Chapter: Chapter 309
“Actually, I think you could carry me on your back instead of carrying me like this,” Leticia said, her face slightly flushed as she watched the scenery recede on both sides.
Yes, Bai Ling did not question Leticia again at the end. However, perhaps to express her dissatisfaction, her original plan to carry Leticia on her back was directly changed to a princess carry, which made the shy Leticia a little unbearable.
Although there was no one else watching, although it was in a dream, although… although there were many “almonths,” Leticia was just shy. Being held by Bai Ling like this, she really couldn’t appear calm.
“Why not? Isn’t this more convenient for movement?” Bai Ling said nonchalantly, holding Leticia as if she were holding a wooden doll, not a young girl.
Of course, this was just a pretense. Where Leticia couldn’t see, the roots of Bai Ling’s ears had turned red uncontrollably.
This made Bai Ling very confused. Logically speaking, someone like her shouldn’t be so easily shy. Even if she held a beautiful girl, she shouldn’t be like this.
Besides, they were both women. It was understandable for the one being held to be shy, but why was the one holding also embarrassed? Bai Ling couldn’t understand. She only knew that as soon as she held Leticia, a voice suddenly appeared in her mind, tempting her to take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy the girl in her arms completely.
But who was Bai Ling? She might not be so upright in other aspects, but at this moment, how could she do something so beastly?
“No, I don’t think this is very convenient.” Leticia swallowed, feeling a strong sense of crisis since just now. The source of this crisis was none other than the girl holding her.
Moreover, this sense of crisis was not strong, meaning it would not threaten Leticia’s life, but… other things were hard to say.
Leticia was now worried that Bai Ling would suddenly be controlled by her lower body and turn into a hungry wolf, pushing down on her.
If that happened, she would truly have no face to meet anyone.
Uh, didn’t that last sentence sound a bit strange? It was strange for a girl to be controlled by her lower body.
“I think it’s convenient enough,” Bai Ling said, holding Leticia tighter. “I’m going to speed up, bear with it.”
Bear with it? What was there to bear? A string of questions popped into Leticia’s mind, and soon, her doubts were answered.
First, Bai Ling in this dream world was a swordsman. Her strength was not bad, but it was only not bad. Before obtaining the Star Sword, her combat power might have been inferior to that of the yellow-haired guy.
Naturally, when she was traveling at full speed, she couldn’t protect the person in her arms. Although she had done her best to protect Leticia with her body, the strong wind blowing towards them made it impossible for Leticia to say a word.
What was more desperate was that such an experience would last for several hours.
When Bai Ling put Leticia down on the ground, the black-haired girl couldn’t even stand steadily. She held onto a large tree beside her and kept dry-heaving. Although in the real world, she could travel several times faster than this, in the absence of any strength, her performance was no different from an ordinary person.
Seeing that Leticia still needed some time to recover, Bai Ling decided to go to the nearby camp to gather information. As for Leticia, someone was secretly protecting her, so there was no need to worry.
As soon as Leticia saw Bai Ling about to leave alone, she immediately staggered to Bai Ling’s side and grabbed her hand, “Don’t leave me here alone.”
Hearing this, and feeling the warmth of the girl’s palm, a wonderful feeling arose from the bottom of Bai Ling’s heart. Something in her mind seemed about to awaken, but it was just short of the final push.
And that final push, Leticia did not give her the opportunity to kick.
“I was made like this by you, and you’re just going to leave?” Although Leticia’s voice was weak, it was still full of unhappiness.
With Leticia’s current appearance, saying such a thing was indeed provocative. If other people who didn’t know were watching, Bai Ling would probably be immediately labeled as a pervert.
Look at Leticia now, her beautiful black hair was extremely messy (blown by the wind), her cute little face was pale, and her originally neat dress was wrinkled (also blamed on the wind). Coupled with her resentful expression, any normal person would think that this girl had been subjected to some beastly act by Bai Ling.
Generally speaking, a normal person would try to refute at this time, at least not let this blame fall on their head.
Unfortunately, Bai Ling was not an ordinary person. She only showed a helpless smile at Leticia’s accusation. “If you can still walk, then follow me.”
She already had enough on her plate, so she didn’t mind taking on another accusation of forcing a young girl. Besides, Leticia was clearly joking, so Bai Ling didn’t need to care about this girl’s blame.
This reaction made Leticia pout. This level of reaction was still a bit annoying.
“Can’t you react more? For example, explain in a flustered manner.” Leticia took her still trembling legs and followed Bai Ling, who had already broken free and walked away. “You’re so wooden, do you know that?”
Bai Ling shook her head at this evaluation. If she was wooden, she was wooden. “When we face those people later, don’t be so jumpy. They’re not as easy to talk to as I am.”
Bai Ling was naturally referring to the people in the camp ahead. Some of them were adventurers curious about the Sleeping Empire, but most of them were desperadoes who wanted to get something out of that empire.
If a girl like Leticia entered here without someone like her to protect her, she would probably be torn to shreds within minutes.
“Don’t worry, I understand the principle of speaking the truth to people and lies to ghosts.” Leticia immediately adjusted her expression and became serious.
This rapid change in expression made Bai Ling glance at Leticia more. This girl seemed to have quite a few secrets, at least this ability to change her face was not something an ordinary girl could master.
However, this was not bad. At least she wouldn’t be dragged down at this time.
Bai Ling’s plan was to ask the people in the camp if they had seen her sister. This was the only way to get from the Star Empire to the Sleeping Empire, so her sister had a high probability of passing through here.
But the atmosphere in this camp was clearly not quite right. Although it wasn’t very early now, according to common sense, the people gathered here shouldn’t have rested yet.
And these people had not rested. Some of them were wearing conspicuous white bandages, and some bandages were even stained red with blood. This undoubtedly indicated that these people had just experienced a fierce battle.
So, who did they fight with?
“Outsiders again?” A fierce-looking man sitting on the ground with a white bandage wrapped around his forehead glanced at Leticia and the two of them, a hint of disgust flashing across his face. “Get lost, you’re not welcome here.”
With such undisguised disgust, Leticia even suspected that this guy had mistaken them for the ones who injured him.
“This is not your territory alone. What right do you have to ask us to leave?” Bai Ling didn’t care about this man’s attitude at all. In his current state, even she, who hadn’t obtained the Star Sword, could kill him in one blow, let alone now that her strength had taken a leap.
Bai Ling’s words made the fierce man’s expression stiffen. He really wanted to slap this woman’s face, at least to regain some of his image in the eyes of his subordinates, but he didn’t dare.
If he was beaten back again, he really wouldn’t be able to make a living here.
During the day, he had picked on a young girl, and then he and his subordinates were single-handedly defeated by that seemingly underage girl with a sword. Not only were they single-handedly defeated, but the young girl also stole the goods he had painstakingly seized from elsewhere.
It was truly a case of losing not only the wife but also the soldiers.
If he insisted on being tough again and repeated the day’s actions with his subordinates, it would be fine if he won, but if he lost, his reputation would truly collapse.
From now on, his fearsome reputation would become another title, for example, the legendary thief who was single-handedly killed by two different young girls in one day.
Seeing that the fierce man was silent, Bai Ling snorted disdainfully. This guy truly had bullying the weak and fearing the strong written all over his face. A person like this could only be a thief and mix in such a place.
“Have you seen this girl?” Bai Ling did not forget her purpose for coming here. She walked up to the man and took out a portrait from her pocket.
Leticia also came over curiously to take a look. The portrait unmistakably depicted Xiao Ya, but Xiao Ya was wearing a very gorgeous big dress, looking like a princess.
In this dream world, Bai Ling and Xiao Ya were also sisters. Leticia sighed in her heart.
Compared to Leticia’s composure, the man’s reaction was much more obvious. The moment he saw the portrait, he clenched his fist tightly. He would remember this girl even if she turned to ashes!
Isn’t this the girl who beat him and his subordinates during the day?
With a fierce gaze sweeping across Bai Ling’s face, the man asked coldly, “What’s your relationship with her? An enemy?”
This was not because his imagination was poor, but because Bai Ling and Xiao Ya did not look alike at all. How could a white-haired and a black-haired person be thought of as sisters at first glance?
Even if they put Leticia in this position, she wouldn’t believe it.
“It seems you’ve seen her. Which way did she go?” Bai Ling retracted the portrait and looked down at the man, asking coldly.
If her guess was correct, the injuries on these people were probably related to Xiao Ya. Her sister had a conflict with these people here, but now her sister had left, and judging by the appearance, her sister had left unharmed.
Otherwise, these thieves wouldn’t have such a bitter and resentful look.
“Why should I tell you?” The man raised his head. Bai Ling’s attitude made him very unhappy, so he would not answer Bai Ling’s question.
“Isn’t that obvious? There are no forks in this road. We came from there, and we didn’t encounter anyone along the way. Wouldn’t the person you’re looking for only go this way?” Leticia interjected promptly. She felt that this was not a good time for conflict.
If she had the strength to back her up right now, she would probably be happy to watch the fun and directly reveal the sisterly relationship between Bai Ling and Xiao Ya. But she was just an ordinary girl now, and she couldn’t protect herself if a fight broke out.
For the sake of her own life and efficiency, she felt it was better to smooth things over at this time.
“So, she just beat you up here?” Bai Ling glanced at the injured people on the ground and frowned.
Since when did her sister have such strength?
“Heh.” The man crossed his arms and closed his eyes, appearing unwilling to cooperate.
How could he admit that he had been defeated?
But Bai Ling was not the only power in this camp. The other thieves immediately started to egg him on, and they blurted out what happened during the day in a torrent of words.
The matter was actually very simple. Xiao Ya passed by here, and the man saw that Xiao Ya was alone and looked like a fragile girl, so he began to have wicked intentions.
Then there was a period of friendly and harmonious communication. In the end, the man, recognizing his mistake, tearfully compensated Xiao Ya with the most precious treasure in his camp, and Xiao Ya did not pursue the man’s mistake, leaving in a hurry with her spoils.
After hearing the whole story, Bai Ling’s expression became unpredictable. Her sister was acting in self-defense, so of course she wouldn’t be angry with her sister. Now, she was thinking about how to deal with these people who dared to cause trouble for her sister.
Why not let her subordinates clear out these guys? Anyway, no one in this world would want them to exist, and their deaths might be the best contribution to this world.
Leticia, on the other hand, was thinking about whether the story she just heard sounded familiar. She remembered that in Zi Meng’s script, Xiao Ya’s first companion was a beast-girl captured by thieves.
“That cargo was a half-beast with cat-like blood, wasn’t it?” Leticia asked, narrowing her eyes.
The man suddenly opened his eyes. How did this girl know that?
Those people mocked him, but they didn’t say that his most precious treasure was a half-beast. So, why did this girl know about it?
“It seems so. I see. Is that it?” The man’s reaction was already an answer. Leticia rested her chin in her hand and had roughly guessed the background of the world she was currently in. “Hoo, should I say I’m lucky or unlucky?”
