Volume 4, Chapter 11 – Though We’re Fellow Countrymen, I Have No Intention of Saving You

So in other words, the two worlds have different rates of time flow?

Luo Fei couldn’t help but reach this conclusion in his heart.

At the same time, Luo Fei’s gaze toward Zao Li carried more interest.

Considering that he had already come to this world over fifty years ago, originally Luo Fei just wanted to understand what state Earth had developed to now. But… since Zao Li was from 2038, there might be quite a lot he could learn.

Therefore,

meeting Zao Li’s puzzled eyes, Luo Fei asked with some concern:

“Since you’re from 2038, you know Qianyu Di, right?”

“Qianyu Di? That multinational luxury goods conglomerate? I know, I know it…”

“This conglomerate, in the few years before you left, were there any big news stories? How was Chairman Yu Qiuyuan’s health?”

“Ah?”

“Don’t ‘ah’ me… just answer directly.” Luo Fei’s eyes narrowed, his sharp gaze sweeping over Zao Li without courtesy.

His tone carried a trace of impatience.

“Oh, oh oh…”

Facing Luo Fei’s serious gaze, Zao Li hurriedly nodded anxiously, cold sweat beginning to flow uncontrollably from her forehead.

“As for Qianyu Di, there wasn’t any big news in those years, everything was quite normal. The chairman was also quite healthy, seemed to have attended several charity event opening ceremonies. Emm… oh right, I remember now, there was one relatively big news story!”

“What news?”

“Just, just one year before I came to this world, that Chairman Yu Qiuyuan’s son apparently committed suicide by taking sleeping pills due to too much work pressure. It seemed to trend on social media at the time.”

“Took sleeping pills, committed suicide?”

“Yes, yes… that’s how all the news reported it.”

“Hehe, I see… that’s also normal, hehe.”

After hearing Zao Li’s words, Luo Fei couldn’t help but laugh coldly several times. Terrifying coldness and suffocating pressure quietly spread outward with Luo Fei as the center, directly causing Zao Li to curl up trembling even more in the corner.

Suicide,

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how laughable.

But that’s also… those bastards from the sword martial families have such enormous power, back then they dared to kill Old Bai in broad daylight and falsify public opinion. Faking a suicide would be easy as pie…

However,

Yu Qiuyuan’s health is still relatively good? Then, that’s still okay…

Thinking of this, Luo Fei breathed a slight sigh of relief, a feeling of relief quietly overflowing from his heart.

However,

just as Luo Fei sighed and fell into silence, Zao Li beside him slightly frowned.

Since Luo Fei’s oppressive aura had dispersed quite a bit temporarily, this former Divine-Graced Maiden’s rationality finally returned. The moment her consciousness became slightly clearer, Zao Li immediately revealed an unusual expression.

Eh?

…

The slow-to-realize Zao Li suddenly became aware of a very serious problem.

Qianyu Di?

Yu Qiuyuan?

These, these are all companies and people from her world, aren’t they?

Why would Lord Luo Fei know about these things?

Could it be…

As if realizing something, Zao Li’s gaze toward Luo Fei immediately overflowed with strong shock, and her whole person trembled with excitement.

“Lord Luo Fei!! You, you’re also from Earth… from Hualong Nation?!!”

Zao Li asked tremblingly.

She even used the language of her homeland for this question.

And Luo Fei seemed not to disappoint Zao Li either. After glancing at Zao Li indifferently, Luo Fei calmly nodded and replied in the same language Zao Li used:

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“Yes, indeed.”

?!!

“This, really, it’s actually true? To actually, actually meet a fellow countryman?! So, so wonderful!”

Zao Li shouted excitedly, even excitedly climbing up from the bed again, impatiently running toward Luo Fei.

Actually,

after she was brought to this world by Duan, Zao Li had imagined scenes of meeting fellow countrymen. After all, since Lord Duan could travel between two worlds, bringing more people back wasn’t impossible either.

Precisely because of this,

worried about being replaced, Zao Li worked so desperately for Paradise Manor.

However, that the Westivian Covenant’s famous First Celestial Augur Knight was also an Earthling?

This was quite unexpected for Zao Li.

But regardless,

meeting a fellow countryman!

Didn’t this mean she had a chance to leave this living hell?!

Realizing this, Zao Li directly treated Luo Fei as her last lifeline, urgently shouting at him:

“Lord Luo Fei! Quick, save, save me!! Those Corrupted Beasts have locked me up here for two years already! Please, take, take me out!! As long as you can take me out, I can do anything! We’re both from the same world! You, you’ll save me, right, right?! Save me! Then kill all the nearby Corrupted Beasts!”

Zao Li’s tone was extremely excited.

However,

what happened next was quite different from what she expected.

The next moment,

just as Zao Li was about to grasp Luo Fei’s hand, this First Celestial Augur Knight who had briefly fallen silent slightly narrowed his eyes, and terrifying spiritual power immediately spread outward with him as the center! Like a giant wave, it mercilessly slammed into Zao Li.

“Boom!!”

Accompanied by a loud sound, Zao Li’s body once again crashed into the prison cell wall in a sorry state.

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“……”

After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, Zao Li looked at Luo Fei in confusion:

“Lord Luo Fei, why?”

Facing this question, Luo Fei directly responded with a cold and chilling gaze.

“Why? I originally came to ask you some questions. I never planned to eliminate the nearby Corrupted Beasts, much less planned to save you.”

“You, what did you say?”

Zao Li trembled all over, unwilling to accept reality as she shook her head:

“Lord Luo Fei, you, you must be joking, right?”

The current Zao Li couldn’t be bothered to think about why Luo Fei wouldn’t eliminate the Corrupted Beasts. What she cared more about… was the other party’s statement about not planning to save her.

“You must be joking, right? We’re fellow countrymen! You, how can you not save…?!!”

However,

before Zao Li could finish speaking, sinister killing intent pierced through Zao Li’s body like a blade.

—”Me joking? I think you’re the one who’s joking!”

With Luo Fei’s icy words, Zao Li was directly suppressed to the ground by killing intent, unable to move.

The only thing this Divine-Graced Maiden could do was use her terrified gaze to watch this man who seemed like a god of death before her.

“Don’t think I don’t know that when you initially infiltrated our Lingyuan family, it was to harm my children!”

Drawing the sword at his waist and pointing it at Zao Li’s face, Luo Fei roared with overwhelming killing intent:

“My beloved only left behind these three children!! And you wanted to harm them?! How could I possibly save you!!”

Although Luo Fei was somewhat casual toward Ailiya in daily life,

in his heart…

this First Knight still cared quite a lot about the children’s safety.

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For a moment, Luo Fei, whose memories had been stirred, even had the impulse to directly cut down Zao Li. The sinister killing intent fluctuations directly scared Zao Li into non-stop trembling, frightening this former Divine-Graced Maiden so much that she couldn’t say a word.

However,

just as Luo Fei was about to swing his sword, as if remembering Serveiling’s instructions, Luo Fei took a deep breath and finally sheathed his blade.

“Considering you’re my fellow countryman, I didn’t cut you down with one sword—you should be grateful!”

After coldly glancing at Zao Li and leaving behind harsh words, Luo Fei left the dungeon without looking back.

After learning the information he wanted to know, Luo Fei naturally had no interest in communicating further with Zao Li.

With the departure of her last lifeline, Zao Li powerlessly knelt on the ground.

Her whole person desperately lowered her head, tears of pain and unwillingness constantly sliding down from the corners of her eyes.

“Why, why…

Why is it like this…

I came to this world to be a saint…

Not, not to be a prisoner!

Why,

why is it like this!!

I’m not resigned to this!!

Damn it!!”

Punching the ground repeatedly, Zao Li hysterically roared in her heart.

However,

just as Zao Li’s spirit was about to collapse, a ghostly voice quietly drifted into Zao Li’s ears, causing her pupils to suddenly tremble.

—”Oh? Isn’t this the Divine-Graced Maiden that Lord Duan brought? She’s actually still not dead?”—