Chapter 27: Lawrends Naivety Drives Aleshia Crazy (1/2)

”Is it weird? I decided to take him as a pet.”

There was a naive smile on Lawrend's face as he spoke about the slime. He ran his hand down the top of the slime and caressed it with care.

Aleshia became more and more confused. She even doubted her own judgment that Lawrend had something sinister planned for this journey. She shook her head and remembered that she should be wary of this man at all times.

”It's weird.”

Aleshia replied with a straight face. She had never seen anyone hugging a slime so intimately.

”Is it really that weird? He looks adorable though.”

Lawrend felt awkward being called weird.

”Slimes are annoying.”

Aleshia responded one last time before turning around to ignore him. She didn't want to deal with this child-like Young Master of hers.

There was a villager in front of the road leading into the village. He was an old man and his white beard was about 3 inches long.

”Young lady, are you staying inside the village?”

There was a kind smile on the old man's face.

”Yes, we would like a house if possible.”

Aleshia responded calmly.

”That would be 1 gold for a night.”

A greedy grin overtook the old man's face as he looked at their noble carriage. He was clearly taking advantage of them.

”I-”

Aleshia was about to complain but Lawrend interrupted her.

”Sounds good!”

Lawrend replied with a big smile on his face. To which, the old man's grin became wider.

”Yes, Yes! For the Young Master.”

The old man bowed humbly and led them towards the house.

Aleshia looked at Lawrend as she furrowed her eyebrows. It might just be her imagination but this Young Master of hers is actually naive.

'No no no. There's no way he's that naive. He must be pretending.'

Aleshia shook her head in denial. The few times she encountered Lawrend, he was acting so smart. Now, he was acting so naive, she immediately became warier after realizing that fact.

Aleshia and Lawrend rode the carriage and the old man led them deeper inside the village. Several men were looking at the old man with dissatisfied looks.

”The old man got a jackpot!”

”Yeah. Just look how wide the grin on his face is.”

Two men on the side whispered to each other. They were like the old man, they also bring in travelers and have them rent out a house or a room to stay for the night.

The old man heard their whispers and flashed them a smile. He then walked ahead just like nothing happened. The two men clicked their tongues and left in annoyance.

Lawrend was reading a book. He put down the slime just right beside him. It was not doing anything besides watching him read. It was very tame for a slime.

”I see, so you're an electric element slime.”

Lawrend closed the book and looked at the slime once more. It was an electric element slime just like what its color suggested. He patted its head just as the carriage stopped once more.

Lawrend exited the carriage with the slime and entered the house they rented together with Aleshia. She reluctantly dropped a gold coin on the old man's hands. The old man bowed and left.