Chapter 287: A Visit

Rod's eyes lit up slightly.

"We'll start tonight! Location: Henry Farm, Pan Ni's room!"

He spoke in a muffled voice amid the softness.

Don't even mention it—the scent of a succubus never gets tiring, no matter how many times you smell it.

"Will the ghoul agree? That girl only has big tits; her courage is surprisingly tiny."

"Her opinion doesn't count. I'll just strip her naked and hang her up—same result."

"Tch, 【Paradise Party】 needs a mini-game to get a buff. What's even fun about that? Better just call that puppy-girl over. Master, you've already had a go at her anyway. Looking at the residual essence inside her, Tally predicts you two played for four to five hours, right?"

". As expected of a succubus."

"Yay!"

Tally excitedly shoved Rod aside.

Then she turned around, casting a flirtatious glance back over her shoulder.

Her smooth back shimmered with the white gleam of sweat; an extreme waist-to-hip ratio; even from behind, the side profile of her enormous breasts was visible.

Every single thing made the blood surge.

"Reward me~~"

"Didn't you say you were full?"

"Such a delicacy of the mortal world—even if Tally's stomach burst, she'd still eat it up~~"

He didn't fool around with Tally for too long either.

She had been tossing about all night, and combined with her advancement to seventh tier, she was already utterly exhausted.

Rod had originally intended to let her rest in the cabin.

But having missed the Dreadscape run, she was terrified that if she blinked, her master would vanish again—so she insisted on hiding in his shadow, declaring she would stick by his side every step of the way.

Rod made his usual patrol of the forest.

Finding nothing amiss, he arrived at Shi Ying town.

Sharon hadn't come to the cabin yesterday.

That was nothing—he'd pretty much figured out her personality by now.

She could be likened to a stray dog that ran off from home, possessing both a domestic dog's loyalty and protectiveness and a stray's instability.

Rod's entering town this time was, on one hand, to invite her to the Silver Orgy, and on the other hand, naturally, to check on the witch Dimia.

They were friends, after all.

He bought some gifts suitable for visiting a patient.

He went to the Town Hall to inquire about Dimia's address.

Shamefully, Rod had never known where Dimia lived; he only knew she was a workaholic, and every time he came to Town Hall, he could always find her there.

"Mr. Rod?"

The moment he stepped into Town Hall, a familiar figure came walking toward him.

An elegant, proper blue ladies' suit—clearly a high-grade cotton-linen material. She wasn't wearing a skirt; the lower half was a pair of equally well-tailored dress trousers, giving her a graceful, flowing figure.

A head of dark-red, mature wavy curls draped over her right shoulder; a bright-eyed, beaming smile—charming yet crisp and efficient.

The Tooth Fairy, Rosalia.

"Rosalia, long time no see. Still as radiant as ever."

Rod replied with a smile.

This Tooth Fairy often had to travel back and forth between Shi Ying town and Gale City, as well as conduct various negotiations and inspections of surrounding towns; it had been some time since they'd met.

"You're too kind, Mr. Rod."

She covered her mouth with a light laugh, revealing a hand whose index and ring fingers were wrapped in black-purple insectoid exoskeleton.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries.

"By the way, the Dragon Tooth Flower you gave me last time is still blooming. Did you use some kind of spell on it?"

Dragon Tooth Flowers only bloom for about fifteen days, yet nearly two months have passed and it remains as gorgeously fiery as a torch—hard not to raise suspicions.

Also, ever since she placed it in her bedroom, she'd been spared the trouble of cleaning; not a speck of dust every day.

Usually she was too busy with work to pay much attention, but recently even during sandstorm weather it was the same, which was a bit strange.

"Try casting an Appraisal spell on that flower sometime—you'll get a pleasant surprise."

Rod didn't answer, just said with a smile.

"Oh?"

The Tooth Fairy looked at his mysterious expression and felt a slight curiosity—could this flower actually be some kind of treasure?

She shook her head afterward. Impossible.

She had a fairly good impression of this Wind-Wall Forest Ranger.

Setting aside his having protected Shi Ying town several times, he was a powerful and responsible man, and his looks were top-tier among humans.

His lecherousness was also top-tier—she'd heard he kept nearly ten girls in the forest.

The matter of him giving her the Dragon Tooth Flower had once stirred a small ripple in her heart, but as time passed and recent affairs piled up, it had smoothed over.

Rod didn't linger in idle chatter with her.

He asked about Dimia's address, stating he wished to pay a visit.

To his surprise, Rosalia didn't know either, and together they asked several other staff members they were on good terms with—none of them knew either.

They even assumed Dimia lived right in the Town Hall office.

Fortunately, they ran into the old gentleman Humbert.

Although the old turtle-man's private morals were nothing to write home about, his grasp of Shi Ying town's situation was remarkably clear and thorough.

I heard he spent a fortune curing his stepdaughter's gonorrhea, and even bought a villa specifically for her to recuperate during pregnancy.

As for the sailor son-in-law far away in Coral Bay, with the dark elves' blockade, it's understandable that he can't get through.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Rod. The situation in the Claw Valley highlands to the south has changed, things are a bit tense. Please forgive me for not being able to visit Dimia together with you."

Rosalia stood at the entrance of the city hall to see them off, sincerely expressing her apologies.

The Claw Valley highlands are the dividing line between the Koch Plains and the Dusk Hills.

Previously, when Rod and his party had formed the rat-extermination squad, they crossed through these highlands, came to the Hansen River on the Koch Plains, and even encountered mutated Sahwa fishmen.

She waved her hand without asking further.

Parting ways with the charming and mature Tooth Fairy.

Very soon.

Arriving at Dimia's residence, 31 South New Rank Street.

An independent three-story cottage, its exterior walls painted in pale blue.

Previously, because of the invasion of the demon Atu and the winged one Caroline, a large number of buildings on Rank Street had been destroyed in an instant.

The usage rights of this street were leased by the city hall to a viscount's descendant, but because of the shadow of war and the demon invasion, this viscount's descendant decisively chose to dump the property and run.

The old gentleman Humbert and the witch Dimia, believing that Shi Ying Town — the only place with a guardian formation — had great potential to become a large town, seized the opportunity and planned to pool their money to take over the usage rights of this area.

And indeed it was so. Since Etheron had shown signs of decline, almost every period of time there were outsiders coming to visit or settle in this remote yet harbor-adjacent town.

However, the matter came up suddenly, and that viscount's descendant specifically demanded cash payment, which the two of them didn't have enough of.

Afterwards, they had no choice but to come to the forest to borrow money from Rod.

As they chatted, it turned out they didn't need to borrow anymore — it was directly considered a joint investment.

Dimia and Humbert were also very willing. After all, Rod's reputation and strength were right there; having him join in could also help attract customers.

It could only be said that this was, after all, a world of magic. With a Tu Mu Fa specialist around, in such a short time it had already been rebuilt to look quite proper.

But the time was still short; compared to before, it was indeed much quieter.

Ding-dong-ding—

Rod pressed the doorbell.

After waiting for quite a while, no one responded.

"Not home?"

He used the 【Far Whisper Chain】 to contact Dimia again, but still got no response.

(End of this chapter)