Demon King: Hero, don't run away!-Chapter 431: Reunion

Seeing Hake standing not far away, Iyas was suddenly at a loss for words.

Despite having imagined countless reunions with her brother in her mind, she had not envisioned their reunion unfolding this way.

There were no grand scenes, no bright lights, no melodious and tear-inducing music. Yet, she and Hake reunited at this moment.

Day and night, Iyas had many, many things she wanted to say to her brother. But now, words were unnecessary; she rushed over and hugged Hake tightly.

At this moment, a warm embrace carried more weight than any words could.

A simple expression of concern conveyed her feelings more directly than a thousand words.

"Hake, I’m so glad you’re okay."

Iyas, overwhelmed with joy, began to cry while Hake, understanding, placed his hands gently on her head to comfort her,

"I’m fine, but sister, you must have gone through a lot this past year looking for me. I still remember the expression on your face when you were auctioned off... Escaping from the buyer, figuring out how to survive in the Human World, and eventually seeking help from others... Sister, you must have walked a very rough path."

As she hugged Hake, Iyas’s hands trembled slightly, and she suddenly did not know how to respond to Hake.

What could she say? She had done nothing, as Yang Yu had rescued her from the research institute, and all her knowledge about living in the Human World came from him. Ultimately, it was Yang Yu who saw her potential and decided to help her.

The journey wasn’t as harsh and rugged as Hake described. If she hadn’t been so capricious and troubled Yang Yu, it might have even been smoother than they imagined.

Thinking it over, whether it was planning or researching, or even rescuing Hake, it was Yang Yu who had financed and put in the effort. She was simply coasting along, totally "lying flat and winning."

Observing the silent Iyas, Hake tilted his head, "Sister, what’s wrong? Did I say something incorrect?"

Unable to speak, as a client who hadn’t fulfilled her duties of trusting her agent, let alone the way she shamelessly pleaded with Yang Yu to accept her commission again, Iyas simply couldn’t voice it.

Wiping her tears with her fingers, Iyas quickly changed the subject,

"Although I’ve experienced some hardships along the way, they are nothing compared to what you’ve endured. There’s no need to pretend. Just wearing a thin blanket is enough to tell the whole story. Who the hell stripped you to satisfy their perverted desires? If I ever meet them, I’ll make sure they wish they were dead."

Iyas’s eyes were resolute with indignation.

Slowly moving Bai Jin’s clinging hand aside, Yang Yu quickly walked behind Iyas and poked her back with his finger,

"Though I don’t want to interrupt this touching reunion, Iyas, did I hear you want to make me beg for death? Yes, it was me, Yang Yu, who removed your brother’s pants!"

"What?" Iyas’s eyes widened in shock. "I can’t believe you’d have such a distasteful interest. There was no need to remove his clothes to save him. Just as I thought, you were interested in my brother; I knew you couldn’t be so kind as to just help me save him. Were you targeting my brother from the start!"

"Oh, right, right, so how are you going to make me beg for death?" Yang Yu asked with a mock smile, "Lotcar still needs some time to recover; the space over there looks good for practice. How about you spar with me?"

Yang Yu pointed to an open area nearby left by a blast wave. Iyas instantly shivered and hastily apologized to Yang Yu,

"I’m sorry, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have feigned ignorance in front of you, trying to muddle through. You must have noticed something to strip Hake’s clothes, right?"

"Your tone makes it sound like, if you hadn’t discovered something, you would have stripped Hake’s clothes anyway?"

"How could that be, that’s your illusion. Hake is so adorable, I thought you stripped his clothes to confirm his gender."

"Iyas, stop the nonsense, and pull out the arrow!"

"Um...."

Seeing this, Hake couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

As he laughed, Hake suddenly remembered a playmate from the same "class" in his village, and his smile gradually faded, replaced by a touch of melancholy.

—Is it really good that only I was rescued?

Noticing Hake’s unusual behavior, Iyas quickly asked, "Hake, what’s wrong?"

Hake quickly waved his hand, "It’s nothing, I just suddenly remembered a fellow villager... He was in that ’classroom,’ and because he was disobedient, he suffered a lot..."

Unintentionally speaking out, Hake quickly covered his mouth.

If it were the Iyas he knew, she would definitely cry and insist on rescuing the other captured tribe members.

Iyas had already risked so much to rescue him; asking her to take more risks could likely drive her to desperate measures, endangering herself as well.

However, to Hake’s surprise, Iyas remained exceptionally calm, approached him, grabbed his shoulders, and revealed determination in her eyes,

"Hake, I know you’re also worried about our other fellow villagers.

I share your concerns, but for your sake, we’ve already taken many risks.

Trying to rescue the other villagers now would only put us in greater danger, and I cannot allow my companions to enter that vast hazard.

I think the right thing to do is to return to Wansheng Country and inform the Queen.

We’ll have the Queen negotiate with the humans and try to retrieve our fellows from their hands as much as possible."

Iyas shared her thoughts with Hake, and while rescuing Hake, she also constantly thought about their other tribe members.

But elves are extremely rare commodities in Serti, and the captured fellow villagers from this past year could have already been transported across this country, or even possibly internationally like Iyas.

To rescue all their tribesmen, their current capacity is far from sufficient.

They must find someone who can negotiate with the humans on equal footing, and must also offer something substantial enough to make the humans give up the slave trade.

Iyas didn’t know if there was anything like that among the Elf Clan, but returning would allow the Queen to gather all the villages, manage them centrally, and prevent further elves from being captured and enslaved, repeating the tragedy.

Better to mend the fold after the sheep are gone, it’s not too late.

If she could introduce Yang Yu to the Queen, Yang Yu could also have a larger platform.

Perhaps through Yang Yu, a human, the Elf Clan could dissolve the discord between elves and humans. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

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