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Chapter 165 The Monster Circus's Amazing Performance
Monster Circus.

The blue-haired dancer stepped off the stage, used her six arms to soothe the excited children surrounding her, and then walked straight toward Xia Mingyu.

"I've heard so much about you, Your Excellency. I am Helena, a dancer from the Monster Circus."

Helena used her third hand to lift the hem of her dance skirt, gracefully performing a skirt-lifting bow; her movements and posture were as smooth and perfect as flowing water.

“Your Excellency, I have heard of your good deeds, such as embracing the orphaned peasant woman and rescuing the coerced girl. Thank you for your gentle treatment of those poor girls.”

Helena spoke gently. As a woman herself, she could imagine the hell those girls lived in, and therefore naturally felt a sense of respect for the sage who saved them.

"I just did what I could," Xia Mingyu said calmly.

"Your dancing is really beautiful," he praised sincerely.

“Although many people say that, I am still flattered by your praise,” Helena said with a smile.

Her lips curved slightly upward, like a shy smile on a newly blossoming cherry blossom kissed by a spring breeze.

Do you remember this?

Xia Mingyu took off the bracelet from his wrist and presented it to Helena in his palm.

"This is..." A hint of surprise flashed in the blue-haired dancer's eyes as she looked at the star ornament strung together in the middle of the bracelet.

She carefully picked up the bracelet, examined the star-shaped ornament closely, and finally asked with a hint of hesitation:

"I should have given this kind of ornament to a blonde little girl named Anlia. How did it end up in your possession, Sage?"

“It was Anlia, who has now grown into a beautiful young woman like you, who asked me to tell you that on that day, you fulfilled a child’s every childhood fantasy,” Xia Mingyu said softly.

Helena was stunned for a long time upon hearing this, but when she came to her senses, a bright smile appeared on her pretty face.

“It was the first time I’d ever been complimented on my beauty by such a cute little girl, and I was really happy that day,” Helena replied with a light laugh as she put the bracelet back in its place.

“Sage, would you be interested in joining me for a stroll through the circus? I’d like to introduce you to my friends,” the blue-haired dancer extended an invitation.

"I can't ask for it."

On a stage, the two heads of a two-headed giant are talking to each other. The adult head tells vulgar jokes, while the child head speaks innocently. The young audience members below are laughing so hard they're doubled over.

"It's even taller than Hagoromo!" Xia Mingyu was shocked to see this, feeling that this circus was truly a place where hidden talents resided.

With that physique, wouldn't he be a killing machine on the battlefield if he wore a set of custom-made heavy armor?

"The one on the left is Big Toby, and the one on the right is Little Toby," Helena introduced him.

The two-headed giant, who was performing, also noticed the blue-haired dancer below the stage. Big Toby's eyes lit up, and he spoke excitedly:

"Sister Helena, are you here to see my performance? I've come up with a lot of new jokes recently, and I can tell them to you."

Before Helena could answer, Big Toby spoke up on his own.

"A little boy was cursed by the devil, and his family called a priest to exorcise him."

“The priest said, ‘Evil devil, leave the body of this poor little boy.’”

"The devil said, 'You go out first!'"

After saying that, Big Toby laughed heartily, while Helena gave an awkward yet polite smile. "Hello, Sister Helena, you're beautiful."

Little Toby on the right, biting his finger, gave a silly grin and said in a muffled voice.

Helena's smile immediately became much more genuine, and she even nodded to the other person.

"I definitely prefer Little Toby to Big Toby."

After leaving the stage, Helena whispered to Xia Mingyu.

"Hehehe, everyone cheer up!"

On the next stage, numerous wires connected the ground to the top of the tents. The mouse girl, leading a group of white mice, ran, jumped, and slid freely along the slender wires, arms outstretched and cheering.
"Big Sister Helena!"

Upon seeing the blue-haired dancer, the mouse girl let out a joyful exclamation. Forgetting about her performance, she leaped directly towards Helena's location.

The dancer spread out her six long, slender arms like a spider and caught the rat woman steadily.

"Big sister~" the mouse girl rubbed her pink nose against Helena's face and said in a coquettish tone.

"This is Mia, a very good and lovely child," Helena said with a look of doting affection.

"She's really cute." Xia Mingyu looked at the girl in front of him who looked like a giant white Mickey Mouse and couldn't help but marvel at the wonders of this world.

If it weren't for the fact that the book mentioned that there was no ratman race among the orcs who lived in seclusion in the icy desert, he probably would have really thought that the other party was an orc rather than a human.

"I like people who say I'm cute, and I also like gentle people like the leader."

Mia opened her arms to Xia Mingyu, a hint of anticipation on her still-childish face.

She recognized the black-haired youth in front of her as the sage that the leader had been talking about these past few days.

Xia Mingyu would never refuse a hug from a cute little girl, especially one who is deformed, so he went over and gently hugged Mia.

It must be said that the mouse girl's body is very soft, just like a large plush toy.

After a brief hug, Mia leaped more than ten meters across the stage, returning to the performance amidst the children's laughter.

On the next stage, a snake-scaled boy covered in emerald green scales flicked his forked tongue, his body seemingly boneless, transforming into a stream of water as he passed through narrow rings of fire, none of which were even as big as an adult's head.

His performance was equally brilliant, but because of his overly cold expression and the human fear of snakes, there were only a few children in the audience who covered their eyes and dared to peek at him.

"Big sister." After seeing Helena, the snake-scaled boy hesitated for a moment before squeezing out a sentence.

Helena smiled and nodded, then left with Xia Mingyu.

"He's Severus. Although he looks fierce, he's actually very shy," Helena whispered again.

Swish, swish, swish!
The two hadn't gone far when they saw the lights on the top of the tents go out one by one, and darkness instantly enveloped the entire circus.

"It's time for the troupe leader's final performance," Helena explained, tugging at Xia Mingyu's sleeve.

Swish!
The next moment, before the children could even panic, all the lights came on again, but the light seemed to be controlled by someone, and it was all concentrated on the largest stage in the center of the camp.

Under the expectant gaze of all the children, clusters of petals drifted in from all directions, gradually converging into a figure—the magician.

(End of this chapter)