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Chapter 676 The Little Princess's Secret
"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Amu frowned and looked at Yu Xia, "How could our captain be your sentinel? Don't try to pull your sea tribe tricks on us."

Yu Xia said, "Why are you so agitated? Your captain is my sentinel, I never said I wanted you to be my sentinel. I don't want a fierce little dog like you."

Upon hearing Yu Xia's words, Amu, like an enraged little wolfhound, bared his teeth and charged at her.

Miles kicked him again.

Although Amu kept calling him "old man," he still obediently sat down under his warning gaze.

"Captain, aren't you going to do anything about this?" Amu crossed his arms and looked at the Knicks.

Knicks raised an eyebrow; the little princess's words didn't anger him much, but they did surprise him a bit.

He thought the little princess was deliberately trying to spite Amu, but then he remembered that she had mentioned hiring Maki not long ago, and it was possible that Maki had told her that he had also accepted their hiring request.

Thinking about it this way, before completing the mission, he was indeed the little princess's sentinel.

No wonder the little princess was closer to him than to the other sentries; she thought that since he had accepted the job, he was temporarily her man.
"Your Highness"

Casey leaned closer to Yu Xia, lowered her head and whispered, "Do you still need sentries?"

"You want to be my sentinel?" Yu Xia was a little surprised. She thought that the sentinels were cursing her in their hearts just like Amu was.

“I’m an A-level Sentinel.” Casey scratched her ear and said with a blush, “Although I’m not as good as the boss, I’m not bad either. I have a good temper. As long as it’s within reason, I’ll do whatever you ask me to do.”

Yu Xia: Wow, such a sincere tone, so hard to refuse!

Casey looked up, her eyes sparkling in the light. "Could you hire me as a bodyguard too? I'll only charge half the boss's fee, it's not expensive."

Yu Xia slowly opened her mouth, and after a long pause, she finally managed to say, "Huh?"

Amu was about to scold Casey for being lustful, but when he heard that all he wanted was for the little princess to hire him, the words of his insult suddenly stuck in his throat.

The other sentries were also stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that their leader had accepted the little princess's request.
Knicks chuckled and reached out to ruffle Casey's hair. The youngest kid was the smartest, unlike the other old hands who all got off track.

Yu Xia picked up her bowl and drank her porridge, glancing guiltily at the other sentries.

She wanted to say that wasn't what she meant, that Casey had completely misunderstood, but faced with such a sincere puppy, she thought it best to just go with the flow.

"Your Highness, is that alright?"

Seeing that Yu Xia didn't speak, Casey asked her in a low voice, and her spirit form also carefully pawed at her leg.

Yu Xia looked down and saw a Border Collie lying next to her, looking up at her. Its round, bright black eyes and expression were exactly the same as Casey's.

"Is this your spiritual form?" Yu Xia couldn't help but pat the Border Collie's head and ask Casey.

Casey nodded: "I have a very strong sense of smell and can sense the types of pollutants. The instruments will malfunction in the contaminated area, but I won't."

Yu Xia listened to his efforts to introduce his strengths, and realized that he really wanted the job. She looked at Nix and said, "Okay, then I'll hire you as my bodyguard in the mercenary logistics area."

She knew Nix's situation; after resigning from the Federation, he could only earn money by taking on mercenary jobs.

“Maggie has already paid me.”

The Knicks said, "You don't need to hire my players anymore; they'll all get paid."

Miles asked in surprise, "Maggie's superior is... her?"

Yu Xia was also taken aback and blurted out, "Maggie hired you?"

Knicks: "You don't know?"

Yu Xia instructed Maki and her team to hire more sentries to clean up the contaminants and alien species along the route she provided.

However, she secretly didn't want to involve Huo Lin and the others anymore, so she asked Maki and the others to avoid Huo Lin and Nix.

It seems now that plans can't keep up with changes.

"Ahem." Yu Xia: "That's right, I hired Maki to work for me."

Meeting Nix's inquiring gaze, she said, "She hired a lot of people, and I can't possibly remember them all."

Knicks stopped asking her questions; one of the mercenary rules is not to pry too much into the employer's privacy.

Now that he knows the little princess is his employer, he has to set a good example and follow the rules.

The team members are all watching.

After finishing their meal, the sentries went about their own business.

Knicks agreed to take Yu Xia to see Maki, but he still needed to make some preparations before leaving.

It was completely dark in the contaminated area. As night fell, the contaminated area became even colder. Yu Xia sat on the sofa wrapped in a quilt, watching Knicks drag out a large box and rummage through it.

Nix noticed her gaze, looked up, and saw the little princess resting her chin on the edge of the sofa, curiously looking in his direction.

"What's in the box?" Yu Xia asked, noticing a strange smell coming from inside the box.

It smelled like some kind of spice, mixed with a faint scent of decaying wood.

Knicks didn't hide anything and showed her the contents of the box.

"The [containment items] are relatively mild and don't require much processing, but they are of low quality and can be traded or used temporarily."

Nix was selecting the contents of the box, a large portion of which were energy crystals, which were hard currency on the black market and could be used directly as money.

Yu Xia recognized these energy crystals; they were everywhere deep within the North Second District, but her memory of that particular period was somewhat hazy.

The crystals in Nix's box are not of high purity.

"You like them?" Nix saw her staring at the various energy crystals in the box, picked one up and weighed it in her hand, and said, "These are all raw stones, and they are more or less contaminated. They need to be treated before they can be worn."

Yu Xia shook her head at him.

Nix paused, then put the energy crystal in her hand into the bag at her waist. Of course, she wouldn't be short of a few stones.

The sea tribe is one of the wealthiest tribes, and the girl in front of him is a sea princess.

After tidying up, Casey gave Yu Xia her clean combat uniform.

"It's dry, you can wear it now."

Yu Xia took the clothes, touched the dry ones, thanked him, and went to the inner room to change.

Knicks watched her retreating figure and smiled. "She's quite polite, actually."

Yu Xia didn't choose, and randomly pushed open the door to a room.

"what are you doing?!"

Amu, who was changing clothes in the room, saw Yu Xia push the door open and enter. He covered his private parts with his hands and looked at her warily.

It was pitch black, and Yu Xia couldn't see anything at all. She heard Amu scream, silently closed the door, and pushed open the door to the room next door.

"Is anyone home?" She peeked into the room and looked around. The room was filled with many things, including several large shelves, making it look like a study.

Yu Xia didn't hear a response, so she locked the door, walked to a bookshelf, put her clothes on the desk, turned on the communicator, and started changing her clothes by the light from the communicator.

At that moment, across from the bookshelf, a pair of eyes gleaming with a faint light peered through the gaps in the bookshelf at Yu Xia.

Miles gently placed the medicine bottle back down, careful not to disturb the girl who was changing clothes.

When she came into the room, he was applying medicine to his wound. Hearing the noise, he put down the gauze and covered the medicine.

He assumed that the sentry, with his keen hearing, should be able to hear his movements.

But the little princess quickly closed the door.

Miles was a little confused. Did the little princess know that there were people in the room or not?

He observed for a moment, then immediately looked away when he saw a patch of soft white, involuntarily lowering his breath. Yu Xia quickly changed into her original combat uniform and pulled her hair out from under the clothes.

She touched her neck, but found nothing there.

Where's the necklace?
When she came out, she took out the sapphire energy necklace that Selius had given her and put it on.

She thought of showing it to Floch to see if she could use the necklace to contact Serius.

Yu Xia squatted on the ground looking for the necklace.

I guess she took the necklace with her when she took off her shirt.

Her clothes and blankets were mixed together on the floor. She was looking for the necklace when a video call request suddenly popped up on her communicator.

Yu Xia looked closely and saw a familiar communication code.

Huh? There's a signal now?

She answered the call, and Canulius's face immediately popped up.

"Where are you?" Canulius asked, his expression grave and his voice filled with concern.

"In the contaminated area."

“I know you’re in the contaminated area.” He pinched the bridge of his nose, concealing the agitation in his eyes. “You’ve left the logistics area. Where are you? I’ll come find you.”

"Not now," Yu Xia said softly. "I'll come back to you later."

She glanced at Kanulius's expression and said, "Are you alright? Perhaps we should find your dragon guide first?"

"I only want you," Canulius said, his voice heavy.

He has barely closed his eyes these past few days, working day and night to clear pollutants from the airspace above the logistics area and the surrounding airspace. Even though he tries to appear normal, his aura inevitably reveals his current state.

Yu Xia could tell he was in a bad state.

If Canulius had ever sought guidance from a guide to channel his spiritual energy, he would be in better shape than he is now.

“It’s really not possible right now.” Yu Xia: “I can’t go back today. You need to find a guide to talk to me.”

Canulius: "Then tell me, where are you?"

Canulius noticed that her surroundings were dim, as if she were in a room.

He quickly deduced from the room's furnishings that she was likely in the mercenary logistics area.

Yu Xia: "I have some things to do. I'm safe, you can rest assured."

Before she could finish speaking, the video flickered a few times, and then Canulius's video was interrupted; the communicator showed no signal again.

Yu Xia tapped the screen, but after waiting for a signal, she ignored it and continued searching for the necklace.

She crouched on the ground and searched for two minutes before finding the necklace inside the blanket.

Yu Xia breathed a sigh of relief and put on the necklace.

She lowered her head, stroked the blue gem in her hand, and then put it inside her clothes.

At that moment, another video call popped up.

Yu Xia thought it was Kanulius again and was about to say a few more words of advice to him, but after the video call connected, it was Alex's face on the other end.

Yu Xia glanced at the communication code.

"Where are you?" Alex asked coldly, his voice filled with worry. "Are you safe now?"

Yu Xia leaned back against the bookshelf. "It's safe, don't worry."

"How can I not worry?" Alex: "Did the sea creatures do something to you? Don't be afraid, come to me, I will protect you and won't let them hurt you in the slightest."

Yu Xia didn't know why Alex thought the sea creatures would harm her, but she still reassured him, "They didn't do anything to me. I have some things to do, and I'll go back."

Alex didn't believe it. Even the sea creatures were searching for her everywhere; she was clearly deliberately hiding from them.

He wanted to continue asking about her whereabouts, but the signal was cut off.

"No signal again." Yu Xia patted the communicator; no matter how she tried to adjust it, it remained in a no-signal state.

She sighed, picked up the clothes and blankets she had changed out of on the floor, opened the door and went out.

As soon as she left, Miles emerged from the other side of the bookshelf, his eyes filled with unconcealed shock.

living room.

"Give."

Yu Xia handed the clothes she had changed out of to the Knicks, and Casey reached out and took them.

"Are these your clothes?" she asked.

Casey blushed and nodded, tightening her grip on her clothes.

Amu leaned against the sofa with his arms crossed, looking at her. "It takes you so long to change clothes. I don't know what you're doing in there."

"What can I do?" Yu Xia leaned towards him with her hands behind her back. "Is there some sentry inside who can make me do anything? Or am I like some little dog that's too scared to move when it sees me?"

Miles, who had just come out of the room: "."

"Who's the puppy?" Amu: "Don't bark, I'm a spirit, a wolf."

As he spoke, the spirit entity crouching at his feet let out a howl at Yu Xia.

Yu Xia couldn't help but smile when she heard this harmless cry.

"Let's go," Knicks interrupted the two who were locked in a heated argument. "The temperature will drop as it gets later."

"Casey, put down the clothes you're holding."

Casey: "I'll put it back in the room! Soon!"

He grabbed the clothes and ran quickly towards the room, only catching up with Yu Xia and the others after they had left the courtyard.

"It takes this long to put away some clothes." Amu walked along, his hands clasped behind his head, glancing sideways at Casey. "Anyone who didn't know better would think you were hiding some treasure."

Casey: "Mind your own business." With that, she quickly walked to Yu Xia's side.

Amu: "."

"What a ungrateful bastard! He was just following me around calling me 'Brother Mu' a moment ago." Amu scoffed, looking at the little princess riding on the leader's spirit body, and muttered, "Doesn't she have her own spirit body?"

A pink dolphin, chubby, actually quite cute.

After the word popped into his head, Amu quickly shook his head to shake the image out of his mind.

As he moved, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Miles, who was walking beside him, staring intently at the little princess's back without blinking.

"Old man, why are you staring at her like that?" Amu said.

Miles looked away, glanced at him, and wanted to say something, but then remembered that he was just a young man and didn't know as much as he did, so he swallowed his words.

Let's find an opportunity to ask the Knicks.

Just now in the room, the little princess had activated her mental shield, so he didn't hear what she said to the person in the video, but he was familiar with both of the people in the video call.

One is Kanulius, the current head of the Dragon Clan, and the other is Alex, the second young master of the Serpent Clan.

He racked his brains but couldn't understand why she, a sea princess, would be involved with the two of them.

After thinking about it, Miles decided that he shouldn't meddle in other people's business.

Perhaps, this is the little princess's secret.