But whether it was an assist or a stab, Selena's words planted a seed in Chen Le's heart.
This innocent little fox had no such thoughts at all during the few hours he spent with Valentine, but at this moment, something changed.
At least that ambiguous emotion came from nothing.
As for how to make this emotion deeper and thicker, it requires Valentine's tireless care and care.
He has time, and this is his purpose.
Even though Selena's words at this time made Chen Le feel a little resistant to Valentin, as long as her heart knot is untied, this conflict will turn into equal dependence.
"Xiao Le?"
The cold male voice reached the girl's ears, tingling her nerves like a needle.
"ah!"
Chen Le let out a soft cry, raised his head suddenly to wake up from his shyness, and tilted his head to look at the young man who came into view.
The girl's reaction made Valentine frown, and Chen Le saw apology in his eyes for the first time.
"The woman just now is called Selina. She and I are both children adopted by the previous bishop."
"She was the oldest, the big sister to all the kids."
In hundreds of years, this was the first time that Valentin wanted to live an ordinary life, so he did not teach Selina some life principles in church and allowed this naughty elder sister to do whatever she wanted.
After all, they are children, and it is their nature to play.
Then this personality has been maintained to this day and has not changed, but it is a little more restrained than when I was a child.
"Ah, I remember it, Selena."
Chen Le nodded, speaking a little hastily, and the blush on his face still did not dissipate.
"She actually has a very good character, but sometimes she is too cheerful. My father asked her to join the army to sharpen her temperament."
As a result, his character has not changed, but he has become more capable of fighting.
"Don't take what I just said to heart, just treat it as a joke."
"If you still feel uncomfortable, I will apologize to you."
After finishing speaking, Valentine stood in front of the girl, closed his eyes and lowered his head slightly.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's really nothing, I...I don't care!"
The boy's words made Chen Le's cheeks turn redder. She waved her hands repeatedly and her tail and ears stood up.
"……Thanks"
Valentine slowly raised his head, met Chen Le's somewhat panicked eyes, and thanked him softly.
The girl showed an awkward smile, raised her hand and scratched her ears.
"Well, aren't you here to take me to join the Adventurer's Guild..."
"It's not good for us to stand at the door all the time. Let's get down to business."
Selena's voice was not quiet when she was talking nonsense, and everyone in the hall could hear it, but out of politeness, not many people moved their eyes.
But even so, Chen Le still felt a little uncomfortable, his skin was numb as if he had been electrocuted, and he wanted to escape from the public.
She doesn't reject those ambiguous words, she just doesn't like the feeling of being the center of attention.
Especially in a foreign land.
"Yeah." Valentine nodded.
"Then come with me."
The young man turned around and walked towards a window sill inside the hall. Chen Le quickly followed him without looking away, his tail and ears still not relaxing.
"Good afternoon, sister Ada."
Inside the counter is a young woman wearing business attire, who is a lycanthrope like Chen Le. The woman has healthy wheat-colored skin and a contagious smile on her face. She looks like a lively and cheerful big sister.
There are small triangular ears on the top of her head, with brown fur balls inside. The slender cat tail hangs behind her back, and is slightly raised when she looks at Valentine and Chen Le.
The slim-fitting suit and white shirt outlined the graceful curves of a woman so well that Chen Le couldn't help but look down at her chest.
It doesn't seem to be as big as her.
…
It's probably because of the leather armor, so I should be fine if I change into casual clothes.
"Long time no see Yifeng."
Ada's eyes lit up when she saw the black-haired boy, and the smile on her face became a little thicker.
"I thought I would have to put in another 'finding the missing adventurer' commission this time."
Valentine's character design for Yifeng is "a good boy who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside" with a very poor sense of direction. Therefore, everyone in the Adventurer's Guild is well-known for his tendency to get lost. The task of finding the missing Yifeng has also appeared many times.
Every time he receives a task and fails to reply for five days, the commission will appear on the bulletin board. The commission rewards are also very generous, so Valentin does not have to worry about people not coming to him.
When he met the fox-eared girl today, it was already the third day since he entered the Faisette Forest. In two days, someone would come looking for him.
As a result, Chen Le left the forest with Valentine and regarded the young boy who was pretending to be young as a good friend.
Fate, wonderful beyond words.
"Thanks to Xiao Le, I was able to come out so quickly this time, otherwise I would have to throw out three more silver coins."
The reward for each commission to find Yifeng is three silver coins, which is paid by the victim himself.
Valentine turned slightly sideways and pointed his thumb at the fox-eared girl behind him.
"This is also her first time coming to Devans City. She has already applied for a temporary residence permit. I took her to the guild to register as an adventurer."
"sorry to bother you."
Chen Le took a step forward and stood in front of the counter, smiling at the fellow lycanthropes behind him.
"Hello!"
"Hello."
The girl responded with a professional smile from the staff. She skillfully took out some forms from the drawer and said at the same time:
"Please place your temporary residence permit on the counter. If you want to apply for intermediate adventurer status, you must pass the monster knowledge test prepared by the Adventurer's Guild."
"Because you are an outsider, you also need a recommendation from an intermediate or higher level adventurer."
"I am the recommender."
Valentin pulled up a chair and sat down. At the same time, he placed his adventurer badge and identity certificate on the table. He pressed his left index finger against it and lifted it outward with slight force.
Two cards slid in front of Ada. The woman raised her eyelids and glanced at the young man outside, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.
"This is the first time I've seen you as a recommender, genius boy."
Yifeng is about to come of age at the age of 17 this year, but has already joined the Adventurer's Guild for four years.
Among the children adopted by the former bishop, he learned the best in sacred magic. He has been able to perfectly summon the "God's Blessing" wings, and is currently only one step away from being a high-level adventurer.
Some people even speculated that if Yifeng hadn't been too slack, he would have entered the ranks of high-level adventurers a year ago.
"Because Xiao Le is very strong and is qualified to become an intermediate adventurer."
Valentine's voice was cold, as if he was not praising someone, but just describing a very common fact.
"Chen Le...Xiao Le..."
The animal-eared girl named Ada was filling in the information on the form and suddenly raised her head to look at the two people in front of her.
"So what Lina said is true. Have you got a girlfriend?"
She and Yifeng's sister were old acquaintances, but Selina chose to stay in the army when her service expired, while Ada changed jobs and became a receptionist at the Adventurer's Guild.
The salary of this job is not very generous, but thanks to the many holidays and allowances, the daily work is not busy, so it is a good job.
"This rounding off means that I have younger siblings."
She arranged the forms with a smile and handed the two people's identification certificates to them.
"Come on, brothers and sisters, it's time for the monster knowledge test next, come with me."
"The assessment location is next door... This should be no problem for you, right?"
"Uh...I really have no problem with the monster knowledge test."
The fox-eared girl followed Ada's footsteps, and her tail and ears, which had been tense at first, softened and hung behind her.
As adorable as her red cheeks.
"But I'm really not Yifeng's girlfriend..."
She turned her head slightly to glance at Valentine, who was still sitting at the counter, and quickly turned back after meeting those eyes.
"It's really not..."
The voice was weak and murmuring.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. If it's not now, it can be later..."
Ada gently patted Chen Le on the back, and the two were as close as biological sisters. Valentine stared at the two pairs of animal ears that were getting smaller and smaller, and silently held his forehead amid the crisp click of the door closing.
He regretted bringing Chen Le to the Adventurers Guild today...
Why is Selena in the union hall today?
Obviously it was because her good sister Ada was on duty today and came over to play.
Then Valentine and Chen Le died, twice.
"I hope the assessment will end soon."
I also hope that Xiao Le will not stay away from me because of this...
