Chapter 173 The civet cat exchanges for the prince
Chapter 173 The civet cat exchanges for the prince
"It's okay. Maybe your friend sneaked away. We can't panic first." Sean first assumed a good fact to comfort Leah's emotions.
"Yes, yes, I can't panic." Leia recovered from her panting from running so fast.
"First of all, I want to know what your friend looks like." Sean asked.
"A gray mouse wearing a bow tie." She used her strengths and quickly drew a cartoon image with a cute mouse head and a round body on the paper.
Sean looked at the painting and thought to himself: It's unexpectedly cute. This face looks just like the classic cartoon mouse from the strongest legal department in the Eastern Hemisphere in my previous life, except with a different color.
No wonder he captured Leah's heart with his harmless appearance. It would be great if those two naughty and cute capybaras looked like this.
Yes! Got it! Sean suddenly had an idea.
"I think I found a solution, Leah! Go and prepare some harmless washable paints." Sean said to Leah anxiously.
According to this method, as long as the ratman is not caught and killed in person, there is room for maneuver. And even if he is caught, as long as the official process of the Explorers Guild is not followed, there is room for maneuver with his reserve status.
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"Amber~where are you~" Sean and Leah shouted anxiously by the Nebula Lake.
The two of them looked up and gradually approached the abandoned farm building.
At this time, more than 20 townspeople were gathered inside and outside the farmhouse, most of them holding long-handled farm tools such as pitchforks and hoes, ready for battle.
Lewis, who was in the center of the crowd, had just been called over to take charge of the situation.
"Susan, you said you saw a monster here?" Lewis frowned and asked about the situation on the scene with a serious face, "It's deserted, why did you want to come here?"
As he spoke, he was mentally considering whether or not to notify the Explorers Guild for intervention based on the authenticity of the eyewitness' description.
"Yes, Mayor, as you know, this was originally the location of Alessa's Stardust Farm. During this time when the mountain was closed, I have been thinking a lot, so I wanted to come and see the place where my old friend once stayed." Susan anxiously explained the reason why she came here.
"Then I saw a rat-faced monster flash through the window of the wooden house."
"Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? Are you dazzled?" Lewis confirmed again with doubt in his eyes.
"It's absolutely true. The monster turned around and ran away after hearing my scream. Andy also saw the monster fleeing. I can't be the only one who saw it wrong." Susan confirmed anxiously again and again, beads of sweat appearing on her forehead.
Search the house? Evacuate the people? Call in the Macaloo hounds? Or should we just be cautious and notify the Explorers Guild directly?
Lewis lowered his head, pondering a countermeasure, when he heard faint shouts from afar.
"Sean?" Lewis was stunned, and suddenly looked up in the direction of the sound. Sure enough, he saw Sean and Leah rushing towards him by the Nebula Lake.
Lewis arrived just in time, and quickly sent someone to stop Sean and ask him why he came.
"I came to look for my pets Amber and David. These two troublesome guys slipped out of the farm when I wasn't paying attention."
Sean explained while wiping the sweat from his forehead, and then looked at the crowd gathered around him in confusion, "Mayor, why are so many people gathered here? Is something wrong?"
"Pet, do you think it was eaten by that monster? How pitiful." Someone in the crowd heard Sean's words and whispered.
"Monster? What monster?" Sean looked confused and pretended to be ignorant.
"It's like this~" Lewis pulled Sean to an empty corner to explain the situation to him, then lowered his voice and said, "You are also one of them, tell me what you think."
Lewis knew that Sean was connected to the Explorers Guild, so he asked for his opinion.
Sean pretended to think, frowning, "By the way, what did you say that monster looked like?"
"You mean the rat face? There's an ornament on the top of its head? As tall as an adult? Why does it look so familiar? I think this might be a farce." Sean suddenly thought of something, and his tone revealed embarrassment, "Wait a minute, I'll do it."
After that, he left Lewis and shouted towards the cabin: "Amber, can David hear you?"
His loud voice echoed for a long time, after a few breaths.
There was a faint rustling noise coming from the dense bushes behind the wooden house. Everyone present suddenly became nervous and spread out in pairs, becoming highly alert.
Then a figure broke through the vines and rushed to Sean, almost falling into his arms.
"Don't be nervous, these are the pets on my farm. I'm here to look for them." Sean hurriedly explained to everyone.
I saw a Capybara with a bow tie riding on the head of a big dog. I didn't know where they were going to run wild. Their originally yellow hair was covered with mud and turned gray.
"Based on my guess, I think the monsters Susan just saw should be these two." Sean said to Lewis, "Come on! Amber, stand up."
Hearing this, Amber stood up on its feet, and the whole dog walked on the ground like a human, while Capybara was still standing on top of its head, its fat body blocking the entire dog's head, leaving only its own little head with shifty eyes exposed.
The dog and the rat were exactly as tall as a man, with rat faces, grey color, and behaved just like humans, exactly matching the scene Susan had described.
This gesture amazed everyone present.
"Susan, can you confirm that it was them you saw at that time?" Lewis called Susan over for verification with concern.
Susan looked at the acrobatic performance of Amber and David with a puzzled look. David was directing Amber to run around the open space with her feet upright, as if she was riding a Dog brand unicycle.
It was quite funny. If it weren't for the serious atmosphere, some townspeople might have shouted something.
In order to get these two to cooperate with this disguise, Sean paid a lot. It took ten cans of dog snacks and a large bundle of fresh plant roots to complete the deal.
Susan looked more and more confused, and couldn't help rubbing her eyes and looking again: "Maybe my eyes are blurry, and everyone has made a wasted trip."
In fact, she didn't remember the monster's specific appearance very well, so she had to rely on its characteristic appearance to make a judgment.
As for why she couldn't even tell that it was a capybara lying on a dog, Susan could only blame the dim light and panic.
"Haha, so that's how it is. It seems our worries are unnecessary." Lewis breathed a sigh of relief, with a relieved smile on his face. The surrounding townspeople also put down their farm tools, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed.
Although Sean has one side of the story, the finishing work still needs to be done.
As a reserve member of the Explorers Guild, Sean went into the cabin alone to search.
Inside the cabin, he collected all the scattered hats and other abnormal objects into the space, and then used his ability to cover up the traces of biological activities with dust.
"Nothing unusual."
After everything was done, Sean sent a signal outside, and then Lewis and several strong farmers walked in.
After such a search, there was naturally no suspicion.
“However, Sean, you still have to keep a close eye on your pets and don’t let them run around.” Outside the house, Lewis pretended not to know Sean’s identity and reminded him with a serious expression.
"Of course, Mayor, I will keep an eye on them." Sean nodded repeatedly.
After the misunderstanding, Lewis and the others slowly dispersed.
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