Chapter 8
Moreover, Bai Ye's "Imperial Equipment" seemed to work on other people as well. Esdeath recalled the things that happened when she first met Bai Ye.
At that time, Bai Ye and Esdeath were both given the "Void" effect.
"Sykes...Sykes was killed? Who is that young man? Is he an 'Imperial Equipment User'?!"
"Sykes's sledgehammer is a very powerful subordinate equipment. That young man was able to defeat the subordinate equipment user so easily. Even if he is not a real Imperial Equipment User, he has the strength to compete with the Imperial Equipment User!"
"It's totally what he deserves! That scum deserves death. He is always domineering, but today he finally met a tough guy."
"..."
The ordinary people around were very surprised that Sykes would die at the hands of that young man. At the same time, they all cheered, but they didn't dare to be too loud, fearing that they would be retaliated against later.
After killing Sykes, Bai Ye looked at the guards with a cold look.
Those guards were also Sykes' accomplices. They wanted to chop him just now, so they naturally couldn't let him go.
He killed two guards who were still in shock, and the rest were so scared that they dropped their weapons and fled in a hurry.
However, Bai Ye would not give them a chance to escape, and he chased and killed the remaining guards one by one.
These guards were panicking and did not know how to flee separately, otherwise it would not be so easy to catch up with them with Bai Ye's speed, which was more than twice that of ordinary people.
Esdeath had almost no reaction to Bai Ye killing the son of the governor, Sykes, and his accompanying guards.
She could not blame Bai Ye for killing these guys casually.
Because in her mind, there was nothing to say about the weak being killed by the strong, which was the law of survival in this world.
Then, Bai Ye walked towards the young woman and the little girl and said to them: "It's okay now, you should take him to heal his wounds quickly, he should not die yet, this bag of coins is for you."
The "he" Bai Ye mentioned refers to the man who was unconscious with wounds all over his body. At a glance, it is obvious that he is the husband of the young woman.
As for the bag of coins, Bai Ye had just picked it out from one of the guards with a sword. Now he didn't need this little money, so he left it to this family that was almost broken apart for treatment.
"Thank you! Thank you very much!"
Even though she had sorted out her clothes, the young woman still looked a little messy. Sykes almost tore her clothes just now.
But she didn't care about the mess on her body at this moment, but thanked the lifesaver in front of her again and again.
The little girl also learned to do the same as her mother.
Bai Ye's face suddenly showed a relieved smile, and this smile of true feelings was very natural and pure.
Then, the young woman and the little girl helped the seriously injured man away together.
At this time, Bai Ye was about to ride on the horse, and found that Esdeath suddenly walked towards him with some imposing manner.
His eyes suddenly became more solemn. So far, he has not relaxed his vigilance against Esdeath.
He suspected that he had just acted on his own and even killed so many people, which caused Esdeath's dissatisfaction, especially among the people he killed was the son of the governor.
After all, he was a general of the empire. It was normal for him to be more inclined to the governor of Gisai City than to a stranger he had just met. The governor of a city was considered a high-ranking official in the empire.
Bai Ye was mentally prepared for a big fight with Esdeath.
However, when Esdeath walked in front of him, he did not feel any fighting spirit from Esdeath.
At this moment, Esdeath suddenly raised his right hand, and Bai Ye instantly saw through the trajectory of Esdeath's movements and found that he was going to lift his chin with his hand.
Faced with this non-hostile move, Bai Ye did not waste his cells and pupil power to use "Void", but took a half step back.
But Esdeath immediately approached and gently pinched Bai Ye's chin with his thumb and index finger.
"......?"
Bai Ye was immediately puzzled when Esdeath gently lifted his chin, "What are you doing?"
He thought the other party was here to cause trouble for him, but it turned out that... they were here to tease him? !
He couldn't understand the current situation.
Now, passers-by from all directions were even more excited.
"Is this teasing a good boy in broad daylight? But he is so powerful, and he was teased by a girl. Who is that beauty?"
"Look at the dress, it is clearly a military uniform, and it's not the common one. Could it be an officer of the empire?"
"It's probably just a couple flirting. If that ice beauty is really an officer, it's no wonder that the young man dared to attack the son of the governor."
"....."
Feeling the strange looks from all around, Bai Ye, who had been feeling fine, felt a little embarrassed.
"Smile again."
Esdeath's tone sounded a little overbearing, with a hint of not being able to be refused.
"What......?"
Bai Ye still didn't react to what Esdeath wanted to do.
"I want to see your more sincere smile, and I feel that your smile just now touched my heartstrings a little~"
Esdeath said bluntly.
The very natural smile that appeared on Bai Ye's face when he faced the mother and daughter just now immediately gave Esdeath an indescribable subtle feeling.
She didn't quite understand why.
After all, Esdeath at this time had never thought about "love" in her mind, so naturally she didn't know what this subtle touch meant.
Now she just inexplicably wanted to see Bai Ye's more sincere smile, not a faint smile.
"Smile? "
Hearing this, Bai Ye was even more confused.
Did he just smile?
It seemed like he subconsciously showed a relieved smile?
But Esdeath asked him to smile deliberately, and he couldn't do it.
He was not the kind of person who loved to smile, and he might only smile subconsciously occasionally.
And it would be a bit strange to put a "smile" on the face of a mangekyō sharingan holder like him. I'm afraid he would become like the "Four Laughing Heroes" of the Uchiha clan.
Four Laughing Heroes
Of course, he just felt that he was not suitable. Who knows the actual situation?
It was just that he occasionally showed his true feelings subconsciously. He had never seen what he looked like when he smiled.
"This is a bit embarrassing for me..."
Bai Ye said a little embarrassedly.
"Really? Are you embarrassed because there are so many people here? "
Esdeath nodded slightly and murmured to herself.
Before Bai Ye could explain, she had already determined the reason why Bai Ye felt embarrassed.
Then Esdeath said to Bai Ye: "Then don't worry, when you return to the imperial capital, you won't be shy in my room."
"No, I..."
Bai Ye was about to explain, but Esdeath didn't give him the chance.
She said: "But it seems that there is a little trouble now."
Bai Ye turned his head and saw a large number of guards from the governor's mansion appearing from all directions. It was probably because of the death of the governor's son, Sykes...