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Chapter 327: 326 “Jade

“This…”

The scene unfolding before his eyes instantly stupefied Shane, who had been standing there with a semblance of a smile.

Especially the blossoming of blood, the sound of bodies hitting the floor, and the carpet gradually staining red, all told Shane that this was no dream.

“Not…”

Shane had not foresaw such an event, and was completely dumbfounded.

Heavens, although he had wanted to keep these people, he never intended to harm them.

After all, Shane’s “Enemy Detection” skill had not reacted at all, it was only the “Magic Perception” skill that had responded, alerting Shane to their presence, and letting him know that these people probably had some purpose for sneaking into this room, rather than to harm him.

So, Shane had wanted to capture them and properly interrogate what they were really up to, but he hadn’t intended to slaughter them.

As a result, they collectively committed suicide, leaving Shane both dumbfounded and confused.

Immediately, Shane hurried forward to check their condition.

Sadly, all four people had been fatalistically struck, dying almost instantly without a hint of struggle, much less a sliver of hope for survival.

“I, the hell…”

Shane didn’t even know what to say anymore.

Although his hands were not clean of human life, having personally destroyed nearly half of the Kingdom Knights, Shane had never killed the innocent, only those who were hostile.

And now what?

Was he being forced to stain his hands with the lives of the innocent?

“So harsh on themselves…”

Shane stood up, his face filled with displeasure.

But at that moment, a voice came from behind Shane.

“They were simply unable to defy their master’s orders.”

The calm and indifferent voice entered Shane’s ears, prompting him to turn his head to look behind.

There stood Lasha, quietly in the hallway, holding a wrapped bundle, having appeared at some unknown time.

“You’re saying they couldn’t defy their master’s orders?”

Shane was momentarily taken aback by Lasha’s words.

“Yes.” Lasha nodded, continuing, “If I’m not mistaken, they are not humans, but like me, Magic Life.”

“Magic Life?” Shane suddenly understood, and said, “Are you suggesting, the creator of these Magic Life beings commanded them to infiltrate here, and ordered them, once discovered and with no hope of escape, to commit suicide on the spot?”

“I’m afraid so.” Lasha affirmed Shane’s guess, and spoke indifferently, “That’s why they killed themselves without hesitation, because for us Magic Life, the master’s command is everything, utterly inarguable, and will not be defied.”

Hearing this, Shane furrowed his brows.

If that was the case, then who sent these Magic Life here?

What was the hidden mastermind’s objective?

As Shane pondered this, he also glanced at Lasha.

More precisely, at the wrapped bundle in Lasha’s hands.

“What is that?”

Shane asked with curiosity.

Lasha immediately responded.

“This is something they left behind.” Lasha gave a cool glance at the Magic Life corpses on the floor and said coldly, “It seems they were specifically here to place this item, and as it might be a dangerous object, I inspected it while Mr. Shane was dealing with them.”

…So you managed to do that in such a short time, without my noticing?

Never mind, this isn’t the first time.

In any case, impressive as always.

“So what is this then?”

Shane’s gaze fixed on the bundle in Lasha’s embrace.

From that bundle, Shane could feel a faint magic power.

“Is it some kind of Magic Tools? Or a Magic Weapon?”

This was what Shane believed.

However, Lasha’s expression seemed somewhat peculiar.

“Mr. Shane, you should see for yourself.”

Lasha handed the bundle to Shane.

Shane took it naturally and then couldn’t help but freeze.

Why did the bundle feel warm and soft?

With a puzzled look, Shane unconsciously caressed the bundle.

The next second, Shane didn’t know what he pressed, but a sound came from the bundle.

“Awu…”

A soft whimper echoed from inside.

Shane was left petrified.

Lasha remained silent.

The atmosphere in the room suddenly became a bit peculiar.

Of course, what’s even more peculiar was Shane’s face, which continued to twitch at the corners.

“…I must have heard wrong?”

Shane seemed unwilling to accept a certain reality.

In response, Lasha remained silent.

There was no helping it; her temporary master’s favorite thing to do was to escape reality. As a small Maid, Lasha dared not speak or ask, only silently observing.

Shane, after convincing himself to evade reality once more, pressed again.

“Awu… yaw…”

In an instant, whimpering noises of discomfort continually came from the bundle, forcefully waking Shane from his denial of reality.

Finally, even a certain little girl who had been disturbed couldn’t stand it.

“Had enough of touching?” Lasha, clutching a pillow, wearing pajamas with sleepy, groggy eyes, stood at the doorway of her own bedroom. She rubbed her eyes with her little hands, her face entirely displeased–it was unclear if it was due to irritation from being woken up or from dissatisfaction with Shane’s actions.

As a result, Shane fell into silence and also stopped what he was doing.

The next moment, Shane suddenly made a move and violently tore open the cloth sack.

The contents of the sack were now, at that very moment, revealed to everyone’s sight.

It was a girl.

She appeared to be of similar age to Ai Yi, very young and very cute.

The girl was dressed in a black-and-white gothic dress, her limbs slender, her stature petite, yet she had a head of exceptionally striking, sun-like golden blonde hair–very smooth and flowing.

Her eyes were a light shade of purple, crystal-clear much like that of a gemstone, and her tender face was as pretty as a doll’s, with very tiny cheeks that seemed to have very little flesh.

Such a girl, as if straight out of a fairy tale, a princess, was lying inside that sack, now being held in Shane’s arms.

The girl, however, was not unconscious; instead, she was staring at Shane with her big, wide eyes.

Shane had completely lost his voice.

Ai Yi didn’t know how to describe the situation before her either.

It was only Lasha who spoke with composure.

“I found the sack and opened it–she seemed to have already woken up at the time but was neither noisy nor troublesome, didn’t have any abnormal behavior, calm, not like a child, or even not like a normal human.”

…So you repackaged her and sent her to me?

Should I praise you? Or scold you?

Shane didn’t know how to describe his feelings at that moment.

And the girl, just as Lasha had said, was neither crying nor making a fuss, just quietly looking at Shane, which felt unbearably strange.

Suddenly, such an inexplicable situation fell upon Shane.

“Sigh…”

Ai Yi sighed as if she was tired and said,

“Anyway, let’s clean up here first.”

About five minutes later, all the corpses and bloodstains in the room had been cleaned up, even the carpet was replaced with a new one, returning the room to its original state as if nothing had happened.

Lasha had taken care of everything by herself, but how she did it, we still don’t know.

Shane didn’t even know how Lasha dealt with the bodies or where she found an identical carpet to replace the old one, but none of that was important anymore.

What was important now was how to deal with the situation at hand.

In the hallway, the doll-like, cute little girl was placed by Shane on the sofa, sitting there quietly, very well-behaved.

To be precise, she was too well-behaved to the extent that it felt eerie.

The girl seemed indifferent to everything, unconcerned with what was happening to her, just quietly watching Shane, Ai Yi, and Lasha. Her purple, gem-like eyes twinkled and blinked–indeed, she was quite adorable.

Shane, Ai Yi, and Lasha glanced at each other and then all turned to look at the girl in front.

“Hello.”

Shane attempted to communicate with the girl.

The girl did not respond but merely kept her gaze fixed on Shane.

“Do you… can you talk?”

Shane hesitated for a moment before asking such a question.

Again, the girl did not answer, but continued to look intently at Shane.

“Er…”

After several failed attempts at conversation and being continuously ignored, Shane felt awkward and sent a look of appeal to his two companions.

“Don’t look at me; I don’t do well conversing with kids.”

Ai Yi immediately and mercilessly cut off Shane’s pleas for help.

“…I only understand how to serve guests impeccably.”

After a moment of silence, Lasha hinted so.

Shane was at a loss for words.

And here I was, thinking these two could keep being so amazing, so impenetrable; it seems I was thinking too much.

Could this be their Achilles’ heel?

Shane wondered to himself.

But at the same time, Shane also began to have his doubts.

“Could it be… this child really can’t speak?”

Shane eyed the girl skeptically.

But the girl, without showing fear, looked back directly at Shane, as if she were appraising what kind of person he was, or how he would treat her.

Shane saw a lively spirit in her eyes, thinking surely they could still communicate?

If that was the case…

“My name is Shane. What’s yours?”

Shane tried again.

But the girl remained silent, not saying a word.

“Alright then.”

Shane gave up.

Just when Shane thought the girl truly could not speak, suddenly, a small voice rang out.

“Jade.”

The girl unexpectedly uttered a voice as sweet and melodious as a nightingale’s song.

“Jade… that’s my name…”

The girl finally spoke.

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