Second Lead Syndrome (1-187) | ✓

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Kiyae laid in the bed in the inn, rolled up like a burrito with only her head sticking out, snoring away noisily. 

Cecil had applied the ointment on her, but Kiyae didn’t care and proceeded to wrap herself around the blanket. 

Cecil felt a drop of sweat rolling down her face as she saw that action from Kiyae. 

Shin was still unconscious, resting in another room. 

“We have to hurry, no doubt Ephert and Goro would tighten their defenses now,” Yun adjusted his glasses, looking at Kiyae. “She is out of commission for now, so there’s no way Kiyae would be joining us.” 

Hana leaned over the bed, waving her hand in front of Kiyae and observing her curiously while making some noises. 

“Hana, what are you doing?” Cecil questioned. 

“Mhmm, Kiyae is all dirty,” Hana wrinkled her nose. “Shouldn’t she take a shower before sleeping?” 

“I tried to tell her that too before I applied the ointment for her slight burns,” Cecil sighed, shaking her head. “But she could not be bothered.” 

Meanwhile, Ryo and Haru were surrounding K’xug like he was a treasure. 

“Fight me, fight me fight me!” Ryo tugged at K’xug. “Fight! Me!” 

“Hey, so what are you? A human?” Haru asked, popping up from all sides. “No, you aren’t human. You must be from those myths that the old folks always said! An angel? A demon? What are those wings? Hey. Hey!”

Haru was also tugging on one side of K’xug’s sleeves. 

K’xug stood there with a deadpan the entire time, and he looked towards Xue for help. 

Xue moved his eyes away from Cecil, noticing K’xug’s pleading look and he shrugged his shoulders. 

K’xug widened his eyes. 

Help me! You are the reason why I exposed myself!

Xue smirked in amusement, looking away. 

K’xug returned back to his deadpan. 

At this moment, Yun realised no one was paying attention to him and he pinched his nose in frustration. 

“Fight me fight fight!” 

“Hey, hey! Answer me, come on! What are you? What are those wings? Hey hey hey hey!” 

“...” 

Xue took a step further away from K’xug, as if not wanting to be involved.  

“Do you think we should wake Kiyae up and tell her to shower?” 

“Will she even wake up?” 

“Listen up!” Yun raised his voice. 

Everyone flinched in surprise except Kiyae who snored in response. 

“We need to complete our original goal here,” Yun emphasised, his arms across his chest. “We need to capture Goro and bring him back with us, and also to free this town under Ephert’s rule.” 

Sadly, before Ephert claimed his own stake over this area with his henchmen after stealing it from the lord by coercing them, the fighting tournament wasn’t that violent. 

Deaths were rare in the fighting tournament and it was a fair competition. 

Under Ephert’s rule, this town had gone down a very bad path. The festival  held before the fighting tournaments were cancelled, and it was a festival that every civilian here enjoyed and looked forward to.