Chapter 35: Pilus Mother and Daughter

William had been staying at Bulande's house for a few days; when the day came for them to set off to Bujiadis to report, Old Bulande led a group of villagers to the village entrance to see off William and Bulande, and John's several children were also there.

"Be careful on the road; when you reach the capital, buy whatever you want to eat, don't be reluctant, I'll regularly send you money, William too; if you encounter financial difficulties, you can tell my family's Bulande, and we'll help a bit." Old Bulande handed the luggage to the two, blessing William and Bulande.

Bulande nodded and said: "Got it, Dad, William's family has moved to Bujiadis, so you don't need to worry."

"William big brother, Bulande big brother, you must remember to come back and see us!" John's several children said.

William and Bulande patted the shoulders of John's and Xiao Lin's several children, saying: "Don't worry, when we have free time we'll come back; you also need to work hard."

John and Xiao Lin nodded; they both had awakened decent magical talent, and they might even have plans to become adventurers.

"We will definitely work hard, striving to enter the Junior Magic Academy to study like Bulande big brother and William big brother, and become adventurers!"

"Everyone, take care, we're departing!" William and Bulande waved goodbye to the seeing-off villagers while boarding the carriage, embarking on the journey to Bujiadis.

The villagers stood at the village entrance waving at them until they could no longer see the two figures, then gradually dispersed; Mrs. Merlin wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed: "Time really flies—those two little rascals who used to run around naked are now about to go to the capital to attend the Junior Magic Academy!"

"Mrs. Merlin, what you said is a bit off; I remember that William never went around naked."

Mrs. Merlin nodded and said: "Ah, you're right; that William kid has been particular about his clothes since childhood, like a little adult—how funny."

After a week passed, William and Bulande, after several twists and turns, arrived at the outskirts of the capital Bujiadis; the carriage driver pulling for passengers tugged the reins, and the two horses ahead neighed and stopped.

The driver said to William and Bulande inside the carriage: "We've already reached the suburbs of Bujiadis; just keep going along this main road and you'll arrive at Bujiadis."

William and Bulande picked up their luggage and got off the carriage; after paying the fare, they bade farewell to their fellow travelers in the carriage, the carriage clattered away, and William and Bulande then walked together toward the capital Bujiadis.

Although the road they walked on leads to the capital Bujiadis, they saw hardly any carriages or travelers along the way, clearly this road is not the main thoroughfare facing the capital.

However, they didn't care about that; as long as they could reach the capital on time, it didn't matter to them whether the driver dropped them off at the front gate or the back gate.

As they walked, William suddenly noticed some movement ahead not far off; when the two drew closer, William quickly grabbed Bulande's collar from behind and pulled him into the bushes beside the road.

"What's wrong, William?" Bulande looked at William puzzled; William didn't explain, made a shushing gesture at him, then pointed to the road ahead not far away.

After moving forward a bit more, this time Bulande understood why William had signaled him to be quiet: ahead on the road, a group of people dressed as bandits, wielding swords, were stopping and surrounding a carriage.

Bulande turned and whispered: "Looks like bandits robbing; should we go help?"

"Let's observe first," William said.

The carriage's exterior was very luxurious, indicating the owner's social status was certainly not low, at least a wealthy rich person; outside the carriage only a middle-aged man dressed as a steward was driving the carriage,

while the bandits surrounding the carriage numbered eight or more.

After the bandits stopped the carriage, two of them held knives to the driver's steward's neck, while several others rushed straight to the carriage door; one bandit opened the carriage door, revealing inside a large and a small woman.

The woman appeared to be in her thirties, holding a feather fan inlaid with diamonds, wearing black silk gloves on her arms, dressed in an exquisite long robe and skirt, her appearance still retaining charm.

The girl wore an exquisite dress, her age similar to William and Bulande's, her face somewhat resembling the woman's, likewise inheriting a fine complexion.

Seeing this, Bulande, with youthful fervor, immediately leapt out and shouted: "You bunch of bandits, release that mother and daughter!"

William, a step slower and unable to hold back Bulande, covered his face feeling embarrassed; but Bulande had already rushed out, so William could only follow him and step forward together.

Several of the bandits surrounding the carriage, hearing Bulande's sudden shout, were startled; but seeing that it was just two youngsters in their early teens, they relaxed, raised their sword tips at Bulande and said: "Little brats, I advise you not to meddle; best pretend you saw nothing, or else—hehe!"

"Otherwise, I'll knock you all down!"

Having said that, Bulande threw down the luggage pack on his back, drew an iron Long Sword from his waist sheath, and with a sudden accelerated charge lunged to the front of the lead bandit.

The steward on the carriage furrowed his brows slightly without speaking; seeing Bulande's outstretched hand, the lead bandit sensed something wrong, was about to say something, but Bulande struck his chin with the sword hilt, knocking him unconscious to the ground.

The other bandits, seeing this, quickly grabbed their weapons and attacked Bulande.

William, watching the scene from nearby, seeing Bulande getting into the fight, on one hand placed the luggage he was carrying on his shoulder together with Bulande's still on the ground, and on the other muttered to himself: "Really, always causing trouble......"

Although Bulande's reach was considerably longer than those bandits', since they were neither goblins nor demons, Bulande himself had no intention of killing them, using the sword hilt or the flat of the blade against them, so his movements were a bit unfamiliar.

Just as Bulande, surrounded by the remaining bandits, exposed an opening and was about to be split by a blade from behind, William suddenly appeared behind him, kicked the bandit in the center of the abdomen, sending him flying backward to crash hard into a large tree.

With William's help, Bulande and he quickly subdued all eight bandits; William brushed off the dust on his clothes, about to scold Bulande for being too reckless, when he saw Bulande already climbed into the carriage cabin, asking the two beautiful rich mother and daughter inside:

"Ladies, are you unharmed?"

William was somewhat speechless, really wanting to complain about Bulande's poor flirting skills, but thinking this wasn't Earth, he said nothing more, returned to the original spot, and hoisted both luggage packs onto his back.

The lady inside the carriage, rather than minding Bulande's rash behavior, laughed and thanked William and Bulande: "Really, thanks to you two young heroes for the rescue; otherwise I truly wouldn't know what to do. Are you two headed to Bujiadis City? If you don't mind, hop on the carriage and let me give you a ride."

"Young heroes...... I feel like they're completely treating us like kids to be soothed."

William inwardly complained, but since Bulande had already sat in their carriage, he didn't feel right pulling Bulande out, which would seem distant, so accepting the lady's invitation, he also boarded the carriage.

After the lady's steward closed the carriage door, he sat in front and drove the carriage toward Bujiadis City.

Along the way, the lady again expressed her gratitude to William and Bulande, and introduced herself: "I am Buluoshiwozi Bilus, and this is my daughter Jian Bulusi."

The girl seated beside the lady blushed, not daring to meet William's gaze, bowed slightly to William and Bulande facing her and said: "Just call me Jian; thank you for saving me and my mother!"

"Hello," William said with a smile, "I didn't expect bandits to appear near the capital; they're a bit too arrogant."

The lady smiled and said: "It seems you two young heroes are visiting the capital for the first time; actually the capital is very safe, there basically aren't any bandits, that group earlier was probably targeting me specifically."