Dear, it’s time for your medicine! 131

Chapter 131: A Filthy World

Qin Chu couldn’t refuse a beautiful woman’s request.

After all, Athena was already drunk. If he left her here, it would be terrible if someone with ill intentions took advantage of her beauty and figure.

Just thinking about that scene was terrifying.

As a gentleman, Qin Chu couldn’t bear to see Athena in such danger, especially since he was the one who invited her to dinner. If anything happened to her, he would feel extremely guilty.

Therefore, both reason and emotion dictated that Qin Chu had to protect Athena’s safety.

Looking at Athena’s flushed cheeks, Qin Chu stood up and wiped his mouth with a napkin, “Of course, beautiful lady, this is my duty…”

He waved to the waiter, paid the bill, and arranged for a comfortable room.

Qin Chu completely ignored the waiter’s ambiguous look. He was only doing this for Athena’s safety, not for any filthy reasons like the waiter thought.

He was a good person.

Athena seemed to be really drunk. Her voluptuous body swayed, and she seemed unable to stand steadily. Half of her body leaned against Qin Chu as he supported her.

At this moment, Qin Chu kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, like a true gentleman.

His upright behavior even made the blushing Athena a little confused. Was this really Qin Chu? Based on her understanding of him, he shouldn’t be like this.

She was already being so obvious, but this guy didn’t react at all?

Could it be that she was even less attractive than Angelica, the bar owner, or even that rough gorilla Ekaterina?

She could lose to anyone, but losing to Ekaterina was something Athena couldn’t accept!

The door creaked open, and Athena shivered.

“Miss Athena, please rest well. I’ll be going now.”

After escorting Athena to the door, Qin Chu didn’t enter the room. As a gentleman, he couldn’t casually enter a lady’s room.

As Qin Chu turned to leave, a small, fair hand grabbed his wrist.

Athena knew what was going to happen next.

It was precisely because she knew that she was even more afraid. A wave of regret surged in her heart, and she had the urge to run out of the room…

She was scared, she was terrified…

This person wasn’t Jie Luo, he was Qin Chu.

Her fingers clenched tightly, suppressing the fear in her heart with great willpower. She knew she couldn’t escape. Once she ran away, Lord Jie Luo’s resurrection would become a distant dream.

The soul fragment was already cracked. She had to help Lord Jie Luo recover as soon as possible.

Endure, she had to endure. As long as she endured for a while, the nightmare would be over.

…

Athena didn’t even have the strength to speak.

After tidying up his clothes, Qin Chu picked up Jie Luo’s soul fragment from the bedside table and put it back into his storage ring.

It was already late at night.

The air was a little cold.

Walking on the deserted street, the night breeze blowing, Qin Chu felt refreshed.

Thinking of Athena, a mocking smile appeared on Qin Chu’s lips. This woman probably still thought she was sacrificing for Jie Luo and was moved by her own actions, right?

Assuming she still had the ability to think.

The lust in his chest had been vented, leaving behind a sense of emptiness.

Gazing at the hazy city under the night sky, Qin Chu narrowed his eyes slightly. What would this city become in the near future?

Ruined walls, corpses everywhere, rivers of blood?

He didn’t know. He had once given everything for this city, for this continent. He had shed blood and sweat countless times, walking on the edge of life and death, but he hadn’t received any kindness from this world. This rotten world repaid him with deadly poison and swords.

Tap… Tap…

Only Qin Chu’s footsteps echoed on the silent street.

“Shaye, we’re on the right path, right?” Qin Chu asked abruptly. Only in front of Shaye and Anthea would he remove his thick disguise and reveal his true self, a side that he didn’t even show to Angelica… His true self… and his weakness.

This was a rare moment of relaxation, precious to Qin Chu.

Shaye’s figure emerged from behind him, her slender arms wrapping around his neck, hanging on his back like a koala as always.

She didn’t answer Qin Chu’s question, but gently caressed his cheek with her slender hand. After a few seconds, her voice entered his ears, “What is right, and what is wrong?”

Shaye knew every thought in Qin Chu’s mind.

“What is your ideal world like? Do you want to destroy this world, or do you want to rebuild it into the ideal world in your heart?”

“It’s easier to just destroy it,” Anthea’s figure also appeared, sitting on Qin Chu’s shoulder, her slender legs dangling against his chest. Hearing Shaye’s question, she gave a straightforward answer.

In Anthea’s eyes, this world didn’t seem to need saving. Although her memories hadn’t returned, she subconsciously harbored ill will towards the Auville Empire.

Qin Chu tilted his head and thought for a moment. This rotten world, even without the Demon Beasts, was still shrouded in gloom and darkness. The humanity here was already twisted, the souls already rotten.

The royalty and nobles were filthy and depraved, the clerics spread false and distorted beliefs, and the commoners were ignorant, numb, and indifferent…

Thinking back, although Loseweisse had made many arrangements in the first playthrough, using the power of the media in her hands to ruin his reputation, those commoners might be easily swayed… But was there really no one who could see that it was a false accusation against him?

Were the people really that stupid?

No… There must have been people who could see the truth.

But they didn’t care.

The Demon King had been killed, the Dark Witch was sealed, and the remaining Demon Beasts were driven back to the abyss. Even if those Demon Beasts could climb out of the abyss, without the Witch, the Demon King, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Seventeen Generals, how much of a threat could the Demon Beast army pose?

Relying on the Imperial Army, the Holy Knights, and the Earth Knights, they could easily repel and slaughter the leaderless Demon Beast army.

Humans no longer needed the Hero, so why would they risk offending those in power to speak up for the Hero?

Moreover, the Hero was just an outsider. What did it matter to them if he died?

Perhaps during the divine war a thousand years ago, when the gods perished, this world had already lost its guidance. Evil had already engulfed the entire world.

The members of the Hero Squad, Saint Monique, Augustus, Wadsworth… those big shots were the culprits, and those ordinary nobles and commoners were also accomplices.

It wasn’t just Loseweisse and the others who had truly murdered him, but almost everyone in this world… They all bore the sin.

A single spark can start a prairie fire… But that was on a grassland.

If it was on a vast glacier, that spark would be instantly extinguished.

In this world, conscience would be corrupted by evil at the fastest speed.

“Indeed, as Anthea said, compared to guiding this world back on track, it’s easier to just destroy it,” Qin Chu nodded, agreeing with Anthea’s answer.

“So, there’s no need to be confused. Just follow your heart,” Shaye said slowly, like a life mentor.

Qin Chu smiled self-deprecatingly. Was this the kind of thinking that came after a moment of passion?

Suddenly, he heard a commotion coming from the street ahead, along with a few struggling figures. Four of them were guards on night patrol, and the other was a dirty girl struggling desperately.

Qin Chu frowned slightly and quickened his pace. As he got closer, he finally saw the thin figure, desperately clutching a piece of steak that a noble had thrown in the trash can, shoving it into her mouth with her dirty hands.

Food discarded by nobles was a delicacy that people in the commoner district couldn’t even dream of during festivals.

Several soldiers were dragging the girl on the ground. For these soldiers, it was dereliction of duty to let people from the commoner district cross the dividing wall and enter the noble district. They had to drive this girl away as soon as possible.

The place where nobles lived would be defiled if trampled by commoners.

The girl’s legs were kicking wildly, her shoes had fallen off. Perhaps… she hadn’t worn shoes for a long time?

Shoes were probably a luxury for her.

Her clothes were tattered, they couldn’t even be called clothes, just a few ragged pieces of cloth, revealing her dark, dirty skin and the bones clearly visible beneath it.

Emaciated, that was the best word to describe this girl.

One of her legs was unnaturally twisted, her knee a mess of torn flesh and blood, even the white bone could be seen.

At this moment, the girl accidentally kicked a guard’s leg while struggling. Seeing the clear footprint on his shiny armor, the knight felt deeply humiliated.

“Lowly trash, you dared to dirty my armor!” The knight’s face instantly became extremely distorted and ferocious, like a ferocious beast.

He was a noble knight, a noble. To be touched by such a lowly commoner was an insult. She wasn’t even worthy of kneeling down and licking his boots.

This kind of lowly creature didn’t deserve to live in this world.

And now, she even dared to kick him.

A twisted, cruel smile appeared on the knight’s face. He raised his spear high, “Those who attack nobles, death!”

Knights were also nobles.

And this girl kicking him was clearly an attack on a noble. He had ample reason to execute her.

Under the moonlight, the spearhead gleamed coldly.

The girl’s eyes were filled with fear. She knew what she was about to face. She trembled with fear, but her mouth still chewed desperately, seemingly trying to swallow the remaining food.

It was a delicacy she had never tasted before.

The spear suddenly thrust downwards, “Die, trash!”

The sharp spearhead, gleaming with cold light, descended rapidly!