Forced to become a delicate companion of a paranoid lord

The inn was not very lively during the day. There were only a few tables of scattered guests in the restaurant on the first floor of Badby Hotel. The owner Badby was dozing off behind the counter. A group of adventurers were sitting outside the small window rented to the Adventurer's Association for issuing quests, discussing something in a low voice. The whole hotel was in an atmosphere that was not particularly quiet but very harmonious.

At this moment, with a "bang", the door of the hotel was suddenly opened violently. The noise woke up the owner, Badby. He looked in the direction of the sound and found that the person who came in was very aggressive.

The manager of the Colosseum, along with six or seven guards and a magician, broke into the hotel!

Before the boss could ask, the fierce-looking steward walked to the counter and patted the table, saying, "Is there a magician in your hotel who is about this tall, wearing a mask and a misty gray wizard robe? His clothes are not common, and many people have seen him in your store."

"Yes, there is such a guest. May I ask, sir, what are you doing?" Badby rubbed his beard, somewhat confused.

The manager of the Colosseum did not answer his question, but continued to ask him whether the magician was in the inn now.

After Dagambie's repeated warnings, Xie Wei regained some of his sanity and teleported himself back to the inn before his magic power was exhausted.

After returning to the room in the inn, Dagumbi turned back into a ball and rolled to the corner of the room. Shevi lay on the bed with Sal's cloak rolled up, trying to calm his fluctuating emotions.

After a long while, he got up, wiped his face, and used the magic crystal to replenish some of his magic power. He was about to copy the slave contract of the Pallasos and the magic circle on the cage that he saw in the Colosseum, intending to disassemble and analyze them later when someone suddenly knocked on the door.

Xie Wei opened the door and found two familiar faces outside.

The guards of the Colosseum took Xie Wei's money, and originally only the two of them knew about it. After the barrier was destroyed, when the leader asked them to report any abnormalities, the two of them did not intend to give Xie Wei up at first. After all, they said that they had to hand over the money they had taken.

However, the protective barrier of the Colosseum was destroyed in broad daylight. This was the first time such a thing happened. The boss was extremely angry and thought that someone was openly provoking him. This time, he not only conducted a thorough inspection inside the Colosseum, but also brought in all the guards outside for interrogation.

Unable to withstand the manager's questioning, the two of them told the story.

After hearing the description, the steward felt that the noble young master would not be bored enough to do such a thing, but after thinking it over, he decided to come and take a look. He thought that even if he did not gain anything and could not go back to report, it would be good to get some money from this rich young master from outside.

Besides, in Sunset City, as long as they bring the person back to the Colosseum, then whatever the Colosseum says is the truth. If they can't find the saboteurs, then they can just find a fat sheep to slaughter...

Xie Wei looked at the two guards of the Colosseum standing at the door and instantly understood why they were here. He was still wearing a mask on his face and did not reveal too many emotions.

With amber eyes staring coldly at the two people outside the door, Xie Wei asked in a calm tone: "What do you two want to say?"

"Our steward has something to ask you, please move aside..." The guards looked away uncomfortably under the gaze of the young magician, and their words were not as confident as when they were downstairs.

I don't know when Dagambi stood on Xie Wei's shoulder, he leaned over and whispered in Xie Wei's ear.

"You didn't leave any magical elements behind. They won't be able to find anything. Don't be afraid."

Walking past the guard towards the stairs, Xie Wei used detection magic to investigate the situation downstairs as he walked. He found that there was only one magician among the visitors, and the other party's magic power was much lower than his own, so he felt slightly relieved.

Sitting at the long table on the first floor, looking at the manager of the Colosseum as the guards called him, Xie Wei had already judged at the first sight that the manager probably had no evidence to prove that he was the one who destroyed the barrier of the Colosseum, and probably just wanted to blackmail him for some money because he was alone.

Because from beginning to end, the other party's eyes never left the waist bag tied on him.

The innkeeper Badby stood by holding his daughter, looking at the young magician with some worry, while the team of adventurers sitting at the quest window were also paying attention to the situation here.

"Mr. Magician, since you have been wandering around the Colosseum this morning, we have reason to suspect that you attacked our defensive barrier. Although we don't know why you attacked our defensive barrier, you should also know that it is quite troublesome and expensive to repair the defensive barrier."

The magician next to the Colosseum manager said something to Xie Wei, who was sitting across the table, that sounded outrageous to everyone else.

This is not the first or second time that the Colosseum has blackmailed outsiders. After hearing the reason they used for blackmail this time, Boss Badby was speechless, and the adventurer team not far away had an expression of "what are you talking about" on their faces.

Just because he was strolling outside the Colosseum for a while, you said he attacked your defensive barrier? Where is the evidence? You just say it out of your mouth?

Xie Wei imitated the way Thrall usually lied, holding his chin calmly, and said seriously: "I did go to the Colosseum this morning, but I just went to ask when it would open and what fun things were there. Your guards told me, and I gave them money, and then went back to the hotel to rest. What is the basis for your suspicion? Or is there any evidence to prove that I attacked your defensive barrier?"

Perhaps because he was in a bad mood, Xie Wei's expression and tone at this moment were very similar to those of Sal usually.

It was just that due to his height, body shape and soft voice, he did not give people a particularly strong sense of oppression. However, his cold tone and the cold and noble eyes behind the mask made the people on the opposite side hesitate and dared not act rashly.

The manager of the Colosseum frowned and knocked on the table, and the magician continued.

"Then how do you prove that what you said is true? Mr. Magician, if you were just playing a prank, you only need to pay enough money to repair the defensive barrier, and our Colosseum will not hold you responsible. If you can't prove that you were not present when the Colosseum's barrier was destroyed, then you must go back to the Colosseum with us and explain it to our boss in person."

Xie Weixian's long, curled eyelashes moved up and down, quickly concealing the emotions in her eyes.

Thinking of what he saw in the Colosseum, Xie Wei's lips straightened slightly. For the first time, he transcended the sense of order of his previous life and set his moral standards very low.

It was indeed he who blew up the defensive barrier of the Colosseum, but it was impossible for him to admit it, it was impossible for him to pay compensation, and it was even more impossible for him to go back to the Colosseum with them.

Just as Xie Wei was thinking about how to solve the current problem and then find an opportunity to blow up the Colosseum again.

A powerful female voice was heard from the group of adventurers who had been watching from a distance.

"You can't prove that he was the one who attacked the defensive barrier, but I can prove that he was in the hotel when your defensive barrier was attacked."

The demi-human girl with a pair of bear ears carried an axe and walked to Xie Wei despite her companions' obstruction. She put her hand on Xie Wei's shoulder, stood behind him and faced the people in the Colosseum with him.

After she stood next to Xie Wei, her companions also came over one after another.

The innkeeper stroked his beard and then moved to stand behind Xie Wei.

Looking at the stranger adventurers standing beside and behind him, Xie Wei's negative emotions caused by his time in the Colosseum quickly faded away, and another emotion enveloped him like warm running water.

The fingers that were tightly gripping the wand under his cloak loosened. He looked directly at the Colosseum manager opposite him who had a gloomy face, and then looked at the two guards standing behind the manager.

He said softly, "It seems to be a misunderstanding."