Chapter 666: Hypocritical Woman

After the crowd dispersed, Madam Babel seemed to have just discovered the group of travelers.

She walked towards me gracefully, bringing with her a fragrant breeze and a gentle smile.

"I am truly sorry for letting the guests witness such an embarrassing thing. This is my dereliction of duty as the clan leader. Please forgive me."

Su didn't want to pay any attention to this pretentious woman. He neither responded nor looked at her. He was thinking about how to persuade Jade to leave with them.

Babel didn't seem to care about the girl's attitude at all and showed great tolerance, which put the traveler team at ease.

"The city has its own laws, and the tribe has its own rules. You are guests of Tanit, and we will never harm you on our own territory."

Jade hurriedly finished her task and ran to greet her friends, "Sue! I missed you... so much!"

Madam Babel said nothing more when she saw this. "Haha, don't let an elder like me spoil the fun of you young people. Jade, go and have fun with your friends."

Before Babel had gone far, she heard the black-haired girl's voice, "Jade, come with us and leave here!"

The joyful smile on Jade's face faded, "Su, what are you talking about? This is my home."

Sue: "What family? That Babel is obviously not a good person! A scheming bad woman!"

Jade shook her head. "Madam Babel has taken great care of me. I am very grateful that she is willing to accept me as a member of the tribe. Being vicious is an advantage in the desert, and I am such a person as well."

When Su heard that Jade was going to treat that bad woman as her new family, she was so angry that she wanted to roll her eyes.

Su: "That hypocritical person is just trying to win you over and use you to do dirty work!"

Jade: "This is not a dirty job! Tracking down outsiders with bad intentions and punishing traitors to the tribe are all honorable jobs!"

This can even be considered a privilege for her since she was not born in the Tanit tribe.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Kong and Paimon quickly tried to smooth things over.

Paimon: "It's been a while since we last met. Please don't quarrel when you meet."

Sora: "Anyway, calm down first, let's talk somewhere else."

A group of people walked out of the Tanit tribe and sat on the exposed high rock. If there were any trackers or eavesdroppers, they would be able to spot them at a glance from here.

Su crossed her arms and turned her back to Jade, expressing her displeasure.

Jade looked at the girl's angry back carefully, bit her lip and hesitated for a long time, then whispered some truth.

"After I found my father's hometown, many people in the tribe didn't accept me. It was Madam Babel who saved me and accepted me."

"Madame Babel was not a purely good person, but she gave me shelter and tenderness."

She felt from Madam Babel the tenderness that she had imagined a mother to have.

Su Xiang held her head and screamed, "Jade, are you stupid?! I told you she was just pretending! She just wants to win you over and use you!"

"No!" Jade couldn't help but raise her voice, then managed to lower it, "Madam Babel really treats me as her daughter."

Jade ignored the tears and warm embrace that Madam Babel shed because of her injury, ignored the elders she assassinated to help Babel become the Madam, and ignored these things that would make Su have a worse impression of Babel.

Jade whispered about Babel's training and appreciation of her, about the dream she and Babel shared, and about how Babel had taken the initiative to tell her her biggest secret.

It was that secret that made Jade completely trust Babel and willing to work hard for the bright future she described.

Sue: “What secret?”

Jade shook her head, "I can't tell you, but I didn't lie to you."

The biggest secret of Madam Babel is that she is actually the child of a desert survivor and a rainforest scholar.

Babel's parents came to the desert for pilgrimage when they were young, but her mother died of hemorrhage during childbirth.

The desert mercenaries they hired picked up Babel and made a deal with the child's father.

Eventually the deal fell through, Babel's father died, and the mercenaries took Babel back to Tanit.

Jade remembered the red corners of the mistress's mouth under the moonlight. "I learned the truth only after I had grown into a Tanit. But we still have a chance to create a better Tanit that doesn't need to rob other people's children."

"Jade, you have to help me."

Babel has the same soft curls and gentleness as her mother, the same background and toughness as her father, and the same blood of a mixture of rainforest and desert as her.

Jade identified with Babel and devoted herself to her beautiful dream.

Those brutal killings were for a better future, which Su could not understand and did not need to know.

Su is someone she likes and yearns for, but Madam Babel is her kind and family.

Jade: "Anyway, I'm having a really good time in Tanit. I invited you all here this time because I have something very important to ask of you."

Jade said that she obtained a very important piece of information from Madam Babel, which is the location of the Eternal Oasis.

Jade pointed to the distance where the yellow sand was rolling. "Under the sandstorm that never dissipates, there is the eternal oasis."

The Tanit tribe, who believe in the Lady of Flowers, designated the area as a forbidden area. Only Jade was promised by Babel that she could explore the Eternal Oasis without paying attention to the tribal taboos.

"Madam Babel finally agreed to let me bury my father's and mother's relics in the Eternal Oasis a few days ago. You are my best friends, and I would like to invite you to join me on this wayward journey."

"Okay, we'll go with you." Su nodded. "That Babel is still somewhat useful, but it's because she herself doesn't dare to go, so she coaxes you to take the risk."

Jade went back to ask Babel for permission to lead the Traveler Team to search for the Eternal Oasis. Babel hesitated and said, "Jade... I have already withstood a lot of pressure to agree to let you go to the Eternal Oasis."

Before Su Gaoao could say that their traveler team didn't need her consent at all, Babel changed the subject and said, "If you can get the approval of the Mother of the Town Spirit and bring her back, then it's up to you."

Jade happily thanked her mistress for her forgiveness and handed over her work and intelligence to her.

"Pretentious, pretentious, and mysterious..." Su complained to his friends in the distance, "We are the greatest sages and flower knights certified by Nashida! Where in the whole Xumi can't we go?"

Do the bandit-like Tanit tribe really regard Nashida's territory as their own?

And her hesitation was basically fishing! Maybe she was very happy!

Even if they really disagree, so what? If they break in, can these people stop them?

"Okay, okay," Paimon tried to persuade the snorting girl, "I don't think Jade will leave Tanit. Let's not conflict with the Tanit people and make things difficult for Jade."

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