Chapter 74

Over the next few days, Ailuka repeated this kind of thing.

Every night when Luolin returned, new injuries would appear on his body, and they became more severe with each passing day.

On this day, Ailuka had waited in vain at the tavern for a long time and could no longer continue to endure it.

"Damn it! I don't care anymore!"

Ailuka rushed out directly, planning to go find Luolin herself.

However, she hadn't gone far when she saw a figure collapsed by the roadside. Upon closer inspection, she could tell it was the person she was looking for.

"Luolin!"

Ailuka ran over and helped Luolin up. At this moment, Luolin didn't respond to her, only keeping his eyes slightly closed.

At least he was still breathing.

But this time their luck didn't seem so good - Luolin's breathing gradually weakened.

"Damn it..."

Ailuka didn't know what she should do. In this kind of place, it seemed very difficult for her to find a paladin or someone who could heal others.

"Bastard, you can't die yet, hang in there..."

Ailuka pressed down on Luolin's chest a few times, but she really wasn't very skilled in this area and could only worry anxiously.

In any case, she had to try.

Ailuka left the room. She had to find a way to save Luolin.

She didn't know what she was thinking; she just naturally did this at the moment.

...

Pain.

This single word directly summarized all of Luolin's current feelings.

His entire body was emanating pain.

These pains were completely injuries brought by external blows, but at this moment Luolin could no longer rely on his body's self-healing ability to recover.

[How pathetic, dear host.]

Faintly, Luolin heard a certain voice - it was the voice of the Resentment System.

Luolin felt that he was now in a pitch-black space where he couldn't see his hand in front of his face.

"Either think of a solution for me, or shut your mouth."

Luolin said this, but the Resentment System didn't shut up as he wished.

[I say, host, why are you doing this? Whether you're farming favorability or resentment, it doesn't have to be with that slave girl, right? What's wrong with switching to someone else? What's the harm in giving up appropriately?]

"I told you to shut up. Having already come this far, there's no reason to retreat."

[I can't just ignore this. Have you forgotten what I said before? If the host dies, whether it's me or that cowardly system, we'll both perish.]

[Who are you calling a cowardly system? Master, don't pay too much attention. If you want to do it, then go ahead.]

[You make it sound easy. Are you thinking that if we pull through, being able to farm several portions of favorability at once would be great?]

[I admit I have a gambling element, but today, I'm willing to believe in Master.]

The two systems rang out in his mind again, making Luolin's head buzz, but at this time he really didn't have the energy to deal with it.

Not knowing how much time had passed, Luolin felt himself slowly regaining consciousness. He opened his eyes.

What he saw was a girl with silver hair draped over her shoulders, her forehead now covered in beads of sweat. She was breathing lightly. Luolin recognized this person - this seemed to be the paladin who had saved him the last time he was poisoned.

"Phew..."

The paladin wiped the sweat from her forehead. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The internal injuries are too severe to be treated all at once, but fortunately, he was saved in time and is not in any immediate life-threatening danger for now."

She spoke, and another voice came from the side.

"So, he's recovered now, right?"

"Yes, that's right. He should wake up completely soon, but he still needs to rest for a bit."

The Holy Knight spoke again, while Ailuka stood to the side and bowed her head in gratitude.

"I really don't know how to thank you. As for the payment..."

"This time, there's no need."

She shook her head, declining Ailuka's offer, then turned to glance at Luolin, who had already opened his eyes.

"We already understand how much you value each other. Last time was just a test. Well then, I wish you good luck. I'll be going now."

With that, she quickly left the room.

Luolin, who had opened his eyes, and Ailuka's gazes met. Both were speechless, until finally Ailuka threw herself forward.

She could no longer suppress her emotions and rushed straight to Luolin's bed, burying her head on it.

"You idiot, don't... don't scare me like that when nothing's wrong!"

Ailuka's soft sobbing could be heard. Luolin felt helpless and barely managed to lift his hand and place it on her palm.

"Aren't I fine now?"

"What do you mean fine! If that Holy Knight hadn't intervened to save you just now, you'd be in hell right now!"

Ailuka's crying continued.

[Affection +1000]

[Current affection: 10100. Requirement of 10000 met. Automatically deducting to upgrade 'Affection Card'. Balance: 100. Debt offset, remaining: 90000.]

A series of system notifications rang out in Luolin's mind.