Chapter 380: Parchment

Luo De ignored her.

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

And when the sky was just beginning to lighten, she would go pick wild fruits, then always linger around his cabin, hesitating, unsure of what she wanted to do.

If she happened to pick some particularly tasty fruits, she would secretly leave a portion of them on the doorstep of his cabin.

When Luo De later asked about it, she would stubbornly deny it, insisting it was the Lothatosk gray squirrel that had come to the forest on vacation.

So he had long noticed what Xiao Ke did outside, but unfortunately, he couldn't warn Kalist.

Even so.

Because she was overly nervous.

"Huh? You!"

Fireworks exploded in his mind.

"Are you mocking me? Bastard!"

Kalist, enraged and humiliated, yanked up the blanket and slapped him.

Crack. Luo De's face swayed slightly—no reaction.

She tried to stand, but her legs and waist were weak as water; she stumbled and fell back down.

Sensations burned like fire, boiling and crawling like ants.

And the man still showed no reaction.

Kalist swallowed hard, as if realizing something.

She kept staring at Luo De, holding the gaze for a full thirty minutes.

Then, she drank a potion to purge the effects of 【Enchanting Fluid】.

After taking a breath, she finally stood up.

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

Before leaving.

She paused at the door, lost in thought, unsure of what she was thinking.

Only when her footsteps had completely faded away.

Did Luo De slowly open his eyes.

What did that mean?

Didn't understand.

Back then, considering the elf's pride, he couldn't let a third party see their relationship, so he could only expose himself by forcibly pulling up the blanket to cover it.

As for why Kalist had interrupted herself halfway through and then done even more?

He didn't quite get it.

Now, the only thing Luo De worried about was whether she would assume he already knew, and in a burst of wounded pride, leave—or worse.

Or kill him?

The latter probably wouldn't happen; Kalist wasn't that kind of person.

"Sigh, is this twisted relationship going to end here?"

Luo De sighed in regret.

He dabbed his finger into the residue between his abdominal muscles.

Hmm.

In the air.

Carried a faint sweetness of natural fruits and the salt of sweat.

Unlike Tally's honeyed sweetness.

By the way, Vivian was like unsweetened apple juice, Pan Ni had a faint astringency with a touch of toxicity, Chris was tasteless, Amy slightly salty, Sharon emitted a distinct fragrance but tasted flavorless.

Interestingly, the land naga Eve had a faint spicy aroma.

"Sigh, I miss Eve."

At dawn.

To confirm whether Kalist had left in anger, Luo De skipped breakfast and went straight to her magic treehouse.

Of course.

He kept to the agreed distance of a hundred meters away.

The agreement, of course, was that last time he knocked on her door and accidentally caught the elf entertaining herself inside, leading to a loud fuss after which she forbade him from approaching within a hundred meters of her treehouse.

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

But as soon as he took a few steps forward.

A familiar magic missile struck the ground in front of him.

"Do humans treat promises like things you can just throw away?"

The elf Kalist, as usual, scowled, standing at the entrance of her magic treehouse, her slender, pale fingers still in the casting pose.

Calyste, the elf, scowled as usual, standing before the magic treehouse, her pale, slender fingers still held in a casting pose.

Just a short while ago, those beautiful fingers—

Never mind, don't imagine that.

"I've got something new I can't identify. Came to ask your advice."

Luo De pulled out the item given to him two days ago by the Fungus Lady Zugu Moy, which he'd forgotten in his spell satchel—perfect as an excuse to test Kalist's mood.

Luo De pulled out the item Zugmoi, the Fungus Lady, had given him two days ago—he'd forgotten it in his spell satchel, and now it served as a perfect excuse to test Calyste's attitude.

This scene feels oddly familiar.

A few months ago, the night before he left for Jade City, he'd held a victory party with Vivian, Tally, Kalist, and Xiao Ke to celebrate defeating the Ruin Brotherhood.

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

Afterward, when he went to probe Kalist's feelings, wasn't it just like this?

Didn't Luo De go to seek out Calyste afterward to probe her feelings, just as he's doing now?

So you've already made peace with yourself, little Kali? Impressive.

Kalist walked over, frowning, movements stiff and unnatural, almost stumbling over her own feet.

But when she saw the strange object in Luo De's hand, she sighed in relief.

"Oh? It's indeed a curious thing."

"Of course, I wouldn't show you ordinary junk. Do you think I came just to check if you slept well? Hahaha—"

"Of course, I wouldn't dare show you ordinary junk—do you think I came here on purpose to check if you're sleeping well? Hahaha—"

The new spore reward from Fungus Lady Zugu Moy was a yellowed parchment, covered in living white mycelium that writhed continuously.

Kalist didn't bother with him, casting several different identification spells at the parchment.

After a moment of silence.

She scowled and said: "This is a parchment that responds to sacrifice, linked to several sacrificial arrays."

She scowled and said, "This is a parchment that responds to sacrifice, bearing rituals linked to sacrifice arrays."

"Simply put: if someone uses one of the sacrificial arrays linked to this parchment, whatever is sacrificed will appear beside you. Where did you get this strange thing? This is high-grade— I can't even replicate it."

"I got it from a dimensional lord while wandering the dimensional space."

Luo De held the sacrificial parchment and answered casually.

You enjoyed the new spores so much, said it was my reward—this is it?

Not great, Zugu Moy.

Kalist frowned again.

She automatically ignored his bragging about dimensional lords, but wandering the dimensional space was definitely true—this thing's aether energy was nearly overflowing.

"I've warned you many times, humans shouldn't go into the dimensional space. The chaotic energy there is unstable now—if you get lost and fall into an unknown dimension, you won't even be able to come back!"

"I've reminded you many times—humans must not enter the dimensional space. The chaotic energy there is now agitated; if you're accidentally cast into an unknown plane, you won't be able to return at all!"

"Who's worried about you?"

Kalist snapped, raising her voice noticeably.

Luo De smiled and took two steps closer.

The elf lady snorted and immediately stepped back.

But he wouldn't let her escape, pressing forward again.

"What are you doing!"

After a sharp rebuke, she met his emerald eyes.

A flash of shyness and panic passed through Kalist's gaze, instantly replaced by cold defiance and competitiveness.

Their eyes locked—the lingering warmth of yesterday's entanglement seemed to continue in this moment.

Luo De reached for her hand.

She pulled away.

Kalist's personality was dominant and aggressive; most of the time, she insisted on being the one on top.

After spending time with her, he learned that forcing confrontation with her led to nothing good—especially in intimacy.

So here, Luo De decided to ease off, no longer pressing.

Then Kalist said something that stunned him:

Kali's words left him stunned:

Did you sleep well last night?

(End of chapter)