Chapter 128: Drunken Self-Exposure

"You know, I'm not some Frog Hunter at all. Actually, on my first day dealing with Giant Frogs, I got swallowed by one, and it was that kid Broly who saved me……"

"That kid should've been the one I took care of, but instead I became a leech clinging to him and sucking his blood. I'm not fit to be his Master, to be some Water Goddess — I should be the Water Leech Goddess……"

"Miss Aqua, you're drunk!"

"No, I'm not drunk. I'm Aqua the Water Leech Goddess, and because of vanity I claimed credit and honor that didn't belong to me."

"Even today I still took on a difficult Commission, wanting that kid to help complete it. I'm a total bastard, wahahaha……"

Broly returned to Marian's home, heard Aqua was looking for him, and when she hadn't come back after half a day he went to the Guild. But when he arrived here, he saw Aqua in the middle of a drunken frenzy, spouting nonsense.

"Broly, your Master's drunk. Hurry up and stop her!"

Luna spotted the boy walking in through the Guild front door, her eyes lit up and she ran over. Right now she was covered in sweat.

She deeply regretted earlier signaling the bartender to mix a strong drink that didn't taste strong for Aqua to drink.

Adventurers fighting monsters sometimes hover on the edge of life and death; having pressure in one's heart is perfectly normal.

Originally she wanted to get Aqua drunk, then act as an Emotional Regulator by her side to ease the pressure in Aqua's heart. She never expected things to turn out like this.

Aqua actually self-exposed, in front of countless Adventurers in the Guild, that driven by vanity she had despicably commanded her Disciple to complete all sorts of Commissions and seized the Commission credit for herself.

If Aqua is lying, then the Guild — which deliberately arranged difficult Commission Quests for her to do — has a responsibility to answer for driving such an Uncommon High Priest Adventurer into this state.

And if Aqua is telling the truth, then the situation is even more tragic: their Guild has become the chief culprit exploiting a child Adventurer.

But the most important thing right now is still to get Aqua to calm down quickly, and not let her keep acting as a self-abandoning self-exposure machine.

"Aqua Master, Marian Sister said you came looking for me at noon."

Broly stepped forward and said to Aqua, who had already jumped onto the liquor table and was loudly announcing she was a super bastard.

"Did something happen?"

Hearing the boy's voice, Aqua's body shook. She turned her head, her face a flush of drunken red. Normally alcohol in her body would be purified into clear water, but as long as Aqua herself intended not to purify it, she could genuinely get drunk.

"Broly, you're finally back. Waaah, I'm sorry. I must be a terrible Goddess, these days I've done nothing but cause you trouble……"

Aqua lunged over, wrapped her arms around Broly's neck, and burst into loud sobs.

"No. Aqua Master is absolutely not a terrible Goddess. You taught me Water Creation and Water Body Purification Magic. With those two spells mastered, I no longer have to worry about water. And Aqua Master also taught me the Body Dirt Purification Technique — that's a practical ability too."

Broly said it with complete sincerity. He had never felt Aqua had anything terrible about her. Although the combat techniques she taught were indeed useless, in his eyes the other skills were like Divine Skills.

Especially Water Creation and Water Body Purification. And even the Scrubbing Technique — even though it was later tested and found not to be a universal ability for raising wives' Happiness Values, as long as it works for Aqua herself, it's enough.

After all, one scrubbing session yields four or five Happiness Points, and he can stay in this world for over two hundred eighty days.

Just this Scrubbing ability alone can scrub eight or nine hundred, even over a thousand Happiness Points from Aqua. Converted to Happiness Points that's a huge sum.

"Really?"

Aqua looked somewhat disbelieving.

"Really."

Broly nodded.

"Then why have you been avoiding me these past two days?"

"Avoiding you?"

Broly looked a bit confused.

"Like today — I couldn't find you anywhere."

She said.

"Uh, Aqua Master, did you forget why I came to this world?"

Broly countered.

"Why?"

Aqua wiped her tears and asked, then belatedly remembered the boy was here to find a wife. "You went looking for a wife today?"

"Mm."

Broly nodded. Although he still had plenty of time left in this world, the world is vast, and finding a wife is something that should be done early.

After all, the earlier you find a wife the greater the returns. See, Aqua is a wife he met through Transmigration, and her Happiness Value is already nearly a full thousand.

Of course, Aqua's Happiness Value isn't very stable — it fluctuates wildly, big ups and downs. For example, at noon it was still nine hundred ninety-something, now it's dropped to eight hundred. But as long as the overall trend is upward, that's fine.

"Then Broly, don't you think me randomly taking Commissions and making you help do them is annoying?"

Aqua had stopped crying, but still didn't quite believe Broly wasn't annoyed.

"Why would it be annoying?"

Broly scratched his head.

"Taking monster hunting Commissions — isn't that earning meal money?"

Earning meal money that can buy food and still finding it annoying — Broly indicated he couldn't understand.

"Ah, this……"

Aqua was somewhat at a loss for words, because what Broly said was the truth.

"Then I took the credit for the Commissions you solved, and you're not angry either?"

Aqua thought of something and pressed the question again.

"Why would I be angry? That's not food. If those things make you happy, Aqua Master, then they should be yours. And besides, if they didn't make you feel happy, there are some Commissions I wouldn't even go do."

"Take hunting Giant Frogs — tracking down over a thousand Giant Frogs took me no small effort. If you hadn't guaranteed to others that you'd keep hunting Giant Frogs to protect their safety, I wouldn't have gone looking for trouble with Giant Frogs specifically, let alone hunted over a thousand of them."

"So all of this is your credit, Aqua Master."

Broly spoke the honest truth. Without Aqua, he might have hunted Giant Frogs, but he absolutely would never have hunted this many.

Considering the situation in the Previous World, Broly felt he should still put his focus on finding Capture targets and raising the Happiness Values of those already found.

Of course, he also still needs to consider whether he can get the found Capture targets to ultimately agree to join his Crystal Palace and become his wives.

Broly's words deeply moved Aqua.

"Why don't I have a disciple this good?"

Some adventurers let out such exclamations, deeply envious that Aqua could have a disciple like Broly.

"Are you the High Priest?"

"No."

"Then do you have astonishing beauty?"

"Not that either."

"Then on what grounds can you have a disciple this good?"

When others asked him this, that person was left speechless.

"Damn it, this goddamn lookism world!"

That person roared.

"It's not just looks, you have to look at strength too, bastard!"

A fairly good-looking female adventurer also let out a roar.

The facts prove that Aqua in her normal state still has considerable capital.

Be it appearance or her own strength as a High Priest, both exceed most adventurers in Axel.

(Chapter End)