What did you do with the dice?

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According to the perfect plan given to him by Sanita, at midnight, Rusalka sat at the door of the huge kitchen, holding the empty box he had washed in his hands, staring at the empty stove in a daze.

He had been sitting here quietly since dinner, without saying a word until all the servants were scared away. He then ignored the strange looks from the people around him and chose to continue sitting here quietly alone.

After waiting for about ten minutes, Rusalka, who was sitting on the chair, slowly said, "You're here."

Rusalka suddenly thought of "the big sick area plays stably",

He was so amused by himself that he thought he must be seriously ill.

The black mist around Phoenix disappeared, and she stood quietly behind Rusalka with her back to him. She did not answer Rusalka's greeting, but walked around his chair and slowly walked towards the kitchen. She picked up the firewood beside her and threw it into the stove. She then started a fire with a flint, found some ingredients in the cold stone box beside her, washed the rice, and then turned her back to Rusalka and started to busy herself with the stove.

Sanita: (The target appears. You can now move freely.)

Rusalka put her lunch box on the table nearby. (She didn't say, "Rusalka, your days of opening portals everywhere are over." I stood up on my own initiative, as if I had given up first.)

Sunita: (Haha, I better go to sleep then. Good night.)

Rusalka: (No, no, no, please don’t leave. I’ll do as you say.)

Rusalka stood up helplessly, and after taking two steps towards Phoenix, her feet seemed to have taken root and she could not move anymore.

Rusalka pleaded for help in the private chat: (No, no, brother, your plan is too shameful. I can't do it. Can you please change it to something that will give me some face? Even if you just give me a washboard and kneel down to it, that would be fine.)

Sunita: (Don’t be too ridiculous. Do it or not. If you don’t, I will really sleep with you, and you can forget about reconciling with Phoenix.)

Rusalka stomped her feet, resisting the pressure in her heart that was even more exaggerated than when she was fighting with the Viper Squad. She walked behind Phoenix, gritted her teeth, bent down, lowered her body slightly to make up for the height difference, and hugged Phoenix's waist from behind.

The next step was to blow gently on the side of her pointed ears and whisper, "My dear cat, I didn't mean to hide it from you. Don't be angry, okay? Now, let's make peace. If you agree..."

Sanita: (What? Did you forget the lyrics?)

Rusalka: (I think you must be laughing very loudly right now. I have reasonable grounds to suspect that you are making fun of me.)

Sani Tower: (Indeed! You guessed it right!)

Rusalka: (Fuck you, I don’t want to play anymore.)

Sunita: (But Phoenix also laughs happily, don’t you like that?)

Rusalka was silent for a moment: (Damn it, I’ll believe you again.)

Phoenix's ears twitched. After hearing Rusalka stop talking mid-sentence, she finally spoke and asked, "What?"

Rusalka's mind went blank, his entire body shuddering. He felt a surge of embarrassment running from the soles of his feet all the way to the top of his head. He made up his mind, thinking it was for Phoenix. He closed his eyes and went for it, suppressing his nausea and shame. He imitated Teresa's tone and said, "I'll listen to you tonight~"

Phoenix's ears pricked up when she heard this. Her tail slowly turned and gently wrapped around Rusalka's calf and neck. She reached out and pulled his hand away from her waist. Then, after pouring the food from the pot onto a plate, she whispered, "Eat."

After seeing the amount of food in the pot, Rusalka realized that Phoenix seemed to have taken ingredients for three people - she usually prepared two portions for Rusalka.

Rusalka: (Huh? Man, it seems like she already prepared this for me? Is it true that even if I didn't say these words that could help me get a sea view apartment, she would have already forgiven me?)

Sanita: (Maybe.)

Rusalka immediately flew into a rage: (Brother, this is a bit unfair!)

Sanita: (The person involved didn't provide me with sufficient details and deliberately concealed the facts. How can you blame me for making a mistake in judgment? The PL channel doesn't show how many servings Phoenix cooked.)

Rusalka thought about it and it made sense. She could only blame herself for being unlucky and got goosebumps for nothing.

After a simple dinner that could be considered a midnight snack, Phoenix put away the dishes and other things and threw them into the sink, intending to leave it to the servants to clean up tomorrow as usual, just like the previous two days.

In the dark night, her golden eyes looked particularly bright. She took Rusalka's hand. Although she didn't say a word, the direction she was heading was very clear. This was the road that Rusalka and she had walked hand in hand the most and was the most familiar to her.

Rusalka called it the Pond Corridor leading to Shimokitazawa.

We will soon move on to the next step: Is only black tea okay?

If the passive skill had not been activated later, he felt that he would have been able to shout very loudly.

Okay, accept it. Anyway, I've already had my last meal, and I can get the benefits of a long rest. If she can't kill me, let her squeeze me.

I just hope she can give me eight hours to take a long rest before her holy healing pool is drained. I will be very grateful.

Chapter 128 Main Talent: Ai Li

The sky was clear, birds were singing, and flowers were blooming. The maids who were hanging out clothes were saying good morning to each other. The chef arranged the exquisite breakfast on the dining table. With the words "please enjoy your meal", Rusalka felt that the cheerful atmosphere seemed to have returned to the Lord's Mansion of Silver City again.

The reason was simple, because everyone saw Rusalka and Phoenix coming out of the room together in the morning. Seeing her tail wrapped around Rusalka's waist, especially after Rusalka resumed her "habit" of greeting the servants she met in the morning, everyone knew that they must have reconciled.

Gossip spread much faster than the speed at which the two of them met up with Sanita in the office and went to the restaurant for breakfast. So today, after being relieved of two days of depression, the servants became more talkative, especially the young maids. When they got together, they started chattering about Rusalka and Phoenix, as if they wanted to pour out all the things they had been holding in their stomachs and had not dared to say for the past two days.

Just then, Qingfeng walked into the restaurant and said to Rusalka, "Lord Pearl Tear, there is a priest at the door looking for you."

Rusalka was slightly stunned after looking at Qingfeng. To be honest, judging by the frequency of Qingfeng's appearance in front of him, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Qingfeng was the one who came to visit him. Qingfeng looked a bit like the template of the male protagonist in a cool novel, and his name was there. On weekdays, Rusalka and Sanitieta didn't care about him, and he didn't stay in the city lord's mansion to train with other knights like Caster, but often carried out some independent actions within the scope of Silver City.

Compared to a knight, he is more like a guest. According to the information obtained from Sanitieta, he usually goes to the guild of the God of Contract in the city to do some adventurer's tasks, helps deal with some harmful beasts that Rusalka and Sanitieta no longer look down upon, picks herbs, and occasionally practices and learns with the paladins. It seems that he has also had contact with several wild mages who rarely show up in the city, probably exchanging magical knowledge.

In general, he does have the feeling of a grassroots protagonist, but he doesn't seem to want to cause any trouble. Plus, both Sanita and Rusalka have been very busy recently, the former busy making plans, and the latter busy flirting and quarreling with Phoenix. Everyone has a bright future, so they simply turn a blind eye to Qingfeng's eccentric behavior.

Anyway, it's not a work place, there is no system of clocking in or out, and the salary he wants is half of what Custer gets, so Rusalka's expectation of him is: as long as he can be found when he is needed, that's enough.

He said that the pastor was looking for Rusalka, who was Esdi's man after all, so Rusalka agreed decisively.

But when they saw the person coming, the first one to get angry was Phoenix. Her ears and tail stood up at once, her pupils became a little smaller, and her whole body exuded a visible hostility. She was facing Ai Li, who was so scared that his legs went weak and he sat down on the ground after knocking on the door.

Ai Li was frightened when Phoenix threw down his knife and directly took out a dagger and stuck it on the table: "Sorry! I shouldn't have disturbed everyone's meal! I'll... I'll go out now..."

Rusalka reached out and stroked Phoenix's back, soothing the livid Phoenix. "Arcane Comet? Aren't you in Bright Moon City? Why are you here looking for me? Is the big golden guy here too?"

Rewi was on the verge of tears, but he could not. He weakly resisted, "My name is Rewi. My last name isn't Arcane, nor Comet. I'm just Rewi. I don't have a last name. Captain Mungili didn't come, so I came alone."

Rusalka: "Well, since you're here, why not sit down and have something to eat with us."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was gently hit on the back by Phoenix's tail. The latter turned to look at him with a strong look of doubt in his eyes.

Rusalka leaned close to Phoenix's ear and whispered, "This isn't Theresa. This is Rei. The one you saw before was indeed Theresa, but not now. It's hard to explain this right away. I'll talk to you privately tonight. Just remember that she's a harmless little priest."

After hearing what Rusalka said, Ai Li was about to refuse.

But ever since Rusalka left with the military chefs, the food in Mingyue City was taken over by Mengjili's men. Due to the oath of frugality, the quality of the food plummeted. This made her, whose body had been captivated by the delicacies of Rusalka's chefs, yearn for those desserts and afternoon teas day and night.

She thought she had been able to hold it in until recently, when she once again heard the instructions of the Saint, telling her to follow the Lord of Pearl Tears, to help him eliminate the sin of killing and save more poor people. Her first reaction was to swallow her saliva.

Even the military rations in Rusalka are so delicious, so there must be more delicious food in Silver City, right?

She felt remorseful for letting her appetite overwhelm her sense of mission, but the sense of guilt that was slightly controlled by desire also made her feel a little excited.

With this confusion and bewilderment, Ai Li was determined to approach his inner demon first and then work hard to defeat it. When he came to his senses, he was already sitting on the chair, picking up the knife and fork and waiting for the food to be served.

Great God Light, please forgive my little gluttony. After all, I am not as perfect as the Saint Lady, so as a high and mighty god, you can fully understand and forgive me for my flaw of liking to eat delicious food, right?

Since the Saint Lady didn't raise any objection, that means you acquiesce, right?

Hey, the milk and cake in front of Lord Pearl Tear look so fragrant and sweet. Bring them over quickly, I can't wait~

But Phoenix did not let down his guard: harmless to humans and animals?

Phoenix looked at Ai Li who trembled as he sat down in the seat opposite Rusalka, the wife. He stood up and pointed to the seat to Ai Li's left, saying in a low voice, "Get up! Sit over there!"

She didn't sit opposite Rusalka in order to sit closer to her.

Just because she doesn't observe aristocratic etiquette at home doesn't mean she allows others to not observe Sinidi's aristocratic etiquette in her home.

Ai Li, who was completely unaware of this, was startled, as if a nail had pierced his butt. The knife and fork in his hand fell to the table with a clang, and he jumped up from the chair like a spring. He didn't know what he had done wrong to make this Filin people, who seemed to be unfamiliar to him, so angry when he saw him this time. But he still bowed his head and said sorry, while pulling out the chair on his left and sitting down.

Phoenix thought to himself: Well, I should consider changing the rules of the family and swapping the positions of the wife and the eldest son.

The first person on Rusalka’s right is Sanita, representing the person he trusts the most, and the first person on his left should be the “eldest son” according to the rules.

Rusalka didn't understand all these intricacies. When he was single, he just knew that Sanita had to sit first on his right, and the others could sit however they wanted. But after Phoenix got together with him, he felt that it was completely fine for Phoenix to sit first on his left, and it was even natural.

His wife was sitting so far away opposite him, but he was not happy. How could he eat face to face with his cat while being separated from him?

In fact, the reason why this position is designed this way is to allow the first person to give birth to a son to sit closer to the head of the family when eating. After all, when the child is just born and cannot be independent in the first few years, the mother always has to hold him while eating, or stay beside him to feed him. In this way, she can choose to sit next to her children instead of sitting according to the normal seating arrangement.

This is an incentive mechanism that has been customarily adopted among the nobility, and it is also the dregs of the old tradition of Sinidi here. But it must be said that it is precisely this kind of detail that makes the wives and concubines of the nobles more willing to give birth to children, relying on "ranking" to satisfy this little vanity and competitive spirit.

Most of the people who work as housekeepers in noble families and some educated servants actually know the content of aristocratic etiquette, but the same thing applies: rules come before etiquette, and the head of the noble family is the rules. Rusalka thinks that Phoenix's seat is fine in her own home, so the aristocratic etiquette formulated by the kingdom can only be ranked second.

Even if Phoenix sat on him, people would only say behind his back that Rusalka and Phoenix had a good relationship, and no one would think that Rusalka was impolite - you are not even a noble, how dare you point fingers at aristocratic etiquette?

All of Ai Li's nervousness disappeared when the food was brought to her. The moment she took the first piece of cake, she felt as if she saw the god Light himself spreading his pure wings in the sky and smiling at her.

It's probably a feeling like "Ah, I've got it, I've completely understood the meaning of life, I've succeeded."

Rusalka watched Rewi begin to devour her food, and felt a sense of déjà vu all over again, as if she had recalled her first military meal with Phoenix. "Eat slowly, and be careful not to choke. If you're not satisfied, there's more."

He was really afraid that something might happen to Ai Li, the seemingly spoiled stand-in for Theresa, and that would cause trouble for him from the big golden guy who seemed overprotective.

After hearing what Rusalka said, Ai Li felt very complicated. She really wanted to say to Rusalka: Do you know what I have been eating these past few weeks?

After drinking a sip of milk and swallowing the cake, Ai Li wiped his mouth with a napkin and said to Rusalka with a satisfied expression, "Actually, I came here this time intending to follow Lord Pearl Tear."

Before Rusalka could say anything, Phoenix had already refused for him: "No!"

As she glanced at Ai Li first and then turned to look at the door, Phoenix's subtext was obvious: get out after eating.

Ai Li was stunned for a moment before he remembered that the Lord of Pearl Tears and Phoenix in front of him didn't seem to be the knights who obeyed Esdi's every command. He waved his hands hurriedly and said, "You misunderstood. This is not my personal request. It's actually the intention of the Saint. It's true. I absolutely didn't lie to you!"

The last time Rusalka met Theresa at a meeting, Theresa was wearing a sexy black bodysuit with a few white coats covering her key parts. She looked like a rough assassin, and there was a kind of beauty that seemed to demonstrate Phoenix's ideal equipment to Rusalka in reality.

She told Rusalka that she would give him a surprise and help him improve the combat effectiveness of his army.

Sanita: (Surprise... New Army?)

Rusalka: (Surprise... Four?)

Sani Tower: (6.)

Originally, he thought she wanted to send another army similar to Sarolt to command him. Now he and Sanitta suddenly realized that Theresa might be talking about Eli?

This... rather than saying that this is a priest who can go to the battlefield, wear heavy armor and use a hammer to physically purify the opponent, it would be more appropriate to describe it as a mascot. Can a guy who is afraid of seeing corpses also improve the combat effectiveness of the army?

Well, if she debuted as an idol, perhaps it might have a slight effect on morale, but at least for now, Rusalka and Sanitta didn't think this guy was of any use at all - Rusalka even felt that it was not as useful as giving herself another shield.

Rusalka and Phoenix have similar attitudes. On the one hand, he has been more obedient to Phoenix's ideas recently. On the other hand, Ai Li is obviously Theresa's "substitute". If he keeps her by his side, it would be as uncomfortable as if Theresa had put a real eye next to him.

The most important thing is that the big golden guy seems to have an explosive desire to protect Ai Li, but he can't let anything happen to him. Does that mean he has to distract himself to protect her?

She is simply a collection of debuffs, like the kind of NPC who is so fragile in a protection mission that the player can't wait to kill him with one blow. No matter how you think about it, she should be rejected and let go back to Mingyue City to mess with Esdi's own people.

However, Sanitta thought that she could be kept, so Rusalka decided to listen to her brother's opinion first.

Sanitta: (It's a recognized fact that she can communicate with Theresa, right? Since she's here, it means that Mengjili has been convinced by her words that she is conveying Theresa's instructions, and only then agreed to let her come with you.)

Rusalka: (Yeah, but didn't Theresa say that she's weak? Besides, we just found out Theresa's identity. If she reveals the secret, won't we end up in a fight?)

Sanita: (We have a PL chat channel. As long as we don't mention this to Phoenix, Phoenix can't speak of it due to the contract. There's no risk of exposure. What are you worried about?)

Rusalka: (Okay, but if you keep her, you have to protect her. You see, she's not as good as Qingfeng. Qingfeng can at least train soldiers for me, but I still need people to provide her with good food and drink and protect her well.)

Sanita: (You, a brute force, judge a person's usefulness solely by their strength? Didn't I just say that those Esdi Paladins who followed her from Bright Moon City all believed she was Theresa's messenger, so they kept her well protected along the way?)

Rusalka: (So what?)

Sanitieta: (Don’t you understand even now? As long as she is by your side, what she says can be the will of the Great Saint, and what you say can also be the will of the Great Saint!)

Rusalka: (Wait, let me think this through... Holding the emperor hostage to control the princes? Creating a puppet regime? Good fellow, I'm Yuan Shikai.)

Sanita: (That's about right. As long as you can say that this is what Rewi Alley said, and then cut off or delay Rewi Alley's access to the information, these people who are loyal to Theresa and believe in Rewi Alley unconditionally will have no way to prove that Rewi Alley didn't say this.

I think they will definitely believe it, because Theresa once said that she wanted Rewi Alley to follow you. In other words, in their eyes, you are deeply trusted by Theresa, so you will definitely not falsely convey her intentions.

It's just like when you're in the Council of the True God. With the exception of Theresa, the Messenger of the Apocalypse, who inherently disrespects the gods, no one thinks you're a fraud. It's simply because you were brought in by the True God, and they believe in him unconditionally. This is how the relationship between them works.

Rusalka: (Indeed, Zhou Shuren once said: Brother Fei, your blood is the most suitable thing in the world to dip into white steamed buns.)

Sunita: (Excellent! It seems you've grasped my point. Now please put down your worthless cat and start the Rewi Alley raid.)

Rusalka: (Fuck you.)

Chapter 129 The Purpose of the End Messenger

If we put aside the lord and the military part and just look at the adventurer team, Rusalka's team now has a complete lineup. He can be a warrior, Sanita is a mage, Aerie is a priest, and Phoenix is ​​an assassin. They have already put together a light and sharp team of warrior, mage, priest and assassin.

It's time to start the new project. Rusalka is already rubbing his hands in anticipation, waiting for Sanitieta to finish writing his plan titled "Eastern Integration".

Sanita: (Before we act, let's consider the purpose of Theresa, the messenger of the end.)

Rusalka: (Didn’t she say she was going to destroy the world?)

Sanitita: (Can you please stop blindly following others' advice and use your brain to think about it. Does she look like someone with a deep hatred and a grudge against the world?)