clinging to Lin Chen and refusing to let go, sobbing so hard she was gasping for breath. Lin Chen's eyes were red too, his face streaked with dust, his hands still trembling.
"Neither of you is hurt?" Lynn asked.
Lin Chen shook his head. "Dad, I failed to keep an eye on Yaoyao."
"It's not Brother's fault." Lin Yao sniffled. "I ran off on my own."
Looking at the two children, the fire in Lynn's chest finally subsided somewhat.
Forget it. The children were so sensible—how could he bear to blame them?
He reached out and picked Lin Yao up, then rubbed Lin Chen's head with his other hand.
"Let's go home first. Don't keep everyone waiting anxiously."
With that, Lynn led the two of them back.
Iron Tooth followed behind them with his head lowered, not saying a word.
As the head guard and an old member of the family, he had nearly lost the little princess today