Chapter 217: Return and Repaying Princess Mei Mei's Gratitude

Rod spent his second night in the 【Cat Spirit Paradise】 dungeon.

After the Royal Knights gathered Princess Mei Mei's corpse, they invited him back to the palace, where the king would throw a grand banquet for him.

But he did not want to go; having just killed the king's daughter, they immediately greeted him with smiling faces.

It was too much to accept, and he could not force King Tiao Tiao to do such a thing.

So, he simply stayed overnight at Witch Peak, planning to leave the next day.

There was no choice; the Magic Control Union's 【Long-Range Teleport】 package he purchased was the minimum: three days for three people, meaning three days for fewer than three people.

However, the Witch Cat's guest room was too small for him and Tally to stretch out.

By midnight, they could only go out to the lawn, conducting their business bathed in starlight.

Since they were at the mountain peak and the succubus's cries were too loud, Rod could only cover her mouth while moving, making it look like he was forcing the issue.

What he didn't expect was that the Witch Cat had extremely strong possessiveness.

Although one could see a glimpse of this when her memories were tampered with and she treated Princess Mei Mei as a sister, she ultimately lacked love since childhood.

But he didn't expect that she not only secretly recorded Rod bathing but also, ignoring her injuries, stayed awake all night watching him interact with Tally.

Rod discovered this, but for everyone's dignity, he could only pretend not to know and acted vigorously.

Before leaving the next day.

He returned the Headless Knight sisters to the Witch Cat; he was very reluctant to part with these collections, having not even had time to taste them yet.

It's just that the 【Cat Spirit Paradise】 here indeed lacked some combat power; two Level 5 early-stage Headless Knights were at least considered good hands.

That was the thought.

In reality, Rod did say some sweet nothings to the Witch Cat, like "afraid you'd be lonely with no one to keep you company" or "afraid you'd be sad and lonely."

The Witch Cat had never heard such words in her life, and she was immediately moved to tears.

She then took out several treasures stolen from Bahadur and gave them to him.

【Level 7 Spellbook (Mana Drain)】

【Exploration and Speculation on the Land Naga Spiritual Art 'War Soul'】

【Level 8 Spellbook (Greater Shadow Evocation)】

【Level 8 Spiritual Art (Yulandi's Ice Blade Domain)】

Rod: (⊙_⊙)

You're quite capable of stealing.

You even managed to steal back a Level 8 spellbook.

The Witch Cat explained that she used the 【Memory Wish Stone】 to bewitch that Level 8 professor and then stole them from her laboratory.

Besides that, there was a pile of precious materials.

It's just that she had never dared to leave the dungeon, so these items had never been sold.

As she spoke, she simply gave all these things to Rod.

Rod felt too embarrassed to accept them anymore, as many of the items inside were suitable for the Witch Cat to use herself in the future.

She didn't push back much; after hearing a few nice words, the Witch Cat sweetly took them back.

He gently embraced the cat spirit, whose height only reached his abdomen, to say goodbye.

Rod and Tally officially left the 【Cat Spirit Paradise】.

This place is Nao Lin's territory, so it naturally counts as my territory too.

Once the 【Jade Remnant Branch】 recovers, I'll immediately take a cutting and plant it here.

Thinking this, Rod crossed the Magic Control Union's teleportation gate.

Having been away for only two days, there were naturally few feelings of long separation.

Rod first greeted the ghoul Pan Ni at Henry Farm; at that moment, she was soaking ghoul servants in the spring water Vivian used to create the 【Spring of Life】.

She didn't know where she heard it, claiming this could clear diseases from the ghouls' bodies.

This was obviously a rumor.

Because the ghoul servants soaked in it were sizzling and smoking, their large mouths lacking vocal organs screaming silently toward the sky.

They were about to soak apart completely.

Pan Ni looked at the disintegrated servant with a sorrowful face, but upon seeing her master return, her expression cleared instantly, becoming very happy.

She even gathered the courage to try hugging his arm, but seeing Young Lady Tally nearby, she didn't dare.

After all, she thought her affair with the master had not been discovered.

But our succubus isn't blind; previously, your body stored an extremely large amount of the master's essence, and all three openings on your body were filled to the brim; it would be strange if she didn't discover it.

"Where is Chris?"

The unorthodox Banshee was nowhere to be found; it was hard to locate her in any specific place.

"Since the day the master left, Chris hasn't slept at the farm, and not last night either."

Pan Ni promptly snitched.

Rod wasn't too worried; after all, the Banshee Chris was the only one among the ten enslaved targets who had been given more than twelve commands, so she shouldn't do anything harmful.

Before leaving Henry Farm, Pan Ni quietly crept over.

Blushing, she controlled the ghoul servants underground to write the characters "Twelve O'Clock" on the soles of Rod's feet.

Rod looked at her with amusement; as a Ranger, he didn't care if Tally knew, and he would kiss her as soon as he arrived.

Pan Ni, however, stepped back to dodge and even said, "Master, please have some self-respect."

She looked very dignified and self-respecting.

Crossing a small patch of grass between the forest and the farm.

They arrived at the Bai Yu District.

Rod first ran into the little horse girl, Little Little Bangde.

Since the kobold ambush, she had often stood guard at the northernmost edge of the Bai Yu district.

It was now noon, and she was heading south — presumably coming back to look for food.

Beside her was a large squirrel, Cui Qian, just a little shorter than her; the two of them could actually talk, chattering away, gesturing with hands and feet, having quite the chat.

She didn't notice until Rod got close enough.

The little horse girl's eyes immediately lit up.

"Rod!"

Rod laughed heartily, caught her mid-leap, and pulled her into his arms.

He took out from his spell pouch the special snacks he'd bought earlier in Olive Town — he'd been keeping them fresh in a magic box.

"Wow! Cake!"

"It's called Arden cake."

It was a kind of two-layer cake with cookie crumbs sandwiched in the middle, the outside coated in chocolate and cream — a bit like a brownie.

The ones Rod had bought were cupcakes, delicate and cute, and there were quite a few of them.

After all, there were plenty of girls in the forest who had a sweet tooth — besides Little Little Bangde, there was the half-deer Miss Xiao Ke, the zombie Selina, and the beastkin Amy.

Lady Kali liked them too, but she followed elven restraint and forced herself not to eat them even though she liked them.

"Here."

Rod handed one to the big squirrel Cui Qian beside her.

The big squirrel had been too shy to come forward at first, but the moment she saw the little cake, her eyes lit up at once.

Two little paws took it, and she munched away happily.

Seeing his gifts loved was always a pleasure; Rod watched the two of them crunching away and couldn't help but show a gentle smile.

"Master~ Tally wants to eat Master's cream too~~"

"Get lost."

Cui Qian's little mouth couldn't eat nearly as fast as Little Bangde's.

She had only finished half when the little horse girl had already polished off two.

Perhaps embarrassed at having eaten, she coughed twice with a mouth smeared in cream and chocolate.

"Mr. Rod, Vivian told me you've stuck a broken branch of an emerald tree into the ground in the forest. I think I might have a way to help you save it."

(End of chapter)