“I picked some vegetables for you, and there was a rabbit caught in the trap just now. I’ll help you kill and prepare it later. There are also eggs from our own chickens in the kitchen. You two can cook for yourselves these next couple of days.” The Boy walked in carrying some vegetables and a rabbit.

“We cook for ourselves? What about you?” Ashley Carter asked.

“I have to go to the county town to deliver herbs. They’re waiting for them. The soonest I’ll be back is tomorrow night. When I return, I’ll also bring you something tasty.” The Boy said with a smile, showing his white teeth.

The two girls were momentarily stunned. They really liked The Boy’s smile, and liked even more his simplicity and sincerity. They just didn’t know if they’d ever have the chance to see it again.

They knew that they and The Boy belonged to two different worlds, and it was basically impossible for them to have any further connection. Watching The Boy leave so happily, they felt a faint sadness of parting in their hearts, but it quickly faded.

After another day of healing through meditation, it was time for them to leave.

“What should we do? Are we just going to leave like this?” Ashley Carter frowned slightly. Leaving without saying goodbye seemed a bit wrong, but if they didn’t, it would be hard to face The Boy.

He had saved their lives. If The Boy insisted on them staying, they wouldn’t be able to refuse. But they knew they couldn’t stay—it would disrupt The Boy’s peaceful life, and besides, they couldn’t adapt to this kind of life. They still had many things to do.

“What, are you waiting for your Little Brian to come back?” Grace Bennett teased with a laugh.

“Whose Little Brian?!” Ashley Carter blushed slightly. “I never agreed to that. I didn’t say a word at the time—it was you who agreed, so he’s yours. You’d better treat him well; he’s a good person.”

“But I’m a bad woman, a demoness. I’m not suited for good people.” Grace Bennett said with a smile.

“Forget it, let’s leave him a letter and some silver.” Ashley Carter said, then took out the four treasures of the study from her storage bracelet, thinking about how to write the letter.

“How should we write it?” After thinking for a while, Ashley Carter still didn’t know how to start.

“Just write that we’ve left, and if fate allows, we’ll meet again.” Grace Bennett frowned. “If fate allows” was really a vague way to put it.

“Should we leave our names?” Ashley Carter asked again. Leaving their names might bring them some trouble, and might also give The Boy ideas, prompting him to do things he shouldn’t.

“Leave them.” Grace Bennett said. “As long as he comes to find me, I’ll receive him. He even saved our lives—what is there to be afraid of?”

“Alright, let’s give him a chance to find us…” Ashley Carter said. They left their names, but didn’t specify where to find them. She believed that with their reputations, it would be impossible not to be found.

“By the way, what’s his name?”

“……”

“I think we only know his surname is Bu…”

They could get that much from the information on those spirit tablets, but it seemed they had never asked The Boy’s full name, just as The Boy had never asked for theirs.

“Anyway, we know he lives here. If I ever pass by this area, I’ll come check on him.” Grace Bennett said indifferently.

“If I ever have the chance”—but that was a very slim “if,” almost zero chance.

“That’s true. Then let’s part ways here. Next time we meet, we’ll still be opponents. Don’t think just because we got along.” Ashley Carter said, leaving the letter and some gold notes before leaving.

“Same to you!” Grace Bennett laughed, and left as well. The two were not companions, so naturally they wouldn’t travel together. They returned to their own lives, to their original worlds, as if they had never appeared here at all.

The Boy happily returned the next evening, carrying a basket of chicken, duck, fish, and meat, ready to have a big meal with his two wives. But when he got back, the place was already empty.

He saw the gold notes and the letter on the table, but…

“What are these things?” The Boy didn’t recognize the gold notes at all. He had never come across such high-class money before. All he’d ever seen were copper coins and bits of silver. Most importantly, he—

“What’s written on this?”

The Boy picked up the letter, glanced at it, then tossed it aside…

“Wives, where are you?”

The Boy went to look for the two girls. He couldn’t read, didn’t know what the letter said, and naturally didn’t know the two girls had already left. He also didn’t know their names.

A few days later, The Boy confirmed that the two girls had left and probably wouldn’t return, so he gave up searching and went back to his old life. As for the letter and the gold notes, he accidentally used them as toilet paper, completely severing any clues.

When he later found out what gold notes were, he regretted it so much—he had carelessly squandered a huge fortune. If only he’d known, at the very least he could have used them for several more trips to the toilet…

If those two girls ever found out, they’d probably be furious. They had originally worried that the gold notes might bring trouble to The Boy, and had even instructed in the letter that they were for emergencies only, not to be spent recklessly. In the end, he really did use them for an “emergency.”