Chapter 35 The Hero's Teammates?

I don't know if the other guests have gone to sleep yet in the middle of the night.

Regardless, Mu An was not asleep, feeling the young girl sneaking onto his bed like a kitten.

"Why isn't this lass sleeping in the middle of the night? Why is she coming here? A night raid?"

Mu An did not open his eyes, intending to stay put and observe for a while first.

As Nina's breathing drew closer, her warm breath gently brushed against the man's ear.

It was ticklish, as if a feather were scratching the soles of his feet, and his heartbeat involuntarily accelerated a little.

Mu An was still worrying about whether some restricted-level plot would unfold.

How should he tactfully refuse her when the time came, so as not to hurt the young girl's fragile heart?

As it turned out.

Nina, however, 'said something shocking.'

"Boss, just now... Big Sister Renée snuck out!"

"..."

Mu An opened his eyes, speechless.

Being so mysterious, even going so far as to climb into bed, just to tell him that a certain tsundere elf had snuck out in the middle of the night?

In fact.

He had known about this for a long time.

Ever since he was ambushed by Goblins last time, Mu An had kept the [Enemy Detection Radar] on almost every moment.

Primarily to guard against hidden threats, and secondarily to ensure the safety of his 'employer.'

Therefore, not only did he leave two positioning and teleportation marks on Renée—double the protection, double the caution—

but he also specifically instructed that level 97 Death Shadow Scythe Ghost to hide in the shadows and protect her safety.

Of course, in order to teach her a lesson, it would only intervene when her life was threatened.

"Boss, you're awake? The method Big Sister Renée taught me really worked!"

Nina was sitting on the bed in a seiza position.

Her fair, tender legs were splayed in an M-shape, and her petite, delicate feet were bare.

It was just that she wasn't wearing white silk stockings, which felt like it was missing something.

Seeing the man wake up, she quickly propped herself up, blinking her eyes in a dazed and cute manner, and the cat tail behind her was swaying gently.

Mu An frowned slightly.

Looking down at the young girl.

"What did that person teach you?"

"Hmm... to be precise, I learned this from Big Sister Renée's novel."

"A novel?"

Upon hearing this word, Mu An's heart skipped a beat, and a bad feeling immediately arose.

Where would that lass Renée get any novels?

Even if she had one, weren't they all borrowed from him!

You have to know that those novels were not proper things at all!

At this moment, Nina was still earnestly recounting the 'knowledge' she had learned from the book.

"Yeah, what was the book title again?"

"Let me think... it seems to be called something like 'Lord Hero's Domineering Love,' and I remember very clearly that there was a section about how to wake up Lord Hero."

"In the early morning, when the first rays of the sun shone on Lord Hero's bed, the elf Emil always liked to provide her dearest Lord Hero with a special wake-up service. Besides intentionally whispering sweet, cringey love words close to his ear, she also especially liked to crawl into Lord Hero's quilt to give him..."

Seeing that the plot was heading in a strange direction, Mu An quickly called a halt.

"Stop, stop, stop! Don't learn those restricted 18+ things from her when you have nothing to do."

"18+?"

Nina tilted her head, appearing a bit confused.

"It's things that are unsuitable for children."

"Unsuitable for children? But... I'm already eighteen and an adult!"

"..."

For a moment, Mu An was speechless, not knowing what to say.

...

Meanwhile.

Renée was leaving a place, feeling dejected.

Previously, she had spent 1 silver coin to get suffocating news from the neighbor of that blind old woman.

"The blind old woman?"

"Her... after learning that her grandson had died, she carried her grandson's head to the cliff on the north side of the town and jumped off to commit suicide."

"Sigh~ You say, what is the point of living this life?"

So... this meant she wasn't even given a chance to atone!

Renée was in a very bad mood, feeling like she was an 'executioner' who had indirectly caused the deaths of a pair of grandparents and grandchildren.

Facing the night wind blowing through the town, she tightened the hood she was wearing on her head.

Pedestrians on the road were sparse, with a few drunks appearing from time to time, babbling nonsense.

In the blink of an eye, she stumbled into a pitch-black alley, as if she had been silently devoured by a giant beast lurking in the darkness.

It was unknown whether they would be alive or dead when the dawn of tomorrow arrived.

And the only place in the town that could be considered lively was the tavern.

The dim yellow lights were not bright, just like the somewhat numb hearts of the adventurers who had been busy all day.

The bard was recounting the exciting adventure stories of the Lord Hero and his team members with cadence.

"At the end of the world, in that place full of war and death."

"Lord Hero and his team members went through thousands of hardships and finally found that heros sword stuck in the deep sea."

"Legend has it that it possesses great Divine Power bestowed by several goddesses, which can cause extremely terrifying damage to all evil creatures, and not even the Devil King is spared..."

When passing by, Renée heard the word 'Lord Hero,' which she liked the most, and her footsteps involuntarily paused.

She hesitated for a moment, and her jade hand touched the fairy bow tied to her waist.

In the end, she couldn't help but step into the tavern's gate.

The moment she came in, smelling the sweat and various unpleasant odors of alcohol permeating the air, Renée felt a bit regretful in her heart.

But there was no turning back, so she endured the disgust in her heart and walked to an empty seat.

"A glass of colorful berry wine."

Once these words were spoken, the air in the tavern became slightly quiet for a while.

Many adventurers were intentionally or unintentionally observing Renée's side, and from time to time, some people blatantly revealed greedy gazes.

"Sorry, Miss, we only sell inferior dark rye beer here."

The elderly tavern owner said indifferently while wiping a wooden wine glass.

Renée was also a bit embarrassed.

Just at this moment, the silver-armored knight Raul, whom she had met before, took the initiative to come up to her.

"Boss, the inferior liquor sold to ordinary people is not worthy of this beautiful lady."

"Give this lady a glass of craft dark rye beer... put it on my tab!"

After finishing, he also showed Renée a very gentlemanly smile.

"Beautiful elf Young Miss, we meet again."

Every move he made seemed to be out of place with the other rude adventurers in this tavern.

If it were an ignorant young girl, she might have unknowingly fallen into the gentle trap he had specially woven.

But Renée frowned slightly.

She slapped a gold coin on her table and coldly refused, very decisively.

"No need, I have my own money."

Raul did not force it either, shrugging his shoulders indifferently.

On the side, the tavern owner said with a rare chuckle.

"One of our Lord Hero's teammates, the noble silver-armored knight Mr. Raul, but it seems she is not willing to accept your kindness!"

"[This guy is... Lord Hero's teammate?]"

Renée was shocked in her heart, and her gaze looked at Raul beside her without showing it.

Because of the previous incident, she was very unwilling to believe it, and her heart was very resistant to this person.

"Just a hollow title."

Raul smiled indifferently.

Such an ambiguous answer made it impossible for people to tell whether it was true or false for a moment.