Upon retracting his gaze and turning his head, Glen found Lila's face extremely close to his. Her translucent black pupils seemed to glisten with starlight.

With his right hand still firmly grasped by hers, Glen, fearing an inappropriate reaction, promptly withdrew his hand and said,"Miss Lila, what are you looking at me like this for?"

He had no desire to have improper thoughts about such a young girl who was not yet an adult.

Lila felt the sudden emptiness in her hand and then realized what she had just done. The excitement in her heart was somewhat diluted by embarrassment.

It was rather impolite to grab the hand of a person of the opposite sex like that. A blush rose to her cheeks as she said,"I'm sorry, Mr. Glen. I was being impolite just now..."

"I don't really mind, but try not to be so impulsive in the future," Glen said indifferently.

"I usually only do this kind of thing when I'm with my female friends. I might have been too excited just now..."

Lila explained, a bit flustered.

You grabbed my hand when we first met, and this is the second time... Glen couldn't help but grumble inwardly. Then he asked,"Did you have something you wanted to say just now?"

Upon hearing this, Lila exhaled softly, trying to calm herself down. Then she said seriously,"Mr. Glen, I would like to record the story you just told in a book. Is that okay?"

Glen was a bit surprised."Do you like it that much?"

"Yes, I swear I've never liked a story as much as I do this one today."

The seriousness in Lila's tone made it clear that she wasn't pretending.

After a moment of contemplation, an idea suddenly flashed through Glen's mind, and he said,

"Of course, you can. However, I want to give you a task. I wonder if you'd be willing to take it on?"

"A task?" Lila asked, puzzled."What kind of task?"

"As you saw just now, there should still be many children like that in the town. How about you take the trouble to share this story with those children, just as I did earlier? What do you think?"

Glen's words made Lila's eyes widen slightly, followed by an unmaskable look of joy.

"That's exactly what I was thinking!"

"Er..." Glen was taken aback. Then he added,"I don't think one story might be enough. How about this? Next time, I'll write a few more fairy tales and give them to you directly. What do you think?"

"T - there's more?!" Lila grabbed Glen's hand again, her face turning red. But she immediately realized what she was doing and let go awkwardly.

She immediately stood up, brushed the dust off her clothes, and said,"Then I'll go and record this story right away. Goodbye, Mr. Glen."

With that, she hurried away in a rush.

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Glen also stood up, stretched his body, and said,"I have to hurry back. I still need to make the cake..."

By now, the big deer had already finished the feed that Glen had brought it and was nibbling on the thin grass growing out of the cracks in the stone slabs on the ground.

Glen stepped onto the cart frame, and the deer knew it was time to set off. It stopped eating and, under Glen's control, headed out of the town.

...

Tia sat listlessly in front of Glen's house, wearing a worried expression.

Today, she saw several Bayek residents with strange auras entering and leaving the town.

But she still hadn't waited for Glen to come back.

She was eagerly looking forward to learning how to make a cake and couldn't wait for a single moment.

In fact, it was only a little past two in the afternoon. Glen usually left early and returned late, but Tia had forgotten this.

As she was lost in thought, a rough male voice suddenly sounded:

"This should be that kid's house, right? It's full of his smell."

Tia turned her head and was immediately startled.

She saw three men who looked like they were not to be messed with appear not far away. Gotaya was tied up with ropes and was being carried on one man's shoulder.

The ropes were tied tightly around her mouth, making her only able to make a whining sound.

NightRoar was being carried by another man, his body tied up like a mummy, and he could only keep wriggling.

You know, NightRoar had gained a lot of weight recently and was almost a ton in weight. However, that man could carry him on one shoulder, which showed how strong he was.

"Who are you people?! Let go of Miss Elf immediately! Otherwise, Mr. Glen won't let you off!"

Tia stood up and rebuked them sharply.

The leading man didn't answer but instead asked,"Little girl, tell me, where has the owner of this house gone? I might consider not hurting you."

"Let go of Miss Elf first!" Tia said firmly.

The man walked slowly towards the little maid with heavy steps."Little girl, I'm giving you an order."

As he spoke, he reached out to pinch Tia's chin.

But in the next instant, Tia suddenly exerted force. From nowhere, she took out a dagger, and its cold blade flashed as she slashed towards the man's throat!

The man's eyes widened, and he jerked his head back sharply. The dagger cut across his side face, leaving a trail of blood.

Just as Tia was about to stab again, a powerful hand grabbed her hand. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free.

"Really... so disobedient..." The man punched Tia hard in the abdomen. The intense pain immediately made her lose consciousness.

Throwing the little maid to his subordinate, the man said,"Tie her up. She'll be our food on the way."

The subordinate who caught Tia immediately took out a thin rope from his bag and tied her up.

"We'll wait here for the person who killed Bagins to come back." The leader gave the order, and the two subordinates nodded with sinister smiles.

In a house not far away, Miss Puppet happened to see the scene that took place in front of Glen's house.

She was just about to jump out of the window to help when she heard her brother's voice behind her:

"What do you want to do, Aina?"

"Our neighbor is in trouble. Of course, I'm going to help!" Aina said matter - of - factly.

"Don't go!" The puppet in a blue vest said in a tone that allowed no refusal.

"But..."

"No buts!" Parindus suddenly stepped forward,"That's someone else's business. We can't get involved. Have you forgotten the default rules of this town? We can't make a scene here, or we'll anger some of the sleeping guys!"

"I..." Aina wanted to retort, but she couldn't argue with her brother.

"If you go down, it will definitely cause a big commotion, and then we won't have a place to stay! Close the window and let him deal with it himself."

In the end, Miss Puppet still chose to listen to her brother.

...

As soon as he entered the outer forest of Bayek, Glen smelled an unusual and strange odor.

"Is this... werewolves?" He had a bad feeling in his heart. Immediately, he jumped off the deer - drawn cart and dashed forward at his top speed.

Soon, he came near the pigsty.

When he saw the current scene, Glen was immediately enraged.

He saw that the places he had just repaired were all damaged. Broken wood shavings were scattered everywhere.

Only the pigsty was still relatively intact, but when he went up to check, his blood pressure still soared.

"Three are missing!" Glen swept his eyes upward and immediately found bloodstains and pieces of meat. Obviously, they had all been eaten.

Glen guessed that the reason the remaining black pigs hadn't been killed was that the other party most likely still intended to take them away.