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"Hey! Latis, you're here!"
Jennifer stood up without changing her expression, squeezed her freshly washed hair with her hand, and chuckled:
"I just got back from church and I'm starving! Let's go!"
Latis exchanged a silent glance with the housekeeper, whose eyes held a murderous glint, and said with a troubled expression:
"Um, Jennifer, there's no rush. Why don't you go change your clothes?"
"No—no need!" Jennifer pushed Latis by the shoulder and walked out the door. She casually picked up a pair of sandals at the door, stepped out, and then turned back to wave at Latis, shouting:
"Let's go!"
Latis looked at the housekeeper, who was breathing rapidly as if she were having a heart attack, gave an awkward dry laugh, and ran away in a flash.
……
"So you're planning to build a mage tower in a few days? For your mentor?"
Jennifer strode confidently, hands behind her head, and asked.
"Yes, I've already found a piece of land I like. I'll go and inquire with the relevant departments tomorrow."
Latis, smelling the faint fragrance of hair in the air, nodded in reply:
“I’m currently staying at the apartment at No. 21 Tianhai Street. You can come over if you need to find me.”
"Cicada~ Cicada~" Jennifer's wet hair swayed back and forth, like the floating grass described in botanical books that drifts with the wind all over the world. Latis quickened his pace helplessly, thinking:
"This feels like my brother suddenly dressed up as a girl! Is this really my Captain Jenny?"
"That's the one!"
Jennifer spun around smoothly and ended up behind Latis. She chuckled and shoved him into the store.
"Hey!" Before Latis could react, he was startled by the sight of all the maids in the shop.
"So, isn't it a nice place?" Jennifer peeked out from behind him, watching the maids bowing in perfect unison, and sighed sincerely.
"This is truly a paradise for this knight!"
Latis asked tremblingly:
Is this store legitimate?
“Of course!” Jennifer said matter-of-factly, looking at Latis who was relieved.
"A very legitimate erotic maid shop!"
……
"There shouldn't be any pine needles in here, right?"
Latis wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at the large bowl of sweet corn soup that the maid had brought over, asking cautiously.
"Ah, maybe?" Jennifer smiled as she watched Latis's face turn even paler, then coughed twice and said:
"Don't worry, if we had one, we should be in a private room right now."
Latis looked at the surrounding trellises and the occasional bird flying by, remained silent for a moment, then picked up the corn soup and drank it all in one gulp with a death-defying air.
Jennifer, holding a freshly broken piece of toast, stared in astonishment at the empty soup bowl.
"Oh, thank you. Drinking only soup does make me feel a bit weak."
Latis snatched the bread slice from Jennifer's hand and swallowed it before she could react. Then, without hesitation, he swept all the food off the table.
"Hey!" Jennifer opened her mouth blankly, then gritted her teeth and shouted, "Are you getting revenge on me? You've finished eating, what about mine?"
"I'm afraid Miss Hines will execute me on the spot after she's been poisoned!" Latis cried out tragically, raising his hands.
"loyalty!"
"Aaaaah!" Jennifer jumped in front of Latis angrily, shaking his shoulders and shouting:
"My sweet soup! My bread slices! My cake! My plum pie! My sandwich rolls! Give them back to me!"
"Stop shaking! Stop shaking! I'm ordering another one!"
"I want to eat it now! Give it back to me, give it back to me!"
Latis looked at Jennifer's annoyed face through the constantly shaking camera and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
In the simulated memory, the bloodstained, tattered breastplate gradually transformed into a soft, fragrant nightgown. Water droplets fell from Jennifer's hair, landing on Latis's face and into her own sandals. Latis's hand stroked her kneeling calves, the vibrant elasticity of which made him grin.
Amidst Jennifer's playful beatings that rained down on Latis, she suddenly felt as if summer had arrived.
……
"Then Tina had no choice but to agree."
Jennifer covered her mouth and quickly chewed the piece of meat in her mouth while saying:
"If a Holy Knight is excommunicated by the Church of Light, their fate is very tragic, um..."
She picked up the corn juice on the table and drank it all in one gulp, then slumped back into her chair and said lazily:
"If one's faith is unwavering, one can continue to pray to the God of Light, but those who are exiled will basically fall into darkness... That's pitiful, because they still possess the divine power of the God of Light within them..."
Latis was taken aback, suddenly remembering the knight he had met at the flower market in Crown City.
"By the way, speaking of which, I seem to have heard of something called a container fragment... It's probably related to the Church of Light. Jennifer, do you know what it is?"
Jennifer sat up straight, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice:
"In the Church of Light, every knight practices a divine art called 'Broken Vessel.' Although holy knights themselves possess the power of the God of Light, this vessel seems to contain something of a higher level, though I can't quite put my finger on it..."
She scratched her head and continued:
"However, this container magic can indeed materialize. I've seen a senior cast the 'Perfect Container,' which was a very beautiful bone vessel. As for the fragments, I don't know..."
Chapter 97 If you pull the arrow, you'll be stabbed by the mage's hand.
"Welcome to the California Guesthouse..."
Latis hummed a tune from his hometown as he pushed open the apartment door.
"hiss……"
Looking at the empty room, he suddenly felt a sense of emptiness.
"I'm still missing a Pokémon..."
Latis scratched his head, sighed, and lay down on the ground with his arm as a pillow.
"Today I only saw acquaintances, tomorrow I'll have to see strangers. Sigh, life is tough. Socially anxious people sigh..."
"Ate and the others should arrive in a little over two days. I still have a lot to do."
"First, I'll apply to the Lundian Mage Association for the qualification to build a mage tower. Then I'll scout out the Queen's Academy and Bogu Academy. After that, I'd like to learn about the proper applications of magic networks at the academy..."
buzzing...
The sudden vibration startled Latis. He paused for a moment before realizing it was the communicator in his bag.
"Damn it, it's like a nightmare from my past life. My boss is calling me nonstop at midnight, demanding I work overtime..."
He frowned and answered the call.
"Is something wrong? Please don't call at night unless it's important, okay? I work eight hours, sleep eight hours, and the remaining eight hours are my own!"
Latis launched into a long, unreserved tirade.
"..."
The silence on the other end was deafening. After a series of rapid breaths, a hoarse voice spoke:
"There's work to be done, want to do it?"
"No way." Latis spat and hung up the phone.
buzzing...
Just as Latis was about to put the communicator back in his bag, it vibrated again.
"Are you sick?" Latis muttered, then hung up the communicator.
buzzing...
Latis frowned and hung up again.
buzzing...
"Latis, be patient. What if he's dying and can't find anyone to give his last words?"
Latis sighed, marveling at how kind he was, and then answered the phone.
"One thousand gold coins!" the person on the other end shouted as soon as the call connected.
Latis paused for a moment, then immediately asked kindly:
"Excuse me, sir, how can I help you? We offer a 20% discount for overnight bookings today!"
The person on the other end coughed violently, and after a long while, said in a choked voice:
"I need you to go to Lundia tomorrow. In the evening, someone will tell you what to do at the entrance of No. 61 Tianhai Street. You just need to do as instructed."
Latis rubbed his chin, a glint of wisdom in his eyes, and asked:
"You want..."
beep beep beep...
Latis froze, staring incredulously at the disconnected communicator, and then burst into a tirade:
"Dare to hang up on me, and you'll be stabbed by a mage!"
After angrily stuffing the communicator into his bag, he suddenly noticed the petite stone sculpture of Ate.
Latis hugged his baggage to his chest and sighed as he looked at the empty house.
I miss her a little...
He hesitated for a moment, then gently poked the head of the petite Ate.
A few seconds later, the stone sculpture suddenly emitted a green glow, and a half-elf's voice, tinged with joy, came from it: