Chapter 380: Parchment

Rod paid no attention.

He knew the half-deer girl Miss Xiao Ke woke up very early.

Moreover, taking advantage of the faint pre-dawn light, she would go pick wild fruits, and afterward she always loved to wander around his little cabin, hesitating as if unsure what she wanted to do.

If she happened to pick some fruit that tasted good, she would secretly share a portion and leave it at the cabin door.

Later when Rod asked about it, she would stubbornly hold her neck high and refuse to admit it, insisting it was left by a Lotatosek gray squirrel on vacation in the forest.

So Rod had long since noticed Miss Xiao Ke's activities outside, but unfortunately had no way to alert Lady Kali.

Even so.

Because she was overly nervous.

"Mm? You!"

Fireworks exploded in his mind.

"Are you shaming me! Bastard!"

Lady Kali flew into a humiliated rage, threw off the blanket, and slapped him across the face.

With a sharp smack, Rod's face wobbled but he showed no reaction.

She tried to stand up, but both her legs and waist were so weak that she stumbled and fell back down again.

The sensation was like fire, boiling and crawling like ants.

Yet the man still showed no reaction.

Lady Kali swallowed hard, as if realizing something.

She stared at Rod like that for a full thirty minutes.

Next, she gave herself a potion to clear the 【Charm Body Fluid】 effect.

She caught her breath, then finally stood up.

She frowned, quickly dressed, and tidied up the traces on the bed and the floor.

Before leaving.

She paused at the door for a moment, unsure what she was thinking.

Until her footsteps faded completely into the distance.

Only then did Rod slowly open his eyes.

What did that mean?

Didn't understand.

At the time, considering the elf's pride, he couldn't let a third party see their relationship, so he could only forcibly throw off the blanket to cover up.

As for why Lady Kali gave up halfway through her outburst and instead struck him a few more times?

He didn't quite understand.

What Rod was now most worried about was whether she would assume he already knew, and her pride would explode and she'd leave in anger

Or kill him in anger?

The latter probably wouldn't happen — Lady Kali wasn't that kind of person.

"Sigh, does this twisted relationship end here?"

Rod lamented.

While dipping a finger into the residue between his abs.

Mm.

In the air.

There was the faint sweetness of natural fruits and the salty scent of sweat.

Unlike Tally's honey-like cloying sweetness.

By the way, Vivian was a bit like unsweetened apple juice, Pan Ni's was slightly astringent with a hint of toxicity, Chris was tasteless, Amy was slightly salty, Sharon would give off a distinct fragrance but taste like nothing.

Interestingly, the land naga Eve had a faint spicy chili flavor.

"Sigh, missing Eve."

At dawn.

To confirm whether Lady Kali had left in anger, Rod skipped breakfast entirely and went straight to her magic treehouse.

Of course.

He kept to the agreed distance, staying beyond a hundred meters.

The so-called agreement.

Was that last time he went to knock on her door and accidentally caught the elf entertaining herself inside, leading to a big argument after which she refused to let him approach within a hundred meters of her treehouse.

After some thought, he still chose to break that distance.

But he had only taken a few steps closer.

A familiar magic missile smashed into the ground in front of him.

"Do you humans treat promises like things you can toss aside whenever you like?"

The elf Lady Kali, scowling as usual, stood at the door of her magic treehouse, her slender white fingers still held in a casting pose.

Mm.

Just a short while ago, those pretty fingers

Forget it, forget it, stop letting the mind wander.

"There's something new I can't identify, came to ask for your advice."

Rod took out the item Lady Zugu Zugu Moyi the fungus had given him two days ago — he'd forgotten it in his spell pouch — and used it as a convenient excuse to test Lady Kali's attitude.

Eh. Wait.

Why does this scene feel a little familiar?

A few months ago, on the night before he set out for Emerald Jade City, he had thrown a victory banquet with Vivian, Tally, Lady Kali, Miss Xiao Ke and the others to celebrate repelling the Ruins Brotherhood.

That was also the night Tally first used 【Bliss Party】.

Afterward, Rod went to sound out Kali, wasn't that the same as now?

Wow.

So you've already made it self-consistent, little Kali? Impressive!

Kali walked over with a frown, her limbs stiff and unnatural, almost moving her hands and feet on the same side.

Once she saw the strange thing in Rod's hand, she actually let out a breath of relief.

"Oh? It really is a rare item."

"Of course, how would I dare show you anything ordinary? I couldn't possibly have come here on purpose just to see if you were sleeping well, right? Hahaha—"

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The new spore reward given by Lady Zugu Zugu Moyi of the Fungi was a yellowed parchment, covered in white mycelium like living things, constantly writhing.

Kali couldn't be bothered with him and tossed several different identification spells at the parchment.

After a moment of deliberation.

She said with a sour face: "This is a parchment that responds to sacrifices, with some sacrificial formation rituals linked on it."

"What do you mean?"

"Simply put, if someone uses the sacrificial formation linked on the parchment, the sacrificed thing will come to your side through the parchment—where did you get this strange thing? This grade isn't low at all, even I can't replicate it."

"Got it by sweet-talking a plane lord while wandering the other-dimensional space."

Rod pinched the sacrificial parchment and answered casually.

You tasted the new spore so happily, said this is a reward for me, and that's it?

Not good enough, Zugu Zugu Moyi.

Kali frowned again.

She automatically ignored the plane lord bragging, but wandering the other-dimensional space was definitely true—the aetheric energy on this thing was practically overflowing.

"I remember reminding you many times, humans shouldn't go to the other-dimensional space. The chaotic energy there is restless now. If an accident happens and you fall into an unknown plane, you won't even be able to come back!"

"Don't worry, I know my limits."

"Who's worried about you?"

Kali said coldly, even raising her voice quite a bit.

Rod smiled and took two steps closer.

The elven young lady before him gave a light snort and immediately stepped back.

But he wouldn't let her off, continuing to press forward.

"What are you doing!"

After a sharp rebuke, he immediately met her emerald-green eyes.

The shyness and panic in Kali's eyes flashed by, instantly turning into a hard, cold, and competitive look.

Their gazes met, and the lingering aftertaste of their entanglement the day before seemed to continue at this moment.

Rod reached for her hand.

Got shaken off.

Kali's personality was strong and aggressive; the vast majority of the time she had to be the one stepping on others' heads.

After spending enough time together, one would know that clashing head-on with her wouldn't end well, and even more so in intimate relationships.

So Rod decided to ease up here, no longer pressing close when—

A single sentence from Kali left him dumbfounded:

"Did you sleep well last night?"

(End of this chapter)