Chapter 88

Luolin searched the entire surrounding area, but couldn't find any trace of Ailuka.

By now, night had fallen deep, and there were few people around. Most of the mercenaries either hadn't returned from spending the night in the forest, or were sleeping in preparation for tomorrow's subjugation.

But this wasn't absolute - there might still be people wandering outside. If Ailuka encountered someone else in that condition...

"Damn it, where did that girl run off to?"

Luolin was naturally somewhat anxious, but he had to stay calm.

Luolin stopped and stood in place thinking carefully. Just then, he heard some movement.

"Hmm?"

Luolin looked toward the direction where the sound came from.

In the grass nearby, it seemed like someone was there - that's where the sound was coming from.

Luolin looked over and asked. The other party didn't answer, but several sounds of labored breathing could be heard.

This voice sounded somewhat familiar to Luolin.

"Ailuka? Is that you?"

Luolin quickly asked. He got no response, but the commotion grew louder.

So Luolin approached, parted the grass, and indeed found Ailuka lying there. She was tightly clutching her collar with one hand, breathing rapidly, her face written all over with the word 'endurance'.

"Ailuka!"

Luolin crouched down, wanting to help Ailuka up, but was met with resistance. Ailuka swung her hand away from Luolin and even retreated two steps.

"Don't come near me!"

Ailuka said.

"I'm feeling very uncomfortable right now, don't come near me!"

Ailuka pointed at Luolin and shouted. Luolin was quite helpless.

"You knew you'd lose control today, yet you still ran around everywhere."

At the same time, Luolin also voiced what was on his mind. He couldn't understand what Ailuka was thinking anymore.

"It's precisely because I'm afraid of becoming like last time that I didn't want to stay with you, otherwise, it would happen again..."

Ailuka didn't continue, but it seemed she was just worried about this matter. She was afraid she'd lose control again and do something with Luolin.

Luolin was speechless.

"Then you shouldn't have run outside either. If other people had seen you, wouldn't the consequences be unthinkable?"

However, fortunately Luolin had found Ailuka before that.

"Alright, calm down for now and listen to me."

Luolin stood in place without approaching, just looking at Ailuka.

"Listen, I have a potion here that can temporarily restore you. I helped you resolve it this way last time too, but you probably had fuzzy memories at the time and didn't know, right?"

If Ailuka had known, she probably wouldn't have run around like this.

"Now, calm down a bit. I'll take out the potion, and you'll be fine once you drink it."

Luolin said again. Ailuka blinked her eyes, also looking at Luolin with some surprise:

"Really... really? You're not lying to me, are you?"

It seemed Ailuka still appeared somewhat unconvinced. Luolin was helpless again.

"Why would I lie to you? There's no benefit in it."

Luolin said.

Then, Luolin conversed with the favorability system in his mind again.

"Give me the sedative from last time."

[There's no discount this time, it'll cost 3000 points.]

"3000 is 3000, hurry up, I'll owe you first. I've already paid you back quite a bit before anyway."

[Since it's a debt, I've decided to add another 500 points.]

As the system spoke, a small vial of medicine appeared in Luolin's hand. However, it seemed he was getting it at a price of 3500 favorability points. This system was becoming increasingly shrewd, now calculating even such matters so precisely.

But Luolin couldn't worry about that now. The situation was urgent, and with the other party taking advantage of his predicament, Luolin could only accept his fate.

"Alright, I won't come over. Just drink this medicine and you'll be fine, okay?"

Luolin said in a very gentle tone, lightly tossing the medicine over. Ailuka caught it with some skepticism.

"Can this really help me recover?"

Ailuka asked, and Luolin nodded.

"It's not some kind of aphrodisiac, is it?"

"Please, at a time like this, where would I have the mood for that? Trust me just this once, okay?"

Luolin replied. Under Luolin's sincere gaze, Ailuka finally believed him. Luolin watched as she slowly opened the medicine bottle cap.

However... just as Ailuka was about to drink it, she suddenly exerted force with her hand and crushed the medicine bottle.

Ailuka looked at her trembling hands, which seemed somewhat out of control.

"What are you doing? That thing was expensive!"

Luolin shouted. But Ailuka couldn't hear his voice now. She felt herself beginning to lose control, and strange patterns appeared faintly on the surface of her skin.

Ailuka raised her eyes, which had turned red, and looked at Luolin. Her eyes had now become vertical pupils, carrying a hint of wild ferocity.

"What... what are you doing?"

Before Luolin could react, Ailuka had already pounced fiercely toward him.

[Because she cannot control the dragon blood within her body, she has gone berserk.]