Chapter 169: 168 Fei Liya and Grandma

"Leon? How are you?"

Not knowing that his currently brain-damaged younger brother would evolve into an ultimate scumbag decades later, after crawling out of the ground that was as soft as a sponge, Veronika immediately wrapped her arms around Leon's waist and dragged him out, his face pale.

"I'm fine... I'm okay..."

Trying hard to spit twice, ejecting the floor tiles from his mouth that were as soft as cheesecake, Leon, who had been almost hollowed out, hurriedly deactivated the Holy Spirit Pendant's reality-warping ability, then took out the 【Infected Blood Bandage】, attempting to place it on his injured left shoulder.

"Do you want to wrap this bandage?"

After understanding Leon's intention, Veronika immediately took the bandage, wrapped it skillfully around Leon's left shoulder, and, following Leon's reminder, grabbed his right hand and pressed it onto the blood-stained bandage.

"Zhi..."

Accompanied by the "health" released by the bandage, a sound of bone friction that set one's teeth on edge rang out. Leon's shattered left collarbone slowly reset, and the shoulder blade shattered by something was pieced back together.

Soon, a small metal sphere, smaller than a soybean and seemingly flattened by the bone impact, was squeezed out from the shoulder by Leon's gradually resetting bones and muscles.

This is... a lead pellet from a child's slingshot?

After seeing clearly what had fallen out, Leon's brows couldn't help but lock tightly, a trace of genuine astonishment appearing in his eyes.

After the Demon series badge reached the Gold rank, the range of his Soul Vision had increased to nearly three kilometers, but just now he hadn't detected any killing intent spreading toward him, proving that the attacker's position must have been beyond his maximum field of vision.

Even though he was "fixed" in the air and easy to aim at, being able to shatter his shoulder blade with a small, soft lead pellet from a distance of at least three kilometers, the attacker's "marksmanship" had far exceeded human limits; it could only be some kind of anomalous ability.

But... he had only made the temporary decision to stop using the Holy Spirit Pendant and fly up for long-range sniping. How did the opponent predict it?

Could it be... Causality? Future Sight?

But to have an ability this powerful and not use it to save or rule the world, but instead use it to hit him with a lead pellet? Isn't this person brain-damaged?

Just as Leon was completely baffled, a hurried sound of footsteps rang out from afar.

Leon looked toward the sound and discovered a maid from the Laien family quietly bypassing the nearby building, creeping toward the spot where he had fallen.

No way... falling from such a height, and you still didn't die?

Controlling the maid to peek out from the small kitchen window, vigilantly looking toward the spot where the "demon" had fallen, and discovering that Leon was completely unscathed, with only a bandage on his shoulder, a certain short man with an injured thigh couldn't help but hammer the floor through gritted teeth.

Should I control a guard again and find a gun? And then... er...

Looking at the demon who was staring fixedly at "himself," with the corners of its mouth gradually curling upward, the maid and the short man controlling her couldn't help but shiver in unison, then lay down on the spot without hesitation.

At the same time, on the second floor of another building dozens of meters away, a figure leaped down, hurriedly running toward the warehouse where the short man was located. After kicking open the door, he hoisted his own "out-of-body" physical body inside and ran for his life.

One must know when to be content!

Being able to save his life from such a demon, he had already had incredible luck. If he were still greedy and thinking about assassinating the other party, he would probably lose even this last chance to escape!

Strange... is there really no ambush anymore?

Looking at the short man fleeing in panic in his Soul Vision, Leon, who was reaching toward the Director's hair, couldn't help but narrow his eyes, feeling it was difficult to understand the enemy's motives.

Waiting vigilantly for a while and discovering that this assassination attempt had truly ended and no other rebels appeared, Leon felt relieved while also feeling completely baffled.

Those rebels went to such great lengths, only to hit

him with a lead pellet, and then nothing followed? What on earth are they after?

"Leon, that bandage seems to have stopped."

Just then, a cautious reminder rang out.

Following Princess Veronika's reminder, Leon looked at the bandage on his shoulder and discovered that the "health" stored inside had run out, but the injury on his shoulder hadn't fully recovered.

Mm... there wasn't much health left in the Infected Blood Bandage to begin with. Today, he first treated the sloppy old man, then the Princess's fainting spell, and just now he treated his own shoulder shattered by the pellet. It's normal for the "health" inside to be exhausted; he just needs to replenish some.

"Follow behind me, don't get too far away."

After instructing the Princess, Leon checked the surroundings with Soul Vision and discovered that the building not far away was a kitchen, which seemed to have a few live chickens and ducks. He stood up and took the Princess over, preparing to replenish the health consumed by the 【Infected Blood Bandage】.

"Ga ga!"

"Cluck cluck! Cluck cluck!"

Leon, who pushed the door open and entered, was just preparing to grab one from the tied-up chickens and ducks to extract health with the bandage for his injury, when he saw a pair of curious big eyes among a pile of chickens and ducks that were flapping non-stop.

"Big brother, who are you?"

"We are people who came to get chickens and ducks."

After carefully checking the little girl's soul and confirming it couldn't be a rebel disguise, Leon, who had just caught a fat chicken, hesitated. Considering that the creatures wrapped by the 【Infected Blood Bandage】 died in a terrifying manner, he didn't act directly, but instead reached out his other hand, attempting to cover the little girl's eyes first.

"Hiss..."

Just as Leon raised his left hand, his shoulder blade, which hadn't fully recovered, sent a wave of heart-wrenching pain, making him gasp. Realizing he couldn't seem to do this now, he had to turn around and look at the Princess outside the kitchen.

"Your Highness, I can't lift my left hand. Could you please take this child out first?"

"Just call me Veronika."

Nodding to agree to Leon's request, she picked up the dirty little girl without any disgust and walked out of the kitchen. The Princess, who seemed to like children very much, affectionately bumped her forehead against the little girl's forehead, smiling and coaxing:

"You're so well-behaved. Come, tell sister what your name is?"

"Me?"

After blinking her big eyes, which were as clear as crystal, the little girl reached out her small hand, which was stained with quite a bit of coal ash, and patted the Princess's white, delicate chest hard, then answered seriously:

"Fei Liya, Grandma, my name is Fei Liya!"

"..."

Hearing the little girl's address for her, the Princess, who was already twenty-eight years old and could be considered an older young lady, couldn't help but stiffen. She reached out and pinched her small cheek, pretending to be angry as she corrected:

"Sister! It's sister!"

"Grandma!"

The little girl said, while reaching out and patting her chest again.

"You are not allowed to call me Grandma! Call me sister and I'll give you candy. If you call me Grandma again, sister will spank your bottom!"

"Then... you give me candy first."

"Candy..."

After looking at her dress, which had no pockets, the Princess, who found it difficult to cook without rice, rolled her eyes and could only coax her with empty words:

"There is definitely candy, but sister doesn't have money with her right now. I'll buy it for you when I have money!"

"Grandma!"

"Pa!"

This little brat!

Looking at the little girl who patted her once for every "Grandma" she called, leaving her chest all black and dirty, Princess Veronika smiled helplessly and gave up on the idea of correcting her.

And accompanied by a chicken-like crow, Leon in the kitchen also finished what he had to do, re-wrapping the bandage around his shoulder.

"Sorry to bother you, this is the money for the chicken."

Nodding to the beautiful woman holding the child at the door,

and incidentally handing over two silver wheels, Leon barely managed to resist the urge to glance at the other party's chest, threw a leg over the Witch's Broom, and flew toward the Cleaning Bureau.

"???"

Why give me money?

After standing blankly on the spot for a while, Princess Veronika lowered her head in confusion, looking at the two silver wheels Leon had shoved into her hand.

What does this mean? A breakup fee?

"Pa!"

"Grandma! We have money!" ===== CHAPTER 170 =====