After Hongye Qiu left, the four girls happily left the safehouse and had lunch at a Japanese restaurant.
Mm… three of them ate, leaving only Fumier to watch. According to her:
“I sucked three bags of blood today. My fullness is unprecedented. This is the first time in my life I’ve eaten this much. Besides, eating ordinary human food would make me feel uncomfortable, so there’s no need to order a portion for me.”
After resting a bit in the shop, the four girls set off on the return trip—more precisely, the road back to Ye Xingyao and the others’ former residence.
“That place was destroyed by a Midnight-grade humanoid magic beast. Over these days, the Human Alliance’s repair work has nearly finished. We have two houses there, Fumier. You can rest assured and stay.”
Ye Xingyao and Yi Shiyue walked arm in arm, slightly ahead. She turned back and spoke to Fumier, who was half a step behind.
“Mm-hmm!”
Fumier nodded happily. The chance to get close to the gentle and powerful Star Elf sister was right before her eyes!
Ye Xingling, on the side, curiously scrutinized the little girl with golden hair and crimson eyes. In the safehouse, with many people and eyes around, it wasn’t good to show such somewhat disrespectful expressions, so she only secretly observed at times like this.
‘Mm… she looks so young, a head shorter than me. The golden hair paired with blood-red eyes also has a unique mysterious charm. Is this little child really the “High-order Elf” Blood Elf that my sisters spoke of?’
She couldn’t help but have this doubt in her heart, but then recalled the scene in the safehouse where this child held the three of their blood as food. Such doubts probably dissipated.
“Everyone, ahead is the Human Alliance construction area. If there’s no necessary business, it’s best not to enter.”
Soon, they returned to the vicinity of their old neighborhood. The traces left by the humanoid magic beast’s rampage had long disappeared. But because the residents here had all been evacuated to relocation houses, the renovated neighborhood lost its most important atmosphere of life.
The fence surrounding the construction site had not been taken down yet. Just as Ye Xingyao and the others decided to go in and take a look, they happened to run into a man holding a document bag coming out from inside.
The other party glanced at the four young girls, casually reminded them, and was about to leave. But as if remembering something, he took a half step then quickly turned back.
“Excuse me, are you Miss Ye Xin?” The man looked at Ye Xingyao and asked earnestly.
This question startled Ye Xingyao quite a bit. ‘Had my identity become known to everyone? This is a very terrifying thing, at least in my eyes. Hah.’
“Yes… We are residents here and want to see how the reconstruction is going.” But she wasn’t too puzzled. She had seen the video of that night’s banquet. In this era where entertainment is everything, after something like that happened, it would be hard not to become famous.
“Indeed it is you! I am one of the engineers for the reconstruction here, affiliated with the Human Alliance Engineering Department. You may enter. The reconstruction work itself has already been completed. Sorry for not recognizing you earlier. May I ask you to show your Hunter badge?”
The man’s attitude, first arrogant then respectful, left Ye Xingyao a bit at a loss. It was good that he was willing to let them in, but the reason was actually her identity as a hunter. ‘How come I didn’t know my words carried so much weight in the Human Alliance?’ ‘If I had known earlier, I would have at least asked someone from the Human Alliance Logistics Department to cook me two dishes.’
While complaining inwardly, Ye Xingyao brushed her skirt and a Hunter badge appeared in her hand. After handing it to the man for confirmation, he turned his gaze to the three girls behind her.
“Although I trust you and your identity has no issues, these three…”
“The white-haired girl over there is my assistant hunter, the black-haired one is my little sister, and this golden-haired one is the neighbor’s kid. May I ask if you can make an exception?”
“In that case, go on in. Just remember not to forcefully touch the newly repaired areas. I’ll take my leave now; I have some engineering documents to return to the Alliance.”
The man let the girls through immediately after hearing Ye Xingyao’s words, waving goodbye.
“Mm, thank you, sir.”
Ye Xingyao nodded and led the girls toward the direction she was familiar with.
Soon they arrived downstairs at their former home. The neighborhood had just been completed and power had not yet been restored. Ye Xingyao looked at the stairs inside the stairwell, quietly sighed in her heart, and took the lead to go up.
“Xiaoyue, my sister Xingling, and I have lived here since a long time ago. Some time ago, a humanoid magic beast appeared here, roughly of Midnight-grade strength, and this place was destroyed.”
Ye Xingyao walked up step by step, also explaining the reason for coming here to Fumier behind her.
Outside the safehouse, it was not easy for them to discuss these topics that were secrets to ordinary people. But here, it was all cleared out by the Human Alliance Engineering Department, so presumably no one would linger here. She might as well say whatever came to mind.
“Humanoid magic beast?”
For Fumier, humanoid magic beasts were also a very special species. Although she had no experience fighting magic beasts, during her days living with the Blood Elf family, she was always accompanied by books. Her reading volume was no less than anyone else’s, and even many ancient secrets recorded in books were unknown to most Blood Elves.
“Yeah, that thing only had the rough form of a human, without human thought. It was still a pure magic beast that fought on instinct. But the appearance of such a thing meant that magic beasts had also evolved in places we don’t know, developing things we can’t imagine.”
“It feels hard to imagine.”
“Haha, even I, who have seen it with my own eyes and fought it, still find it somewhat unbelievable. It… is somewhat similar to those defective Blood Fiends?”
While chatting, the four girls walked to the floor where they used to live. Looking at the brand-new security door, they could only stand outside, staring blankly.
“This room is the house where my sister and I lived. The other side is Xiaoyue’s. However…”
Ye Xingyao glanced at the white-haired girl beside her who was smiling, and for a moment found it hard to say.
“Now Xiaoyao and I live together, so this house is empty. It’s just right to lend it to Fumier to stay.”
Yi Shiyue said with a smile.
“Eh? Living together… Sister Xiaoyue and Sister Xingyao, could you two be… that kind of relationship?”
Fumier’s eyes widened, her gaze wandering incredulously between Yi Shiyue and Ye Xingyao. This was the first time she had seen an elven couple other than Blood Elves, and it was a Star Elf sister and a Moon Elf sister…