[My name is Lin Kleist, by the time you’re reading this, I’m dead.]
[In order to get away from the mess in the royal palace, Bella and I chose to run away, which went smoothly, up until we encountered bandits on the way.]
[We had a suspicion that we would be pursued by the king's henchmen, but didn't worry too much because we’ve had knights escorting us.]
[It was because of this carelessness that we paid a huge price. The entire caravan was lost in the encounter on the second day.]
[I forgot that the King has been gathering power over the years. His soldiers are far more powerful than I thought.]
[Rather than running away, an ambush sounds like the best option.]
......
The following day, sunlight poured into the carriage through the windows.
Bella opened her hazy sleeping eyes and realised that Lin had left her side at some point.
She sat up from the bed in a daze, the silky pajama straps slipping off her shoulders to reveal a lot of white skin.
The sunlight shone on her body, reflecting pure white.
Leaning her head, she saw that Lin was sitting by the window, frowning in contemplation, and with a snap of his fingers, something in his hand seemed to dissipate into smoke.
She rubbed her eyes again and realised that there was nothing in his hand.
"Isn't Lin going to sleep a little longer?" Bella glanced at the clock on the wall, it was only eight in the morning.
Lin breathed in deeply, looked over and shook his head, "I've already had enough sleep, I can't sleep any longer."
In fact he woke up at five in the morning, the reason being that he heard a scuffle.
But the sound came and went quickly, and soon disappeared without a trace as if it had never been there.
Lin reckoned that this was the vanguard of the king’s assasins, mainly acting as scouts - the real main force would come a little later.
After being woken up he tried to go back to sleep, but couldn't calm himself no matter what, so he came to sit by the window, still drowsy.
Being so bored, he even created five more vials of his special magic power potion and placed them on the table in front of him.
Near eight o'clock, a black letter appeared with a message within that told him about the day's events.
The king had collected a lot of his blood over the years, and knowing what it could do, the king couldn't possibly just been tossing it away.
More importantly, he noticed something interesting, it seemed that letters of each colour only appeared once a day, and there was a distinct difference in their tone and wording.
The first thing that was certain was that none of these letters were written by his hand, there was nothing even resembling his writing.
Although he didn't feel any malice from the author, he couldn't let his guard down.
"What's Lin thinking about, it's only been a moment and your expression changed three times." Bella put on her shoes and walked over to touch Lin on his forehead.
It was slightly cold, probably from too much cool air by the window.
"It's nothing," Lin sidestepped as he picked a magic power potion from the table and handed it to Bella, "Try it and see how effective it is."
Receiving the spiritual power potion, Bella revealed a slightly hesitant look, "Although I also want to boost my strength, I don't want Lin to suffer for it."
Lin held Bella on his lap and patter her head, "This isn't self-harm, merely a price to pay for a shortcut to power, and that is what we should be thinking about at the moment."
Bella lowered her small head and thought for a while, then exclaimed, "Big bro Lin, I've decided!"
Lin: "What have you decided?"
Bella: "After we arrive, I'll have grandpa organise a recruitment meeting, I want to find people with talent and potential to form a private guard."
Lin didn't care too much for it; "As you wish."
He didn't place any of his hopes in them, it wasn't that easy to find people with talent, meeting Shire was already a stroke of luck.
"Hmhmm~" just as she thought of Shire, she let out a kitten-like sleepy sound.
Slightly yawning, she slowly climbed out of bed. Seeing both Lin and Bella staring at her, she hastily shrank back under the covers.
Seeing this Lin shook her head and smiled, "Shire, come out."
She took a deep breath and revealed her head from the quilt, hesitating for a moment, she slowly approached Lin with her pale fingers on the floor.
Her shoes were so dirty that she didn't dare to wear them in fear of spreading it to the floor, but fortunately, the floor of the carriage was soft and clean enough, so she didn't have to worry about putting them on.
She lowered her head and carefully leaned over, whispering, "Good morning... Good morning..."
"Good morning Shire, here's your share." Lin took a magic power potion and handed it to her.
But Shire hastily pushed it away, "It's too expensive, I, I can't take it…"
In Shire’s perception, the worth of her body alone would not be enough to pay for a single flask of said potion.
She had already made her mind to repay him, if she accepted something so expensive, her debt would grow larger and larger, and she would never be able to pay it back.
What did she have left besides a fairly decent affinity toward combat?
Her body?
Just kidding, who would look at this weak body, lacking any charm, in that way.
Lin: "You have a talent, don't let it go to waste. Besides, I'd like you to help me if you can."
Hearing Lin say she needed her. Shire couldn’t refute what he said.
Would she be able to repay even a fraction of what she owes to him?
Shire couldn’t tell. As she took the magic power potion and drank it in one go, she stuck out her small rosy tongue to lick everything so as not to waste a single drop.
Feeling Lin's gaze, she blushed again and pulled her tongue back.
The familiar sensation reached her mind, she felt her blood boiling, and the bottleneck to her growth that had been holding her back for so long was breaking apart.
Shire closed her eyes and felt it crack, just a little bit more, just a little bit more...
"Phh~"
A wave of qi erupted from Shire, forming a small cyclone in the room.
Lin and Bella's eyes lit up at the same time, "Fourth rank!"
Bella said to Lin with a wink, "We've really picked up a treasure, huh?"
Lin blinked, "It seems so."
Shire’s talent was once again beyond their expectations, if they were talking only about talent, she would probably be ranked in the top few in the kingdom, not to mention being in the same dimension as Ariel Louise.
What she lacked was nothing more than resources and practice.
Lin was in a good mood as he slapped Bella's back and said, "Bella, go get the map, let's play a fun game."
Bella bashfully jumped off Lin's lap, and glared at Lin with shame and joy.
If it wasn't for the presence of outsiders, she would givem Lin a taste of her power.
Lin, weak as he was wouldn't be able to resist at all, as long as she used her strength.
Bella's eyes wandered as she wondered if she should find a good day to eat Lin.
Bella: "Heh heh heh heh ......"
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