novelraw Chapter 138: Overflowing with Arrogance
Chapter 138: Overflowing with Arrogance
At this instant, Li Wei's mind raced, and several response plans emerged one by one. But ultimately, he still revealed a trace of joy. Then, he looked at Hathaway—who appeared very weak, but the affection in her eyes burned like roaring flames—and directly engaged in a deep, three-second gaze of profound emotion.
No breaking character, no bloopers, no dodging of the gaze.
Ah, what a wonderful young girl. If he didn't agree to this, wouldn't he become a pure white knight?
Right then, Li Wei said nothing more. He simply stepped forward, gently pulled Hathaway to his side, tightly grasped her hand, and looked solemnly at Teacher Ron.
"Teacher, please rest assured. I will take good care of Hathaway. The gods be my witness, I will marry her and become husband and wife, living happily together from then on, until eternity. And our child will be the heir to the Kakh Family! However, the environment in the mountains is harsh, and I fear she cannot endure these many hardships. So, Teacher, could I trouble you to escort Hathaway back to Weir Province? Wait until I have built the castle, and then I will personally go and fetch her. How about it?"
"George!"
The moment Li Wei's voice fell, Hathaway beside him gently pulled him. She was still looking up at him affectionately, even faintly showing tears. But within these tears, there was no grievance, but rather the resolute determination of one crazy for love!
Wow, with such acting skills, he, Mr. Li, felt inferior.
"George, no matter how hard it is in these mountains, could it possibly be as hard as when we studied swordsmanship in our youth? Is it more bitter than the two of us being separated in different places, news blocked off, not knowing if the other is alive or dead, worrying day and night, missing each other to the point of madness?"
"George, I'm not afraid of hardship. As long as I am with you, no matter how much hardship there is, I am not afraid!""But there are snakes in the mountains."
"I'm not afraid!"
"There are mosquitoes at night."
"I'm not afraid."
"I have to chop trees and fell timber every day. Are you going to labor together with me?" Li Wei asked in amusement. His doting look was so natural. But none of this was important; the important thing was that you had to work.
Otherwise, after becoming his wife, did that mean she wouldn't have to work? Li Wei couldn't guarantee that.
However, this naturally couldn't stump a seasoned veteran player. Hathaway didn't even blink her eyes. "Of course I can."
Her answers were very fluent, but it was useless. That's one dealt with.
Next, Li Wei smiled and looked at Old John. "Uncle, Leon said he found a pretty good stone quarry in the valley to the north, but I'm somewhat worried about him going alone. You are the most outstanding Hunter. I hope you will go with him. While protecting him, you can also help him mine some stone. After all, I hope that on the day of my grand wedding with Hathaway, our wedding will be held in a castle."
"No problem, just leave this kind of matter to me. Speaking of which, I can conveniently hunt some wild game to improve everyone's food. Fila, does the family have rosemary, wild mountain scallions, and wild mountain peppers?"
"We have some, but not much left."
Fila looked at Li Wei with a smile. She was telling the truth: the three players who came this time were truly not to be trifled with. Little George, there will be a day when you cry your eyes out, and I will be waiting patiently for it.
"That's good. When I come back, I'll conveniently gather some. Additionally, while hunting, I also found some large trees of decent quality. I'll take the time to fell them as well; they would be perfectly suitable for building the castle. By the way, Leon, this month we need to prioritize building the castle, right? The place we are living in now is really too shabby, and the rainy season is already here. This old man doesn't want to be drenched like a drowned rat by rainwater one night!"
Old John's casual few sentences almost made Leon's expression change drastically. Although the main tasks that had already been issued practically couldn't be changed.
But with this old fellow casually spouting nonsense, who knew which sentence might trigger a new mission plot line? Although it wouldn't have much impact on Li Wei, to him, it was fatal, because he truly needed manpower to mine ore.
Immediately he gritted his teeth. He'd rather risk a blooper and insisted: "Uncle, my brother George's idea is to build a Tavern first this month."
At this moment, Leon's forehead was sweating.
But fortunately, there was no blooper.
Just as Old John was about to say something more, Li Wei directly said: "Uncle, rest assured. Last year, even when it rained heavily for a whole day and night in this place, it didn't cause a massive flash flood, nor did the houses leak. My father choosing this valley as the foundation for the family's future rise was not without reason."
Bullying the small with the big (using authority), huh? His cheap (adoptive/in-name) dad's grave was still standing not far away. Do you want him to get up and get hyped?
With one sentence, he ended Old John who still wanted to bounce around. If he wanted to trigger a Monthly Main Task here through dialogue, he'd have to wait.
And at this time, Ron was looking at Li Wei leisurely and calmly. Through their seemingly casual and simple conversation, Li Wei had already firmly pinned down both Hathaway and Old John.
One had to chop wood, the other had to mine stone. Bouncing around was useless!
So now only Ron himself was left.
He looked very confident of victory, even somewhat looking forward to Li Wei displaying slight skills before an expert (showing off in front of a master).
However, Li Wei directly issued a Monthly Main Task to Ron.
"Teacher, you once taught us that as a Knight, a warhorse is the most important companion. Therefore, one must learn to understand everything about the warhorse, even the most insignificant horseshoe. Thus, I know that you are also an outstanding Blacksmith, even though pitifully few people know this point. But now, your student audaciously requests you to stay here. At the very least, wait until Hathaway and I are married before leaving; it won't be too late."
"To prevent you from being too bored, I hope you will conveniently give some pointers to my Blacksmith, Clyde. He's a great young lad. This month he's worrying about how to forge six hundred refined steel armor scales. How about you help him out?"
As soon as Li Wei's voice fell, a Monthly Main Task was issued just like that. Yes, it was different.
Just now, when Li Wei asked Hathaway to help him chop wood, the main subject of the task was Li Wei himself. So Hathaway could only work to gain experience, not Contribution.
Similarly, when asking Old John to help Leon, the main subject of the task was Leon. Therefore, it was still working for free.
But Li Wei asked Ron to instruct Clyde.
This was a difference of a few words, but the meaning was entirely different.
Clyde naturally had his own tasks. He didn't need to participate in anything, nor would they be changed.
Then, these six hundred refined steel armor scales became Ron's task. Combined with Li Wei's identity as the Head of Household, a main task was naturally formed.
"Hehehe! Little George, you have indeed grown up, actually daring to extort your Teacher. However, you do indeed need manpower to help here. I will reluctantly agree to it."
Ron accepted the task with a smile. What he did wasn't important; the important part was that he absolutely had to get a Monthly Main Task in the first month, otherwise his first month would truly be working for nothing!
So what if he was a seasoned veteran?
After being handled over, there was no difference from a rookie. You couldn't even be lazy. When the main subject of the task was working up a sweat, dropping like rain, and you were being lazy... once or twice was fine, being injured could also be an excuse. But over a long time, if it happened too many times, believe it or not, there really would be a blooper to show you!
Such were the rules.
And at this time, Li Wei turned his head and glanced at Penny. The latter smiled and nodded; she didn't need to say anything. With someone helping to forge the refined steel armor scales, then her repairing that set of Two-Star Leather Armor for Li Wei and upgrading it to Three-Star scale armor would become perfectly justified and logical.
She finally waited for the opportunity she needed. Without needing any dirty tricks, without needing to red-faced and anxiously use item cards, without needing to scheme and plot, she only needed to go with the flow.
Next, there was no need for more words. With this scene turned over, everyone could go to their respective work.
Ron unfastened his warhorse's reins, saddle, and various weapons, directly driving it into the Forest to eat grass. Then he went into the room, took off his Fish Scale Armor, changed into working clothes, and busied himself in the Blacksmith Shop on his own. The Blacksmith Shop had enough space, enough charcoal fire, and enough steel ingots; it lacked nothing.
As for Old John, he took off his own Leather Armor, completely putting the bow case and quiver on his back into the room. He only changed into ordinary clothes, brought a Recurve Bow, several ordinary feather arrows, an Iron Spear, a dagger, and a basket worn on the back, and set off north with Leon to mine the stone quarry.
That stone quarry shouldn't be far from the Three-Star iron mine. Leon wanted to make use of part of the transportation route used for mining iron ore.
Clyde, Fila, and Penny also each got busy.
No one would work wearing Leather Armor or scale armor. Even if you weren't afraid of the heat, it wouldn't do; sweat would gradually corrode the Leather Armor, affecting its quality. In addition, the wear and tear during work was also not small.
At this time, only Li Wei and Hathaway were left at the city gate. The latter actually wasn't annoyed at all, just looking at him with a smile, her eyes full of tens of thousands of strands of tender feelings. It was so annoying!
Li Wei didn't care about her either. If you have the capability, try being lazy for half a day for me to see!
Right then, he only brought a Recurve Bow, ten feather arrows, an Iron Spear, and two daggers, and set off carrying an ax.
This month he needed to search for and fell One-Star Quality large trees. This task was very easy for him, especially since there was also a free laborer.
Sure enough, in less than a moment, Hathaway had already changed into ordinary clothes. Have to say, once she dressed up, her temperament immediately changed.
Previously, she was like a noble lady from an illustrious family, frail and delicate like a little flower. But after changing into a set of working clothes, she was a nimble, neat, healthy, lively, sunny, and beautiful farm girl!
You wouldn't doubt at all the scene of her swinging a hoe or an ax, sweating profusely working; it wouldn't feel incongruous at all!
This truly was a formidable figure!
Next, Li Wei chopped trees, and Hathaway helped prune the branches and crown, and peeled off the bark. This was the process of making logs.
It was very hard to imagine that the posture of this woman swinging an ax was not inferior to Li Wei's at all. That is to say, her Strength had to be at least 16 points; maybe it was 17 points, or even 20 points Level 1 Awakening.
If that was the case, didn't that mean she was a senior warrior with all attributes at Level 1 Awakening?
Li Wei sighed inwardly, but it didn't affect him ordering Hathaway around like a work animal in the slightest.
After felling and dismantling them into logs, the two of them returned carrying the logs. Li Wei carried the thick end, and Hathaway carried the thin end.
After a few trips, she wasn't breathing hard, nor was her face red. Truly awesome!
From then on, Li Wei was thoroughly certain. It couldn't be wrong; this woman was exactly that kind of fierce person whose attributes were all at Level 1 Awakening!
(End of this chapter)