I am the Executioner Dragon, but a cute mod

"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 am afraid……"

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 weirdo..."

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!"

"how."

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. I originally came here to visit a shrine, but I encountered a monster and suffered this calamity. I can’t worry about this now. If you are 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."

"Great!"

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 so boisterous. At this moment, he was already thinking 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, for Wan, Sukuna's monstrous body didn't seem so terrifying anymore...

Chapter 70: The First Setback

Since using magical power to enhance physical abilities is the most basic skill for a sorcerer, Man and Sukuna traveled while enhancing their physical abilities and arrived in Aizu before dark.

At this time, Aizu was jointly ruled by families of all sizes, the largest of which was the Fujiwara clan, to which Man belonged.

Led by Man, Sukuna arrived at the residence of the Fujiwara clan and found the head of the Fujiwara clan.

"Wan? What are you doing here?"

Upon seeing Wan appear before him, the head of the Fujiwara family looked puzzled. After all, not long ago, he had personally instructed Wan to go out and visit the shrine. Wan should be on his way to the shrine now, not here.

So Wan recounted his experiences to the head of the Fujiwara family, from encountering the demon to being saved by Sukuna, detailing every single aspect:

"...If it weren't for my benefactor, I probably would have died there. Father, you must repay my benefactor for me."

As she spoke, Wan came to the side of the Fujiwara family head, took his hand, and began to act coquettishly.

The head of the Fujiwara family smiled helplessly. He had no way to deal with this daughter. He then looked at Sukuna, who was standing to the side, and sized him up.

To be honest, when Fujiwara first saw Sukuna, he was frightened by his four-eyed and four-armed appearance. He thought that Sukuna was a monster who had kidnapped Man and wanted to extort him. He never expected that Sukuna was the benefactor who saved Man.

"You really can't judge a book by its cover."

The head of the Fujiwara family smiled and shook his head, then spoke:

"Tell me what you want. You saved my daughter. Whatever you want, I will do my best to satisfy you, as long as I can."

Faced with the promise from the head of the Fujiwara family, Sukuna naturally didn't stand on ceremony; he directly stated the words he had conceived along the way:

"I don't want anything. I came here simply to see you and share my understanding of this world with you."

"Oh?"

This was the first time the Fujiwara clan head had encountered someone like Sukuna who wanted nothing. He became interested in Sukuna's "understanding of the world" and extended his hand in response:

"Please speak, I am all ears."

Su Nuo nodded and began to explain:

"In my view, the world is essentially a place where landlords and nobles monopolize land and exploit the common people through personal dependence and hierarchical privileges."

This created a problem: the exploitation of the working people, the solidification of social classes, and the use of feudal ethics to imprison thought resulted in a closed and backward small-scale peasant economy, which seriously hindered social and productive development.

Therefore, feudalism is a backward and unjust system of exploitation that violates equality and freedom. It will inevitably be replaced by an advanced social system, and feudal dross must be completely discarded..."

As Sukuna continued speaking, the Fujiwara family head's smile froze and eventually disappeared completely.

Originally, the head of the Fujiwara family had a slight appreciation for Sukuna, but after Sukuna uttered these treasonous words, in the eyes of the Fujiwara family, he was practically synonymous with a traitor.

Because what he said was correct.

However, the head of the Fujiwara family, out of consideration for Sukuna, who was Wan's savior, didn't immediately break ties with him. After Sukuna finished speaking, he asked again:

"In your opinion, this era is so unbearable... So what do you think should be done for this era to be considered right?"

Sukuna didn't catch the warning in Fujiwara's words. In his opinion, Fujiwara asked the question because he agreed with what he had just said and was eager to solve the problems of this era.

Su Nuo said with anticipation:

"I believe that to resolve this predicament, five things need to be achieved:"

Break the land monopoly, achieve a rational allocation of land, and prevent social classes from exploiting others through land.

Abolish the class system, implement equality of status for all, and eliminate hereditary privileges.

We must liberate our minds and ideas, abandon outdated feudal ethics, and advocate independent and free thinking and cognition.

Develop a new type of economy, replace the outdated small-scale farming model, and promote the progress and development of productivity.

Establish a fair system, improve the rule system, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the grassroots people...

Hearing these words, the Fujiwara family head's expression grew increasingly strange. His eyes twitched as he looked at Sukuna's longing expression, confirming that the guy in front of him was no good.

"Wan, you should leave first. Your benefactor and I have important matters to discuss."

The head of the Fujiwara family said this to Man, who glanced at Sukuna, then obediently nodded and left the room, closing the door behind him.

As Wan's footsteps faded into the distance, the head of the Fujiwara family lost all patience for Sukuna's words. He coughed lightly, interrupting Sukuna, and said coldly:

"I don't know where you heard these blasphemous words. But since you saved Wan Yi's life, I won't do anything to you. Go away and never come back here again."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, Su Nuo was somewhat puzzled. What he had just said was clearly a way to enable more people to live a better life. Given the size of the Fujiwara family head, if he wanted to, he could immediately make the suffering commoners under his command live a life free from worries about food and drink.

However, the words of the head of the Fujiwara family had already made his position clear; he did not believe that Sukuna was correct.

Su Nuo didn't understand:

"Why? You could save so many people."

The head of the Fujiwara family's face darkened. He didn't know if Sukuna was genuinely stupid or pretending, but it was time for Sukuna to face reality:

"You ask why? Then let me ask you, why should I give my money and my land to those lowly creatures? Even if they freeze to death in the snow, starve to death in the famine, or are killed in the war, it has nothing to do with me. I don't care how they live; I only care about myself."

"And you, if you don't leave here soon, I won't care whether you saved Wan or not; I'll suspect that the convoy was attacked by monsters, and that you orchestrated it to get close to me and spread your evil teachings."