Dear, it’s time for your medicine! 132

Chapter 132: Want to Kill Me? You’re Not Worthy! 

Karen was still chewing her food vigorously.

She was hungry.

So very hungry.

It had been days since she last had a proper meal. Her body was weakened by hunger, and the temptation of food overshadowed even her fear of death. Even facing the gleaming spearhead, she still desperately swallowed the food in her mouth.

Her malnourished, slender neck twitched as she struggled to swallow the meat before she died.

Even with her eyes closed, she could still feel the chilling coldness emanating from the spearhead.

Death might be a release, at least she wouldn’t have to suffer in this terrible world anymore. It was okay, it would only be for a moment, and then she wouldn’t feel any pain anymore.

Karen waited for death to arrive, but after a long time, the agonizing pain didn’t come. She opened her eyes with fear and confusion, her body trembling. The sharp spear tip was less than three centimeters from her eyes, so sharp that Karen felt a stinging pain in her eyes.

What was going on?

She didn’t think these noble lords would be so kind as to spare her life.

Her confused gaze followed the spear, and she saw a hand gripping the middle of the spear. No matter how hard the knight tried, the spear wouldn’t budge. It was a tall figure, wearing expensive clothes. He must also be a noble lord.

Under the moonlight, Karen could see the frost on his face.

She wondered why a noble lord would help a dirty commoner like her.

Seemingly noticing her gaze, the man looked at Karen and smiled.

It was a gentle smile. Karen had forgotten how long it had been since anyone had smiled at her.

The knight’s face was flushed red. He seemed very angry, his contorted face making Karen’s hair stand on end. She couldn’t help but worry if the person who saved her would be hurt by the knight.

The knight was furious. Someone actually dared to stop him, a knight, from punishing a commoner?

“Damn it, how dare you stop me, Royal Knight Zahar! I’d like to see who’s so bold…” The knight named Zahar roared, turning his head to look.

However, the moment his eyes landed on that cold face, Zahar’s body trembled violently.

In just a second, he demonstrated what it meant to change faces.

His expression changed from anger to shock, then from shock to flattery. Even Qin Chu admired his face-changing skills.

His originally straight body quickly bent down, and a flattering smile appeared on his face, “Oh, it’s the Hero…”

Hero? Karen continued to chew her food rapidly, looking at the man with curious eyes.

So this was the legendary Hero?

She had heard that the noble lords, in order to fight the ferocious Demon Beasts, had summoned a Second Hero after the First Hero died… But this had nothing to do with commoners.

In Karen’s eyes, living under the rule of nobles and being trampled by Demon Beasts wasn’t much different. It was just a matter of how quickly they died.

“Your name is Zahar, right?” Qin Chu glanced at the bowing knight, “What are you doing?”

“Reporting to the Hero, I’m executing a commoner who attacked a noble,” Zahar immediately reported.

He didn’t think there was anything wrong with his actions. For a commoner to trespass into the noble district was a capital crime, not to mention that she had even kicked him. Adding the crime of attacking a noble, executing her only once was letting her off easy.

Qin Chu ignored Zahar and squatted down, “What’s your name?”

Karen was stunned. She didn’t expect this noble Hero to talk to her. She was momentarily speechless.

A knight beside her, seeing this scene, immediately kicked Karen’s thin body, “Lowly commoner, didn’t you hear the Hero asking you a question? Answer quickly.”

The tip of the knight’s boot was made of metal, very hard. A look of pain appeared on Karen’s face, but she didn’t dare to hesitate. She knew that if she hesitated any longer, there would be even more terrible torment waiting for her. She quickly replied, “My name is Karen!”

Qin Chu smiled gently, “Karen… What a beautiful name.”

After arriving here, Qin Chu recognized her. Karen was the girl he had helped in the first playthrough.

At that time, Qin Chu had just arrived in this world. Seeing Karen searching for food in a dirty trash can, he couldn’t bear it and borrowed a hundred Mana from Loseweisse to give to her, hoping that she could buy some clean food.

But unfortunately, that hundred Mana was quickly stolen. When Qin Chu met Karen again, her legs had even been broken. Because too much time had passed, they couldn’t even be healed with magic. For a long time, she could only crawl on the ground, living on garbage. Coupled with the painful torment, Karen had become extremely weak and emaciated.

Qin Chu originally wanted to adopt Karen, but Loseweisse told him that he was the Hero, and he had more important responsibilities.

There were thousands of people in the Heavenly Continent who were as miserable as Karen, waiting to be saved. He couldn’t focus all his energy on her. Only by completely eliminating the Demon Beasts could he end the tragedy.

In the end, Qin Chu prepared a wheelchair for Karen and hired someone to take care of her.

When he was executed, only Karen was still defending him. She was eventually killed by Nikles, the patrol captain.

The past scenes flashed through his mind. Qin Chu suddenly reached out and picked Karen up from the cold stone slab. This action made Karen panic, her body instinctively struggling slightly. She was very dirty, covered in filth. If she dirtied the Hero’s clothes, she couldn’t afford to compensate him.

This scene made all the surrounding knights frown, exchanging looks of disdain.

To them, commoners weren’t even considered human.

Contacting a commoner was a humiliation to the upper class, let alone picking one up like Qin Chu did.

Sensing the gazes around him, Qin Chu didn’t care. His eyes swept over Karen’s body. Her right leg was unnaturally twisted, and there were scratches on her knees, ankles, arms, and other parts of her body.

“How did this happen?”

Karen averted her gaze, murmuring softly, “I… I fell when I climbed over the dividing wall…”

A ten-meter-high dividing wall! How hungry must Karen have been to climb over the wall, sneak into the noble district, and search for food in the trash cans?

It must have been very painful when her knee was broken, right?

Qin Chu could easily imagine Karen dragging her injured body, struggling to crawl towards the trash can on the cold stone slabs. The scratches on her body were probably left like this.

Without saying anything more, Qin Chu placed his hand on Karen’s wounds.

“Holy Light!”

A gentle white light spread out from Qin Chu’s palm, enveloping Karen’s small body. The wounds on her body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Holy Light wasn’t just for illumination. It was the most basic healing magic of the Holy See, and its effect was quite good.

In a short time, Karen was surprised to find that her wounds had almost completely healed, and the stinging pain that had numbed her body was gone.

She shook her head from side to side, looking very cute.

“Hero, with all due respect, contacting such a person is an insult to your dignity,” Zahar frowned, advising him with seemingly good intentions, “Let alone wasting your precious Mana on such a person.”

He didn’t care about Qin Chu’s dignity, but Qin Chu, like him, was a member of the upper class. Qin Chu’s actions also made him lose face.

Zahar wasn’t stupid. He could see that Qin Chu seemed to want to protect this girl, which made him very dissatisfied. After all, she had kicked him and was supposed to be executed by him.

If he couldn’t execute Karen, then he, Zahar, would become a laughingstock among his colleagues and the upper class.

Qin Chu’s expression turned icy cold as he glanced at Zahar, “Shut up.”

The cold voice made Zahar’s breath hitch, and a surge of resentment rose in his heart. I kindly reminded you, but you didn’t take it to heart. Just wait to be laughed at… This damned otherworlder really didn’t understand etiquette, he had no noble demeanor at all.

When he turned to Karen, Qin Chu’s voice became gentle again, “Karen, where are your parents?”

“They died in the battle against the Demon Beasts,” Karen said quietly, her tone flat, seemingly without much sadness.

The torment of hunger had left her no time to grieve. Every day, just struggling to survive had exhausted all her energy.

Qin Chu’s gaze shifted to Zahar, “Zahar, her parents, like you, were soldiers…”

Zahar curled his lips mockingly. He even interrupted the Hero, “Hero, I’m sorry, but please be careful with your words. Although we are all soldiers, I am a knight. We are different.”

That’s right, they were knights, nobles.

Karen’s parents were just commoners.

In the war against the Demon Beasts, Karen’s parents were just cannon fodder at the forefront, fundamentally different from knights like Zahar. Zahar didn’t even need to go to the front lines to fight the Demon Beasts, he just had to patrol the noble district of the Imperial City.

Although he had long known the rules of this world, Qin Chu still couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger in his heart. It was too uncomfortable to suppress this anger in his chest.

But the angrier he was, the calmer his expression became. His face was gentle, without a trace of killing intent.

Zahar didn’t know what Qin Chu was feeling. He saw that Qin Chu was even smiling, thinking that the Hero had taken his words to heart. It seemed that this otherworlder wasn’t completely hopeless. He decided to give the Hero a good lesson on etiquette, to let him know the rules of high society.

“Hero, with all due respect, the title of Hero is extremely noble in the Heavenly Continent, so you must have the etiquette of a Hero… First and foremost, you can’t casually interact with those below you…”

Zahar’s nagging annoyed Qin Chu.

High society?

Was Augustus considered high society?

Was Saint Monique considered high society?

Was Wadsworth considered high society?

But even someone with Wadsworth’s status could still chat with Qin Chu on the street, putting his arm around his shoulder and addressing him as a brother. Was Wadsworth’s status not noble enough? Did Wadsworth not know about noble etiquette?

Suddenly, Qin Chu understood Zahar’s psychology.

Perhaps only the lowest-ranking nobles like Zahar needed this so-called etiquette and dignity to maintain their pathetic and fragile pride.

“Karen, can you close your eyes? It will only be for a moment. I need to clean up some trash,” Qin Chu suddenly said to Karen gently.

This girl, who was willing to speak up for him after he was executed, held a different meaning for Qin Chu.

Karen nodded obediently and closed her eyes.

Qin Chu used his Mana to block Karen’s hearing.

The next second, Qin Chu’s eyes turned silver-white, as if silver flames were dancing within them. His cold gaze swept over them, and Zahar’s incessant chatter instantly stopped. He felt an indescribable pressure, his heart clenching in pain.

His face contorted in pain.

A whimper like a wounded dog escaped his throat.

Not only Zahar, but the other three knights also had the same reaction. They didn’t understand what was happening at all.

At this moment, they heard Qin Chu’s indifferent, emotionless voice.

“Perhaps there’s a difference in status between you and Karen’s parents… You said you are different…”

“But you have to admit, there’s one thing you have in common!”

“That is… you only have one life.”

“Want to try it? See if your status as a knight can give you an extra life?”

At this moment, Zahar and the others finally understood that the pain they were experiencing was caused by the Hero. They opened their mouths, seemingly wanting to scream, but they couldn’t make a sound.

Before their terrified eyes, Qin Chu’s Battle Qi instantly transformed into silver flames, erupting forward with a hum.

An excruciating pain swept over them, and Zahar’s consciousness instantly vanished, their souls disintegrating into nothingness in the silver flames.

A variant of Star Flame Battle Qi, far more powerful than Ekaterina’s original version.

Qin Chu didn’t even use any martial skills, just releasing his Battle Qi was enough to make these so-called knights unbearable.

Karen’s eyelids trembled. After a long time, she finally opened her eyes. The four ferocious knights in front of her had disappeared, only some ashes remained in the air.

“Where are those four knights?” Karen asked cautiously.

“They left in shame after realizing their mistake,” Qin Chu shrugged and said lightly, then placed Karen on the ground, “Karen is very well-behaved, right? Can you continue to close your eyes? This time it might take a little longer. Can you open your eyes only when I tell you to?”

Karen nodded vigorously and closed her eyes tightly.

Qin Chu exhaled, blocking Karen’s hearing, and looked around. The streetlights could only illuminate the road beneath his feet, and the sides of the road were shrouded in darkness.

“Come out.”

He said this out of the blue.

A few seconds later, rustling sounds came from the shadows on both sides of the road. The next second, figures dressed in black, with their faces covered, the standard villain attire, appeared around Qin Chu.

Thirteen auras, thirteen assassins, their auras around level 60, not bad.

Because he now had Violet, this powerful companion, by his side, and because he had also displayed considerable strength, Qin Chu had a bit more freedom of movement and no longer needed to be surrounded by a large number of guards at all times.

But he didn’t expect to encounter so many assassins on the first day without guards.

Qin Chu seemed a little sleepy. He yawned and glanced at the leader in front of him. This guy was the strongest, probably around level 65.

In the Heavenly Continent, he was already considered a high-level expert.

“It was that idiot Lance who sent you, right?”

“It seems I overestimated that waste. I thought he would have some patience.”

Qin Chu’s words clearly angered the assassins. They were Lance’s loyal followers. In their hearts, His Highness Lance was their only god. They didn’t believe in the Goddess of Holy Light, nor the Earth Mother Goddess. Lance was their only faith.

This kind of training method could ensure the loyalty of these followers, but it also had another disadvantage: they were easily angered when their faith was insulted.

The assassins’ eyes turned blood red, and they drew their weapons with a whoosh. Under the moonlight, their sharp blades gleamed with a chilling light.

“Qin Chu, don’t think you can do whatever you want just because you’re the Hero. Today is your death day.”

Perhaps because there was no one else around, Qin Chu didn’t need to pretend to be weak.

He grinned, a mocking smile on his face, “Want to kill me? Just you? You’re not worthy!”