Find a Troubled Girl after leaving the Guild-Chapter 485 - 256: The Pessimist (2)

As Mei hesitated, she had already opened the lunch box, taking a big bite of the roasted meat. The aroma of the oil mixed with the sweetness of honey instantly relaxed her expression.

Mm, things with oil and sugar are just delicious.

At this moment, the young girl seemed like a simple child, shoveling food into her mouth after tasting the deliciousness, showing no signs of any ulterior motives.

Forget it, there’s no need to overthink. Hopefully, these chaotic thoughts are all brought by the demon curse. Damn demon!

Li Ang felt an urgent need to seek the help of the Water Dragon, that divine spirit.

"Where was your bunny previously?" He tried to probe indirectly.

"It wasn’t there when I came back in the afternoon."

Mei couldn’t provide any information.

Cursing the Water Dragon in his heart for being unreliable, Li Ang set Otto’s portion of roasted meat down: "When Grandpa comes back later, pass this to him."

Seeing that Mei had almost finished the roasted meat in the box, he reminded gently: "Don’t eat too much."

The young girl looked up at him, and Li Ang smiled: "If you like it, I can make more tomorrow, but eating too much might upset your stomach."

Mei gently patted her slightly protruding soft belly under her clothes, her expression inexplicably tender, and softly replied: "Okay."

Her tone was wandering, containing unspeakable emotions.

"Big brother, can you sit next to me?"

She attempted a smile but seemed somewhat forced: "Just now Grandpa Otto told me some things about the future."

For some reason, Li Ang felt her smile was more akin to crying, which dissipated much of his previous concern, and he finally decided to sit beside her.

"What do you want to say to me?" Li Ang asked.

"You and Grandpa killed those bad men earlier, right?"

"The mastermind was executed."

"What about their lackeys?"

Li Ang was somewhat surprised she would ask about those people, saying, "Did they scare you when they were in the village?"

"No." Mei shook her head.

After a brief thought, she said: "I just think evil should be eradicated. I’ve heard stories like that before."

"Big brother, if you encounter these people in the future, you must kill them all."

Li Ang couldn’t figure out where her thoughts stemmed from, but this conclusion was now beyond doubt. Initially, he and Otto had leaned towards interrogation, but the Empire’s people were like self-destructive creatures; there was never a chance for ordinary interrogation.

When there’s an opportunity to capture them, it’s best to use spiritual driving to wear down their will and directly conduct a psychic inquiry. But overall, the idea of eliminating them was correct, so he nodded at the young girl.

Mei seemed unsatisfied, gripping her dining fork tightly for a long time before relaxing.

"Where will you go in the future?" The girl asked.

"The next island should be the City of the Ship’s Rudder, right?" Li Ang laughed: "We’ve been looking forward to it for a long time. Coming to Mengze Island is to build the Flying Airship, which is like our future home."

This reply seemed unsatisfactory to Mei: "And then? Are you going to oppose the Empire?"

Li Ang fell silent for a moment because of this question.

The answer to the question is obviously affirmative, and the reason is Zoe.

The main storyline of "Nebis Fantasy," he had barely read before, only knowing that the final enemy of the game’s first phase is the Holy Speriel Empire. And in any game, the antagonist of the final Chapter is certainly not simple.

This was why Li Ang initially resisted picking up the Wild Cat, but now that he’s adopted it, the subsequent trouble also needs to be resolved.

However, as the Empire revealed what was hidden behind them, this road also seemed increasingly perilous.

If this force eventually spreads the flames of war across the entire sky, then whether Li Ang chooses to join Zoe or not, he still has to confront it as he won’t be able to bypass Elaphia maintaining order in the Ignis Sky Realm

"Of course I will act if I encounter them."

"What if you fail?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Ang wondered if yesterday’s affair had affected her greatly.

"What if you and your girlfriends face failure against the Empire’s power... or against the monsters they bring?"

Li Ang studied Mei carefully: "I couldn’t tell you’re quite a little pessimist."

The child’s words didn’t bother him, but he realized that Mei was different from how she appeared.

Mei seemed to want to say more but felt her head covered by a gentle, warm hand.

"I won’t let things develop to that extent."

Li Ang’s voice was serious and earnest.

"But if friends and family fall before you, although you don’t want things to reach that point, what if you can’t stop it—"

Li Ang sighed, rubbing the small friend’s head, though she had her hair in braids, which caused a few strands to stand up.

"Every action today, yesterday, and tomorrow is to become stronger and handle potential future strong enemies."

Li Ang said, "If the enemy is too strong, I’ll just take them all with me to escape; if the enemy is strong, then we’ll flee to the end of the sky."

Hearing about escape, Mei’s expression slightly changed.

"If the world is destroyed, with nowhere to flee, then what?"

Children just love asking all the way to the end.

If Zoe were to ask Li Ang this, he would’ve flicked her on the forehead. The young girl before him was too young, and Li Ang could only stand up.

"When forming a team, my goal is for everyone to achieve mutual help, like a single entity. That’s to defeat strong enemies and prevent any bad things from happening.

"To imagine the extreme situation, that would definitely be me dying ahead of them. As for what happens to them afterward, I don’t know."

Li Ang felt the conversation had been killed by the young girl. He stretched lazily: "Alright, I’ll head back now. Once you digest, go to rest early."

Rising with the wind, he wondered where the pink rabbit could have gone while flying towards the teleportation gate.

Perhaps it went to the underground cave where the mechanical armor is? Better check it out first.

Li Ang flew into the teleportation gate.

In the air, Elder Sword Hero’s figure jumped down from the edge of the island’s peak, coming beside Mei and seeing the roasted meat lunch box.

"Li Ang was here?"

"Mm." The young girl softly replied to him.

"That big bird don’t know where it flew to; it’s also of the Water Attribute. Probably attracted by Mengze Island’s Water Element, which is very fitting with this realm. I couldn’t catch it; it just disappeared. These days remind the villagers to be cautious. You too, Mei, try not to wander around and always be careful."

"Okay."

Mei nodded, speaking in an extremely small voice: "It’s alright."

After Otto also left, the young girl continued sitting quietly under the eaves, gazing at the sky, as if sensing something.

Li Ang didn’t notice her full body trembled slightly when he said he would die ahead of others.

"Dying ahead of others?"

The young girl’s expression showed an unexpected gloom for her age: "I can’t do that. All I can do is leave everyone behind, to keep escaping, and escaping... You’re so gentle; what should I do?"

Mei stood up, her whole body dissolving like flowing water.

In the forest, her form gathered again, and in front of her was the big bird that had just flown over Huanwo Village and attracted Otto.

Moonlight filtered through the leaves, making it clear that the big bird was composed of water itself, only this Power of Water was too dense, compressed to the extreme, appearing abyss-like, in a deep blue-black hue.

The young girl waved and grabbed, extracting the spirit from the big bird and holding it in her palm.

"Magic Guide, didn’t expect there’s such a profession; dividing and replicating spirituality to create demons is really useful."

After dissipating the giant bird’s form, she stood silently in the forest, unafraid of the surrounding shadows or the chill of the night.

"What should I do..."

Mei only repeated the same words, her tone as if crying until the voice became smaller and smaller.

As the forest grew increasingly quiet and dim with the deepening night, she still stood in the shade, seemingly merging with the quiet darkness.

"Who!?"

Mei suddenly raised her head, a spiritual reaction strong enough to make her shiver hid in the woods behind her, moving swiftly beyond her pursuit.