CH 62.1

Exploding Potion (1)

According to Anna’s current understanding of the demon, if he found out that there was a man hiding in her room—although the male was only a teenager, he couldn’t be called a man at all, in her opinion—he would definitely be mad.

After all, she had told him before that they would start as friends and get to know each other, which was telling him that he had a chance, and the positive feedback she gave him during this time would make him think that he had a great chance.

And when he was full of hope, suddenly finding out that she was hiding a “man” at home from him… Would he think that everything she said before was lies and that she was just being perfunctory to him?

Whether he would kill her or Abel or both would depend on whether her soul was important enough…

Of course Anna wouldn’t sit still and await death; she secretly glanced over at the demon. He was looking over to the attic, and obviously noticed the movement made by Abel—the hope she had  that by some miracle, he wouldn’t see Abel was in vain.

However, his expression at the moment was not angry, just a little bit of vigilance and doubt.

Speaking of which, the demon probably has never followed her home before, otherwise he would have likely discovered the existence of Abel long ago. So then, the way he found out her address was most probably through the application form she handed in during the test the day she arrived at the Association. He had possessed a staff member and must have seen the address she had written.

She remembered very clearly that she only filled in the address of Givina’s house, not that she lived in the attic.

So, why not pretend that she didn’t live in the attic?

Anna felt that her mind had never moved so fast before. She walked straight to the door without looking sideways, knocked on the door, and after a short while the door opened a crack. Once Givina, who was inside, saw that it was Anna, she hurriedly opened the door  wide with a smile on her face. Just as she was about to speak, Anna spoke up first.

“Givina, is there anything else to eat? I went to a banquet tonight, but something bad happened, and I didn’t eat very well. I’m so hungry now.”

Givina originally wanted to ask Anna what the matter was seeing that it was so late. When she heard her words, Givina immediately laughed: “I made some pancakes today. If Mage Anna doesn’t mind, you can warm some up to eat.”

“Great, how could I mind it!” Anna smiled, “I’ll close the door.”

Givina didn’t think much about it at all, and went to the kitchen to bring out the pancakes she had just made today. On the other side, Anna turned around and waved to the demon who was still standing beside the carriage, and closed the door without a hint of guilt.

Anna let out a small breath.

It was dark, and Abel had hid quite well before; she only saw a dark shadow.

An ordinary tenant who lived in the attic heard some movement outside, looked out and found that it was not anyone strange, so he went back to sleep immediately—this inference was reasonable, right?

Anna was a little worried that the demon would use a detection technique, so she didn’t dare to stay at the door too much, but followed Givina into the kitchen normally.

“Sorry, I have to trouble you to start the fire again.” Anna said embarrassedly, and took the initiative to walk over to start the fire. The flames on her fingertips lit up, and the hearth was on fire.

Givina hurriedly smiled and said, “It’s no trouble, isn’t there you, Mage Anna, helping?”

Anna sat with Givina in the kitchen for a while, listening to Givina talk about what gossip happened in the city. Her body was here, but her mind flew outside.

It had been so long, the demon was probably gone by now, right?

The pancakes were quickly heated up. Anna took two hot pancakes. When she walked out of the kitchen, Givina’s grandson, Gore, came out sleepily. When he saw Anna, he obediently greeted her: “Hello, Mage Anna!”

Anna rubbed Gore’s head with her empty hand: “I’m sorry, I woke you up.”

Gore shook his head. Because he was drowsy, his speech was unclear: “Mage Anna didn’t wake me up, I woke up by myself.”

Anna smiled, suddenly remembered something. She took out a silver coin and gave it to Givina and said, “This is next month’s rent.”

Although Anna had been living separated from them for nearly a month, and she often left early and returned late, and had little contact with them as a result, these few interactions gave Givina a general understanding of Anna’s character, so she was not courteous with her. She accepted the rent happily, and warmly invited Anna to come and eat often as she sent Anna out.

When Anna opened the door, she quickly glanced outside. She had already made several plans in her heart. Seeing that the outside was empty, she breathed a sigh of relief and said goodbye to Givina, holding a pancake in her hands.

Anna just wanted to get back to the attic as soon as possible, and even used the Wind Gathering Technique to help herself go up that flight of stairs as quickly as possible. Her heartbeat gradually slowed down when she walked through the door and the night scenery was locked outside.

With the character of a demon, if he found out that there was someone hiding in her room, he would not be able to hold back until now. More likely would be that he would have taken action long ago. Since nothing happened yet, it meant that she had passed the test.

Anna glanced around, but didn’t see Abel on the meditation mat where he often lay. All kinds of possibilities flashed in her mind. She whispered, “Is anyone there?”

In case the demon was actually hiding in her house, she said this to pretend that she didn’t know Abel…

There was rustling in the bathroom. The small door opened, and Abel came out.

Anna looked at him carefully first, and saw that there was no demon on him, and she was relieved.

Before Anna could scold him first, Abel started to complain: “Why did you come back so late? I thought something had happened to you!”

Anna’s brewing scolding got stuck in her throat, was he worried about her…

“If something happened to you, who will bring me food?” Abel sniffed and his eyes lit up, “What is so fragrant? Is that food for me?”

Anna: “…” She was really moved in vain! So, he was treating her like a poop shovel officer!*

[T/N: Internet slang referring to those who pick up or clean up their pets’ fecal matter when they walk their pets; mocks the pet owner as having a status beneath the pet.]

Anna didn’t bother with him, and gave him the hot pancakes from Givina: “Eat it, you starving ghost*.”

[T/N: Starving ghost is a term for ghosts who, in their past lives, have committed sins. As a result, when they die, they become starving ghosts who suffer the pain of being hungry/thirsty.]