Chapter 463: Honor and Vigilance

"What is it?"

Rod had no particular feelings about this arrogant agent; after all, the woman was merely doing her job.

He pushed Tally's face away as she tried to kiss him.

The three of them stopped on the street and turned their heads in confusion.

The Young Lady agent had clearly come specifically to find him, and she wasn't cultivating her spiritual nature either.

By now she was already panting, and it took quite a while before she recovered.

"Mr. Rod? It is Rod, right? I don't think I misheard."

"Yes, he's Rod. What about it?"

The halfling Lily stepped forward and stood in front of Rod.

Although she hadn't been in Waterdeep for long, she still considered herself the host and felt it her duty to handle all matters concerning her guest, Rod.

Seeing her step forward on her own initiative.

The agent glanced again at the cat-girl (Tally) being held in the arms of that handsome man called Rod.

She couldn't help frowning and muttered, "Another fickle one."

"What!"

Lily had heard it.

Having a grievance with Rod meant having a grievance with her, the host, and her gaze immediately turned unfriendly.

"Nothing."

The agent cleared her throat twice, her gaze skipping over the short halfling: "Mr. Rod, consider it an honor — Miss Layla requests an audience with you."

Rod wasn't really surprised.

After all, the other party was someone of considerable standing; if she didn't show some gratitude after having her life saved, it would make her own life seem trivial.

"Layla? Who? I've only been asleep a little while — Master, you've already picked up another girl?"

Tally pouted, displeased, and said, "What honor? Whose honor? My Master being here is your honor, you little slut."

Rod quickly pinched both her cheeks — going or not going was one thing, but she couldn't go around cursing people.

This was someone else's territory, and a big star at that.

Fan culture has existed since ancient times; most of these people are bipolar, and you absolutely cannot offend them lightly!

On the other side, Lily stood with hands on hips, but she didn't look imposing at all — instead, she looked a bit cute.

"You think everyone is that woman's fan? Saved her life and still have to be honored before she repays the favor? This is the first time I've heard such a thing. Speaking of which, I helped too — only inviting the man and not the woman, what does that mean? Is it because you saw Rod is handsome and got all hot and bothered? Oh right, I forgot that woman has to maintain her pure-jade-maiden image — could it be she's deliberately using this to seduce men and relieve her loneliness?"

Mm.

He'd forgotten this one was also a foul-mouthed player.

Rod simply released his grip on Tally and let her join the firing line.

Things had already come to this; better to share some of the firepower for Lily.

The agent was dumbfounded at first, making feeble retorts like "What?" "That's not what I meant," "Don't slander people," "How dare you say that about my Layla baby."

Before long she started flushing red, babbling out a stream of trash talk.

But in the end, fighting two alone, she was clearly no match for Tally and Lily — especially since Rod found time to buy two bottles of soothing pear juice and handed them to the two ladies fighting on his behalf.

Although having a shouting match on the street was somewhat unseemly.

Rod considered himself a respectable person too, but so-called respectability was simply not worth a damn compared to cute girls.

That agent often stayed by the side of the big star Layla Starling, so she could be considered half a public figure herself.

When she realized people had recognized her, quite a few onlookers had already gathered to watch the show.

Her face immediately changed.

Her heart sank too — her own big star was about to begin a continent-wide concert tour, and this really wasn't the time to stir up more trouble.

In the end, she glared fiercely at the three of them, covered her face, and fled in disarray.

Seeing the enemy retreat in defeat, the three of them cheerfully high-fived one another.

The halfling girl was even more thrilled, happily tugging at Rod's sleeve.

"How about it? Night patrol together? Like back in Jade City — just the two of us. Three."

In the earlier shouting match, the succubus had, for once, stood on the same side as her, and their battle camaraderie skyrocketed — so now she counted her in too.

"I'm fine with it, but didn't you just get back from slaying a dragon today? Aren't you tired?"

"I'm fine. I have confidence in my stamina. The Vigilance League has a lot going on — sometimes I can go five days and nights without sleep tailing someone, no problem."

She pulled on her cool, cocky grin again.

At this moment, Tally secretly leaned in to Rod's ear: "This little shorty really can talk big — five days and five nights? Heh. When the time comes, Master, you just push her down on the bed and see if she can really last five days and five nights."

"We're friends, it hasn't reached that point."

Rod shoved away the succubus whose mouth was full of lewd talk.

"By the way, your Vigilance League has already shown its face in Waterdeep — is it really okay to keep doing this kind of thing?"

If we go by alignment.

The Vigilance League should count as Chaotic Good.

They act more according to their own will, and their behavior may be freer and more unrestrained.

Lily laughed: "What 'doing this'? We just happened to pass by and saw something off, so we stepped in to help and set things right — what's the problem with that!"

"Fair enough."

Rod laughed too.

As they talked, the three of them turned together into an empty corner.

When they came out again, they were completely transformed.

They leapt between the densely packed buildings, heading toward the most dangerous and chaotic dock district of Deepwater City.

One could only say it lived up to its name.

Almost the moment they stepped into the dock district's range.

They ran into devil-worshipping cultists using hypnosis spells to recruit people into their faith.

They didn't rush to act either, tailing the cultists back to their hideout.

Then it was kill those who should be killed, capture those who should be captured, and release another large batch of victims who had been dazed the same way.

Not long after they had just wrapped that up, without a moment's rest.

They immediately ran into a haunting incident with a phantom.

Then hidden magical traps, mysterious sea monsters, dock gangs fighting over territory, and so on and so forth.

Rod couldn't help but sigh.

Deepwater City was truly prosperous, but the petty affairs and incidents underneath were truly plentiful as well.

Just from them running around blindly this one night, there had been no fewer than eight or ten incidents.

No wonder the League of Heroes had clustered here.

Even with these minor matters, the halfling Lily seemed to never tire of them, as if every time she finished handling a dispute, her spirits lifted another degree.

Until the sky flushed with the pale grey of dawn.

The two sat atop the tall clock tower of the dock district, resting while watching the sun rise on the horizon.

The dock district bordered the western seaside.

A pleasant Sword Bay sea breeze blew past, and the two couldn't help but feel their moods lift.

"You really do have a talent for chivalry and righteousness. If you're willing to join the League of Heroes, within a year you'd surely rise to a high position."

Lily said admiringly.

Rod waved his hand dismissively.

This whole night, relying on the effect of 【Insight Demon Eye】, he had continuously seen through the crux of every incident, making it extremely easy to help Lily clean things up.

According to the halfling girl, this was the smoothest night she had ever had handling incidents in all these years.

"Oh right, Rod, you should be that 【Hero Candidate】, right?" Lily suddenly said.

(End of this chapter)