Chapter 705

"If Miss Liu doesn't mind, could you tell me what's making you sad?"

Broly asked; the antonym of sad is happy, and he thought that if he could help resolve the sad matter, perhaps she would become happy again, and the dropped Happiness Value might rise back up.

"Sorry."

However, the elf miss merely fell silent for a moment, then replied to his words with an apology.

Clearly, she did not wish to share what was making her sad.

"It's fine, as long as Miss Liu you stop dwelling on the things that make you sad."

Broly didn't mind either; he only hoped she would stop dropping Happiness Value — originally this elf miss found it hard to raise Happiness Value, and a single drop cost a third of it.

Although because her total Happiness Value wasn't high, a third was only five points of Happiness Value, it still messed with his mindset quite a bit.

"Mm."

Liu nodded in response, and Broly circled around her, walking into the changing room behind her.

Liu suddenly remembered her discarded clothes were still inside, and hurriedly followed in.

Broly did not look at the dirty clothes stacked with pink panties, and walked straight into the bathing pool area.

He began changing the water in the hot spring pool; he had returned first, while Liliruca and Hestia were still behind.

When the two returned they would also need to bathe, so he had to finish the water change before then.

Liu exhaled, and after removing her clothes she subconsciously placed her underwear on the very top.

Good thing Mr. Broly didn't notice, otherwise being seen in her underwear would still be quite embarrassing.

"Mr. Broly, do you need me to help with anything?"

Liu finished tidying the clothes, followed into the bathing pool area, and asked.

"Then you help throw these ice chunks out."

To this, Broly replied with a sentence.

"Eh?!"

Liu froze, and saw that the originally mist-shrouded hot spring pool was now enveloped in cold air; the water inside the pool had been directly frozen solid.

Broly's hand knife descended, swinging out an effect similar to Sword Qi, splitting the ice inside the hot spring bathing pool apart.

He opened the opaque window inside the bathing pool area that could only be opened from within, thrust his hand into the ice blocks, pulled the ice blocks out of the hot spring pool one by one, and threw them out.

This scene hard-controlled the elf miss for five seconds.

Coming back to her senses, Liu asked: "Mr. Broly, does your Familia change hot spring water like this?"

"Ah, that's not it; there's a drain valve over there, but I find draining with that a bit too slow, not as efficient as freezing it into ice blocks and throwing them out."

"Uh, doesn't your hand hurt sticking it into ice blocks?"

Watching the Saiyan boy's small hand form a claw shape and stab directly into the ice blocks, Liu's eyelids twitched.

"Doesn't hurt, this is Finger Sword." Broly showed the elf his fingers — a faint, magic-like pale blue glow emanated from them, actually the refraction of light by Qi — and continued: "I wrap Sword Qi around my fingers to form a protective film, what about it?"

【Some kind of Skill?】

Liu thought, and replied: "No, nothing, just... I might not be able to help much."

"Uh, that's fine too."

Broly thought so as well — his method couldn't be learned by the other party — and waved his hand, saying indifferently.

Ice blocks were thrown out one by one, stacking up into a small ice mountain in the backyard.

And that Storage Device would melt on its own, completely no need to worry about it.

In no more than a minute, only a thin layer of ice water remained in the hot spring pool.

Broly opened the drain valve, and began releasing Water Magic.

The jetting water flow flushed the bathing pool once through.

And Liu's expression had already become quite subtle.

Using Magic in daily life is extremely rare.

A person's Mental Power per day is only so much; the number of times one can cast Magic is limited.

And after exhausting Mental Power, there comes waves of uncomfortable Mental Power exhaustion.

Normally, no one would use Magic like this.

"Mr. Broly, are you really not a Mage disguised as a Swordsman?"

Only after the pool water was filled and the hot spring's heating array began activating did Liu finally ask.

"No, why?"

"But your Mana Capacity is this large."

Freezing a whole pool of warm water goes without saying, you also washed the entire hot spring pool, plus filled a whole pool of water.

Converted to Magic Power consumption, Liu felt that if she used Magic, she would probably be facing Mental Power exhaustion right now.

Yet the Saiyan boy before her looked completely unconcerned.

"Oh, that's because my Magic Power Value is relatively high, plus I have a method to convert Vitality Value into Magic Power Value."

Broly explained; Qi transforming into Magic Power hasn't formed a unique Skill on the Status Board, but he can sense that he is able to convert Vitality into Magic Power for use.

And his these two attributes at Level 4 combined roughly equal the Magic Power quantity of a Lv. 5 Familia Mage at full Magic Power Value.

Possibly also because he changes water often, during periods of training others and not fighting monsters himself, the Magic Power ability value has still maintained rapid proficiency growth.

Currently, it is the highest of the five Basic Abilities on his Second Status Board.

"Uh, if there's nothing else, I'll head back first."

Seeing the boy finish everything alone while she hadn't helped at all the whole time, Liu, holding the dirty clothes, prepared to take her leave.

"Mm, see you later at the Hostess of Fertility."

Broly waved his hand, and went to prepare his own and Liliruca's and Lady Hestia's change of clothes for later.

The elf miss left, her receding back seen by the one goddess and one person who had run back to this side of the faction residence.

"Is that Miss Liu?"

Hestia watched the female elf's figure disappearing at the street corner, and asked the pallum girl beside her.

"Mm, should be."

Liliruca nodded.

"Come, let's go in and find Broly, ask what happened?"

Just as the loli goddess brought the pallum girl back to Hearth Manor to inquire about the Saiyan boy regarding the elf miss's situation.

Liu was also holding dirty clothes to be washed, running quickly back into Hostess of Fertility on the street, mm, she entered secretly through the back door.

No one discovered her, except for a certain goddess who had been keeping watch on when she would return, incarnated as a quest board girl.

"Liu..."

The sudden sound made Liu, who was preparing to take off the pallum girl's clothes and change into her own clothes stored at the tavern, jump in fright.

"So it's Xier!"

The elf miss's body trembled and she pressed against her own closet; after seeing clearly that the girl behind her was Xier, she relaxed slightly.

"What's wrong with you, looking all nervous and fidgety?"

Xier's gaze swept over her friend's body, and only upon discovering her clothes had changed did she ask with some surprise.

"Eh, how come you changed into ill-fitting clothes?"

"These were lent to me by someone else to wear."

Liu briefly explained the matter of her bathing at Hestia Familia's place and the pallum girl lending her clothes to wear.

"Although they aren't fitting clothes, they unexpectedly have a different kind of charm that highlights Liu's allure."

The navel-baring top, comparatively short shorts, this kind of outfit instead accentuated the female elf's youthful beauty; even though Liu is already 21 this year, she still has a maiden's posture.

"Xier, don't tease me."

The exposure of her thigh skin Liu could still accept, but the exposure at her navel area made her somewhat unaccustomed; the whole way running back, she used the dirty clothes to block it.

"So, Liu, is it because of this reason that you sneaked into the changing room all sneakily and nervously to change back into your own clothes?"

The quest board girl asked with a smile.

"Ah, this, mm, it's just like that."

Liu subconsciously avoided her friend's gaze; because of some reasons her body was seen naked by the boy her friend likes, the elf miss felt she simply could not honestly say it; if Xier misunderstood it as her seducing the person her friend likes, that would be terrible.

"Mm?"

Xier raised an eyebrow; her core still being Freya, she discovered her friend's insincere words.

"Did something happen between you and Mr. Broly?"

She asked tentatively.

"No."

But as soon as she finished asking, she received the elf miss's outright denial; the speed of that rebuttal, even without divine eye, one could see this friend's abnormality.

【It seems something did indeed happen, but what exactly?】

Xier narrowed her eyes, examining her elf friend left and right like a suspect.

"Ah, right, Xier, what was that bento you gave me this morning?"

Liu felt flustered under the stare; although being seen naked wasn't her intention, it still happened because of her own reasons, which gave her some psychological guilt toward Xier; worried she'd be pressed to the bottom of it, she subconsciously shifted her friend's attention.

"That was my specially made love lunch box, how about it, Liu, did you eat it too?"

Xier truly had her attention diverted, and began inquiring.

"Mm, I didn't bring a bento over, at noon I was kept to dine together, so I ate a little."

"Then how did you find the taste?"

"Truthfully, somewhat difficult to eat."

"Haha, that I don't find unexpected."

The quest board girl said with a laugh; she has self-awareness about her willful seasoning.

"However, Mr. Broly ate it all up."

Helen had already reported this matter to her, so Xier merely feigned a surprised expression.

"Then Mr. Broly, how did he find it?"

"He found the taste still acceptable."

"Eh?!"

Freya was truly surprised this time.

"That taste he could still accept?"

"Yes."

"Then does he like it?"

"Compared to abnormal cooking, he finds normal cooking more delicious."

Liu answered tactfully.

"Alright."

For this kind of answer, Freya had long anticipated it; just the fact the other party could eat it down and finish it already made her feel very happy.

At least it proved that child Broly did not refuse the real her, the love cooking bento made for him.

Can make less in the future, but cannot not make.

"Right, Xier, do you have sisters?"

Just then, Liu asked out.

"Eh, why do you ask?"

Xier looked over curiously.

"Broly said he encountered a person who felt somewhat like you."

Liu had only asked casually, but unexpectedly, after she asked, her good friend fell silent.

"What's wrong, Xier?"

The elf lady looked over, saw a girl with a worried look, and asked.

"No, it's nothing, I was just thinking about whether I have any sisters."

Freya adjusted her mindset and quickly answered Liu's question.

"Ah, does this still need thinking?"

Liu asked, somewhat confused.

"Of course, I'm an orphan, after all."

"Eh?"

"Didn't I mention this before?"

"No."

"Then this counts as saying it now. Hmm, I don't know who my parents are, but I do indeed have such a sister."

Freya thought about the setting while speaking of this matter, and she wasn't making it up randomly; the orphan identity is real, but only limited to the identity once represented by the name 【Xier Fu Luowa】 — an orphan girl from the slums.

As for the sister, the young Xier did indeed encounter a very beautiful big sister, although that big sister was her, this Goddess-sama.

"My sister is called Helen Forova. I didn't expect that telling her about me making bentos for someone else would make her go check the situation, and she was even seen by Mr. Broly."

"Uh, so that's how it is..."

Liu felt the matter was clear; Helen, Xier's sister, was worried about Xier's emotional state, just like herself, therefore she went to check the situation at the Hestia Familia.

It's just that being discovered, and meeting Mr. Broly, might be because she looks somewhat similar to Xier, which led to the boy's question.

"My sister Helen will come over later. I can introduce you to her."

Xier said with a smile.

"Uh, okay."

Liu did not refuse.

"Then I won't disturb you changing clothes."

Xier walked out.

By the time Liu came out after changing back into the tavern clerk uniform, she saw a grey long-straight-haired woman with dead fish eyes and a half-covered-eye hairstyle standing beside Xier, just as Mr. Broly had described in the afternoon.

"This is my sister, Helen."

The quest board girl smiled and introduced the woman beside her to the elf.

"Hello, Sister."

Liu politely nodded in greeting to the dead-fish-eyed Helen.

Helen: "..."

At eighteen, being called 'Sister' by an elf three years older than herself felt a bit subtle.

"Miss Liu, I should be younger than you. Just call me Helen."

Helen said.

"Eh, I'm twenty-one, you..."

"Eighteen."

"Ah, sorry, I thought you were older than me."

Liu hurriedly apologized.

"Sorry for looking overly mature."

Helen's voice held no anger, but age is always a rather key issue for women.

"Helen Xiaojie, you actually look very young and pretty. It's just that you're Xier's sister, so I subconsciously thought you were older than us."

Liu continued explaining.

"It's fine, I don't mind either. Hmm, nice to meet you."

Helen pretended it was her first meeting with Liu and extended her hand to the elf lady.

Liu knew she had been somewhat rude just now and couldn't refuse the hand extended to her.

But upon gripping it, Liu felt a bit surprised; she actually didn't dislike physical contact with someone she was meeting for the first time at all.

【Perhaps this might be related to the other party being Xier's sister. However, aside from having the same hair color as Xier, this sister's gloomy temperament and appearance are different. Xier has a girl's frailty; this one has a bit of a cool big-sister hardness. How did Mr. Broly connect her with the cheerful, smiling Xier?】

The elf lady felt some doubt in her heart.

"Alright, Liu, you go help out in the store. Me and Helen Sister will talk two sentences of secret talk in private."

Xier urged the elf to go help, and pulled Helen into the changing room.

【Is she preparing to talk about Mr. Broly's matter?】

Liu didn't think much of it and went to the store front to help.

"Freya-sama, I'm very sorry. I didn't expect that person to be able to connect me with you."

After the elf lady left, Helen apologized to Xier, Freya's avatar.

"It's nothing. This world always has some people with souls pure enough and intuition sharp enough to see through the truth hidden beneath the surface. And speaking truly, Helen, you are also Xier."

Freya didn't mind, because if Helen could be seen as similar to Xier, wouldn't that also mean she, this Goddess-sama, could be seen as similar to Xier?

Thinking of this made Freya a bit expectant — the moment when, in the posture of a Goddess, she would face that child Broly face-to-face.

"But, won't this affect Freya-sama, you continuing to play Xier in the Hostess of Fertility?"

"How could that be? Miya Mama already knew our identities; it's just that Ryu and the others weren't clear on our connection."

"And now that you've been introduced as my older sister, you won't need to hide your whereabouts when you come looking for me afterwards; you only need to say you're here to find your younger sister, which actually makes the identity exchange more convenient."

"But Ania-san knows me."

Helen reminded.

"As for Ania, there's no need to worry at all; she's a rather careless child. Although she might accidentally notice the surface sister relationship between you and me, she probably won't look into it deeply."

Freya said unconcernedly; she understood Allen's younger sister, the catgirl Ania's personality, very well.

"Alright, let's exchange identities."

Xier turned back into Freya, while Helen turned into Xier.

"Xier, where's your older sister?"

When the quest board girl walked out, Ryu asked.

"Ah, Helen Sister has already gone back. She is a maid serving the Goddess in the Freya Familia, and she was only able to come over because she was worried about me, squeezing in time to check on me. But she still has a lot of things to do in the evening."

Helen Xier replied; according to Divine Will, she needed to start revealing Freya Familia matters. If she could attract the Saiyan boy to proactively pay attention to the Freya Familia, and notice the beautiful Goddess, that would be even better.

"Eh, Xier, your older sister is from the Freya Familia?"

Ryu widened her eyes and asked. The Freya Familia was, aside from the Loki Familia, another top-tier faction Familia in Orario. And in terms of hard power, the Mighty One Ottar at Lv. 7 should be stronger than the Hero Finn at Lv. 6.

"Yeah, we are children adopted together by the Goddess."

Helen Xier nodded.

"Then are you also from the Freya Familia?"

【194】 Ryu asked curiously.

Liu asked curiously.

"As for me, I can only count as an Xin Guan Zu member, because I don't have the Forest Elf's Talent to become an Official Member of the Freya Familia. Rather, Ania and Miya Mama were once Official Members."

Ryu: "..."

Magic Suddenly understood why Miya Mama was so powerful, and why Ania, Magic Clear younger than her, Magic And Strength/Power Magic Come also Lv. 4. Magic Come see, they were all people from a top-tier large Familia.

(Chapter End)