After I became a real young master, I became famous for my bad behavior

Eric quickly calculated in his head: Ada is in a good mood = shopping = buying food = date?

He was amused by his own calculations.

Ada moved the ice cream in her hand closer to Eric:

"Here, have this. It's milk and mango flavored. I'll have this, milk and vanilla is my favorite flavor - are you sure you want to try it?"

How could Eric resist such enthusiasm? But...

"Did she forget that I don't like desserts?"

But seeing that Ada was still enthusiastic, Eric hesitated and took a bite.

...

"It seems to have a unique flavor..." Eric took the ice cream from Ada with both hands and ate it in small bites.

"It turns out that Eric eats ice cream so elegantly." Ada looked up at Eric's elegant eating style and her face turned red.

"Don't do it again. Eat less cold food in winter." (Eric)

"I know, I'll take you to eat fruit bars later. The fresh fruit slices are skewered and topped with syrup. It's delicious!" (Ada)

"I mean, is there anything that's not too sweet..." (Eric)

...

In his left hand, Eric held a sizzling lamb skewer, and in his right hand, he held a sealed paper bag filled with fresh food that the two of them had packed to take home.

"Girls are really powerful when they go shopping." Eric felt a little haggard inside.

call.

A gust of wind blew and it was indeed a bit cold.

"Eh - if I had known I would have worn more." Ada shivered.

Eric straightened his gray-green cloak and muttered:

"Are you tired? We have been walking around for three hours without realizing it. Do you want me to give you my cloak?"

Ada turned around and gave Eric a look, her golden eyes full of "Are you sure?"

"Never mind. You're so much taller than me, do I have to walk with your cloak on?"

The corner of Eric's mouth twitched, and he lowered his head and glared at Ada.

"but..."

Ada came to her senses and looked around with a puzzled look on her face.

"Where are we going?"

Eric's eyes were full of watching the show - "If I don't follow him, this guy will probably live here."

Then he said coldly: "We should have reached the slums. Fortunately, I bought a map. We might as well go straight back."

Ada nodded: "Okay, we've had enough fun..."

At this time, they heard the crying of a child.

Following the sound, I saw a little boy kneeling in front of a passing merchant, crying for his help:

"Please, save my mother...My mother has that strange disease, who can save her?"

Strange disease?

The two men were confused, so they walked up to ask the helpless businessman and the little boy who was kneeling on the ground crying.

Through the businessman's description, the two learned a cruel fact:

About a month ago, the town of Winter was suddenly attacked by a cursed disease.

But the people here live in isolation, with few people coming and going except for the people inside the magic tower or a few merchants from several nearby territories. And everyone who comes here has undergone a health check to confirm that outsiders are not the source of disease.

So, people speculated that this was a curse from God.

The fact that the cursed disease could be cured by holy power also confirmed people's guess. So they went to the nearby temple to seek help from the priest.

But in order to be dispatched by the priest, one must obtain the consent of the saint.

"They are so dirty, why should we help them?"

Lilibei, sitting on the saint's seat, looked down at the "untouchables" and said with a proud face,

"People from Winter Town... Tsk, it's better if they die. The fewer people there are, the more resources of that land will belong to the temple!"

The people who sought help realized that the saint in front of them only cared about her own interests - the same style as Haines, she was worthy of being the girl raised by Haines!

They went to seek help from the high priest again, but were ruthlessly rejected by him.

The reason is simple:

“Didn’t the Saint Lady say that she didn’t want to waste her precious Saint Power on lowly people like you? Plus, your lives aren’t worth much, so there’s not much reward for saving them.”

"Don't come to us for help unless you pay us!"

However, all the people living here are commoners. Who can afford the exorbitant prices asked by the priests?

After hearing that the people seeking help had no money, the high priest's face became even worse:

"Get them out of here, before they dirty our eyes!"

The priests contacted the Royal Knights and forcibly drove away the people who came to seek help with guns and cannons - under the euphemism of "protecting the rare stars in the empire."

...

People had no choice but to use disease prevention methods to reduce the damage caused by the curse. They could only isolate the sick people in the slums and keep the healthy people in Winter Town.

Although there is a small path between the two places, this trick has been somewhat effective.

But those who are sick have no way to get treatment.

The businessman frowned and sighed:

"I've been here many times and have seen fewer and fewer people getting sick. But there's nothing I can do.

"After hearing all this from them, I can only feel sorry for them..."

After these words were spoken, the two of them lost all interest in eating and drinking. They were both disgusted by the behavior of the fake saint.

But then they thought: Lilibe is going to "lend a helping hand", so they all have to wonder if she is possessed by some evil spirit.

"Wow wow wow..."

The little boy's cry almost sent Eric away:

“That purple-haired Miss Haines is not a saint at all! She only cares about her own reputation and doesn’t care about our lives. She is not worthy of the title of saint!

"Why let such a selfish fool be the saint? Just because she was born in the Haines family? Doesn't our life count as life?!"

The businessman said helplessly: "You'd better stop saying this, so as to avoid getting into trouble with them..."

The two people standing a few steps away looked at each other.

Especially Ada, who really has Haines' blood flowing in her veins, she feels bad inside -

"Has Haines become so rotten from the inside...?"

Her right hand clenched into a fist, trembling in the air:

"Fortunately, I have not been dragged into this storm... otherwise I would... as a true Imperial star, I am ashamed of their behavior!"

Eric sensed Ada's impotent anger, so he stretched out his left hand, slowly took Ada's right hand, and gently squeezed Ada's palm to comfort her:

"It's okay, Ada. Everything's going to be okay."

"Thank you." Ada nodded.

...

After a moment of silence, Ada said to Eric:

"I'm going to save them."

Eric lowered his head to think for a moment, then connected the facts:

Anyway, Ada has holy power, and she has also developed a potion to treat patients - at worst, she can just save herself after getting sick.

"Okay." Eric nodded.

With Eric's support, Ada took a few steps forward and walked in front of the little boy who was still kneeling on the ground.

She bent down slightly and asked the little boy in a low voice:

"Little boy, where is your mother? Can you take us to see her?"