Chapter 42

Ailuka's tremendous strength showed remarkably significant effects at this moment.

It even made Luolin spin in the air, then crash face-first onto the ground in a very standard manner.

"Woc!"

Luolin covered half of his face and stood up. Even after such an attack, he still held the grilled fish high in his hand, not letting it fall to the ground.

"Ow ow ow... Are you trying to kill me? If you dirty the fish, do you want to go catch more in the middle of the night?"

Luolin said while covering his face.

"Are... are you okay?"

Ailuka still asked with some concern. Luolin rubbed his face:

"How could I be okay? Why don't you try a 360-degree aerial spin followed by a face-first landing?"

Ailuka breathed a sigh of relief because of this.

That Luolin could withstand her strength with just these few levels of attributes was quite impressive.

Could it be because his face was so thick that landing face-first didn't hurt him at all?

"Hmph, isn't it your fault? What were you suddenly doing? If you dare do that again next time, I'll chop off your hand!"

Ailuka said very angrily.

"Wasn't I just trying to cheer you up because I saw something was wrong with you?"

"Who would be happy being treated like that!"

Ailuka pulled down her short skirt to cover her thighs. Her face had turned red. Ailuka shook her head, shaking off those messy thoughts that suddenly appeared in her mind.

She snatched the grilled fish from Luolin's hand.

"I'll eat it, okay? Seeing how hard you worked, I'll magnanimously eat what you grilled. Accept it with gratitude!"

"Do you think you're a goddess? I should feel honored that you're eating my food?"

Luolin shook his head, then without asking anything more, put down the fish soup and walked away.

Ailuka watched Luolin's departing back. Although she wanted to say something, in the end she couldn't bring herself to speak.

After eating, the sky had completely darkened.

"Shirna, go sleep in the tent. Although it's crude, at least you won't be sleeping in the open."

Luolin looked at the darkening sky and said to Shirna. Shirna hesitated awkwardly but still walked toward the tent as Luolin suggested.

"Master, you set this up so that at night you could..."

"No, go to sleep!"

Luolin immediately said after Shirna's words, knowing without thinking what she would say.

Did this girl have persecution complex? Or rather, a [beep—] persecution complex?

However, considering the kind of environment she grew up in, it became somewhat understandable.

After making Shirna obediently go to sleep, Luolin looked at Ailuka who was huddled to one side. Luolin tossed his jacket over to her.

"You're already shivering from the cold."

Luolin said. Ailuka caught the jacket that was tossed over and was stunned for a moment.

"Hmph, I don't want to wear clothes you've worn!"

Saying this, Ailuka draped the jacket over herself.

Indeed, she didn't put it on properly...

There wasn't much topic for conversation between the two, so they remained in a silent atmosphere.

Finally, Ailuka spoke:

"Are you really planning to send Shirna to the slave market?"

Facing Ailuka's question, Luolin fell silent for a moment:

"This is all we can do right now. Even if we want to save Shirna, there's no other way. Until we can think of a solution, we can only do this for now."

Luolin gave the same answer.

At this moment, Ailuka was about to continue speaking, but she suddenly remembered what Shirna had said to her.

Even if Luolin refused to take on this task, her fate would only become worse.

Ailuka fell silent, a deep sense of powerlessness enveloping her.

Isn't it tragic?

She couldn't even save one or two girls with miserable fates, just like what happened today. Ailuka could be certain that the relationship between those few people wasn't that simple.

But so what?

She couldn't do anything about it, and even they themselves had given up on asking for help.

Ailuka wasn't brave enough either. She still couldn't bring herself to save them without considering the consequences at all.

Ailuka buried her face in her knees and stopped talking. Looking like this, Ailuka appeared very fragile.

"If you're tired, go sleep in the tent. I'll keep watch tonight."

Luolin said. Hearing Luolin's words, Ailuka felt quite indignant.

"Hmph, a mere newcomer like you? Of course I should be the one protecting you all. Do you think I can't even resist drowsiness?"

And then... Ailuka fell asleep just like that—