"Mmmmm————It's so comfortable!"
On the empty plain outside Axel, breathing in the fresh air, Xiao Lin stretched greatly, and after taking a big breath, his tense spirit suddenly relaxed.
Seeing this, the maid behind her asked: "Master Xiaolin, you seem to be breathing a sigh of relief?"
"It's not just normal, but I'm really relieved." Under the doubtful look in the maid's eyes, she explained: "Isn't that what I said? The air here is sweeter, and it's better than other places anyway...etc. , it’s similar to that. Can you understand?”
"I'm sorry, Mr. Xiaolin. It seems that I misunderstood. I thought you would say that a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse."
"This world isn't that bad, right?"
She should have been immune to Liu Zi's poisonous tongue, so this was just a subconscious retort.
But she's right.
A golden nest or a silver nest is not as good as your own doghouse.
"Okay, don't waste time, go back quickly. I can't wait to see Aqua and Sato-kun. I don't know if they are doing well during this time. If they don't cause any big trouble, Enough."
"I hope your expectations will not be disappointed."
What she said didn't make sense.
I really miss Aqua, Sato Kazuma and the others after being apart for so long, but there is no doubt that they are full-fledged problem children, and they will probably become bored soon after meeting them.
Hey, wait.
Isn't this the case when parents work away from home for a year and miss their children very much, but when they come back, they find that they have made a lot of trouble and do not say that they are not doing well in studies, so they become even more angry?
That’s it, I am their old father.
Xiao Lin quickly converted in his mind.
Walking along the path to the distant town, I greeted other villagers who came out to farm, and soon arrived at the gate of Axel Town.
"Oh? It's Xiaolin!"
"Long time no see, Xiaolin."
"Long time no see! I didn't expect you two to still be guarding the city gate."
The people who greeted him were the long-lost Guard A and Guard B. They had briefly appeared in Chapter 1. They were small minions who were obviously not important but always appeared in the field of vision.
The impatient guard B approached, looking very unhappy.
"Hey, were you hinting at something just now?"
"No, no, I just feel that you guys are so lucky that you are still here watching the city gate unharmed."
"What did you say?!"
"I'm wrong. I'm just curious why you haven't been promoted yet. Of course, this is not to belittle you, but I am really happy that you can guard the city gate."
The picture became darker and darker. For some reason, the eyes of the two of them felt sore when they heard Xiao Lin's words.
But the two of them are really lucky.
Although Axel is a border town, it has also experienced attacks by the Headless Horseman and the Mobile Fortress Destroyer, and huge mushroom clouds rise from time to time outside the city. Should the two of them be able to guard here safely? Could he also be a hidden master?
Suspiciously, [eyes] have seen through their strength, just as Xiao Lin thought.
Axel is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Even the nameless guard AB at the city gate has reached over 30 levels.
"I don't want to either! I don't want to do this anymore, but the new lord said that there is no one, so we must insist on it!"
Guard B suddenly cried loudly, and passers-by were startled.
Xiao Lin asked curiously: "What's going on?"
"Actually, it has something to do with the previous lord."
It was guard A who answered his question.
After a brief combing, I realized what happened.
It turned out that in order to better govern (control) the town, the previous lord Eldap bribed the soldiers in the town, even the soldiers guarding the cells, but excluded the two of them and did not take them to play at all.
These two people must have offended the previous lord, so they were assigned to guard the city gate, right?
Xiao Lin felt that something must have happened.
As for the current lord, Darkness's father, the head of the Dustinis family, took over the position of lord, and immediately arrested everyone related to Eldap, and was interrogated by Kingdom Prosecutor Senna.
The vacant positions are temporarily filled by people from the Dustinis family, but even so, there are still not enough manpower, and the two people who deserve to be rewarded are still watching the city gate.
"OK OK."
Guard A comforted his colleagues and said, "Thanks to this, the two of us were not taken into prison. Can we still watch the city gate here?"
He didn't say it was okay, but when he did, Guard B cried even louder.
This experience is really sad for those who hear it and sheds tears for those who hear it. Should we say he is unlucky or lucky?
It has nothing to do with Xiao Lin anyway.
He fled quickly after that.
There are many more pedestrians on the street than before, and they all have happy smiles on their faces. This should be due to Darkness's father's hard work.
Axel is a novice village after all, so there should be only this much traffic.
At the same time, I felt relieved.
It seemed that nothing major happened to Axel during his absence.
Soon, he returned to his mansion in the suburbs.
Familiar buildings, familiar weeds, familiar scenery.
Sure enough, it is more comfortable here.
He walked forward with long strides, then pushed open the door forcefully, and shouted to everyone in the mansion with a strong voice.
"--I'm back!"
In the imagination, upon hearing his voice, a large dog named Aqua should fly out of the mansion, but after waiting for a long time, the aqua-blue figure did not appear.
"Did you happen to go out?"
Didn't care.
When I came to the living room, I turned my head and saw the figure huddled on the large sofa, humming an inexplicable tune with dull eyes. That figure was soft and bright and glowed with blue under the sunlight. Isn't it Aqua? ?
What's up with her?
"Xiao Lin, welcome back."
"oh oh……"
The voice has no fluctuations and is extremely perfunctory.
Just when Kobayashi wanted to step forward to care about Aqua, the noisy voices of Sato Kazuma and others came from outside the mansion.
"Listen Megumin, I admit that your explosion magic is very strong, but can you follow my instructions before using it? Our team was almost wiped out just now! Hey, are you listening to me?!"
"There was nothing I could do! When I encountered something thick and big, my legs became weak and I couldn't restrain myself, so I subconsciously took action!"
"Don't say such misleading words!"
"Besides, why didn't you idiot Kazuma stop me?"
"Are you blaming me?!"
The two started arguing loudly.
Even if he didn't know the whole story, Kobayashi could still imagine that it was Megumin's fault for being so reckless and arrogant.
Darkness and Youyou, who were in the same team, quickly dissuaded the two.
"Megumin, I think this is your fault."
"Shut up, Youyou. Don't get carried away because you solved the task this time. It's just that I didn't have a chance to use my explosion magic."
"How, how could..."
The weak Youyou was instantly struck down.
Darkness found another way and said: "Megumin, if you can't restrain yourself next time, you can use your magic on me. That magic that makes people tremble in their souls... is awesome!"
"No, let's forget it. How can I use magic on my companions? But if I'm an idiot Kazuma, I can use it without any scruples."
"Hey, you bastard little loli, believe it or not, I will kick you away!"
"I was actually disliked...but the feeling of being disliked is great!"
"Everyone, please stop arguing..."
Problem children are problem children, so Xiao Lin was decisively asked to skip the touching and joyful reunion and go directly to the angry and angry part.
And when the noisy people returned to the mansion and saw the people standing outside the living room, they were all stunned for a moment, and then quickly responded and greeted them warmly.
"Senior Xiaolin?!"
"Xiao Lin!"
"Xiao Lin, welcome back."
"Mr. Xiaolin, welcome back."
"I'm back, everyone."
Unlike the stupid goddess who was already dull and stupid, Sato Kazuma and the others actually greeted each other properly, which made Xiaolin feel a lot better, and then decided not to preach about the dispute they just had.
Although I came only after I understood it, my companions had a lot to say.
But now, he wanted to know what happened to Aqua.
He looked at the goddess curled up on the sofa, and then looked at Sato Kazuma. Sato Kazuma, who had been full of joy just now, instantly changed his expression to disgust after understanding what Xiaolin meant.
"This stupid goddess!"
His scolding was full of displeasure, and then he said in a complaining tone: "Listen to me, Kobayashi-senpai, Aqua has changed her job and now works at home."
Xiao Lin had a black question mark face at that time.
As we all know, squatting at home has always been used to describe Sato Kazuma. In the past, Aqua would work as a banquet goddess in the guild at the request of other adventurers. How could it suddenly become like this?
"Actually, the team still has a lot of savings. This idiot kept saying that he didn't want to work, so it became like this."
"oh oh?!"
He was surprised subconsciously, he almost didn't react just now.
Does the team actually have any savings? !
Didn’t you spend all your money in the past?
Even when he comes back, based on the trouble Megumin, Aqua and the others have caused, he may still be burdened with a lot of debt!
"We are not like that either! ... or something, I can't say it at all. Actually, it's because the deposits this time are relatively large, so there is a lot left."
Sato Kazuma rarely wanted to be tough.
But just when he was about to be tough, under Xiao Lin's disbelieving eyes, he quickly softened and told the truth.
It turns out that it has something to do with the large deposits.
"Then what?"
"Then Aqua said that she didn't have to rush to work since she still had savings. Even if she ran out of money, she would support her when Kobayashi-senpai came back, so she refused to go out no matter how hard she tried to persuade her, and that's what happened."
Everyone turned to look at Aqua, who was still curled up on the sofa. Her eyes were dull and she was humming an unknown tune. Even people who said she was an idiot believed her.
"I see, that's it. Really? Really? I know. So you thought of me as your wallet, so that's why it became like this?"
Xiao Lin said with a kind face.
Although they were laughing, Sato Kazuma and others trembled subconsciously. It was obvious that Senior Kobayashi was angry.
"Sato-kun."
"Yes Yes!"
"Starting next month, Aqua's pocket money will be gone."
"Yes, I understand!"
Sato Kazuma answered simply, looking at Aqua with a gloating smile.
But the stupid goddess who was still immersed in her own world just now, after triggering the pocket money, no, etc. keywords, her eyes immediately returned to clarity.
Then I saw Xiao Lin again.
'Starting next month, Aqua's pocket money will be halved. '
This sentence passed through her watery mind again, and she quickly realized what had happened.
Then, the goofball goddess suddenly switches from energy-saving mode to efficient (and hilarious) mode.
"Master Xiaolin, welcome back!"
Aqua got up from the sofa, quickly came over, pushed Sato Kazuma away, and stood next to Xiaolin. Holding his arm, there was flattery and humility in her voice.
"Really, you should at least tell us in advance when you come back. We will definitely give you a warm welcome. Okay, everyone, please say welcome back, Mr. Xiaolin!"
This series of reactions left everyone stunned.
"I can't stand it, this idiot!"
Sato Kazuma was completely disappointed with Aqua's shameless behavior.
Even Xiao Lin is about the same.
"Aqua?"
"Yes! I am responsible for healing, purifying and resurrecting, and I am responsible for building walls at banquets and doing chores. I am your exclusive goddess, high priest and servant, and I am Aqua."
"Well……"
"However, even your servants need a little payment, so Mr. Xiaolin, can you be generous and leave some pocket money?"
The stupid goddess placed her soft and tender face in Xiao Lin's palm and rubbed it continuously, blinking her big watery eyes that seemed to be complaining.
With her cute and cute appearance, no one can resist this request.
Who did you learn this from?
Could it be that she already knows how to do it?
As expected of Aqua, apart from her job as a goddess, she is very good at other things. Even Xiaolin is controlled by her. After all, who doesn’t like an idiot goddess who plays coquettishly on you?
"Ahem, since Aqua has sincerely repented, her pocket money will remain the same for the next month."
"Great! Thank you, Xiaolin!"
After getting pocket money again, the stupid goddess happily rushed forward, her cheek kept rubbing against his chest. This time the welcome was much more enthusiastic than before.
etc!
Isn’t this still treating yourself as a wallet?
Sato Kazuma couldn't say anything, because the money was earned by Kobayashi-senpai, and he was qualified to distribute it like this. But seeing Aqua's cheerful look, he still curled his lips in displeasure.
"You escaped death, you idiot Aqua."
"Pooh----"
The stupid goddess sticks her tongue out at him.
At this time, Liu Zi suddenly said: "Actually, it was Xiaolin-sama who felt lonely, so he deducted Aqua-sama's pocket money."
"Huh?"
"Isn't it true? Every time Mr. Kobayashi comes back, Mr. Aqua will be the first to come over to greet him. But this time, it is not Mr. Kobayashi who feels lonely that causes this farce."
"Xiao Lin..."
The others looked at Xiao Lin with sympathy in their eyes.
No, don't look at me like that!
Although it is a fact, there is no need to say it, right, Miss Liuzi? !
Xiao Lin looked at the maid with a calm face with resentful eyes.
However, I didn’t expect——
"My lords, it is actually very simple to get more pocket money. Mr. Xiaolin is a person who is very afraid of loneliness, so if you can warmly welcome him back, maybe your pocket money will increase. Of course, this is just my opinion. Is it right? I believe it all depends on your adults’ judgment.”
"Really, Liu Zi, you said so, so once again..."
Sato Kazuma sighed and looked at each other with his companions. Then everyone had cheerful smiles on their faces and said in unison:
"——Welcome back, Mr. Kobayashi-senpai" X５
"Ah! I'm back, everyone!"
Sure enough, people like it more here.
(End of chapter)
