Chapter 65: Fighting with QB for Business?

  Upon hearing the other party's declaration of being a human trafficker, Eriol had an even greater reaction: The little loli suddenly handed her handkerchief to Tsukuyo behind her and, with a different tone and tears streaming down her face, said: "Tsukuyo, sister is going to be taken away by force and can't take care of you anymore. Consider this handkerchief as a memento gift from sister, and in the future, you have to take good care of yourself."

  On the other side, Grod's forehead was sweating like rain as if he had just run a full marathon under the scorching sun. This girl's current behavior and her previous image of a thousand gold princess differed by more than just one heaven and one earth - it was the difference between heaven and hell! The reason this cute little devil could stop the demon invasion in the first place was probably because she had a personality comparable to that of a demon herself!?

  As for others looking at Lu Tie's gaze, it is already full of contempt - even his subordinates are the same.

  "I didn't plan on doing anything to you!!" Lüo Jin Hu couldn't help but shout.

  The little loli grasped her hands together in front of her chest and said in a terrified tone, "What are you planning to do now? Are you going to play nurturing games and then do something later?"

  Your sister's upbringing! Can this loli with an adult soul still be raised?!

  "Who said I wanted to play a raising simulation game!?"

  Little loli suddenly covered her bright red face and lowered her head, saying: "Isn't it a habit? You won't think of pushing me down like this, will you? This is not okay, I'm still too young. If it's not pushing me down, could it be... *ahem*... for you? Waaah, that's so dirty."

  "I have hands myself! Uh......" Lianbiao Hu said with a tangled face, "I was wrong, I really was wrong. Let's go now, and you can spare me."

  So the mustachioed bandit who failed to rob and instead got a full bottle of soy sauce was led away by his subordinates with contemptuous gazes, his entire grayish-white figure looking like a pitiful sight from afar, exactly like Uncle Xianglin (?). The little loli's extremely annoying yet ineffective tactics for dealing with powerful devils, which were originally meant to deceive the weak, finally found their first victim... I mean, sacrifice.

  An Qi reluctantly put away her weapons. She had been ready to charge, and this mob would have been easily dispersed with a few blows for a 3rd-level Knight - but in the end, she hadn't even gotten the chance to make a move, and instead ended up breaking out in a cold sweat.

  Alicia stretched out her right hand and made a V sign towards the mercury lamp beside her: "Yeah! The robbers were chased away by me, isn't it awesome?"

  The chairman gave little loli a white eye and ignored her.

  A dejected Eriol rubbed her nose and coughed loudly, saying "Alright, let's continue on our journey."

  The team regains consciousness and starts moving again.

  At this time a trusted aide walked up to Grod's carriage and said, "Sir, the kidnapping of young female magicians has now spread to the vicinity of Rez City. Is it really okay to let things continue like this?"

  "These guys won't be jumping around for a few more days," said Grod. "His Imperial Majesty has already ordered Lady Nia to lead the Rose Knights to investigate, and soon they will find their lair and wipe them out in one go. It won't affect our merchants."

  The two people's conversation didn't intentionally lower their voices, and Eriol heard it then drove the white horse forward to ask with interest: "Can you tell me in detail what exactly happened?"

  "Miss Harris." Groud bowed hastily and said, "You have been unaware of the situation in Hope Garden for some time. Since mid-April this year, there have been continuous cases of young female magicians being kidnapped within the territory of the Virea Empire, and by May, the victims even expanded to include girls with potential as mages."

  Because the kidnappers' scope of operations was wide, their actions were swift and secretive, and they seemed to be well-organized, everyone thought that this was the work of a large gang of thieves. However, no one knew what the purpose of kidnapping these girls was, nor where their hideout was located. Some mercenary guilds had accepted commissions to investigate in the deep mountains near the scene of the crime, but... after going in, no one came out again.

  "Not long ago, the matter was reported to His Majesty by several city lords. His Majesty immediately dispatched the elite Rose Knights to investigate the situation. How could a group of thieves be a match for the Empire's regular army? I believe it will soon come to an end."

  "Oh, so there's something like that too?" Eriol said with a lowered head and a thoughtful tone, "The guy from earlier came at me because I'm a magician, could he also be a member of that thief group? Sorry for causing everyone trouble."

  "Far from it. Maybe he was originally going to rob us, but then discovered such a beautiful you and changed his mind on the spot." Grote said with a smile.

  "Hehe, Mr. Grod is really good at joking." Elisha smiled and nodded, retreating back to Anqi's side.

  Being praised for one's beauty is actually exhilarating... Is this book heading towards a marriage?

  Can you really have a smooth romance with Li Hua pestering you?! By the way, isn't this book tagged as comedy?! You, this eternal loli, just honestly and quietly go sell your cuteness!

  "What's wrong? You seem troubled?" An Qi asked with concern as Eliya remained silent.

  "Ah, I always feel like there's something fishy going on."

  The mercury lamp flew over and said, "Is it your intuition as a woman?"

  The little loli stared at the president speechlessly: "......Are you intentionally coming over to mock me?"

  "It wasn't intentional, nor was it deliberate." The mercury lamp flapped its wings and landed on Angie's horse, "I did it on purpose."

  "Does it make a difference?"

  Anqi coughed once, interrupting the daily routine of the two lolis: "Erihime-sama, what's going on?"

  "It's not a big deal, it's just that there's a group of annoying guys who are abducting large numbers of cute magical girls and girls who have the potential to become magical girls, which is about to put the legendary top-tier illegal pyramid scheme - a certain white cat-like demon - out of business. Compared to the rumors that they're human traffickers, I'd rather believe that they're protecting those innocent girls from QB's deception."

  I should really thank these unsung heroes! They shattered QB's ambitions; they protected the pure dreams of girls; they gave the world love and courage; they gave this rotten earth hope; they...

  "It's just a weird uncle of a group of hijacked girls, no need to heap up words of praise for the round god, right?" Shuǐyín Dēng said coldly.

  Little loli was shocked: "Ah!? You're also looking at Xiao Yuanyuan!?"

  "You think I'm infected with which soul's poison?! You dead house, hurry up and dye your hair into golden curls and go get beheaded!"

  "On one hand, there's a beheading, on the other hand, there's a cute king... it's really hard to choose..."

  I am the dividing line of the beheaded Moe King

  Karellen is the only border town of the Virean Empire that borders Rez, making it a bustling hub. A railway line to the imperial hinterland also passes through here, making it even more prosperous.

  There are all sorts of goods in the town, a constant stream of carriages, large and small guilds and chambers of commerce. There are also all kinds of people: ordinary people looking for work, traveling adventurers, wandering poets, border soldiers, merchants, mercenaries, thieves, hoodlums, students on summer vacation, anime characters who wandered in, passing by grass mud horses, and leisurely fluttering swallowtails...

  Cough, anyway, this is a mixed place of fish and dragons, and basically the same as every town in each traversal where the protagonist comes out from the novice village or the uninhabited forest and makes money by selling materials from poor magical beasts. I wonder if all protagonists, no matter what kind of heaven-defying existence they become later, are all thieves at first? Long Ao Tian, don't run away, people from the Animal Protection Association are looking for you!

  Okay, so our protagonist is not a poacher, so Eriol didn't go to sell the monster's corpse. After entering the town, Grod took the initiative to bid farewell and didn't leave any contact information, seemingly not planning to climb high branches. The little loli naturally let him leave, then happily went around to explore everywhere.

  The streets quickly became congested because the combination of two beautiful lolis and a stern-looking older sister was too eye-catching - Mercury Lamp? She, who didn't want to be surrounded by people, was on the rooftop.

  Eriol was surrounded by the crowd, unable to move around freely, and in the end, she had no choice but to let Angie force a path through the throng and take refuge inside a nearby tall building.

  "Please, please save my daughter! I'll do anything, work myself to the bone if I have to, just make sure you can afford it!" Just as Elisha and the others were about to enter the room in a fluster, a woman's heart-wrenching wail suddenly echoed through the large space.

  Alicia was startled and thought she had traveled back in time to the hospital's cashier counter again, so she quickly looked up.

  This is a very spacious hall, swept clean. Along the wall are arranged some wooden chairs, on which sit several mercenaries with a look of helplessness on their faces. In front of these wooden chairs is a long row of reception windows, above which hang many wooden boards, written with commission contents - this place was originally a mercenary guild.

  In front of the window, a middle-aged woman wearing coarse cloth was sitting on the ground wailing. Behind her stood a young man in hunting attire, also with red and swollen eyes.

  "What's wrong with this aunt?" Eriol asked a male warrior in his thirties standing by the door.

  Eriol didn't have a sinister look on her face, but rather a gentle and lovely expression that went perfectly with her beautiful clothes, giving off the image of a noble young lady who had just gone out to play. The fact that Angie was standing behind her like an attendant only added to this impression - what's with the "who made you stand behind Angie?" comment? The warrior naturally thought she was there to post a quest and hastily bowed down saying: "Honorable miss, do you know about the recent string of kidnappings of young magical girls that have been happening in the rain? (Little Lori nodded)

  The big sister's daughter is a student at Hope Garden, and she just started school this year. Isn't it summer vacation now? The big sister's daughter had previously sent a letter saying that she would return yesterday, but what the big sister received instead was news brought by someone else that her daughter had been kidnapped. She has already been here for a whole day, and no one is willing to accept the commission. It's not about the commission fee, it's just... too dangerous."

  The warrior also had an expression of helplessness on his face.

  At this time, the young hunter gritted his teeth and said to the middle-aged woman: "Mom, don't cry. These people won't accept the commission even if you pay them enough. I'll go find her, you go back home and rest first. Don't worry, I will definitely bring Vachis back!"

  Alicia's feet froze just as she was about to step towards the wall bench.