Almighty Alchemist

"I never thought I'd meet you again, oh my god you've changed so much I can hardly recognize you."

Walking on the streets, Nancy and Xiu Yi walked side by side, Xiu Yi still held little Paddy in his arms, and Xu followed behind her buttocks.

"I'm sorry for this, but I think you understand that it's actually more beneficial for you to pretend that you don't know you." Xiu Yi said with a helpless wry smile.

In fact, he did not expect that little Paddy would recognize him, no matter how cleverly he disguised himself, but for children, their way of recognizing people is sometimes more direct, simpler and more effective.

"It's okay, I can understand your difficulties."

"Aren't you afraid that I'm a wanted murderer?" Xiu Yi asked curiously.

"I used to be afraid, but I'm not afraid anymore." Nancy shook her head and said, she stopped, put her hand on Xiu Yi's face, and looked at him with gentle eyes, just like a sister looking at her younger brother: "When I first knew that you were Xiu Igleer, I was very scared, but when you gave me gems, protected me and my child, and let us leave that terrible place safely, I no longer need to be afraid of you. I don't know why the empire wanted you, but I know this world has never been fair. Let me believe the rumors of the world, I am more willing to believe my own eyes. I believe what I see, the Hugh Igles I know, he is a smart, cute, handsome, kind, helpful big boy, I believe what Paddy believes. He likes you, and so do I."

This moved Xiu Yi a little.

Since he came into this world, no one has looked at him with the simplest and most innocent eyes like Nancy. The former Hines, Andrew, regarded him as a valuable tool; the hounds who hunted him listed him as the most dangerous prisoner; the bandits in Locust Town regarded him as a rare and cunning criminal in the world;

Only Nancy regarded him as a big boy, and no matter what his reputation was, she always regarded herself as a younger brother.

In fact, this is exactly what Xiu Yi wants. Many times he also longs for that kind of tender care, but it is a pity that it is too far away from him.

"I remember you came back to visit relatives?" Xiu Yi asked her.

"Yes, I took the children to visit my parents, but I didn't expect that would be the last time." Nancy said sadly: "Their health has long since failed, and they have been waiting for me to come back."

"What a pity."

"It's nothing. After my parents left, they left a shop for me. My husband just lost his job before coming here, so I suggest that we not go back to Fragrant Leaf City for the time being, and live in Royue City for a while. Guarding the shop can also make life easier."

"It doesn't look like he's happy with the arrangement."

"His heart is higher than the sky, and he always thinks that he will be outstanding one day in the future. Royue City is not as prosperous as Xiangye City. He would rather go back to his own place and work hard, but he has nothing to do now. He can only complain about everything he can complain about...everything here makes him very uncomfortable."

"No wonder he stormed out, leaving you and the child behind."

"It's not the first time." Nancy's voice was full of helplessness.

"My house is not far ahead, let's go in and sit down." Nancy invited Xiu Yi.

This made Xiu Yi hesitate, but seeing the encouraging and trusting eyes of the other party, Xiu Yi finally nodded.

Nancy lives in an ordinary residential area.

Compared with the bustling northern area of ​​Royo City, most of the houses in the civilian area are small and simple, and the roads are narrow, making it difficult for horse-drawn carriages to pass.

This area was a bit dilapidated, with rotten leaves and dumped garbage everywhere, so Xiuyi had to walk carefully to avoid the sewage from staining her clothes.

Nancy's house is a small white building with a fence made of wood and vines, and there is a lawn around it. It belongs to a family with a good environment in a slightly run-down civilian area. This may have something to do with her grandparents who had a good business for a while, and this small building and shop are the legacy left by Nancy's grandparents.

After entering the house, he put little Paddy on the ground and let him crawl around by himself, and asked Xu to take care of little Paddy. Huey followed Nancy to the living room. Nancy made a pot of hot tea for Xiuyi, and then she sat aside, looking at the boy in front of her with complicated eyes.

"So, now you should be a nobleman with status and status, right?" she asked.

"Yes, I made myself a cover identity."

"It seems quite successful." Nancy smiled, "But you don't have to tell me what identity it is."

She came over and stood beside Xiu Yi, looked at him carefully for a while, and then continued to say softly: "I still like the original Xiu Yiglaer, handsome, handsome, and fascinating. Let me see your original appearance, please?"

After thinking about it for a while, Xiuyi finally took off the disguise, and what appeared in front of Nancy was the handsome young man that Nancy saw at first glance.

Staring blankly at Xiu Yi's face, Nancy stretched out her hand to gently caress his face, and sighed, "What's wrong with this world? Why do you make such a boy a wanted criminal?"

There were endless sighs in the simple words, even Xiu Yi himself didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Suddenly there was the sound of the door opening.

"Nancy! Are you home?" came Mr. Black's discontented cry from the door.

"My husband is back, please sit here for a while." Nancy squeezed a helpless smile at Xiu Yi, and then walked outside: "Yes, I am here."

Xiu Yi quickly stood behind the door, and at the same time Xu also transformed into a little black dog and flew into Xiu Yi's arms. The father and son were connected with each other, and they responded quickly at the same time. Huey didn't want Black to see her for the time being.

The noise of the husband and wife came from outside.

It sounds like Blake is asking Nancy why she closed the store so early. He may have drank a lot of alcohol, and his tongue-in-cheek voice is extremely disgusting.

The quarrel grew louder, and Mr. Black kept yelling that he had married the wrong woman, that Nancy was a loser, and that it was because of her that he lost his job. But now, he still has to stay in this rural city, enduring the tedious boredom.

Nancy sobbed softly, which made her husband even more angry and dissatisfied.

During the quarrel, Huey noticed a word—gem.

It sounds like when Huey gave them a gem in the Villas Mountains, Nancy hid the gem and never used it. Mr. Black, however, hopes to sell it in exchange for a better life.

He drew countless futures for himself, imagining that he could build a huge business empire through the wealth brought by a gem.

This Mr. Black has a lofty heart, but he has great ambitions and few talents. Nancy is obviously very aware of her husband's problems, so she gritted her teeth and refused to sell.

"We haven't sold everything yet, we have to save something for the kids," she said.

The husband yelled at his wife: "Hand over the gem, let me sell it, and we can use the money to make a big deal!"

"No, Blake, I know you. You will use the money from the sale to buy wine until you spend it all." An unyielding voice trembled from the weak body.

What a strong woman, Xiu Yi thought leisurely.

The trivialities of life are endless, no matter which world you are in, such things are still the main body of the world.

What worries Xiu Yi is that the end of the quarrel is often a fight. Men in this era have absolute control over women, and violence is an effective weapon they use to prove their authority.

And the phenomenon is even more common among men who have drunk, for the chemical effects of this wondrous liquid can give courage to the most timid of men to do things they never dared to do before.

"Snapped!"

A clear and loud slap came, confirming that Xiu Yi's worry was not unreasonable. Nancy's husband is obviously very good at playing his husband's majesty in this situation.

To the surprise of the husband, he found that his wife did not cry out in pain, but instead urged him not to cry out. He didn't know that this was a show of his wife's love for him, but he thought it seriously insulted his dignity, so he slapped him again.

"Blake, stop. You've had too much to drink!" Nancy cried. "I don't want the neighbors to interfere!"

"Oh, is it? Neighbor? Which neighbor will interfere with us?" The husband didn't understand the special meaning of his wife's words. He didn't know that even though he beat his wife, his wife was still trying to protect his safety...

This made Xiu Yi sigh, but obviously he must respect Nancy's decision, at this moment, it is not suitable for him to show up.

But what happened next was somewhat unexpected.

Perhaps it was because little Paddy saw Xu who was playing with him just now suddenly disappear, so he crawled out of another room curiously, trying to find Xu.

Nancy hurriedly picked Paddy up, and at the same time looked at her husband with pleading eyes: "The child is here, don't let him see this, it's not good for him."

"Oh, do you want to use the child as a shield?" the husband yelled, "Give me the child!"

He stepped forward and snatched the child.

Perhaps his hideous image frightened his child, Paddy yelled, unwilling to let his father hold him, desperately trying to get rid of it, wanting to return to his mother's embrace.

The humiliated dignity of the man made the already drunk Mr. Black dazzled. He raised little Paddy over his head angrily, and shouted: "Bastard! It is because of you that my wife no longer loves me and my property does not belong to me, but you still don't want to be with me! I will punish you!"

Then he threw little Paddy out hard...

"No!" Nancy screamed.

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A shocking sight suddenly appeared.

The thrown little Paddy floated in the air like a fallen leaf, as if there was a pair of invisible hands supporting him underneath, making him float in the air like a boat, the little guy even danced and laughed happily.

Until it slowly landed, little Paddy used his hands and feet on the ground, and quickly crawled towards the living room.

Mr. Black was stunned by the scene in front of him, and he was a little sober from alcohol. While he was shocked and regretful for his behavior, he was even more dizzy from the incredible thing in front of him.

Nancy, on the other hand, was almost utterly frightened, the poor woman. She beat her husband frantically: "You crazy! You're a bastard, Blake! I can't forgive you! You almost killed our baby!"

"Oh my God, what the hell have I done..." Blake murmured.

At the end of the corridor, a slender figure pulled out as Paddy climbed in. The slender shadow enveloped little Paddy's shadow, and slowly picked him up, Paddy giggled happily, and accompanied by a slight sigh.

"Mr. Black, I'm sorry to disturb you and your wife's quarrel. If I can, I don't want to do that, but after all, I can't watch you kill your own child."

As Huey's words fell, when that young and handsome face appeared in front of Black again, Black was completely stunned: "Hugh Yiglare? What are you doing in my house?"

There was a helpless smile on Xiu Yi's face. Although he was extremely disgusted with the husband who beat the woman, he also knew that outsiders could not easily intervene in the husband and wife's family affairs.

So at this moment, he could only say as calmly as possible: "It's just a guest." As he said, Huey rubbed the cute little face of little Paddy in his arms: "Of course, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to me. Mr. Black, as a father, you almost killed your own son just now."

"I don't care about my affairs!" Blake yelled, "I don't believe you. You are a wanted criminal. I didn't invite you to my house. What do you want to do? Seduce my wife?"

Then he turned to Nancy and yelled, "You're such a bitch!"

"Shut up, Blake, that's not how it works."

"Really?" Black sneered: "I don't think so. I think you were wrong when you met this guy. What did you like about him? He is handsome or rich? You bastard, no wonder you stayed in Royo City and refused to leave. You have been waiting for him, right? Did you secretly give him some contact information? Then ask him to have a secret tryst when I was not at home?"

"Blake, you are too much." Nancy was shaking with anger.

At that time, Xiu Yi suddenly said calmly: "Don't be angry, Mrs. Black, when people do something wrong, they usually have two reactions. One is benign, which is to admit the mistake immediately. The other is vicious, which is to use various means to deny it. It is obvious that your husband is the latter kind of person. He knows that he has done something wrong just now. I've lied to you, but I can't lie to you."

Nancy looked at Xiu Yi in disbelief: "How is this possible?"

Huey shrugged: "The thinking of big men makes them always reluctant to admit their mistakes easily, but the problem is that he overlooked one thing, that is—maybe my performance was too gentle, so that he forgot that the target of his frame is actually a well-known murderer."

After saying these words, Black trembled all over, and looked at Xiu Yi in horror.

A cold and cruel look suddenly appeared in Xiuyi's eyes. He opened one hand and pointed at Black, as if an invisible big hand suddenly grabbed the opponent's neck.

"No!" Blake yelled in panic.

Huey sneered: "Are you scared? Mr. Black. To be honest, when you beat your wife just now, I really wanted to rush out and beat you up. Nancy is a good woman, but you don't know how to cherish it at all. If it wasn't because she is your wife, I'm not suitable for me to intervene. I would have thrown you out a long time ago. But what you did to your own children forced me to take action. And what I have always pursued is to either ignore my business or just take care of it." , giving up halfway is not my style!"

"Let... let go... me" Blake yelled, covering his throat.

"Don't worry, your fate does not depend on me, but on your wife." Xiuyi said coldly. He looked at Nancy: "What do you want me to do with him? Throw him out? Or break one of his hands? Or just kill him? I can make sure that no one finds out that this has something to do with you."

"I..." Nancy opened her mouth.

"Before you make a decision, I want you to think about what he did to you just now, and the harm he almost caused to your child." Xiu Yi said. Black tried to yell, but Xiuyi only tried a little bit harder, but he couldn't yell, his face was flushed.

Nancy thought for a while, and finally sighed: "Thank you, Hugh Igles, you helped me again. But he is Paddy's father and my husband after all. Let him go..."

"Very good." Huey nodded.

With a flick of his hand, he threw Blake, hitting the opposite wall, knocking him dazed.

Xiu Yi said coldly: "I will let you go today. But from today on, your wife and your son will accept my protection. If you still dare to do something to them, don't blame me for being rude to you." He looked at Nancy: "Do you think this is appropriate?"

Nancy nodded blankly, she didn't know what to say at this time.

"I'll come and see him often in the future. If he still dares to hit you, just tell me."

After saying this, Xiu Yi walked away.

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Royo City at night is far away from the hustle and bustle of the day, and is silent.

Ever since Hugh Igler started killing people in Royo City, very few people dared to take to the streets at night in Royo City.

Sitting on the top of a bell in a tower, Xiuyi looked down silently, with solemn eyes.

In the distance, the small building surrounded by wood and rattan flowers looks peaceful and peaceful under the moonlight at night.

Xiu Yi waited patiently, and the time passed in silence second by second.

Until a black figure appeared in front of the small white building.

The black shadow looked around, making sure that there was no one around, and ran outside under the cover of night.

"Hong, follow him and see where he has gone." Xiu Yi said leisurely, leaning on the pillar of the tower behind her with her head in her hands.

Hong flapped his wings and flew down the tower.

After a while, Hongfei came back and raised his head to the sky and called a few times.

"Dad, Xu said that Black went to the City Lord's Mansion. This guy really went to inform."

"It's not unusual, is it?" Xiu Yi sneered.

"But I don't understand." Xu asked with wide eyes, "Why did you do this? You could have killed him during the day."

"That will make Nancy sad. Xu, this is exactly what I want to teach you. You already have human intelligence, but you have also learned to understand human emotions. Emotions are strange things that make people blind to reality and unable to tell right from wrong. For Nancy, Blake is her husband, and no matter what her husband does, she will have expectations of him. Unless it is an emergency, she will not give up on her husband. So even if Blake did something like that during the day, she would still choose to give her husband a little bit Opportunity, even if this choice will only bring her pain. I really want to tell Nancy that a man like her husband has never been someone who can be trusted, and following him will only lead to a dark future, but she will not believe it, and I have no right to forcibly drive away and kill her husband. I can't do anything to hurt her feelings in the name of her good."

"so……"

"I don't have the right to deal with other people's family affairs, but that doesn't mean I can't deal with people who try to hurt me. Since Black decided to inform him, his fate has been in my hands. From this moment on, I have sufficient reasons to kill him."

"Is that really the case?" Xu put his small hand on his chin and thought for a while: "It's a very strange way, the world of the magic dragon has never been so complicated."

"Yes, it's really complicated. Wisdom makes human behavior complicated, weird, and unpredictable, and it endows simple behavior with endless meaning. Nancy is an ordinary woman. She is the first woman who truly knows my identity and does not fear me or avoid me. She is simple and kind, just like a sister. I can feel a kind of warmth from her, but unfortunately, she is married to someone who is not human, and I don't want to hurt her. So I gave Black a chance to choose, hoping that he would cherish his wife. But obviously he doesn't care. He doesn't care about the harm his informant will bring to his wife... She is likely to be punished as collaborating with the enemy, but this man doesn't care at all." Xiuyi said lightly: "This is a use and a test, and it is a pity that Mr. Black failed this test. Since he doesn't care about the safety of his wife or the integrity of his family, there is no need for me to keep him in this world, because his existence will only bring pain to Nancy. There are always many people in this world who choose to kill themselves. Just one of them, and so am I. But unlike him, I was prepared for the consequences, and he wasn't."

The little guy lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said, "I see, Dad, so what if he didn't choose to inform?"

"Then I will entrust Buckler to give them the best care, but it is obviously unnecessary now." After speaking, Huey stood up: "Okay, now that our Mr. Black has completed the mission I entrusted to him, then we can prepare our own actions." His eyes radiated a firm light, and his deep voice echoed on the top of the tower:

"Let our Lord Sky Warrior follow in the footsteps of that archmage; let the Lance Empire taste the taste of failure again; let Stryker VI and his subjects tremble in shock and fear; let the entire empire tilt or even collapse in the coming storm..."

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