The Ordinary Me is Worshipped as a Deity by the Extraordinary Them-Chapter 9 - Accomplice

The purpose of Euphia’s visit this time was to provide Su Li with bodyguards.

Recently, the danger in Sadina City has increased dramatically at a visible rate. The internal conflicts within the alliance are manifested not just in public figures engaging in verbal battles, but more so in undisguised assassinations and targeted attacks behind the scenes.

Euphia hasn’t slept well for two or three days.

Three days ago, a three-star mercenary in the alliance publicly announced his intention to leave the Mercenary Alliance. After widely spreading this information, he established a new mercenary guild under his own name, independent of the Mercenary Alliance.

It was called the Lion’s Club.

They were extremists who prioritized combat missions above all else.

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When Euphia was implementing soft reforms to the alliance’s mission system, the leader of the Lion’s Club went to great lengths to inform merchants and nobles who issued missions that they would accept all combat missions.

They would even take on missions where two mercenaries were hired to fight to the death, as long as the pay was high enough.

There were far more people willing to risk their lives for money than Euphia had imagined. Although she had repeatedly emphasized after her last visit to Su Li’s home that ordinary missions could be just as lucrative as combat missions, and that this was a sustainable new system…

She received no positive feedback from those combat fanatics.

Since it was destined to be a matter of proving right and wrong through strength, Euphia would absolutely not choose to give up. However, before that, she had to ensure Su Li’s safety first.

But when she arrived at this small villa, she was horrified to find that the place didn’t even have a door…

So Su Li’s distress over not having rice to eat, in Euphia’s view, was fatigue produced after being suddenly faced with a crisis.

Egbert was just one person after all, and two fists can’t fight four hands. Moreover, what if the people from the Lion’s Club saw Su Li as someone they could use to get revenge on Euphia…

Euphia broke out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.

“I believe you need more protection,” she said.

After saying this, Euphia suddenly shook her head violently. “No! Nothing would be safer than staying by my side. Damn it, how could I think that sending a few more bodyguards would be enough to fully protect you?”

“I should take you back to the alliance with me!”

Euphia’s eyes sparkled. She thought this was a brilliant idea.

—So how did the topic change from the city being dangerous to wanting to take him home?

Su Li was bewildered.

Egbert, however, said without hesitation, “Impossible.”

“Euphia, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking.”

“You want to bring Lord Su Li to your side to get more guidance from him?” Egbert asked mockingly. “Keep that in your dreams.”

“Do you want to fight, Eg? Or do you think that Sadina City, full of all sorts of people coming and going, can completely hide your information with 100% certainty?” Euphia was implying something about Egbert.

Just as Egbert knew from the beginning that Euphia was more than just the front desk of the Mercenary Alliance, Euphia also knew upon seeing Egbert’s face that he was that traitor, the Son of Light.

If the Order of the Knights of Light were to discover him, forget about staying by Su Li’s side – Egbert would be immediately bound and sent to the gallows. It wasn’t impossible that he’d be meeting the God of Light as a spirit.

“This is not a reason for you to confine Lord Su Li to one place,” Egbert still refused to accept Euphia’s proposal.

Euphia sneered, “Don’t use your brain that’s been soaked in a ton of seawater to speculate about my thoughts.”

“A three-star mercenary is not something you can easily defeat. The leader of the Lion’s Club has currently reached the peak of the Order level, just a step away from entering the Family level. Or do you think light elements are inherently nobler than other elements?”

Egbert’s eyes widened, calling out her name in a scolding tone.

“Euphia!”

“Egbert, right now it’s just internal conflicts in Sadina City. Do you think if Su Li’s existence is truly revealed to the church, and those light elementalists discover your entanglement with Su Li, it won’t implicate him?”

Egbert was furious, biting either his tongue or lower lip, causing red to trickle down.

As they were about to continue arguing, Su Li voluntarily said, “I don’t need bodyguards.”

“I’m well aware that without special powers, I am indeed weak. But precisely because I’m weak, there’s no risk of me ‘walking recklessly by the river’. So I’ll just stay in this small building, accepting both protection and harm. As for Egbert…”

“Miss Euphia.” Su Li’s expression was serious for the first time. “The premise of being implicated is that I believe I would suffer undeserved harm.”

“But if the so-called Order of the Knights of Light really appears and chooses to harm me, I wouldn’t consider it as implication caused by Egbert.”

“Rather than seeing potential harm as implication, I’d consider us accomplices instead.”

“After all, it’s because I hired him with one gold coin that Egbert came to this city,” Su Li remained rational throughout. “Otherwise, there would be no connection between us.”

“The initiative has always been with me, not Egbert.”

This was a lie. Initially, Su Li truly saw Egbert as an easy mark.

But does that matter?

Not really.

People’s hearts are biased. Even if the landlord offered a very cheap price, Su Li wouldn’t value Euphia more than Egbert because of this.

To Su Li, Euphia was a landlord worth befriending. But for Su Li, besides being a creditor, Egbert was also a lifesaver.

When he first crossed over to this world, he was on the brink of starving to death.

Without Cyril, Su Li would have just waited to die after confirming he had crossed over.

And without Egbert, Su Li and Cyril might still be beggars in the chaotic Jisuo Town.

“I’m very grateful for Miss Euphia’s concern about my personal safety, but I still believe that as long as you don’t drive me out of this small villa that can be rented for one silver coin a month, I will always be a tenant here.”

Su Li blinked, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth as he said cheerfully, “Sadina City is indeed a good city.”

Euphia suddenly deflated.

Even if everyone in the world said that the guardian of Siliqing City was a traitor, she shouldn’t doubt someone who could stand by Su Li’s side.

“You’ll protect him well, right?” Euphia turned her gaze to Egbert.

She had given up on having her father’s subordinates serve as bodyguards for Su Li.

Perhaps it was because the three people living in this small villa had a bond that she couldn’t surpass.

Even if her goal was to join them, not to divide them…

Egbert looked at Euphia, his eyes determined and his tone resolute. “Until I die.”

Until he dies, he would do his utmost to protect Su Li.

This subtext was so straightforward that even Su Li could understand it.

Su Li’s mouth twitched, and he said directly, “That’s not necessary.”

“No,” Euphia waved her hand, “This is what he should do.”

Euphia had seen at a glance the shocked expression on Egbert’s face when he looked up at the person in front of him, his eyes instantly turning red after Su Li uttered the word “accomplice.”

Trusting Egbert’s one-sided words wasn’t actually that difficult. People with a pure heart easily give such trust, like Cyril.

When Cyril first learned about what happened to Egbert, he was particularly indignant and had no thought of questioning the truth of the matter. While this might be called naive, it also proves that he has a pure heart.

But Su Li wasn’t such a pure person. When Egbert first told his story, Su Li’s first thought was the possibility of a conspiracy.

And now, Su Li’s choice was also based on weighing the pros and cons.

For Egbert, this was the most touching thing.

To have someone who knows what kind of targeting they would face by being on the same side as him, yet still stands firmly by his side – for the Son of Light who had been betrayed by the city he protected…

It was unprecedented.

The words Su Li said were, in Egbert’s view, worth engraving word for word on his heart.

Suppressing his overwhelming emotions, Egbert also noticed Euphia’s undisguised joy when Su Li said that Sadina City was a good city.

Clearly, this place was so chaotic that not long ago, the front door of the villa could be blown up by an elementalist…

Euphia had already extended Su Li’s words to mean –

The most important thing about a city is not just the city itself, but the people living in it. Rather than praising this city that could have its own front door blown up, Su Li believed that Sadina City would definitely become a good city under the reform led by Euphia.

This was the same trust, no less than the trust in Egbert.

And what could be more joyful than being recognized by someone you respect?

Nothing.

So both Egbert and Euphia were very happy.

Only Su Li looked bewildered at the two people who had been at odds not long ago, and in the next second, they started talking about topics he didn’t quite understand.

“You probably won’t be able to return to the Church of Light in the future, right?”

Even if the whole truth were revealed to the world, Euphia didn’t think Egbert would still be willing to be the Pope’s dog.

“That’s right.”

“Rather than returning to the past, it’s better to go to a side I’ve never imagined before,” Egbert said directly, without hiding anything.

Euphia’s eyes widened.

“If you really dare to do that, it will definitely be more than just needing to risk your life to protect Su Li.”

“I’m very clear about what I should do, and Lord Su Li will certainly understand and support me.”

The light shining through the doorway that was missing its door left half of Egbert’s body still in the light, while the other half was completely in the shadow.