The little female is incredibly sweet and soft, healing the five evil beasts right from the start.

Chapter 52 Butterfly
Separated by a wall.

Jiang Mian:......

The imperial edict was harassed by a woman again.

Jiang Mian sighed softly. Being good-looking is not a mistake; it's those who harbor malice towards things that are beautiful that are the problem.

She silently turned and walked out the door. After exiting, she walked straight to the right, and the place where Zhao Ci and the others had just been was on the left side of the crossroads ahead.

Jiang Mian felt that his presence proved that the imperial edict belonged to a beastman, which would at least make the woman back down. So he walked over without hesitation.

The sky is always gray, and the ground is always stained dark by the damp air, making the whole alley always look damp.

Two enormous purple butterfly wings instantly unfolded, spanning the width of an alley and exceeding the height of a person. Faint golden sand patterns flowed across his wings, appearing and disappearing indistinctly.

The thin, sharp wings of the enormous butterfly trembled slightly, and some powder instantly swept away like a gust of wind towards the people blocking its way.

The five orcs were startled and instinctively tried to retreat, but the faint golden powder had already enveloped them in an instant.

In an instant, the five orcs and the woman fell straight to the ground.

Jiang Mian walked around the corner, paused, and saw this scene.

The slender, tall orc stood calmly in the center of the damp alley, with two enormous, towering purple-gold butterfly wings spread out on either side. Purple-gold patterns were faintly visible on the butterfly wings, occupying the entire alley entrance and Jiang Mian's entire field of vision.

His body seemed to be faintly shimmering with golden powder, making him appear beautiful and enchanting.

Several unconscious, convulsing people lay on the ground in front of him, their fate unknown.

Jiang Mian met those beautiful, purple-gold eyes, gazing at each other from afar.

She paused slightly, and the two stared at each other in silence, as if the air had inexplicably become still.

Jiang Mian broke the deathly silence first: "Hey, the wings are pretty cool, huh?"

A strange glint flashed in Zhao Ci's eyes, and the huge, beautiful butterfly wings behind him instantly shrank, while the surrounding golden, fantastical, and faintly visible powder vanished without a trace.

Jiang Mian's eyes flickered slightly when she saw this. This move even has special effects? These special effects are really quite dazzling.

Her gaze quickly shifted from the imperial edict to the few people on the ground, unaware of their fate.

He's not dead, is he?
Jiang Mian's eyebrows twitched slightly. Zhao Ci had already walked towards her and passed by her like the wind. As he passed by her, he simply said, "Not dead."

Her expression paused for a moment, somewhat surprised by those words.

After all, the reputation of the five future beast lords for their bloodthirstiness had already taken root in her mind.

However, they are still young and not yet the beast lords they will become in the future, so they shouldn't be that brutal.

Actually, that's not the case. The reason why Zhao Ci didn't poison these people to death, but only made them unconscious, is because he was still bound to Jiang Mian. Jiang Mian's life and death were related to his life and death. He couldn't leave Jiang Mian, so it was inconvenient for him to kill them. If he were investigated, it would be very troublesome.

Moreover, the person just now was a human woman. If her healing ability is above level C, she would definitely be protected by this city. He wouldn't rashly kill a human woman without certainty, otherwise he might be subject to city blockade and pursuit.

The imperial edict considered many factors, and poisoning someone to make them unconscious was the safest method.

His plans weren't complete yet, so naturally he couldn't leave the city so quickly. Yes, Zhao Ci was going to leave, and when he decided to leave, he took Jiang Mian unconscious with him.

If he can't break free, then he should take control of the person whose life and death are intertwined with his.

Poisoning Jiang Mian was easy; the real challenge was figuring out how to evade the other orcs and take him away.

Zhao Ci's cold and beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

Jiang Mian followed behind him, and they walked together towards their residence.

Her gaze fell on the clothes behind him, which had just been torn apart by the growing butterfly wings. The entire back of the clothes was ripped apart, and his beautiful back and slender waist were partially revealed by the tattered fabric. Moreover, the small purple-gold butterfly wings were growing right off his beautiful back...

The butterfly's wings had very little gold powder, turning into large patches of deep purple, indicating that it was in a bad mood.

Jiang Mian's eyes flickered. She seemed to have discovered a little-known signal emanating from his butterfly wings: when there was very little gold flecks on his butterfly wings, it meant he was in a bad mood; when there was a lot of gold flecks, it meant he was very happy, like when he was courting. When he was extremely angry, his butterfly wings were completely dark purple, with no trace of gold flecks.

I wonder if Zhao Ci was aware that his little butterfly wings had revealed his feelings so clearly?
“Zhao Ci!” Jiang Mian called out to Zhao Ci in front of her, then smiled and said, “Your little butterfly wings are really beautiful. No wonder every woman who sees you says your little butterfly wings are alluring.”

Jiang Mian could then see with the naked eye that the golden sand on his butterfly wings slowly disappeared.

Jiang Mian's attempt to test the waters proved surprisingly effective; the butterfly wings truly did change according to their owner's mood.

Zhao Ci turned to look at her, his purple-gold quicksand eyes staring intently at her, his beautiful lips moving slightly: "What are you trying to say? Are you saying that I deliberately seduced them just like I deliberately seduced you, shameless yet pretending to be noble?"

Jiang Mian paused for a moment; the original owner of this body had indeed said those words.

Oh no, I'm doomed. Did I accidentally offend someone while trying to test the waters?

"No, no, no." Jiang Mian blushed slightly and quickly tried to cover it up, "That's not what I meant."

That last sentence was indeed meant to provoke the other person, but it was just to confirm my guess, to prove that the other person's butterfly wings really do change in the same way as their owner's mood.

"Then what do you mean?" Zhao Ci sneered.

She deliberately provoked the other person, wasn't she just using this reason to make the other person angry?
Jiang Mian was immediately deflated, feeling like she deserved to die.

She should at least test him when he's happy.

However, Jiang Mian felt that even if he said that the other person's butterfly wings were beautiful, the other person would not be happy, since the other person already disliked her.

The most effective way to test his anger is to do so.

But a mistake is a mistake.

"I'm sorry, I'm resigning from my post." Jiang Mian quickly apologized to him.

Undeniably, Jiang Mian also liked his little butterfly wings; they were very beautiful.

Moreover, it will display more or less flowing gold sand depending on the owner's mood, which is really interesting.

Zhao Ci paused, looking at Jiang Mian, who was sincerely apologizing to him, with a strange expression. His eyes were indeed filled with genuine apology.

This woman actually apologized to him?
(End of this chapter)