Who told you I am an NPC

Chapter : 34

"See the light of day... again?"

Brooke was stunned, unable to come to his senses for a long time.

Yan Yunqing waved his hand, "The righteous man is going to punish evil and promote good."

"See you next time."

With that, he pushed open the window of Brooke's room and leaped out.

"Hey, this is the fourth floor—" Brooke wanted to stop him, but he couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes.

He leaned out of the windowsill and looked down, only to see the masked man in black disappear at the end of the road after a few leaps.

"What a strange person..."

Brooke murmured, "I hope he can really punish evil and promote good."

***

After cosplaying a leap of faith from the fourth floor, Yan Yunqing landed clumsily.

Lilian, who popped her head out of his pocket, complained, "Can't you just use the door like a normal person?

We're not at the Castellan's Manor, no one's chasing you!"

Yan Yunqing took out a small red potion and refilled the few bars of health he lost from his leap of faith.

"This way looks cool and mysterious enough. What do you know?"

Lilian snorted, "If I hadn't cast a Levitation Spell on you in time, you would have at least broken a leg jumping from such a height!"

Yan Yunqing perfunctorily patted Lilian's head, "Yes, yes, Lilian is the best!

Truly my good partner!"

Lilian: ...Tch.

Yan Yunqing looked at the gradually awakening Seta City, found a corner, and took off all his equipment again.

He put on a set of simple short clothes he had swiped from the blacksmith's shop, dressing himself up as an ordinary commoner youth.

It was just that his face was a bit too outstanding.

Yan Yunqing thought for a moment and used Roleplay again, changing to a passerby's face.

There, that was better.

Now, even if he were thrown into a crowd, no one would be able to recognize him.

Yan Yunqing basked in the newborn sun, stretched lazily, stretching his limbs, and could clearly hear his bones making cracking sounds.

A wave of fatigue washed over him belatedly, and Yan Yunqing yawned.

This night had been exciting enough.

First, he had bagged five mages, broken into the Castellan's Manor to get information from Dean, and even played a game of hide-and-seek with the guards of the Castellan's Manor.

Finally, he had rummaged through various materials at the magic academy and found the only insider from six years ago, Brooke.

Then, he heard the whole truth of the incident from Brooke and made his deductions...

Wow, looking back, Yan Yunqing felt like he was a superman.

Getting engrossed in a game and finishing the main storyline in one night was truly exhausting.

Lilian was also very sleepy and had already curled up in Yan Yunqing's pocket, fast asleep.

Listening to Lilian's soft snores, Yan Yunqing yawned again.

He wanted to find a place to sleep, but it was really unsafe to sleep in Seta City now.

He could only hurry back to Sunset Village.

Fortunately, he was now close to level twenty, and his physical fitness had improved a lot.

Even without Lilian's buffing magic, it wouldn't take him much time to get back to Sunset Village.

Before leaving, Yan Yunqing remembered the five people he had bagged yesterday.

Yan Yunqing thought for a moment and decided to go to the place where he had bagged them yesterday to have a look.

Originally, he had planned to let these five people go, but plans couldn't keep up with changes.

He had accidentally done away with Dean last night, and now the people at the Castellan's Manor must be looking for clues related to Dean's death everywhere.

Yan Yunqing had gotten his clues from Big Nose.

If these five people went back and discovered the movements of the Castellan's Manor, and then put two and two together, they would definitely know that he was the one who killed Dean.

He had worn a mask and disguised himself well when he 'questioned' them, so the five of them would definitely not be able to discover his identity.

But the questions he asked were very specific. If those five reported the names of Kalenna and Adelaide to the Castellan's Manor, it would only be a matter of time before they came looking for Sunset Village.

Yan Yunqing felt that he couldn't leave such a big variable out there.

He unconsciously pinched the knuckle of his left index finger and made a decision.

Get rid of these five people.

Yan Yunqing narrowed his eyes and quickly ran towards the 'body disposal' location.

When he arrived, the five people were just waking up.

But Yan Yunqing had tied them all up before leaving last night.

They were still in a state of having their mouths gagged and their hands and feet tied, struggling desperately.

Yan Yunqing hid in the shadows and walked towards the five of them.

"Mmph mmph mmph—"

When leaving Seta City, Yan Yunqing was questioned for a long time.

However, his current appearance was that of a very inconspicuous commoner.

With the Roleplay skill, even his magical fluctuations were almost nil, so he was quickly let go.

The skill from the hidden quest was really useful.

Yan Yunqing moved quickly towards Sunset Village.

…

By the time he returned to Sunset Village, it was already noon.

The sun hung high in the center of the sky, and the people in the village had already been working for half a day.

Yan Yunqing didn't attract anyone's attention and quietly slipped back into the blacksmith's shop.

The door of the blacksmith's shop was tightly closed, and a small sign written by Yuli hung on the door:

[Closed Today], with a cute smiley face at the end, making people who saw it can't help but smile in return.

Yan Yunqing looked at it for a moment, then entered the blacksmith's shop from the side door.

Old Jason was gesturing at a piece of iron with a blueprint, seemingly studying how to forge new farm tools, while Yuli was fast asleep on a table nearby.

Yuli was still wearing the same clothes from when Yan Yunqing and the others left last night.

She had probably waited for them here all night.

Seeing the little girl's flushed cheeks as she slept, Yan Yunqing's heart softened a little, and much of the hostility that had built up from what he had seen and heard all night dissipated.

Yan Yunqing reached into his pocket, took out Lilian, and gently placed her next to Yuli.

The two cute little ones slept soundly, their heads touching.

When Old Jason saw him, he stopped what he was doing.

Yan Yunqing pointed to the door, signaling for Old Jason to go outside to talk.

Old Jason glanced at Yuli and Lilian, who were sleeping in a heap on the table, and nodded lightly.

They walked out and stood in the backyard of the blacksmith's shop.

Yan Yunqing took out the longsword that Old Jason had given him before he left.

"This magic stone, was it a gift from Kalenna to Henry?"

Old Jason's eyes widened in surprise. After two seconds of silence, he nodded. "Yes."

"The two of them have been very close since they were young.

Henry is a bit older, and he gave all the scholarship money he earned at the swordsman academy to Kalenna to buy a magic wand.

Later, Kalenna gave Henry a magic stone, which was said to be a prize from some competition."

Speaking of his son, the usually taciturn Old Jason couldn't help but say a few more words, a hint of nostalgia in his expression.

"They had a very good relationship, so were they together?"

Yan Yunqing asked.

Old Jason paused, shook his head, and sighed, "That child, Kalenna, is very strong-willed.

In the early years, the village helped her family a lot, and Henry often used the prize money he got from the swordsman academy to help Kalenna."

"Perhaps because of this, even though both children had feelings for each other, Kalenna still wanted to pay everything back before talking about relationships."

"Although I don't care about these things, but..." Old Jason showed a faint smile, "Henry probably likes a strong, hardworking, and kind girl like that."

Yan Yunqing thought of the other key in his backpack, the Primary Mana Awakening Stone, and felt a little melancholic.

"Um... I have one last question to ask."

Yan Yunqing hesitated, "Perhaps this will offend you... Six years ago, Henry left after Kalenna, right?"

Old Jason was puzzled. Mentioning the sad event still made him a little depressed.

He answered Yan Yunqing's question, "Yes, Kalenna was very seriously injured at that time and was on the verge of death.

Henry... Henry wanted to bring Kalenna's body back from the demonic beast, so he was also seriously injured."

Demonic beasts level up by devouring.

They can devour their own kind, and they can also devour other life forms.

A junior mage like Kalenna was a great supplement for a demonic beast.

If it devoured Kalenna, perhaps all the damage Kalenna had done to it before would be negligible, and it could even level up once or twice.

Henry snatching Kalenna back from the demonic beast's mouth was both to prevent Kalenna from being completely devoured by the demonic beast and to prevent the demonic beast from becoming stronger.

"Their relationship was really good," Yan Yunqing said sincerely.

"Whether it was Kalenna, Henry, or the patrol members who died, they were all very brave."

Recalling those young children, Old Jason's eyes became a little moist, shimmering with unshed tears.

"Yes... they were all very brave."

They were the heroes of Sunset Village.

No one asked them to stand up, but just to protect the home behind them, they chose to stand up, to be at the forefront, and to become the hardest shield with their fragile bodies.

Yan Yunqing returned to the blacksmith's shop, helped Old Jason carry Yuli back to her room, took Lilian with him, and went back to their room to sleep like the dead.

When Lilian woke up rubbing her eyes, Yan Yunqing had already been sitting by the window for who knows how long.

"Huh, when did we get back?"

Lilian looked around in a daze, realizing that the surroundings were the room she had been sleeping in for the past few days.

"I remember I was still in Seta City when I fell asleep?"

She flapped her wings and flew to Yan Yunqing's side, landing on his crossed knees.

She found that Yan Yunqing was studying the Awakening Stone he got from Brooke.

"What are you doing?"

Lilian patted Yan Yunqing's knee, bringing back the obviously distracted Yan Yunqing.

"An Awakening Stone? Do you also think this thing is related to what happened six years ago?"

"Hmm?" Yan Yunqing came back to his senses and first answered Lilian's previous question, "We've been back for a while. I brought you back while you were sleeping like a Lulu Pig."

Lilian was dissatisfied, "What do you mean, sleeping like a Lulu Pig!"

"Because you wouldn't wake up no matter how I called you, and you snored louder than a Lulu Pig."

Yan Yunqing smiled and shook the Awakening Stone in his hand.

"As for whether this Awakening Stone is related to what happened six years ago... Hmm, yes and no?"

Lilian frowned, "When did you start speaking in riddles?

Can't you be more direct? Is it or isn't it?"

"You're really an impatient one."

Yan Yunqing sighed, "Not a bit of an elf's gentleness."

Seeing that Lilian's little temper was about to flare up again, Yan Yunqing quickly soothed her, "This thing, to be precise, is not a clue to Adelaide's investigation of Kalenna's death, but something Adelaide was originally planning to give to Kalenna."

"Or rather, something Kalenna asked Adelaide to help find."

Lilian: "Hmm?"

Her train of thought was in a knot for a moment, unable to sort out what Yan Yunqing was saying. "You mean..."

"Remember what we heard at the hunter Lawson's house before?"

Yan Yunqing didn't explain, but asked a question instead.

"Kalenna was able to go to the magic academy all thanks to Lawson's hard work for several years, plus the tuition fees collected from every household in the village."

Lilian also remembered this matter, "Yes, the villagers hoped that after Kalenna finished her studies, she could return to the village to enlighten the children whose magical talent was not enough to enter the academy... Eh?!

An Awakening Stone?"

Yan Yunqing nodded, "Yes, Kalenna never forgot that she was able to go to school because of the kindness of the whole village, so she was always thinking about repaying everyone."

"This Awakening Stone was what Kalenna entrusted Adelaide to find."

"The purpose was to return to the village to perform magic awakening for the children after becoming a junior mage."

That was why Kalenna applied to leave and return to the village immediately after passing the junior mage assessment, to tell everyone the good news.