To Get Stronger, I’m Forced to Grind Their Affection

Chapter 12

"Don't you dare die so easily..."

Ailuka carried Luolin on her back, running quickly toward the Mercenary Guild.

"Damn bastard, after taking so much advantage of me, you don't get to just die whenever you want."

During the journey, Ailuka didn't forget to curse a few more times.

After she burst into the Mercenary Guild, she was immediately surrounded by countless people as soon as she entered.

"Hey! Is there anyone who can take a look? This guy was poisoned by a goblin, and his wound has already started to get infected."

Ailuka shouted urgently.

Some mercenaries glanced over, but most just turned their heads away—they had seen this kind of situation countless times before.

"Little miss, if I may ask, how long has it been?"

A certain uncle nearby suddenly spoke up, not forgetting to continue drinking the beer in his hand."Coming from the forest, it's been about two or three hours..."

Ailuka responded. Upon hearing this, quite a few mercenaries shook their heads secretly.

"As expected, it's already dark, so I knew you must have spent quite some time in the forest. Then you should also know that antidote must be applied externally within an hour and a half after poisoning, right?"

"..."

Ailuka remained silent. She knew all this common knowledge;

she just didn't want to admit it in her heart.

"Sigh, there's no saving him. Cremate him."

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When he woke up again, Luolin saw an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Where is this place?"

Luolin sat up, finding the surroundings quite unfamiliar.

There was no one else around, and his arm was wrapped with several layers of bandages.

A feeling of weakness pervaded his body.

"Damn it, if there are any side effects in the future, you must tell me in advance!"

[Even if I had told you in advance at that time, wouldn't you have done the same thing anyway?]

"That's still better than only finding out at the very end!"

Luolin emphasized.

A cloth bag was placed beside him. Luolin opened it to look—it contained what he needed, which was the goblin ears.

With this, he could complete the commission.

It seemed that girl had helped him with it after all, but... where was she?

[Oh right, Master, there's good news to tell you.]

"Hmm?"

[Target "Ailuka's" favorability level has increased to two stars. Gaining favorability points will be easier now, and the card's effects have also become stronger.]

Such a thing happened?

That was really quite good.

Luolin left the simple room that contained only a wooden bed. At the end of the corridor, there were some noisy sounds, and he headed toward them.

As a result, he ran right into another person.

"Ah, who is it? Are you blind!?"

The other person cursed without restraint, but when Luolin looked, this person was actually Ailuka.

"It's you..."

Ailuka also recognized Luolin.

"How did you get out of your room?"

Ailuka asked with wide eyes, then scanned Luolin's entire body.

"If you're not feeling well, you shouldn't force yourself. If you die, no one will care about you!"

Ailuka said this.

Luowei smiled bitterly and helplessly. He wasn't really forcing himself;

he just genuinely felt that he was mostly recovered.

"You're the one who brought me back, right? Thanks..."

Luolin said with a smile. Ailuka stared at Luolin for a while, then looked away.

"Who... who wants your thanks? This time it's because you also saved me, so I'm just returning the favor. If you have another poison attack and die, I won't care anymore!"

Ailuka said, turning her head away.

"Where are you going now? Are you looking for me?"

"Who's looking for you? I couldn't care less whether you live or die."

Ailuka curled her lip and snorted twice.

"Of course I have my own things to do. Move aside, I need to get through."

Luolin had no choice but to step aside and let Ailuka pass.

This girl's personality was really difficult to get along with.

Right now, Luolin still didn't know what had actually happened. His memory from the forest to here was completely blank.

"By the way, if you want to turn in that crappy quest of yours, go straight ahead, then turn right, and you'll find the front desk."

Ailuka, who had already walked some distance away, turned back to say this, then without waiting for Luolin's response, continued walking away.

Luolin looked at her retreating figure helplessly.

"You're telling me this is what a favorability level increase to two stars looks like?"

[The system's judgment is never wrong.]

Regardless, Luolin still found it hard to believe, but there seemed to be no way around it. Whatever, now wasn't the time to dwell on such things.

He could also go ask Luna, the receptionist from last time. She should know what had happened.

[If you publicly stripped off her clothes, you should be able to gain quite a bit of favorability.]

"From now on, I'll just call you the Perverted System."

[Eh?]