?Chapter 89: Chapter 88: Wei’er, your child’s physique is already sixteen years old?!_1 Chapter 89: Chapter 88: Wei’er, your child’s physique is already sixteen years old?!_1 [Traveler, noticing that the shopkeeper seems to ‘trust’ you, you take the initiative and ask, “Did Wei’er’s mother leave anything behind with you before she disappeared? Or did she exhibit any unusual behavior or actions?”]


    Instead of waiting for an uncertain future, it’s better to clarify what happened in the past and then figure out a solution or avoidance strategy.


    [“There are some things left behind, yes, but they’re just books recording skills, which I’ve looked through countless times already. They don’t contain the clues you’re thinking of. However, as for unusual behavior…” ]


    [Lena appeared contemplative as she spoke, “Teacher Liya used to visit my house about once a week. After teaching me, she would leave right away. Two days before the Divine Tree Festival started, I had met with Teacher Liya. She seemed like she wanted to tell me something, but eventually, she said nothing and just left.”]


    [Recorded item: Divine Tree Festival]


    Luo Xi opened this newly recorded item.


    [Traveler, you ask, “What is the Divine Tree Festival?”]


    [“It’s a festival where the big-shots offer sacrifices to the Eternal World Tree Noah, once a year. For more details, you can ask Wei’er; I have told her all I know.”]


    [Lena seems somewhat impatient with your conversation, Traveler.]


    [She looks at Wei’er and asks, “By the way, Wei’er, you should be around fourteen, right?”]


    [Wei’er pauses, her expression falls, and she speaks with some reluctance, “Sister Lena, I’m already fourteen. In five days, it will be my sixteenth birthday.”]


    [“Ah? You’re nearly sixteen, about to come of age?”]


    [Lena looks astonished at the small stature of the girl with cat ears before her.]


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    In the Dream World, Lena’s face is full of question marks.


    At barely ten centimeters taller than her sister Aina, Wei’er’s height is estimated to be around 1.5 meters, plus her youthful face and slender figure. Besides having a face resembling Teacher Liya’s, she looks utterly unlike the Teacher Liya Lena had seen.


    You should know that Teacher Liya is not just beautiful. Her enviable figure alone is enough to have many short-sighted men chasing after her like moths to a flame.


    With such exceptional lineage, why does Wei’er, almost of age, still look like a child who hasn’t grown up?


    She recalls Aina mentioning finding a husband for her sister.


    At the time, Lena actually wanted to retort – your sister barely looks older than you, why is she looking for a husband?


    Lena thought Aina was young and naive, just parroting something she had read without understanding.


    No wonder… A girl nearing adulthood indeed starts to consider a lifelong partner. For Mutant Patients to find a normal person to marry and have children with is basically impossible, due to the chance of transmitting Mutant Factors from mother to child.


    Why aren’t the big-shots in the big cities interested in Variants? Even if Variants look attractive, they’re only treated as decorative items to behold or as maids. They are always kept at a respectful distance, right?


    It’s because they too fear their bloodline getting tainted. After all, what if a Variant child is born?


    Most importantly, who knows whether some Mutation Factors might transmit through bodily fluids?


    So, Mutant Patients, in the long run, can only end up with another Mutant Patient.


    Hence, over time, Variants form the lowest caste in this world’s entrenched social hierarchy.


    Even Lena herself, had she not recognized the connection between Wei’er and Teacher Liya, wouldn’t have agreed to let them stay in her inn no matter what they offered.


    She didn’t need to take such a big risk for a bit of extra money.


    Of course, knowing Wei’er was Teacher Liya’s daughter changed things.


    Lena looks at Luo Xi standing to one side, either daydreaming or lost in thought.


    Does this guy want to protect them because he has a liking for Wei’er?


    If that’s the case, then she really was overthinking before. Wei’er was almost an adult; Lena had no reason to meddle in the girl’s future life.


    But, that said…


    Lena’s expression twitched. She thought about Wei’er remaining as she currently was and then marrying this young man and having children…


    And then there’s the even younger Aina, who keeps saying how much she ‘loves’ big brother.


    Why does this feel like he’s still a child being born…


    …


    [Ding! Lena’s Shock Value towards you +10]


    [Traveler, Shopkeeper Lena thinks you might be a bit too ‘raw’; would you like to correct her misunderstanding?]


    Luo Xi: “???”


    What the hell?


    Did this woman imagine something weird?


    [No]


    Correct it my ass, the more you correct, the darker it gets.


    [It seems Lena no longer wants to talk about such a grim topic. She says, “You all got up early and came into town; you must not have eaten, right? I’ll go prepare some food for you now.”]


    [Traveler, Lena stands up and leaves the room, passing by you as she goes downstairs.]


    [You exchange glances with Cat Cat and Aina.]


    [Traveler, you ask, “Can we trust her?”]


    [Wei’er nods, “Her feelings for my mother must be genuine. Aina also doesn’t dislike her scent very much, so she should be trustworthy.”]


    [Little Wolf Girl nods profusely, “This big sister’s smell isn’t too bad.”]


    [Cat Cat sighs and says, “Even if she’s not trustworthy, what can we do? Let me tell you something: the Glory outside Winter City has just receded to the other side of the city walls. This means that the idea of using my ability to phase through walls to leave Winter City is dashed. Once the locust disaster ends, if the Glory doesn’t expand outwards again, we’ll have to think of a way to leave through the gates of Winter City.”]


    [Aina speaks anxiously, “Then what do we do?”]


    [Wei’er says, “We’ll play it by ear.”]


    [Traveler, you open the inn’s room window, and from here, you can see the scene outside the Glory.]


    [The swarm of dark locusts outside seems to have decreased considerably, and the silver radiance covering the entire city gives you a great sense of security.]


    [No wonder Shopkeeper Lena and Chu Tian have been so calm all along, because they don’t really feel that the Origin Disaster outside will threaten the Inner City.]


    [At this moment, the inhabitants of Grey Stone Street outside the barrier… are probably all dead, right?]


    [Traveler, you feel some sadness.]


    [Your Sadness Value +1]


    [Note: Damn Traveler, you might as well not be sad at all.]


    [Traveler, you feel the temperature around you seems to have dropped a bit more, though not as much as in the wilderness, but it’s still noticeable.]


    [“Brother, cold…—flower Q”]


    [Aina sneezes softly.]


    [Traveler, you promptly close the window.]


    [At that moment, the loud voice of Chu Tian, that chatterbox, calls from outside the door.]


    [“Bro, that damn shopkeeper left, right? Let me in! I have important information to share with you!”]