Shu Yue’s mind was buzzing.
She couldn’t understand why Sister Anna would say such a thing.
Disgusted that she was dirty?
I don’t understand what that means…
Shu Yue turned around and fetched a blanket, wrapping it around Anna’s body, covering the large exposed areas of skin.
She didn’t answer that question, instead continuing with what she wanted to say.
“Sister Anna, someone has already discovered our identities.
We must leave this place as soon as possible.
If we stay any longer, we will definitely be exposed, and by then it will be too late for us to leave.
You go and call Mundo now.
You two leave first.
Don’t worry, I’ll catch up with you very soon.
Just like before, we’ll go to the Outlands to lay low for a while.
We made a lot of money this time, enough for us to live much better than before, not as frugally as we used to.
You don’t need to worry about me either.
I’m very good at running away.
They definitely won’t catch me.”
“……”
Anna looked at Shu Yue in silence, a flicker of disappointment flashing in her eyes, but she didn’t say anything more.
Wrapped in the blanket, she got off the bed and turned toward the door.
Click.
The sound of the door closing actually made Shu Yue’s heart skip a beat.
Three seconds later, Shu Yue felt a bit weak and slumped down by the bedside.
Leaning against the bed, she took small, panting breaths, her forehead covered in fine sweat.
The room still held a lingering trace of an ambiguous scent.
Just moments ago, Shu Yue might have been stirred by it, but now, smelling it only made her feel icy cold all over.
She realized she seemed to not quite understand Sister Anna anymore…
Back when Shu Yue had schemed to death her Scabby-headed Master but was also severely injured, it was Anna who saved her.
Was it really saving her, though?
Shu Yue’s face was filthy, unbearably ugly, her whole body emitting a foul smell that kept people away.
At the same time, she was critically injured and on the verge of death.
To save herself, she called out to a blurry figure passing by.
The other person ignored her.
Shu Yue could only say she knew Alchemy, very powerful Alchemy.
She passed out right after saying that…
When she opened her eyes again, she saw Anna.
That Anna looked completely different then.
Shu Yue demonstrated her Alchemy, showing Anna her value.
From then on, she became Anna’s partner.
Mundo seemed to have always been following Anna—a big, simple-minded guy, not very bright, but very obedient to Anna.
At that time, Shu Yue was still very young.
After being cleaned up, she was a delicate, pretty little boy.
Anna loved holding her.
The way Anna looked at her was very gentle, while she was harsh and stern with Mundo, her tone becoming fierce.
Being treated specially quickly made Shu Yue lower her guard.
She revealed some of her past experiences.
As they spent more time together, their relationship became as close as siblings.
She always treated Anna as a trustworthy older sister, never having any inappropriate thoughts.
Later, they kept moving from place to place to live, and Anna changed her appearance to an even younger and more beautiful one.
When Shu Yue grew a bit older, people would tease that she and Anna were a couple.
Only Shu Yue would deny it.
Anna never refuted such claims; instead, she would smile and accept such statements.
As memories flooded her mind, Shu Yue realized there always seemed to be something hidden in the way Anna looked at her.
Whenever Shu Yue interacted with other women, Anna would always be unhappy.
Afterwards, she would tell Shu Yue how wicked women’s hearts were, that those people had ulterior motives, and that only she was trustworthy.
Perhaps she had misunderstood from the very beginning…
Anna saved her because she had value, but that was understandable.
Saving someone should have a reward.
But Shu Yue discovered Anna had a possessive desire for her.
The feelings were never pure.
She was always guiding Shu Yue to act according to her wishes, from clothing and appearance to behavior and conduct.
That didn’t seem like a sister or a mother.
It was more like a sculptor facing a raw piece of stone.
Anna wanted Shu Yue to become the version she liked.
She was treating Shu Yue like a child bride…
“Knowing it now, what can I do?”
Shu Yue gave a bitter smile.
She never expected to have to deal with this kind of headache.
Just now, Shu Yue could have completely confessed to Anna about being a girl.
Perhaps because they had been in contact for so long, Anna had grown accustomed to Shu Yue’s pretty appearance and slender figure and hadn’t noticed Shu Yue’s changes.
After all, in her eyes, Shu Yue had always been like this.
Yet, Shu Yue simply couldn’t bring herself to say it.
It was as if, subconsciously, she didn’t truly trust Anna. Unconsciously, she had already been guarding against Anna.
Was this instinctual?
It seemed she had never seen Sister Anna’s true face either…
Anna never showed her true appearance.
Each time, she would use Disguise Art to change her look, abandoning her previous identity.
Shu Yue also didn’t know which face was her most authentic one.
After this episode, Shu Yue couldn’t sleep at all and had no mood for meditation or cultivation.
She just lay on the bed like that until the next morning.
Fortunately, her body was healthy enough.
Her Magic Power could alleviate some of the fatigue, and her vigorous Spirituality kept her spirits fairly decent.
Early in the morning, after completing her disguise, she first went to look for Anna and Mundo.
She found that the two seemed to have really left.
For a moment, Shu Yue didn’t know whether to feel relieved or worried.
She hoped Sister Anna was just angry with her and that everything from yesterday was just a strange, inexplicable dream she had.
Just as she was eating breakfast, a maid hurriedly came to report.
Tap, tap, tap~
The small leather shoes made crisp sounds.
“Master, something’s happened!”
The maid panted slightly.
“Miss Emily… she’s gone missing.”
“Oh.”
Shu Yue responded, but quickly remembered that she was supposedly Emily’s fiancé.
She had to act a bit surprised, so she exclaimed.
“Ah!?”
Her acting was pretty good.
The delayed reaction was quite convincing.
She wasn’t surprised by Emily’s running away from the marriage.
A girl like Emily, with her strong self-esteem, held marriage as sacred.
She had certain requirements for her future partner in her heart and found it hard to accept an arranged marriage within the family.
Coupled with her straightforward and fiery temperament, it was easy for her to run away.
Vanessa, on the other hand, treated marriage as a transaction and wouldn’t do such a thing.
Shu Yue originally thought about acting a bit more anxious, then sitting back down to continue her breakfast.
She might not get to eat this well again soon.
But then it occurred to her that this might be her chance to escape.
If not now, then when?
Her butt, which was about to sit back down, lifted again.
She looked at the reporting maid with a grave expression.
“Has Baron Leicester’s side been informed? Have they started searching?”
“They’ve already been looking. They started searching as soon as she was found missing this morning,” the maid quickly answered.
“Hmm.”
Shu Yue nodded, saying very naturally, “Then I’ll go look for her too.”
With that, she had someone bring a horse.
The maids beside her were dumbfounded.
You haven’t even asked where she might have run off to, and you’re already getting a horse to search?
Grey Pine City is so big, where would you even start looking?
But they were just servants and didn’t dare to question it.
After multiple failed night raids, these young, pretty maids understood that this young Noble lord was not interested in women.
All the maids who tried to offer themselves at night, no matter how provocatively or seductively dressed, were pushed out by Shu Yue.
Very few managed to stay inside for even five minutes.
After several failed seduction attempts, they stopped.
Moreover, Anna later often blocked them, scolded and reprimanded them, and even punished them, so even fewer maids dared to try to seduce Shu Yue anymore.
Even though it was their master’s task for them to offer themselves, if they could avoid it, they’d rather not.
Shu Yue quickly went out, mounted the horse, and galloped toward the city gates.
Eustia, hiding in the manor, noticed this.
She was quite at ease letting Shu Yue leave her line of sight, relying solely on the Thread of Fate to track her, following several hundred meters behind, allowing Shu Yue to run for a day.
Only a little pet that has tried to run away and been caught and beaten severely knows it shouldn’t run around recklessly.
If she doesn’t try it once, she won’t learn her lesson.
Shu Yue rode her horse out of the city gates.
The identity of Liya White was very useful.
The City Guard let her out without even asking questions.
Once outside the city, Shu Yue rode her horse onto a small path.
She rode for about half an hour, having left the outskirts of Grey Pine City and entered the mountainous forest.
She dismounted and used Dragon’s Majesty on the horse, scaring it into running away quickly.
Then, she burst forth with Tier 1 speed, instantly plunging deep into the forest, briefly shaking off the tails following her.
Ever since leaving the manor, there had been people following her, but it wasn’t Eustia.
It was some other individuals.
They didn’t expect Shu Yue to be so fast and agile.
In a few moves, she disappeared into the mountain forest.
By the time the five or six people reached the spot where Shu Yue had dismounted, she had already been gone for half a minute.
That short time was enough for her to lose her pursuers.
The few men looked at each other, their expressions serious.
“What do we do?”
“One goes back to report. The rest split up and search. He’ll definitely have to return to Grey Pine City.”
After quickly making a decision, they sent the fastest runner back in the direction they came from.
The remaining men scattered to search for traces, trying to find Shu Yue who had suddenly left.
Shu Yue had already entered the depths of the forest.
After confirming that no one was following her, she immediately activated her bloodline.
Even though doing this meant she wouldn’t be able to change back until nightfall, it didn’t matter anymore.
She had already abandoned the identity of Liya White.
Things that aren’t yours will eventually leave you.
It’s better to discard them sooner rather than later.
[Bloodline Manifestation]
Silver flames spread over her body, enveloping her entire form.
The flames eventually transformed into long silver hair cascading down the girl’s back.
The clothes on her body also became ill-fitting.
After her golden dragon pupils opened, Shu Yue burst forth with nearly twice her previous speed, leaping swiftly between tree trunks as if flying through the forest, her long hair trailing a silver light streak.
“Even faster than before. It seems I hadn’t fully absorbed the Dragon Blood’s power back then.”
Shu Yue marveled at the changes in her body.
Getting so much this time was really good luck.
Otherwise, it would have taken a year or two to acquire this much.
Although as her strength grew, obtaining Dragon Blood would become easier, by that time it would be diluted, and she would need even more Dragon Blood to replenish her bloodline.
“Buy early, enjoy early!”
By improving her talent now, she could become stronger in a shorter time.
The efficiency of obtaining Dragon Blood would also increase.
Starting speed often determines future achievements.
Shu Yue’s current speed had already reached the early stages of Tier 2.
With a bit more effort, she could match mid-Tier 2.
……
Eustia, walking along, suddenly froze.
To her surprise, she discovered she could no longer see the Thread of Fate on her body.
Shu Yue’s trail had vanished from her sight.
It was as if while flying a kite, she had gotten distracted for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she found the spool in her hand was gone.
“What’s going on? Does she have some treasure on her that can block divination?”
Divination measures the layer of cause and effect.
Something that can block cause and effect must be of a very high level.
Could a small Outlands have something like this?
Eustia’s interest was immediately piqued.
She wanted to get her hands on that thing.
Shu Yue also had to be hers.
Her beautiful eyes narrowed.
Her graceful figure vanished from the spot in an instant, transforming into a gust of wind flying toward the last place Shu Yue disappeared.
She no longer planned to give Shu Yue two days to think.
A distance of seven hundred meters was covered in just three seconds.
Eustia was even faster than those who had been following a hundred meters behind Shu Yue.
She stood at the last place Shu Yue appeared, sensing the Magic Power here.
Once again, she was surprised.
She couldn’t sense anything?
No Magic Power…
“Could it be a bloodline spell?”
Eustia frowned.
The absence of Magic Power residue meant either no Magic Power was used, or the control over Magic Power was extremely refined.
After last night’s raid on Shu Yue, she could sense that Shu Yue’s control over Magic Power was indeed precise, but only at a low-tier level of precision.
In her view, it was still terribly crude.
So, even if Shu Yue just used Magic Power to enhance her body, there should be Magic Power residue in the space.
With Eustia’s powerful soul perception, she should have been able to detect it easily.
But now, there were only broken traces left by Shu Yue here!
“Heh…”
She actually quite liked this feeling of not being in control.
Only this way was interesting enough.
Eustia turned her head and glanced at the man who had caught up.
The man, over a hundred meters away and already fleeing, suddenly split into two sections mid-air, falling to the ground.
A Tier 1 expert died quite casually.
She withdrew her gaze and looked toward the depths of this mountain forest.
A smile appeared on her stunningly beautiful face.
“Run hard, little one~”
Enjoy your last bit of freedom before I catch you.
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