Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

——(The most dangerous place is the safest place... Little Liuli, you are taking a risky move...)

Without making any noise, Grandma Huanyan continued to move closer to the wooden bed.

At the same time, Grandma Huanyan also increased her vigilance, ready to deal with Shiiki Ruri's sudden attack at any time. ——Grandma Huanyan had encountered too many of those subjects who suddenly attacked at the critical moment.

·

Don’t be fooled by the fact that Grandma Huanyan is only wearing ordinary civilian clothes now. In fact, she always has a thin wooden staff hidden in the sleeves of her long-sleeved top.

Before entering Shiiki Ruri's house, Grandma Huanyan had already performed a "preparatory chant" and stored a magic spell in her staff that could be released at any time.

This skill is a must-have for high-level magicians. Otherwise, magicians who need to prepare and chant will become chickens to be slaughtered once they encounter emergencies.

After walking to the bed, Grandma Huanyan first glanced at Shiiki Ruri out of the corner of her eye, then knelt on one knee, preparing to bend down to check the situation under the bed.

But at this moment, Grandma Huanyan noticed that there was a cruel look in Shiiki Ruri's eyes...!

"Shackles of Flame!"

Without hesitation, Grandma Huanyan pointed her finger at Shiiki Ruri!

As the thin wooden staff slipped out of her sleeve, Grandma Phantom Flame had already released the magic stored in it!

Shiiki Ruri had no time to react at all, and was trapped in place by the red flame shackles that appeared out of nowhere, unable to move.

As long as she moved a little, she would be burned by the high-temperature flames. But what was even more terrifying was that as long as Shiiki Ruri came into contact with these dancing flames, the red flame shackles would bind her body like a snake, making her unable to move and feeling the pain of being burned.

"Don't think of acting rashly, little Liuli, just face reality."

Grandma Huanyan knew that her guess was correct. She calmly bent down to check the situation under the bed to see what Xiao Liuli had hidden under the bed.

Is that the white jade flute?

Or is it the murder weapon that killed the chief hall master?

Or is it a part of the head master's body?

Grandma Huanyan was well prepared mentally, and no matter what she saw, it would probably be within her expectations.

However, the outcome of the matter was beyond Grandma Huanyan's expectations.

What the fox-man grandmother saw in the end was an empty space under the bed!

Under this wooden bed... there's nothing...?!

·

"……what?"

Grandma Huanyan was confused.

She couldn't believe what she saw.

In order to make sure she was not hallucinating, Grandma Huanyan even reached under the bed to feel around, but the answer she got remained the same.

There was nothing hidden under the bed.

Since there was nothing under the bed, why was Xiao Liuli so nervous just now?

Grandma Huanyan turned around to look at Xiao Liuli in great confusion. Coincidentally, at that moment, Xiao Liuli was also looking at Grandma Huanyan - but with a face full of resentment.

"Uh, sorry, Xiao Liuli, my occupational disease came back, and I thought you were going to attack me, haha."

Grandma Huanyan awkwardly removed the magic shackles of fire and gave little Liuli freedom.

She was now glad that the magic she used in the "preparatory chant" was a controlling one rather than a killing one. If she had accidentally injured Xiao Liuli due to her misjudgment, she would not be able to face Magai after her death.

However, Grandma Huanyan was still puzzled. If there was nothing hidden under the bed, why was Xiao Liuli so nervous just now? In addition, the fierceness in her eyes at the last moment was also witnessed by Grandma Huanyan.

"Why would I attack you, meow..."

Xiao Liuli complained angrily, but now she no longer had the fierceness she had just now.

Then, Xiao Liuli told Grandma Huanyan, "I just wanted to remind you... I haven't cleaned the floor in a long time, and the floor is very dirty..."

This aggrieved answer really made Grandma Huanyan feel bad.

She looked down at her knees and saw that they were indeed quite dusty. In addition, her right hand, which had just reached under the bed to grope, was also covered in dust.

——(Could it be… that I was too anxious, made a preconceived and subjective judgment, and wrongly blamed Xiao Liuli?)

Grandma Huanyan was a little undecided. Anyway, she first made a full apology to Xiao Liuli, and then she continued to search the house according to the procedure.

Grandma Huanyan believed that there was definitely something wrong with Shiiki Ruri's nervousness just now, and she must pull out the cat's tail...!

10.14 - Escape

On the one hand, she insists on her own rational judgment, and on the other hand, she feels guilty towards Xiao Liuli... Grandma Huanyan's mood is quite contradictory now.

While searching the remaining rooms, Grandma Phantom Flame pondered over this.

Emotion and reason fought back and forth in the head of this fox-man grandmother, and in the end, reason prevailed.

Grandma Huanyan's final decision was that no matter how wronged and innocent Xiao Liuli looked now, judging from her "irrational" behavior just now, there was definitely something wrong with her.

If Xiao Liuli had a clear conscience, why would she be nervous?

Therefore, Grandma Huanyan concluded that there must be something hidden in this house.

However, an hour later, Grandma Huanyan's face was swollen from hitting herself.

Even though she had turned the house upside down, she still couldn't find anything suspicious, let alone the "White Jade Flute" that she wanted to find the most.

"Thank you for your hard work, Grandma Fumu. Would you like a glass of water, meow?"

Xiao Liuli's concern at this time made Grandma Huanyan feel like she was being ridiculed.

To her, Xiao Liuli seemed to be saying, "Keep looking? Why don't you keep looking? Don't you suspect I'm hiding evidence? Try harder?"

To be honest, Grandma Huanyan was unwilling to accept this.

She didn't think Xiao Liuli was innocent, nor did she think there were no secrets in this house, but she had to admit that she really couldn't find any evidence of guilt.

She lost this round of competition.

"No, thank you. I've been bothering you for a long time. It's almost time to go."

With these words as a conclusion, Grandma Huanyan stopped the search and apologized to Xiao Liuli again for her previous extreme behavior.

"Xiao Liuli, I'm so sorry for wronging you. I owe you a favor."

"Grandma Fumu, you're too polite, meow. I know you're following the rules, and I'm not hurt, so don't take it to heart, meow."

Little Liuli's generous answer made Grandma Huanyan even more uncomfortable.

With an extremely frustrated feeling, Grandma Huanyan said goodbye to Xiao Liuli and disappeared into the night.

On the way back to the base, Grandma Huanyan's mind was always filled with her obsession with little Liuli.

——(Xiao Liuli, what secret are you hiding...)

——(Even though I failed today, I will definitely find out your secret...!)

·

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The perspective switches back to Meier Town, Shiiki Ruri's cabin.

After seeing off Grandma Huanyan, Shiiki Ruri breathed a sigh of relief, but she still didn't dare to be careless.

She waited quietly in the house for ten minutes, then looked through the window to see if Grandma Huanyan and the people she brought had really left.

After confirming that there was indeed no one around, Shiiki Ruri still didn't dare to look for the whereabouts of the Frost Armor Knight, for fear of being caught by Grandma Phantom Flame.

She silently told herself not to be anxious and to wait another half an hour. It would not be too late to go find the Frost Armor Knight when there was really no movement.

·

Everything is silent and the night is as cool as water.

Shiiki Ruri sat alone in the living room, thinking about what happened tonight, still feeling scared.

Even though Grandma Huanyan seemed to have admitted defeat and retreated obediently, Shiiki Ruri's heart still felt like it was hanging in the balance, unable to settle.

Just as Shiiki Ruri was concentrating on thinking, a low voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Don't worry, Boss Liuli, I just confirmed that those people have left."

The sound came too suddenly, and coupled with the eerie atmosphere in the middle of the night, Shiiki Ruri was so scared that she jumped up from her chair, looking towards the direction where the sound came from behind her with her teeth and claws bared, like a cat with its fur standing on end!

“Meow! Meow meow meow meow!!!”

In a panic, Shiiki Ruri forgot how to speak, and just shouted a few times to bluff.

But after she saw clearly who was standing behind her, she immediately regretted her ridiculous behavior... Shiiki Ruri never expected that the person who suddenly appeared behind her was the Frost Armor Knight whom she was determined to find.

“Eh? Eh heh heh——???!”

Shiiki Ruri was so surprised that she was speechless. After a long while, she angrily asked the Frost Armor Knight why he scared her like this and where he had been hiding just now.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. Please forgive me."

Lord Frost Armor Knight apologized to Shiiki Ruri sincerely. Shiiki Ruri silently complained in her heart, why did she keep asking others to apologize tonight? Was the gods deliberately teasing her?

Then, Shiiki Ruri generously accepted the apology of the Frost Armor Knight. After all, she could see that the other party did not mean it, and at this time, the most important thing was to discuss the business as soon as possible.

·

"Master Stan, I thought you were going to be discovered just now, but you weren't under the bed. How did you do that, meow?"

After calming down, Shiiki Ruri began to ask the Frost Armor Knight about the truth of what had just happened. She really couldn't understand how she had escaped.

The Frost Armor Knight replied that when he first hid under the bed, he felt that this was inappropriate, so he took advantage of the noise of Shiiki Ruri going to open the door to slip out from under the bed in advance and hide in the bushes outside the house.

"Eh? It was at that time?" Shiiki Ruri tilted her head in confusion.

Shiiki Ruri wasn't bragging, she was very sensitive to the movements of her surroundings. With the Frost Armor Knight's burly body and metal armor, how could he have gotten out of the house without her noticing?

But since Lord Frost Armor Knight said so, Shiiki Ruri couldn't ask any more questions. The trust relationship between partners is also very important.

——(Stan-sama, who is as heavy as a siege weapon, can actually do something like this...)

——(Sir Stan, you are truly surrounded by mysteries...)

·

Afterwards, Shiiki Ruri briefly discussed the surprise inspection tonight with Lord Frost Armor Knight. She felt that Grandma Phantom Flame would not let it go, because based on Shiiki Ruri's understanding of Grandma Phantom Flame, once the old lady became suspicious, she would not let it go so easily.

Lord Frost Armor Knight agreed with Shiiki Ruri's opinion. He said that this group of people were hesitant when they evacuated, and turned back several times to conduct long-distance reconnaissance again. It was obvious that they had not given up yet.

"In order to avoid wasting too much energy on this Phantom Flame Lady, I suggest that we take her down once and for all before the 'Grand Hall Master Selection' begins," said the Frost Armor Knight.

"Once and for all, meow? Master Stan, do you have any good ideas?"

Shiiki Ruri immediately became interested. She would be very happy if she could turn her "enemy" into a friend again with Grandma Huanyan.

"What else can be done about this?"

Frost Knight Stan asked a question in a slightly frivolous tone, then offered a plan that made Shiiki Ruri's face turn pale: "Just set a trap and kill her. Once she's dead, she won't bother you anymore."

10.15 - Discussing countermeasures

Shiiki Ruri is not an innocent girl. Having worked at Teruya Ryujaku for many years, she has seen too much about the dark side of society and human nature.

Previously, after confirming the crimes of the head hall master Tetodaf, Shiiki Ruri acted without mercy. But now, when she heard from the Frost Armor Knight that he wanted to kill Grandma Phantom Flame, the cat-man girl wavered.

——(Are you really going to go this far, nya…?)

Shiiki Ruri kept this question in her heart and didn't ask it out loud. She knew that she had just killed someone and had no right to say such things.

However, there was a voice in Shiiki Ruri's heart saying that Grandma Huanyan was different from Totodaf. Grandma Huanyan had not done anything evil. She came to search her tonight simply to follow the rules.

If I kill Grandma Phantom Flame just because she is targeting me, then what is the difference between me and the evil Tetodaf?

"Master Stan, I think your plan is a bit inappropriate. Grand Master Tetodaf has only been dead for two days. If someone else in Teruya Liuque's leadership dies again, it will likely have a significant impact on the stability of the organization, and it will also be detrimental to our campaign for the next Grand Master."

After quick thinking, Shiiki Ruri found an angle that Lord Frost Armor Knight could accept and clearly explained the disadvantages of killing Grandma Phantom Flame.

No matter what the reason is, as long as it can make the Frost Armor Knight change his mind, it is a good reason for Shiiki Ruri.

"Well, you do have a point, but if you want to keep her alive, you'll have to be more vigilant... Judging from tonight's search, this fox-man grandmother is quite resourceful."

Frost Knight Stan accepted Shiiki Ruri's opinion without much hesitation, which made Shiiki Ruri finally breathe a sigh of relief.