Chapter 469: Roxy Recovering from Illness

Broly doesn't know what to eat for a cold, but he has a mouth to ask.

So he soon got all sorts of answers from the stall owner he met at the market.

After selecting some reliable answers, Broly began buying ingredients, then went home to cook.

Roxy, already lying back in bed resting, was awakened by a unique fragrance.

When she opened her eyes, the boy was already holding the donabe and bowl, waiting beside her.

"What is this? Such a strange taste."

Roxy asked weakly, her forehead a bit warm, with a slight fever.

"This is porridge, I added some Aiman Grass in it."

"I asked around, many people eat some Aiman Grass after catching a cold, and they get better quickly."

"The herbs for Cold-Dispelling Medicine, I remember this one, the price doesn't seem cheap, right?"

"Very cheap, a bundle like this sells for only six Ranoa Large Copper Coins."

Broly gestured with a handful, while Roxy's expression was somewhat subtle.

As a raw material for cold medicines popular in the Northern Region, Aiman Grass has a high yield, and its price is not low either.

If six Ranoa Large Copper Coins is considered cheap, probably only rich people could say that.

"Didn't you bargain with the person who sold you this stuff?"

"No."

Broly had no habit of bargaining, especially after teaming up with Orsted, he no longer worried about not having enough money.

"Such a small handful of herbs actually only needs four Large Copper Coins to buy, although this amount of money might not mean much to you, but the days you have to live are still long, being a bit thrifty is also beneficial."

Roxy was somewhat chattering, clearly petite, yet giving the feeling of a thrifty old mother; Broly felt the girl was somewhat like Aqua Master, but definitely not the kind of person Aqua Master was.

If Aqua Master was a geyser that could erupt, a sea of unpredictable wind and clouds, then Roxy was a small stream of gently flowing water, never needing to worry about floods; when getting along with her, the girl could always be this gentle, and also consider problems for others.

"I'll definitely do it next time."

Broly nodded in agreement, then ladled out a bowl of hot porridge, picked up the spoon and asked the girl: "Do you want me to feed you?"

"No need, I'll do it myself."

Roxy hesitated and refused; being fed by a child, her self-esteem wouldn't allow it.

Broly didn't insist, placing the bowl into the demon girl's hands.

"So warm."

Holding the bowl with both hands, Roxy said.

"This isn't just warm, be careful not to get burned."

Broly reminded her.

"Mm, I know."

The girl swept the twisted breadstick braid hanging in front of her body to the back, then carefully blew on it and drank the porridge.

Misty, with slightly red cheeks, the demon girl blowing on and drinking porridge—every frozen frame could serve as wallpaper.

And if adding supporting her chin with one hand, sitting by the bed, tilting her head to watch her blow on and drink porridge, the boy made this scene even more warm.

After finishing a pot of hot porridge, Roxy's forehead slightly sweated, and her spirits improved a bit.

However, after the boy finished cleaning the tableware and returned, she became somewhat uncomfortable.

"Broly..."

"What's wrong?"

"Do you really plan to sit beside me and watch me all day?"

The demon girl wrapped in the blanket asked.

"I need to take care of you."

The girl's face turned even redder, not knowing if it was because of the illness, making her especially sensitive to gazes.

"I know, but you keep staring at me, it makes me very self-conscious."

Roxy said, subconsciously wrapping the blanket around herself tighter, but this was absolutely not disgust toward the boy's gaze; it was just that if she didn't do so, she would have a faint sense of shame lingering in her heart, making her feel embarrassed.

"Oh, I know that, it's like reading a book, you don't like someone always staring at you while you read."

Broly immediately shifted his gaze away, Roxy breathed a sigh of relief, but the room soon fell into another kind of eerie silence.

Roxy gradually could hear her own breathing and heartbeat; unlike before when she could immerse herself in the world of books, there were no books here for her to read now.

"Broly..."

Roxy called the boy again.

"Mm?"

Broly replied, but didn't turn his head.

"Can you share with me what your life is like when you're alone at home?"

Roxy asked, this was finding a topic to break the awkward atmosphere, but also because she was curious about the boy's life when he was alone.

"What my life is like when I'm alone at home?"

Broly repeated the question, thinking about how to answer it.

"You can look over here now."

Roxy found the boy had been turning his head away and not looking at her; feeling speechless yet also amused, she reminded him.

"Oh."

Broly looked over, and had a draft in mind.

"The thing I do most at home, if it was when I first settled here, it was probably cleaning the house."

Back then thieves often came to rob his house, cleaning up that bunch of trash was what he did most.

That's because more people have gone missing on this side; thieves active in the Sharia Region generally know the dangers here, so gradually no one comes anymore.

"What about now?"

Roxy didn't suspect anything; after all, the room was clean, something she had checked earlier.

"What I do most now is think about how to make Roxy feel happier every day."

Broly spoke the truth.

"Huh?!"

Roxy widened her eyes and asked, "Are you joking with me?"

"No."

"So, do you try every day to find ways to make me happy?"

"Uh, no."

"Hmm?"

Because of his denial, the demon girl became even more confused.

"Because Roxy, you don't need to be made happy; every time we eat together you feel happy, every time we read together you feel happy, even when you shared with me about becoming a Water Saint-Class Magician, and when you gave me gifts, you were very happy..."

Broly enumerated the situations where Roxy's Happiness Value increased, causing the listening demon girl to shrink her head into the quilt.

This kind of observation diary-like description is really a bit unfair; it was supposed to be living alone, but everything is about my situation, what on earth is going on?

【If only it were a bit bigger...】

The demon girl secretly glanced at the boy who was talking incessantly about content related to her own happy observation diary, and couldn't help but think in her heart.

"By the way, Roxy, what about you, what was your life like living alone?"

Before Broly finished speaking, Roxy said nothing, just blushing and hiding in the quilt; until Broly finished speaking and asked this question, did she poke out half her head.

"Me, I've always been studying, but before that, I was actually an Adventurer."

The demon girl also told her own story; because she couldn't use the Migurdia Tribe's telepathy since childhood, she felt she didn't fit in with the others in the village and was an outcast; when she met a female Mage passing through the village, she asked the other to teach her magic.

"Bardikand was my first Magic Teacher, and at the same time, the other party was also an excellent Adventurer and a very famous Writer."

"I didn't want to spend my life in a village that was unchanging and deathly silent to me, so I left the village alone at 14; originally I wanted to ask the teacher to take me away, but unexpectedly she left first..."

After leaving the village, Roxy encountered deception, extortion, and blackmail; these things are commonplace on the Magic Continent side.

Fortunately, the girl's luck was not bad; she met three decent teammates, formed an Adventurer party, and transformed from a naive little girl into a mature Adventurer.

"Back then we were just like many Adventurer parties wanting to make a name for themselves, wanting to become very powerful Adventurers; the result was we took a Commission beyond our capability, and the Captain was crushed to death by a landslide Giant Stone, ending it..."

"Roxy."

"I'm fine; these things happened a long time ago, it's just that thinking about them now makes me a bit sad."

Because of a companion's death, the party disbanded, and Roxy was depressed for a while.

"Until seeing ships bound for other continents in Winport, it made me think of what Teacher Bardikand once told me about the scenery different from the Magic Continent that she saw during her travels, and the scenery of her hometown's rice fields stretching as far as the eye could see, which made me want to go see those scenes..."

This was Roxy's original intention for traveling, and then came the girl's stories during her travels; Roxy only talked about what was interesting and important.

In these adventure stories, her magic was praised by others, her magic became her means of making a living, until she came to the Asura Kingdom and met her former teacher.

As for what happened after, since the demon girl had already fallen asleep, Broly didn't know.

A day quickly passed like this; the sleeping Roxy, in a daze, was fed water several times.

Those were times when she felt thirsty, and Broly helped her up to drink.

When she fully woke up again, it was already night.

Before her, another Donabe of Aiman Grass porridge had appeared.

Compared to the porridge in the morning, there were some side dishes beside it, all things eaten when having a cold, things that could better whet the appetite.

Roxy's fever had subsided, but her appetite opened wide, and she ate the food the boy made cleanly.

"Roxy, do you want to take a Bath? I heard soaking in a Hot Spring is useful for a cold; although my Home doesn't have a Hot Spring, it does have a bath pool; put hot water in, and it's about the same as a Hot Spring."

The demon girl sniffed her Nose; although the smell wasn't strong, because of Sweating, her Body had some smell, so she didn't Refuse.

"Do you need your back rubbed? I'm very good at rubbing backs."

Perhaps because today's communication deepened their relationship; by the time Roxy Reacted, she was already soaking in the bath pool.

Beside her was a boy with a white Towel tied around his Waist; his figure was more impressive than when wearing Clothes, actually having muscles that looked very Sturdy.

And this wasn't what Roxy paid the most attention to; what Roxy paid the most attention to was the boy's Fluffy Tail wrapped around his Waist; she really didn't expect the boy to actually be a Beastman.

Of course, Broly explained that he was a Saiyan; it was just that Roxy hadn't heard of that Species name, and took it as a branch of the Beastman Tribe.

And while Broly was preparing to add various ingredients said to be very good for colds into the bath pool, Roxy stopped him in time.

"Are you preparing to make Stew or take a Bath?"

Under the demon girl's Refusal, Broly could only helplessly Give Up the idea of adding ingredients to the bath pool water.

"Roxy, I also know Massage techniques; do you want to try? This might be good for your cold."

However, he had another idea; after the girl's Body was heated in the hot water, he asked.

"Huh?"

Roxy didn't understand what the Massage technique he mentioned was; Broly swam to her back, his two Small Hands grabbed her Shoulders, and pressed on Acupoints above to Rub them.

"Mm~"

Just once, Roxy's Body trembled once, with a feeling like Electric Shock, and the pores on her Skin all opened.

"Who did you learn all this from?"

The overly Exciting feeling made Roxy's Reaction a bit big; the demon girl now shrank her Neck, wrapped her Body in a white Towel, and hid at the Corner side of the bath pool to ask.

"My master."

"Your master is?"

"She's called Aqua; my Massage technique was taught by her; of course, I've already improved it."

Broly answered honestly.

"A woman?"

"A Goddess."

"Then she must be very beautiful, right?"

"Extremely beautiful."

Broly nodded.

"Where is she now?"

Roxy felt that after her illness healed, she had to find the other party and properly ask just what they had taught Broly.

"She is not in this world, but in another world."

Hearing this, Roxy froze — was she already dead?!

"I'm sorry."

"Eh, why are you suddenly apologizing to me?"

"Broly, you must miss your master very much, right?"

"Uh, now that you put it that way, I do miss her a bit."

Broly nodded; given the length of time he had experienced in this world, Aqua was indeed a master he hadn't contacted for a very long time.

"Come to think of it, Roxy, you're a bit like my master — both have blue hair, both are good at Water Magic."

"If I let you give me a massage, would it ease your longing a little?"

Roxy asked.

"I think it probably can."

Broly wasn't sure either.

"Then, you do it."

Roxy approached again, turning her back to the boy in the bath.

Broly couldn't figure out why the girl shrank into a corner one moment, then came back to massage him the next.

However, things having come to this, he might as well massage first and ask questions later.

"Mmm~"

Although he hadn't given anyone a massage in many years, when he did it again he wasn't rusty at all.

The demon girl's body soon softened in his hands, and she let out somewhat stifled comfortable sounds.

Before long, the large towel floated on the water surface, Roxy's body went limp, both hands braced on the edge of the bath, breathing heavily.

"Alright, I've regulated your Qi and Blood."

Broly dusted off his hands, looking very satisfied with the masterpiece he had produced.

The next day, when Rene ran over to check on Roxy, she saw the demon girl leaning against the bedhead, a scene of the boy feeding her breakfast with a spoon.

"Looks like he's taking very good care of you!"

The white catgirl didn't follow convention at all; she jumped in through the window and said to Roxy.

She let her guard down, didn't dodge, and the feeding scene was witnessed.

Roxy's face flushed red with shame; she hurriedly took the spoon and started eating herself.

"She's still a bit weak, I want to look after her for a while longer."

"Haha, I just came to check on her, not to take her back; little Roxy can stay here as long as she likes."

The white catgirl didn't care at all; if she really got lonely alone, worst case she'd just run over and sleep on a futon.

"I'll go back once I'm better!"

This cold made Roxy recuperate for three days, and during these three days of being cared for, her Happiness Value rose a full twenty-odd points.

It was also on the last night she prepared to return to the school dormitory, staying at Broly's house, that the Crystal of Love Accessories from Wood Workshop were finally finished after over a month.

(Chapter End)