Translated by Eve

　　Edited by Wuxian

　　Despite being presented with irrefutable evidence, Zhao Xihe quibbled to death that he did not do anything. His ability to lie with his eyes wide open really made people feel dizzy. Fortunately, Sui Yuan did not actually care about finding out what the other had done.

　　After all, what has happened had already happened. Even if he forced it out of him, he wouldn't be able to change the past. Thus, Sui Yuan didn't want to relive this dark history at all. Just treat him as an ignorant person, ba. Otherwise, what expression should he use to face the protagonist shou who had seen everything!

　　Probably because Zhao Xihe knew about Sui Yuan's conflicted mood, so in the end, he got away with it by using his thick face. After the two people chatted about 'their lovesickness since their farewell', they finally began to discuss proper matters.

　　"Indeed, she is the Destroyer," Zhao Xihe raised his chin, pointing at the robust girl, "Right now, she is really asleep. The moment to move is now."

　　Sui Yuan nodded. Only, he did not want to act while in this room as that would inflict another heavy wound on the protagonist gong, protagonist shou, and their friends upon waking up the next day. Zhao Xihe also did not object. He waved a hand and the robust girl was surrounded by a group of ghostly blue light and floated up into the air. Afterwards, she floated along with Zhao Xihe to the door.

　　"When did you discover her ident.i.ty? During Clown's riddle?" Sui Yuan followed Zhao Xihe and exited the room from behind, closing the door on the way out.

　　"En, it was at that time," Zhao Xihe nodded, disinterested, "I didn't expect that the Destroyer would be drawn out so easily. I'm really quite disappointed, ne…I had originally thought that I could toy with her for a while."

　　Sui Yuan, who had also nearly been drawn out: "……………………"

　　"The ident.i.ty of the butler is second only to the host. His authority is great. After I had confirmed that there wasn't too great an issue with the non-human ent.i.ties and s.h.i.+fted my suspicion to the humans, I prepared quite a few little gifts for her," Zhao Xihe's face was gloomy over his wasted efforts, "Clown's riddle was only the appetizer. The deployment of the Crystal Beast was also meant to do nothing but cause a little destruction to her plans in pa.s.sing. I had specifically found a way to turn humans into ghosts and then set up some tricks. That's the highlight. After all, in order for the Destroyer to accomplish their goal, they would most likely come up with that idea. In the end, all of it went to waste. Even the drugging went so smoothly…she's probably a newbie who had just become a Destroyer, ba? She's got absolutely no experience and her strength is so disappointing."

　　While listening to Zhao Xihe list the chain of pits he had dug for the Destroyer, Sui Yuan simply wanted to cry hot tears of sympathy for her. To end up in Zhao Xihe's hands and to also end up in the disadvantageous position as a human, indeed, she ought to have braved the risks early on and escaped the world from the beginning. Her probability of survival would certainly be much higher….

　　Although the things Sui Yuan had done were much more pa.s.sive when compared to Zhao Xihe's active actions in digging holes for the Destroyer, in the end, he still relied on his own judgement to wheedle out the Destroyer. Although Zhao Xihe had let out the Crystal Beast to help him, it was enough to make Sui Yuan feel proud of his 'first time'.

　　After all, he had a great deal of restrictions placed on him as a human. Furthermore, his nearly exhausted points had made it so that he could not exchange any useful props, so he had only been able to spin silk from a spider's thread.

　　While listening to Sui Yuan with high spirits give a step-by-step recount on how he had deduced the Destroyer, Zhao Xihe's eyes contained a smile, expression doting and indulging.

　　For the Origin to toss them to these worlds were Destroyers reside was indeed a case of 'making use of trash'. However, Zhao Xihe did not like this method at all because he was worried about Sui Yuan's safety.

　　The task of sniping Destroyers was not the same as an ordinary Actor's missions, where even if they died halfway, the only consequence would be that they would be deducted points and removed from the world. If he was hurt by the Destroyer, that would inevitably bring about an indelible wound to his soul. For someone as gentle, pure, and ill-suited for battle as Sui Yuan, this was truly too dangerous.

　　Unfortunately, Zhao Xihe had no way to stop this from happening. So, he could only do his best to protect Sui Yuan and teach him how to quickly mature.

　　At the very beginning, he hadn't met with Sui Yuan because he had been afraid that he would be noticed by the Destroyer and inadvertently alert the enemy. After he had determined who the Destroyer was, Zhao Xihe realized that this was an extremely good teaching opportunity. He could let Sui Yuan completely shed himself of his a.s.sistance and safely temper himself through practical experience.

　　So, even though he had already known who the Destroyer was, Zhao Xihe did not get into contact with Sui Yuan, let alone get rid of the Destroyer. He only watched quietly on the side and watched as Sui Yuan, who had been confused at the beginning, gradually fumbled about, collecting clues—from being a pa.s.sive lurker to an active attacker—right until the very end when he had come to the same conclusion as he did about who the Destroyer was.

　　The missions in the future would be inevitably more dangerous. The Destroyer's scope for hiding would be even greater, their strength more formidable. Zhao Xihe may not be able to protect Sui Yuan in time, so he needed to make sure Sui Yuan matured as quickly as possible.

　　Fortunately, Sui Yuan's actions were not bad, letting Zhao Xihe feel rather gratified. When this mission ended and Sui Yuan received more points, Sui Yuan would be able to exchange them for useful props via the system whenever he wanted and would be much safer.

　　"Let's do it here," Zhao Xihe pushed open the door leading to the second floor's balcony—the protagonist gong and shou's party had tried to open this door before but no matter how they tried, they hadn't been able to open it. Afterwards, Zhao Xihe threw the robust girl onto the ground and turned to look at Sui Yuan, "You do it."