Hearing Sara's comment, Zhen let go of his hand that's holding her waist before dropping down with his back facing the cold, hard floor.

*Thump*

Sara was shocked and hurriedly tried to help Zhen get up as she didn't expect him to fall down like that.

Sara was using her strength but he wouldn't even budge a bit. It's like he turned into a stone that is unresponsive to her speech.

Seeing how Zhen is dazed and thought he is unable to handle the fact of being scammed by Uncle Davis, she mustered up her courage.

*Breathes in and out*

After taking a deep breath, Sara opened her mouth slowly before speaking, "If you continue to lie down then what about our date. I thought you wanted to do your best to make me y-your girl-friend."

Zhen didn't plan to get up anytime soon as he trusted Uncle Davis wrongly.

'How could he betray this trust of mine and scam me so much gold? No wonder he didn't stop me from running away. He must be smirking at how I ran away like a fool.'

While Zhen continues to lie down despite Sara's effort, he heard something from her but couldn't confirm if he heard it right.

"A Date? Do you mean we're going on a date?"

To confirm if his hearing wasn't wrong, Zhen looked at her with a sparkly eye.

"Yes, so are you going to stay down there or start getting up for the date."Sara used all her energy to speak that last sentence and couldn't believe it herself.

Sara couldn't believe how she managed to say something so embarrassing?

'I'm a girl so shouldn't it be him asking me out and not the other way around.'

"Haha, of course, how could I waste our precious time anymore?" Hearing the confirmation, Zhen got up instantly and held her hand with a smile on his face.

All those negative emotions vanished in an instant.

Even Kuro was twitching his beak mouth from how shameless his Master is.

Before he gets to follow Master as he walks out with Sara, he is ordered to stay behind the inn and if he dares to interrupt his date, then he's gonna get it.

Kuro feels like crying as he has been abandoned like a dog being ordered to be a gatekeeper.

Zhen didn't care about his feelings as this is his moment. His time to act.

As Zhen continues to hold Sara's smooth hand, she blushes and says, "Do we really have to hold hand? It's embarrassing."

"Hoh, says the courageous woman who told me to get up for our date."

Zhen cheekily replied while pulling her closer to him. Now they are so close that their shoulder is almost touching.

Knowing his shameless behavior when he starts becoming cheeky, she sighs and resigns to her fate.

'At least it's better lying on the floor.'

Sara just treats this as a reward for Zhen in losing out more than 100-200 gold coins.

As the crowd saw Sara holding hands with the same handsome man that thrashed Situ Sheng, they felt envious and wanted to be him.

"Man, I'm so jealous of that man."

"Yea, if you are handsome by another mile, maybe you can have a shot."

"Stop rubbing his wound, even if he's handsome, he still won't get Sara with his weak strength."

Sara was known to be impossible to court as she rejected every youth from aristocratic family despite their advances and pursues of more than a year before giving up.

Although they gave up, they were still wary and prevented others from getting near her but alas, she is now taken.

With a sigh, they ignore the couple and return to their business.

Zhen was having the best moment and the gold that got scammed has already been thrown out the window.

'Who cares about money when I have a lovely Sara on a date with me.'

"Sara, this date of our, does that make us boyfriend and girlfriend now?" Zhen leaned close to Sara's ear before speaking seductively.

Sara's face has become a tomato again and replied in a very low tone, "We will have to see at the end of our date."

Despite speaking in a low tone, Zhen was very near her to hear it and sniff on her perfume in the meantime.

'Wait a minute, this perfume was not here when we first met at all.'

'Huhuhu, I see how it is.' Zhen can't help but smirk when he finds out Sara is using a different perfume.

This discovery of Sara using a perfume that wasn't here yesterday only means one thing. Why would a girl wear perfume if not for her lover to smell and compliment her.

"Sara, your perfume simply enhances your natural odor. You smell too good that I want nothing more than to kiss you." As Zhen said that, he kissed her on the cheek as going overboard would ruin the date and his waist.

Truth to be told, Zhen simply doesn't want her twisting his ear again as he's powerless on that technique.

He can't even retaliate which makes things harder for him.

Since Zhen only kissed her on the cheek, Sara didn't pinch his waist and simply spoke about the town's specialty and a popular place for tourists.

Zhen nodded happily as she introduced multiple places and they ordered some kebab where Zhen eats one piece and Sara eats another piece.

A very lovely dovely atmosphere surrounds us that blinds people to death.

(Kebab are small pieces of meat or fish roasted/grilled and place in a skewer)

Their relationship is improving more and more but Zhen still keeps his guard up.

The townsfolk may not realize but this town will soon be in danger and Zhen has to be on guard to keep Sara safe.

Sara whose mind is completely blank simply follows the flow of the date. Even if a person were to try and attack her, she would have zero reaction.

Soon, time passed quickly as the sun was about to set.

'Sigh, happy moments are always prone to end this fast while annoying moments are like forever.'

Meanwhile, Zhen started to kiss Sara deeply when she said they should go back to the inn as night is coming.

Surprised by his sudden action, Sara didn't know how to react for a few seconds before responding to his feelings.

"Mhmm"

Sara moans softly when Zhen continues his advancement in his tongue movement.

Their tongues start entangling with one another before separating to take a breather.

When they separated their tongue, there was a thin line of saliva linking both of them and Sara was too embarrassed, burrowing her head in Zhen's chest.

Zhen gladly held her and moved his hand up and down on her smooth back.

Right when Zhen wants to continue kissing her, he senses danger approaching their position.

Without waiting any minutes, Zhen holds Sara tight before dodging from their initial spot.

*Booooooooooom*

The spot that Zhen and Sara were initially in was blasted and a small crater could be seen.

The pedestrian was shocked by the blast and started moving closer to see who had the audacity to fire such a deadly spell in town.

At this time, a rumbling footstep can be heard in the distance shouting.

"Stop running away and cooperate with us before we use force!"

The person that's shouting was the City Council's army guard and it could only mean one thing when they are involved.

There is an unknown being with hidden intention lurking in the town.

The person who shot the attack smirked, "This is simply a warning to the little girl for ruining our plan. But no worries, this town will soon be engulfed in flame HAHAHAHAH."

Right before a blast is about to land on him as the guard fires their spell.

He crushed a marble-like object and vanished.

'Damn, my perfect date is now ruined by that fool.'

Zhen, who only cares about his date being ruined, is left fuming mad. He didn't have the time to attach a tiny mana to track him down as Sara was terrified by the sudden event.

'Curses!'

Zhen consoled Sara while hugging her tightly and spoke softly that with his presence around.

They would never be able to harm a single hair of her. Sara hugged him harder and tried not to cry.

Sara knew that the attack would injure them terribly as the attacker clearly wanted their life.

But if she weren't distracted by the romantic atmosphere, then the attack would be blocked by Sara before it could even land a hit.

However, Zhen didn't care if she could block it or not as this is a man's job. If he can't even protect his woman from danger then what kind of man is he.

Zhen vows to himself, 'The next time I meet that person, he can say goodbye to his pathetic life.'

Zhen clenches his fist while his other hand continues to stroke Sara's back to soothe her emotion.

'Attacking my woman, I shall torture you before dicing you into pieces and turn it into a kebab.'