61. Woman, Are You Playing with Fire? (For Real)

It seems that Nilu had made contact with the Great Chief of the Austro-Hungarian tribe long before we arrived. Not just contact; she probably went directly to him and used that power to control his thoughts, embellishing and altering the purpose of our visit. And today’s meeting was also a “trap” that Nilu had prepared for me.

The Great Chief already knew my identity and regarded me as an elf “colluding” with ill intentions against the Austro-Hungarian tribe. No matter how I explained, it would surely be useless! Although Gelo and Gu Erdan immediately spoke up for me, they too were powerless against the authority of the Great Chief.

Ultimately, I, along with the free-of-charge Gelo and Gu Erdan, was directly thrown into the dungeon by this group of orcs, and my situation suddenly became troublesome!

At this moment, in the evening, inside the dungeon used by the Austro-Hungarian tribe to imprison the most dangerous type of prisoners, Gelo, Gu Erdan, and I had been standing here dumbly for quite a while, just short of a sorrowful song about iron bars.

“Sigh… I’m sorry for you both.”

I turned to look at the two orcs who were also standing there dumbly, arms crossed, seemingly ready to give up thinking.

“It seems your chieftain had made a decision long ago, and you two were just caught up in it along with me.”

I wasn’t worried about being stuck in this place with the two orcs, as they didn’t have any dangerous thoughts in the script, and besides… these two orcs were quite decent!

“Not a problem at all!”

“Exactly, if anything, I should thank you.”

Gu Erdan took over Gelo’s words, “If you hadn’t taken the risk to meet the chieftain, we wouldn’t have known: our chieftain was deceived by a troublesome woman! Now we should be thinking about how to… cough cough !”

Gu Erdan abruptly stopped at the crucial word, then shook his head.

His idea was good, but escaping was completely unrealistic. The orc prison was indeed clean and simple, with tightly woven bars, a bare bed, a toilet, and a palm-sized window—that was all. It was clean, but in this script given to me, there was no way to escape; all that awaited me was a script of death.

“Brother Gu Erdan, how about we say the toilet is blocked and look for an opportunity…”

“Have you eaten enough to block the toilet!? Idiot!”

I ignored the two blunt orcs.

In this situation, even if Ke Fei Er came, it wouldn’t be easy for her to heroically rescue me, not to mention that the orcs’ witchcraft could also sever our contract, making it uncertain whether Ke Fei Er could even find us.

So… some “opportunities” would definitely come.

At the moment I fell silent, the script that seemed to lead only to waiting for death suddenly had a twist! A shadow appeared alongside the change in my script, standing outside the prison bars without me noticing!

[Nilu took Oujili De away from the cell!]

It was Nilu!

My neck felt as if it were being choked, making it hard to breathe! Meanwhile, Gelo and Gu Erdan, upon seeing the woman who had deceived their chieftain, were not as tense as I was!

“You’re the one who deceived the chieftain!”

“Brother Gu Erdan! Let me punch her to death!”

The two furious orcs looked ready to tear down the cell and settle the score with Nilu, but facing the terrifying threat posed by the two enraged orcs, Nilu merely let out a troubled sigh.

“Really kills the mood… Jias.”

Flames shot from Nilu’s eyes, and when I looked again, both Gelo and Gu Erdan had turned into human-shaped statues, standing there motionless.

After doing all this, Nilu finally pulled back her hood to reveal her face and smiled at me.

“Mr. Oujili De, I’ve come to take you away.”

Accompanied by the familiar scripts appearing outside the cell.

[Orc A was commanded by Nilu!]

[Orc B was commanded by Nilu!]

…

It seems that long before Nilu suddenly appeared to assist me in escaping from the Great Yng Empire, she had already mastered such power. At this moment, behind her stood all the guards of the prison, yet those orcs… just like Gu Erdan and the others, had turned into wooden posts, standing dumbly.

Everything highlighted Nilu, who was quietly waiting in front of me, making me watch her gaze never leave my body, then she reached out just a little towards the prison bars…

The hard bars instantly turned into a pile of iron shavings, and in Nilu’s gaze, there was an added hint of expectation.

What a perfect trick this was; first, she secretly used her power to deceive the Great Clan Leader, making him believe I was a dangerous element and capturing me, then she came to rescue me herself…

What was Nilu trying to prove? I remembered I should have told her that as long as there was a script in her heart that was detrimental to Ke Fei’er, I could never accept anything she did.

“Nilu.”

The bars disappeared, returning my freedom, but I did not step out; instead, I stood still and coldly asked.

“Is this self-directed performance amusing to you?”

“Of course~”

Nilu’s expectation for me grew even stronger!

“I know you must understand, and I also know… even if you know I’m playing tricks, you would still insist on explaining to the Great Clan Leader, even if there’s no hope, because Mr. Oujili De, you are the kind of person who keeps my gaze fixed.”

【Nilu has strong feelings for Oujili De!】

“I use this clumsy method just to let you know… the things that woman cannot do, I can do for you, and I can do better than she can!”

【Nilu likes Oujili De!】

“So, please stop doing those fruitless things for her, and look at me a little more… okay?”

【Nilu wants to win Oujili De!】

Row after row of seemingly beautiful yet extremely dangerous scripts frequently emerged in my mind alongside Nilu’s words! Setting aside all positions, the Nilu in front of me indeed… made it impossible for men to refuse on “another level.” She possessed great power, and within her cold elegance, there was even a hint of wicked charm, completely different from her previous timid and weak self. Her attitude towards me was devoted to a frightening extent…

But, unfortunately…

I did not choose your script, and all I could see was “that woman” you spoke of.

I still did not move my feet.

“Nilu, if I were to escape from here, I would be a scoundrel; you know what my answer would be.”

“Mm~ of course I know.”

I thought Nilu would be angry, but this time her reaction surprised me.

It seemed she already anticipated my response and was not shaken at all; instead… she stepped forward, coming right in front of me.

“However, I was too naive before, always hoping you would look my way; such delusions are far from reality.”

In the next moment, I saw a spark of fire faintly emerge in her right eye, that was… the symbol of a fairy.

“So this time… I will take the initiative to prove it to you~ with the opportunities I’ve fought for, in… a more direct way!”

Nilu, she intends to…

“Jiyas!”

At the moment I remained silent, a flash of fire seemed to leap into my view!