Volume 1 Chapter 101: Silly Children Grow Faster
“Ay, ay...” Lin Luoyu stood there quietly by herself, listening to the thumping of her heartbeat. A meaningful smile slowly appeared on her pretty face.
“If I suddenly give a discount just because I feel like it, my reputation will suffer if people hear about it...”
“Ahaha, what a willful young lady...”
She gently adjusted the beret on her head. The empty alley looked like a mirror, reflecting the girl’s slightly thin figure.
Meanwhile, after leaving the alley, Heidi still seemed a little worried. She carefully looked back into the alley for a while. But aside from a stray cat passing by, there was no one else there. Lin Luoyu, who had been standing there just moments ago, had already disappeared.
“Miss, is that human... really okay?”
Heidi pulled back her gaze and carefully asked Bai Muxue, who still had a faint smile on her face.
What do you mean ‘that human’? Has this little girl already completely treated me as one of her own? Or have I already been removed from the human race...
Hearing Heidi’s words, the smile on Bai Muxue’s lips stiffened a little as she quietly complained in her heart.
She lowered her head and gave a small cough. Without changing her expression, Bai Muxue calmly asked,
“Do you think she’s strange, Heidi? What does Sasha think?”
“Hm? Sasha?”
Heidi froze for a moment after hearing that. She turned toward the empty air beside her and softly asked,
“Miss is asking you. Did you notice anything strange about her?”
After a short silence, Heidi seemed to have received an answer. She nodded thoughtfully, then turned back to Bai Muxue and replied,
“Sasha said that even though she couldn’t feel any magic from that human... that person is definitely not ordinary.”
“Not to mention where she got all that information, just the fact that she knows details about our Empire is already very suspicious!”
“Oh, is that so?”
After hearing Sasha’s analysis, Bai Muxue did not show much reaction. She only nodded calmly.
“U-um, Sasha also said...”
Seeing that Bai Muxue did not seem to plan on saying more, Heidi rolled her ruby-like eyes, pressed her lips together, and carefully moved closer to the girl before whispering,
“Should we just get rid of her now? Kill the threat before it grows?”
The moment Heidi finished speaking, a strange bloodshot eye slowly appeared from inside her shadow. Her entire shadow twisted into something like a terrifying face, with countless eyes spinning around inside it.
The temperature around them quickly dropped.
“Whoa, why did it suddenly get cold? Whose air conditioner is blowing onto the street like this?”
A passerby walking past them suddenly shivered and started looking around, trying to find an air conditioner vent or something similar.
“H-Hey, don’t use your powers in the middle of the street!!!”
Bai Muxue was startled by Heidi’s sudden action. She quickly stepped in front of Heidi’s small body, afraid that passing pedestrians would notice something strange.
“Eh? Sorry!”
After realizing what happened, Heidi hurriedly lowered her head. The creepy eyes instantly shrank back into her shadow with a swoosh.
“Sorry! Sasha said it! If you want to blame someone then blame Sasha! I really tried to stop her so please don’t scold me!”
Her blonde hair trembling, Heidi immediately and mercilessly sold Sasha out without the slightest hesitation.
Yep. That was very Heidi-like.
Seeing this, Bai Muxue could not help laughing softly. She casually patted Heidi on the shoulder.
“I still need Lin Luoyu to help me investigate something right now, so there’s no need to attack her.”
“S-Sorry, sorry, sorry! I only did that to protect myself just now... eh?”
Heidi, who seemed to be getting endlessly scolded by Sasha inside her head, subconsciously raised her head and blinked in confusion after hearing those words.
“Mhm, it’s fine. Just don’t do it again in the future,” Bai Muxue repeated. “After all, we still need to hide our real identities most of the time, right?”
“Ugh... Miss, am I really useless...?”
Seeing that her young lady was not blaming her, Heidi bit her lower lip and did not dare look directly at Bai Muxue’s face.
“I’ve only stayed by your side for half a day, and I already keep causing trouble for you...”
Miss was willing to let her stay by her side, yet she could not help at all... she was not even as useful as Sasha...
With Miss’s personality after transforming, she probably would have attacked directly already. But now she did not even seem interested in transforming at all... maybe she just thinks I’m not worth doing that for...
The more Heidi thought about it, the guiltier she felt, and she lowered her head even further.
Looking at the girl who seemed completely surrounded by gloom, Bai Muxue revealed an amused smile and comforted her on purpose.
“It’s okay, Heidi. It’s fine to be a little silly. There’s a saying in the human world, silly children grow faster.”
“......”
Hearing those slightly teasing words, Heidi subconsciously opened her mouth. Her throat moved as if she wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out.
Was Miss trying to comfort her? But why did it not make her feel happy at all?
“Alright, don’t worry about small details like this anymore.”
But Bai Muxue clearly did not want to continue the topic. She blinked at Heidi, her pretty face full of sly smiles.
“I already got the information I wanted. Next, we just need to personally check that building.”
“Eh? But...”
Hearing that, Heidi tilted her head in confusion. After hesitating for a moment, she asked:
“Are we really just going there directly? What if it’s only a rumor?”
“Miss, although I know why you want to go there, and I probably shouldn’t say too much... as far as I know, Liu Li doesn’t have the authority to secretly hide monsters or disaster beasts in her territory...”
Oh? So even Heidi doesn’t know the full details? I thought it was Dian causing trouble again...
Bai Muxue thought quietly for a moment, then showed Heidi a bright smile.
“You do have a point. Before taking action, it’s probably better to prepare first.”
“Ehehe, right? Right?”
After being praised by her young miss, Heidi proudly raised her pale chin slightly, but soon asked another question:
“Then how are we going to investigate? Are we asking that human for help again?”
“Heh, there’s no need for her. The Disaster Management Bureau already has construction records for every building project in Wangdu.”
“I see...”
Heidi nodded. She knew the name of the Disaster Management Bureau and knew it was a department responsible for disaster beast risk evaluations and post-disaster rebuilding. It seemed that every building in Wangdu now had to pass the bureau’s review before construction could begin.
It was not strange for the bureau to have detailed information about that building, but...
As a serious and studious girl, Heidi quickly raised another question:
“Then how are we going to get those files...? Are we breaking in directly?”
The Disaster Management Bureau was different from the Special Investigation Department. Although it was also a confidential organization, most of its data was related to disasters. Compared to the many secrets inside the Special Investigation Department, the Disaster Management Bureau was much less attractive, so its security was not especially strict.
“Break in? Why would we break in? Who would directly force their way into the Disaster Management Bureau?”
Hearing that, Bai Muxue could not help laughing softly. But even while laughing, she still did not explain further when she saw Heidi’s confused expression.
Under the sunlight, her long black eyelashes reflected the light, covering her carefully shaped features with a faint golden glow.
Heidi silently looked at the girl before her and felt that those dark, ink-like eyes already seemed to have a complete plan prepared.