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Chapter 87 - 87: 087, [One of the World Protagonists] (Additional 1/31)
Chapter 87 - 87: 087, [One of the World Protagonists] (Additional 1/31)
Chapter 87: 087, [One of the World Protagonists] (Additional 1/31)
Translator: 549690339
In the courtyard, Lu Xun kept his gaze on the thin figure, an extended time before shifting away.
Even Ji Li and Murong Yan, who were standing nearby, noticed Lu Xun’s attention on her.
She was a frail girl. If the second sister could be described as slender, she was the kind who appeared sickly, slightly malnourished, and looked like skin and bones.
If she were next to Ji Li for comparison, Ji Li would become the bountiful grain of rice during the harvest season, full of joy. While this girl was like the stick of jute, fragile and easily swayed by the wind.
Her complexion also seemed poor, lacking a rosy color on her face.
While her face differed slightly from his memory, her character and temperament were what Lu Xun is not likely to mistake.
He waved his hand, signifying for the waiter to leave first and the girl to stay.
The waiter looked back as he left, seemingly nervous. Finally, after hesitating for a long time, he took a deep breath before stopping, turning to bow and speak:
“Immortal Master, this dirty girl is mute, very clumsy and frightfully timid. If there are any mistakes, I beg the Immortal Master… I beg the Immortal Master…”
He seemed to choke on his words.
Lu Xun laughed, having not expected the shifty-eyed waiter to be so kind-hearted, and reassured him, “You can rest assured and leave. She carries a fate intertwined with immortality on her.”
The waiter, upon hearing this felt relieved, glanced at the girl one last time, with a hint of joy yet there was also envy.
The thin girl had a grandfather who used to work in the kitchen of the inn. It had been only a few months since he passed away. The girl was left alone and helpless, so she stayed in the inn to help.
The waiter often ordered her about, yet took care of her the most. Perhaps it’s because they were both at the bottom of the hierarchy that there was such a contradiction.
The reason for her malnourished appearance wasn’t due to any form of ill-treatment at the inn, but rather her poor health since childhood, with many recurring illnesses.
Lu Xun was sitting while the mute girl was standing, with her head lowered, not even daring to look at Lu Xun.
When she first came in, she had a quick glance, but was taken aback by Lu Xun’s look. This scared her, almost causing her to trip over herself.
Lu Xun tried to pull up basic information about her, and surprisingly, he was able to.
The girl’s name was Lin Chan. A very simple name, she was named so because on the day she was born, the sound of cicadas was especially loud.
“So, it really is you, Lin Chan.” Lu Xun said to himself.
The reason why Lu Xun paid special attention to her and requested for her to stay was because she was unique, one of the most unique among all the NPCs in Heavenly Dust.
Her future achievements may not be below Xiao Ran’s, and might even surpass her!
In the later stages of the game, she would probably be a crucial NPC in the main story.
As for her sect, it was—The Demon Sect!
Yes, she was a member of the Demon Sect.
“So, she worked at the Lai Fu Restaurant. I guess she was discovered by a Disciple of the Demon Sect due to her highly promising cultivation aptitude and was brought back to the sect.” Lu Xun speculated in his mind.
“No wonder there was no mention of Lin Chan when I asked around at the sect, it turns out she had yet to join it!” Lu Xun realized in his mind.
Lin Chan’s fame among players was larger than Xiao Ran’s due to her exceptional abilities, something that Lu Xun was familiar with.
Let’s put it this way, this thin girl was truly peculiar.
He looked at Lin Chan again, and perhaps feeling the weight of Lu Xun’s gaze, her head drooped even lower.
“She is really thin, and not in a healthy way,” Lu Xun thought in his mind. Even her hair was beginning to turn yellow.
This pitiful appearance reminded him of when he was so helpless after his parents passed away.
“Have you eaten?” Lu Xun suddenly asked.
Lin Chan kept her head lowered, her two small hands gently grabbing at the hem of her dress. Knowing that Lu Xun was a person of highly esteemed status she didn’t dare to lie and shook her head gently.
“Then sit down and eat with us.” Lu Xun smiled, with a warm demeanor.
Lin Chan lifted her head and gave him a glance. She seemed so entranced that she forgot to look away. Realizing this, she quickly lowered her head again, her hands clutching her dress even tighter.
She had never seen someone so handsome, and the way Lu Xun looked at her was so gentle, it made her feel warm from the bottom of her heart.
However, his nobility and attractive appearance still left her feeling a great distance between them, inducing fear.
She did not dare to defy Lu Xun and sat down on the stone bench, still keeping her head low. She was obedient in picking up her bowl and chopsticks but was only eating the plain rice, not even picking up a single side dish.
In fact, before picking up the bowl and chopsticks, she had carefully wiped her hands several times on her clothing.
She ate very slowly, doing her best not make any noise, even controlling her chewing noises.
Mortals naturally fear cultivators. She appeared more timid and fearful than most, afraid of upsetting Lu Xun. Earlier, when her chopsticks accidentally touched the bowl emitting a slightly louder noise, she was frightened.
Lu Xun suspected that if he did not speak, she may end up quietly eating all the rice without touching the main or side dishes.
She did not dare to use her chopsticks to pick up a dish that he had before, very careful and cautious in his presence.
Living a fragile and vulnerable life with no family in the world and being mute since childhood, her timidity, fear and inferiority complex were deeply ingrained.
Lu Xun suddenly felt that inviting her to join them was perhaps putting her in a difficult position.
The with such a gap between their statuses, even if she was not so timid, even a common person would probably feel uncomfortable.
But as they had already started eating, it wouldn’t be right to let her eat only rice, you don’t pick for yourself, so let me do it for you; you should eat what I pick, right?
He picked some dishes for Lin Chan, she had her head lowered and watched Lu Xun’s movements with the utensils, was genuinely in a position where she could not refuse to eat them now.
After she had finished eating, Lin Chan immediately stood up and began to tidy up the table.
Throughout she kept her head down, maintaining a tense posture.
During this time, the black rope attached to the sword sheath began to float up, lightly probing her.
Lin Chan felt a sudden itch on the back of her hand and saw that it was the rope on the sword sheath poking her. This nearly made her drop the dishes in her hands, she was so startled!
“Stop it.” Lu Xun told the sword sheath.
The black rope on the sword sheath immediately ceased to move, as if nothing had happened.
Lu Xun understood why the sword sheath behaved like this, it hadn’t meant to frighten her, but being a sword sheath, it was naturally curious about her, overwhelmingly so.
Because this little mute girl lived so cautiously, was so timid and shy, she was actually a…
— Natural Sword Embryo!
(ps: A late addition, I actually wrote until 3 am, I’m going to sleep now… I hope when I wake up, we would have risen to third on the New Book Monthly Rank,we’re just a few votes off..)