Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Ch 379 – You Treacherous Officials! I’m Going to Find Yino!

“Um…”

“Um…”

“I’m still here, you know…”

Walking across the desert outside Western Province City, Yino had been lecturing Yuyan nonstop about human physiology ever since they’d left the Demon Abyss dimension.

The two were so absorbed in their conversation that they completely ignored the little raccoongirl trailing behind them.

Back in the Demon Abyss, Erli had been too panicked and scared to speak up, so she’d just quietly followed the pair, watching them flirt.

But now she had successfully escaped Demon Abyss alongside Yino.

Setting foot on this Western Region desert again after so long almost brought tears to her eyes.

She was beyond excited.

She wanted to jump and cheer, but when she looked over, she saw Yino and that fairy were still discussing those embarrassing adult topics!

She had no choice.

Erli had to speak up and remind them of her presence.

As a demon, she wanted to return to her homeland. She couldn’t keep following Yino toward Western Province City like this.

“Ah…”

Walking ahead, Yino was caught off guard by the little girl’s voice.

He glanced at Yuyan, then stopped the conversation and turned to face the small raccoongirl who’d been silently trailing them with zero presence.

“Come to think of it, if you hadn’t spoken up, I would’ve almost forgotten about our little one.”

Out of sympathy for Erli, Yino instinctively crouched down and ruffled the round little ears on top of her head.

Erli blushed as Yino petted her.

The young man before her was her savior – he’d bought her life from the slave masters, so Erli was willing to get close to him.

But… Whenever she tried to get closer, the fox demon’s scent on Yino’s shoulder would make her fur stand on end.

That fox sister seemed to be some incredible witch.

She’d marked her territory on Yino and had bared her teeth at Erli multiple times to establish dominance.

Even now, with the little fox sleeping peacefully on Yino’s shoulder, that bone-deep instinct still made Erli keep her distance.

She liked Yino too…

But she definitely didn’t have the guts to compete with Jinyue for a man.

“Um…”

“Young Master… thank you so much for saving me…”

Thinking about her awkward situation, Erli clutched the hem of her clothes and spoke shyly.

Maybe this timid, shy version was Erli’s true personality, rather than the mischievous little troublemaker she’d been when they first met.

As Yino rubbed her little cheeks, he could probably sense what she was thinking from her expression.

At first, Yino had indeed wanted to adopt another pet to take home and pamper.

But then Jinyue had thrown a tantrum, and he’d promised her he wouldn’t take in Erli. With Jinyue having just been corrupted by curse backlash, there was no way he would go back on his word and trigger her possessiveness again.

So…

“Erli, do you still remember the way back to your homeland?”

Yino asked gently.

He never needed to ask much about Erli’s situation, since the original protagonist Chen Jianxin had already discussed it with her in detail.

All Yino had done was change Erli’s fate from certain death in the game.

“I… I think I remember…”

“Is it far? Do you need me to have someone escort you?”

“No, no need to trouble Young Master…”

“I see.”

The conversation was choppy, and the gentleness on Yino’s face couldn’t help but be tinged with concern.

In this life, he really didn’t have much of a connection with Erli.

But in his previous life when Yino had played the game, Erli had been like Yunjin – someone who might not have been as gentle and understanding as Yunjin, but who had at least chosen to stand up and repay the story’s protagonist who had saved her at the crucial moment.

Overall, Yino thought Erli was a good girl.

As they say – don’t let down good girls, don’t waste bad girls.

Now…

Seeing Erli looking so pitiful and well-behaved, Yino couldn’t help but feel protective.

“Er Li, as a parting gift, let me give you something nice.”

At some point, Yino smiled faintly.

Meeting the little raccoongirl’s innocent and confused big eyes, Yino stood up and reached into his pants, pulling out a string of golden bells from his waist.

“What’s this…?”

Maybe little raccoons were naturally drawn to shiny treasures.

When she saw the string of bells, Erli’s eyes immediately lit up like a hamster’s, full of love and longing.

She was really easy to please…

“This… this is for Erli?”

The girl was so excited she was about to cry, staring at Yino with pure adoration.

Yino raised an eyebrow and smiled helplessly: “Just so you know, this isn’t worth much money…”

“I would never sell something Young Master gave me!”

Erli puffed out her little cheeks, oddly serious.

She probably didn’t realize Yino was joking. Though Erli really was short on money, she wasn’t that materialistic – she was just afraid Yino might think she was some greedy little money-grubber.

“Really? Then I’ll give you this string of bells. After you go home, you’d better treasure it.”

Yino smiled gently.

He crouched down again and personally tied the bells around her wrist: “If you run into danger in the future, just channel energy into these bells, and I’ll know where you are… Though with my current cultivation level, if you’re too far away it might take me a day or two to reach you. But hey, something’s better than nothing, right? You should know I’m a nurturing-type older brother!”

“Nurturing-type…?”

The overly modern terminology naturally left Erli half-confused.

But soon, Yino grinned smugly again: “The me you see today is only at Nascent Soul, but maybe when we meet again next year, I’ll be a Divine Transformation… So hold onto these bells – who knows, maybe when your big brother gets rich, I’ll take you on as my little sidekick to make big money in the capital!”

“Really, really?!”