Volume 5: The Great Plains Chapter 116: Departure

  Xī lù zhèng jiǎng dé méi fēi sè wǔ de shí hòu, ài wén yǐ jīng zǒu le jìn lái. Wǒ xì jiǎo de kàn zhe ài wén, wèn dào: "nǐ... ài shàng yī gè mù shī?" ài wén wú suǒ wèi de diǎn diǎn tóu.

  I asked again: "You were actually discovered while stealing?" Evan smiled slightly.

  I couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Someone actually refused to go with you? You're really pathetic..."

  "Better than others having your child and still marrying someone else, you even went to attend the wedding yourself..."

  I flung a shoe at Evan with some annoyance, and although I'm a magician, the shoe still flew towards Evan like a dark weapon. Evan slightly tilted his head to dodge my attack and said: "You shouldn't gossip about me either, neither of us needs to mock each other, aren't your own affairs troublesome enough? Why don't you think about how to solve your own problems?"

  After hearing Evan's words, I put down the other shoe in my hand, sighed and said: "I'm a magician, I don't understand those things like power struggles and schemes. A person's strength is limited after all, how much can one person do on the battlefield? Those things about power struggles aren't just about having strength, what can I do? I can only take it one step at a time and see when I get there." I hesitated for a moment and said: "If all else fails, I should be able to keep them safe at least...the mother and daughter's lives..."

  Evan nodded and then shook his head: "The key is, your queen is a strong-willed woman. How could she be willing to fail? If she can't put down those things, how can she willingly leave with you?"

  I shook my head in distress and said, "I don't know, even if this time she successfully resolves the crisis, what about the future? How many more people will oppose her? How many potential threats are there? I really don't understand, is power really that attractive? Can you give up everything for it?"

  Aidan smiled and didn't continue this topic, but asked: "When are you planning to leave?"

  "I said, 'Let's take a rest tonight and set off at dawn tomorrow. In this kind of situation, the earlier you arrive, the more initiative you'll have. If we can notify Sulina before they make their move and give her time to deploy, maybe it won't be a complete defeat.'"

  Aivan nodded and said to Xilu: "Xilu, come out for a moment, I have something to say to you..."

  Xī lòu yǒu xiē sā jiǎo de shuō dào: "Gē gē..."

  It seems Evan wants his sister to stay by his side. I said to Cielo, "Cielo, go on, listen to your brother..."

  Xilu followed Evan out of the room with a hint of resentment, and I vaguely heard Xilu and Evan arguing in hushed tones. Although they both deliberately lowered their voices, I could still feel the intensity of their argument.

  I didn't bother with the two of them either. I could understand Aiven's heartache for her sister, but as for Siluo stubbornly wanting to follow me to such a dangerous place, I couldn't quite wrap my head around it - I'm afraid I'll never be able to figure out girls' thoughts. I simply lay down on the bed, covering my head with the cup, and tried not to think about anything. Gradually, I drifted off to sleep in a daze, and had a dream where Sulina was covered in blood, holding a child and standing amidst a sea of flames, helplessly shouting at me: "Alik, save us! Alik, save us!" I struggled with all my might to try and reach them through the flames, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't touch them. Instead, Sulina and her child grew farther and farther away from me. My heart was filled with anxiety, and I shouted loudly: "Sulina! Sulina..."

  I opened my eyes to find myself lying in a hotel room, and everything that had just happened was just a dream. I sat up and let out a long sigh. The sky was already bright, and there were faint sounds of people outside. I hastily got out of bed, washed up, and went downstairs.

  Aileen and Siluo were already waiting for me downstairs. When they saw me coming down, Siluo smiled and greeted me: "Alec, you're finally up! You're really a lazy ghost, look at the time, we've been waiting for you for a while!" On the other hand, Aileen seemed to be in a bad mood, looked at me briefly, nodded slightly as a greeting.

  Looking at the different expressions of these two siblings, I immediately knew the result of their confrontation yesterday. Evan was once again defeated in front of his sister.

  As expected, when I set off, Xilu followed closely behind me. I whispered to Xilu, "Did your brother really agree to let you come with me?"

  Xī Lù bái le wǒ yī yǎn, shuō dào: "Gē gē zuì téng wǒ le, tā dāng rán bù huì zǔ zhù wǒ, nǎ lǐ xiàng nǐ, cóng lái bù zhī dào gǎn xiè wǒ."

  Translation:

  Xi Lu gave me a white eye and said: "Brother loves me the most, he will not stop me, where are you like that, never knowing how to thank me."

  I said inexplicably, "How did this get on my head again? Actually, I'm also afraid you'll get hurt. The place I'm going is very dangerous. Unless you don't go with me, if you lose a single hair, Aven will fight me to the death."

  Xi Lu snorted and said, "Let's go, you really talk a lot of nonsense."

  I looked at Evan with a sullen expression. Seeing me looking at him, he walked up and said: "Alick, I don't care about those broken things of yours, but if it were my sister..."

  I waved my hand, interrupting him and said: "Don't say any more, don't say any more. I know that if your sister lost a single hair, you'd never let me off the hook, would you?"

  Aidan hummed coldly and said: "It's good that you know..."

  I rolled my eyes at him and said, "Forget it, you think I want your sister to go? We'd still have to take care of her..."

  Xī Lù dissatisfiedly said on the side: "When did I ever need you to take care of me? Which time wasn't it me protecting you? Stop bragging over there, are you going or not?"

  I looked at Evan helplessly, summoned "Purple Flame" with a wave of my hand and said to Xilu: "You'll have to be my horse again, ordinary horses are too slow, I have no choice but to inconvenience you."

  Xī Lù however rushed to climb up "Zǐ Yàn", saying: "This time I want to sit in the front."

  I hesitantly said: "Won't this seem a bit too ambiguous?"

  Xī Lù said disapprovingly: "What? Did you lose out? I haven't even spoken, and yet you already have an opinion?"

  I glanced at Evan with some embarrassment, ignoring his fierce gaze, and hastily climbed onto "Purple Flame", grabbing the reins. Xilu was finally satisfied, leaning into my arms, saying: "Let's go, what are we waiting for?"

  I barely suppressed the trend of nasal bleeding and said: "Xilu, I won't be able to take it if you go on like this..."

  Xī lù jiāo ào de tǐng le tiě xiōng bù, shuō dào: "nǐ yào shì gǎn qīng jǔ wú dòng, wǒ jiù gē duàn nǐ de hóu lóng."

  Translation:

  Xi Lu proudly puffed out her chest and said: "If you dare to make a move, I'll cut your throat."

  Xī lù de huà ràng wǒ bèi shàng de hàn máo dōu yī gēn yī gēn de lì le qǐlai, wǒ wú nài de qīng qīng pāi le pāi "zǐ yàn", dì yù zhàn mǎ yáng qǐ sì tí, cǎi zhe zǐ sè de huǒ yàn, jiàn yóu cháo yuǎn fāng bēn qù……