Chapter 441: Finishing Touches, Reputation Fermentation

"Aili... my little Aili..."

Baron Faluo knelt on one knee, holding the weak girl in front of him tightly in his arms, his voice choked with sobs.

His eyes were red, and the muscles on his incomparably haggard face trembled, showing the undisguised excited emotions in his heart.

In contrast, the Baron's daughter, Miss Aili, appeared at a loss, just opening her crystalline and ignorant eyes, her expression hollow, looking past her father's shoulder at the wall behind.

It was not impossible to understand by substituting her perspective.

On one hand, the girl in front of her had just recovered from a large dose of sleeping potion, and even her head was not yet clear, still in a confused state after a long coma, her brain operation was sluggish, and she hadn't figured out the situation in front of her.

On the other hand, although for the Baron, the disappearance of his daughter made him suffer in every minute and every second, even if it hadn't been twenty-four hours until now, his own mental strength had been greatly consumed in worry, and he was physically and mentally exhausted.

But from Aili's perspective, the biggest stimulation she received during the whole process of this incident was just that the carriage she was riding in was attacked on the way home yesterday evening.

And then she fell into a coma under the effect of the potion.

For her, to some extent, it could even be said that she was still in the carriage the second before, and the second after she opened her eyes, she was already held in the arms of her emotionally excited father.

She couldn't feel the twists and turns at all.

Xia Nan and his group were received incomparably gratefully and enthusiastically by Geleisi, the old butler of the Baron's mansion. He didn't care at all about the blood and rain on them that hadn't had time to be cleaned up, almost half-forcibly letting them sit on the soft sofa in the living room to rest.

Lowering his head and taking a sip of the tea handed over by the maid respectfully, Xia Nan looked at the two people who were performing a touching scene of father and daughter reunion, but felt a bit strange in his heart.

After all, counting it up, the time this Baron's daughter was kidnapped was less than twenty-four hours. Was Baron Faluo's performance a bit too intense?

However, whether it was now or in the previous life, he had never been a father, so it was hard to empathize. Considering the chaotic environment of Shoal Bay, it was estimated that Baron Faluo had already made the worst plan when he discovered his daughter's disappearance. Right now, Aili was able to return home intact after being kidnapped, and the other party's performance was still understandable.

For a long time, until the frequency of the Baron's shoulders rising and falling gradually slowed down, and his inner emotions were slightly calmed, he stood up with a shaky body, held his daughter's hand tightly, and came to them.

A few people also took the opportunity to put down the hot tea in their hands and stood up politely.

"I... I don't know what to say." Baron Faluo's voice was a bit more hoarse, but the anxiety and worry on his face had already dissipated. "You brought back the most important treasure for me."

Serving as the special approval officer of Shoal Bay, he didn't know how many scene words he had said, but now he was a bit at a loss for words, and finally decided not to use those meaningless words to waste each other's time.

"Please rest assured, the reward that should be given will not be less by a single copper coin."

The Baron's attitude was unprecedentedly sincere, and his voice was incomparably genuine.

"Maybe I can't do anything, but from today on, in Shoal Bay, you will always be my friends."

He gave his promise.

Of course, this does not mean that Xia Nan can use this to demand from the other party endlessly.

In his understanding, this is equivalent to an extra favor with a very high limit on the Baron's side, in addition to the reward of the mission itself.

How to use it, or rather, when to use it, still needs careful consideration.

But regardless, it can be considered as adding a good guarantee for Xia Nan's life in Shoal Bay next.

If he were that kind of bottom-layer adventurer who was content with the status quo and indulged in wine tables and casinos, as long as it wasn't too much, it was not impossible to spend the rest of his life relatively decently just by relying on this favor.

Pondering in his heart, Aili, who was held tightly by Baron Faluo, also gradually recovered a bit of spirit.

A pair of bright and crystalline eyes, with curiosity and gratitude from her father beside her, looked at Xia Nan opposite.

From the girl's perspective, the strange adventurer she met in the tailor shop not long ago had now become her savior, which was really wonderful.

Noticing the other party's gaze, Xia Nan recovered slightly, and also grinned politely at the girl.

To this, Aili returned a bright and brilliant smile, while the guards from the Governor's Mansion on both sides of the room, whose original stable breathing rhythm suddenly became slightly chaotic, and their expressions were subtle.

After all... this Baron's daughter woke up from a coma in the carriage back to the Baron's mansion after being rescued from the storage room of the shed;

And these guards from the Governor's Mansion had walked through the shed full of corpses of the Great Shark Gang members, and witnessed with their own eyes those riddled meat ruins that couldn't see the original appearance, as well as the human heads that were completely cut off and left with expressions of fear on their faces.

Even knowing that these were all gang members who had done all kinds of evil on weekdays, facing Xia Nan who caused such a tragic scene, they still couldn't help but feel scared in their hearts, firmly remembering that sharp-featured face and marking it as a dangerous person who needed extra attention.

Xia Nan and others didn't stay in the Baron's mansion for too long after sending Aili back to her father's side. After all, it was better to leave the time for the father and daughter to reunite after the disaster to themselves.

The mission reward would certainly not be small, but obviously, this was not the time to discuss these things. It would not be too late to communicate deeply after the Baron finished the finishing work and adjusted his mood.

And the specific distribution of rewards also had to be considered. Xia Nan made the greatest contribution in this action, and everyone in the team recognized his excellent performance in the battle, but Haian was also very critical in helping the team track down the Great Shark Gang's old lair based on the corpse of "Blood-Nosed Rat," and made considerable contributions.

If you really want to say it, whether Alton, who is the God-Favored of the Goddess of Luck, also played a certain role in being able to find Jieli's corpse, which helped the team.

In addition, the spoils on the Great Shark Gang side also need to be dealt with.

Of course, that's a later story.

Right now, the group of five had already returned to the Three-Footed Sea Dog Tavern after leaving the Baron's mansion.

It could be clearly felt that as a few people walked into the gate, the originally noisy atmosphere in the room paused slightly, and then returned to normal.

But inadvertently, countless gazes had already swept from all directions, and the main object of staying was naturally Xia Nan.

The scene by the seaside in the afternoon, except for a few of them, many adventurers who were active in the vicinity and rushed over after hearing the movement also witnessed the whole process.

Almost watching with their own eyes that pitch-black wolf beast from the abyss cross the sea surface, tearing the small wooden boat that had already drifted away along with the escapees on it.

The tragic scene in the Great Shark Gang shed, everyone didn't mean to cover it up, and even until now, those broken limbs and meat were still soaked in the rain, and hadn't had time to be cleaned up.

And as the core figure who caused all this, the "culprit," Xia Nan's image, deeds, and even new nickname, were gradually spreading among the adventurer group in Shoal Bay.

Of course, it takes time to ferment. ===== CHAPTER 442 =====

Of course, it needs time to ferment.