CH 68.1

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Clarice was obviously very angry. Ji Mingjiang heard a loud noise coming from behind. Bisnar Orfield was thrown directly from his back. Some rapid footsteps gradually approached, and then came the sound of wind ‘whoosh’ as he crouched down.

Ji Mingjiang didn’t look back at Clarice’s expression, mainly because he wasn’t very good at comforting people. He just frowned at the mermaid’s bloody wrist in front of him. He isn’t a professional medical staff member, and in his first two lifetimes combined, he knew at best what medicines to take for what symptoms he had. He really couldn’t say whether or not Kiro could move in his current physical condition.

But no matter what, taking his wrist out is definitely the right thing to do.

“You…don’t worry too much; he’ll be fine.” Ji Mingjiang comforted him while pursing his lips and tearing off the cloak he was wearing.

He couldn’t guarantee whether there would be any after-effects or not, but from what he could see with his mental power, Kiro’s vital signs are still stable, and if the rescue is timely, there’s absolutely no problem saving his life.

With that said, Ji Mingjiang had successfully torn the seemingly valuable cloak on his body into pieces. After stuffing the pile of fabrics into Clarice’s hands, Ji Mingjiang pushed and urged him: “Hurry up; don’t just stand there; wrap your brother’s wrist first. I’ll tear this damn thing off for him.”

Each of them was responsible for one wrist. They carefully wrapped up the wrists that were hanging limply on the ground, stained with blood and bones exposed. When the cold fabric came into contact with the warm skin, Ji Mingjiang saw it with keen eyes. The wrist and slightly open fingers trembled slightly.

It was a bit of a mess under the circumstances, but he couldn’t help breathing a sigh of relief. If he could still move, at least it looked like the nerves in his hand were okay.

After carefully wrapping his wrist, Ji Mingjiang pulled Kiro’s arm forward, trying to keep his injured area away from the two iron rings welded to the ground, and squeezed his fingers into the flesh. He exerted force on his wrist after meeting the iron ring, and with a crisp sound, several iron pieces and debris fell out of his hand.

The sharp shards cut across the corners of Ji Mingjiang’s eyes, leaving no trace at all.

Raising his hand to touch the corners of his eyes that were still smooth, Ji Mingjiang glanced at Clarice guiltily. Fortunately, the other person’s attention seemed to be focused on Kiro’s wrist, and he didn’t notice that something was wrong just now.

Wait a minute……

Isn’t it unreasonable to break the iron ring with bare hands without any red marks?

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Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but the movements of Ji Mingjiang’s hands did not slow down at all, and he very simply pinched another iron ring to pieces.

After Kiro’s two wrists were completely freed, Ji Mingjiang stood up and hugged the particularly thin mermaid.

He was so light that Ji Mingjiang couldn’t help but wonder if he was actually carrying an adult mermaid right now.

“Hah–”

The discomfort of being suspended in the air and coming into contact with other people made Kiro curl up his fish tail. His tattered tail fin even rolled up a splash of water. As Ji Mingjiang walked, they all sparsely poured onto Bisnar Orfield, who had been thrown to the ground by Clarice.

A series of water droplets all hit Bisnar’s dying face and washed the hair that had just been clinging to his head to the sides and top of his head, making that pampered and spoiled pig’s face look even more disgusting.

Gently patting Kiro’s trembling body, Ji Mingjiang hugged the mermaid, who was almost ten years older than his current body but less than half his size. As Clarice was about to pick up Bisnar Orfield from the ground, he suddenly looked at the door as if sensing something.

Against the light, he couldn’t clearly see the face of the person at the door, but he could still recognize the familiar, somewhat rickety figure.

“Your Majesty Clarice and this… kid next to you, it’s not a good habit to break into the master’s room privately and take away the master’s things without permission.”

The hoarse voice rang in his ears, echoing through the empty basement like a venomous snake that knew it was very malignant, spewing its venom around quite shamelessly.

Even after spraying venom, he pretended to shed a few tears and said a few grandiose words, making people couldn’t help but wonder if this guy was a hybrid of venomous snakes and crocodiles.

Feeling that Kiro’s body in his hand was shaking even more after hearing this sound, Ji Mingjiang tightened his arms slightly and carefully placed his two seriously injured wrists in a position where they would not be squeezed. Only then did he spare Lichma and the large group of people behind him a glance.

Without responding to Lichma’s words, Ji Mingjiang asked directly: “What a big battle, what nonchalant words… Is the Orfiled family about to revolt?”

“Oh no.” He then refuted his own words: “It should be said that the Orfiled family has already revolted. After all, a royal family member has become a ‘thing’ that does not deserve to have a name here and was even kept quietly in the basement for nearly ten years.”

The soft words were extremely penetrating. When he realized that the people he had brought with him immediately stirred up after hearing these words from the youth below just now, Lichma also felt a little panicked.

The basement was completely dark, and the lights in the hallway, under the cover of overlapping figures, could only illuminate a few steps. He could not see Bisnar Orfield at all. Now, he, the butler, dared to come directly with so many people to intercept Clarice under the premise that the other party would not dare to attack the patriarch, but…

But……

“Oh, sorry, I almost forgot. Are you looking for this thing?”

Although Ji Mingjiang couldn’t see his face clearly, he could sense the fear in Lichma’s tightness and forced composure. From the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Bisnar Orfield, who hadn’t been picked up, and it dawned on him.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. He also followed suit and used the term “thing”. Of course, Bisnar Orfield, who is currently lying on the ground like a dead pig, is indeed worthy of this title.

Gently shaking his head to stop Clarice’s movement, Ji Mingjiang directly touched Bisnar Orfield on the ground with his toes. Then he exerted force on his legs, and the calf muscles stretched into a graceful curve, and he fiercely and ruthlessly kicked the person on the ground out.

Bisnar Orfield also drew a graceful curve in the air and then landed heavily on the steps. Under the gaze of Lichma and the attendants, he bounced a few times in cooperation.

The scene was very humorous and lively for a while, and Ji Mingjiang even heard a few muffled laughs that were forcibly suppressed.

What an unpopular head of household, Mr. Orfield.

Ji Mingjiang expressed his sympathy and apology for the head of the family, who was not expected to live long.

The sound of their conversation seemed to be a little too loud, and the noisy sound made Kiro, who had fainted and could only react instinctively, suddenly open his eyes. Before he had time to look around, he realized that he had been picked up by someone at some point, and the mermaid began to struggle violently.

Ji Mingjiang, who was worried that he would agitate the wound on his wrist again, had no time to explain. He directly pulled Clarice’s to the front of Kiro for two seconds before releasing his hand in a calm expression and turning his head to the somewhat dumbfounded brunette mermaid and saying, “You can sleep for a while…forget it; you’d better stay awake. We’ll go back to the palace soon.”

“Oh……”

Kiro, who was still out of the situation but had gotten a good look at Leiden’s face, nodded in uncertainty and relaxed his body very trustingly back into the arms of the young man. He didn’t know what relationship he had with Leiden, but his thoughts relaxed in a rare moment of emptiness.

Seeing that Kiro still had the strength to open his eyes, Leiden’s anxious mood gradually calmed down. He rubbed his brows, and the joy of finding his family was finally replaced by a feeling of helplessness.

Kiro stared at Ji Mingjiang with a curious face when the other party looked away…. In the end, who is this little brother?!

While the three on this side were staging a long-awaited family recognition scene, the gang on the stairs was furtively trying to pull the unknown dead body—oh no, the body of their patriarch. Then they froze in place at the voice of Clarice.

“It’s okay.” To their surprise, His Majesty the Emperor, who should have been displeased by this series of offenses, actually sounded in a good mood.

But the words that followed made the group of people with slightly relieved expressions realize that they relaxed too early.

“It doesn’t matter. You can take him away now, and remember to take yourself away with him. My people are already waiting at the door of your mansion. Please line up in an orderly manner so as not to waste our mutual time anymore.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a chaos of pushing and shoving on the top of the stairs, mixed with different voices scolding, hesitating, and begging for mercy.

The crowd dispersed quickly, and within seconds, the bright light penetrated unimpeded, passing through Bisnar Orfield, who had been left at the junction of the steps and the floor with a couple of black footprints still on his clothes, rolling toward Clarice and Ji Mingjiang’s feet.

“It’s so miserable; no one even wants to take him.”

Asking Kiro to close his eyes to prevent discomfort from the sudden sight of an overly bright light, Ji Mingjiang walked up the stairs and casually kicked the blocking Bisnar Orfield another distance forward before faking his pity.

“Is the medical team here? I’ll take your brother over first, and you can handle the rest by yourself?” Ji Mingjiang, who had not forgotten Kiro’s physical condition, walked out of the basement, looked at the deserted corridor, and frowned.

He didn’t believe that the group would actually be that obedient to line up at the door.

“Lin Feng and the people from his clinic have already arrived; you go over first.” Only when he said this did Leiden suddenly remember something, pulling back Ji Mingjiang, who had turned around and was about to walk out. His eyes moved back and forth between his powerful legs and his uncovered face, his tone a little hesitant. “Is it okay for you to go out like this?”

“Ah, I almost forgot.”

The feeling of being human was so wonderful that Ji Mingjiang was really close to forgetting his current species.

“But it’s okay, right? I was hiding it before because I thought none of the mermaids here could change their legs, but now if Kiro can too ……”

He no longer has to worry about being caught for a research or being too out of place. The mermaids here can also turn into human forms, but according to what Clarice said before, there has been no such example in hundreds of years. Doesn’t this make it even more clear that there was something wrong with the way people were treating the mermaids nowadays?

The wound on Kiro’s wrist and Bisnar Orfield’s tragic situation clearly prove that this mermaid is different from other mermaids. This cruelty made Ji Mingjiang feel ashamed.

“It’s good that you have that in mind.”

Leiden nodded, and just as he let go of his hand, a rush of footsteps and shouts suddenly came from the end of the corridor.

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty, I have reported under my real name the crimes of the Orfiled family!”

“?”

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Leiden waved his hands. “You go first; I’ll be there in a while.”