I am the Executioner Dragon, but a cute mod.

After the evil spirits were slain, the barrier they had set up naturally collapsed. Su Nuo walked straight towards the convoy that had been wiped out by the two evil spirits. Looking at the mangled corpses on the ground, he frowned slightly, feeling regretful.

"Damn it, if I had discovered it sooner, perhaps no one would have died..."

Su Nuo sighed, ignoring the two evil spirits whose heads had been cut off and were slowly turning to ashes, and came to the carriage that had been split in two.

He looked at the girl trembling on the wreckage of the carriage and asked:

Why?

Wan hadn't even recovered from the terror of being attacked by the evil spirit when she saw the four-eyed, four-armed Su Nuo appear, and she screamed in fright:

"No...don't come any closer! Don't kill me...!"

“…………”

Su Nuo was already used to Wan's reaction, after all, his appearance really made him easy to mistake for a monster. But right now, Su Nuo had no mind to comfort her.

Su Nuo took two steps forward, his tall and strong body instantly enveloping the young Wan, a terrifying sense of oppression pouring out, forcing Wan to shut his mouth immediately, not daring to utter a sound.

At this moment, Su Nuo spoke again:

"Why? Why didn't you make a move just now?"

Wan was terrified. In her eyes, the caravan had just been wiped out by two evil spirits, and now another, even more powerful monster had appeared, constantly asking why.

[Is this the monster's killing pattern? If you can't answer, you die?!]

Thinking of this, her body trembled involuntarily. She forced her head up to look at Su Nuo and mustered her courage to ask:

"What...why...?"

Su Nuo said:

"I can sense that the magical power within you is greater than that of those two evil spirits combined, yet you watched helplessly as your guards died, and you didn't even lift a finger when the evil spirits were right in front of you. Why?"

Upon hearing this, Wan fell silent. Looking at the corpses scattered all around her, she couldn't help but recall the scene when she encountered the evil spirit. A sense of powerlessness welled up in her heart.

Having grown up under the protection of the Fujiwara clan, when had Man ever seen a real yokai? He thought that with his own strength, he could easily deal with any yokai he encountered, but when he actually met one, he didn't even have the courage to fight.

"So why?"

At this moment, Su Nuo continued to press the matter. In his eyes, with great power comes great responsibility, and watching his subordinates die to protect him was a disgrace.

He stared at the girl in front of him, and she finally looked up at him.

Tears streamed from her eyes, and her voice trembled:

"I'm scared..."

After receiving this answer, Su Nuo fell silent. He couldn't understand Wan's emotions. After all, he had been abandoned since birth and lived alone in the wild for four years. He awakened his innate magic at the age of five and learned the Reversal Magic and Domain Expansion in the same year.

His childhood experiences filled him with contradictions: he was humble yet extremely arrogant, calm yet impulsive. He couldn't understand why Wan would be afraid of two monsters weaker than himself; it didn't conform to the law of the jungle, nor was it reasonable.

"What a strange person..."

Su Nuo left Wan with this assessment, then took a few steps back, bypassed the carriage that had been split in two, and continued walking eastward.

Wan was puzzled by Su Nuo's departure. She looked at Su Nuo's back and then at the completely vanished corpse of the evil spirit. She had thought that Su Nuo's appearance was only to fight between the two evil spirits for her, but now it seemed that Su Nuo was simply saving people.

[Could it be... he really isn't a monster? Have I misunderstood him?]

The thought crossed Wan's mind: if it were true, then her actions just now were a huge offense to her savior, but what if it wasn't?

Wan remained silent for a few seconds, then finally shouted:

"Um... please wait a moment!"

"What?"

Su Nuo stood still, calmly looking at Wan.

Wan said:

"Thank you so much for saving my life..."

"A life-saving grace? I'm not a monster anymore?"

Seeing Wan's panicked appearance, Su Nuo couldn't help but ask him this question.

And Wan's answer is:

"If my benefactor were a monster, they would have eaten me just now, so... please give me a chance to repay your kindness, please!"

“…………”

Repaying a debt of gratitude?

Su Nuo wanted to refuse Wan's offer, since he had saved people not to repay a debt of gratitude, but simply because someone needed help and he happened to be passing by.

But... Su Nuo does need Wan's help with something. He is going down the mountain to a big city to spread his ideas to the nobles, but he doesn't even know where the big city is.

Su Nuo sized up Wan. Her gorgeous attire was clearly not something an ordinary family could afford; she was very likely a noblewoman.

Sukuna didn't want to miss this opportunity, so he said:

"I don't need you to repay me, but I do need your help with a small matter... I need to get to the nearest city, do you know the direction?"

Upon hearing this, Wan's eyes lit up:

"I come from Aizu myself. I originally came here to visit a shrine, but I encountered a monster and suffered this calamity. I can't worry about that now. If you're going to Aizu, how about we travel together?"

Seeing Wan's slightly excited appearance, Su Nuo narrowed his eyes and remained silent for a moment.

[This girl looks like a noble lady. As her savior, the obstacles to my contact with nobles are greatly reduced. Traveling with her... doesn't seem so bad.]

Thinking of this, Su Nuo nodded:

"In that case, that's fine."

"Very good!"

Wan cheered and scrambled up from the broken carriage, running to Su Nuo's side.

Wan raised his head, looking up at the high and mighty Su Nuo, and asked:

"My benefactor, I still don't know your name. Could you please tell me your name?"

Su Nuo glanced at her and said indifferently:

"Su Nuo, Su Nuo from both sides."

Wan smiled and said:

"My name is Wan! I look forward to working with you in the future!"

“…………”

Su Nuo didn't want to pay attention to the girl who suddenly became noisy. At this moment, he had already begun to think about how he should promote his ideas and how he should move the nobles after meeting them.

And what about Wan? After learning that Su Nuo was not a monster but her savior, her admiration for strength made her feel good towards this savior.

He gazed at the face with two pairs of eyes. At first glance, it was somewhat frightening, but upon closer inspection, he discovered a unique youthful charm, especially the way it looked when it was deep in thought, which was captivating.

And those four arms covered in runes were strong and powerful, with full muscles and lines as if carved by a knife. Just by looking at them, you could tell that they contained explosive power.

And those broad shoulders and back, that kind of body gives people a deep sense of security. Just one glance is enough to be attracted by that powerful body, but then you feel a little offended and quickly look away.

In short, to Wan, Sukuna's monstrous body didn't seem so terrifying anymore...