49. Good physique, quite sturdy, huh?
“What’s wrong with you?”
Rosa suddenly lunged at me, startling me. If it weren’t for the fact that the script showed no abnormalities, I would have thought this midget wanted to take a bite out of my “fake chest” that I had as “Linka” at that moment!
I pressed down on her shoulders, trying to “pull” her off me like yanking a carrot, but this red carrot wouldn’t budge an inch. When I looked down again, the expression on this midget’s face was even more exaggerated; after pouncing on me, she looked completely relaxed and content, as if she had just flopped onto her own bed.
Before I could even process what Rosa’s earlier behavior was all about, she suddenly “woke up” from her momentary daze! Clearly, the action of lunging at me was entirely her doing, but now that she realized what she was doing, this midget became awkwardly self-conscious.
After a moment of silence, she cleared her throat, stepped back a bit from me, and with her usual lofty attitude, she spoke while patting my chest.
“Hmph, hmph~ Good physique, you mimic quite well.”
“Tsk.”
I reached out and pinched Rosa’s long ears, “Don’t change the subject, you little brat!”
I didn’t mind the casual hugging or lunging; who could tell what was going on in the mind of a wild fairy like Rosa? But at that moment, I was transforming into “Linka” as bait, and I had no idea when the death script would appear. I couldn’t just let Rosa act all silly with me.
“Eek! Don’t pull on my noble fairy emblem!”
After shaking my hand off, Rosa finally lifted her proud head, then… she sneaked a glance at me.
To maximize the effectiveness of the “bait tactic,” I, as “Linka,” naturally chose a less populated route home at night. Thankfully, there was no one around; otherwise, with the way Rosa had just acted towards me, if bystanders had seen it, I feared that tomorrow there would be scandalous news about Linka, being labeled as a pervert with a strange obsession for midgets.
The next moment, Rosa muttered to me, “Hey, pretty boy, just how many fairies do you have a master-servant relationship with?”
Do you remember how many slices of bread you’ve eaten? This brat definitely couldn’t play dumb. Due to some twist of fate or unavoidable circumstances, the fairies that were supposed to belong to Kephiel had ended up with me, currently just Ikusis, Zelus, and the scheming Queen Louise, who had suddenly attacked me and succeeded.
By Rosa’s standards, that seemed quite impressive. But…
“Why should I tell you?”
“Tch, I was just asking. So stingy.”
After complaining to me, Rosa didn’t press further but instead… threw out a dangerous topic, “But don’t you think you’re a bit strange?”
Looking for a fight, little ghost?
“You should know, I’ve existed since the era of the white-haired fairies you speak of, right? I am a senior among the fairies! And to me, you seem to have some special qualities that strongly attract fairies.”
Rose stuttered as she spoke, and her hesitant demeanor truly caught me off guard for a moment. But soon, the appearance of the script interrupted my thoughts, and I finally understood…
【The blood fairy wishes to recognize O’Keefe as her master.】
So this little girl is trying out a new way to flirt.
“So, what now?”
Her awkwardness almost made me laugh as I placed my hands on my hips and asked.
“W-well, there’s no ‘what now.’ Just now, I accidentally ‘sensed’ something! And, considering I urgently need power to deal with that fairy sorcerer, I naturally want to find a master. You wouldn’t qualify no matter how hard you tried, but this time I can make an exception and let you be my master~”
“Of course, this master-servant relationship is just a title~ Don’t forget, you’re not really qualified~ So you can’t just order me around. Recognizing a master is merely because this lady is feeling generous and wants to obtain your power peacefully; otherwise, I would have drained every drop of blood from you~”
With that, Rose held her head high with an air of superiority. In simple terms, based on the script she just mentioned, it meant: this creature is thirsty, wants a master, but doesn’t want to be a servant; she still wants to be her noble “Queen of the Night.”
With that attitude, Kefir would be crazy to want you. Of course, I wouldn’t take a bear-like midget by my side; I have psychological scars from midget fairies.
“Please, find someone else. I’m not interested.”
“Mm-mm~ Looks like you know your place… Huh?”
Rose’s proud smile suddenly faded. Just as she was anxiously trying to explain herself to me, perhaps to persuade me…
Time seemed to be running out.
【The white-haired fairy sorcerer comes to kill O’Keefe.】
The death script had arrived; this had nothing to do with the distraction caused by Rose’s earlier insistence on “recognizing a master,” it was simply due to its sudden appearance! Following that, there was no need for me to remind Rose; the “Queen of the Night” at least seemed to possess some fairy powers and quickly sensed the unusual atmosphere around us.
It felt like a “delusion” in my heart, even though I knew I had deliberately chosen a deserted area between the capital’s streets as “Lin Ke,” as “bait.” But everything around seemed to be separated from the normal “world”!
Wherever my gaze fell, it seemed that at the tops of buildings on either side, a figure was almost blending into the night! After all, her cloak was billowing in the high night wind beneath a full moon.
As a “bounty hunter,” the white-haired fairy sorcerer, who indeed sought to take my and Lin Ke’s lives, had finally reappeared after being driven away last time! Yet, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off!
Because the person this fairy wants to “deal with” should only be me and Lin Ke, right? I am the primary target, and Lin Ke is just collateral damage. Considering that she has already fought with me before and was temporarily driven away by Ke Fei Er and Ni Lu, I decided to use the fairy’s power to mimic Lin Ke’s appearance and return home alone tonight, in order to successfully act as “bait” to lure her in!
So, if this fairy sorceress appears and attacks, under normal circumstances, the script should be “wanting to kill Lin Ke”! However, I definitely did not misread the situation just now; the death script this fairy carries is aimed at me!
There is only one explanation: she knows my true identity at this moment! But here lies the strange part!
Why would she choose to appear, knowing full well that I am a “mimic” of Lin Ke!? Doesn’t this seem like an obvious “trap”?
However, I no longer have time to think about it; after all, I am not alone at this moment.
“Here she comes! Tsk, for the sake of my former master, I will stake my dignity as a fairy… I will never let you go!”
In the next moment, before I could even think it through, Rose, disregarding my reaction, opened a pair of wings that only demons possess and charged toward the figure standing at the distant peak as if she had seen a sworn enemy.