บท 17: Dai Jingyi
"Will he dream about me?" Another girl thought that night.
"Huh?" Dai Zhi, who was lying on her bed, heard a noise and people running. When she looked out the window, she saw some of her family's best cultivators heading towards the mansion's entrance. Dai Zhi was very curious, so she left the room and headed towards the street to see what was happening there.
"It's him!?" It didn't take long for Dai Zhi to see the group of cultivators led by her father surrounding a man holding an injured woman. Dai Zhi was going to look at her father again for answers when she recognized the man. She was thinking about him less than a minute ago.
Dai Zhi couldn't even imagine how the situation got to that point. She was about to speak to her father, that knew Nero when she heard two voices that she knew well and left her perplexed.
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"But what the hell is going on here!?" Dai Dong could not understand where came from this strange white-haired young man who is both protected from the Xun Family and disciple of Elder Xiong. But the most important thing was not where he came from but that he seemed to be hostile to his Dai Family. "So now, how to proceed?"
"Calm down, Dai Dong. He is my disciple, and this injured woman is his slave, so it is normal that he had problems with your men who were taking her." Xiong Zhelan wanted to use his authority as the Elder of a great sect to solve the problem quickly and take Nero away.
"So, where's Wei Ping!?" Dai Dong asked because he couldn't see any pieces of Wei Ping's body and only saw the corpse of one of his men on the street.
"He is dead. But without a body, because the boy used a special technique that killed him without leaving a trace except for the blood on his clothes." Xiong Zhelan saw Wei Ping's body mysteriously disappear when Nero touched him. Xiong Zhelan had no idea how Nero did it, but it made him think it was increasingly worth taking the mysterious young man to his sister.
"Do you understand how difficult this situation is for me? This young man comes here and kills my friend. Wei Ping was an important person to my family, and I cannot leave his death ignored." Dai Dong didn't know what to do, but he wanted some punishment for Nero.
"Elder Xiong has already said that Wei Ping was taking Nero's slave. He tried to reason with him, but his family does not understand the side of the others, and the situation ended up in a fight, but it was not Nero's fault that he only defended himself." Xun He spoke in defense of Nero but lied about how the fight started because he saw it when Nero attacked Wei Ping's group by surprise.
"And what do you have to do with that young man!?" Dai dong was not as smart as his wife, but he thought that Xun He just wanted to bond with Nero because of his strength and connection with Elder Xiong.
Dai Dong knew it would be the end of his family if they fought Xiong Zhelan, but he also feared that the Xun Family, together with Nero, would still be enough to beat them.
"He's a friend of my daughter, and maybe in the future, they'll be even more than friends, so it's normal for him to be with us." Xun He talked about Nero and Xun Lan as if he was very much in favor of the couple being together. Of course, Dai Dong understood that he would also want such a talented son-in-law.
"Really!?" Xun Lan and Dai Zhi exclaimed together, but it was very low, so hardly anyone heard. Xun Lan was pleased that her father had nothing against Nero but in favor, but Dai Zhi was dying of jealousy without knowing how to fix things between Nero and her family.
"I know what you want to do here, Xun He! But what about you, Elder Xiong? Do you want to join the Xun Family to destroy us? I thought that the people of the Black Sword Sect were always fair and didn't get into other people's disputes." Everyone thought those words made a lot of sense. But it was not Dai Dong who spoke, but his daughter. Not Dai Zhi but Dai Dong's younger daughter, who was still a child.
Dai Jingyi was already listening to the conversation since Dai Dong arrived. She followed him even before Dai Zhi and was thinking about how the situation got to this point and how her family could survive this storm.
Even though the story of the taken slave seemed to be true, there were still things left unsaid. Dai Jingyi thought so because she was sure that Nero had a particular hostility towards her family.
Dai Jingyi was very cunning, even at such a young age. She knew it didn't make sense for Wei Ping to start a fight for a non-human slave, so Nero should have started the fight. But why? Nero's motivations were still a mystery to her.
When Dai Jingyi thought about how important this non-human was to Nero, she saw her father trying his best to resolve the situation. Still, his intelligence was limited, and Dai Jingyi thought it was time to get into the discussion.
"Jingyi! You must not stay here as it is dangerous right now." Dai Dong knew that his daughters were brilliant. Even though Jingyi was very smart, he was still a child, and there was a difference between accepting her advice at home and letting her lead things in a dangerous moment of emergency.
"Dad, don't treat me like a child and let me speak." Dai Jingyi entered the middle of the circle formed by the cultivators around Nero, who still kept the non-human like a mountain with infinite determination. Dai Jingyi was increasingly sure that Nero had a lot of affection for the alleged slave.
Dai Dong was about to send one of his henchmen to take Dai Jingyi, but when he looked at the man, he shook his head in disapproval. Dai Dong was confused and looked at another man on the side, but he also told him with his head that it would be a bad decision. Then Dai Dong could only hope that his daughter would be able to help them.
"Nero, right? Can I call you by name? I don't know your surname." Dai Jingyi spoke in a lively and relaxed way as if she were meeting a new friend. When Nero nodded in agreement, she continued.
"The core of the question is that my family hurt your 'slave,' right?" Dai Jingyi emphasized the word 'slave,' and everyone already understood that it was not a simple slave. Before Nero could answer or even nod, she said more.
"Haven't you already killed Wei Ping? But your slave is still alive and only injured. So here we are discussing why you went too far. But as my family knows how to forgive, we will let you go so that there are no more problems between us." Everyone thought it was impressive for a fourteen-year-old girl to speak so well and clearly, but few understand that Dai Jingyi's mother is an incredibly astute person and has taught her daughter a lot.
This time Nero didn't nod but opened his eyes and looked at Dai Jingyi. What he saw was a younger version of the stupid Dai Zhi. But that girl was different from everyone he had ever seen in this new world because she was extremely smart. Nero thought she looked like his sister, Amelie. Both were very sharp and dynamic.
When Nero thought of his sister, his protective instinct grew even though it was already high that night. He still wanted to kill the entire Dai Family, but now the most important thing was Marie's safety and health. Nero also knew that he would not be able to fight so many cultivators with his current strength, and he did not want to ask for help from others to solve his problems.
"I'm leaving now. But my problem with your family didn't start now, and it won't end now. But when I get back, I'll be sure to come alone." Nero spoke as he walked out of the cultivator circle. The men opened their way to Nero when Dai Jingyi gave a signal to them, and Dai Dong said nothing against it.
Xiong Zhelan was happy that he did not have to kill these people to protect Nero. He didn't like to go against the Black Sword Sect's reputation, but he thought that some things were more important than others.
Xun He was sad that Dai Dong did not attack Nero so that he could interfere and start a war against the Dai Family. But he was hopeful when he heard Nero say he would be back. So he still hoped to be the young man's ally in battle.
Xun Lan was happy that nothing terrible happened to Nero.
Dai Zhi was happy that his family and Nero were fine. She still doesn't understand everything that happened here and mainly because Nero was showing such affection for the slave that himself said that he would punish in the forest.
As much as she thought, Dai Zhi still couldn't think about what problems Nero said he had with his family before. "Was it also because of the slave? Was he mad at me over a non-human?"
Dai Zhi was now confused because she thought what Nero had against her family was the fact that she hurt the non-human slave in the forest. But it didn't make sense to her that Nero would like something like this non-human so much.
Dai Jingyi noticed his older sister's confused and worried look and understood the situation. She had heard Dai Zhi saying Nero's name the entire time after she arrived from the forest. Dai Jingyi found this situation very strange and wanted to know more about Nero as they were enemies.
"Let's go to my house. There we can take care of the girl, and you can rest." Xun He spoke looking at Marie in Nero's arms and then turned to Xiong Zhelan, making it clear that he was inviting them both.
"Seems good," Nero spoke at the same time as Xiong Zhelan and went towards Xun He and his family.
Nero, still carrying Marie, joined Xiong Zhelan and the people of the Xun Family and left for Xun He's house. They walked because Nero did not want to cause Marie more pain, so Xun He sent the cultivators ahead and walked alongside Xun Lan, Xiong Zhelan, and Nero. Xun Feng was also with the group of cultivators who returned home as he did not have much to add to the situation and did not like to see his sister's jealous eyes.
"Why do you like her so much?" Xun Lan couldn't help but think a little louder than she should and making Nero listen.
"Liking is not about 'why' but about yes or no," Nero replied while looking at the cute little fox in his arms. He also didn't know why he liked her so much, but he just felt that he had to protect her as she was non-human like him.
The little fox in Nero's arms made no sudden move since Nero caught her. Despite being tremendously hurt, she was awake and saw everything that happened.
When she heard about Nero liking her, it made Marie a little embarrassed and shy. She clutched her head against Nero's chest and really liked the smell of him that even though he had blood on his clothes, he still smelled so good. Marie tried not to move and enjoy that smell as long as she could because she knew she wouldn't be able to stand awake for long and would soon pass out from weakness.
Marie felt safe for the first time since she was wounded in a fatal battle. After so much suffering in the forest, she was very grateful to have Nero taking care of her now. The little fox closed her eyes and fell asleep, smelling that smell that she would never forget in her life.
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