Chapter 200: Afterwards and with Lucius

"According to our half-centaur customs, as long as we stroll and chat under the starry galaxy with a friend or lover, and then communicate our star fates together, all psychological problems will be resolved."

Miss Xiao Ke revealed a sweet smile, obviously already imagining it in her mind.

"Oh? So you like this kind? Then next time the moon is bright, I will take you for a walk."

"Really?!"

Then she realized, her face turned a deep red, and she hurriedly explained:

"I-I don't want to go with you!"

Rod was amused by her reaction, took a silver bracelet from his spell satchel, and secretly pressed it into Miss Xiao Ke's hand.

"I saw this when passing through Shi Ying Town, thought it suited you well, so I bought it."

Joy appeared in Miss Xiao Ke's eyes, but she insisted on pretending not to care.

"I don't want it."

Rod forcibly put it on her: "The prophecy bracelet you gave me was a huge help; I can't not return the favor. I haven't even given anything to Tally, Vivian, or Calista."

"Really, really?"

False.

Every time the goblin Peter came to Shi Ying Town, he would bring a batch of high-quality ornaments, said to be works by a famous gnome ornament maker; although they had no magical effects, they were beautiful and unique.

Rod would usually simply buy the entire batch of ornaments and, after some time, give them to different girls in the forest.

Then he would say a few sweet words, and the simple forest girls would always fall for it.

"Of course, I like Miss Xiao Ke the most."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Rod saw the joy and shyness mixed on her face and felt it was enough.

"Come find me tonight?"

"No!" The half-centaur didn't even think, refusing decisively.

But perhaps feeling her tone was too harsh, she secretly glanced at him: "N-not tonight, the patients still need care..."

Rod didn't mind too much, softly comforted her not to work too hard, and said a few jokes to amuse her.

After a while, he remembered that the pony girl Little Little Bangde was missing.

In the original plan, the pony girl, as a super back-ranker, should have provided a certain degree of ranged support.

But after this protracted battle, not a single arrow had flown through the air.

Miss Xiao Ke looked worried and explained: "It was the rat people; while you were away, those disgusting guys attacked the forest again. Little Little Bangde saw that Kristine couldn't handle it alone, so she went to help her."

The rat people, huh.

Previously, Rod and the land naga Eevee went to an abandoned mine to search for treasure, only to encounter the rat people who were building an underground city; they not only killed a sixth-tier high-level rat person but also snatched back a treasure from a fixed space.

It must be the grudge formed at that time.

"How is the battle situation?"

"Repelled. Just in case, Little Little Bangde is still on guard at the spot."

Rod nodded.

He figured the necromantic army of the ghoul Pan Ni as the first line of defense was quite necessary; otherwise, these little things harassing them every day would be a huge trouble.

He did not stay in the temporary hospital for long.

First, he went to check on Little Little Bangde's condition, and only after seeing she was truly fine did he relax.

Then he went to the Iku Hillside to retrieve the 【Trembling Soul Blade】 and transported the already fainting old tiefling to Shi Ying Town.

Shi Ying Town, City Hall.

It was still the witch Dimia's office.

The negotiations had ended; they were now summarizing in the office and discussing the next countermeasures.

It was said that at the beginning, the pace and situation on both sides were quite acceptable.

The other side could even choose to compromise on certain conditions, and it was confirmed that Fried Argyle's demon transformation was not their doing.

However, in the latter half, the style suddenly changed.

The dark elf who suddenly joined the negotiation table completely took control of the Coral Bay side's speaking rights and, with a very hard attitude, denied the agreements reached in the first half.

The negotiations broke down completely amidst that dark elf's arrogance and hardness.

Rod originally intended to say hello and leave, but he didn't expect the tooth fairy fairy Rosalia to come over coquettishly, take his hand, pull him to the sofa, and squeeze onto the same single sofa with him.

He sat on the sofa, and Rosalia sat on his lap.

From Rod's perspective, that peach-shaped buttock slightly deformed and expanded on his thigh, forming a sharp contrast with the delicate waist above.

Further up, under the slightly tight long dress, the twin peaks pressed tightly against the fabric, and the high side breasts complemented the slender waist.

It was probably because Rod's reputation in the Twilight Hills had become so great recently; many people knew he kept girls of different races in the forest, so they assumed he was a lecherous person.

Rosalia was precisely trying to drag him into the water with the beauty trap.

Hmph!

What does it matter if the world misunderstands me?

A mere beauty trap; let me show you what a foreign world Liu Xia Hui sitting in a lap without being stirred looks like.

After a while.

"Mr. Rod."

The tooth fairy Rosalia lowered her body; a smile was on her sexy and charming face, but a hint of impatience could be seen beneath the metaphor.

"Can you grab the other side? You're hurting me."

She pointed to a large hand on her buttock.

"Oh."

Rod's large hand slid upward, reaching the slender lower back.

His fingers worked with skilled technique and rhythm along her lumbar spine, plucking and pressing.

This was the kind of touch Vivian liked; whenever she moved on top, she always loved Rod teasing her this way, and with every pass she couldn't help but clench.

Rosalia's body stiffened.

Then she quickly rose from Rod's lap and, acting as if nothing had happened, sat down on another sofa.

The witch Dimia and the old gentleman Humbert were baffled but paid it no mind, about to continue their discussion.

At that moment, a peace officer knocked on the door and whispered into Dimia's ear a report on the identity of the tiefling Rod had escorted back.

"Lu Lu Xiusi? Are you sure?"

The people in the office were startled by her voice and looked over one after another.

She was a tall female peace officer.

Hearing this, she immediately snapped to attention and said decisively:

"Yes, my lord Dimia. This person is indeed the rebel mage Lu Lu Xiusi of Coral Bay. 【Lie Detection】 can prove it, and he didn't put up any resistance at all — just a frightened old man."

"Lu Lu Xiusi?"

Rod, Humbert, and Rosalia couldn't help but blurt out in astonishment.

Humbert said with a helpless look: "Mr. Rod, you're the one who captured him — what are you so surprised about?"

Rod spread his hands: "I don't know him. I went to hunt down that Wen Yi Fa mage and happened to run into him colluding with the guy along the way, that's all."

Dimia flipped through the confession report in her hands as she spoke:

"Lu Lu Xiusi's method of controlling the golem was obtained from the Wen Yi Fa mage A'mel. He went there this time because of the dark elves' power grab, wanting to stabilize the golem's condition."

"If that's the case, it explains why Coral Bay's strategy shifted so drastically in the second half of the negotiations." Rosalia gave Rod a charming smile. "Mr. Rod is truly capable. While we were still fretting, you had already seized their ringleader."

Dimia: "There are dark elves in Coral Bay trying to seize power, and Lu Lu Xiusi's method of controlling the golem is likely something only he understands — that's one less threat, I suppose."

(End of chapter)