Chapter 77: Dead People Can’t Talk (1/2)

“Didn’t I say not to bother me?” Claire said fiercely.

“Miss, it’s me, I came to give you food.” Jean’s voice quietly sounded outside the door.

Claire froze, then stood up to open the door for Jean. Jean was carrying a dish, his expression lonely for some reason.

“Come in.” Claire said sourly.

“Miss…” It was only after Jean shut the door and put the pan onto the table that he sat down and stared at Claire.

“Something else?” Claire asked, frowning slightly.

“Miss, I wanted to ask you, do you accept my loyalty?” Currently, Jean’s expression was exceptionally serious.

Claire froze. What was that supposed to mean?

“If I didn’t accept, then I would have thrown you away long before, during the battle against the golden dragon.” Claire said coldly.

“But, Miss, why did you not tell me about your dangerous actions last night? I am your guardian knight; I don’t want to share joy together, but to face hardships together. I hope you can share your worries, hope that when you are in danger, I can shield in front of you.” Besides seriousness, Jean’s expression had a faint hint of loneliness.

In a flash, Claire wasn’t able to say anything. She just stared at Jean’s shining gaze.

“Miss, if next time something like this happens where I can’t help, please can you tell me once, okay?” Jean implored, staring at Claire strongly.

“Okay…” Claire looked at Jean’s expression and couldn’t help but say the word okay.

After obtaining Claire’s reply, a smile appeared on Jean’s face. “Then Miss should first eat and then rest.” After saying these words, he got up, opened the door, and left.

“Ma, this man has improper thoughts about you, definitely. I dislike this guy, too tsundere, not showing anything on the outside.” Golden Lotus’s voice suddenly sounded, then said happily, “At least that Walter or something guy has disappeared. From now on, Ma is all mine.”

(TL: Before people call me a weeabo, the meaning of it was “outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside” and that sound suuper awkward by itself. I’m fairly sure this is the Chinese equivalent of tsundere, positive. Although I probably am a weeb seeing as I made the website name japanesemafialady…)

Claire: “………”

“Golden Lotus, don’t sleep. I want to break through. Help me withstand the heavenly tribulation.” Claire said after looking at the food on the table and eating some casually.

“Okay. Right now?” Golden Lotus answered immediately.

“This place doesn’t work. We’ll go out the city.” Claire understood very deeply that she had to become strong as fast as possible. The Divine Princess, Liuxue Qing was actually able to detect her when she was invisible.

“Okay.” Golden Lotus was eager to try.

Claire reached her hand out at White Emperor, who was beside the pillow. White Emperor chirped twice, pounced onto Claire’s hand, and then while he was at it, crawled up to her shoulder and then her head.

Claire was about to go out, but then thought of the promise she had just made with Jean. She then turned to knock on Jean’s door.

The door opened very quickly. Jean looked at Claire, who was standing at the door, and said, puzzled, “Miss, is something the matter?”

“I’m going out. I have something to do outside the city. It’s nothing big. You don’t need to come with me. I’ll come back before noon.” Claire said simply.

Jean looked at Claire and asked suspiciously, “What is it that Miss is going for? There won’t be any danger?”

“There’s no danger. I’ll come back right after going out. You don’t need to come with me. Watch after Summer and Black Dragon Ben. Make sure they don’t cause trouble. It’s just outside the city, what can possibly happen?” Claire downplayed the situation.

Jean hesitated and said, “But…”

“If there was danger, I would bring you.” Claire blocked Jean with one sentence. “I’ll leave and return quickly.”

Not waiting for Jean to reply, Claire brought White Emperor to the backyard, going out from the back door while riding the wind leopard. Jean silently watched Claire from behind, his eyes full of confliction.

A golden blonde haired, green-eyed, beautiful girl rode a seventh grade magic beast running in the streets. Naturally, it aroused attention. It was just that right now it was early morning with few people in the streets, so it didn’t cause a disturbance.

A carriage traveled slowly on the street. When Claire rode the wind leopard, dashing past, the horses around the carriage all cried out in fear continuously, immediately starting to flare up. It was only after the coachman used up a lot of energy that they were calmed down. The person inside the carriage poked their head out angrily, but just as they thought about asking what was going on, they saw a familiar figure currently dashing out the city.

It was Claire Hill! The eyes of the person inside the carriage instantly widened. It was really enemies on the same road1. The person inside the carriage was none other than Alice Roman, the person who had formerly proposed a duel to Claire but lost horribly and also lost one of the Roman clan’s heirlooms.

Alice squinted, looking at Claire who was far away, and frowned deeply. What was a slut doing so early?

“Alice, what is it?” A cold voice sounded from beside Alice.

“Cousin, I just saw my enemy go out of the city.” Alice snorted.

(TL: Using cousin because there’s no way to convey the whole thing without sounding weird. In Chinese, the word means “older male cousin via female line”. Chinese filial piety……