After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

This remark was very astute, pushing Lia's intelligence to its limit. Lia seemed to be threatening Aiko, but in fact, she was conversing with Lin Da: "Don't let the Law Enforcement Bureau take Aiko away, Snow Goose still needs to conquer the World Tree."

Upon knowing Aiko's reasoning, Lin Da couldn't help but laugh and cry at the same time.

The blonde, beautiful young mage seemed pitiful as she rubbed her tears, appearing delicate and remorseful for her mistakes.

"Considering the old team's sake, we can let bygones be bygones today, but Aiko, I hope you will be honest from now on. Don't think about these improper methods, and earnestly support Snow Goose, fulfilling your responsibilities as an adventurer," Lin Da said sternly.

Aiko hung her head and weakly hummed in acknowledgment.

The chicken soup plan had completely failed.

She, who should have been winning and rising to the top, had hit rock bottom, becoming the most defeated among them!

Even Lia had made progress, and Klrona had been forgiven by Lin Da, but her likability not only had not increased, but it had also decreased.

How could Aiko willingly accept defeat?

Since Lin Da asked her to earnestly pursue her adventurer duties, she decided to do exactly the opposite, beginning to plan her next strategy to capture Lin Da's heart.

Using the crafty tricks she learned from risqué comics, she could gauge from the stance of Lin Da's Holy Sword whether it was genuine, and obviously, the answer was 'yes'!

This meant, Lulu was only a small step ahead; the gap wasn't insurmountable.

Aiko secretly resolved that next time, she would definitely overtake on a curve, trampling both Lulu and Lia beneath her feet!

...

After Snow Goose left, only Lin Da and Lulu remained in the room.

"Everyone else has almost left, right? Need to clean up..."

Before he could finish, Lin Da was about to step forward when his wrist was grabbed.

Surprised, he turned his head, only to meet a light blue-haired girl standing on tiptoe...

Something soft blocked Lin Da's mouth.

Lin Da: "!!!"

Lulu looked nervous, her hands tightly grasping Lin Da's back.

After a while, they separated, taking deep breaths.

"Before this adventure is over, you can't let either of them become your Oath-bound," Lulu stared intently at Lin Da.

Lin Da was even more confused, "Isn't that expected?"

Lulu's expression relaxed a bit.

"Then that's good."

She walked to the room's door, "Should we start cleaning up the third floor now?"

For some reason, Lin Da felt Lulu's mood had improved again.

Even with temporary servants hired to help, Lin Da and the others cleaned until the evening before they managed to clear the first and third floors.

For dinner, they reheated some leftovers to fill their stomachs.

The Phoenix Tail Flower Team of four headed to the trophy room — inside, gifts piled up like a small mountain.

Lin Da and the team hadn't yet counted how many gifts they received or their total value in gold coins.

Currently, not all members of the Phoenix Tail Flower Team were equipped with level 20 gear, some mixed with level 10 and other outdated equipment.

Lin Da's goal of fully equipping them with Orange Equipment was still far off.

He planned to sell the gifts for gold coins to arm the Phoenix Tail Flower Team as soon as possible.

As everyone knows, each adventurer has six equipment slots.

They are:

Head.

Chest.

Legs.

Main Weapon.

Jewelry X2.

Lin Da's chest plate, boots, and main weapon had not reached level 20. Stay connected through empire

Monica and Kafni were in a similar situation, only half of their gear was level 20.

And there was Lulu, a level 28 Frost Wolf Warrior.

"Is this all of your equipment?"

Lin Da looked at the neatly arranged warm clothes on the table.

Looking at Lulu, who wore a wide black robe concealing her delicate body, he couldn't help but think that just seconds ago, all these were on Lulu's body.

No wonder they smelled so good.

As Kafni, just awakened from her drunken stupor, swam in the pile of gifts, her eyes gleamed, "Hehehe, good, very good, so we've received so many nice things, I'm going to buy a personal carriage."

After days of interaction, Lin Da recognized Kafni's true nature: a money-loving and lazy Scrap God.

He first checked Lulu's equipment:

Main Weapon at level 25, Orange Equipment.

Head, chest plate, boots at level 23, purple.

Two pieces of jewelry at level 25, one purple, one orange.

Lin Da let out a "huh," impressed by Lulu's quite decent equipment.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Saved from before," Lulu said somewhat awkwardly, "Can I put them on now?"

"Oh, of course."

Lin Da returned the equipment to Lulu.

It's worth mentioning that as long as equipment is connected to the user's magic circuit, it can exert power. It doesn't need to be more than ten meters away from the user.

Some awkward-looking equipment, once connected to the magic circuit, can be placed in a space ring and still be effective.

This is how Lin Da usually did things.

He and Lulu also joined in the phase of assessing the gifts.

They each brought a small stool, opened gifts, and chatted casually.

Lin Da asked, "Can you tell me now about the mission you've come to White Dove City for?"

The trust level system showed 84 points. After Lulu helped him clean the pollution, and he, in turn, purified Lulu, it rose from 82 to 84.

As trust increased, it became more challenging to raise it further.

But 84 points was not low, equivalent to close friends.

Lin Da thought, with the current trust level, perhaps Lulu might open up to him.

When she heard his question, Lulu trembled, her hands pausing on the gift box, her face revealing her inner conflict.

"Can't you even tell me?" Lin Da gently said.

Lulu, feeling provoked, shivered.

Too cunning, she thought. If she didn't confide in Lin Da, wouldn't she imply that he wasn't trustworthy?

She knew Lin Da was concerned about her, and this prevented her from getting upset.