Divine Seal: I am a saintess of the human race, but also the heir to the Demon God.

Chapter 26 An unexpected encounter with Little Lychee?!

After thinking it over, Bai Ling roughly figured out who Lin Xin was hiding from.

Kind-hearted, she didn't press further. Instead, she pointed to the towering, golden buildings ahead and asked, "Is that the territory of the Bounty Hunters Guild?"

Lin Xin breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and affirmed, "That's right. Only a bounty hunter guild that's not afraid of death would dare to build here and compete with the knights of the Knights' Temple for business."

Bai Ling frowned and said, "Stealing business?"

Lin Xin nodded, stroked his chin, and said, "As far as I know, the Temple Master and Deputy Temple Master of the Bright Moon City Knight Temple are not very strong. Therefore, they have to rely on their own efforts to earn a large part of their expenses. The Temple cannot provide them with any assistance."

Just then, a clear and melodious voice rang out from behind, the owner of the voice saying with great displeasure, "Hey, is this how you describe the people of the Knights' Temple?"

It was a young girl wearing light armor, with her long pink hair neatly combed into a ponytail at the back of her head, and a pair of beautiful pink-blue eyes staring at Lin Xin, who was speaking ill of her.

Lin Xin's body stiffened.

Small, small, small lychees?

Are there really such coincidences in the world?
Lin Xin slowly turned around, guiltily scratching the back of his head. His originally lively and cheerful voice was deliberately lowered: "I'm sorry, this is just my personal speculation, I didn't mean to slander the Knight Temple."

Bai Ling's eyes lit up; it was Li Xin.

She is one of the few female knights in the Knights' Temple. She is straightforward, kind, and a truly good person.

Eleven or twelve-year-old Li Xin stood with her hands on her hips, staring suspiciously at the black-haired Lin Xin.

Lin Xin felt a chill run down his spine from being stared at. He tremblingly reached out and said weakly, "Pretty lady, isn't it a bit inappropriate for you to keep staring at me like this?"

Upon hearing that the other party did not refer to himself as "this young master," Li Xin's suspicions immediately dissipated somewhat.

She paused, then said, "Are you from the Temple of Magic? Instead of staying in the Temple to study magic, what are you planning to do at the Bounty Hunter Guild?"

Bai Ling stepped forward to share the burden with Lin Xin and said, "Come and take on missions to earn points."

Li Xin glanced at Bai Ling's face, her eyes filled with amazement.

She changed her tone and said kindly, "Little sister, how old are you to be here at the Bounty Hunter Guild to earn points? When I was your age, I hadn't even become a formal knight yet."

As she spoke, she tried to take Bai Ling's hand and lead her back to the Magic Temple.

“Eight years old, second tier; he is nine years old, peak first tier. This is the task assigned to us by our teacher. We are not students who secretly ran away from the Magic Temple.”

"what?"

Li Xin was startled and looked at her, puzzled.

Lin Xin reached out at just the right moment, took out the badge symbolizing a magic servant, and said with a grin, "Pretty sister, we are already proper magicians, so don't worry about us not being able to take on missions."

Li Xin then realized that the two guys in front of her, who were much younger than her, were not teasing her.

She paused for a moment, then withdrew her outstretched hand, taking a few steps back like an adult who had suffered a tremendous shock.

Li Xin opened her mouth with some difficulty: "But, but an eight-year-old magic apprentice and a nine-year-old magic servant, how come I've never heard my uncle mention them?"

"Big sister, you're asking me, but I don't know either."

However, after Lin Xin realized that Li Xin did not recognize him, he immediately changed his attitude, acting cute and charming in front of her, and became more and more adept at it.

Li Xin barely managed to process the fact that the two people in front of her, who were a few years younger than her, were geniuses hidden away by the Magic Temple.

After a long pause, she said somewhat helplessly, "Alright, I also need to go to the Bounty Hunter Guild to pick up some missions. Do you want to come with me, big sister?"

The easygoing Li Xin quickly accepted the harsh reality and stopped dwelling on it. Lin Xin bypassed Bai Ling and nodded frantically, "Big sister, we're weaklings, we need a Retribution Knight to carry us, please take us with you!"

Li Xin stopped and turned to look at the black-haired boy, asking in confusion, "How did you know I'm a Retribution Knight?"

Bai Ling sighed, rubbing her forehead.

There are idiots in the team.

Lin Xin felt a little uneasy being stared at. He looked flustered and stiff, saying, "Sister, your actions were very decisive and efficient, like a punitive knight, weren't they?"

Li Xin, who was beautiful, kind-hearted, and guileless, smiled and nodded, agreeing, "Little brother, you have a good eye for people. That's right, I am a Retribution Knight."

Bai Ling covered Lin Xin's incessantly chattering mouth and said bluntly, "My name is Bai Ling, and his name is Lin Jing. Please lead the way for us."

Li Xin responded with an "oh" and continued walking ahead to lead the way.

"You can just call me Li Xin. I'm only three years older than Lin Jing."

The bounty hunter's building looks grand and impressive, but inside it's even dirtier and more chaotic than the worst small-town tavern.

On the sofa, which is worth thousands of gold coins, there are empty wine bottles, discarded trinkets, and patches of marks dried by the wind.

Here, Bai Ling witnessed the diversity of species, and all sorts of bizarre and wonderful outfits could be seen.

Like Lin Xin, she covered her mouth and nose as she stepped into the guild.

As soon as Bai Ling entered, the wind chimes hanging at the door started moving automatically without any wind, making a welcoming sound.

As soon as the wind chimes rang, the idle loafers in the guild instinctively cast hostile glances toward the source of the sound.

When they saw that the people who came were two young girls with a young master who was obviously from a wealthy family and dressed like a nobleman, they burst into loud, wailing laughter.

Some people even slammed their fists on the table, as if afraid that Bai Ling and the others wouldn't know that this was a place where children shouldn't be.

Li Xin drew her knight's sword without changing her expression, proudly raised her head, and stared directly at everyone.

Only when everyone's attention gradually shifted elsewhere did she speak up to comfort Bai Ling and Lin Xin, "We don't need to worry about them, nor do we need to be afraid of them."

"Thank you, I understand."

After speaking, Bai Ling's blue eyes swept across the counters in front of her, where people were basically queuing up and crowding together.

She looked from left to right until she saw a sign for accepting a mission hanging on a counter not far to her right.

A young boy in work clothes sat there, his listless and weary appearance a stark contrast to his surroundings, successfully piquing her curiosity.

Bai Ling couldn't understand why that corner of the entire guild was the only one that no one paid any attention to.

She walked past Li Xin and strode towards that direction.

"Hey, look at her. Is that little girl following behind Knight Li Xin trying to be clever and take on a bounty mission that only second-tier or higher professionals can accept? Does she even have the ability?"

"That's where you're wrong, Master Su. What if the girl's family is rich and can get the entire Knight Temple to work for her and earn points for her?"

"Haha, you still need to call a prospective knight to accept the quest! That's the rule, the rule!"

All ages are my own interpretation. Otherwise, the age difference would be too great, leading to some unsatisfying plot points, and the setting would be too difficult to write. I hope all readers can accept this, and please don't leave the book unfinished qwq The author will die.

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