As they walked into Sun Radiance Valley, Candice chatted cheerfully with Han Shuo, yet her eyes kept stealing glances at Jiebier, sometimes deliberately and sometimes unconsciously, with puzzlement in her gaze.
Han Shuo noticed Candice's furtive glances. Seeing her grow increasingly confused, he explained with a smile, "Stop looking. She isn't an angel glorified by the Church of Light as you imagine. She simply has an extra pair of snow-white wings."
Her expression relaxed, and Candice asked Han Shuo curiously in a low voice, "If she isn't an angel like the Church of Light describes, then what is she? I've worked as a mercenary all over the Qio Continent, but I've never heard of humans like her."
"She's my woman." Han Shuo did not explain Jiebier's identity, merely making their relationship clear.
Hearing Han Shuo say this, Jiebier glared fiercely at him and said in a lowered voice, "You bastard! You already have three beauties in the empire, yet you're still chasing women everywhere!"
Han Shuo merely smiled at Candice's accusation, maintaining his leisurely demeanor as he continued deeper into Sun Radiance Valley.
Along the way, many merchants in Sun Radiance Valley stared at Han Shuo's party in astonishment. Not only Jiebier with her snow-white wings, but also Haimanna and Xierfu, whose shoulders, elbows, and knees bristled with sharp spikes, drew considerable attention.
"Who are these people? They're so strange!"
"Isn't that one of the Church of Light's legendary powerful angel warriors? Why would she appear in Sun Radiance Valley? I remember the leader of the Soul Annihilation Mercenary Group expressly forbidding anyone from the Church of Light from entering Sun Radiance Valley!"
"Don't you see Candice leading the way? There must be something to it!"
"..."
Discussion of the identities of Han Shuo's party kept coming from the surrounding