As dusk settled, a horse-drawn carriage bearing the insignia of the Church of Light leisurely drove along the road in the desolate countryside.
Drip, drip, drip, and soon a light drizzle began to fall from the sky. Fortunately, the rain was not heavy and did not hinder the carriage's progress.
Xu Ling was leaning against the car window, listlessly tugging at the wildflowers she had just picked from outside, her gaze blankly fixed on the scenery outside the window.
A light drizzle drifted into the car with the wind, but Xu Ling didn't pay any attention. However, the reliable man sitting next to her instantly got angry.
Having been a cat for so long, many of Reliable's behaviors are now no different from those of a real cat, especially his dislike of water, which can be said to be completely dominated by cat instincts!
At this moment, the drizzle occasionally drifted down upon it...
At first, it could tolerate just a little rain, but now, it's endless and it's absolutely annoying!
This is absolutely intolerable!
It let out a high-pitched "meow," its sharp sound instantly shattering the silence in the carriage.
Before anyone else could understand what had happened, the car window slammed shut with a "snap".
At that moment, everyone's eyes turned towards Xu Ling, even the usually indifferent Miller.
Only Xu Ling was still oblivious.
She blinked and came to her senses, asking in confusion, "Kaopu, what are you doing?" Why are you acting crazy?
The reliable guy ignored her words, only grinning at her and showing his teeth fiercely.
Instead of realizing that Kaopu was trying to express "It's fierce!", Xu Ling thought it was just being cute on purpose. This left Xu Ling even more confused and completely baffled.
"What exactly do you want?!" Not in the mood to argue with a reliable person, her voice was filled with impatience, and her eyebrows furrowed in displeasure.
If there weren't other people around, she would have given Kaopu a good whack on the head right then and there.
Once again, it's clear that there's absolutely no natural connection or understanding between them!
As expected! I still have to do it myself!
Kaopu couldn't help but roll its eyes, then leaped onto Xu Ling's shoulder, using the momentum to jump onto the car window. Under everyone's incredulous gaze, it skillfully closed both windows tightly.
After all this, Kaopu turned his head and snorted at Xu Ling before lying back down in his original spot.
Xu Ling: ······
He muttered to himself, "You should have said so earlier! It's not like I'm deaf!"
The farce ended there, and Xu Ling and Kao Pu returned to their previous quiet. No longer able to stare blankly at the scenery outside the car, Xu Ling didn't stubbornly open the window again. Instead, she hugged her legs and stared at Kao Pu in a daze.
Her thoughts drifted uncontrollably, and the reliability in her eyes became blurred. She wondered: I wonder how the barren land is doing now?
Having left the academy this time, I wonder if I'll ever have the chance to return to the Barren Lands...
Xu Ling was lost in her own thoughts, while on the other side, the group of people who had never seen their pet do such a thing before had just recovered from their utter astonishment.
Sisi was the first to come to her senses.
Having only recently entered this other world and witnessed many wondrous things that overturned her previous understanding, she simply considered reliable behavior as normal. In fact, fearing her surprised expression might arouse suspicion, Sisi immediately lowered her head.
Fortunately, the others, especially Pedro and Bass, were also in shock and did not notice anything unusual about her.
Pedro and Bass took a long time for their expressions to return to normal. It was at this moment that they truly understood why the witches were so nervous about Xu Ling.
Yes, they had heard about Xu Ling from the witches' side a long time ago—her title "Chosen Witch" was enough to arouse everyone's curiosity.
However, despite hearing about it, Bass and Pedro did not seek to know more about it.
To them, the title of "Chosen Witch" sounds more like a fancy gimmick!
Prior to this, they had never heard of the concept of "chosen witches" among witches. Of course, it is also possible that the witches kept this secret very well hidden.
But more than anything, it felt like they were trying to create some kind of hype...
Pedro frequently encountered such incidents even when he was still in the capital of the Simon Empire. It was always the same story: one day someone from so-and-so family had received the favor of the God of Light and gained something, the next day someone from another family had accidentally acquired the legendary legacy of a great mage in the wilderness…
However, the extent to which this was true and the extent to which it was false was something that everyone in the large family knew but kept to themselves.
Therefore, based on his experience, upon first hearing Xu Ling's name, a strange sense of déjà vu welled up in his mind.
Besides, if someone were to truly live up to their reputation, they should be like Bishop Miller, who was born with the blatant favor of the God of Light!
but······
These were his previous thoughts, but now—
Pedro glanced almost imperceptibly in Xu Ling's direction again.
Looking at the yellow kitten curled up quietly at Xu Ling's feet, he looked at it from left to right and thought it was no different from any other pet he kept at home.
However, he still remembered how agile that ordinary kitten had been!
Pedro had seen the pets of witches before, and the pets of top-tier witches at that.
To be honest, even the pets that belong to witches can only talk, and at most, they are a little smarter than ordinary animals.
But Xu Ling... is she reliable?
This reliable little cat has almost exceeded his expectations!
Looking back now, although the cat didn't talk much along the way, every word it uttered was much more flexible and fluent than any of the pets he had encountered before!
Seriously, if it didn't add a "meow" to the end of every sentence, it would sound just like a normal person talking!
And their agility was simply unbelievable...
Although Xu Ling seems no different from an ordinary witch at present, with such an unusual presence, she should not be underestimated!
That's another story. Is it because Xu Ling is extraordinary that Bishop Miller thought of taking Xu Ling, who has nothing to do with them, on his travels?
The thought had barely formed when Pedro's gaze involuntarily drifted to the other side.
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