After saying this, Vanessa jumped in front of the woman and stood between me and her.
When she stood there, she looked at the woman with narrowed eyes before saying, "Stop trying to cause trouble already. Didn't you hear him? He said that he's not interested."
The woman didn't seem scared when she saw Vanessa act this way.
Instead, she just narrowed her eyes to look at Vanessa as if she was scoping her up.
Then all of a sudden, she said, "Are you sleeping with him?"
"Pftt!" I couldn't help spitting out the beer that was in my mouth when I heard this.
At the same time, there was a blush that quickly filled Vanessa's face as a mortified look appeared.
This was the last thing that she had expected this woman to ask her.
During all of this, there wasn't a single person that dared to say anything. But it was clear by the looks on their faces that they were very invested in this now.
All of them wanted to see where this was going.
"What do you think you're asking?" Vanessa said when she finally came back to her senses.
The woman didn't seem fazed at all by this as she asked, "Well, have you?"
"You! This isn't the kind of thing that you can ask a person out of the blue!" Vanessa didn't answer the question and just started scolding the woman.
But this was more than enough to give the woman her answer.
"So you haven't slept with him yet."
"You!" At this point, it almost seemed like Vanessa wanted to grab and pull the hair of this woman. The only reason that she didn't do it was because she was in front of the person that she wanted to leave a good impression on.
I just looked away since I didn't want to embarrass her.
But I also couldn't help wondering just what this woman was up to.
Though Vanessa looked like this, the woman continued by saying, "Since you haven't slept with him, it means that he's not your man yet. As such, you have no right to say anything about me wanting to follow him."
"You! You! You!" Vanessa's face turned red again, but it wasn't from embarrassment.
It seemed like she was about to explode from anger with the way that she was clenching her fists.
Seeing this, I really had no choice but to say something.
I didn't want to get in between women since I knew that there was nothing good that would come from it, but I had to get involved since this was related to me.
At the same time, I could see the way that Reddick was looking at me…
The way that he was holding that knife in his hand was a bit scary…
"Ke, even if we haven't slept together, that doesn't mean that she's not someone that's important to me. We're partners that have worked together for a while now, so of course I respect her opinion."
The woman was surprised to hear this before she knitted her brows to look at Vanessa.
Vanessa didn't even look at the woman as she turned to look at me with a touched look.
The woman took a moment to recover before saying, "I'm sorry for what I said. It seems that I made a mistake."
Then she turned back to look at me to say, "But please let me follow you. I promise that I'll do whatever you need me to do."
I couldn't help giving a cough when she said this since the tone of her voice made it very clear what she was offering.
But since she wasn't planning on giving up, I said, "I'm not someone that stays in one place for long and the things that I do are dangerous. If you want to follow me, I can't promise that you'll be safe."
"I understand, but I still want to follow you." The woman said with a determined look in her eyes.
Seeing that I wouldn't be able to convince her, I just said, "Then you can follow me for now, but I have the right to send you away if it doesn't work out."
"A chance is all I need." The woman said in the same determined voice.
Vanessa looked at me as if she wasn't sure about this, but I looked at her to show that I knew what I was doing and that I was planning something.
She seemed to accept this, but there was still an uncertain look in her eyes.
The woman didn't care about this as she went over to the little elf girl. She took her by the shoulders and brought her over before saying, "Thank you for taking care of us."
A faint smile appeared on my lips when I heard this.
It seemed that she was quite the bold girl.
With her doing this, I could tell what she was planning.
She wanted to use me to keep the little elf girl safe.
An elf in the wilderness was someone that everyone wanted to capture. After all, elves were naturally beautiful and they were skilled at magic.
If they were captured young and trained…
"My name is Mia and this is Leaf. Thank you for taking us in." The woman bowed after introducing herself.
The little elf girl seemed a bit hesitant, but she eventually bowed along with Mia.
I gave a simple nod, but I really wasn't paying attention to them.
Rather, there was something else that took up my attention.
It was something that no one else could see, so they didn't know what I was doing.
It was something that came from my system.
"A high elf follower has been confirmed. High elf race has been unlocked. Two new avatar slots have been added."
This was the last thing that I expected to happen when I accepted this little elf girl.
But it wasn't as if it was a bad thing.
It seemed like this little elf girl was quite the lucky charm.