After the slave owners went bankrupt, they all wanted to keep me as a mistress.

The red-haired girl's face turned pale with fright. She hurriedly shook her head in denial: "Ah—I mean, if you're a handsome and real man, then go ahead and use a stick on me!"

The words were clearly arrogant and provocative, yet they were awkwardly punctuated with honorifics and compliments about his appearance.

It's truly remarkable that this female knight could come up with such a thing.

Mu Qiu nodded, then raised the cleaver again.

"That's a pity. I'm going to use the knife first and then the stick."

Seeing the cleaver so close to her, Fiona's long legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

But she gritted her teeth and forced herself to look Mu Qiu in the eye, trying her best to maintain that unyielding expression.

"Then let's get started..."

As the blade drew ever closer, one could almost feel its sharp chill.

Faced with a life-or-death situation, Fiona, who had been pampered since childhood, was unable to maintain her composure. Intense fear overwhelmed her reason, and large tears instantly streamed down her face.

"Waaaaah... No, no..."

She let out a pleading cry, her voice trembling with tears.

at this time--

boom!

A dull metallic cracking sound rang out!

The expected pain did not occur; instead, I felt a lightness in my neck.

Fiona opened her tearful eyes in shock and found that the iron chain around her neck had been swiftly severed by a kitchen knife, the cut clean and clean.

"Ok?"

Mu Qiu put away the kitchen knife, a half-smile on his face, his gaze falling on her tear-streaked face. "I think I just heard some strange sound?"

Fiona looked up, a somewhat awkward smile on her face, overwhelmed by a feeling of exhaustion from surviving the ordeal and a profound sense of shame.

"Gulp... Let me go."

Her voice was barely audible, and all her previous assertiveness had vanished.

"You, the female knight, are falling into depravity even faster!"

Vera, standing to the side, made a sarcastic remark without any mercy.

Fiona lowered her head deeply, wishing she could disappear into a crack in the ground. The humiliation, anger, and fear of death intertwined within her, making it impossible for her to calmly say "Kill me" as she had before.

Is she really inferior to this lewd elf in this respect...?

No! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Fiona! You must be patient! You are not yet fallen, nor are you surrendering to the humans before you!

This is just temporary patience! Fiona! Believe in yourself! You can do it!

"If you want me to spare your life, tell me everything you know."

Mu Qiu said, "Tell us everything about your name, your family, your background, why you are here, and what your purpose was in attacking me and Vera. There must be no omissions."

Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Legendary Sow Potion?!

Fiona took a deep breath, trying to calm her still-pounding heart and the lingering sobs.

She looked disheveled and pitiful. The proud ahoge on her head now drooped helplessly, her bright red hair was wet with tears, and a few strands clung to her pale cheeks and neck. Her eyes were also red.

He was wearing only a tattered, thin garment that couldn't even fully cover his chest, and it bore bruises and bloodstains from being whipped.

She dared not look Mu Qiu in the eye, her gaze wandering. Her hands unconsciously crossed over her chest, but her slender arms could only barely cover the middle part, leaving the snow-white breasts of both hemispheres exposed to the air, making them appear even more alluring.

“I…I am Fiona Ignis, from the Ignis family, the red dragon family of the royal city of Doraken.”

When the family name was mentioned, her back seemed to subconsciously try to straighten a little, but as soon as she raised her head, her gaze focused on the boxer shorts on the black-haired human in front of her.

She paused for a moment, and the options of "kitchen knife" and "stick" that the other person had just given her flashed through her mind. Ultimately, she chose the latter...

The faint pride in her heart was instantly crushed by an overwhelming sense of shame. She sniffed and continued speaking.

“I…I am not under the command of the Doraken royal family or the Knights, my true affiliation is…the Council of Stars.”

Another Star Council meeting?

The name made Mu Qiu's eyebrows twitch almost imperceptibly.

Fiona was unaware that she didn't dare to look up at the human in front of her, and even her arms, which were crossed over her chest, unconsciously loosened a little, as if she wanted to show her snow-white body to the other person as much as possible.

"One of the long-term missions of the council is to find and recover the original forbidden books scattered around the world. The first forbidden book in the sequence, the legendary Book of Heroes and Demons, will reappear in the world every hundred years."

"The Primordial Forbidden Book?"

Mu Qiu interrupted Fiona and asked, "Is there more than just this one forbidden book?"

"Of course not... The Book of Heroes and Demon Kings is the first forbidden book in the series, but there are also the Forbidden Book of Sages, the Forbidden Book of the Abyss, and the Forbidden Book of Witches..."

Fiona whispered, "However, the other forbidden books are forbidden books that are prohibited from use, just as they are literally. Only the Book of Heroes and Demon Kings is a forbidden book that is used once every hundred years. Therefore, people have gradually come to know only the existence of this forbidden book."

Mu Qiu stroked his chin and nodded slightly, signaling the other person to continue.

Fiona continued, "According to the council's deduction, this year is the time for the forbidden books to reappear in the world. Since the forbidden books can only appear in dungeons, the council has issued dungeon exploration missions to various regions. Our task is to be responsible for the area around the northern border of the Orion Empire..."

She paused for a moment after saying this.

When they first arrived in Radiant City, they were looking for local news when they heard that an elf was going to be auctioned off, so Ilúviel decided to take her along to see it.

At the auction, they saw that the final item to be presented was Ilúvail's sister, Vera, so they were prepared to bid for her as well.

However, Mu Qiu quoted an exorbitant price of one million gold coins, leaving Iluviel to watch helplessly as her sister was bought by this human.

On their way to abduct the human, Ilúvier and Ilúvier discussed the matter for a long time and concluded that the human might be after the forbidden book, since this year was the year the forbidden book was published, and both humans and elves would take action to explore dungeons around the world.

While the humans appear to have done nothing, the Crimson Thorn Adventurer Group likely took on the mission to explore the underground cities along the northern border.

Even the most beautiful elf could not possibly sell for a million gold coins.

It was precisely because of this suspicion that Ilúvier believed Vera had already found the forbidden book or clues related to it, and that this human had learned of these clues, which is why he bought it for the exorbitant price of a million gold coins.

But Fiona didn't intend to reveal all of these things.

think carefully.

Did Vera deliberately splash water on her just now to subtly tell her to calm down?

Since she is temporarily enduring it, could Vera be doing the same, only outwardly submitting to this human?

Fiona thought about it more and more and it made more sense.

In her view, Vera had only been this human's slave for a few days, and the reason why she was so obedient to Mu Qiu must be because she had some unknown reasons!

How could noble and pure elves so easily submit to humans and allow them to play with their beautiful bodies?

This human must have found some weakness or vulnerability in Vera that forced her to submit, but she must have done so unwillingly!

Vera deliberately splashed her with water, probably to subtly signal her to calm down and not let her anger cloud her judgment!

A small leak will sink a great ship!

They have now become slaves to this human being, at least on the surface, and must pretend to be slaves!

Look at this elven girl; in order to gain this human's trust, she doesn't hesitate to rub her breasts against his arm from time to time!

Fiona secretly glanced in Vera and Mu Qiu's direction, secretly admiring them.

This patience is something she should learn from!

This elven girl must be secretly plotting every day how to escape from this human, right?

The human in front of him clearly didn't know that Vera was Ilúvier's sister. If he knew their relationship, he would be more cautious in the future!

Therefore, you absolutely must not reveal anything about Ilúvier!

At the very least, the sisterly relationship between Ilúvier and Vera cannot be revealed!

As she thought about it, Fiona slowly lowered her arms from her chest, revealing her full breasts to Mu Qiu without any obstruction.

“I did not intentionally follow you, but I saw you buy this elf at the auction house for a sky-high price of one million.”

"So much money is being spent on buying an elven slave... This is highly unusual."

"Therefore... I have a suspicion. I suspect... that you are going to such lengths because she knows the whereabouts of the forbidden book, or that the forbidden book is on her."

She swallowed, her throat dry.

"As a member of the Star Council, it is my duty to retrieve forbidden books. If I can complete this task, the reward will at least help me advance to the Legendary level... If I can become a Legendary professional, I can return to the Doraken royal family and help Her Highness the Princess resist the attack of your Orion Empire."

"At the same time...as a dragon knight."

At this point, Fiona's cheeks flushed slightly with shame. "Seeing a noble elven woman reduced to slavery, I... I felt obligated to help her and rescue her from... from this humiliating situation."

Mu Qiu curled his lip, and amidst Fiona's humiliated expression, he reached out and played with the small dragon horns on the top of her head.

"You're clearly just a stupid princess knight. Just because you have the blood of a red dragon doesn't mean you can call yourself a dragon knight. By the way, can you turn into a dragon and let me ride you?"

That's going too far!

Fiona felt like crying.

She is a human with red dragon blood, a dragon-human, not some giant dragon that you can ride at will!

These despicable humans, whose minds are filled with nothing but thoughts of riding dragons...

One day, she will ride on this human master and make him feel the humiliation of being ridden by a female knight!

Fiona didn't dare to argue with Mu Qiu, so she could only continue answering his previous questions: "So...that's why my companions and I secretly followed you and launched an attack when you checked into the inn...I intended to subdue you, take this elven woman away, and find out the whereabouts of the forbidden book...I...I didn't expect..."

"You didn't expect to lose to our Vera, and you certainly didn't expect to be captured by the Witch's House after your defeat and escape, right?"

Mu Qiu nodded, understanding why she had come here.

So it turns out that people started associating him with banned books because his price was too high?

"Unfortunately, I didn't buy her because of the banned books, and she didn't have any so-called banned books on her, Vera, right?"

Mu Qiu looked at Vera beside him. The silver-haired elf seemed to be in a daze, but she suddenly came to her senses when she heard his words. Her pointed ears twitched, and she stammered, "No... that's right! A lewd human like Master would only consider one thing when buying slaves!"

Why does her reaction seem a little guilty?

Mu Qiu glanced at Vera suspiciously.

You don't actually have banned books, do you?

Speaking of which, she even took a day off to go to Mirror Lake Forest before, could it be that...

"Hmm...okay, that makes sense..."

Fiona didn't notice the problem with Vera's tone. She thought back carefully and realized that apart from the human owner in front of her, there wasn't a single other male creature in the manor...

Other nobles would employ some humans to guard their homes or buy a group of elite centaur guards, but here it seemed there were only female slaves.

If that's the case, then wouldn't she be at risk of losing her chastity?

The dragon tail behind her swayed from side to side with unease, which caught Mu Qiu's attention.

He walked up behind Fiona and pinched the dragon tail on her back.

"Waaah... This, this isn't allowed..."

Fiona felt her body go limp instantly, and her heart pounded several beats faster.

If he had only touched the tip of her tail, that would have been one thing, but Mu Qiu touched the base of her tail, near her rump, and not the scaly side, but the softest side.

If it were a real dragon, its entire tail would be covered in scales, but for a dragon girl like her, there was a small section of the softest part of her tail near her buttocks that wasn't covered by scales.

This place is the most private place for the dragon people, a place that only husbands and wives can touch.

"You mentioned a princess earlier? What princess?"

Mu Qiu suddenly remembered something and pressed for an answer.

That damn human!

He clearly touched her most sensitive spots, yet he acted like nothing had happened!