Chapter 1.1 - Burning Barnard Town Part 1 (2/2)
“No money!? Why are you even thinking of staying in an inn if you don’t have any money? Go away! Don’t disturb my business.”
In a small family inn, upon learning Clyde had no money, the innkeeper immediately became less polite. He directly ordered them to leave. Gritting his teeth, Clyde resisted his impulse to send this innkeeper toward the afterlife. Ever since he had gained one of the Great Old One’s bodies, he would often feel that he despised human life. It was very likely the subtle influence of his new body.
“Uncle, can’t you be flexible for once? We siblings left our native place, and we truly don’t have anywhere to go!”
“This… there is an abandoned, dilapidated firewood house behind the courtyard. If you stay there, I will not take any money from you two.”
Lucifer employed a little bit of her meng (slang for cuteness), making this innkeeper reluctantly agree to their request. Clyde was left speechless. It seemed that selling meng would never be obsolete, even in a different world. However, since the issue of a place to stay overnight had been finally resolved, he had nothing to complain about. Unfortunately, the innkeeper had been completely honest: the firewood house arranged for them was truly simple and crude to the utmost limit. Any more damage would’ve made it difficult to call it a building. It would’ve been fine if only the door had been broken, with splinters sticking out everywhere, but even the roof had a hole. At least, they could look up and see the starry sky.
“Big Brother Clyde, I guess we’ll have to put up with this. In any case, it’s only for one night.”
“Lucifer, you… Do you really think we need to sleep?”
“This… I will rest first. See you tomorrow morning.”
Turning around to find a comfortable spot on the barren cracked wooden floor, Lucifer was dumbfounded for a while and evaded Clyde’s question. In fact, these two truly didn’t need to sleep because neither of them were from ordinary races. For a while, Clyde examined Lucifer who had turned her back towards him before gazing at the sky and pondering about life. Hereafter, what should he do? He was neither a brave nor a villain. He completely belonged to the neutral category. Neither saving the world nor the destruction of the world seemed to have anything to do with him.
The matter that made Clyde at a loss the most was that it was inconvenient to take advantage of girls with this Great Old One’s body unless he and the other party didn’t mind hardcore play. At present, only the Lolita in front of him could look straight at him without ending up dead. Unfortunately, the other party regarded him as a big brother, so his heart felt uncomfortable about the thought of himself making a move on her. It seemed that he could only envy the imperial harems of other transmigrators. With a long sigh, he stretched and stood up. Glancing at Lucifer to make sure she seemed fine, he trudged outside and sat on the overgrown grass outside with his knees tucked to his chest.
Clyde had just sat down when a huge commotion burst through Barnard Town. A wave of burning arrows fell from the sky, and several of them happened to hit the firewood house in which they were staying, instantly igniting the poorly varnished wood. From outside the town, the sound of hoofbeats and the marching feet of an army rang out, accompanied by screaming sounds. In their flurried panic, no one knew whether they were being attacked by the Human Race or being invaded by the other races.
“Lucifer, quickly wake up. We have to change our location again. Ugg, this world is not peaceful. There isn’t even a place to quietly sleep.”
“Big Brother Clyde, carry me and flee. The smoke is too thick. I’m scared!”
“You are scared… Fine, I will carry you.”