I became a cannon fodder villain. If I want to survive, I must take care of my baby first.

After practicing dance with Luo Shiqi as usual that day, Manzhu Shahua was about to go back to her room to wipe the sweat off her face, but she received a letter from Belinda.

It said that she and Olivia had begun closing in to strangle the Peters family, and a group of people led by Donna realized something was wrong and kicked Belinda out of the core of the slave trade.

However, they discovered it too late. Facing the double attack from both inside and outside, Donna's forces were defeated. All the previous backup plans came into play at this moment, and all the losers were sent to prison without exception.

His Majesty the King was furious when he learned the truth and immediately executed these arrogant nobles who openly defied the laws of the Kingdom of Aslan.

The remaining remnants, including Donna and my aunt, are powerless to turn the tide and are on the run.

Everything was going in the right direction. The only problem was that although the Peters family was divided into two factions, they were inseparable as a whole.

After His Majesty the King has dealt with the first batch of criminals, he will also need to investigate Olivia’s personnel, including herself.

The letter said that Belinda and Olivia needed time to prove that they were not involved in any activities related to the slave trade because they had created the illusion of prosperity for the Peters family in advance.

If they had been prepared to sacrifice innocent civilians at the beginning of the battle plan, they would have been able to easily and beautifully defeat Donna's faction afterwards without being suspected.

However, Olivia, as the heroine, and Belinda, who has a close relationship with Marianne, will definitely not allow this to happen.

As for Manjushage, she is a cannon fodder villain and must not do bad things, otherwise God knows what kind of trouble she will get herself into.

If possible, she hoped to leave the next matters entirely to these two people, but there was one thing that could not be easily ignored.

A strong aura of dark magic remained on the envelope.

There was no mention of this in the letter, so it was probably not something Belinda and Olivia did intentionally.

Moreover, this power was unexpectedly familiar to Manjushage, and it was emitting the aura of "I'm causing trouble, come and catch me" everywhere. There was no doubt that it was the work of Grusel, a national-level felon.

After putting down the envelope, Manjushage broke out in a cold sweat.

Her previous intuition was correct, Grusel was indeed paying attention to this matter.

And her act of only tampering with the envelope seemed to prove to Manjushage that she had not taken any action at the moment, otherwise Olivia and Belinda would have met with an accident long ago.

As for why she wanted to provoke, Manjushage knew it with her toes. It was definitely to make her meet at least one of these two people.

Otherwise, God knows what terrible things that crazy woman would do.

This clearly gives you two options: go or have to go.

Although the result is the same, the feeling of being manipulated is quite unpleasant.

"I'm going out for a while and will be back soon." After saying hello to Korra, Manjushage was about to leave, but Doyle and Luo Shiqi came over at this time.

"Are you alone?" Doyle's face was full of confusion.

When ordinary nobles travel, they have at least a dozen entourages, not to mention a sedan chair carried by eight people. How come his sister, who has been a stay-at-home for a lifetime, never has any entourage when she goes out?

"Olivia is in some trouble. The other party is a master of dark magic. If other people follow her, they will easily be discovered." Manjushage said.

"Is that troublemaker called Ilivia Grusser?" Doyle looked at him as if he was a fool. "I say, do you know who that guy is? You can't catch him by yourself, and you might get into trouble yourself."

Manjushage raised her eyebrows: "I'm surprised you know so much."

Although he looks heartless all day long, his intuition is surprisingly accurate.

I guess he must have done a lot of research, otherwise it wouldn't be so easy to guess.

"Oh, it's just hearsay - no, what I mean is, even if it is related to Grusel, there is no need to catch her. It is always better to take a few more people with you." Doyle said solemnly.

"Don't you need to take me with you?" Luo Shiqi looked very worried.

The last time Lycoris was suddenly teleported away, he was really scared. If something happened again, he would probably go crazy.

"Even if we can't catch her, we have to at least find her." Manjushage shook her head, her tone gentle but her eyes firm.

She had a premonition that if she didn't do something, she would probably be like those nobles targeted by Grusel, falling into a trap without knowing it, and in the end, she would be unable to do anything but struggle in the quagmire.

"And..." Manjushage hesitated.

I don’t want to rely too much on Luo Shiqi.

The recent time together made Manzhu Shahua realize that she was too weak. She sealed her own memories, needed Luo Shiqi's company when she had nightmares, and even had to ask him for help with small things like choosing clothes.

Although these cannot be said to be bad things, she herself even hopes to have a closer relationship with Luo Shiqi.

But if they were separated, they would lose the ability to protect themselves.

At least before she is truly capable of dealing with danger, Manjushage doesn't want to rely on Luo Shiqi for everything.

"You are too conspicuous. Both your appearance and your magic power easily attract attention." Manjushage patted Luo Shiqi's shoulder, trying to convince him with this reason.

"Well... I'm trying." Luo Shiqi looked quite frustrated.

I thought I would finally be able to help Manjushage without having to cause trouble for her like before, but in the end, I still couldn't get her complete trust.

"Well, I believe you." Manjusaka stood on tiptoe and touched his silver hair.

One day, I will rely on you without any scruples, but not now.

After saying that, Manzhu Shahua turned and left, but Luo Shiqi grabbed her hand: "Wait, before that, let me confirm it."

"Confirm what--" Just as Manjushage was confused, Luo Shiqi's large palm brushed away the hair in front of her forehead, and then put his forehead close to hers, the distance was closer than ever before.

There was a blazing light flickering between their foreheads, and a warm aura spread throughout their bodies.

"As long as this mark is here, no matter where you are, as long as you need me, I will rush over the first time." Feeling the presence of the mark, he smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Yeah." Thinking of the night when the mark appeared, Manjushage had just woken up from a nightmare, and it was Luo Shiqi who appeared in time and brought her warmth.

Even now, my heart feels warm.

"Ahem, I'm still here." Faced with the two people showing off their affection without any restraint, Doyle interrupted mercilessly.

The two of them separated quickly, each blushing like innocent girls.

Although I really want to make some jokes to liven up the atmosphere, now is obviously not the time to do that.

"Take the amulet your mother gave you, at least to ensure your own safety." Doyle said seriously.

The amulet left by Kikyo is a real artifact. It has protected her daughter for twenty years. Even if she encounters difficulties in the future, it will definitely keep her safe.

"Yeah." Lycoris radiata nodded.

This amulet is said to be a divine artifact, but in fact, from the appearance, it is just a tassel woven with knots.

If I couldn't feel the warm magic on it, it would be hard to imagine that this was actually a divine artifact.

This also proves in some ways that the power of a divine weapon is not only in its powerful offensiveness.

Otherwise, someone like her who would be half-dead after having a nightmare would probably have died long ago.

After putting away the ears of corn, Lycoris radiata got on the carriage and headed towards the Peters' house.

As a result, not long after they walked out, the carriage shook violently. Manjushage quickly steadied herself, pulled open the curtain and asked the coachman, "What's going on?"

"Well, it looks like there's someone lying on the side of the road." The driver looked very frightened, as if he had seen a ghost in the middle of the night.

After getting off the carriage to check, Manjushage found a man covered in mud lying on the ground, who seemed to have fainted.

She raised her knife and slashed, immediately bleeding the man to help him recover his strength.

"Where is this?" The thin man asked, and the first thing he did after waking up was to figure out where he was.

"Tasso City. It's so cold, you will freeze to death if you lie on the roadside like this." said Manjushage.

It's coldest when the ice and snow melt. If this guy keeps lying like this, he'll most likely lose his life.

"Sorry, I just got out and I'm not very familiar with life outside." The thin man looked very weak and he was gasping for breath every time he spoke.

"Come out? From where?" Looking at his disheveled appearance, he couldn't have just escaped from somewhere.

"It seems like a prison? Or it seems like a lake, I can't remember." The embarrassed man pointed in a certain direction subconsciously.

Everything else would be fine. Manjusaka is not a master of geography and cannot know the terrain of Tasso City clearly, but in the direction he pointed, there really is a very conspicuous lake.

"Mirror Lake?" Her tone was very surprised.