Chapter 672: You Guys Make Sense, But Who's Talking Reason With You

Broly had long since noticed something was off with the Pallum girl through the Crystal Palace Panel, but he couldn't just ask directly; he had originally planned to investigate properly during the meal, but unexpectedly, Liliruca spoke up first, and he then directly expressed his clear willingness to help her.

"It's like this, Broly-san, I want to leave your Supporter Team."

The Pallum girl said this.

Hearing this, Bell, who was in the middle of ordering, froze for a moment.

Broly also furrowed his brows.

"May I ask, why is that?"

"Well, because it's too tiring, the work intensity of being your Supporter is a bit high, so high that I can't keep up."

Liliruca answered.

"If it's just because of this reason, you can completely go at your own pace; anyway, on my end, however much you can carry up, that's how much reward I'll give you, and there's no fixed requirement for you to carry until you're exhausted."

"What you say is correct, but there's another important reason; in these few days of working for you, I've actually already earned enough money for my own needs."

As the Pallum girl spoke, an embarrassed smile appeared on her face, and she explained: "This isn't a problem with the work, but a problem with myself; I actually never liked the dangerous Dungeon.

My parents died in the Dungeon, making me an orphan; so, the me of the past swore an oath: if one day I could earn money doing other work, I would no longer do this Supporter job.

Broly-san, I am very grateful you hired me, letting me earn money in this recent period that was previously unimaginable, but now I've earned enough, and I feel I should go pursue the life I want."

"So that's how it is..."

The simple white-haired boy didn't suspect anything else, merely Bell, who already treated the Pallum girl as a companion, felt a bit sad at the departure of a familiar workplace partner from the Dungeon.

"Then, Miss Arde, if you're not doing Supporter work anymore, what do you want to do afterwards?"

He asked.

"Well, this... I plan to open a flower shop, do a small flower-selling business."

Liliruca thought for a bit, then answered.

And she still remembered that in the past, there was a flower shop owner couple who had been willing to take in her, who had fled her Familia.

If it weren't for those bastards of the Soma Familia who wanted to exploit (her) free labor, smashing the other party's flower shop, perhaps her own life up until now would have been completely different; not being some laborious Supporter in the dangerous Dungeon, but a flower-selling girl in a flower shop.

"Then, we can still meet in the future, right!"

The boy's sadness began to fade; after all, this wasn't some life-and-death separation; Miss Arde going to open a flower shop, everyone could still continue to meet in the future; who knows, he and Broly-san might even be able to patronize her business.

"No, I plan to leave Orario."

However, Liliruca shook her head and answered.

"Ah?"

Bell's mouth gaped open, not understanding why opening a flower shop would require leaving Orario.

"The world is big, I want to go see places that aren't Orario."

Liliruca said with a smile, as if she had originally thought exactly this.

"Lili..."

Broly spoke up at this moment.

"Hmm, Broly-san, what is it?"

The Pallum girl looked over at him.

"When we first met, you said at the Rice Bowl that day that you wanted to earn money to let yourself live a good life, right?"

Broly asked.

"Hmm, yes."

The girl nodded.

"Good, then now I'll ask you a question: do you really think the money you've earned is already enough to let you live a good life?"

"Isn't that naturally the case? Otherwise, I would never possibly give up such a money-making Supporter job on your end, Broly-san!"

Liliruca answered with a smile, as if he had asked a strange question.

"Is that so, then let this meal tonight serve as a farewell banquet for you."

Broly fell silent for a moment, then raised the juice in his hand and said to the Pallum girl with a smile.

"Lili, I sincerely wish your future life to be happy and fulfilling."

"I accept your blessing, Broly-san."

Liliruca also raised the juice in her hand and responded with a smile.

"Miss Arde, I'll miss you."

The white-haired boy, sad at the parting, with a hint of a sob in his voice, also raised the juice in his hand and spoke.

【Ah, how could I possibly turn such precious companions into slaves of the Divine Wine with my own hands, turning them into rotten drunks crazed for the Divine Wine?!】

"I'll miss you too, Bell."

Liliruca smiled and responded to the boy, but felt some regret in her heart.

【From now on, I'll probably have to circle around these two in Orario.】

Liliruca believed it was precisely because she was hired that Broly would be targeted by those bastards of her own Familia, just like that flower shop couple who had pitied and taken her in back then.

The Pallum girl ate another mouthful of the delicious meat steak; although she knew she might be taught a lesson by that tanuki bastard who would find out she hadn't accomplished the task and vomit it up later, at least at this moment, the meat steak eaten into her mouth was delicious.

"Right, Broly-san, Bell, before leaving, I have one sentence to give to you two."

"What sentence?"

"Alcohol isn't anything good; if you can avoid touching it, don't touch it; if you get addicted to that Storage Device, it might bring bad things to yourself."

A farewell banquet ended; when they parted after descending Babel Tower, Liliruca said this to the two.

"Uh, neither I nor Broly-san drink alcohol."

Bell hurriedly said.

"That's good, remember it; in the future, no matter who persuades you to drink, it's best to refuse, especially those guys from the Soma Familia."

I have to distance myself from the two of them, but that bastard Kanuna won't necessarily give up, and Liliruca can't directly say someone is threatening her, the matter of feeding them Divine Wine.

【If Broly-san and Bell and the others found out, perhaps they would come help me, but, they are also only Lv. 1, what could they possibly do?

Kanu is a bastard, but he is also a genuine Lv. 2 Adventurer, although I heard that Seth, who is also Lv. 2, was dealt with by Broly-san.

But the problem is, that was dealt with secretly in private, while this time if a conflict arises between Broly-san and the Soma Familia because of me.

That would absolutely not be a good thing for Broly-san and the others who are just newly established Familia members.

I cannot bring them unimaginable trouble just because they would help me……】

Holding such thoughts, the only thing Liliruca could do was indirectly remind them.

"Hmm, Bell and I will remember your warning."

Broly didn't ask anything, but directly nodded and said.

Seeing this, the Pallum girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, showing a relaxed appearance, and waved her hand as she left.

"Broly-san, let's go back together too."

Watching Liliruca walk far away, Bell said to the boy beside him.

"Go back what go back, we're following her."

However, Broly said.

"Eh?"

"Lili obviously has something going on, I want to see just what it is that made her choose to leave my team."

The Crystal Palace Panel displays Liliruca's Happiness Value, allowing Broly to directly understand the Pallum girl's mood.

He just now was only casually agreeing before understanding the specific situation, not truly willing to sit by and watch the default of his capture target, the Pallum girl, possibly falling into misfortune.

"Ah, Broly-san, you mean the reason Arde-san withdrew from our team wasn't her own wish, but she was forced helplessly?"

Bell widened his eyes and asked.

"Otherwise, yesterday she was still laughing cheerfully, today she has a heavy-hearted look, and even said she earned enough money, wanted to withdraw from our team, and before leaving she still reminded us of the hazard of wine, told us to pay attention to others urging us to drink, especially people from the Soma Familia urging us to drink, if there's no problem with that, then that would truly be seeing a ghost."

Broly gave Bell a sidelong glance, then stepped ahead to tail the Pallum girl who was about to walk far away, leaving his field of vision.

"Ah, wait for me, Broly-san."

Bell hurriedly followed.

"Arde, you mean to say, when you prepared to secretly give your Employer Divine Wine to drink, you were instead discovered by the other party a step ahead?"

Today not at the Soma Familia Headquarters, but in an old inn, Liliruca found the Tanuki person who delivers goods to this tavern.

"Very sorry, Kanu-san, I messed up the task you entrusted, but I really tried hard, I originally prepared to put Divine Wine in the juice and make my Employer drink it, but when secretly putting in the Divine Wine, the other party caught my behavior red-handed, he thought I was putting in something bad, therefore, I was taught a harsh lesson, the other party told me to scram, but fired me."

Liliruca took off her hood, revealing the somewhat bruised and injured face underneath, but these were all made by herself on the road, the purpose was to make her lies more persuasive.

"Kanu-san, please forgive me."

Liliruca looked at the Tanuki person whose complexion had turned gloomy, and began to beg.

"Hey, Kanu, handle your own Familia matters outside, don't affect my business."

The tavern boss was somewhat dissatisfied with the commotion caused on this side, and said to the Tanuki person.

"Go, take her to the back alley to talk further."

Enma Kanu glanced at the lackeys beside him, and the Human and Werewolf came over and hoisted up the Pallum girl begging for forgiveness.

"Where's the Divine Wine?"

After coming out to the outside alleyway, Kanu asked the Pallum girl.

"It's here, I didn't let the Divine Wine you gave me get stolen."

Liliruca hurriedly answered, taking out the glass bottle containing Divine Wine from her pocket.

Enma Kanu glanced at the bottle, then revealed a smile: "Arde, you said you were caught red-handed while secretly putting in the Divine Wine, right?"

"Ah, yes."

Liliruca hurriedly nodded.

"Then how do you explain that this bottle hasn't even been opened, could it be you can put Divine Wine into someone's drink without opening the bottle?"

Hearing this, Liliruca's heart tightened, she only thought about how to fabricate a story to fool Kanu, but forgot to check if the glass bottle holding the Divine Wine had any tricks, truly didn't expect this thing actually still attached a method to detect whether it had been opened.

"Ah, I was caught when taking out the Divine Wine, and at that time I still hadn't opened the bottle mouth when I was caught."

Liliruca hurriedly explained.

"Arde, do you think I should believe your words?"

"Kanu-san, please believe me, I know the consequence of deceiving you, how would I dare deceive you?"

On the Pallum girl's face, appeared a fearful and afraid expression, looking without any flaws.

"Alright, I believe you."

The Tanuki person didn't see through the Pallum girl's flaws, and just nodded.

"However, your handling of matters was unfavorable, in the end you still have to receive some punishment."

Enma Kanu clenched his fist and walked forward.

"Ah, Kanu-san, please show mercy."

Liliruca said, but had already prepared to take a beating.

And compared to not taking a beating but having to betray companions, taking a beating instead wasn't anything big.

The Pallum girl hugged her head with both hands, making a scared closed-eyes appearance, her abdomen under her robe then tensed up.

"Ugh ah—"

A painful cry rang out in the alleyway, but the expected abdominal pain didn't appear, the sound wasn't hers.

Liliruca Arde carefully opened her eyes, and saw the Tanuki person Enma Kanu clutching his abdomen, already bowed like a shrimp in front of her.

"Miss Ede, are you alright?"

Bell's voice rang out from the side.

"Bell, Broly-san, why are you two here?"

Liliruca looked at the two who had appeared before her with some astonishment.

"Broly-san noticed something was wrong with you a while ago, so he brought me along to secretly follow. I didn't expect that Miss Ede wanting to leave the party was actually because you were threatened by others."

Speaking up to here, Bell reacted, scratching his head.

"That's not right either. It should be that you didn't want to be a hindrance to us, so you wanted to distance yourself from us, right?"

"Ah, Ede, you bastard, did you deceive us?"

At the side, the werewolf Nova widened his eyes. Liliruca's employer had appeared here, and the boy who was also a supporter said this, which proved that the matter of Liliruca's so-called Divine Wine being discovered just now was simply a lie fabricated by the other party to fool them.

"Deceive you? Isn't it that you wanted to use Miss Ede to be unfavorable to us?"

Bell said somewhat angrily.

"Lili, it seems you don't treat us as important partners."

Broly didn't pay attention to the confrontation between Bell and the other two. He walked in front of the Pallum girl and, keeping a straight face, said to her.

"I-I'm sorry, I just didn't want to bring trouble to you, Broly-san, and Bell..."

Liliruca lowered her head, speaking in a small voice.

"The injury on your face, was it them who hit you?"

Broly reached out, touched the Pallum girl's bruised cheek, and asked.

"This, I did it to myself..."

Liliruca was somewhat embarrassed. She didn't know if Broly knew about the lie she had fabricated and told to Kanu and the others.

"Hmph, making you self-harm, that also counts as these guys' fault."

Broly coldly snorted, then began chanting.

"Holy power is delicious food, bestowing upon those who have lost strength the power to stand up once more — 【Healing】!"

Beginner Healing Magic learned from the Six-Faced World and manifested from ability values. Gentle healing magic light adhered to Broly's palm. As he stroked the Pallum girl's injured cheek, the bruised color was gradually stroked away bit by bit.

"Ah, Broly-san, so you actually know healing magic too?"

The Pallum girl used a question to cover up the shyness she felt from having her cheek stroked and injuries healed by the boy, but the color of her cheeks could not be concealed and had already turned slightly red.

"That's not important. What's important is, right now, Lili, can you tell me the specific situation inside?"

Broly cupped the Pallum girl's face and just looked straight at her, asking.

"The matter is like this..."

Things having come to this, Liliruca naturally would not continue to conceal it. She honestly confessed what the tanuki person Kanu of the same Familia wanted her to do.

"So that's it. Because we can earn money, these guys wanted to use you to make us drink this special liquor, thereby achieving the result of controlling us and exploiting our money?"

"Mhm, this is the Soma Familia's usual tactic."

Liliruca nodded.

"Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. Sir, don't listen to this lying guy's nonsense. I just had her recommend our Familia's fine wine to you. I never thought of controlling you."

Broly had suddenly appeared beside him just now and blasted a punch into his abdomen, which made Kanu cognize that the boy's strength was absolutely not simple. As a bully who feared the strong, he didn't dare provoke someone far stronger than himself, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to argue.

"Forcing Lili to secretly give us this stuff to drink, is this what you call not wanting to control?"

Broly picked up the Divine Wine from the ground and, with somewhat dangerous eyes, looked at the tanuki person who had already caught his breath.

"Ah, this is just fine wine brewed by Lord Soma. It's not some prohibited substance, and it absolutely doesn't have the function of making people addicted. If you don't believe me, I can drink it right now to show you."

Enma Kanu hurriedly said.

"Hm?"

Broly frowned, turned his head to look at the Pallum girl, and asked: "Lili, is what this guy says true?"

"Uh..."

Liliruca pondered for a moment, then nodded.

"Lord Soma's wine is indeed not a prohibited substance, but because the taste is too perfect, it makes anyone who drinks it once unable to forget it, always wanting to drink once more.

Although it's not an addictive prohibited substance, it is also a commodity restricted from sale by the Ganesha Familia and the Guild.

Because people without enough self-control, after drinking once, will inevitably become desperate for another drink.

Especially for guys who love alcohol like their lives, it's even more so."

The entire Soma Familia is in a similar situation. After drinking the Divine Wine bestowed by the God once, the Familia members, in order to drink better, more, and more delicious Divine Wine, began to resort to unscrupulous means, the purpose being to get more money for brewing.

"You hear, we have no malice, right?"

The tanuki person showed an ingratiating smile.

"Fine. Even if this stuff has no problem, we should still settle the account of you guys wanting to lay hands on my cute supporter."

"Ah, this also needs to be settled? It was Ede this guy who injured herself. We haven't even hit her yet, and we were stopped by you guys."

"That's right. Moreover, she is our Soma Familia's person. Even if we teach her a lesson, that's a matter of our Soma Familia seniors teaching a junior. What relationship does it have with you guys, these outsiders from a foreign Familia?"

"Yeah, wanting to use an employment relationship to intervene, don't you feel you're meddling a bit too wide?"

The werewolf and the human lackey, one sentence each. The general meaning was accusing Broly: by what right does he come out for the Pallum girl and settle accounts with them, people of the same Familia as the girl.

"Ah, this..."

Bell became somewhat at a loss. Because according to Familia regulations, Liliruca and this bunch of guys are the family, while he and Broly-san are just outsiders.

"Mhm, what you say makes a lot of sense, but..."

Broly rushed up and punched and kicked the three.

After beating everyone down, he stepped one foot on the tanuki person Kanu's face.

"I don't think I said I was reasoning with you guys, right?"

The sole ground into the tanuki's face, as if it wanted to crush his head.

Enma Kanu let out a painful wail from his mouth, but fights breaking out in the tavern's back alley were simply all too common.

Even if passersby outside heard the sounds from here, no one had any thought of coming to meddle.

"No mistake, when did Broly-san ever say he was reasoning with you all?"

Seeing this scene, Bell, who had originally been somewhat lacking in confidence, immediately straightened his back and said.

Broly was a heroic figure in his heart, and whatever he did must have its own reasoning.

Even if he said something unreasonable, it was still reasonable.

So, Bell was in the wrong, yet bold.

Liliruca: "…"

How did it suddenly feel like he was the villain trampling on others? This must be an illusion, right.

(Chapter End)