"Am I right?" Xia Ye asked.
"Sister Xia Ye's guess is absolutely correct." Lilian admitted honestly, "I originally wanted to wait until our relationship became more familiar before finding an opportunity to propose my wish, but I didn't expect you to be so keen. It's not even been a day. , it was guessed.”
"This is not your problem." Xia Ye said, "It's just that because of the... work I did in the past, I am better at seeing through a person's thoughts."
"Then sister Xia Ye is willing to fulfill my wish?"
Xia Ye didn't answer in a hurry.
She stood up from the chair, put her hands on the table, leaned forward, and looked down at Lillian sitting opposite. Lilian couldn't see her head, but could only see the bright red cross-section of her fair neck. She suddenly felt heart palpitations for no reason, her petite body trembled involuntarily, and then she lowered her gaze in panic.
"Think about the story I just told." Xia Ye said pleasantly.
"I understand, Sister Xia Ye." Lilian replied obediently, "Actually, thinking about it now, for me, my powerful mother is my first 'king', but she is a kind The king, although he refused me to go with her, at least gave me a proper accommodation.”
"You're right. I found that you are actually a lot smarter than you look... a lot." Xia Ye affirmed.
"Hmph, these are not words of praise." Lilian puffed up her cheeks: "Then, what kind of 'king' is Sister Xia Ye?"
"I am not a kind king, but I am not a cruel king either." Xia Ye stopped looking down at Lilian and slowly sat back on the chair: "As long as possible, I like to reason with others, but if they don't I like listening to it, and I don't mind using other methods.
"So, I'll give you two options:
"The first option, as I suggested before, you don't propose your wishes to me for the time being. I will stay in Debsota for a long time and will not leave for the time being. You can stay by my side , be my friend, and I will also find ways to help you so that you will no longer be so weak. When I am about to leave, you may still be the same as you are now, but you may also be strong enough to travel into the etheric sea by yourself, and get there Then, you can express your wish to me again."
"Then the second option is that I propose my wish to Sister Xia Ye now?" Lilian asked.
"Yes, you can ask now: when I leave this city, I will take you with me. I promised that as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely do it. And 'take you with me on the journey' is of course mine It's within my ability, so I will fulfill your wish." Xia Ye replied.
"……Huh?!"
Lilian didn't expect to hear such an answer, and her eyes widened for a moment, but then, she smartly thought that things were definitely not that simple.
"But-?" she asked tentatively.
"That's right - but you may not like the way your wish comes true." Xia Ye said.
"???"
"After all, traveling with a living person is too troublesome, and it might bring me unexpected dangers. So before I leave, I will kill you, take out your cup, and keep it with me." . In this way, it can be regarded as fulfilling the wish of 'taking you to travel around'."
"Ah?! This..." Lilian covered her mouth, obviously frightened.
But Xia Ye just sat calmly in her seat, showing no intention of harming her at all.
"Sister Xia, Xia Ye..." Lilian asked cautiously: "If I didn't ask anything just now and directly raised my wish in the future, would you agree directly and then wait until before leaving? …”
"That's right." Xia Ye admitted frankly, "Because I am a 'king', and not a kind king. If you are stupid enough to think that you can get something from me without risk, then your ending will only be the same as the story. Just like those people here who dream of becoming a queen."
"..."
Lillian didn't know whether she should be grateful to have escaped.
"But you are very smart." Xia Ye seemed to have seen her thoughts and continued: "You asked me a question, so I will tell you frankly and give you two choices. Now, you can make your choice. chosen."
"W-what other options are there? Of course I choose the first one." Lillian glared at Xia Ye, with an undisguised expression of annoyance on her delicate and lovely face.
——She has discovered that in this regard, even if she does this, Sister Xia Ye will not care.
Sure enough, Xia Ye wasn't angry at all. Instead, she chuckled as if she found it interesting.
"Very well, you made your choice voluntarily, and I respect your choice - you see, like I said, I like to reason with people."
"..." Lilian secretly admired Xia Ye's ability to 'reason' in her heart.
"I have another question." She tilted her head and thought for a while before saying.
"Say it."
"Since I was a burden that had to be 'handled' for Sister Xia Ye when she was traveling; then, am I not a burden for Sister Xia Ye who is staying in Debsota now?" Lily Ann asked.
Xia Ye thought for a while before speaking: "Although not now...but after a while, it may indeed become a burden to me, but no matter what, this burden will not be as big as when I travel, and I also Be willing to bear it.”
"Why?"
"Maybe the mixed fish soup you made is delicious." Xia Ye chuckled, "Just like the king in the story spared her life day after day just to listen to Shan Ruzod's story - at least in Germany I will consider you my friend during these days in Busota.”
Lilian could feel that a certain dangerous aura about Xia Ye was fading. This is her intuition, and her intuition in this regard has always been accurate, just like a weak little animal always has a keen intuition about dangerous beasts.
She knew that Xia Ye had become her second "king". Although the "King" this time is more dangerous than her mother, she thinks her performance this time will be better than the last time.
"The fish soup is already cold. I'm going to heat it up." She smiled and was about to pick up the pot with a small amount of fish soup left.
"No, I'm full." Xia Ye said, "But if you still want to eat, you can heat it up and I'll eat some more with you."
"Then I'll clear the dishes, sister Xia Ye."
As Lillian spoke, she stacked her and Xia Ye's tableware and carried it towards the kitchen.
Xia Ye also stood up, but instead of helping Lillian, she walked to the window and looked out.
Night falls.
The light yellow sky turned into a faint blue, and there was no moon in the sky, but darkness did not envelope the city. There were gorgeous lights everywhere as far as the eye could see.
The night in Debsota seems to be more lively than the day. The heads of the witches' brooms in the sky almost touch the tail of the person in front of them, forming a spectacular traffic jam in the sky.
I'm lying, Xia Ye said to herself in her heart, I'm not a traveling witch. I'm trying every possible means to induce Lillian not to make her wish now because I'm not sure to realize her wish now.
She repeated the facts to herself.
This is necessary. Deceivers need to remind themselves at all times what the truth is, otherwise it will be easy for them to believe their lies. And once that happens, when the bubble of lies bursts, the deceiver who created the lies will also disappear together with the lies.
But the bubble of lies will eventually burst. If you want to avoid this, there is only one way, and that is to turn lies into facts.
My goal is - Xia Ye repeated it in her heart:
1. Find your own head
2. Find out the reason for losing your head
There are 3 more... She decided to add another goal for herself:
3. Become a truly powerful witch.
