48. No one understands running away better than I do.

Perhaps it was due to the “magic” affairs within the city of Rodma that Linca, who had only come to do business, could no longer endure. In the script, Linca’s desire to “leave the Rodma Empire” was not a lie at all . I had also prepared to quietly “strategically retreat” with Kfeier, who had already received the new script, along with Letty, who was unknowingly entangled in the “New Fairy” matter. This meant leaving Nilu’s hometown.

With a common goal, we clicked immediately. As the Pokémon song goes: yesterday’s enemy is today’s friend. At this point, there was no need to dwell on Linca’s previous fixation on the hotel. After all, everyone was ready to make a run for it. After putting in some effort to temporarily cheer up Letty, who was still a bit troubled, we gathered after the hotel closed to discuss how to “strategically relocate.”

At this moment, inside the hotel.

The one most dissatisfied with the “retreat” was Letty. It wasn’t that she wanted to stay in the Rodma Empire to run a hotel; after all, having completed her intelligence gathering, Letty, as the Empress of the Rosia Empire, had to return home to continue her reign. What truly annoyed Letty was that the word “retreat” simply did not exist in the Rosia people’s dictionary.

So the little midget’s suggestion was quite simple and blunt: “Why don’t we just leave openly and honestly?!”

Letty slammed the table, her small body exuding the same domineering presence as ever. The decision, made in a very Russian manner, was echoed by the Rosia followers led by Sister Rasputin in the shop, filling the place with the essence of the Rosia people .

“Lady Letty is wise!”

“Whoever dares to block Lady Letty’s way back home, we’ll blow their heads off, Brete!”

“Ura!!”

Ura, you big-headed ghost!

I pressed Letty’s little head down to sit her back down.

“Letty, this is the Rodma Empire, not Rosia. Even if you want to be a bit domineering, you have to consider safety, right?”

I tried to persuade Letty not to engage in any impulsive behavior that would require shouting “Ura Ura.”

As time went on, in the script I had seen these past few days, Nilu’s intentions had clearly shifted to [Nilu prevented Oujilide and his group from leaving]! This time, Nilu’s actions were not to “get me,” but rather more dangerously , a script unfavorable to Kfeier and Letty!

[Nilu wants to eliminate Kfeier, who poses a danger to Oujilide!]

[Nilu wants to eliminate the Thunder Fairy, Zousi, as well as Ivan Letty, who carries Zousi!]

Clearly, Nilu had learned of the Thunder Fairy’s appearance and wanted to eliminate this “traitor fairy,” as well as Kfeier, who would surely obtain new treasures one day. The previous attempt by Linca’s group to leave had merely been a part of Nilu’s plan . At this point, even if we wanted to leave openly, there would be no opportunity. If the irritable Rosia people were to create any conflict then, it would expose our identities, resulting in a loss.

“Gulu gulu…”

My persuasion finally had an effect; Letty huffed like a little cat with nowhere to vent her frustration. It seemed she realized that a direct approach was too reckless.

“Leaving directly probably won’t work, and the Great Ying Empire… doesn’t support it either.”

Regarding the retreat, I had also secretly contacted Queen Louise IV of the inspection team with Kfeier. It must be said that the queen truly lived up to her title. Even though Kfeier and I had encountered danger, she still expressed the hope that we could leave quietly without exposing our identities, as otherwise, it would affect the Great Ying Empire.

The simplest way would be to rely on my script and Kfeier’s abilities to sneak away. However, this would mean that followers like Sister Rasputin would not be able to leave, and I certainly couldn’t abandon them in the Rodma Empire.

However, the trouble seemed easier to resolve than I thought, because at that moment, content related to Linca from the Melly United Kingdom appeared in the script!

[Linca has a complete retreat plan, but it requires cooperation from Oujilide’s group!]

So this commander had long sought our assistance, which is why she had proposed “cooperation” earlier. But everyone was in the same boat; I quietly buried this script that might upset Kfeier deep in my heart and decided not to expose it.

Sure enough, the next moment, there was movement from Linca’s side.

“Hey~ So you Rosia people can’t solve problems in a more civilized way?”

Linca spread her hands in apparent “helplessness,” completely ignoring my hard-fought attempt to restrain Letty, and tapped the bell on the table.

“Indeed, at times like this, we still need our powerful Melly United Kingdom to take the lead~ Waiter! Pour me a cup of cappuccino!”

I helplessly gestured for Sister Rasputin to comply. To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that Linca indeed had a way in the script, I would have wanted to pour a cup of hot water down her neck.

“I have a way to quietly get all of us out of here, but it requires some cooperation from you all~”

Lin Ke clasped her hands together, then spread them apart, followed by raising her finger, and then making an OK gesture.

“Do you remember the contract I asked for earlier? Although our people can’t leave right now, it doesn’t mean that the people from the Meili United Kingdom can’t come in. Other major families from that side think we’ve taken a great advantage, so they’re rushing over, hoping to get a written acknowledgment from you, the Da Ying Empire and the Luoxia Empire. Simply put, they want to take advantage.”

Lin Ke made a “tch” sound, seemingly displeased with the people in her kingdom. “In any case, we can take this opportunity to disguise ourselves and ‘mix out.’ What do you think?”

As she spoke, Lin Ke looked at us with great pride. “As long as you all ‘humble yourselves’ a bit, we can sneak out~ The Meili United Kingdom has always exchanged intelligence with the Forbidden Land, so they won’t be too vigilant~”

It was a good plan, although it clearly involved Lin Ke “using” us. However, I could pretend not to notice her little scheme; it was just…

To confirm whether this plan was feasible, I frowned the moment I glanced at the script.

“What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.”

I shook my head and then looked at Ke Fei Er. “I’ll follow you to negotiate, while Ke Fei Er and Lei Ti prepare to assist and leave. It’s rare for them to get to this point.”

“Eh? Ah… ah, haha~ It’s nothing really~”

Upon hearing my words, Lin Ke awkwardly touched her hat, and after holding back for a while, she sighed, blushing slightly as she looked at me.

“Sorry, there’s a bit of an element of using you to gain an advantage, but I’ll repay this favor later!”

What I was concerned about wasn’t the issue of favors, but rather… the escape plan that Lin Ke had this time. Because, even though it seemed like a good plan, why would the script tell me about some troublesome content at this moment ?

【Ou Ji Li De was killed by Extra A while accompanying Lin Ke to negotiate!】

The death script appeared, and it didn’t even involve Nilu!

The only explanation is: this time Lin Ke’s escape plan might not be as simple as she thought?

“Uh, um? Are you asking for mental damages?”

“No! For free!”

I shook my head, not wanting to dwell on it. With Ke Fei Er beside me, I wasn’t afraid of the death script; the key now was how to safely get Ke Fei Er and Lei Ti out of the Rodema Empire and avoid Nilu’s threat.