Chapter 701: 118. Fall out with someone
Chapter 701: 118. Fall out with someone
Valentina was slightly startled and suddenly understood a lot of things, and the past confusions all got their corresponding answers. Although no special expression showed on her face, her grip on her skirt tightened more and more. However, it took her a while before she could only ask thinly,
“Fisher knows about this? Did you tell him?”
Heidlin shook her head and briefly explained how she had tried to trick him into leaving but was seen through by him, of course not mentioning how she had tried to seduce him with her body. However, after listening, Valentina seemed to understand the situation and sighed softly, supporting her forehead with her hand, then muttered somewhat blankly,
“Is that so…”
“I am sorry, Miss, it was me…”
But Heidlin had not finished speaking when Valentina gently raised her hand to stop her from continuing. With Heidlin looking somewhat astonished, Valentina took a deep breath and then looked up again with her expression returning to calm.
After a second of silence, she gently tapped the armrest of her wheelchair and calmly analyzed,
“I understand, I felt the presence of the curse just now because my blood, the Phoenix Blood, attracted it after I got injured. Thus, the family must have noticed this too, and that’s why you attacked the family members and took me away, right?”
Heidlin, who had not expected Valentina to calm down so quickly after spilling the truth, stared at the contemplative lady in front of her and, taken aback, gave a nod,
“Yes…”
Hearing Heidlin’s answer, Valentina sighed again and rubbed her temples somewhat helplessly, then chuckled bitterly,
“If that’s the case, I fear I can never leave Mia… The family members must have realized that my injured bleeding can attract the curse from the Wutong Tree willingly, and to sacrifice me to the Wutong Tree, they surely won’t continue to play along with me. I should have died back at the Moon Rabbit Shrine, merely surviving because Fisher and because you still held the family’s trust then…”
“Now, since they have realized that you do not wish me dead and have betrayed the family, they will send others to forcibly sacrifice me to the curse.”
Just as Heidlin looked frantic upon hearing Valentina’s analysis, at the entrance of the alley, several figures clad in garments embroidered with the “Five-pointed Snowflake” appeared abruptly. Valentina’s face changed, and she suddenly raised the Magic Ring that Fisher had given her, while Heidlin also quickly stood up, shielding Valentina.
“Miss, are you all right? We’ve been searching for you and Heidlin for a long time. The Mia Army has started to clean up the area, saying they want to understand the situation. You see…”
At these words, Heidlin clenched her teeth and protectively stretched out her arms in front of her chest, while Valentina behind her frowned and looked at the very natural-looking family member. She glanced at a silent knight at the back of the family group, glowing faintly with a light shimmer, then said with some irony,
“No wonder when I asked the family to deploy a ‘Snowflake Knight’ to shield us in our quest to locate the Wutong Tree, the family refused on the pretext that the ‘Knight’ was otherwise engaged… It turns out, there was never an absence of Snowflake Knights, they just wanted me to go and die.”
The naturally acting Turand Family member was slightly startled, then smiled and shook his head with some regret,
“It seems that Heidlin, the family traitor, has told you everything, Miss Valentina… However, there is no help for it, we are just following the family’s orders, we also don’t wish to trouble you, how about we all show some understanding?”
“Understanding? Let me remind you, in my hands I still hold several High Ring magic spells, even if I can’t deal with that Snowflake Knight behind you, killing myself won’t likely suffice as the sacrifice demanded by the family, right?”
Valentina raised her ring, her tone calm with not a trace of panic_within her palm still resting on her skirt felt cold as ice.
“Miss!”
Heidlin looked back at Valentina in alarm, while the workers nearby, finding the situation tricky, scratched the backs of their heads. Then, he sighed and said to the people behind him,
“Bring the people over.”
“Yes.”
Following the response, two more fully armed Snowflake Knights led three people to the entry of the alley. Upon closer inspection, they were Balzac, barely alive with an arm severed, Philis with her fur burned and some magical injuries, and the Mechanic Celti, who had fainted from fright.
Valentina’s pupils narrowed slightly as she punched her wheelchair fiercely, and after a while, she managed to choke out an extremely angry statement,
“You are truly… beasts, utterly despicable scum!”
The worker merely shook his head helplessly and then smilingly said to Valentina,
“Miss, these are your and Heidlin’s external consultants. Rest assured, we won’t do anything to them if you cooperate… The only one here who will be punished is this bad maid who has cheated the family for so long and betrayed the family’s trust.”