Chapter 279 Severe punishment without mercy

After hearing what Cai'er said, Xingyuan also showed a look of understanding on his face.

He didn't ask Cai'er why she kept asking him to help her do her hair these days even though she already knew how to do it.

Because he knew that for Cai'er, the meaning of the hair he did for her was different from that of her doing it herself.

Seeing that Xingyuan stopped talking and just watched quietly by the side without taking advantage of the situation to tease her, Cai'er looked at him with some surprise.

However, she quickly realized that they both had other things to do and could not continue wasting time like this.

Thinking of this, Cai'er gently pulled down the hood covering Sakuya's head, revealing her slightly rough and messy blue hair.

"elder sister……"

Sakuya lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly, and it seemed that she was regretting not washing her hair yesterday.

"It's okay."

Cai'er patted her shoulder. Her voice and actions seemed to have a magical power that could make people feel at ease, and instantly stopped Sakuya's trembling thin body.

Cai'er's movements were quick and skillful. In just a short while, she had done Sakuya's hair, and her hairstyle was exactly the same as her own.

"Thank you, thank you sister."

Sakuya, who had just finished doing her hair, looked as if she had been pardoned. She was a little at a loss. She couldn't even hold the small bronze mirror that Cai'er handed to her, and she didn't even have time to take a look at her current hairstyle.

"No need to act so restrained."

Cai'er didn't seem to expect that the child's stress reaction would be so strong. For a moment, she acted like a kid who was only a few years older than her and was at a loss.

Moreover, because Sakuya's own cultivation is still too low and her physical fitness is just at the level of an ordinary person, Cai'er cannot inject pure purifying power into her body to relieve her anxiety as she does with other people, for fear that her body cannot bear it.

Fortunately, Xingyuan stood up at this time and cast a heart-clearing spell on her.

"Sister treats you so well because she likes you. You don't have to be afraid."

Perhaps it is because Xingyuan exudes a more approachable temperament than Caier, especially when he has a smile on his face, he does not give people the feeling of being superior like Caier.

Sakuya was obviously calmer, but this made Cai'er feel frustrated. She felt that she was inferior to Xingyuan in everything and could even scare a little girl to tears when she was just doing her hair.

"Xiaosaki? Is it okay to call me that?"

Xingyuan didn't expect that he could easily gain the child's confidence and make him stop being wary of himself with just a few words.

Of course, to a large extent, it was because he was the first customer to commission her to make something since she became a weaponsmith, and it was because he gave her a chance to become a disciple of the legendary weaponsmith Master Ornn.

"O-Ok, sure, brother."

Sakuya replied in a low voice, a little embarrassed, and then seemed to realize that Cai'er was still beside her, and quickly added: "And you can call me that, too."

"Ah."

Cai'er forced a smile.

Xingyuan had no way to deal with this. After all, for Caier, how to get along with children properly was a bigger challenge than crossing levels.

"Then Xiaosaki..." Xingyuan took her little hand, and before she could react, he pushed up the sleeve of her magician's robe, revealing her forearm with some bruises and blood clots.

Although Xingyuan had been preparing for a while, he still spoke in a tone that frightened her, "Can you tell me, brother, which beasts attacked you?"

Cai'er's face suddenly turned grim when she heard that, and she remembered why the two of them were angry before they even reached Sakuya's stall.

Sakuya didn't know if it was her own illusion, but after her brother asked this question, the temperature of this small commercial street seemed to drop sharply by several degrees...

"Brother, Sakuya doesn't know what you are talking about."

Sakuya pulled her hand away from Xingyuan's hand with an evasive look, and then quickly rolled up her sleeves again, covering even her fingers.

"No, no one bullied Sakuya. I hurt myself accidentally..."

Not convincing at all...

Xingyuan didn't even need to ask Cai'er to tell that Sakuya was not telling the truth.

But since the other party was unwilling to say, Xingyuan didn't want to continue asking, so he changed his mind and took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Then Xiaosaki, can you tell my brother if those people are all on this commercial street?"

"……I."

When Sakuya saw that she could no longer hide the truth from the other party, she fell into deep distress and finally squeezed out the two words "no".

However, what she didn't expect was that the sister who looked like a noble lady couldn't tell whether she was a professional like them.

After hearing her answer, he actually said to Xingyuan: "It's all here."

"Ok?"

Sakuya was completely stunned.

But before she could say anything, she saw Xingyuan pressing his hand towards her and said to her, "Xiaosaki, you don't have to show up. Just let your brother and sister handle this matter."

After saying that, he also took Cai'er away from Sakuya's stall and walked towards the stall owner who was closest to her position and whose face didn't look like a good person.

As the most distinguished guest in this commercial street with the highest-level badge on the chest of his magician robe, Xingyuan's every move naturally touches the hearts of many people here.

Especially those who were guilty and stole the extra alchemical materials he gave to Sakuya after he and Cai'er left a few days ago.

In fact, Xingyuan was partly responsible for this result. He violated the cardinal rule of not showing off his wealth in public.

However, he did not expect that these magicians, whose average cultivation level was only third level, would be so bold that they would even dare to steal the things of him, a sixth level magician.

If it weren't for the fact that Sakuya was taken advantage of by these guys for some reason, Xingyuan wouldn't be so angry.

Noticing that the great magician Xingyuan looked aggressive after talking to the little brat, some people put away the things in front of them and planned to escape.

It’s a pity that Xingyuan has used his own ability to create a high brick wall at the entrance and exit of this commercial street to seal it off. From the outside, it seems as if such a commercial street has never existed here.

So those guys who wanted to run away not only failed to run away smoothly, but were also caught by the giant hand that stretched out from the brick wall and hung on the wall. (End of this chapter)