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Chapter 966 The Last Routine 145
"……get well soon……"

The loli succubus mumbled something, then drifted off to sleep again.

Cecily patted her chest, exhaled, and said, "What? It was just sleep talking."

"Yeah, it seems so." Kobayashi quickly replied, "We'll set off as soon as the thunder stops! Let's take a short rest too. Goodnight!"

"Ah, wait a minute—"

Cecily noticed that Kobayashi finished speaking very quickly, as if he were running away. She tried to call him back, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. Then, seeing Kobayashi run to a corner and lie down without a word, only to start snoring loudly within three seconds, her feigned sleep seemed suspicious.

Cecily frowned slightly and muttered softly, "...It's suspicious, like there's something they're hiding from me."

Despite saying this, she had no way to verify it. Even if she went over to disturb Kobayashi, he would definitely pretend to be asleep and not respond. Therefore, Cecily could only bury this unnatural feeling in her heart.

Then, not long after, the heavy rain gradually stopped, the thunder ceased, and the sky soon cleared up again.

So the three of them continued walking towards the top of the mountain.

The mountain path was muddy and difficult to walk on after the heavy rain, but after about three hours, they finally reached the top of the mountain and found the rare medicinal herbs they were looking for.

"Found it!" Kobayashi shouted, pointing to a strange-looking herb on the hillside. "Isn't that it?!"

"oh oh!"

The loli succubus exclaimed in surprise upon seeing this, "It's exactly as Kobayashi said, it can cure anything!!"

"What a simple name that gives me a headache..." Cecily sighed, rubbing her forehead in exasperation, then muttered under her breath, "The price of hundreds of thousands of Eris for one is simply unbelievable."

However, if it could truly cure everything, then a price of several hundred thousand Eris wouldn't be expensive at all, and countless wealthy people would be vying to buy it.

"Ahhh!" The loli succubus was overjoyed, laughing as she said to the two, "This way Amy's illness can be cured too! Hurry up and take it back!!"

"Uh……"

Xiaolin couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth.

Cecily found his expression strange and frowned, asking, "What's wrong? Why are you standing there in a daze? Hurry up and get it and go back."

"Wait, wait!" Kobayashi couldn't help but call out to the two of them, shouting, "If we go back now, what's the point of coming here...!"

"significance……?"

Cecily looked at Kobayashi suspiciously, but just as she was about to ask what it meant, she suddenly heard a monster's roar coming from afar.

"Hooohoooohoo——————"

A gigantic monster appeared before the three. Its red fur stood upright, reaching at least five meters in height. Not only was it enormous, but it also possessed terrifying fangs, and its outstretched arms could blot out the sky. It was a terrifying giant bear.

"Great!!" Kobayashi shouted involuntarily upon seeing it appear, his face beaming with undisguised joy. But he quickly changed his tune, saying, "No, it's here!! One-hit kill on the bear! If we don't defeat this guy, we won't be able to get down the mountain safely!?"

"Damn it!" The loli succubus bit her lower lip unhappily and shouted angrily, "If you try to interfere, I'll be your match!"

"It's too dangerous, Rosali! I'm here to help!!"

Cecily quickly stepped in front of the two of them.

"Go for it, you two!" Kobayashi said, casting a spell to protect the two of them, and shouted, "I'll cover you from here, go for it! Freeze!"

"Hooohoo...!?"

The ice, which appeared out of nowhere, instantly froze the giant bear's legs, thus restricting its movement.

"Wow, Kobayashi is amazing!" the loli succubus exclaimed, her eyes shining. "The monster's feet are frozen, and it has stopped moving!"

"...It seems like it can be done, right, Rosali?"

Cecily looked at the loli succubus beside her, who nodded to indicate that there was no problem, and shouted loudly, "Ah! Quickly defeat that guy and take the herbs back to Amy!"

"Roar!"

Although the terrifying giant bear tried to struggle, it could only silently serve as a meat target under Kobayashi's constant control and interference. While Cecily and the succubus's damage output was low, they could attack without limit, and it took them several hours to finally defeat it.

Then the three of them returned.

"Amy!!" The loli succubus ran back to the inn at lightning speed, shouting, "I brought back the cure-all! That way you'll regain your strength—"

"Welcome back, Rosalind!!"

A huge chest suddenly crashed into the loli succubus, who then pulled her into her arms. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Amy.

"Amy...?"

The loli succubus looked at her with surprise and asked curiously, "Why? Weren't you bedridden?!"

"The way she hugged me so tightly was extraordinary..." Cecily said, looking at the fully recovered Amy, with a hint of surprise, "She seems to have fully recovered her energy..."

"Hmm, I guess I ate too much. My stomach hurts terribly, and I have a fever." Amy blushed slightly, feeling embarrassed as she said this.

A succubus's sustenance is a man's essence. It's one thing for her to eat a lot, but if she gets sick from overeating, it would be a real laughingstock, and she might be ridiculed by the other succubi. Besides, if she can get sick from overeating, you can imagine just how much she's consumed.

"……Eh!?"

The loli succubus looked at Amy in disbelief, never expecting such an answer.

Cecily couldn't help but twitch her lips and muttered under her breath, "So it wasn't that he was sick, he just ate too much..."

"Amy...Amy!!" The loli succubus hugged the bear succubus with tears in her eyes, shouting excitedly, "I'm so glad you're not sick, you won't die...!!"

Then, as if she had just remembered something, she quickly pulled out some freshly picked herbs from her bosom and said, "Oh, right, and this too. Your stomach must still be a little upset after eating so much... Here, if you can, eat this herb... Xiaolin said that Amy will feel better after eating this—"

"What Kobayashi said...?" Cecily suddenly realized something was wrong and quickly said, "Could it be...?!"

Then, without giving the succubi a chance to react, they quickly ran out of the inn and headed towards the guild.

"Um... what happened to her?"

"I don't know. But Cecily is a good person. She was willing to help me for free and took good care of me along the way."

"Really? Then let's go thank them together later."

"Ok!"

The two succubi embraced each other, their faces filled with emotion. However, only they knew the beauty of this scene. Cecily had just run out of the inn, while Kobayashi had already arrived at the Adventurers' Guild.

He waited patiently at the counter, a smug smile on his face.

After checking the quest list, Luna, the guild counter clerk, smiled and presented Kobayashi with a generous reward, saying, "Okay, here is the reward for the one-hit bear kill. Please confirm."

"If you have any other difficulties, just tell me, big sister," Kobayashi said with a smile as she took her payment.

"He's really reliable, as expected of Mr. Kobayashi." Luna, the guild counter clerk, said this with gratitude, then patted her chest with a slight hint of fear and whispered, "Everyone around the bear was terrified by that one-hit kill."

"Indeed a formidable foe," Kobayashi said nostalgically, but he added with a touch of pride, "Unfortunately, they were no match for me. After all, I am Kobayashi, who has successively defeated numerous Demon King's army officers!!"

However, just as he was boasting, two people shouted from the direction of the guild gate—

You seem to be in a really good mood!

"They used Rosalind and us, didn't they!?"

Such a question left Xiaolin stunned for a moment, and she stiffened when she saw the two people who appeared at the door.

"Cecilia and Rosalind...when!?"

"Hehehe, are you still trying to fool me?" Cecily covered her mouth and chuckled, though there was no real smile on her face. She said, "I basically understand now. You took advantage of Amy's collapse to use me and Rosalind to help you fight the monster. You really did a great job! I'm the one who's good at fooling others in this kind of thing. I never thought I'd be fooled instead!"

"No, no!!" Kobayashi quickly denied it instinctively, but still honestly admitted and explained, "Although there's nothing wrong with it, it wasn't just for personal gain!"

"Oh ho, do you have anything to say in your defense?"

"Amy just has a simple stomachache, it's obvious at a glance. But, what if something goes wrong? Having herbs is always a good thing, it's good to have an extra plan, that's why we went to get them, isn't it!"

That makes perfect sense.

The saying "better safe than sorry" means this; no one can guarantee what will happen if an accident occurs without a priest to provide healing. Having herbs is truly a good thing.

Kobayashi continued without stopping, "Besides, Rosalind and Amy want to renovate part of their shop, which requires a lot of money, right? Defeating monsters will yield generous rewards. See, isn't this killing two birds with one stone!?"

He planned to use this excuse to persuade the other party.

"Kobayashi...!" The loli succubus looked at him with a touched expression, completely convinced, and couldn't help but say, "You've gone to such lengths for me and Amy... Next time you come to the shop, I'll give you the service for free."

"Really? Thank you, Rosalind!!"

Xiaolin was extremely excited.

"Don't believe him, Rosalind!" Cecily didn't believe him at all, pointing at Kobayashi and shouting, "Do you really think this man is just helping out of kindness?!"

"Yes!" Kobayashi would never admit it, insisting that he was only doing it for the good of the loli succubus and Amy, and loudly defended himself, "I just chose the right time!"

"Don't try to argue!" Cecily didn't care about your arguments. She snorted heavily and said, "Let's split the reward for the expedition equally between Rosalind and me."

"Why did it turn out like this?!" Kobayashi, of course, didn't want to end up with nothing; wouldn't that mean all her work had been for nothing? She quickly shouted, "Where's my share?!"

“This is retribution for deceiving people into doing work.” Cecily didn’t care about any of that. As a follower of Axis, once she made up her mind about something, she never listened to anyone else. She said, “Also, next time you’ll help me with a mission too… for free, of course!!”

"free!!?"

"This is just the punishment you deserve," Cecily snorted. She had already decided what dirty and tiring work she would make Kobayashi do, and then said to the loli succubus, "How about Rosali makes a request too?"

"I recovered because of Amy, and that's enough."

The loli succubus didn't take the opportunity to make any bad demands. After all, as Kobayashi said, although his intentions weren't very good, he still helped them solve their current problem, so it wasn't wrong to say that he was doing it for their own good.

"Lorissa, what a wonderful child..."

Cecily hugged her with a touched expression, then looked at Kobayashi and said, "For such a kind-hearted Rosalind, let Kobayashi make lots of delicious food to reward us."

"Hello……!"

"Work for free for a week at Rosalind and Amy's shop!"

"This is free?! And in a store like that!"

Kobayashi stared in astonishment. It wouldn't matter if it were a regular shop, but was there something wrong with him working in a succubus shop? Maybe the other adventurers would be jealous of him!

"Actually, I wanted to say more, but considering how lovely and understanding Rosali is, I'll reluctantly forgive you."

"I feel like you're not giving her any consideration at all."

Xiaolin was on the verge of tears.

"Of course I'm doing this for her sake, because..."

“Cecily, thank you for your help. I’m also very energetic and enjoyed the mission.”

The loli succubus said this with a smile on her face.

Cecily lay there drooling like a pervert, chuckling as she said, "Just seeing Rosalind's smiling face makes all the fighting worthwhile. I'm completely satisfied! ... Of course, even if you're satisfied, you still have to take responsibility."

"Yes, yes, I understand..."

Xiaolin nodded dejectedly in agreement.

Just then, Kobayashi's sleeve was gently tugged, and the loli succubus gestured for him to come closer and whisper something in her ear.

"It's alright, Mr. Kobayashi, I'll provide you with this service free of charge."

"Lolisa————"

Overwhelmed with emotion, Xiaolin hugged her tightly, but his actions were so outrageous that he almost got taken away by Weibing. Afterwards, Xiaolin worked for her for free for a considerable period, lamenting, "If I had known this would happen, I should have just cooperated normally!"

(End of this chapter)