Rey returned home looking embarrassed.
Fortunately, the clothes were ruined, but he seemed to smell the smell of his own hair or eyebrows being burnt, which was a bit embarrassing.
"Um?"
He saw a letter inserted into the mailbox at the door.
The recipient was the adoptive father. After opening it, he found that it was about trading Emily, and the time was set for the morning the day after tomorrow.
It was pretty fast, but Emily originally planned to trade it out. After writing down the location, he used dark magic to destroy the envelope.
Why not use fire?
...because he still has a bit of a shadow over the fire.
"What do you look like?"
Hearing these unceremonious words, I knew it was Emily without even thinking.
Rey turned to look at her and found that she was just sitting there looking at him and doing nothing else.
This is somewhat strange.
He didn't hide it. "I suffered a little loss. It was the first time I encountered something that could instantly release intermediate magic."
"Intermediate magic scroll?" Emily said the name of the thing in one breath, and then she looked at Rey carefully and said, "You are still alive. I don't know what that thing is, but you didn't get hurt at all."
No, in fact, Rey was not injured; he just looked embarrassed.
It's hard to say about other intermediate magics. He knows the fire and wind elements by himself, so he can naturally find a way to offset most of the damage.
Rey didn't refute her but instead said, "Tell me, why are you looking for me?"
Emily tilted her head. "How do you know?"
Rey curled his lips and said, "If I hadn't asked you to learn skills, you would have never seen me every day. It would be strange if you didn't ask me to come back at this time."
"Too."
Emily admitted generously.
"I want to go out. I don't want to do anything. I just go out to watch. Didn't you forbid me from going out?"
Rey looked at the other side with a strange look. He had actually lifted this restriction a long time ago.
After all, other people would occasionally go out with Tilu following them, so Rey actually didn't care. Anyway, the contract was still here, and she couldn't go far.
In this way, Emily should have remembered his initial words and never tried to go out.
Seeing Rey's silence, Emily thought it was because he didn't agree. "If you're worried, come with me."
"That would be too troublesome."
These were Rey's sincere words. He was still thinking about looking for traces of the cloaked man tomorrow.
Unexpectedly, what Emily was thinking was that he still refused to agree, so she finally softened her words and said, "Tomorrow should be the last day. I have been locked up since I became a slave."
"Although you have a lot of freedom here, you still can't go out for a look, so just take a while tomorrow, okay?"
When Rey heard Emily speaking softly, she turned her head in disbelief, only to see her gentle expression.
Goosebumps almost appeared on his skin, and he felt like something was wrong all over his body.
She just wanted to go out with her by herself.
Rey thought about that letter. He would leave here after completing this transaction, and they might never meet again.
"Okay. When?"
Emily blinked.
Suddenly he relaxed; he was so easy to talk to.
"If you have time, you can do it anytime."
"Then let's talk tomorrow."
After Rey finished speaking, he walked straight into the house.
And Emily looked at his back; she seemed to know a little bit about how to get along with Rey.
However, it's no use; she's leaving.
It was quite fun here, and it even made her forget about the princess for a lot of time.
Emily's eyes became confused. If that person was lying to her again, what else could she do?
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"Good morning, Master."
Getting up with Tilu's greetings every morning, Rey has gradually become accustomed to life in this world.
In other words, if Tilu didn't exist, he might have difficulty adapting.
Just after breakfast, someone came to visit outside. They were brother and sister, Kai and Lynn.
Rey had no intention of continuing his job as a slave trader, so he recommended Kai to Vincent.
Kai became a guard four days ago, but he was a little busy when he first took office, so he came to say thank you today.
"Brother, thank you for recommending me to Captain Vincent."
Kai had completely lost his grudge against Rey at this time.
Rey didn't feel that he had helped. "I just helped you find another one because you lost your job with me. Whether you can do it or not depends on you."
When Kai was about to say something, Lynn said on his behalf, "My brother actually admires Lord Vincent very much. He has been very excited these days and tells me about it every day. This is the first time I have seen him like this, so saying thanks is a must."
She now also knew that Rey was the evil person her brother said, but she began to doubt the authenticity of the matter.
I can't believe that Rey did so many bad things before.
While several people were talking, another guest came to the door.
No, this time it was not a guest, because he didn't even knock on the door and just pushed it in.
Rey and the others happened to be outside, and they happened to see the man when he came in.
That was a friend of Rey's adoptive father, who was also responsible for the slave trade in the East District.
Seeing Rey, he said loudly and unceremoniously, "Where is your father? Why haven't you seen anyone for so many days? Let him come out quickly."
Rey looked strange. "He went to a very far away place. What can I do for you?"
The visitor said angrily, "The people over there in the Southern District died on our side, and the strong men from the other side came to our door. That guy is not here at this time. It couldn't be your fault, right? Take me there quickly," he said."
Rey said tactfully, "It might be inconvenient to see him. It's difficult."
The visitor was immediately furious. "Rey, you dare to talk to me like this. Who gave you the courage? I'm telling you, I'll give you three seconds to make a decision. I'm going to see your father now."
Rey sighed helplessly and indicated with his eyes that Tilu didn't have to hold back and take action. "Although this request is quite simple, let's spare his life first."
"Yes."
As soon as Tilu answered, a magical light like a thin needle pierced the man's neck.
With perfect control over her magic power, Tilu successfully advanced to become a junior magician last night.
Kai looked at this sudden scene, and it took him a long time to react.
"Brother, the guys from the South District are here to cause trouble. What should we do? Can we ask Guard Chief Vincent for help?"
Rey watched Emily come out of the house, remembered yesterday's agreement, and waved to her.
Then he said to Kai, "Don't bother me so much. I'll just go over and get rid of that guy. This person and the people there can be regarded as your merits."
Kai's eyes widened. Seeing Rey speaking so easily, he thought the other person was just going out for a walk.
Then he remembered what Rey said a few nights ago: he couldn't really be a master of magic.
He heard some inside information about the City Lord's Mansion, which was completely different from what he heard from Rey. He didn't even know what the truth was.
Kai thought, Rey had done these things; he couldn't take all the credit.
He wants to publicise the good things Rey has done and let people change their impression of him.
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