After the disaster, the small town was filled with countless people wandering the ruined streets at night, while Kusanagi Houtou aimlessly roamed alone, helping those who had suffered.
“Hmm, this image of despair makes one wonder what he has gone through,” Luo Chen couldn't help but mutter in his heart as he watched Kusanagi Houtou mingling with the crowd below, though he couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the original protagonist.
Because Luo Chen stood high up, and was blocked by the buildings.
Thus, the people beginning to gather from other places below did not notice the two on the rooftop.
“Is this the power of the Unyielding God? Dubbed an unstoppable disaster…”
Looking at the port and town below, now utterly devastated.
Unbeknownst to her, Erika had already leaned against Luo Chen, whether out of weakness or seeking comfort, as she gazed at the once peaceful town, now reduced to ruins, and murmured to herself.
She could now truly feel the terror of the divine beast and the Unyielding God!
“To be precise, that was merely an avatar of the Unyielding God, but it can indeed be called a moving calamity.”
Just as the girl was reflecting, Luo Chen also jumped with her to a relatively intact area.
As he set her down, he spoke calmly and indifferently.
Since the girl had not yet recovered, Luo Chen let her feet touch the ground but still wrapped his arm around her shoulder, allowing her to lean against him.
Although the giant wild boar was powerful and caused severe destruction, it was merely one of the avatars of a certain Unyielding God.
“Well then, it’s time to say goodbye. Although it was a rather pleasant experience, I have some matters to attend to.”
Earlier, Erika's actions had interrupted him while he was sensing the gaze of a certain witch.
Knowing that nothing would happen next, Luo Chen planned to go meet the witch who had used spiritual sight on him and find a place to settle down.
“What!? You treated me like that just now… and now that I’m like this, you actually want to leave me behind?”
In Erika's mind, at a time like this, Luo Chen, as a gentleman, should stay and take care of her, right?
But now he actually wanted to abandon her, making the girl feel as if she had suffered some kind of blow; this was one of the few times she encountered someone seemingly indifferent to her striking beauty.
Of course, if it were any other time, after ensuring her safety, she would have immediately turned her back on Luo Chen and left.
But now, she was very interested and curious about him, and deep down, she felt some resistance to leaving his side.
“Don’t say it as if I did something bad to you, and it seems like today is only our first… or rather second meeting, right? You don’t even know my name.”
In response, Luo Chen shrugged slightly, casually helping Erika down the stairs as he spoke.
He certainly wouldn’t just leave the girl behind, as she had said, her current state was not good at all.
However, the prouder the girl, the harder she was to win over, except for the tsundere type.
And he couldn’t just follow her lead; otherwise, he would become passive in the future, unless he was a masochist, which was another story.
“And…”
“Lady Erika! Are you alright?”
“Ailianna?”
“Thank goodness, my lady, you’re safe! I’m so relieved!”
As the two of them left the ruins, a black-haired woman hurried over.
This woman appeared to be two or three years older than Luo Chen, standing just over one meter sixty, not much different from an ordinary woman, exuding a pitiful and delicate aura.
Though her appearance seemed incapable of harming even a small insect, she currently displayed a worried expression.
Ailianna Yushan Aliarudi, Erika's dedicated maid, rushed to the two just as she was worried.
Luo Chen directly pushed the girl, who inexplicably clung to him and refused to leave, into his maid's arms.
“There you go, since your escort has arrived, it’s time to say goodbye, Erika.”
“Hey! Don’t go, you despicable guy! Don’t think I’ll give up just because of this! You stop right there! Hey! Are you listening?”
In the next moment, the blonde girl reacted as Luo Chen turned to leave, grabbing his arm.
Instantly, Ailianna, the maid, witnessed her lady displaying such an impolite side for the first time.
At that moment, Erika looked like a girlfriend abandoned by Luo Chen, causing her eyes to light up with curiosity and gossip as she looked at her lady.
Could it be?
Is it possible that her lady has been secretly dating someone without the family knowing?
This is big news!
Moreover, they were holding hands like a couple.
“Uh, what do you want?”
“Hehe, I’ve decided! From now on, I will follow you wherever you go.”
“Huh?!”
“Ailianna.”
“Yes, Lady Erika.”
“…”
Upon hearing her lady's command, the maid, who had been lost in thought, finally reacted and hurried off to bring the carriage.
Then, without a word, Erika pulled Luo Chen into the carriage after asking for the address, and the vehicle sped away.
Meanwhile, Kusanagi Houtou returned to the designated inn, suddenly feeling as if something important had slipped away from him.
“Strange! What’s going on… my wallet, luggage, and the stone tablet are all here, so there shouldn’t be any problem?”
For some reason, Kusanagi Houtou felt that something was off, as if he had lost something.
But when he rushed back to his room at the inn and checked his wallet, phone, and the stone tablet his grandfather had asked him to return to a friend, everything was intact and accounted for, leaving Kusanagi Houtou puzzled.
That feeling of having lost something important lingered, but Kusanagi Houtou couldn’t pinpoint it; it was just a premonition or something similar. Feeling somewhat uneasy, he carefully checked all his belongings and found nothing missing.
In the end, he dismissed that fleeting sense of foreboding as just an illusion.
After all, today’s experience could only be described as fantastical and bizarre for him.
Having wandered around all afternoon and experienced a disaster, it seemed he hadn’t even had dinner yet, but feeling exhausted, Kusanagi Houtou decided to lie down and rest without going anywhere.
As for what he might have lost?
It was probably just his anxious delusion!