Chapter 295 Thoughtful Ace
Shu Li woke up to a burst of noise.
I'd been keeping out thieves that night, so I hadn't slept deeply to begin with. And then I discovered Ace's secret, and it was a source of anxiety. I finally lay down again, and it felt like the second I closed my eyes, the second I opened them, it was already dawn.
He yawned repeatedly, rubbed his eyes and sat up, but consciousness had not yet fully returned.
"What's the commotion outside? Is the Hundred Man Regiment about to break camp and set off?"
"They must have found their teammate's body."
It was Kumandi's voice that responded to him.
"Huh?" Shu Li was fully awake. He turned around and saw that only he and Kumandi were in the tent. Ace was not there.
He was stunned for a moment and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It’s better not to see each other when you wake up to avoid embarrassment.
Although Ace was asleep at night and didn't know what he had done, Shu Li was awake the whole time. When she saw his handsome face, she couldn't help but recall the details of what happened in the middle of the night.
"Let's go out and watch the show too." Shu Li wiped his face, lifted the quilt, picked up the fur suits beside the tent, and put them on one by one.
"Yeah." Kumandi stood up slowly.
After getting dressed and leaving the tent, the noise became even louder.
"Sperian! Kumandi!" Disio, dressed as a fur ball, spotted them and waved happily, "Come here!"
He was laughing so hard that his mouth couldn't close, which showed that the "show" was very interesting.
Shu Li walked over without thinking and took a quick look. She saw Ace standing next to Morrissey wearing a snow-white fur coat. His waist-length golden hair was tied into a bun and hung down behind his back, making it shine even more brightly against the white fur.
Shu Li blinked and carefully examined his height, shoulder width, waist circumference, arm length and leg length. They were exactly the same as the Elf King's.
So, how careless was I before?
"What's wrong?" Kumandi asked when he saw that he was distracted.
"Uh, nothing." Shu Li quickly turned around and looked at the camps of other adventure teams.
There were several corpses in each camp. The adventurers looked serious, accusing and questioning each other. Those who were on good terms with the deceased knelt in front of the corpses and cried loudly.
Shu Li approached Dixio and whispered, "When did you find out?"
"Half an hour ago," Disio said with a chuckle, "but it wasn't near our camp. It was under a cedar tree about twenty meters away."
"Huh?" Shu Li was slightly startled. Who had moved the bodies and deliberately piled them under the cedar tree?
"It's Ace." Angel, who was standing next to him, explained to him.
When Ace woke up in the early morning, he saw a row of corpses lying in his camp. He used wind magic to "transport" the sixteen frozen corpses to the cedar tree, and then erased all traces around the camp, as if nothing had happened.
After dawn, the other adventurers discovered that their teammates were missing and went out to look for them.
Some people knew what their teammates were doing in the middle of the night, so they approached the Light Team's camp as soon as possible, but they found nothing and the members of the Light Team were unharmed.
The other adventure teams sensed something was wrong and immediately looked around. They discovered sixteen bodies piled up like a hill under a cedar tree more than twenty meters away.
The adventurers were shocked. They couldn't believe that their teammates who were still alive yesterday had turned into frozen corpses when they woke up this morning.
They hurriedly found the bodies of their teammates, carried them back to the camp, and talked about it.
Who killed them?
These adventurers all knew that their teammates got up in the middle of the night to do something sneaky, but they didn't steal any money and lost their lives instead.
They had no wounds on their bodies; they simply died of freezing.
However, the adventurers were puzzled.
The teammates who were able to come to the Snow Country for adventure were all carefully selected veterans who were adept at facing danger. How could they die silently without even resisting?
Looking at Team Light again, each of them has a rosy face and looks energetic, which shows that they got enough sleep at night.
When the body was brought back, these rookies watched curiously, as if they had no idea that someone had stolen it at night.
Even Nasak, the experienced captain of the Centuriae, was puzzled.
Are all the night watchmen blind?
Don’t you know what happened in the middle of the night?
Shu Litong was puzzled.
Angel pursed his lips and smiled, whispering, "Everyone on night watch participated."
Shu Li suddenly understood.
It turned out that the night watchman also participated in the theft plan, and ended up becoming a frozen corpse along with the other thieves.
"Tsk tsk, this is what they call "those who do too much evil will eventually perish." Shu Li shrugged.
Who made these adventurers have evil intentions and develop the greed to steal when they see others are rich?
Fortunately, Team Light was not a complete rookie, so they were able to escape danger.
Ace, on the other hand, was more thoughtful.
Shu Li's gaze unconsciously shifted again to the blond young man next to Morrissey.
He used to think that Ace was cautious and thoughtful, always hitting the nail on the head at critical moments, and was a very reliable person.
When they discussed countermeasures last night, they did not mention follow-up issues.
His original intention in using the Ring of Phanes was to warn and deter.
If the night watchman is not involved and finds that his companion has suddenly fainted, he can immediately drag him back to the camp to look after him.
Unfortunately, he underestimated human greed.
These thieves froze to death, it was entirely their own fault.
Ace quietly moved the body in the early morning, apparently doing some finishing work.
The other adventurers knew that Team Light's death was closely related to their teammates, but they had no evidence and could only swallow their anger.
If this happened in the past, Shu Li would just give Ace a thumbs up in admiration and praise him for a job well done.
Now, he was full of confusion.
If Ace is the Elf King, then everything has a reasonable explanation.
It was obvious that they were worried that the underage goblins lacked experience in going out and were afraid of being bullied by humans, so they disguised themselves to accompany and protect them.
As for the way Ace looked at him... he might have misunderstood.
The Elf King looked at him with not only gentleness but also doting eyes!
It's no different from the loving look an elder gives his juniors.
The more Shu Li thought about it, the more he felt that his reasoning was completely correct. His brain was in a mess and he didn't even notice Ace standing in front of him.
"Sperian?"
Ace lowered his head and called softly.
Shu Li was startled and stepped back quickly. His feet slipped on the snow and his body suddenly leaned back. Ace was quick-witted and stretched out his long arms to grab his waist and pull him back.
"Well!"
Shu Li crashed into his arms.
"Are you okay?" Ace asked worriedly.
"No...it's okay!" Shu Li nestled herself in his arms, blushing with embarrassment. "Thank you!"
He pushed Ace's chest and backed away, his little heart pounding.
Ace let him go calmly, seemingly unaware of the guilt in his eyes, and asked, "Did you sleep well last night?"
It would have been fine if he hadn't asked, but when he did, Shu Li's face turned even redder. She subconsciously hunched her shoulders and hid half of her face in her plush scarf.
"Very...very good." He said vaguely, "How about you? Angel said you got up in the early hours of the morning to deal with those 'stuff'."
The "thing" naturally refers to the corpse.
In fact, Shu Li wanted to ask him when he got up.
One o'clock is early morning, and five o'clock is also early morning.
Don’t let him touch your neck and wake you up.
"I slept until five o'clock, and when I woke up I found something outside, so I took care of it." Ace said.
Shu Li raised her eyes and looked at his calm face. She gritted her teeth secretly, suppressed her embarrassment, regained her composure, grinned, and gave him a thumbs up.
"You're really thoughtful!"
Now is not the time to show your cards. You must maintain your previous attitude, relax the other party's guard, and make them reveal more flaws.
What is the purpose of disguise?
Of course I don’t want my true identity to be revealed!
In addition, the time and place were not right, so Shu Li decided to end this adventure and then confirm with the other party.
Ace looked at the boy's gray-green eyes, which were twinkling with bright stars, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly. "It's a little late today. Let's make breakfast first. Only after eating a full meal can we have the energy to climb the snow mountain."
"Okay!" Shu Li nodded, her eyes lingering on the man's handsome face.
Look, even the curve of the corners of the mouth when smiling is exactly the same.
He was really blind before!
Taking a deep breath, Shu Li suppressed the urge to frantically look for clues, turned to the fire, and started preparing breakfast.
After watching enough of the excitement, others joined in making breakfast.
At the Hundred Man Regiment camp, Deputy Commander Joseph looked at the seven corpses on the ground and gnashed his teeth: "Commander, are we just going to let this go?"
Nasak glanced at the harmonious atmosphere at Team Light's camp, shook his half-empty bottle of liquor, and asked, "Do you have evidence?"
Joseph said aggrievedly, "No."
Nasak put away the bottle, raised his foot and kicked his butt, cursing: "No? If you don't have it, just hold it in!"
After being kicked, Joseph dared not mention the matter again. He directed his teammates to put the body into the coffin and temporarily store it in a storage bag.
Adventurers live on the edge of danger all year round, and death is a common occurrence. Therefore, they all carry coffins with them in case of emergency.
In the Light Team camp, Shu Li finished his sweet oatmeal and watched the adventurers skillfully carry the corpse into the coffin, seal it, and then put it into the storage bag.
"Why did the adventurers carry the coffin down the mountain that day?" he asked in confusion.
Among those present, only Morrissey and Sadler were veterans, so it was natural for them to answer this question.
"Out of respect for the deceased," Sadler said, "they still have to go on the adventure, so they can only put the coffin into the storage ring first. After they get down the mountain, they will take it out and carry it away."
Morrissey pinched a fresh Kuku fruit and added, "A storage bag, as the name suggests, is a bag for storing items. The same applies to a storage ring. The emphasis is on the word 'item,' and the coffin contains a human corpse. Carrying a corpse as an item is disrespectful to the deceased."
After saying that, he ate the Kuku fruit in one bite, still feeling unsatisfied.
"I see!" Shu Li looked at Hector. No wonder his father's coffin was transported back to the Pros Empire by ship, rather than being brought back by someone else in a storage container.
Hector also thought of his father.
If it weren't for the goblins' help, my father's coffin might still be sunk at the bottom of the sea, never to see the light of day.
Receiving Hector's grateful look, Shu Li handed him a wheat cake. "Everything is guided by the God of Light."
"Thank you." Hector took the wheat cake.
Shu Li was full and touched her slightly bloated stomach with satisfaction. She turned her eyes slightly and saw the blond young man next to her taking out a handkerchief and wiping the corner of his mouth elegantly.
He was slightly stunned.
Ace had a lot of handkerchiefs, and he used them frequently, never the same one every day. Shu Li had been with him for so long that she had unknowingly acquired several more.
At first I would remember to wash it and return it to him, but later I got busy and forgot.
The Elf King also had a lot of handkerchiefs, which he often gave to Shu Li to use. Over the years, Shu Li had accumulated more than twenty handkerchiefs in his storage ring.
One day when he was sorting out the things in his storage ring, he saw a pile of handkerchiefs and thought they all belonged to the Elf King, so he mixed them together.
If you ask him to distinguish them now, he can't tell which one is Ace's and which one is the Elf King's.
The materials of these handkerchiefs are surprisingly similar.
Shu Li licked her lips and looked at Ace with unusual intensity.
It turns out that the evidence is everywhere, just waiting to be discovered.
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