Chapter 49 Chapter 49 It was a bright day, she...

With this mention, Lin Miao took the opportunity to see the man's face clearly.

"...Eve?!" She exclaimed in shock, her eyes wide. The young girl before her was dressed in coarse linen, dusty and dusty, yet her appearance couldn't hide her heroic spirit. It was none other than Evelin, the woman who had kindly taken her and the severely injured demon in from the small town on earth.

Lin Miao never expected to meet this simple and kind girl by such a coincidence. She quickly tugged at the sleeve of the devil behind her, signaling him to put her down.

An Wei didn't move.

"This human bumped into you." His tone was cold, as if he was dealing with a cockroach that had slipped into the room and tried to climb onto the bed, and he had to kill it. "She will pay for this."

"What? Have you forgotten that time at Mujia Mountain, Eve helped us..."

His mouth was quicker than his brain, and as soon as the words came out, Lin Miao knew it was over.

"...'We'?" The gorgeous face beneath the black hood hinted at a half-smile, her eyes frozen in black ice. "Miaomiao truly treats the brothers as if they were her own family, thinking of them all the time."

The rope made of magic sensed its owner's anger and spontaneously tightened Eve's neck. The young girl struggled desperately under the heavy burden, making "uh uh" sounds for help, and her face gradually turned blue and purple.

Whether it was the enthusiastic vendors or the few people passing by, they all turned a blind eye to this astonishing scene - it was conceivable that he must have cast some kind of shielding or confusing spell.

Seeing that Evelyn could not hold on for much longer, Lin Miao made up his mind, silently muttering that no one could see it anyway, and his claws slid into the collar of the demon's robe and quickly rolled over the sensitive spot; An Wei's knees bent suddenly, and a trembling breath rolled out of his throat uncontrollably, and the rope broke with a sound.

The girl suddenly got rid of the shadow of death, her body collapsed to the ground, and she started coughing repeatedly.

Lin Miao ignored the demon’s resentful look and quickly stepped forward to hold Evelin’s arm: “Sorry, his reaction was too extreme—Eve, why are you in Gray City?”

Evelin struggled to catch her breath, and when she recognized Lin Miao, she was also very surprised: "It's Miao, Sister Miaomiao? ...You are also in the royal city?"

She didn't seem to realize that the power that was strangling her could never come from an ordinary human. Even though she was nearly killed, her clear blue eyes were filled with self-blame. "Don't blame you, it's my fault... I ran too fast and bumped into Sister Miaomiao."

Evelin turned her head, and when she saw the dust-stained cloth and the smashed eggs on the ground, her eyes suddenly reddened: "I, I...my things...are gone, all gone..."

Lin Miao quickly patted her back and softened his tone: "Don't worry. Tell me, what exactly happened?"

As she spoke, she glanced at the young girl's red eyes, feeling a little puzzled - she always had a photographic memory for people's facial features, but at that time she seemed not to have noticed the human girl's emerald eyes.

Evelin paused for a moment before speaking in a hoarse voice, "My sister is sick... We've spent a lot of money on doctors, almost emptying our family's savings, but no one can cure her. I can only sell the remaining things in my house, hoping to find a doctor in the royal city..."

Lin Miao stared at her expression and spoke without hesitation, "Eve, I actually hid something from you back then—my true identity is the youngest daughter of Duke Klos Capet, and he's the powerful Mr. Klopp, the Vice President of the Illuminati Association. Because we were being plotted against by our enemies, we disguised ourselves as a couple and fled to this small town."

"We are very grateful for your taking us in, so if you encounter any difficulties, I would be happy to help you."

"The premise is—"

"You have to tell the truth."

“…” Evelin stared blankly at the gentle yet resolute girl, her eyes dull. After a while, her tears suddenly welled up without warning, and her sobs gradually turned into loud cries.

"Woo... Woo..." Perhaps it was her identity as the Duke's daughter and the one favored by the God of Light that made the small town girl believe that they could solve her problems. With a heavy nasal voice, she began to pour out the truth like pouring beans.

"...Just five days ago...many, many ugly, terrifying creatures, shrouded in black energy...suddenly descended upon our town, constantly attacking and biting the townspeople...even swallowing them whole..."

Evelin's eyes flashed with deep fear, as if she had seen the most terrifying thing in the world, and even her body was trembling. From her description, Lin Miao could fully imagine the tragic scene at that time.

"...The entire town was killed or injured. My parents...were devoured by those creatures. My sister...was also attacked by that black energy and fell into a coma. I was lucky enough to barely escape. My uncles and aunts chose me as their representative to bring the town's remaining cloth and eggs to our lord..."

"But the lord refused to see me! I walked for two whole days and one night before reaching his manor. I knelt outside the castle, explained my situation, and begged desperately... but he wouldn't even listen. He said I was mentally ill and had his servants drag me away!"

Evelyn's voice was tinged with anger and despair, her cracked lips trembling. "So I waited for a few days, figuring out the guards' shift patterns. In the middle of the night, I snuck into the manor, found the teleportation array, activated it according to the instructions, and was transported to the royal city."

"I was thinking... if I could exchange this for money, maybe I could... ask the wizards from the Light Association to save my sister and the townspeople..."

Once again, her sobs drowned out her words.

...For phenomena that subvert the nobles' knowledge and are beyond the scope of human capabilities, if they do not threaten their own rule and safety, how could those foolish and selfish lords care about the safety of a group of "untouchables" and report the so-called abnormalities to the royal city?

Lin Miao thought sarcastically, but the expression on his face could no longer be described as solemn.

She raised her sleeve to wipe away Evelyn's tears until the girl gradually stopped sobbing. Then she whispered, "I understand, Eve. The Illuminati Association and the Duke's family will not ignore this matter. We will investigate those creatures, and your sister and the townspeople will be treated. Believe me, okay?"

"...Yeah." She responded softly, her long flaxen hair disheveled, like a poor squirrel grabbing the last acorn when it was desperate and on the verge of starvation.

Lin Miao sent Evelin to a hotel and paid for her to stay there for two weeks while she waited for news from him.

Lin Miao remained silent on the way out of the hotel until she turned a corner. She was stopped by the demon who had been silent all the way and was "pressed" against the wall.

"You are angry." He stated, his dark eyes gloomy.

"Yes, somewhat." She didn't intend to deny it. Besides, Cerberus' three heads were also quite sensitive to her emotions.

"Anger is not good for humans." An Wei said seriously, his eyes flashing with a strange light, "You have to vent it... For example, slap me again."

“…” The sound was barely audible.

She was really afraid of the gods (devils) in their alphabet circle.

"What do you think of what Eve said?" Lin Miao forced the topic back to the serious set.

"She didn't lie." The demon lowered his eyes with regret when he saw that his attempt to seduce humans had failed. "At least the monster invasion is real."

"You think it's a monster, too." A strange creature shrouded in black energy... one that attacks and devours humans. She couldn't think of a second correct answer. "Five days ago... wasn't that when Lord Errol took me from Hell to the human world?"

An Wei pursed his lips. No matter how much he wanted to slander the Lustful Head and destroy his image in the hearts of human girls, he didn't dare to gamble on this: "That bitch... shouldn't be his problem."

The Jealous Chief gnashed his teeth as he spoke, "He fulfilled his duties as the three-headed dog, strengthening the barrier, and even asked Cecilia and Mammon to regularly clear out the monsters on the other side of the Styx."

"As long as the monster doesn't suddenly mutate, the probability of the barrier being broken is almost zero." He paused for a few seconds, then raised a bright, malicious smile. "Perhaps Cecilia and Mammon are just useless... Or, they betrayed their master and deliberately released the monster into Hell. That's also very possible."

Lin Miao interrupted a certain dog's blatant act of putting on eye drops: "I don't think Lady Cecilia and Lady Mammon would do that."

"If the monsters attacking this town didn't come from Hell... then where else could they come from?"

Unable to see the suspicion of Lin Miao towards her "good colleagues" on her face as he had hoped, An Wei's eyes were like a resentful husband, emitting indiscriminate malice: "Why... why does Miao Miao trust them so much... Cecilia even 'kidnapped' you... Mammon's attitude towards you is disdainful..."

If visiting a male model convention is considered kidnapping and giving a dagger is considered disdain, she hopes that "kidnapping" and "disdain" can be eliminated.

Lin Miao pinched An Wei's jaw expressionlessly and said to him in a commanding tone: "Look at me. Answer me, where else could monsters be born besides hell?"

This move really worked wonders.

The big dog's attention was instantly drawn back, and he answered obediently in her palm: "From what I remember, monsters can only be born in hell..."

"However," he blinked, "to create a monster, there's more than just 'birth'."

This was a bit confusing, and Lin Miao didn't understand: "...What do you mean?"

"Miaomiao, do you know that the real sustenance that monsters rely on for survival is evil thoughts?"

"Yeah." Both the books in the Cerberus Castle and her employer had told her this.

Monsters attack or devour humans, not only because human flesh and blood are a great tonic for them, but more importantly, they do it to absorb their evil thoughts.

"In other words, the environment of Hell shaped their initial souls and forms, but their subsequent growth was nurtured by evil thoughts." An Wei seemed to enjoy the process of explaining her doubts step by step. His phoenix eyes raised, and the corners of his lips curved up noticeably. "As long as the original soul and evil thoughts still exist, the monsters are immortal."

"Souls and evil thoughts..." Lin Miao murmured, something was about to come out.

An Wei's gaze was like candied syrup, sticky and entwined with her: "Yes. In addition to 'birth', there is also 'piecemeal'."

Patchwork...patchwork?!

A flash of inspiration flashed through her mind like lightning, and as a certain noun emerged -

It was a bright day, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on her back.