Skinwalker Belle – Chapter 248 – The World Became Quiet

The carriage resumed its journey across the bumpy wasteland, and a strange silence fell within the compartment.

Lu Yuan, bruised and swollen, huddled in a corner like a defeated quail, his eyes filled with doubt about the world.

From time to time, he would sneak a glance at the “Princess Long Wu” lounging lazily on the soft cushions opposite him. His lips moved as if to say something, but the painful memory of being pinned to the ground and thrashed made him swallow his words.

He couldn’t win. He really couldn’t win.

It was no longer a matter of levels, but an absolute crushing defeat in terms of combat skill and awareness.

His much-vaunted speed and light-based abilities were like a child’s parlor tricks in front of her.

Lin Fan paid no mind to his complex inner turmoil.

She had her legs crossed, and her foot, clad in a ten-centimeter high heel, dangled gently in the air, the pointed toe tracing an elegant arc.

After fighting for so long, her feet felt uncomfortably stuffy inside the shoes.

She casually took off the black velvet high heels and tossed them aside.

A pair of slender, jade-like feet, wrapped in the finest black silk, were thus exposed to the air.

Her ankles were delicate, the arch of her feet curved with a heart-stopping beauty, and her five toes were rounded and petite, faintly visible beneath the thin fabric.

“Hah…”

Lin Fan let out a soft, satisfied sigh, her toes curling contentedly.

Lu Yuan stared, his eyes wide.

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Not for any other reason, but because he felt that those very feet had nearly crushed his skull just moments ago.

He scooted over, putting a little more distance between himself and those dangerous feet.

“Um… Big Sis…” Lu Yuan ultimately couldn’t hold back. Like a monkey, the moment his injuries healed a bit, his mouth started running again. “Are… are you really from the Dragon Clan? Why do I feel like your fighting style is more assassin-like than an actual assassin’s?”

Lin Fan kept her eyes closed, too lazy to bother with him.

“No, I’m just curious,” Lu Yuan continued, his words firing like a machine gun. “Your Mental Strength is just absurd. You can even make my light bend. That’s not scientific! And your skills, they’re just incredible!”

“I’m telling you, Big Sis, how old are you anyway? You look sixteen or seventeen, but you fight like a centuries-old monster.”

“Also, since this is your disguise, what do you really look like? You must be even prettier, right? Why don’t you change back and let me have a look?”

“Shut up.”

Lin Fan finally opened her eyes, a trace of impatience in her golden, vertical pupils.

“Oh.” Lu Yuan shrank back, staying quiet for a whole three seconds.

Then, he couldn’t help but speak again. “I just think, since we’re both fellow countrymen from Blue Star, we should communicate more and build our friendship. Look how fierce you are with me. How are we supposed to build a beautiful home together in the future? Doesn’t that make sense? I think…”

The chatter was giving Lin Fan a headache.

She looked at Lu Yuan’s incessantly moving mouth.

Lin Fan slowly sat up straight. Her long fingers pinched the edge of the gossamer-thin black stocking on her right leg, and then she gently peeled it down.

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The stocking slid down her smooth thigh and was finally pulled off her foot completely, then crumpled into a ball.

“What… what are you doing?” Lu Yuan asked warily, a bad feeling creeping over him.

Lin Fan didn’t speak, merely brandishing the ball of black fabric at him.

The next second, her figure flickered from her spot.

Before Lu Yuan could react, the ball of black fabric, still warm and faintly fragrant, was accurately stuffed into his chattering mouth.

“Mmph! Mmph mmph mmph!”

Lu Yuan’s eyes instantly bulged like bronze bells. He clapped his hands over his mouth, letting out a series of unintelligible muffled cries.

An indescribable scent shot straight to his brain.

The world was finally quiet.

Lin Fan clapped her hands in satisfaction and leaned back against the soft cushions, propping her other foot up as well. Her bare feet swayed contentedly.

“Quiet now,” she said faintly.

Inside the carriage, only Lu Yuan’s indignant, muffled sounds of desperately trying to gag and spit remained.

…

Two days passed in a flash.

When the carriage stopped again, the majestic Border Dragon City was before them.

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Compared to the chaotic, wild atmosphere of Azurewood City, Border Dragon City appeared far more imposing and orderly.

The city walls were a hundred meters high, built from some unknown black megalith. The stones seemed to be enchanted with some kind of runes, shimmering with a faint light.

At the city gate, squads of heavily armored Dragon Clan soldiers patrolled. The weakest among them were Level 4, and the leading captain had reached the early stage of Level 6.

Their carriage bore no insignia and was stopped by a squad of werewolf guards a hundred meters from the gate.

“Halt! For inspection!” the werewolf captain in the lead roared in a gruff, arrogant voice.

The driver was an experienced old hand and stopped the carriage without being either servile or overbearing.

The carriage curtain was gently lifted by a hand wearing a black lace glove.

Lin Fan’s face, that of Long Wu—exquisite and tinged with a natural arrogance—appeared outside.

She said nothing, merely glancing at the werewolf captain with her pure golden, vertical pupils.

In that instant, the arrogance on the werewolf captain’s face froze, then morphed into utter terror.

Thump!

Without a second thought, he dropped to one knee, his massive wolf head bowing low. His voice trembled violently with fear. “This… this humble one was blind! I did not know… it was Her Highness, Princess Long Wu! Please, Your Highness, forgive me!”

The squad of werewolf guards behind him was even more scared out of their wits. They all dropped to their knees in a clatter, not even daring to lift their heads.

The entire city gate area instantly fell into a dead silence.

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Everyone entering and exiting stopped in their tracks, looking with reverence at the ordinary black carriage.

Inside the carriage, Lu Yuan, who had just been freed from the stocking gag and was desperately rinsing his mouth, couldn’t help but click his tongue at the scene.

Was this the privileged class?

As expected, it worked everywhere.

Lin Fan let the curtain fall, seemingly accustomed to such scenes.

“Enter the city,” she instructed softly.

The driver immediately urged the horses forward, and the carriage slowly rolled into Border Dragon City under countless gazes of awe.

Only after the carriage had completely vanished down the street did the Level 6 Dragon Clan guard captain dare to peek his head over the city wall, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead.

He roared at the werewolf captain who had just scrambled to his feet, “You bunch of idiots! Hurry up and report to the City Lord! Princess Long Wu is back!”

“Yes! Yes!”

As if granted amnesty, the werewolf captain scrambled away, running for his life toward the City Lord’s mansion.

Inside the carriage, Lin Fan peered through the gap in the curtains at the bustling and heavily guarded streets, a meaningful curve playing on her lips.

Old man, I’m back.

I wonder if you’ve missed your “precious daughter” these past two days?