Chapter 3 "Moving"
"Don't worry, girl. I won't hand you over."
Looking at the system prompt interface that suddenly appeared, Liu Bai immediately made a decision. He held Nashida's small hand that was grabbing the corner of his clothes, gently pulled her behind him, and made a serious promise.
Nashida looked up at Liu Bai's serious expression, subconsciously relaxed a little, and nodded slightly.
"Is this your decision, Lerch? If so, you are really disappointing."
"I originally thought that a mentally ill person could be more crazy and ruthless than an ordinary person. I wanted to cooperate with you to obtain Inazuma's God's Heart, but it turns out that you are just a useless lunatic and not worth cooperating with at all."
The scattered soldier stood by with his arms folded and watched indifferently. Seeing this situation, he spoke with some disappointment.
"Helping other gods sneak into winter, let me think... espionage, treason, treason, which crime is more suitable for you."
The Queen does not allow the executive officers to engage in private fights, so they need to find a reasonable reason to disperse before taking action.
"Forget it. Anyway, hand her over to Her Majesty the Queen first, and then let the Queen deal with you."
After saying that, the soldier was surrounded by lightning and reached out to Liu Bai without any hesitation, trying to grab Nashida.
"...!"
At this moment, a flash of white light suddenly flashed across.
The scattered soldier reacted immediately and grabbed the white light with one hand.
At this moment, a lightsaber made of white sword energy appeared in Liu Bai's right hand.
"I'm used to everyone cooperating and not asking for things I'm not going to give, and you should follow suit."
Liu Bai's tone became very calm, as if he was stating a fact. Although this was generally true, it was not the case today because he had already assigned other things to do today.
Then, Liu Bai pulled back the lightsaber in his hand with force. At the same time, five crystal clear flying swords appeared out of thin air and surrounded him and Nashida.
[Sword Qi without Self: Enter the state of "no mind and no self" to control the sword energy, and master a complete set of sword techniques related to the sword energy]
This is the common skill Liu Bai obtained when he first activated the system, and it is also his only skill that is directly linked to force.
This skill was used when he forced back the great disciplinary officer Saino from Xumi.
"You...Lerchi, you are the last in the class, and you dare to hurt me!"
Looking at the burning sword mark on his palm, Sanbing glared at Liu Bai angrily.
Due to the Queen's majesty, he had no intention of fighting with Liu Bai, and he felt that Liu Bai would not dare to hinder him from capturing the Little Auspicious Grass King.
Now that he was scratched by Liu Bai's sword energy, his temper was not in a good state.
The next moment, purple lightning violently poured out from all around the soldier, instantly shattering the walls and roof of the entire house. Countless charred fragments fell around like dense raindrops, and the huge noise scared the passers-by nearby.
The whole house seemed to be razed to the ground in an instant, leaving only shorter furniture such as beds and tables, which were also covered with a layer of black ash.
"...I, I just paid the rent the day before yesterday when I got my salary!"
Liu Bai controlled five flying swords with sword energy to protect himself and Nashida. After seeing the situation around him clearly, his eyes widened and his breathing almost stopped. He almost couldn't maintain the "mindless and selfless" state required by the selfless sword energy.
"Damn you, you dog! I'm going to fight you!"
Liu Bai made a sword gesture with one hand, and the next moment five crystal-like flying swords attacked the scattered soldiers.
"Hmph, you are barking incompetently. I am not afraid of you."
The scattered soldiers were surrounded by lightning and the pressure was rising steadily. They were not afraid of Liu Bai's flying sword at all. Furious lightning struck them and knocked the attacking flying sword away.
Sanbing had always looked down on this executive who had inexplicably risen to the position. If he hadn't performed a show to take away the Ice God's Heart, Sanbing probably wouldn't have bothered to cooperate with him.
"You guys are making so much noise, aren't you afraid of disturbing Her Majesty the Queen?"
Just when the momentum of the scattered soldiers reached its peak, a young girl's voice suddenly came, and the thunder and flying swords involuntarily shrank back to their master as if frightened.
It was already evening, and the noise made by the two attracted many passers-by who were returning home in the drizzle to stop and watch. At this time, a young girl slowly walked over from the other side of the street.
The girl is very petite, with long black hair with a hint of rose red at the ends. She has a "headdress" in the shape of small wings behind her head and a white hollow eye mask on her face.
Through the white hollow eye mask, you can see that the girl seems to be walking with her eyes closed...
"Yes, it's the Executive Officer!"
For the people of Solstice on the roadside, the girl's identity was too easy to identify. After all, she was the "Girl", the third executive officer of the Fatui, "Girl" Columbia.
The Fatui Executor's status in Solstice is like the Liyue Seven Stars in Liyue. They are basically known to everyone in Solstice.
Except for Liu Bai, who had just become an executive officer, due to some special circumstances, he was not widely publicized. Even the Winter People who did not join the Fatui might not know that there was an executive officer.
"Little pigeon, the scattered soldier bullied me and demolished my house. Do you care about this? If you don't care, I will go straight to the Queen's thigh and cry bitterly!"
Liu Bai subconsciously pulled Nashida to hide behind him, then pointed at the scattered soldiers and shouted at Columbia who was walking over.
Columbia was also an executive officer, and he was a little worried that she would have the same idea about Nashida as the Skirmisher.
"Little pigeon..."
Hiding behind Liu Bai, Nashida subconsciously looked up at the girl walking not far away.
"So the little pigeon he was talking about is this, the Third Fatui Executive Officer..."
Nashida muttered to herself.
Unlike Liu Bai, a new executive who is rarely heard of, the relevant information about veteran executives like Columbia had already been collected in the void of the House of Lords, so Nashida would naturally recognize him.
"I'm your colleague, not your boss. I can't control him."
"But, Scaramucci, I don't care what conflicts you have, stop it now."
Columbia said something to each of them, then continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.
"It's all gone."
After giving another order to the people of Zhidong who were standing there watching, Columbia said nothing more and walked away.
After hearing what Columbia said, the onlookers had no choice but to retreat.
"Hey, if you leave I'll have to sleep on the streets, don't be so heartless, little pigeon!"
Liu Bai hurriedly shouted to Columbia.
However, if he chased after her, he would find that Columbia had covered her ears with the small wings behind her head.
"Hmph, take care of yourself."
The soldier snorted coldly, restrained his breath, and left while covering his injured hand. Since he had not yet cleared away the remaining sword energy, the wound neither bled nor healed.
Even if there was no sword energy left, he probably wouldn't bleed given his condition...
And judging from the direction he left, he wasn't heading towards the Winter Palace, so he probably wasn't planning to file a complaint.
"Ding ding, congratulations to the host for obtaining a new item: a one-time amplifier."
"One-time amplifier: After use, you can amplify the target. If the amplification is successful, the attribute will be improved. If the amplification fails for levels +12 or above, the amplification level will be reduced. The single success rate is 20%."
After the scattered soldiers left, the system also distributed the rewards just selected.
Liu Bai watched the stragglers walk away, then he let go of Nashida's hand, threw the lightsaber aside, and then looked at the almost destroyed little house with a worried look on his face.
Scratching his head in distress, Liu Bai could only pin his hopes on his own system...
"System, start the repair function immediately!"
"Didi, activating this function requires 100 billion Mora."
For this non-existent function, the system chose to just casually quote a sky-high price to get away with it.
This was not the first time it had done this. Liu Bai often asked it for some strange functions.
"Tsk, with that much money I can buy a house next to the Winter Palace."
Liu Bai said this unhappily, and then began to pack up the usable things in the house.
"Thank you for just now... I'll come and help if I can."
Nashida thanked Liu Bai and then started to help clean up.
Although the lightning just released by the scattered soldiers spread out in all directions, the main target of the attack was still above the waist, so even though the walls were demolished, the furniture placed relatively low in the house did not suffer much damage.
While helping to clean up, Nashida suddenly found a mysterious wooden box under Liu Bai's bed. Driven by curiosity, Nashida pulled it out.
"What is this box?"
Nashida looked at Liu Bai beside her, raised her little hand and pointed at the box found under the bed and asked.
When he was halfway through cleaning up, he remembered that he had not finished his noodles, so he sat back and continued eating without hesitation.
Without a wall to block the cold wind, Liu Bai had habitually held the small heater in his arms, apparently forgetting that he was not afraid of the cold.
"Well, this, I remember it is... Anyway, you will know when you open it."
Liu Bai held the heater with one hand and chopsticks with the other. Since he couldn't free his hands, he had to use his left foot to step on the heel of his right foot to take off his shoes.
Then he stretched out his foot and kicked the switch of the box in Nashida's hand with his big toe accurately, and the box immediately opened with a click.
And the things inside seem to be some irrelevant sundries.
"Hmm... I remember now."
Nashida put the box on the table. Liu Bai ate noodles while looking at the things and recalled what they were. Then he remembered what they were.
"Before I officially became an executive officer, the Queen gave me a test mission, requiring me to steal the personal belongings of important figures from various countries without being discovered to prove my ability."
Liu Bai explained while holding the pot and slurping a mouthful of noodles, then pointed at the items in the box with his chopsticks.
"Look at this pen and bow. This is the feather pen that Mond's acting leader uses for correspondence. This bow is the one she usually ties in her hair."
After hearing Liu Bai's words, Nashida found the feather pen tied with a black bow in the box and took it out temporarily.
"And this is the hairpin of Yuheng, one of the Seven Stars of Liyue."
Then Liu Bai pointed at the hairpin inside with chopsticks, and Nashida took it out as well.
"This is... the coin of the chief priest of Inazuma Narugami Taisha Shrine."
"This is the limited edition card of the Seven Saints Summoning that your great disciplinary officer in Xumi has."
"This is the cake of Fufu, the goddess of water at Fontaine... Hey, I've already eaten it, so there's only the box left."
When pointing to an empty cake box, Liu Bai suddenly smiled embarrassedly.
"So I bought another copy. This blue book is from Fontaine. The Supreme Inquisitor borrowed it from the library in Fontaine. I took the opportunity to steal it, and he hasn't returned it yet, hehe..."
Then Liu Bai pointed to the book in the box and couldn't help but smirk when he talked about the origin of the book.
Nashida then took out the book as well.
"Ow..."
"The Eternal Flowing Ceremony... huh? What's wrong with you?"
Nashida read the title of the book, but noticed that Liu Bai next to her suddenly let out a scream.
"It's okay, I just bit my tongue..."
"Okay, eat slowly, don't rush."
Nashida said helplessly.
Given Liu Bai's mental state, she was a little skeptical whether he had the ability to live independently.
"Okay, what are you going to do next? Don't you have a place to live?"
After helping Liu Bai pack up most of the usable things, Nashida couldn't help but ask him questions.
"If you don't mind, come back to Xumi with me and go to jail together."
After what happened just now, Nashida felt that it was too dangerous for her to continue staying in Winter Solstice, so she tried to invite Liu Bai to return to Xumi with her, at least there would be no danger of going to jail.
"No, I like quietness, so after I became an executive officer, I rented a few small houses next door."
Liu Bai shook his head and pointed to several other small houses nearby with his chopsticks.
"..."
Nashida looked in the direction of Liu Bai's finger and saw a row of similar houses.
So what you said before was just pretending to be pitiful?
"Then why don't you just buy a quieter house?"
"what……"
Hearing this, Liu Bai scratched his head in embarrassment and did not answer Nashida's question.
In this way, Liu Bai and Nashida worked together to carry the things to another small house that was nearest.
Just as Nashida had expected, the house was still small and old, supported by a small heater with decent power.
Of course, now there are two stoves!
"You know what, without the house the view is much wider, we can even see the square."
Liu Bai lay in front of the window, looking at the house destroyed by the stragglers and felt somewhat satisfied.
"But as a tenant, if the house is damaged during your stay, you should also be required to pay compensation according to the contract, right?"
Nashida was spontaneously helping Liu Bai organize the things he brought, and reminded him while helping him spread out the bedding.
"what……"
Liu Bai's originally satisfied expression collapsed, and he lay on the windowsill with a look of despair. If this was not the first floor, he might have jumped down.
"Hey, that's good. I've restored this place to be the same as your original room."
After stuffing the wooden box filled with a bunch of miscellaneous items under the bed, Nashida wiped the non-existent sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand with satisfaction.
"Not yet, because my sea otter doll will not be placed at the end of the bed. It can only appear at the head of the bed."
Liu Bai looked back, then carefully picked up the sea otter doll on the bed and put it back at the head of his bed.
"...Is there such a rule? I'll make a note of it."
Nashida was confused for a moment, but nodded and wrote it down.
"Well...it's getting late. I'm going to bed. Girl, you can sleep on the floor."
Looking at Nashida's neatly folded quilt, Liu Bai, who had already eaten and drunk his fill, began to feel a little sleepy. He immediately leaned over, picked up the sea otter doll, rolled over and lay down on the bed. With his other hand, he pulled open the folded quilt and covered himself with it. The whole process was very smooth.
"Okay then, I'll help you turn off the lights, good night."
Nashida nodded and walked over to help Liu Bai put out the candle.
Although light bulbs that can emit light have become popular in winter, the houses that Liu Bai rented were too old and did not have such facilities.
Soon, Liu Bai's breathing became even and he fell asleep, while Nashida sat quietly on the bed looking at him.
When she noticed that he suddenly frowned and muttered something uneasy, Nashida raised her white and tender little hands and gently rubbed his forehead, using her elemental power to help relieve his nightmare symptoms.
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ps: The protagonist is a male, but the system recorded it incorrectly, so it shows "gender female". The protagonist needs to pay to correct it. Therefore, even if I call the protagonist "she", it is reasonable and it is definitely not a typo!
In addition, because this is a new book, when typing the protagonist's name, I always type it as "Nangong Ya" from the previous book. If this happens and I haven't noticed it, you can always tag me to correct it.