Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

"What are you trying to do in broad daylight?!"

"Pfft! No, how do you have the nerve to say something like that?"

Xiao couldn't help laughing at the boy's shocked expression.

"you…"

At this moment, the young man finally realized that there was no one else around him except his subordinates and Akatsuki's group.

"I finally realized it."

Seeing Akatsuki's smirk upon seeing the boy and his group, Lucy and Rose realized what Akatsuki was planning.

The two of them secretly set up a barrier to isolate the group from the outside world.

"Xiao, please hurry up. This barrier is very tiring."

"I'll take you to a barbecue tonight."

Akatsuki smirked in response to Lucy's complaint.

"Since you say so, Rose and I will hold on a little longer."

Seeing Lucy's tsundere look, Xiao and Rose laughed at the same time.

"Oh, you guys are pretty competent as villains."

Xiao looked at the boy and several others who were standing there in shock and grumbled.

"You, what do you want to do? I am the eldest son of the Macaulay family!"

When the boy saw Xiao approaching him, he fell to the ground in fear.

"If you dare to do anything to me, father will not let you go!"

The men who followed him had fainted on the ground at some point.

"Oh, so you are the son of the lord here... Then we can look forward to it."

Xiao took out paper and pen and quickly wrote the contract.

Chapter 15 Sisters

"As compensation for interrupting my date with these girls, I demand 3000 gold coins from you."

Xiao placed the contract in front of the boy and explained it to him very sternly.

"Huh, how could I possibly give it to you!"

"It's okay if you don't give it to me. I'll just keep you as a slave and wait for the ransom from Marquis Macaulay."

"How could you possibly do such a thing? It's illegal to force a slave collar on someone!"

The boy watched as Xiao took out the slave collar and yelled at him in great fear.

Xiao learned through mind reading that although this boy was young, he seemed to have played with these things a lot.

"How convenient! Does attacking ordinary citizens comply with the laws of Nosti?"

"I'm the eldest son of the McCauley family. How can you lowlifes compare to me?!"

Seeing the boy yelling hysterically, Xiao was filled with disgust.

"If you say I'll finish you off here..."

Xiaofu whispered in the boy's ear.

"How dare you, my father is..."

"Can your father, your backer, come here?"

"If that happens, my father will never let you go!"

"That's not your concern, you're already a dead man anyway."

Xiao drew his dagger, his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"What do you want?! I can give it to you as long as you spare my life."

"I've been waiting for you to say that. As long as you sign this, there will be no problem."

Xiao immediately smiled and placed the contract in front of the boy.

"Is it okay just like this?"

The boy signed Akatsuki's contract without a second thought.

He had originally planned something like this, which he could easily cancel with the lord's authority.

"Well, but you'd better not think about breaking the contract. I won't be responsible for you if anything happens."

"W-what do you mean?"

The boy took the copy handed to him by Xiao in fear and asked in a trembling voice.

"Why don't you go back and find someone to identify it?"

*

"You are such a jerk, you actually resorted to such tactics."

On the way to the clothing store, Lucy kept complaining to Xiao.

She originally thought that Xiao was trying to protect herself and Rose, but it turned out that this guy was just after money.

Lucy felt like an idiot for being so touched just now.

"Um, is it okay for Brother Xiao to do this?"

"Well, there's a real possibility of creating a feud with the McCauleys. The worst that can happen is I'll just have to leave the Empire."

Xiao answered nonchalantly.

He was not at all worried about the Macaulay family's subsequent revenge.

When Xiao and his friends entered the clothing store, they were not warmly welcomed.

"The saleslady?"

"Oh, sorry, please wait a moment."

"Ok."

Xiao and his friends saw that the clerk seemed to be busy with something in the back, so they found a place to sit down.

"Oh, Mr. Xiao, you are back."

The shop assistant came out from the back, followed by an orange-haired girl with a noble temperament and beautiful appearance.

"Then Sister Martha, I'll leave the clothes to you."

"But Crystal, is this really okay?"

Martha asked the orange-haired girl with a somewhat sad look on her face.

"There's nothing we can do about it, right? After all, I...sister, you don't have to worry about me."

When Crystal saw Xiao and the others, she didn't say anything else and turned to leave the clothing store.

"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

Martha sorted out the clothes that Xiao and the others had customized.

But she didn't have the energy she had when Xiao and the others arrived.

"It doesn't matter. We are the ones who should apologize for disturbing you sisters."

Xiao felt that there was something hidden between the two of them and bowed slightly.

"Mr. Xiao, you don't have to be like this. You are unexpectedly a very nice person."

Martha looked at Xiao and smiled slightly.

“Miss Martha, I strongly suggest that you take a second look at this guy.”

Lucy immediately objected.

"Ok?"

Xiao knocked Lucy's head and looked at Martha in confusion.

"It seems you haven't heard the rumors on the streets. The adventurers are calling you an evil ghost."

Martha explained with a smile.

The news that Xiao sold Bill and others as slaves yesterday has spread among the common people of Nosti.

"As for the evil spirit, Brother Xiao does look very similar."

Rose laughed as she recalled how Xiao had threatened the eldest son of the McCauley family.

"As for the demon...it feels very strange."

"But I do believe that even evil spirits have good in their hearts."

Martha handed the clothes to Xiao, her tone tinged with sadness.

Xiao didn't answer, but handed the money to Martha.

"Thank you for your patronage."

"See you next time, Miss Martha."

Xiao put the clothes into her backpack and left the clothing store with the two sisters.

*

"It seems that Miss Martha and her sister are in some trouble."

Rose said with a hint of regret while holding the barbecue.

Thinking of the sisters' expressions at that time, she felt very uncomfortable.

It seemed as if the two of them were going to be separated forever.

"Well, it has nothing to do with us."

Xiao said without any concern.

"Hey! That's a bit cold of you to say."

Lucy was very unhappy seeing Xiao's attitude.

Although she was a somewhat strange person, she liked Martha very much.

And although it wasn't as intense, she had similar feelings to Rose.

"That's their own business, we have no right to interfere."

"But…"

"There's nothing wrong with that. Or are you planning to get involved with them under the pretext of doing it for your own good?"

Xiao looked at Lucy and Rose, with a hint of displeasure in his tone.

"I…"

"Feel sorry…"

Seeing the two people put down the barbecue in silence, Xiao sighed.

"I'm sorry, I spoke so harshly."

He flicked their foreheads.

"Eat it quickly, or it will get cold."

"Um…"

*

At night, Lucy and Rose couldn't sleep.

"Why, you won't grow up if you don't sleep well."

Xiao got up in the middle of the night and joked with the two of them.