Chapter 40

"That damn guy!"

Ailuka had no choice but to walk to the river herself. She looked back at the place she had left, as if she could still see someone there through the grass and trees.

Ailuka hadn't expected Luolin to be so impolite to her, treating her completely like a tool to be ordered around.

Didn't this guy know what it meant to be a gentleman when dealing with girls?

No, but he was quite gentlemanly toward Shirna, this guy...

What did that mean?

"Not treating me like a girl?"

Ailuka couldn't contain her anger and punched a nearby tree stump. With a strength value as high as seven or eight hundred, the force directly cracked the stump.

Ailuka snapped back to her senses and withdrew her hand.

Even when others secretly gossiped about her being a "freak-strength woman" or "violent woman," Ailuka didn't care at all. In fact, having no one dare to approach her made her feel much more relaxed and comfortable.

But now...

What exactly was she concerned about?

Ailuka herself didn't understand. She couldn't articulate what was in her heart.

"What's wrong with me..."

Ailuka looked at her own hands, murmuring questions to herself, though obviously the answer to this question wouldn't come so directly.

Ailuka shook her head and continued forward.

Ailuka walked toward the river again.

"It's just catching fish. I'll catch some and bring them back."

Ailuka said, then without hesitation, she began to catch fish.

She went directly into the water, not using any tools, simply catching them with her bare hands.

With Ailuka's reaction speed and movement speed, those fish couldn't possibly escape her grasp, but the only problem was...

Ailuka directly slapped a fish and sent it flying. She had only wanted to slap it onto the shore, but instead sent it straight up into the air, and who knew where it ended up.

Ailuka blinked, her body frozen in place.

She clenched her palm. Could it be that her strength really exceeded others by that much?

"I should control my strength a bit more from now on."

Ailuka thought to herself.

After controlling her strength properly, Ailuka's actions became much easier. Catching fish was actually quite easy for her.

Then, Ailuka got carried away with catching fish.

"This water is so refreshing..."

Ailuka thought to herself. She didn't need to worry about anything else, just acting as she pleased. Perhaps it was because she had always been shrouded in that curse-like bloodline that she hadn't noticed other things.

This was certain.

No matter who it was, if they knew that sooner or later their heart would explode and they would die, and that death was imminent, they probably wouldn't be able to enjoy the pleasure of catching fish either.

All of this, she had to thank Luolin for...

"Bah, why should I thank him? I saved him too, so we're even!"

Ailuka shook her head, then out of the corner of her eye, she noticed there seemed to be a few people on the other side of the river.

An adult male and two little girls whose height only reached his waist.

What Ailuka saw was that the man seemed to be scolding them, and finally even slapped one of the girls on the head, directly knocking her to the ground.

"Scum who hits little girls..."

Ailuka said with a dark expression on her face as she slowly approached.

'You two better remember your place! What do you think you are?'

The man was shouting at the two little girls when Ailuka finally arrived.

'Hey! What are you doing?'

Ailuka said sternly. The man looked over and examined Ailuka from head to toe.

'A mercenary?'

He guessed. It was quite normal for mercenaries to appear here.

'Hey! I'm talking to you. If I'm not mistaken, it seems like you're bullying these two little girls?'

Ailuka was full of a sense of justice.

The man gritted his teeth, then his expression relaxed. He responded with a smile:

'Miss, you've misunderstood. I'm not doing anything like that. I'm their older brother. It's just that they did something wrong, so I want them to remember the lesson. You know, as mercenaries, if you're not careful, you could easily lose your life, so you must remember every lesson.'

Faced with his explanation, Ailuka was full of doubt. Ailuka looked at the little girl who had just stood up from the ground.

'Little sister, tell big sister, is what he said true?'

Her gaze met Ailuka's, then she looked away for a moment. She opened her mouth and said—