“You bastard! Do you have any idea how badly I got chewed out yesterday?!”
Emil shook Ain's shoulders, while the latter could only awkwardly avert his gaze.
“I'm sorry, Senior, I'm sorry...”
“It won't happen again.”
Emil let out a sigh of relief and slapped a document against Ain's chest.
“The precautions for this mission, the details are all written inside.”
Ain took the document, asking in confusion, “So, for this mission, we only need to go to that city-state in the south and keep an eye out for information on the Church?”
“That's for the other groups.”
Emil stared at the document in Ain's hands and said in a low voice, “Don't overthink it. Most of the work for the operation will be done by the instructors. We just need to do the basic intelligence gathering.”
“Once you reach the south, remember to come find me at Moros Harbor.”
...
“Ain, Ain...”
“Ugh... C-Can you wake up...”
“Hmm?”
Hearing someone calling his name, Ain opened his eyes in a daze, his sleeping consciousness slowly clearing.
“Oh... Erylin... What's wrong...?”
Erylin's small face flushed, showing a rare trace of bashfulness for the first time as she stammered, “Drool...”
“Huh?”
Only then did Ain realize that he had been leaning against her shoulder for who knew how long.
There was a slight wet stain on Erylin's fair, delicate shoulder, and even her slender arms were trembling slightly.
“Ah, sorry, sorry! I'll wipe it off for you right away!”
Ain felt a bit embarrassed.
If he hadn't gone so wild with Lillian last night until so late, he wouldn't be catching up on sleep here.
At this moment, the three of them were aboard a massive airship.
This row of seats happened to have three spots, and Erylin was sitting right in the middle.
In the original game, when players wanted to travel to other locations, they also took this type of airship.
Ain didn't know how this scrap metal without electricity or internal combustion engines could even fly.
Magic really was wondrous.
“Pfft~”
Erylin couldn't help but giggle.
“What is it?”
“Nothing...”
The corners of Erylin's lips curled up as she said softly, “I just feel really happy like this.”
“To have you both by my side...”
Erylin's gaze shifted to the girl leaning against her other shoulder.
Lillian, who had also been his partner in last night's "wildness."
“Hehehe... So delicious...”
Ain couldn't help but comment.
“She's probably still dreaming about eating wraps. I have no idea how she never gets tired of them...”
Just as he spoke, Lillian opened her mouth slightly and pressed her cheek against Erylin's shoulder.
The sleeping kitten began to lick of her own accord.
“Ain... Hehehe... So delicious...”
Ain was stunned.
What kind of "wrap" the hell are you eating in your dream?!
“Don't... do xxx anymore...”
“It's too *... Lillian... can't take any more...”
Ain covered his face, his entire face flushing red.
What on earth are you thinking about in that head of yours!
Erylin finally spoke up as well.
“It tickles...”
Ain slowly got up and was about to use his hand to push Lillian's head away, but as if she had telepathy, she instantly shifted her target.
Just as Ain's hand was about to touch the girl's cheek, Lillian's small mouth proactively met it.
?
The kitten before him began to suckle on his hand continuously.
It had only been one night, and she was already this skilled?
She's a natural talent!
Ain instantly snapped back to his senses, hurriedly pulling his hand away, and then immediately gave Lillian's shoulder a gentle shake.
“Sleep properly, will you...”
“Eh...”
Lillian woke up too.
Ain was somewhat speechless as he helped Erylin wipe the drool from her shoulder. He now highly suspected that Lillian's brain had nothing left but "xx".
“Is the wrap in Lillian's dream really that delicious?”
“You want to eat it too? No, cough cough cough, I'm just kidding, haha...”
Ain immediately corrected himself.
He didn't want to make dirty jokes to the pure angel in front of him.
Erylin laughed happily, looking incredibly cute and endearing.
“Can I?”
“No, you can't.”
“Why? Can only Lillian eat it?”
“Yes, wait, no... Can we please stop talking about this?”
Erylin tilted her head cutely, her eyes filled with confusion.
After chatting for a bit, Ain turned his attention back to his status panel.
Thanks to his happiness-making plan with Lillian last night, his MP had risen from 2,640 to 3,874.
However, the rate of increase had slowed down significantly afterward, virtually remaining stagnant.
Lillian, work harder!
Great power requires continuous effort over time!
...
The three-story white main building gleamed with a soft luster under the sunlight. Standing on both sides of the main entrance were two tall stone pillars, carved with delicate vine reliefs.
The wrought-iron gate was embedded with a golden family crest, and the courtyard was filled with neatly trimmed roses and laurel trees.
“Wow...”
Lillian tilted her head back, her mouth slightly agape, clearly shocked by the sight before her.
Although Erylin's family was indeed one of the top families in the empire in the original game, seeing such a grand estate up close for the first time still made Ain gasp in awe.
“Erylin, you're a serious rich girl...”
Erylin lowered her head in embarrassment and whispered, “Let's go inside.”
With that, she took Lillian's hand and led the way toward the gate.
Ain followed behind carrying their luggage, mentally calculating how he should greet Erylin's family in a moment.
However, just as he reached the entrance, a hand barred his path.
“Please stop here.”
Ain was taken aback and turned to look.
It was a young woman wearing a black-and-white maid uniform, her dark brown hair tied back, a standard professional smile plastered on her face.
“Uh... I'm with them.”
Ain pointed at Erylin and Lillian, who had already stepped into the courtyard.
“As for the luggage, you can just hand it over to me.”
The maid reached out. Although her tone was polite, a trace of impatience had already crept into her eyes.
“Please do not step into the Lorenz estate as you please.”
Was he being mistaken for a servant?
Ain looked down at his clothes.
He wasn't wearing his academy uniform right now, so it was no wonder he was being shut out like a stranger.
In the courtyard, Erylin was chatting with Lillian when she suddenly realized someone was missing from her side.
She instinctively looked back, only to see the scene of Ain being stopped outside the gate by her family's maid.
“Eh?”
Erylin blinked, then realized what was happening. A rare trace of panic flashed across her cute face as she immediately let go of Lillian's hand and ran quickly toward the entrance.
“Ain!”
Hearing her young lady's voice, the maid was about to speak when she felt a gust of fragrant wind sweep past her.
Then, she witnessed a scene she would never forget for the rest of her life.
The jewel of the Lorenz family, the young lady Erylin who had been pursued by countless noble children since childhood but had never had any close contact with the opposite sex, was now holding Ain's hand without the slightest hesitation.
“He's my guest.”
The maid froze on the spot, the expression on her face turning from coldness to shock, and then from shock to absolute disbelief.
“Don't do this again in the future, okay?”
Erylin smiled slightly at her, then pulled Ain along as she walked toward the manor.
Meanwhile, the maid at the entrance remained frozen in her blocking posture, looking as if she had turned to stone.
A moment later, she dashed toward the depths of the mansion.
“Master, Madam!”
“The young lady has brought a man back!”
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