New Century Warriors

Chapter 64 A Quiet Night, Part 1

Chapter 64 A Quiet Night (Part 1)

Did I really kill Kermilien?

This was originally a definite fact. To prevent her from coming back to life, Lei Ye personally stabbed her several times and stuffed her corpse into a storage bag that couldn't hold living beings. But now Lei Ye is starting to doubt himself. Was Loya really not possessed by Kmiron? How could she refuse those five large gold coins?

She even changed into black stockings...

Speaking of which, anyone in this world wearing black stockings might make Lei Ye feel good, but Luo Ya is the only one who doesn't. Lei Ye himself doesn't know why. He didn't feel anything when he saw those feet just now, he just wanted to laugh a little.

This is like your roommate being a "Little South Girl" or "Floating Life Princess" on Twitter who only shows her feet and never her face. She gets scolded every day for showing her smelly feet, but since she dares to show them, it means that her feet are at least really good feet. But would you hit those good feet? No, you would only use an alternate account to lead the way in scolding her in the comments section of her posts.

I just hope Loya can study the books properly. Those three books were carefully selected by Lei Ye. The first one is to help her remember the laws of Hillius so she won't do anything reckless and end up in jail. The second one is to help her recognize how dangerous the monsters that spawn nearby are when she takes on commissions. Knowledge is power. The third one records the heroic deeds of local explorers. I hope that after reading it, she can become a little more normal and learn from the good qualities of these predecessors, instead of being so superhuman.

These three books are filled with Lei Ye's hopes for her. However, Lei Ye thinks she will most likely cheat and shirk her duties, but it doesn't matter as long as she stays at home obediently.

After all, it was Loya, and Lei Ye took special care of her. Before she entered the room, he had hidden a storage bag full of snacks and more than twenty sets of new bed sheets. No one else received this treatment.

In short, let's just say we've settled them in their homes for now.

The other two members of the Forest River who weren't in this house were Antora, who was on the second floor of the guild, very close to him, and he could rush over at any time if something went wrong. As for Formaline, although he hadn't had a chance to go to her, she should have been spending all her time in the Great Library, so she was safe since they hadn't gotten involved.

This afternoon was a rare moment of free time.

Lei Ye has been spending all his time in his studio.

He is making another watch for himself, a purely mechanical one.

Without using magic stones as a power source, Raino wouldn't be able to make it. It's like trying to make a modern watch by hand without using magical techniques from another world.

Damn it, I'm a civil engineering major, and I didn't even finish my internship before I ran off to write novels. What am I supposed to do now?

So even late into the night, Lei Ye, feeling dizzy and lightheaded, hadn't accomplished anything.

Looking at the magical artifact version of the watch, it was already midnight. Raino was a little hungry and wanted to get something to eat.

"dimension..."

He subconsciously wanted to call out the little angel's name, but then he thought that he no longer intended to use her as a maid, so he casually took some dry food from his storage bag and stuffed it into his mouth, crunching away.

That's all for today, go back to your room and get some sleep.

Lei Ye casually turned off the light, but there was no response. He hummed in confusion, "Hmm?" Then he pressed the switch repeatedly, but he couldn't turn it off no matter what he did.

His mouth movement froze, and Lei Ye quickly disassembled the magic lamp. Sure enough, the magic drive engine inside had stopped working.

Lei Ye's heart skipped a beat, and he secretly cried out in despair.

The second time stop has begun, it's happening so fast.

He quickly left the studio and began checking each room one by one.

First, there's Loya's room, which is the closest. Of course, you can't knock on the door at this time, but as the landlord, Raiye has a key that can open all the locks... Raiye opened the door, took a look, and then immediately closed the door again.

Why isn't Loya wearing any clothes?

What are you doing with your hands...?

...Forget it, so many lucky pervert incidents have happened on Line 1. I'm tired of seeing things I shouldn't have seen, so why bother with avoiding suspicion at a time like this?

He took a deep breath and pushed the door open.

First of all, it must be said that his prediction about Loya was correct. Sure enough, she didn't intend to sleep well on her very first night after moving in, and now she's already enjoying herself immensely.

She will soon be able to use the new bed sheets that Lei Ye specially arranged.

Lei Ye checked the window; it was locked, but the curtains weren't drawn properly, leaving a large gap.

She's still so careless.

But when Lei Ye drew the curtains, he heard a rustling sound. Looking down, he saw the trash that Luo Ya had hidden there.

"damn it..."

She'd already found the storage bag Lei Ye had specially left for her, and yet she still littered the room. Couldn't she act like a human being?

At this moment, Luo Ya was lying on the bed in a strange position. Lei Ye wanted to punch her but couldn't bring himself to do it. After hesitating for a moment, Lei Ye went to the kitchen, grabbed a handful of chili powder, pulled out her hand, sprinkled some on her beautiful and slender fingers like seasoning on a skewer, and then put it back.

He stormed off.

However, at that moment, he caught a glimpse of the books on the desk out of the corner of his eye.

Lei Ye paused for a moment, then slowly moved to sit on the desk and started flipping through the pages.

The book he cherished for reading had become dirty, covered in grease.

It gives you the feeling of a kid eating snacks while doing homework, and then handing in a colorful test paper to the teacher.

Lei Ye's anger flared up again, but he quickly realized that at least Luo Ya was actually reading obediently. The dirty fingerprints covered many pages. Lei Ye estimated based on the number of pages that she had been sitting here eating snacks and reading for almost the entire afternoon and evening after he left.

So obedient?

It's actually a bit strange.

Lei Ye seemed to remember something, so he took out the banana that Luo Ya had given him from his storage bag and pondered over it.

A wave of nostalgia washed over him.

When she was on Line 1, Luo Ya loved eating bananas, and the bananas she bought were always big and plump. This habit naturally carried over to Line 2.

I thought she was going to give me some weird gift, and I had already prepared my excuse for refusing. I never expected her to pull out something like this.

Just like no matter which subway line she takes, she still loves bananas, and Loya is still Loya. It's just that she has different experiences that have led to different growth. Raino believes that she can still become a better person.

I don't know how much I can fix Loya, so let's take Loya from Line 1 as the target for now. She's already trying her best to cooperate with my treatment, which is good enough, isn't it?

Lei Ye's anger gradually subsided, and he felt slightly guilty about his actions.

He took out a tissue and strode over to Loya, pulled out his finger again, wiped the red chili powder off it with the tissue, and then stuffed it back in.

"Good night, sleep well," he said softly.

next.

Right next to it was Ais's room.

When Lei Ye opened the door, he breathed a sigh of relief. Ai Si was a good girl and hadn't done anything strange. She was curled up on the bed, sleeping in a small ball, like a little animal that felt uneasy even in its sleep.

She wasn't properly covered by the blanket, her fair, smooth shoulders were exposed.

Lei Ye glanced at the air conditioner in the corner. It didn't work in time-stop mode, but then he thought about how warm the church was back then. He figured the temperature must have been frozen in time-stop mode, so the room wouldn't be cold.

You still need to cover yourself with a blanket.

He cautiously approached, wanting to tuck her in... but upon getting closer, Lei Ye discovered the reason she hadn't covered herself properly: she was holding something in her arms—a white and blue longsword.

Raino only remembered that she liked to sleep with a body pillow. In the later stages of Line 1, Raino even had the experience of being grabbed by her and used as a body pillow. But Raino never thought that her habit of sleeping with something in her arms was so deep that she would even use a sword.

Wait a minute, I prepared a soft, plush pillow for her beforehand...

Speaking of this sword, Lei Ye had quite a deep impression of it. After increasing his affinity with Ais, he would unlock a little story about Ais's background. The core material of this Ice Dragon Sword was a piece of her mother's tailbone. It is said that once her mother encountered a group of hunters who specifically targeted parts like horns and tails. They were very strong, and the Dragon Mother managed to defeat them with great difficulty, but she was seriously injured. Her horns and a piece of her tail were cut off. Based on the principle of not wasting anything, she entrusted these parts that once belonged to her body to the dwarves, asking them to help make some items for Ais.

This long sword embodies her mother's longing.

However, when Lei Ye drew the sword, he discovered that it was already covered in wounds and the hilt was broken. No wonder she slept with it in her arms as if she wanted to protect it.

Of course, the core of the Ice Dragon Sword, being made of dragon bone, remained intact. Its damage was similar to the initial damage to Guts's Dragon Slayer Sword, with the blades on both sides almost unusable.

It seems that during her five years living deep in the forest, Ais must have hunted down quite a few formidable enemies in order to survive.

Lei Ye silently put away the Ice Dragon Sword.

Back in Line 1, he could only ask others to help him repair this sword, but now he has the skills and materials to do it himself, and he can even do it better. He also has the time-stop mechanism to take advantage of, so he doesn't have to worry that Ais, whom he doesn't know well, won't appreciate his efforts.

He tiptoed out of the room and gently closed the door.

There's not much to check in these rooms, is there? The doors and windows are all locked. If she had already broken in, there would definitely be noise. Lei Ye's super hearing wouldn't be able to miss it.

What's noteworthy is what's happening outside.

Thinking this, Lei Ye went out onto the street and circled the same patrol route as last time several times, but still found nothing. Lei Ye did not see anything suspicious.

He himself was the most suspicious person, still getting restless whenever he saw a passerby hurrying along.

Especially those few weary travelers, whose equipment was tattered and worn, as if they had traveled for a very long time, clearly explorers returning from a long-distance mission.

These long-distance commissions are the most troublesome. The target is in a very, very far place, and it takes several days just to get there. The expenses along the way are all costs. If you encounter an attack by other monsters, it will greatly affect the success rate of the mission.

But on the other hand... that fair-skinned, lovely young lady's worn-out boots must have been stuffy for at least five days.

Calm down, Lei Ye. Think about the commotion you caused before. It had such a bad influence. You were just making things worse for Hillius.

but...

"It's all filthy, all of it is filthy."

After muttering these two sentences to himself, Lei Ye immediately convinced himself.

By the time he realized what was happening, the female swordsman's shoe was already in his hand.

However, this time Lei Ye was no longer in the mood to happily collect Qi.

The feet he saw were very beautiful, or rather, their shape was quite beautiful. They were wrapped in layers of dirty, coarse cloth, clearly torn from someone's clothes.

When the wound was removed, Lei Ye gasped in shock. It was hard to imagine what kind of willpower she had to get back.

Lei Ye looked up at the girl's face. Her so-called fair complexion was just a sign of anemia. Her expression was tense, painful, and somewhat numb. It wasn't hard to imagine that this mission had not gone well.

By the way, Raino doesn't recognize this person; he's a new character in Route 2, Shillius.

Looking at the other explorers, they were all unfamiliar faces and very young. Judging from their equipment, this was probably a young team that had just shed their rookie status. Without even asking Lei Ye, he could guess what their story was like. With a little money in their pockets and slightly upgraded equipment, these young people immediately accepted high-difficulty commissions that they could only look at before, hoping to make a fortune. However, they were taught a lesson by reality.

At the end of the line, Lei Ye saw a person lying on a makeshift stretcher that looked like it was about to break down at any moment. Now he knew why the lady could only wrap her feet in coarse cloth, because all the gauze was used on this person's body.

This group was clearly out of ammunition and supplies, and their mission had failed without any reward. Yet, they still brought this person back, which suggests they were prepared to sell their equipment to buy the healer's services.

It was precisely because they were unfamiliar faces who shouldn't have appeared in Shillius that Raino thought of "friendship" and "bonds."

Lei Ye once saw a native of the Hillius squad go through a similar situation. The man lying on the stretcher cried and said, "I probably can't go on. Before I die, I want to have one more round, but I can't move my hand now. Can someone help me?" So someone actually helped him with tears in their eyes. In this way, he missed the best time for treatment and died with a smile on his face.

This is normal in Hills.

So these people are excellent fresh blood! With the senior Lei Ye here, he won't let you disband like this!

He took out the highest-grade healing potion and generously poured it onto the wounded patient's body.

This stuff costs one large gold coin per bottle, and usually only nobles can afford it, but Lei Ye is much richer than nobles, so it doesn't matter.

He then used the remaining liquid at the bottom of the bottle to apply to the wounds of the other people. Compared to the person on the stretcher, the others' injuries were not very serious, but it was just something he could do on the side.

Finally, he returned to the young lady from the beginning, and as usual, Lei Ye took the old shoes and socks and changed into new ones.

The difference this time was that he didn't try to look good by wearing black or white stockings or leather shoes. Instead, he wore thick, warm socks and sturdy, durable hard-soled animal hide boots so that she wouldn't have to wear them until her feet blistered the next time she took on a similar job.

...Sigh, no, this is all the work of the wicked. Once the time stop ends, it won't be attributed to them. These people don't even know who helped them, so why bother with this?

After finishing everything, Lei Ye finally came to his senses and slapped his thigh, feeling that it wasn't worth it.

But look at the expressions on their faces—it's like the sky is falling...

The fourth rule of the Hillius Explorers Guild states that, where possible, senior members of the guild should take care of newcomers.

So let's leave it at that.

However, Lei Ye lost interest in continuing his exploration. Midnight was the peak time for explorers to return to the guild to turn in their quests and then drink and chat. Correspondingly, there were also a lot of explorers who had failed their quests and returned with injuries. If he encountered another group of explorers like this, wouldn't he just lose another potion?

Anyway, Lei Ye didn't see any dirty traces while patrolling. He went to Antoura's room to check if her doors and windows were locked before returning to his own studio.

Quiet as death, the night is silent and desolate.

While guarding the stagnant night, Lei Ye took out the Ice Dragon Sword and began to tap it with a clanging sound.

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