The villa was filled with the aroma of spices, and the dishes on the table were still steaming.
Xilika sat restlessly, waiting. She waited and waited, but the goblin who usually returned on time did not show up.
Should she go look for him?
If she were still in the kingdom, she could order her holy knights to handle things and search for someone.
But here, in the deepest part of the Goblin Kingdom, she had no authority and could barely protect herself.
Xilika let out a self-deprecating laugh.
It was the first time she felt so useless.
All she could do was curl up like a little kitten on the luxurious sofa, waiting for the same lively scene as the previous day to arrive.
She had been familiar with this feeling of waiting since childhood.
But all waiting was in vain.
She hadn’t waited for her parents to take her home; instead, she had only waited for a life called “Saintess.”
She hadn’t waited for the bright future promised by the gods; instead, she had only waited for betrayal and the goblins’ prison cart.
Was this time’s outcome going to be the same?
She had seen that green face countless times, almost carving it into her mind.
Now, she longed to see it so much.
She didn’t know why, but every day when she heard the sound of the door closing, she felt as if a piece of her heart was missing.
When he was away, Xilika felt like an empty bottle; when he came home, she was filled again and felt at ease.
Was it love?
“Would I fall in love with a goblin?”
Xilika asked herself, but she felt it was more about dependence and trust.
His body and face were those of a goblin—a symbol of terror—yet he was so gentle.
In this hellish place, he had given her an impossible way of life.
Xilika buried her head in her pale thighs, experiencing a swirl of complicated emotions.
But this atmosphere filled with anticipation was shattered by the intruders.
The door suddenly swung open, and two tall goblins squeezed in.
They were almost tall enough to hit their heads on the ceiling, their faces bearing the vulgarity of monsters.
As Xilika looked at the two goblins before her, her pupils quickly contracted.
This impossible space had finally been invaded by other goblins.
“Right, I was captured by goblins. I should have been…”
Goblins were completely inhuman. They would torment their prey in the most horrific ways, reveling in blood and screams.
The dismembered limbs, the screaming companions, the nun who was continuously violated…
Those hellish scenes replayed in Xilika’s mind once more. She had thought she had forgotten them, that she wouldn’t wake up in cold sweat from nightmares.
But when she actually faced other goblins, she became paralyzed again, all courage to flee drained away.
She had been placed under a Forbidden Curse by the goblin priest, unable to use mana.
“I can’t do anything…”
“I…”
Xilika turned into an empty shell devoid of emotion. All the thoughts she had prepared, like suicide, became empty talk.
When Xilika was little, like other little girls, she had imagined a handsome knight coming to rescue her.
That day always seemed so far away for her. When she was captured, the knight didn’t appear.
When she witnessed the atrocities, the knight didn’t appear. Even when she was transported in the prison cart, he didn’t appear.
But now, he appeared.
A dagger pierced through the bodies of the two goblins, and that familiar green face appeared.
Compared to before, his features had become more defined, and he looked even more handsome than any prince she had ever seen.
Xilika didn’t know his name, but she just felt she wanted to hold him so she wouldn’t be scared.
“Lady Moon Goddess, I have never selfishly asked you to grant me anything.”
“But please have mercy on me and let this goblin lord never leave my side.”
Tears streaming down her face, Xilika wrapped her slender arms around Lai En, as if afraid he would disappear.
Lai En was also a bit at a loss, thinking Xilika was frightened, so he patted her on the back.
“Alright, alright. Get ready quickly. We’re going to escape.”
“Escape?”
Xilika lifted her tear-streaked pretty face.
……
[Under the moonlight, you and the cloaked girl entered a goblin inn.]
[It was already late. The lights in the lobby were off, and faint snoring came from upstairs.]
[“Book a room.”]
[A goblin wearing glasses sat at the front desk, reading a novel.]
[It slowly lifted its head, stared at you and Xilika behind you for a while, then slowly spoke.]
[“Sorry, but too many goblins are staying here today. There’s only a single room left, and it might take a while since it’s being cleaned right now.”]
[“I see…”]
[You glanced at Xilika, but her cloak covered her face, making her expression unreadable.]
[The rooms in this inn were completely incomparable to your villa.]
[A bed was pressed against the window, opposite was the bathing area, and on the nightstand were some bottles of Enchanted Lubricant.]
[“Customer, do you need more lubricant?”]
[“Our lubricants all have the effect of enhancing a female slave’s libido. I guarantee you won’t be able to straighten your back tomorrow morning. Only five Silver Coins.”]
[The innkeeper could tell from Xilika’s figure that she was a human female slave, so he considerately asked.]
[“Uh…”]
‘Should I refuse?’
Lai En thought. They were on the run, after all. Better not to seem too unusual.
[“Please get a new bottle.”]
[“Sure. You can pay tomorrow morning.”]
[A large bottle of Enchanted Lubricant, emitting an eerie pink glow, was placed on the nightstand.]
[You glanced at the lubricant, then looked at Xilika, who was taking off her clothes.]
[Xilika’s skin was even whiter than moonlight, her neck as graceful as a swan. Under the cloak, she wore the standard loose clothing of a human slave.]
[But even the loose clothes couldn’t hide her voluptuous figure. The sight stunned you for a moment.]
[“Lai En… right? You’re called Lai En?”]
[On the escape route, you finally told her your name.]
[“Mm…”]
[After a brief exchange, silence fell over the room.]
[And you noticed Xilika staring at the bottle of lubricant for a long time.]
[“This… where is it applied?”]
[Seeing her expression, you understood she had no clue what the innkeeper meant.]
[No wonder. After all, she was a Saintess. She had no concept of “can’t straighten your back” and didn’t understand what it meant.]
[You originally wanted to tell a lie and go to sleep quickly, but she noticed your gaze wandering over her body.]
[“Eh?”]
[“Is it applied here?”]
[Xilika covered her chest with her hands.]
[“And here!?”]
[Xilika’s face immediately flushed bright red.]
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