Something's wrong, they're not NPCs?

"..."

"No, if you keep treating her like a commodity we'll both die here."

"Don't hold back. It's fucking ridiculous to have money but no life to spend it. A corpse is just as valuable!"

"..."

I'm sure I've tried my best.

I let the seeds of revenge grow, but I am still too weak.

After all, I have never thought about being a strong person. A while ago, my parents told me that children in the village would be criticized if they did not get married before the age of 20, and I am already 18. It's not that there are no boys who like me, but even if my friend likes him... I can't agree to him.

None of it seems to matter now.

I will die like this. I will avoid being taken away by them and become a commodity.

But I still don't give in.

No revenge.

I didn't take all the disgusting people in the village with me. I haven't even found the culprit who killed my parents yet. I shouldn't have spent time looking for him... I should just kill them all.

I have no fear of death. Really.

After seeing my parents no longer breathing in the pile of stones, I was already dead.

I'm sorry, it's all because of me...

Where should I escape to?

In this world, besides you and my father, who else will accept me? I don’t want to be accepted by anyone else. I don’t need it.

"..."

Can't hide anymore.

If you pierce my neck like this, I will die.

"Wait! Save someone under the knife!"

"..."

Is anyone coming?

It's their accomplice.

It does not seem.

"Although it's a bit sudden, I want this person."

"Brother, this isn't the way to intercept someone halfway, right? We work for the Allied Chamber of Commerce, so you better think it through."

"Oh."

"..."

Are you treating me like a commodity, a commodity for other humans to fight over?

"Isn't that too much? I saved your life after all, but you want to stab me in the back?"

Wearing strange clothes and shoes I haven't seen before.

The weapon in his hand seemed to be covered with a layer of fog.

Aren’t they on the same level as the other two?

"Give... me, die."

“All of them…!!!”

What is going on?

After that, they would be put in a cage and sold. What would the price be, half a million or one million? Mom and Dad worked hard to chop wood for a month, and only barely had one gold note.

Consciousness fades away.

-

I just found a small shabby house that could barely keep out the rain. It was probably built by villagers who went up the mountain to see what they could.

"W-What do you want to know?"

The two men who were easily subdued by Su Ming had no intention of using their power to overwhelm others.

“I don’t know anything, so I want to know everything.”

"?"

"..."

There were so many questions asked that by the end both men's voices were distorted by thirst.

But Su Ming basically figured out what was going on.

It’s not much different from what the villagers say.

The little girl who was still sleeping after being fed water was a monster. She would come to the village to look for people at night these days, making the village restless. They had no choice but to ask someone to send a letter to a big town. They were originally planning to raise funds to hire explorers... adventurers or something like that to help. But when they heard that it was a monster with pointy ears, some people came without asking for any reward.

"Ah."

Su Ming picked up their water bottle and took a sip, then asked, "Do you have any particularly powerful explorers here?"

"?"

"For example, sword energy, flying with a sword... a blade of grass can cut down the stars."

"..."

"Ah, something like this."

Su Ming took out the Philosopher's Blade and enchanted it. A faint blue light bloomed in the hut, illuminating their faces.

"?!"

"You, you are... a glory explorer?"

"what is that?"

"It is rumored that the most outstanding explorer in the capital who has been awarded a medal by the king has a weapon that glows..."

"……Yeah?"

It seems that this world is not that big of a deal. At most, there are a few small bosses. And as for the monsters, they can go out and fight alone, so it doesn't matter.

"Sir, we have told you everything we know..."

"I can't think of anything else to ask for now."

"..."

The man looked at the little girl covered by Su Ming's coat in the corner with horror, and kowtowed, "Don't worry! We will keep our mouths shut after we go back! Please, spare us this time... If we knew that this was the prey you had set your eyes on, we would never come, and we wouldn't dare to come."

"..."

After untying their ropes, Su Ming sent them out.

A few more minutes.

Su Ming found a puddle to wash the mud and blood off his white shirt, but without any detergent, the white shirt would be useless if it was stained with blood.

In other words, the clothes will become clean again after they are taken back. Otherwise, if they are thrown away, An Shiyao will definitely find that one piece is missing and complain. If there is blood on it... then she will be asked a lot of questions.

and so.

"..."

Su Ming turned his gaze back to the little girl lying in the shabby house.

He was wrapped in a very loose robe-like garment, and the wounds on his calves and shoulders... must have been caused by the two of them using a dagger, right?

Is it worth 50 gold tickets?

Let’s not talk about money first. How old is this?

Her figure is not inferior to that of 24-year-old An Shiyao. Isn't the size of the baby cafeteria a bit too much...but her face is so childish.

"..."

Su Ming took off his clothes and changed into the clothes of the taller man among the two men. It was a good fit.

They had only water but no food.

"..."

Su Ming was just about to go to the village to find something to eat when he suddenly caught a glimpse of her hand moving out of the corner of his eye.

His eyes opened as well.

"woke up?"

"..."

The originally childish face instantly twisted after seeing Su Ming clearly.

"..."

She huddled in the corner with her fists clenched, looking like an angry cat.

"Hello, let me introduce myself first. I'm Su Ming, married."

"..."

"What about you?"

"..."

I saw her glaring at Su Ming while picking up one of the two men's relics... a dagger.

Under normal circumstances, Su Ming would have to open the target's heart little by little step by step, or just like when he first met An Shiyao.

But now we can try another method, right?

……

ten minutes later.

Not right.

Something is very wrong.

“Gu… sizzle! Crunch… woooo!”

After forcibly tying her up, she bit the rope with her teeth and kept scratching it with her fingernails. Doesn't it hurt?

and also.

Her figure is just like that, to describe it specifically... 1.5 meters tall, enough for a baby cafeteria.

No matter how normally you tie it, that part is bound to protrude.

If it keeps shaking like this, it will be even weirder.

Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two.

“I’m going to take the sock out of your mouth now, but you have to stop yelling. If you understand, blink.”

"..."

He had absolutely no intention of paying any attention to Su Ming.

Try to remove it first.

"As long as I'm alive...I will come back and kill you all!!!"

"Ugh! Ugh!"

Let’s just block it.

In fact, I should have done something quite shameless. Blowing my stinky socks directly into her mouth, it was impossible for her to have any affection for me, right?

"Okay, stop yelling. I'll give you a chance."

"As long as you can survive three moves from me, I'll let you go."

"..."

Maybe about twenty minutes?