After easily getting Seno's promise, Sui Yuan acted like he wanted to quickly get rid of a hot potato, quickly stuffing the cinnabar into the other's hands, telling him to quickly give it to Allen. Seno naturally kept close attention to his own little brother's affairs, and thus naturally he heard of the matters that occurred at the field to some extent. Seeing Sui Yuan's abnormal expression this time, he naturally could not let it go. Furrowing his brows, he questioned him closely to the very end as to what made him suddenly change his decision.

　　Sui Yuan's expression was difficult to read, and he answered ambiguously, allowing Seno to faintly guess that it concerned Leonard —— indeed it was only Leonard who was capable of making his spoiled little brother lower his head, making him go against his own feelings. However, once he prodded him for more details, Sui Yuan clammed up and wouldn't open his mouth no matter how hard he pried. This sort of behaviour caused Seno's imagination to run even more rampant.

　　With a glance, he used his eyes to question Moya, who had come with Sui Yuan. However, Seno soon discovered that the other simply looked at Sui Yuan with eyes full of pity, also shaking his head. Seno, who could not come up with what he ought to ask could only temporarily give up, expressing that he will absolutely fulfill the task Sui Yuan has entrusted to him so that he will not have to feel anxious.

　　After getting what he wanted, Sui Yuan finally relaxed his tone of voice, stretching taut the wooden expression on his small face. He nodded. Soon after, he turned to leave. Moya also bid Seno farewell, blindly following Sui Yuan's every step, doing his utmost to protect him from behind.

　　Seno watched the two people leave, sighing. With his head lowered, he looked at the cinnabar in his hands, discontent and suspicion towards Leonard deepening. He has always felt that having his brother who chased after the other finally give up was unfortunate. Even if everyone respected Leonard, he thought that the modest Moya was a more worthy man to entrust his brother to.

　　Seno worked very rapidly. Very quickly, Sui Yuan received the news that Allen had used the Pangluo cinnabar to heal his own admirer. The Sui Yuan who had been on tenterhooks finally was able to take his heart out of his stomach. Towards Leonard, he once again began to show a good face. After all, his character settings was his biggest weakness, and he took it very seriously, not beating any grudges. This matter pa.s.sed by in a short amount of time to the satisfaction of all.

　　At the same time, another rumour began to circulate throughout the beast people. Because of this rumour, Sui Yuan became a pitiful sub-beastman who was let down, and Leonard became the sort of person who let down others.

　　 Under Sui Yuan's meticulous indulgence and his unintentional display of his moodiness, this rumour gradually blew up. The ma.s.ses love to discuss the gossip surrounding famous people. It was as if the whole word shared one principle: everyone pool wisdom from the ma.s.ses—unity is strength, even if it's bogus talk. The number of people discussing this rumour grew, and its entire cause and effect became more real than gold.

　　Evidence one, was the confrontation between Leonard and Monroe that had caused onlookers to be confused. On the surface, it seemed that the two people had mentioned Allen, as if they had been contending for his affections. It basically had nothing to do with Eli. Furthermore, Eli's facial expression facing the field that day was ugly, not the slightest bit happy. Only the rumour could explain this situation.

　　Evidence two, although Allen had not been able to obtain the Pangluo cinnabar from Eli on the field, however on the second day, he had taken that cinnabar and drawn an incantation to heal that injured beastmen. It was during this time that Eli and Leonard seemed to have a dispute.

　　Evidence three, the good-tempered Moya that always used to follow Eli blindly, has recently acted as if no matter what Leonard did, it was displeasing to the eye, everything was nitpickingly criticized, even to the extent that daily communication was incapable of being harmonious. There was no grudge between the two people. The only thing that could have caused Moya to react in this way would be the fact that Leonard let down Eli, causing him (Eli) to suffer and feel upset.

　　In great abundance, the beast people's imagination, guesses, and some facts, were all insisted on being brought together for no good reason, and thus formed a vivid, reasonable, backed with evidence kind of rumour. When Sui Yuan heard this, he was stupefied for half a day, until he was able to accept that he was able to achieve such unexpectedly powerful results because he had learnt Leonard's method of leading the public opinion and distorting the truth.

　　Suddenly, Sui Yuan felt that he had attained an extraordinary piece of knowledge, leading 5237 to particularly admire his learning speed—— although this achievement was basically due to blind luck.

　　So, regarding this uncontrollably spreading rumour, the Allen who had cured his admirer and thus finally relaxed, had naturally also heard about it. It was impossible not to say that he and his friends were shocked! Unlike Leonard who deserves his punishment, Allen was simply getting shot while lying down ah! In the first place, he didn't know Leonard in the slightest, all right! This kind of rhythm that turned him into a third party made him a bit unable to keep calm. ¹

　　For the sake of giving his thanks to his benefactor, and also for the sake of was.h.i.+ng clean his own body, the Allen who felt pressure as great as a mountain upon his head, went to find Sui Yuan, honour-bound to not turn back. He then cool-headedly and calmly expressed his thanks beneath Eli's penetrating and haughty gaze.

　　"Rather than thank me, you might as well go thank Leonard," Sui Yuan coldly said, "If it wasn't for his request, it would definitely be impossible for me to have given the cinnabar to you."

　　Hearing his words, Allen incessantly forced a smile onto his face: "To the end, I really don't know from where that rumour came from. Please believe me. I swear to the Beast G.o.d, I have never spoken a single word to His Excellency Leonard! Even during the event, he had only spoken to you……."