The Great Demon King

Chapter 18: Please let us off the hook

Fanny did not intend to run Han Shuo through a gauntlet, due to his injuries. She let him go back after she’d cleaned, dressed his wounds, and saw that he wasn’t suffering anywhere else.

Han Shuo’s walk back was filled with silent frustrations and worry. He hadn’t thought that Lisa would cotton on to him playing the fool that quickly.

He’d played quite a few nasty tricks on her recently, and she’d originally let it all go because she thought he was crazy, but now that she knew it was all an act, she was bound to be out for his blood.

He’d unknowingly made it back to his warehouse, while deep in the midst of furrowed, scattered thought. Just as he was about to open the door and step inside, he discovered the two cowering figures of Carey and Borg by his doorway.

Han Shuo had beaten these two the most at the training fields earlier because they were the ringleaders. Their faces were now bruised and battered, and the sides of their faces were even a bit misshapen.

Han Shuo’s thoughts churned as he saw the two of them waiting there. He cautiously checked his surroundings, wondering how many more they had hidden on the sides waiting to ambush him, since they were already here to exact revenge.

He surveyed the vicinity and squinted, staring at the two of them without saying a word. He walked slowly to the side, where he usually washed and scrubbed things, and chose a hard rock. He smiled dumbly and said, “Do you still want to fight?”

Carey and Borg both shuddered when they saw Han Shuo come back with a rock. Carey hastily said, “Bryan, please let us off the hook. It was our fault for offending you before, we’ll never do it again. Please forgive us!”

On the side, Borg was also staring at Han Shuo, with a face full of fear, as he shakily fumbled out two silver coins from his pocket. He cowered in front of Han Shuo and offered them to him, “Bryan, this is a token of our sincerity. Can you please talk to Master Fanny for us? Otherwise the academy will fire both of us. Our families are poor and completely depend on the silvers we earn from doing errands at the academy. Please let us off the hook!”

So, they’d come to beg and plead. Han Shuo threw the rock, that was in his hand, to the side. The honest, dumb look in his eyes faded away as he rested his two hands on his shoulders, lazily sizing up the two.

Han Shuo smiled after a moment. “I don’t want those two silvers!”

Borg and Carey eyed each other, then looked at the completely unruffled Han Shuo. They both bent down, putting one knee on the ground and implored, “Bryan, please forgive us. We won’t dare do anything again.”

“Stand up and talk, stand up and talk!” Han Shuo hurriedly raised the two from the ground while smiling. He then responded, “I don’t want your silver, but I’ll talk to Master Fanny and leave you two alone in the future if you agree on one condition!”

At this point, how could Borg and Carey not know that Han Shuo had always been putting on an act. Han Shuo’s coldly cruel methods in the training fields had stunned and frightened all thoughts of revenge out of their heads. The current Han Shuo had completely exceeded all of their expectations!

“We agree to whatever condition you want!” Borg speedily replied, fervently looking at Han Shuo.

Han Shuo looked at the two in a measured, unflappable manner and nodded. He said, “In the future, the two of you need to hop to it on all my errand duties, and finish them quickly. I’ll talk to Master Fanny, as long as you two agree to this.”

“No problem, Bryan we’ve got this. We know what to do, we’ll carry out your work in the future.” Carey almost tripped over his words in rapid agreement, as if he was afraid that Han Shuo would regret his words.