Chapter 7: Heaven and Hell (2)

2 days later, the guy's conditions are much better than it was when she first save him. Looking at his conditions, she decided that its time to leave.

"Hey, I think your body is good as new now. I'm going home now. I can't stay too long from home", she stare at him before continuing, "well, you are free now, you can follow the wind and go wherever you want. Oh, here's your slave contract, do what you pleased with it."

"…" He stare at her for a long time.

"Here's some money, it should be good for you for couple of months. Life is hard out there, but I know that you're strong, don't give up, okay?"

She hands him 10 silver as she took her groceries and walk away. Suddenly, the guy grabbed her groceries from her hand. Shocked, she look at her, "hey, give me back my foods!"

"Li Wei"

"Huh?"

"Its Li Wei. Not hey... my name"

"Oh my god..you can talk!"

" I can't take your money. You already saved me, and spend some money on me too. This is hurting my pride as a man. I can't take money from a women. A child on top of that."

"Hmm… Okay then. But you're not planning to take away my foods too, are you?" She try to grab away the groceries in his hand.

"I'll carry this for you. Where's your home?"

She stare at the guy in front of her. She have no intention to bring the guy home in the first place. Not to mentions she's a 10 years old girl who live alone. 'Can this guy be trusted?'

"Its fine, actually you know what, just keep the groceries."

She start walking away, fastening her pace, then she start running away.

'Ahhhhhh save me master!'

The guy, looking confused, but start chasing after her nonetheless. After a few round of running around the streets, she finally give up. No matter how fast she run, the guy always managed to chase after her.

"What do you want from me?"

"Well, since you saved me, I'll follow you from now on"

"I can't hire you. I don't have money to pay people."

"It���s fine. You don't have to pay me."

"…" Well, maybe he can water my herbs.

After contemplating for a while, she decided to give it a try. She always have a good intuition when it comes to judging people, and judging from the guy's aura, she can sense that he is indeed a good person.

'I'll just have to have more beasts guarding my home, in case he decided to do something bad later.'

"Its decided then. Let's go."

She hire a horse carrier to the foot of the mountain, where a small village is located. Then she start walking deeper inside the Sacred Forest with Li Wei walking behind her with the bags of groceries.

"Walk closely to me, don't get lost."

"This is the Sacred Forest." What is this little girl doing here?

"Yes, it is indeed."

"Are you not afraid?"

"Afraid of what?"

"Wild beasts….you know..they eat.." Before he can finish his words, a wolf as tall as him suddenly appear in front of them. Li Wei was startled, dropped the groceries bag and pull her away from the wolf.

"Ahhh my groceries!" She hit him hard and jump to the ground. The wolf walk towards her feet and the guy started to panic.

'Damn I don't have my sword! The wolf gonna eat her alive.'

Suddenly, the wolf lower her head, and it start rolling on the ground like a dog asking for a belly rub. She walk towards to wolf and start rubbing her head.

"There, there, good girl, good girl.. Did you miss me? I know I take longer time to go home this time. Sorry I keep you waiting."

Then she start picking up the groceries lying on the floor and call him over.

"Li Wei, this is my wolf. Don't worry, she won't eat you. Well, at least not without my order."

"…" Still speechless, he walk slowly.

"Don't worry, I raised her for 5 years. She never eat any humans. Well, not that I know of.. "

She climb over the wolf and call him over to ride behind her.

"Come, sit on the wolf, it will take us faster to reach home."

"Errr…no..thanks?" He stare at the wolf. He can feel the hair behind his neck standing.

"Well, if you said so.. Walk closely behind me then. Don't wander around. Don't get lost."

With Li Wei behind tailing them, they finally managed to reach the peak.

When they reach the peak of the mountain, Li Wei was stunned for a while. The view are just magnificent.

'So this is the peak of the Sacred Forest. I can't believe people actually live here.' Then he stare at the girl next to her, loads of questions popping in his head, but he decided to stay quiet instead. He follow her inside the house as she put down the groceries and took a seat.

"Well, Li Wei, please make yourself at home."

"Ahhh?.."

She stare at him for a while, then with her finger, point to a room next to her.

"You can use this room for yourself. My room is here next to you. Feel free to walk around the house, but don't wander too far away into the forest, or the beasts will skin you alive."

"Oh..okay..hmm .. Ning Qiuyue,if I sleep here, where your family member gonna sleep?" Looking at the small house, there's only 2 bedroom, and there's no nearby houses too.

She think for a while before opening her mouth, "Errr… Master won't be home for a while. Just sleep there. We'll solve the problem when he comes back." Right, talking about master, will he want to go back to the peak? Can she kidnap a child to go back to the peak? Probably no, her master will kill her if she do that.

She prepare their dinner while he start exploring the outside of the house. Not wanting to waste the opportunity of another useful hands who can water the herbs, she instruct him to water the herbs that evening.

'What a great investment. Now I can get as lazy as master.'