The Princess And The Lord

This is what Lory wants, she wants to know who this group is and maybe through them, she can find out about the corpse she found previously.

"That would really help" Lory smiled in relief but then she looked around then asked, "By the way, don't you carve animal parts since most Hounds die in your hands?"

Garrof shrugged nonchalantly "It's okay, you help us so you can have it"

"Are  you sure?" Lory hesitated.

"Yes, I'm sure" Garrof reassured her again, "You take the fangs of the beast, we will be waiting over there," said Garrof.

"Sure!" Lory motioned to Zhao Li Xin to carve the fangs from the dead beasts.

While Zhao Li Xin pulled the fangs off the dead beast Lory stuffed everything into a zip bag but every now and then she would cast a quick glance at the hunter's group behind her that seems immersed in a quite serious discussion.

[What do you think of them?] Lory suddenly asked.

Zhao Li Xin glanced at the group of people behind Lory then shifted his gaze back to Lory, [Not enough to say, at least they care about their own comrades...] he wiped the blood off from the fangs before he drop it into Lory's plastic bag.

[Hm, you're right] Lory secures the zip lock, [Do you think they got something to do with the dead hunter we found before?]

[I'm not sure, but I don't feel any ill intent from them…you feel they're lying?] Zhao Li xin knew Lory wasn't someone who would suspect others for no reason.

[It's just I've never seen a hunter give up their bounty just like that, you might not know but most hunter was quite petty, unless.....]

[Unless?] Zhao Li Xin raised his brows.

Lory curls her lips [Unless they're after something bigger]

A faint amusement smile spread across Zhao Li Xin's face as he stood up from the ground with the last fang in his hand, then Zhao Li Xin stuffed everything into Lory's plastic bag.

[What?] Lory looks puzzled.

[I've always admired this side of you] Zhao Li Xin smiles meaningfully.

[What? distrustful?] Lory narrowed her eyes.

[Vigilant] Zhao Li Xin corrected [But I do agree with you, they did hiding something,]

[And you can tell even when you can understand the language] Lory looked at him with admiration. According to Lory, Zhao Li Xin is keener at reading people's characters because he can see people clearly and rationally as who they are without being influenced by a bias, while she was sometimes still influenced by her emotions when it came to making judgments even though Zhao Li Xin used to say it as 'brave'

After Lory and Zhao Li Xin finished collecting their gifts, Garrof, and his party looked for a place to camp before dark, and not long after they found a small building among the destroyed houses and buildings that seemed to be used as a convenience store, compared to the others building this place still have intact walls moreover the rolling grill still function thought it had jammed a bit until Dan and Owen pulled the grill with force.

As soon as they entered the building they started busying themselves Garrof spread out a mat and then insert a small pump to fill the air on the mattress after that Lydia helped Lyod to lie down while Dan and Owen rummaged through their backpacks then took out bread and water bottles then leaned against the wall while let out a small groan before they eating quietly, Garrof then took out a glow stick to lit the room.

Lory took a different corner with Zhao Li Xin, she also took out a glow stick and then continue took out some bread from her backpack later she handed one of the bread to Zhao Li Xin then she lean and the wall while eating the bread calmly.

While munching on his plain white bread, Zhao Li Xin looked around inwardly calculating every possible scenario that could happen in this place.

He saw a cracked wall covered in cobwebs that didn't look like the walls of this building were on the verge of collapsing, besides that, there was a small crack in the ceiling where a faint light penetrated the roof while beams that held down the ceiling looked very old and porous because of that, if there any enemy barged in into this place, there was a high probability that the roof of this building would crumble down in a second.

Fortunately, their position was quite far from the center of the falling roof so when that happens he is certain he would be able to break the wall behind him to get Lory out before the whole house collapsed, and the other? why bother?

Zhao Li Xin kept calculating their safety measures to ensure Lory's safety only after he felt that everything was more or less under control did Zhao Li Xin start paying attention to the stranger in front of him like a Lion watching its prey.

Zhao Li Xin notice that even though the floor they were sitting on was dirty with dust and weeds they didn't show any discomfort meaning they were used to living in a place like this, except for the woman with yellow - corn hair who clearly looked uncomfortable but she didn't neglect her duty to take care the injured man so at least she's committed to her task.

Zhao Li Xin then turned her gaze to Lory who was eating nonchalantly she didn't seem to have a problem eating in this dirty place like this but he should have expected this.

After Lory finished eating she took out a bottle of soda from her backpack when she opened the lid a sizzling sound was heard, Lory took a sip and then made a long sigh later she felt Zhao Li Xin's penetrating gaze, Lory turned to her head she raised the bottle then casually asked [Wanna drink?]

Zhao Li Xin's eyes darken 'Ah, my new arch-enemy'

Zhao Li Xin stared intently at the innocent soda bottle, she then took the bottle from Lory, Zhao Li Xin took a deep breath before taking a sip….and then he coughed incessantly and it was loud enough too that he covered his mouth to muffle the sound.

"Bo-Ough – Ough – ough!"

Lory patted Zhao Li Xin's back worriedly while wondering why he still drinks soda when he can't take it, why is he so stubborn? Lory becomes speechless and then replaces the soda bottle with mineral water.