Chapter 21: Tangerine

【Hyunwoo...... Hyunwoo, wake up. 】

[Hmm...... Is it my vigil? 】

Liu Xianyu, who was sleeping fragrantly, was woken up by Ikatris, he rubbed his sleepy eyes, moved his stiff neck and asked Ikatelis.

[No, look over there!] 】

Liu Xianyu worked hard in the dark according to the direction of Ikatris, and finally saw two points of fluorescence, the pale green fluorescence was slowly approaching the field.

[What's that?] 】

At this time, Jade had also been woken up by Ikatris, and she was lying on Liu Xianyu's back looking at the two points of fluorescence.

[A ooze monster with glowing eyes? 】

Liu Xianyu guessed with a big brain.

[It's better to have something like that, whatever it is, we'll have to go and take a look, if we destroy the field, we'll fail in our mission!] 】

Jade said as she pulled something out of her clothes.

[I'll count 321 later, you two will close your eyes.] 】

[What do you want to do with your eyes closed?] 】

[Don't ask so much, if you don't want to be blind, just close it obediently.] 】

【32…… 1! 】

Jade threw out the contents of her hand, and then quickly closed her eyes.

[Meow? 】

Bang –

The intense white light instantly lit up the night, and it turned out that what Jade threw out just now turned out to be a flashbang or something like a weapon, and even Liu Xianyu and Ikatris could feel their eyelids white even with their eyes closed.

[Okay, open your eyes.] 】

Jade knew that the flash was over, so she made the two of them open their eyes. The three of them groped their way to the location of the flashbang by relying on the illumination of the jadeite, and they saw the owner of the two fluorescent dots in a vegetable field, a petite and tattered girl.

[I can't see the meow with my eyes, and the orange orange has become a blind meow! ] 】

The orange-haired girl in a tattered beggar's costume rolled on the ground with her eyes in her hands, and for some reason her words sounded like reading a book, and her voice sounded like a milky smell.

[Ahh 】

[I guess it's just an ordinary vegetable thief.] 】

The little girl heard Liu Xianyu's voice and the three of them, lying on the ground, and suddenly stopped rolling.

[I didn't expect to be caught by humans!] 】

[It looks like it's just an ordinary child, but where did the fluorescent run just now? ] 】

Emerald held the ball of light and began to look around, while Ikatris bent down and picked up the little girl who was rolling on the ground.

[Now that he has been caught, he has nothing to say, and Tachibana's short life is about to end in hunger, so I want to eat the grilled fish meow of my hometown again before I die. 】

Although the little girl said such lines in her mouth, her voice did not fluctuate.

[Don't worry, we won't hurt you, we were just catching monsters, I'm sorry to hurt you by mistake.] 】

Ikatrius bent down and picked up the little girl.

[Really? 】

The little girl asked suspiciously.

[Really. 】

Liu Xianyu stretched out his hand and gently stroked the top of the little girl's head, and after touching it twice, Liu Xianyu suddenly felt that something was wrong, there seemed to be something fluffy in the girl's tangled hair, which was definitely not the feel of hair.

[Jade, come here. 】

Liu Xianyu called the jade who was continuing to look for the monster on the side.

[What's wrong?] 】

With the help of the light source in the jade hand, Liu Xianyu finally saw what the strange feeling came from. The little girl's orange hair actually had two fluffy animal ears, which had not been discovered before because of the concealment of the hair.

[Could it be ......]

Liu Xianyu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated from 80 to 180, and a bold guess formed in his mind, at this time Ikatris seemed to have discovered the ears on the top of the girl's head, and said with some surprise:

[Are you a demon? 】

[Tangerine is just a strange-looking human race.] 】

As she spoke, the little girl let go of her hands covering her eyes and shook her head quickly, and then all three of them stared at her glowing eyes and smiled.

[Ah, Tachibana's eyes are good? 】

The girl looked at Liu Xianyu and the three of them with a shocked expression.

—————— the dividing line of time, five minutes later

[That's it, Tachibana sneaked out of the house, and it turned out to be farther and farther, but fortunately, the roadside here is always full of things to eat. 】

[Although humans are terrible, Tachibana rarely encounters people as long as they don't come out during the day.] 】

The little girl named Tangerine told her story after she learned that the three people in front of her really wouldn't eat it, and that humans wouldn't eat the demon race. can be brought in one sentence, that is, the child came out of the house and couldn't go back, because when she was a child, her grandfather always scared her by eating you if she didn't sleep at night, so she avoided humans all the way, and then relied on her physical fitness as a demon all the way to make a living by stealing vegetables grown in all the villages she passed by, which was basically the failed version of Liu Xianyu's escape.

It sounds pitiful, but I don't know why Tachibana keeps talking with a blank face, as if those are trivial things that are not worth mentioning.

[It's really hard for you, such a young child can run so far by stealing food all the way. 】

Liu Xianyu has fallen into a strange frenzy in the face of this little girl who combines loli and cat ear elements. He took out a piece of dry food from the package and handed it to the little girl.

[Thank you, big brother.] But Tangerine doesn't just live on vegetables, I can hunt on my own! Our cat demon clan is born to hunt, and Tangerine's bow and arrow can shoot accurately, but I forgot to bring it out......]

Speaking of this, Tachibana's ears twitched, and then he ate the dry food in both hands, but even if he said thank you, Tachibana's face still had that expression. Looking at the little Lori constantly eating the dry food in her hand, Liu Xianyu couldn't help but think, could it be the setting of a girl with facial paralysis?

Before he knew it, the sky was already white, and the edge of the sun appeared on the horizon, and Liu Xianyu saw that some farmers had begun to get up and work.

A middle-aged man saw Liu Xianyu and the three of them, his eyes lit up and walked over to them.

[Hello, I was sent by the village chief, and the village chief said that although there was no evidence, he still decided to believe you, so let me tell you that you can go back today. 】

[Really? 】

Liu Xianyu said excitedly.

[That's right, and I think you've been sitting here all night, so I've brought some food from home, so eat it while it's hot.] 】

Saying this, the man handed over a small basket, and Liu Xianyu opened it to see that the basket was steaming buns.

[I'll take a look!] 】

Jade picked up a bun from the basket and took a big bite of it.

[Ah Lang Lang Lang (hot hot)]

Chewing on the bun in a big gulp, Jade gave the man a thumbs up.

[Thank you.] 】

Liu Xianyu thanked the man.

[You're welcome, you can eat first, and after eating, hang the basket on this tree.] 】

After speaking, the man turned around and left, and Liu Xianyu and the four of them picked up the buns and stood and ate them.

"This is a bit similar to the food in our hometown. 】

Tangerine said while eating the bun in his hand.

[Yay! Now that we're done and we're done eating, let's head back to the city, I can't wait for a drink! 】

Jade raised the bun in her hand and shouted loudly.

【Oh ~ Have a drink.】 】

Tachibana didn't know why he learned Jade's movements.

Speaking of which, obviously he didn't have the habit of drinking before, but for some reason, Liu Xianyu also wanted to go back quickly and drink a big glass of ale. In this way, after the four of them finished eating, they hung the basket on the tree, and then strode towards the direction of the city in the face of the newborn sun.

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