Chapter 245: Borrowing Eyes

Li En finally found another job, happily received an advance of one month's wages, and felt quite pleased.

On the way back, he bought a cake, some fruit, three taels of elf sweet wine, and some candies and cookies, preparing to enjoy them himself upon returning.

That's right, this wasn't a gift for anyone else; he was simply very craving, and these days his empty pockets had made his life rather delicate.

With a rich woman at home, starvation was impossible; Li En couldn't interfere with the manor's operations, but he had already felt too embarrassed to keep dipping into Lana's snack bag.

Several times when going out shopping, he had used the little one's name to make the maid and Miss Shaliman spend money on snacks.

Li En had actually almost confirmed that this maid was Miss Shaliman's person.

These past two days, the little one's gaze toward him had become quite delicate; the sharp-eyed girl had obviously sensed something.

But the kind girl did not refuse Li En; instead, she happily shared her favorite sweet lion cookies with him, which actually made Li En feel a bit embarrassed.

Originally, Li En, whose pockets were already empty, had planned to work as a mercenary for two days to scrape up some commission fees, or simply go to the dungeon to gather materials to sell, but these days had been far too busy.

"Uh, should I go in? Let's eat first."

The unscrupulous my lord had completely forgotten the little one at home, enjoying two big mouthfuls in the courtyard, planning to finish eating and drinking before going inside.

There was no beer or strong liquor, because neither Miss Shaliman nor little Miss Lana liked them.

In a sense, Li En had prematurely entered the miserable life of a middle-aged man raising a daughter.

But it was also because recent events had been too numerous and consumed a great deal, depleting his small purse; given a little time, he should be able to build his own small treasury.

This also involved Lex's pot; that day, he went everywhere saving people, and seeing some disaster victims living in terrible conditions, he took out the gold and silver coins from his pockets and casually scattered a handful. With Li En's meager savings, he flew two circles and they were gone; afterward, he shamelessly took a money bag from the city lord.

But he hadn't finished eating yet.

"Young Master Li En?"

Uh, he had already been caught by the maid.

But the other party didn't pay attention to him, simply pulling him inside in a hurry.

"A guest has arrived, severely injured."

Li En instantly sobered up and hurriedly followed the maid into the living room.

Coming to meet them was the long-unseen magical girl "White"; Li En had just shown a look of joy, preparing to say hello, but saw her face full of sorrow, and the person lying behind her.

"Red Feather Arrow," dressed in red travel clothes, lay there; her originally eagle-sharp eyes were long gone, and the hollow eye sockets on her face were particularly terrifying.

"We encountered a surprise attack on the road; suddenly the sky went dark, and that woman in black..."

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"Can she be healed?"

"I'm afraid not..."

The priest summoned by Miss Shaliman shook his head; there were no other wounds on the unconscious Red Feather Arrow. To be precise, apart from the injuries to her eyes, the wounds on the rest of her body had already healed themselves.

"Gulp. Eaten, eaten!"

In the living room, a great eagle that had also lost its eyes was tied with an eye patch, lying on a rack and wailing.

Magical girls are beast witches and can be fully regarded as human-shaped beasts; they generally possess extremely strong self-recovery abilities.

Even if they cannot compare to "Deer," who specializes in this path and seems fundamentally unkillable, they are still strong enough to almost not need a priest, let alone that they often possess healing-type abilities.

But internal strife among beasts has professional, targeted techniques.

"Eating" does not mean being truly digested, but rather "plundering and storing within the body," conceptually stealing the opponent's "part."

This is a rare combat technique of beasts. If one truly reaches the point of being able to use this ability, the opponent already has no resistance; they could be completely killed, so there is no need to make things so troublesome.

"She intentionally left Red Feather Arrow and her contracted beast alive, just for us to see..."

"Rosalind."

Li En sighed; everyone thought Rosalind was locked in a death struggle with the New Capital and had absolutely no time to come after their side.

But obviously, for her, perhaps even the Queen sister of the New Capital was not that important.

This magical girl lying in the living room could be said to be a declaration of war.

"Why didn't she just come after me..."