(MC's POV)
Lily's beautifully performed slap broke many things at that moment.
Like the noble girl's teeth.
Her bones.
Her face.
My flag.
(´;︵;`)
Rip, nameless admirer of mine.
As your idol, I will take good care of your property after your parents come to visit me.
八(＾-＾*)
...
Haha.
We are rich.
I thought so happily as I bounced the dimensional bag in my hands.
As I had expected, their family came to contact us.
After a few talks and some friendly fist of justice, they kindly 'donated' gold coins to us unfortunate folks.
God bless their souls.
The Taoist was right when he said, "A young master a day keeps the depression away."
All my previous signs of sadness are now gone like my formerly (relatively) empty pocket.
Although it seems like Lily is still hung up about slapping nameless young miss A in the main square.
"Master. Did my actions create more problems for you?"
Lily asked me while lowering her head, a hint of guilt and uneasiness visible in her face.
With the red glow of sunset heightening her pitiful expression, I found it hard to scold her.
"Don't worry. Just don't do such things in the future."
I said while lightly smiling at her.
To be honest, her actions had indeed caused a bit of problem for me.
While robbing and scamming young masters was a wonderful sport which brought me spiritual healing and tranquility, the underlying reason behind this fishing was to establish a relation with the lower houses of Rein Kingdom.
Not a peaceful one, as evident from my actions.
But not a disastrous one either.
Ruining a young mistress in marriage age was the secret recipe for a disastrous one.
Hence, the plan to use them had gone down the drain.
I now needed to search for another method to deal with the smiling maniac and his plans.
Which was, in all honesty, a pain.
Since the civil war would occur fifteen years from now.
And there was no way in hell I would stay here like an idiot for fifteen years.
There was the nuclear option of killing the second prince.
But sadly, I could not do that.
It was because I was the elder of Immortal Divinity Sect.
I could not take such huge risks when I was merely at the beginner stage of Spiritual Arrival.
Regardless of whether my actions were intentional or not, if it was found that I meddled in the contest for throne, the Qing Shan Empire would seek answers from the sect.
In response, the sect would either wage war or sacrifice me.
Both of which were options I would like to avoid.
In the first place, I don't even know what the second prince was thinking because I ascended before he could do anything as an adviser to Qing Shan Empire.
As a king of Rein Kingdom, I don't recall him doing anything out of line either.
Unless it was worthy, I had no intention of risking my life for unclear benefits.
Besides, my direct meddling would prove to be unbeneficial to the citizens.
Because a lot of high-ranking corrupt officials would mysteriously die in this period.
Most of whom supported the scummy first prince.
As for the only other talented prince whom I wanted to win- the ninth prince.
The guy was probably still a shota.
*sigh*
Too much stress.
Instead of doing lovey-dovey with my waifus, I was out thinking for the world.
Couldn't heavens reward me for all my efforts?
At least a sexy blonde waifu to share my burden would be nice.
I thought.
And then, a blonde loli rained down from the sky.
'…'
Is it too late to specify my request as a blonde onee-san?
Loli baba Heavens.
...
(Lily's POV)
Master was surprised.
I was surprised.
People around us were surprised.
The information was too much for us to process in a single moment.
A girl rained down from the sky.
Fine.
That was okay since it did not matter to me.
But why the hell did she have to land in front of master?
Was it some sort of elaborate play to gain attention from master?
How fearsome.
Although I knew it was just a delusion of mine, I shuddered in fear.
I had a low degree of self-esteem.
It was a fact I was rather aware of.
Master did encourage me to change, however change was not something which came suddenly.
Though I had a higher understanding and tolerance compared to the time before I visited black rock city, I was still afraid of other females coming near master.
What if they stole him?
Would I still hold an important position in his heart?
Would I still have any other person who cared for me?
I had once been alone.
Which is why I was afraid of being alone.
Thankfully, this one was not a mature female.
If the female was not mature, I had a certain degree of confidence in my appearance.
At the very least, I had not seen another one with beauty as mine. (not narcissism)
Besides, there was no saying what other people would do if she continued staying on the floor without any guardian.
No guardian in the world of cultivation meant no protection unless you had a strong backing.
As a fellow female and one who had tried hiding from such fate for a long time, I did not have the heart to see her possibly suffer that way.
Sighing a little, I made my way towards her so that master would not need to dirty his hand and tried lifting her.
While lifting her, I glanced at her face which looked like an angel from high heavens.
And then, carefully and delicately.
I placed her head back to the ground again.
(*^‿^*)