"I can't use magic anymore," Anna replied dejectedly, her hands instinctively touching the cold collar.

"Is it because of this?"

"Yeah, this collar is made of a magic-sealing stone that can seal a person's magic. They're afraid I will use magic to escape, so they put this on me."

Luo Chenxi's expression became more serious after hearing her words.

In fact, he had noticed the collar around the girl's neck from the beginning. After all, Anna, dressed in a high-end dress, appeared to be a prestigious noble lady. It was strange to see someone like her wearing a rough collar like that.

"Look up, let me try and see if I can take it off," he offered.

If it had been a while ago, Luo Chenxi would not have been able to break the stone collar, but considering his current physical condition, he might be able to do it.

However, Anna blocked his outstretched hand.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"This... it's probably impossible," Anna nervously replied. "This collar contains deadly poison. It can only be opened with a matching key. If it is forcibly destroyed and the poison is injected into my body, it could be..."

She trembled halfway through her sentence.

If he forcefully removed the collar from her neck, Anna would most likely die right there.

It seemed that in order to remove the collar from her neck, they would have to go back and find those two people again.

Although Luo Chenxi was confident in breaking the collar, he didn't want to take any action as long as there was a possibility of threatening Anna.

It felt as troublesome as trying to save an ancestor. He might as well just leave her behind.

Although he complained in his heart, he couldn't just ignore Anna based on basic humanitarian principles.

"The key is with those people who just left?"

"No," Anna shook her head. "They are just a few guards and wouldn't have something as valuable as this."

The conclusion was that the people Luo Chenxi had driven away were just insignificant scum. Behind them, there was an organization.

"Where is their base? Do you know?"

"I don't know."

Anna took a breath and shook her head.

"You're lying."

"I, I'm not!" Anna panicked. "When they took me out, I took the opportunity to escape. I really don't know anything about their base."

She nervously grasped the hem of her skirt, looking at Luo Chenxi with an anxious expression. However, the young man's face gradually became cold.

"No need to explain, I want your answer. I can tell whether you're lying or not."

Even though Anna's explanation seemed reasonable and she might have really taken the opportunity to escape, Luo Chenxi could still tell that she was lying. After all, in his previous world, he lived in a world of political intrigue every day, afraid of being schemed against. He could easily see through lies like Anna's that lacked concealment.

Luo Chenxi was waiting. He was waiting for the girl in front of him to tell the truth.

But Anna was hesitant, struggling with whether or not she should reveal the truth to him.

"Sorry..."

After a moment, she ultimately chose to remain silent.

"Is that so?"

Seeing her stubborn attitude, Luo Chenxi didn't want to continue questioning her.

"Mr. Chenxi, I'm really sorry. You've already helped me a lot, I can't give you any more trouble..."

Although she said it politely, Luo Chenxi could understand the meaning behind Anna's words. She probably didn't want to go back and cause trouble for those people anymore.

He couldn't predict what kind of person she would become in the future, but at least for now, she was still a straightforward child.

Seeing Anna subdue Smov and kick away a strong opponent on the higher level, Luo Chenxi knew Anna had witnessed it too. Despite this, she still refused to tell the truth.

That could only mean one thing - there might be a presence behind those people that even he couldn't handle."It's okay, I don't mind," said Luo Chenxi, reaching out to pat Anna's head as she appeared uneasy.

"Mhm," Anna's face blushed slightly, as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and she let out a relieved smile.

"Mr. Chenxi, just bring me to the foot of the mountain. I will figure out a way to bring knights from the empire to punish them," Anna said confidently.

A gentle breeze brushed past Luo Chenxi's ears, causing him to raise his head and squint at the nearby mountain peak.

Although he knew she was worried about him, it somehow made him feel inexplicably frustrated.