Chapter 37: Miserable Qing Lin

Chapter 37: Miserable Qing Lin

--- Chapter 36 ---

Inside the underground prison, a petite girl with braided green hair and emerald-like eyes is lying on the sandy floor. Her oval face was cute and delicate, like a pretty porcelain doll.

She appeared to be eleven or twelve years old, wearing a bedlah(belly dancer suit), which wasn't enough to cover her weak yet malnourished body.

This girl's name is Qing Lin.

She's a slave born from a female human ravished by the snake people, birthed to this world, and suffering from a young age.

Qing Lin has been trapped in this hell hole for years, watching the moon and sun change every. Qing Lin doesn't know how much she hoped someday she'd be free.

"Water..."

"Water..." Qing Lin crawled on the floor, reaching for a jug of dirty water she stole from an oasis nearby.

She drank the water and gulped the mud down her throat, feeling her thirst quenched. It was bitter and dirty, but she couldn't do anything about it.

How long has it been since she drank clean water?

When the female slave called "mother." was alive?

Even so, Qing Lin couldn't remember her mother's face well.

Cough! Cough!

Qing Ling tried to run away a few weeks ago but was "quickly." caught up by the snake people after a day. She was thrown into a hole filled with venomous insects and bitten several times.

Crying won't help because she couldn't even speak.

And then Qing Lin awakened an incredible power.

She could understand and speak with magical beasts, specifically snake-type magical beasts. She finally has a friend named Little Brown, a small sand snake living near her prison cell.

Hiss!

A small sand snake slithered out of the hole and rubbed its little head against Qing Lin's cheek.

"Little brown... How was your day?"

"Hmm? You're doing fine. That sounds great."

"I'm doing great as well, hehe~!" Qing Lin opened her mouth, revealing that precious smile.

The sand snake felt the sadness behind Qing Lin's smile.

"I'm fine."

"My life is always like this."

"I hope it could be better, though. If I could get clean water, tasty food, and comfortable clothes, my life would be happy."

Qing Lin shook her head and added bitterly, "Hmm, What am I talking about? There are no such things in this world..."

"Right?"

BOOOOOOOOM!!

An explosion swept over the entrance of the underground prison, shaking everything. Qing Lin's emerald-like eyes widened in surprise as she told Little Brown to run away.

"Go away. You're not safe here."

'I thought it was a myth?' Qing Lin's will to live ignited once again.

Maybe this time.

Yes, maybe this time, she could live comfortably.

Baek Ain sliced through a massive rock and discovered a muscular snake man. He frowned and pointed his scythe at him.

"Oy, are you the leader of this place?"

The snake-man scowled and screamed, "Human!"

"How dare you invade-!"

Before the snake man can finish his words, Baek Ain has sliced him in half like a vegetable. It was so quick for normal eyes to see.

[Ding! You have killed 9-Rank Dou Master]

"Are you okay?" Baek Ain asked Qing Lin.

Qing Lin smiled a little and replied, "I'm okay."

Even though Qing Lin's voice is small and cute, Baek Ain can sense Qing Lin's dread has lessened by a lot. He patted her back and said, "Let's get out of this place."

"Mm."

...

...

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMM!

Baek Ain used Super Jump and broke the underground prison from the inside. He lifted his right hand and summoned Gnome's beast flame, combusting the fire continuously for a few seconds.

"Burn." He launched a golden fire wave down and swallowed everything in heat.

"Little brown..." Qing Lin worriedly looked at the prison.

"Little brown?"

"My friend, she's a sand snake."

"Oh, you mean this snake." Baek Ain loosened his clothes and released a small sand snake from his sleeve. "This young beast is fighting a snake man outside your prison."

Qing Lin hugged the snake and noticed something wrong, "But little brown doesn't look good..."

"Well, she's tired." Baek Ain chuckled in amusement.

"I see." Qing Lin rubbed the sand snake's head gently.

"Thank you, mister."

"Thank you for saving me."

Baek Ain waved his hand and said, "It's nothing."

"I'm not doing it for you, anyway... It was personal interest."

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