Chapter 127 Cute Kitten

The Gothic girl spoke these words with ease and relaxation, her expression remaining unchanged.

As if defeating the Demon King of the Fatlan Continent was merely something done in passing, a simple task.

The woman in white also nodded, a faint smile still lingering on the corners of her lips:

"Don't worry, Vivian."

"Those fake heroes, no matter how strong they are, won't be as powerful as the Demon King of our continent."

"Defeating them will be a piece of cake."

"However..."

"I heard from Lady Goddess that besides the three of us, there are five other heroes who will join us in defeating the fake heroes of this continent."

"I wonder what kind of people they are?"

"I'm quite looking forward to it."

Although the three women didn't continue their conversation, their eyes simultaneously flashed with the same anticipation.

This time...

The final trial mission the Goddess gave them was to head to the place known as the Fatlan Continent and personally defeat those five fake heroes.

As long as they defeated them and spread the fame of the Hero...

Only then could they prove themselves and receive from the Goddess the final...

"key" power to help them defeat the Demon King.

However, this power wasn't actually indispensable.

Because they already had sufficient confidence in their own power.

But out of respect for the Goddess, they ultimately had no choice but to cross the ocean and come to this unknown continent.

As for this unknown continent, it was also full of unknown expectations for them.

Therefore, even after sailing at sea for a month, their anticipation had not wavered in the slightest.

Although the mana within them was not nearly enough to support them in crossing this vast ocean.

Fortunately, the Goddess had bestowed upon them this Noah's Ark.

Allowing them to cross this vast ocean with ease.

Unfortunately...

The three women, still impatient at this moment, did not yet know...

That the "fake heroes" they imagined they could defeat at will were actually existences they could never hope to match in their entire lives.

And the Demon King they claimed they could kill at will would eventually become their nightmare.

...

The next day, as the sun was just rising, beside the extinguished campfire, Bai Ye instantly caught a subtle spatial ripple.

"They're back, let's go!"

Tugging at Qingya beside her, the two quickly stood up and looked together at the gradually distorting space.

Within moments, those familiar figures came into their view.

They weren't surprised by the petite figure that hopped out.

It was indeed Mira, who had been gone for a long time!

However...

What surprised them was that the gem atop the Void Light Holy Dragon King, the magic staff in Mira's hand, had completely changed from gold to a daunting crimson.

And Mira's temperament had actually undergone some subtle changes compared to before.

"Mira, how was it?"

Bai Ye rushed forward in a few quick steps and asked impatiently.

"Nothing much, why?" Mira asked back in confusion, her large eyes filled with countless question marks.

"By the way, Captain, why are you and Sister Qingya here?"

After asking, Mira looked down at her mage robes.

Good, it should be all cleaned up; no traces were left.

The mage robe was also new, so they shouldn't be able to see anything unusual.

"It's nothing, we were just here waiting for your safe return." As she spoke, Bai Ye's hands rested gently on Mira's shoulders as she offered her heartfelt congratulations.

"Mira, congratulations on obtaining new power."

"Oh, right, Xier was the one who told us about this..."

Mira nodded absentmindedly at Bai Ye's praise.

At this moment, she was entirely focused on finding if there were any overlooked flaws on herself.

It was fine; she had cleaned up quite well, and before leaving, she had specifically taken a comfortable hot bath, leaving no scent behind.

This way, even if Bai Ye and Qingya greeted her as soon as she appeared, she shouldn't be exposed.

That's right, she had cleaned up so thoroughly, so why was she afraid of being exposed?

Was it because of a guilty conscience?

Thinking this, as soon as she raised her head, her eyes met Bai Ye's warm and sincere gaze.

"Mira?"

Bai Ye's voice pulled her back from her stray thoughts.

"Oh! Captain, I... I'm fine, really, it's nothing..."

Mira's strange behavior immediately caught Qingya's attention.

Based on Qingya's understanding of Mira...

She knew that whenever Mira lied or was asked about something she was hiding, she would get flustered and stutter like this.

But...

They clearly hadn't asked anything, so why had she become like this this time?

Furthermore...

Qingya's upturned nose twitched imperceptibly; a faint but somewhat familiar scent wafted from Mira.

After quickly leafing through her memories, Qingya soon came to a conclusion—

That was Xu Ruo's scent!

Why would Mira have Xu Ruo's scent on her?

Could it be...

Qingya didn't want to alert her, so she just quietly observed Mira's every move.

"It's fine, nothing is good too." Bai Ye gave Mira some face; even though she was clearly hiding something, she didn't intend to expose her, simply following up with a question:

"By the way, Mira..."

"Xier said earlier..."

"Xu Ruo was with you. Where is he?"

Seeing that Bai Ye was actually concerned about Xu Ruo, both Qingya and Mira simultaneously looked at Bai Ye.

Two pairs of eyes filled with question marks made Bai Ye startle slightly.

"What is it?" Bai Ye was puzzled.

"Nothing, it's nothing." Mira and Qingya said almost in unison, both shaking their heads.

"Xu Ruo said he was coming back first, and I came back after resting for a bit."

"If you're asking me, he should have already met up with Sister Xier, right?"

As Mira spoke, she looked around.

Her blood-gem-like eyes were constantly searching for Xu Ruo's silhouette.

Xu Ruo had indeed come back early; he'd been gone for about half an hour, hadn't he?

As for where he had gone now, she didn't know.

"Is that so? Then there shouldn't be any danger. Let's head back first."

Seeing that Mira didn't seem to be lying, Bai Ye didn't ask further.

"Mhm!"

Upon hearing this, both Mira and Qingya nodded.

And Mira finally let out a long sigh of relief, her heart finally settling back into place.

As expected, her handling of the situation was flawless!

Unfortunately, what Mira didn't know was...

Beneath her seamless lying, the doubt in Qingya's heart only grew deeper.

It seemed that not only had something happened to Mira that she didn't know about...

But even with Bai Ye...

It seemed her guess might really be correct!

Meanwhile, inside the temporary camp—

Xu Ruo sat on the sofa, looking down at the little black cat in his arms, gently petting her fluffy little head.

The little black cat seemed to enjoy it very much, rubbing affectionately against Xu Ruo's palm.

She wished for her owner, Xu Ruo, to be covered in her own unique scent.

"Your fur is a bit tangled. You need to take good care of yourself when I'm not around, even in your beast form, you should pay a little attention."

"Otherwise, I won't let you get close to me anymore."

As Xu Ruo spoke, he picked up the little black cat.

Then, he smoothed out the cat's fur with his fingers.

However...

Xu Ruo noticed something was wrong in an instant.

Rather than saying Chocolate's fur was messy because it hadn't been groomed for a long time...

It was more like it had been messed up on purpose.

Wait, could it be...

"Chocolate, you didn't mess this up on purpose, did you?"

Xu Ruo instantly saw through to the truth.

The little cat's head turned away slightly, and her long tail swayed behind her.

Like she had done something wrong and was acting cute to beg for forgiveness.

Seeing this, Xu Ruo directly cupped Chocolate's face, forcing her to look him in the eye.

In the little black cat's amber pupils, the words 'I'm sorry' were clearly written.

"You, you really are quite cute."

Although Xu Ruo's face remained expressionless, his hands continued to groom Chocolate's fur.

"But you can't do this next time, okay?"

Chocolate raised her head, rubbed against Xu Ruo's chin, and let out a soft meow in response.

As if saying, I'll listen to everything you say.