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    Chapter 226

    Besides anything else, making trouble is indeed a pleasurable thing for both body and mind.

    Yan Yunqing was somewhat addicted to it for a time.

    He stealthily tripped another player, and before the player could react, he slipped away.

    The little black cat flicked its tail, leisurely pawing at the snow outside, watching the players deal with the trouble in a flustered manner. Satisfied, it turned around, and just as it was about to jump away, it was picked up by a pair of hands.

    The little black cat clamped its tail tightly, its whole body tense. After its dark red cat eyes met the eyes of the person who picked it up, it quietly relaxed a little.

    “Kitty, you can’t make trouble.”

    The one who picked him up was none other than little Daennie, whom he’d met that afternoon. Her big black grape-like eyes were filled with disapproval of the little black cat. “Good children don’t cause damage. Is kitty a bad child?”

    Yan Yunqing: …

    Laugh to death, being called a bad child by a little kid.

    Yan Yunqing wanted to struggle, but discovered that Daennie’s hands holding him were quite steady. If he struggled, he would probably hurt the child, so Yan Yunqing didn’t continue to struggle.

    Fortunately, Daennie’s posture for holding the cat was correct, so Yan Yunqing felt no discomfort.

    He thought for a moment, pretending to be an innocent little cat and meowing in a coquettish voice.

    Anyway, Daennie couldn’t possibly imagine that the body of this little black cat actually contained an adult. Since he was a cat, he should naturally have some cat privileges, right?

    Like making trouble.

    Daennie also seemed to know that she couldn’t reason with a little cat. She gently stroked the little black cat’s back, “You can’t make any more trouble. Today is Big Sister’s wedding. If little kitty makes trouble, Big Sister will be sad.”

    Yan Yunqing wagged his tail, thinking: If he didn’t make trouble, and those players were left idle enough to cause problems for your big sister’s wedding, then your big sister would really cry.

    “So.” Daennie held the little black cat up in front of her, her dark red eyes meeting the little black cat’s. “Kitty, come with me, I’ll take you to play.”

    Daennie didn’t need to get the little black cat’s approval. After speaking, she carried the cat and walked outside. Yan Yunqing glanced from Daennie’s arms in the direction of the players. He had already inflicted the [Mould Luck] debuff on those players, so there shouldn’t be any problem with him leaving now.

    However, this [Mould Luck] debuff was quite obvious. As long as the players opened their personal panel and took a look, they would find an extra debuff in their status bar. Those with dispel items or dispel magic could remove the debuff.

    This method could only be used for a short time.

    But fortunately, they were still in the village. As long as the players made trouble, Devic and Barros would notice, and when that time came, those two guys would give the players a lesson.

    Yan Yunqing thought, and didn’t resist Daennie.

    Daennie’s popularity in this small mountain village seemed to be very good. People greeted her warmly along the way. When they saw the little black cat in her arms, the villagers would ask in passing where the little black cat came from.

    At this time, Daennie would answer, “The older brothers and sisters brought it back.”

    The older brothers and sisters naturally referred to Alice and the others, but what the villagers heard should have been Mike and the others, so they didn’t ask any more questions.

    The snow outside had stopped sometime, but the road was covered with thick snow. The paths in front of the villagers’ houses were barely cleared, but they still had to walk carefully to avoid slipping.

    Daennie walked very carefully. From her behavior, it could be seen that she was not a rash and impetuous child.

    Resting in Daennie’s arms, Yan Yunqing spotted a figure in the crowd and frowned.

    It was that bishop, [Lord Rowell].

    Early on the road, Alice had already shown him a [Recording Magic Stone] engraved with the bishop’s appearance, and he had remembered the other person’s appearance. His memory had always been good, and he had recognized the other party at a glance in the crowd.

    Seeing that the other party was talking with the villagers, Yan Yunqing couldn’t help but guess, could it be that this bishop really came back to attend the wedding?

    Thinking this, he moved, breaking free from Daennie’s arms, and took the initiative to lean in the direction of the bishop. Yan Yunqing wanted to hear what the other party was saying.

    He had only taken two steps when Daennie grabbed him back again.

    “Kitty, you can’t run around!” Daennie wore a small, serious face, pretending to be an adult, which was quite humorous and cute.

    Yan Yunqing helplessly flicked his tail. He was really being watched by this child.

    Should he simply switch shells? But a little black cat’s approach might not arouse the bishop’s suspicion, but if a stranger approached for no reason, it would definitely arouse unnecessary vigilance.

    Then it would be inconvenient for him to find out the other person’s purpose.

    He didn’t know if Yan Yunqing’s attention to the bishop had attracted Daennie’s attention, but she held the little black cat and looked in the direction the little black cat had originally wanted to approach, resting her chin on the top of the little black cat’s head, rubbing her cheek against the cat’s ears, and whispered, “Is kitty looking at Uncle Rowell?”

    Uncle Rowell?

    Yan Yunqing paused. That was exactly the name of the bishop.

    He turned his head and hooked his tail around Daennie’s wrist, signaling her to continue speaking.

    He didn’t know if it was because the brains of children were more amazing, but Daennie really understood Yan Yunqing’s thoughts, hugging him and finding a corner. This corner was relatively hidden, belonging to a position where they could see the bishop clearly, but the other party couldn’t see them.

    Daennie still rested her chin on the top of the little black cat’s head, using a breathy voice close to the little black cat’s cat ears to say, “That’s Uncle Rowell, he lives in that old house in the west. Does kitty want to go over and take a look?”

    Yan Yunqing: …

    Yan Yunqing hesitated and turned his head back, meeting Daennie’s very serious black eyes.

    This child… Why did he feel that something wasn’t quite right?

    Yan Yunqing felt that he might be overthinking things, otherwise why would he think that this child was testing him?

    All his behavior should conform to that of a little cat. His struggle to get down when he saw the bishop could also be explained as the cat not liking to be held all the time. How could this child be sure that his goal was [Lord Rowell] the bishop? She even asked if he wanted to go to see [Lord Rowell]’s house?

    Yan Yunqing suddenly remembered that just when he was messing with the players, this child had suddenly appeared by his side and picked him up.

    At that time, he had no feeling at all. It wasn’t until Daennie picked him up that he realized she had approached.

    This was different from his usual vigilance. Yan Yunqing didn’t think that he would lose his vigilance just because the environment seemed safe, but the other party had indeed done it.

    Even after he was picked up, seeing that it was Daennie, he had even ignored the key question of why he had lost his vigilance.

    It was chilling to think about.

    Yan Yunqing felt that his tail was about to explode. If he wasn’t still barely controlling himself, showing the leisurely look of a normal cat, he was afraid that he would have already blown his fur up.

    Daennie was not simple.

    Yan Yunqing could be sure. Then he guessed again whether Daennie, like Alice, had a special talent skill that made him lose his vigilance. Could it be that it was the other party’s talent skill that did that?

    Looking at Daennie’s age, it seemed to be the time to awaken her talent skills. Yan Yunqing tried to add Daennie as an NPC friend and view the other party’s talent skills from the NPC list.

    However, it failed.

    He couldn’t add her as a friend.

    Yan Yunqing’s NPC friend panel adding friends was a one-way operation. After all, NPCs didn’t have a game system, so as long as the NPC’s favorability towards him reached a certain value, Yan Yunqing could take the initiative to add friends, and it would be considered a successful addition.

    Since he couldn’t add her as a friend now, it could only mean that Daennie’s favorability towards him was not enough.

    Yan Yunqing said “tsk” in his heart: She seemed to really like cats, but when he looked at her favorability, he couldn’t even add her as a friend.

    Liar child!

    Daennie didn’t know what the little black cat in her arms was complaining about at the moment. Seeing that the little black cat didn’t respond, she rubbed the little black cat’s head again. “So, does kitty want to go?”

    Yan Yunqing didn’t feel any malice from Daennie. After hesitating for a moment, he still hooked his tail around the other party’s wrist.

    He chose to trust his intuition. With his keen sense of emotional perception, if Daennie was a child disguised by something else, or if she harbored malice towards him, Yan Yunqing would definitely be able to sense it.

    Daennie once again understood the little black cat’s meaning. She looked at the sky while hugging the little black cat. “In that case, we need to find some [Small Lampgrass], otherwise it’s too dark and we’ll be tripped by stones.”

    [Small Lampgrass], a common plant in the [Ermann Continent], has a shape like the weeds on the roadside, but its head grows a fruit like a small lantern. This fruit absorbs light during the day and emits fluorescent light at night.

    It is very popular in poor families that don’t have candles to use. Generally, collecting two or three plants can be used as a torch for lighting, but the lighting range is relatively small.

    This plant is relatively common, and Daennie is also very familiar with the village. She hugged the little black cat and drilled into the bushes behind the house to search for a while, and quickly found a few [Small Lampgrass].

    However, the fluorescent light of these [Small Lampgrass] combined was still relatively weak.

    This was also normal, because there hadn’t been any sunshine here for quite some time. During the day, it was cloudy, either snowing or raining. When it finally didn’t snow or rain, the sky was still gray, unable to absorb enough sunlight. The fluorescent light emitted by the [Small Lampgrass] at night was naturally much weaker.

    Daennie tidied up the [Small Lampgrass] and tied all the [Small Lampgrass] to the little black cat’s tail, making the little black cat’s tail like a chandelier.

    After finishing everything, it was completely dark, leaving only the [Small Lampgrass] fruit on the little black cat’s tail emitting a faint light, barely illuminating a bit of the surrounding scene.

    Daennie clapped the dust off her hands, admiring her results with satisfaction, and then picked the cat back up, “Let’s go.”

    Yan Yunqing: …

    Yan Yunqing was sure that Daennie was indeed a genuine child, because only a child’s brain circuits could be so bizarre, making him unable to figure out what this child was thinking.

    Daennie carried the little black cat into the darkness and walked out of the village. All the villagers had been gathered at Daennie’s house, because today was her big sister’s wedding day, and everyone had gone over to eat the wedding feast. Daennie’s house gradually became lively, while other parts of the village gradually became quiet.

    It had snowed all day, and only the main road in the village had been cleared into a narrow path, and the rest of the place was still covered with white snow.

    Fortunately, Daennie was born and raised in the village and was very familiar with the village, so she wouldn’t fall into the ditch while walking.

    The night was very dim, and the lanterns hanging on the trees on the roadside were lit with candles, barely illuminating a bit of the road. Daennie didn’t walk fast, because the light of the [Small Lampgrass] couldn’t completely illuminate the road ahead for them. She didn’t seem to be able to see in the dark, so it took several minutes to walk out a little bit.

    Yan Yunqing was not affected much. His eyes could always see in the dark, and his vision was so good that he could even see the birds in the trees hundreds of meters away courting each other.

    Yan Yunqing wanted to jump down to explore the way for Daennie, but Daennie held him tightly in her arms, unable to move, so he could only secretly use a little magic.

    A lighting spell.

    It was the first spell he learned when he came to the other world. At that time, he had attracted many patrol teams because he couldn’t control his magic well. Now, he didn’t even need a magic wand, and he could use it directly.

    This was the level of proficiency in the use of magic after crossing the level of an eighty-grade great magician.

    With the blessing of magic, the light of the [Small Lampgrass] was strengthened, directly illuminating a large area in front.

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