Am I a bad person? They all want to kill me?

"Lin...King...Please give me your guidance on the selection."

"Yes, I will." Lin Qing'an looked at Emilia gently.

"in addition......"

Emilia's voice became lighter and lighter, like a snowflake in the vast sky and earth. "Before I leave, I want to go back to the forest to see my people."

Lin Qingan nodded slightly, "It should be so."

"..." Emilia had said everything she wanted to say and was in an awkward situation where she had nothing to say.

Fortunately, at this time, Lin Qing'an took the initiative to speak.

"Emilia, when are we going to leave to visit your people?"

Emilia's breathing quickened slightly when she noticed the change in Lin Qing'an's address.

"If the matter of the king's selection is not urgent, I would like to visit my people tomorrow and leave the Elf Forest the day after tomorrow."

"No problem, let's settle it like this."

After finishing the serious talk, Emilia didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Lin Qing'an was talkative enough. He changed the subject and started talking to Emilia about things in his own world.

The two of them sat around the fire, one listening and the other talking, with Parker at the side occasionally interrupting and asking a question, and the atmosphere gradually became harmonious.

By noon, Emilia had completely relaxed. She returned to the cabin, took out the blue and white porcelain tea set she had bought earlier, and brewed a pot of black tea, a specialty of the southern part of the kingdom.

The two drank tea and continued chatting in front of the burning fire.

Perhaps because she hadn't had a normal conversation with anyone for a long time, Emilia's talkativeness became better and better, so the conversation lasted from morning to late at night...

............

Time moves forward a little.

The sun sets, dusk falls, and the sun and the moon alternate.

On the Lifaus Plain, a magnificent temple suddenly appeared above the Flugel tree.

The temple was all white, supported by nearly a hundred pillars that reached from sky to earth. Through the gaps between the pillars, one could vaguely see the mountains of gold and silver piled up in the temple, as well as... "meteors"!

At the main entrance of the temple, a huge evil dragon exuding the aura of purgatory was sleeping with its eyes closed.

Just at this time, a caravan was passing by the Flugel tree and saw the magnificent scene on top of the tree.

"what is that?!"

"Dragon?! Temple?!"

"Look, there's gold in there!"

"Idiot! Gold is nothing, that's a 'Shooting Star'! One Shooting Star requires at least a Halloween Gold Coin! Give me one! I won't have to worry about anything in my life!"

The moment they saw the temple, the caravan guards were like possessed, completely forgetting everything and running madly towards the Flyugel tree, then using their hands and feet to climb towards the treetops.

Hearing the noise outside, the owner of the caravan walked out of the dragon cart. The moment he saw the temple, he also rushed towards the temple like the guards, possessed.

In just a moment, all the people in the caravan began to climb the tree with all their might. Even the earth dragons pulling the carts gathered under the tree and roared. Only an elven warlock who was hired at a high price survived.

"What's going on? A trap?! Ruins? Why is there still a dragon?!"

The elven warlock didn't have time to think, he closed his eyes and ran away.

As dusk was about to fall, the temple disappeared, and the people who had climbed up the tree returned to the ground one after another.

Their eyes were empty and lifeless, and they kept repeating meaningless mumblings.

"The gods..."

"Sacrifice...destruction..."

"Return...cleansing..."

"Traitor...filth..."

"Will...Listen..."

"Evil world..."

They gathered under the tree, mumbling to each other.

Until one moment, they seemed to have received some orders and scattered like zombies.

After everyone left, the evil dragon hidden in the illusion of the temple suddenly opened his eyes. He looked towards the west, stared for a long time, and then closed his eyes again.

............

The next morning, Lin Qing'an woke up beside the extinguished fire.

He sat up and looked at Emilia, who had slept all night curled up by the fire like him.

Last night, he and Emilia chatted until late at night, but they had some arguments when it was almost time to rest.

Emilia thought that his injuries had not yet recovered and he should go to the cabin to rest.

But he thought Emilia was a lady and that Emilia should have gone to the cabin to rest.

He and Emilia argued endlessly, and in the end, they simply did not enter the cabin and slept on the floor next to the fire.

In fact, he wanted to go back to the room and sleep with Emilia, but after all, they had only known each other for a day, so he needed to be reserved and not scare Emilia away.

"Emilia, wake up, it's dawn."

Lin Qing'an came to Emilia and gently pushed her shoulder.

"Ha~~"

Emilia yawned and slowly sat up.

"Good morning, Lin... eh?"

After saying hello, Emilia belatedly realized that something was wrong.

She suddenly woke up, her eyes flickering violently.

176. "The ear is a sensitive organ"

Seeing this, Lin Qing'an smiled gently.

"Emilia, it's almost time, let's go after breakfast."

"kindness......"

Emilia took a deep breath, suppressed her unnecessary thoughts, stood up, and prepared breakfast with Lin Qing'an.

The breakfast was very simple, just a bowl of meat porridge and a cup of black tea.

After finishing breakfast, it was 9 o'clock and Parker, who had entered the magic crystal stone to rest, finally woke up.

Afterwards, the two of them and the elf went to the depths of the Great Forest of Eriol to visit Emilia's people.

............

In the snowy forest covered in silver and silent, Lin Qing'an and Emilia walked forward step by step on the already solidified ice and snow.

Parker was lazily lying on top of Lin Qing'an's head, teasing him from time to time.

When they arrived at the place, the two people and the elf immediately discovered that there was an uninvited guest in front of them.

The man was tall, with indigo hair, a black hat on his head, and a red and black cloak on his body.

Perhaps he noticed the person coming, he turned around and looked at Lin Qingan and the other two with a distant gaze.

When that person turned around, Lin Qingan and his group also caught a glimpse of his lineup.

A face so pale that it looks bloodless, with overly exaggerated purple eyeshadow and lip gloss, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes.

Coupled with that strange outfit, he looks inexplicably like a circus clown.

"..."

The moment he saw the man's true face, Parker quietly left Lin Qing'an's head. He stared at the man, his eyes full of malice as if it were real.

"Click----"

Faintly, there seemed to be a cracking sound in Parker's heart.

Parker himself did not notice it, but Lin Qing'an glanced at Parker calmly.

The "evil seed" in Parker's heart finally sprouted...

In other words, Parker at this moment harbored genuine malice towards the man in front of him.

Lin Qing'an calmly withdrew his gaze and turned to look at the uninvited guest opposite him.

"Count Roswaal, why are you here?" Lin Qing'an asked in surprise.

Yes, the guy in front of me dressed like a clown is the border earl of the kingdom and also the strongest magician in the kingdom.

in addition......

Lin Qing'an looked at Roswaal opposite him, and a barely perceptible strange color flashed in his eyes.

The peak of the real realm...The evil beast in Roswaal's heart has surprisingly reached the peak of the real realm, and is only one step away from entering the spiritual realm.

And his ability as an evil beast is... spiritualization!

Interesting, the ability of the soul to leave the body? This makes up for the shortcomings of the earl to a certain extent.

After all... this earl is just like a certain old bug in the Type-Moon world. He has been relying on occupying the bodies of his descendants to achieve reincarnation again and again.

And having the spiritualization ability not only makes it easier for him to invade and reincarnate, but also allows him to discover the many problems in his soul in time.

"Oh my, oh my, this is truly an extraordinary guest."

Roswaal, with a strange emphasis, took off his hat and gave Lin Qing'an a standard salute.

Seeing this, Lin Qing'an also returned the gift to Roswaal with the kingdom's aristocratic etiquette.

After the ceremony, Roswaal said with interest: "I didn't expect that Viscount Lin would leave the capital and appear in such a barren place."

"Barren..."

Lin Qingan glanced at the frozen fairy village behind Roswaal and said, "The Elf Forest and the Fairy Courtyard, it would be too rude to describe such a place as barren."

"Haha~~"

Roswaal did not refute. He maintained a subtle smile and said, "Vice Viscount Lin, excuse me for asking, why are you here? And... with a half-elf and a big elf."

"......" Parker narrowed his eyes, and the dangerous look in his cat's eyes became more and more intense.

But it didn't say anything. Instead, it stayed behind Lin Qing'an with Emilia, watching him negotiate with Roswaal silently.

Lin Qing'an did not answer directly. He changed the subject and said something meaningful.

"I heard from the nobles of the kingdom that you, Count Roswaal, have always been friendly to the demihumans. Now that you are here, are you trying to save the frozen fairy garden?"

Hearing Lin Qing'an say this, Emilia's mind moved slightly, as if she had noticed something, and a hint of vigilance appeared in her beautiful eyes.

Roswaal narrowed his eyes slightly, "Lord Lin, you are joking. Even if I want to save him, I am powerless. I am afraid that no one can freeze him to this extent except the dragon himself."

Lin Qingan: "Is that so? Then, Count Roswaal, are you here to see the former Fairy Courtyard?"

Roswaal shook his head slightly. "I was just passing by. Some time ago, I heard that the venom of the 'Black Snake' appeared here, so I came to take a look to prevent any problems from affecting my territory."

The "black snake" that Roswaal was talking about was not the "actor" that Lin Qing'an had hired before, but the "black snake", one of the three great magical beasts in this world.

In this world, the three great monsters are basically equated with natural disasters.

According to the book, the land where the "black snake" roams will be polluted and no creatures other than monsters can live there. People who touch the evil tongue of the black snake will have a dark red burn mark on their body, and then their body will quickly be covered with red and black spots from the burn mark, bleeding from all seven orifices, or their skin will quickly dry up to the point of breaking at the touch.

"So that's it..."

Lin Qingan frowned and asked worriedly, "What about the venom problem..."

Roswaal emphasized strangely, "It has been solved. It was just a small remnant."

Roswaal changed the subject and said, "Lord Lin, I have answered your questions. Now it is your turn to answer mine. Why are you here?"

Lin Qing'an raised his lips and said with a relaxed look, "I was bored in the capital and wanted to go out for a walk, so I took over the task of finding a candidate for the throne from Reinhard. I didn't expect that my luck was so good that I actually found one."

"Oh?"

Roswaal raised his eyebrows and looked at Emilia behind Lin Qing'an with interest, "Is she the candidate you found?"