45. Do you also want to give it away for free?

By the time Aunt Mel from the Purus Kingdom led the “Fairy Agents” to arrive, Nilu had long since vanished without a trace. Although Adele had plenty to say about it, I had no real complaints: after all, wasn’t Aunt Mel the kind of fairy who only shows up later, like “Officer Muro” in the script?

What I truly cared about was something else.

Rather than saying Nilu “escaped,” it was more accurate to say she chose to leave first, feeling that continuing to fight Kephiel wouldn’t change my stance. Of course, her actions clearly indicated she had no intention of giving up, and even if Adele wanted to catch her, it would be impossible. With that fairy in the script who could “control others’ thoughts” around, Nilu wouldn’t just escape; I’d be grateful if she didn’t stir up trouble in the short term.

Because this time, it wasn’t mere narcissism, but a genuine reason! Nilu’s dealings with Kephiel and all the disruptions were for me! The script clearly stated her attitude towards me: [Nilu wants to obtain O’Keefe!]

Afterward.

Once Adele ordered a thorough lockdown of the information, the uproar gradually subsided. There were no significant “events” occurring in the Purus Kingdom afterward, but that didn’t mean I was left with nothing to do.

First, I took a considerable risk, along with a “psychological discomfort,” to visit the first hospital in the Purus Kingdom, to see the two orcs from the Austro-Hungarian tribe—Gu Erdan and Ge Luom!

At this moment, what was euphemistically called a “nursing ward specifically for orcs” was, in reality, a room isolated from the elves, who were quite afraid of orcs.

When I reassured Kephiel to wait outside and stepped in myself, the first thing I saw was the two big fools standing there dumbly.

Due to the earlier “order” from the fire fairy being broken by Miss Alsace, the thoughts of “kill me” that had been in the heads of these two orcs had vanished. Plus, after regaining consciousness and recovering their memories, even they, no matter how dim-witted, understood they had been deceived by Nilu.

So…

“Human!?”

As they looked over, the script for these two orcs no longer contained any thoughts of “killing me.”

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【Geloram and Gu Erdan want to apologize.】

I saw the red and green beastmen nudging each other in the waist with their elbows, but neither was willing to take the lead. In the end, they both simply turned to me and smiled awkwardly, revealing two pairs of fierce, sharp fangs!

“Hehehe…”

With such dangerous smiles, it’s no wonder the elves are afraid of you!

“If you two are trying to apologize to the elves, you might as well forget it. The elves are really scared of you; don’t make things worse.”

“No, no, we’re apologizing to you!”

Gu Erdan scratched his green-skinned bald head, “We originally didn’t want to pursue this, but because of that woman’s magic, our heads are a bit muddled! Looking back now, we were really foolish and reckless at that time, lacking the precious qualities of the Austro-Hungarian higher beastmen. We’re very sorry!”

“But brother Gu Erdan, shouldn’t we be apologizing to the elves…”

“Shut up! Why are you asking so many questions!”

Gu Erdan pressed down on Geloram’s head and leaned down towards me.

【Gu Erdan believes that if Oujili is forgiven, then Aidefu can be forgiven.】

Damn, so that’s what you’re thinking! I didn’t expect this muscle-bound guy to think of that, beastman!

I had no reason to refuse. Not only because I didn’t want to randomly make enemies with beastmen and attract a death script, but also because these two beastmen were victims as well.

“It has nothing to do with you; you were indeed under each other’s magic, and it was unavoidable that you would do those things.”

As the two beastmen lifted their heads, I continued, “However, the treasure you wanted is probably gone, because it was originally a bait we used to investigate the identity and purpose of the Black-Clad Goddess. In exchange, the elves can keep this matter confidential, and everything that happened these days can be considered as if nothing happened.”

“No, no!”

Gu Erdan hurriedly waved his hands, “We don’t want it anymore! We need to hurry back to the tribe to warn the chief how dangerous that woman is!”

Huh!?

I suddenly became nervous and quickly asked.

“What does that mean!?”

Could it be that Nilu didn’t suddenly find and use the two beastmen, but rather… found them through a middleman!?

The next moment, Gu Erdan’s answer made my heart, which had finally relaxed a bit, tense up once again!

“Uh… that woman is the chief’s friend. The chief sent her here and told us to listen to her! Now it seems that this woman is pretty bad! We need to talk to the chief!”

…These beastmen!

“You two idiots!”

It’s not that I think beastmen are stupid, but Geloram and Gu Erdan really made me laugh in anger!

“How could she possibly be your chief’s friend!”

Looking at the two beastmen staring blankly at me, I helplessly explained, “She can use that kind of magic to command you, so she can just as easily command your chief! The statement ‘she is your chief’s friend’ is clearly a lie to deceive you!”

The blank expressions on the two beastmen’s faces lasted for quite a while; perhaps my words were a bit complicated, and they were still processing it.

The next moment, Geloram slapped his forehead!

—

“Yeah! Brother Gu Erdan! I’ve felt something was off about that woman for a while now!”

As for Gu Erdan, he was a bit smarter than Ge Luomu, though that was only by a hair’s breadth.

“That great chieftain is in danger!”

I can’t believe you two didn’t question a woman as suspicious as Nilu from the start, but instead, you foolishly followed her!

I ignored the two beastmen’s “sudden realization.” I was genuinely surprised that these two beastmen, brought from the Austro-Hungarian tribe by Nilu, were here because it meant: she had also come into contact with the leader of the Austro-Hungarian tribe ! And judging by the earlier comments from the two beastmen, that leader was probably under Nilu’s command!

This… didn’t make me feel at ease at all.

The next moment, the script indeed provided an even more distressing piece of information due to the abundance of details! I had to interrupt the two beastmen’s clamoring.

“You two, just stay in the hospital in Plouce for now, don’t go back.”

“What!? No way!”

“Noble beastmen fear no danger! We must return to tell the great chieftain that he’s been deceived by that woman!”

Return? Not a chance!

“You can’t go back!”

I shouted, because…

[Nilu has returned to the Austro-Hungarian tribe!]

Nilu had slipped away to the Austro-Hungarian tribe next door during this time.

“That woman is already back with your great chieftain. If you two foolishly go back now, it would be for nothing!”

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