The next day.
Liang closed the door early, bought a large backpack, and used the excuse of going out to gather materials to purchase a lot of daily necessities and food.
Of course, he did not forget the preserved fruits he promised Liyas; he directly bought a large bag.
After packing, he headed toward the Wasteland outside the city.
He didn’t go straight west but walked forward first, and only after confirming there was no one around did he slowly circle around.
As Liang gradually approached the cave, a clear and crisp female voice came from behind.
“Liang!”
Just as Liang was about to turn around, his eyes were covered, followed by a playful voice in his ear, “Guess who I am?”
Liang smiled in his heart, preparing to tease her.
After thinking for a moment, he hesitated and said, “Hmm, let me guess… is it Elisa?”
No sooner had he spoken than he felt the small hands on his face stiffen.
“No… no, guess again.”
The girl replied somewhat sulkily.
“Hmm… is it Betty?”
“No… no.”
“Kasha?”
Liang kept calling out several girls’ names until Liyas finally let go, lightly punching Liang on the arm with a perfectly wronged tone, “Liang… how do you know so many girls?”
Hearing the girl’s accusation, Liang couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
“Ahem, so it’s Lady Liyas after all.”
Only then did Liyas realize she had been tricked and glared at Liang in embarrassment.
The small fists hitting him also became heavier.
“Wrong, wrong, here you go.”
Liang immediately raised his hands in surrender, then smiled as he took out the bag of preserved fruits he had bought earlier, calming the girl’s anger.
“Hmph, then I’ll reluctantly forgive you.”
Liyas snorted lightly, happily holding the large bag of preserved fruits, liking them more and more as she looked.
With so much, she could eat well for a long time.
“Oh right, Liang, come with me!”
Liyas showed a mysterious expression and pulled Liang toward the cave.
“Eh, wait, let me put down my bag first…”
“Oh, then just put it here.”
After a moment, the two walked deep into the cave, where the ground was covered with all kinds of herbs and even many special materials, all the ingredients Liang needed to brew potions.
“This is…”
Liang was a bit surprised.
Gathering so many materials by himself on the snowy plains would have taken days, yet here they were, just left in this place.
“Heh heh, how is it?”
Liyas placed her hands on her hips, raising her fair little chin, her small whip-like tail flicking back and forth in the air behind her.
Liang looked at Liyas, noticing the snowflakes still clinging to her feet and her slightly reddened small hands, suddenly understanding what had happened.
Apparently, since he left yesterday, the little cat succubus had started collecting these things.
“Very impressive, a great help.”
Liang reached forward and patted the girl’s head, generously praising her.
Though he worried a little that Liyas might have gone too far and gotten into danger, at times like this, what the girl needed most was his praise—and that was enough.
“Of course!”
The girl squinted her eyes, clearly in a very good mood.
“I’ll take these with me when I leave later. First, let’s see what I brought you.”
“Mm!”
***
In the following days, Liang gradually brought many things to Liyas.
Meanwhile, his research on potions that could accelerate the absorption rate of magic power had made progress.
After these days of study, he had gradually perfected the potion.
Until this day.
“Finally succeeded.”
Liang looked at the purple liquid in the potion bottle, a hint of excitement in his tone.
This was truly groundbreaking research.
At present, humans still relied on alchemical magic arrays to gather concentrated magic power in a certain area to speed up absorption.
But the side effect was obvious—it was very expensive!
The potion Liang developed required materials that were incomparably cheaper than those used for alchemical arrays.
Next, he just had to solve Liyas’ eye problem.
Liang glanced at the pale green potion beside him, put it back in his backpack, and then left the room with the items.
Elsewhere, Liyas was flipping through a book, studying human knowledge.
“It says here that a life-saving favor should be repaid with one’s body.”
Liyas pondered deeply.
What does repaying with one’s body mean?
Giving her body to someone else?
The little succubus frowned in confusion and continued flipping through the book.
At that moment, a shadow suddenly appeared before her.
The girl looked up and smiled, “Liang! You’re here.”
“Mm, I’m here today to help you with your eyes.”
Liang motioned for Liyas to follow him into the cave.
The cave was no longer the desolate place it once was.
Thanks to Liang’s decoration, it now felt like a proper room.
“What should I do?”
Liyas looked a little nervous.
Liang took out a Contract Paper from his backpack and handed it to the girl, then pointed to the right side.
“Write your name here first.”
Liyas didn’t hesitate and obediently wrote her name on it, showing no worry that Liang might harm her.
Seeing this, Liang’s expression grew complicated.
He then took out the pale green potion and handed it to the girl.
Curious, Liyas accepted the potion, and under Liang’s signal, drank it all at once.
“Ugh… Liang, this feels weird. My head is so dizzy… why are there three Liangs…”
After drinking the potion, Liyas saw the scene before her blur with double images, her eyelids drooping.
She tried hard to keep her spirit up but soon collapsed under the potion’s effect.
“Sorry.”
Liang looked at the sleeping girl softly.
He knew that if Liyas found out his decision, she would definitely be angry, but he had to do this.
Liang picked up the Contract Paper.
This paper was very similar to the previous slave contract, both products of the god of contracts and trades from another kingdom.
The purpose of this paper was to trade Liang’s right eye to Liyas.
Without hesitation, he wrote his name on the left side of the scale.
As two beams of light leapt from the contract and flowed into Liang and the girl lying on the ground, Liang felt a burning sensation in his right eye.
The next second, a piercing pain shot through his right eye, as if it were being slowly cut apart.
The agonizing pain caused him to collapse, convulsing and emitting heart-wrenching roars.
He had expected the pain to be severe, so he gave Liyas anesthesia beforehand, but he never imagined…
It would hurt this damn much!
After an unknown amount of time, the nerve-ripping pain gradually subsided. Crawling on the ground, Liang was drenched in sweat.
He slumped down, gasping for breath.
Succeeded?
Only then did Liang notice that his vision seemed incomplete—something was missing, as if one eye was gone.
So this was how Liyas had always seen the world…
He propped himself up, rested a moment, then carried the still-unconscious girl to a nearby bed, placing the prepared potions and letters beside her.
After getting everything ready, he staggered out of the cave somewhat embarrassed.
He still had a bit of selfishness—he didn’t want Liyas to see him looking so pathetic the moment she opened her eyes.