Chapter 91 |
'Slap!'
As the beginning of the morning, breaking the tranquility of dawn, was such a sound, along with another scream.
'Ah!!'
Luolin clutched his reddened thigh root. He was almost directly awakened by the pain, and the reason was that the person in front of him had slapped his thigh, and very forcefully at that.
Luolin looked at the girl who was covering her clothes and retreating to the side.
'What are you doing!'
Luolin shouted at Ailuka. This person had tormented him all last night, and now early this morning she was at it again? Would she let him sleep properly or not?
And in response to Luolin's anger, Ailuka was equally unyielding.
'You! You this person!'
'You still have the face to speak, think about what you did to me!'
Ailuka said, pointing at Luolin. Luolin felt somewhat helpless.
'What did I do?'
Thinking carefully, Luolin had indeed done quite a few things last night.
That is, he carried Ailuka back from outside, then put her on the bed. After tormenting for so long and expending so much effort, Luolin was exhausted in the end. And finally, Luolin was directly pressed under Ailuka's body, unable to break free.
Strength value is a rigid attribute. Even if its owner was asleep at the time, it still existed. That is to say, Luolin, whose strength was completely inferior to Ailuka's, could not break free from her suppression, even though Ailuka was in a sleeping state at that time.
It was precisely because of this that Luolin could not break free and leave. In the end, Luolin became philosophical about it. Forget it, he was already so tired anyway, and then Luolin fell asleep directly.
Until this morning, when he was directly slapped awake by Ailuka's world-line correction palm.
'Don't you remember what happened yesterday yourself?'
Luolin asked back, staring at Ailuka. Ailuka was also stunned by this question.
As for what happened last night, she indeed did not have completely no impression. She also knew what would happen to herself on a full moon night. But it was precisely because of this that she didn't want to stay with Luolin.
She was afraid that the same thing as last time would happen, so she left. But unexpectedly, the development of events far exceeded her expectations.
'You clearly knew what would happen, yet you still ran outside. What, you think things weren't big enough?'
Luolin questioned her, and Ailuka lowered her head.
'Alright, listen. From now on, at this time every month, don't act recklessly. I have a way to deal with it, understand? I can get sedatives that will restore you to normal. You just need to drink them.'
Luolin said this, and Ailuka looked at Luolin:
'Really?'
'Of course it's true. Yesterday you directly smashed two of my bottles. Really...'
Luolin was speechless.
However, it was truly unexpected that yesterday Ailuka had calmed down without using the sedative. But that must have been just a special case. It wouldn't be like that every time.
'Then, then why were you on my bed?'
Ailuka hadn't forgotten the initial matter and questioned again.
'This... would you believe me if I said you wouldn't let me leave?'
Last night, it wasn't just Ailuka's strength that prevented Luolin from leaving, but because Ailuka was holding Luolin tightly, and Luolin didn't even have a chance to break free. Ailuka thought about it, but in the end her face turned red:
'I, I could never do such a thing!!'
Ailuka ran over and directly rode on top of Luolin, grabbed Luolin's clothes, and glared at him:
'Forget it, forget what happened last night!'
Ailuka refused to acknowledge it, and Luolin was also helpless.
At this time, Shirna had also woken up. She sat up and rubbed her sleepy eyes.
"Good morning, Master."
Shirna's first glance fell upon Luolin, so she greeted him, but very quickly, she also noticed Ailuka, as well as the current state of both Ailuka and Luolin—
Ailuka was sitting completely on top of Luolin, and both of their clothes were rather disheveled.
The atmosphere among the group became somewhat awkward for a moment.
"Master, what are you two..."
From Shirna's expression, one could tell that she had already conjured up an entire adult anime in her mind.
Thinking carefully about it, when Shirna hadn't fully woken up earlier, she seemed to have vaguely heard some sounds?
Those were several "pa pa pa" sounds.
"Wait, Shirna, it's not what you think!"
Ailuka still wanted to explain something, but Shirna very sensibly retreated back into her own blanket.
"I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything..."
Shirna kept repeating to herself.
Early in the morning, such a farce was playing out in the room.
....
After spending some time, Luolin and the others finally sorted out their emotions and clothes, and after washing up, they left the room. The difference this time was that Shirna also came out together.
"Shirna, are you sure it's really okay for you to come along too?"
Ailuka still asked with some concern, as she was purely worried about Shirna's safety.
But Luolin told them not to worry.
"Don't worry, I'll protect Shirna!"
Although it sounded very manly, in the end it only earned him an eye roll from Ailuka:
"Tch, you? You're just a newbie who only recently started being a mercenary. It's hard to say whether you can even protect yourself, right?"
Ailuka mercilessly mocked Luolin, and Luolin was quite helpless about it.
"If Shirna is left to you, sooner or later she'll die along with you. It's safer to stay with me."
As she spoke, Ailuka protected Shirna behind her.
The group playfully bickered as they walked toward the front desk, where Luna had already started her day's work.
"Ha~"
She yawned.
Actually, she was supposed to be off today, but her junior colleague had something come up at the last minute, so she had to come in as a substitute again.
"Miss Luna, you're on duty again? Be careful of sudden death from overwork."
Luolin also walked over and said, causing Luna to make a gesture as if she was going to punch him with her fist.
"Last night I saw you carry her into your room, you two are really affectionate, aren't you, Mr. Luolin?"
Luna also responded to Luolin with a teasing remark. Luolin instantly felt a pain in his waist as Ailuka firmly grabbed a piece of flesh at his waist and twisted it.
This kind of pain was truly heart-piercingly cold.
"An accident, just an accident."
Luolin quickly skipped over this topic.
"Let's get some breakfast first, and also, didn't you say yesterday that you had a really good commission for us? So what exactly is it?"
Luolin asked while speaking, but Luna looked around and shook her head.
"They don't seem to have arrived yet. I can only tell you about the commission content in the afternoon."
Luna said. Luolin didn't know who the "they" Luna was referring to were, so he had to let it go.
Thus, after Luolin and the others finished breakfast, Ailuka suggested that since they were going to take Shirna along to carry out missions, they should also equip Shirna with gear.
Luolin thought about it and felt it made some sense. Weapons aside—Shirna probably couldn't use them anyway—but armor was definitely necessary.
"Give me the money."
After getting Luolin's approval, Ailuka reached out her hand toward Luolin for the money.
"We two girls are going to buy equipment, so you don't need to come along, right?"
She said this, meaning she didn't want Luolin to go, though she put it quite tactfully.
Luolin reluctantly handed over the money, then watched the two of them leave. During this time, Luolin also clenched his fist.
Last night, Ailuka had caused Luolin to break two bottles of sedatives—that was seven thousand favorability points!
At this moment, Luolin looked at Ailuka with such resentment.
Sooner or later, I'll earn back those favorability points from you!
Luolin made up his mind.
However, since they wouldn't know about the commission until the afternoon, the morning was free. With Ailuka and Shirna going to buy equipment, Luolin could perhaps do what he wanted to do.
So Luolin came to the training ground. This was actually just a large open space, but precisely because it was large enough, mercenaries often used it as a place to train and test their skills.
Today, Luolin came here for the same reason.
Luolin opened the system panel and saw a new skill he had obtained earlier.
Sword Technique—Blood Fury Slash.
This was a skill used with a sword. The origin of this skill was not simple, but not complicated either.
It was actually something Luolin had drawn from the Resentment System.
Because of the shadow cast by "Throwing" last time, Luolin was somewhat resistant to the lottery, but in the end, he couldn't resist the Resentment System's constant nagging in his ear. Luolin took another chance, and this was the product of that lottery draw.
Luolin carefully examined the skill panel.
[Blood Fury Slash: Sword class professional skill. Activated by condensing blood, it causes considerable consumption of physical strength. The worse one's own condition when releasing it, the higher the attack power.]
This skill looked like something used by ruthless people, but although it sounded impressive, Luolin still didn't quite believe it.
"Is this thing really that powerful?"
[Host, you've asked several times already. Why don't you just try it yourself? No matter how you look at it, this is a good skill suitable for counterattacking in adversity. I even feel like I'm at a loss. Why do you look so dismissive?]
The Resentment System was also somewhat helpless.
And Luolin just curled his lip:
"That Favorability System can raise prices on things I buy. Who knows if you might secretly rig what I draw? If possible, wouldn't it be normal to just give me something random to brush me off?"
Luolin said this.
[I'm not as unscrupulous as that guy.]
[Who's unscrupulous? I'm just short on favorability points!]
Before the two systems could start arguing, Luolin stopped all thoughts. He took a light breath and decided to test it out.
The Resentment System still had one thing it hadn't said: whether it's powerful or not, you'll only know after trying it.
Besides, no matter how trashy it was, it couldn't possibly be as trash as "Throwing," right?
Wait, what did I just say was trash?