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In fact, when Miss Dodo attempted to report to Gray Serpent in this manner, she harbored the thought — look, she’s already playing dumb and pretending not to recognize me, so even if you make me continue contacting her, it would be meaningless, right?
But what she never expected was that after reporting all this to Gray Serpent, he would actually say:
“Raven, according to the Lord’s orders, your mission for the upcoming period is to stay by that man called Jiang Qiao’s side and fulfill her every request to the best of your ability!”
Huh?
Are you out of your mind?
After hearing this directive, this was Miss Dodo’s only thought at the moment.
She’s already pretending not to recognize me, and yet you’re making me stay by that pink rogue’s side for every moment to come, and I even have to fulfill her requests as much as possible?
“Damn it, your circuits are fried, aren’t they, Gray Serpent? I have no interest in playing this kind of joke with you!”
Her first reaction was that the old improper Gray Serpent was messing with her. The furious Miss Dodo immediately began an unprecedented outburst of profanity, looking so indignant that she practically wanted to curse Gray Serpent’s entire family.
Did he really take her for a bar hostess or something?
“I don’t have time to joke around with you. This is the Lord’s intention.”
Gray Serpent’s hoarse voice didn’t carry a trace of jest, emphasizing complete seriousness.
Hearing this tone, Miss Dodo also knew that this unreliable foster father of hers was indeed serious.
“The Lord, he… this…”
“If you need anything, the organization can reimburse and handle it, but no matter what, you must cooperate with that man called Jiang Qiao. I have other matters to attend to, hanging up now!”
With the disappearing projection, Miss Dodo, who was squatting on the toilet, was completely dumbfounded.
She never expected this to actually be serious.
And the organization can reimburse and handle it… damn it! With this kind of treatment in World Serpent, could it be that pink rogue is actually the Lord’s illegitimate daughter or something?!
Raven somewhat doubted life, but no matter how much she couldn’t accept it, orders were orders.
Since the orders from above had come down, and it was the Lord’s intention, as long as she didn’t want to betray World Serpent, even if that pink rogue wanted to play something outrageous, she could only grit her teeth and spread her legs with a smile on her face.
Walking out of the bathroom with a dejected expression, the first thing she saw was that face she really didn’t want to see at the moment.
Miss Dodo, with a belly full of indignation, could only transform it into a smiling face as she approached.
…At least this guy looks pretty handsome, though a bit roguish, but if something really happened, it wouldn’t be considered her loss, right?
Damn you, Gray Serpent, after this mission is over, if you don’t max out my compensation, I’ll never let you off!
That night, Miss Fatty successfully got her wish and obtained a cute girl to sleep with.
The other party also seemed very happy.
— Of course, don’t misunderstand, they merely slept together, nothing more.
When Miss Raven, who had spent a wonderful night together, was woken up by Elysia the next day, she was completely confused.
Honestly, as a mercenary constantly on the move, she had rarely been able to get a good night’s sleep in the past. After all, when not on missions, she was in crisis-ridden places, and sleeping too deeply could easily lead to eternal rest.
But last night, despite harboring an extremely resistant and conflicted heart, she ended up sleeping unexpectedly sweetly.
It was even past mid-morning when that pink rogue came to wake her up… incidentally, this also broke the beautiful dream Miss Dodo was having, she had obtained all of World Serpent’s wealth, became a world-class female tycoon, had island villas all over the world, and even had an island villa that flew into the sky.
Damn it, my beautiful dream!
The awakened Miss Dodo wiped the drool from the corner of her mouth, looked at the somewhat messy bedding, then at the pink rogue who was smiling at her.
They indeed hadn’t done anything. The most intimate thing was probably just sleeping on the same tatami mat, and that wasn’t even the same futon.
Miss Dodo, who had given up hope, had already prepared herself to go to the convenience store to buy medicine afterward… anyway, she could make that bastard Gray Serpent reimburse her later!
Although she might think, could this guy actually be impotent? To sleep in the same room with a great beauty like herself and do nothing, even when she was planning to throw herself at him, he looked at her with eyes that seemed to say “what are you trying to do?” — Miss Dodo thought about it and still didn’t say such presumptuous words.
“Why did you wake me up so late?”
Without doing anything outrageous, they chatted like girls having a heart-to-heart, talking quite deeply.
Miss Dodo didn’t mind this, after all, she was very clear that this man called Jiang Qiao was that pink rogue in disguise. But after glancing at the sky outside, she was somewhat puzzled, being very sensitive to time.
The time now was probably almost noon, right?
She could tell that the other party should have gotten up much earlier.
“Mm-hmm~ Probably because I saw you sleeping so soundly, I couldn’t bear to disturb your sweet dreams~”
Elysia smiled, but her hands weren’t idle, actively organizing Miss Dodo’s bedding, folding it extremely neatly while also tidying up the entire room.
In this matter, even Mama Celia had praised her greatly.
“I can tell that you rarely get a good night’s sleep, right?”
“Yeah, after all, I’m a mercenary.”
Raven subconsciously smiled, her smile mixed with some helplessness.
During their nighttime conversation, she hadn’t avoided this past.
Or rather, for a girls’ night talk, Miss Dodo’s conversation topics seemed to consist only of the children she usually took care of and her boring, blood-stained-money and mercenary career.
But it must be said, this was also an extremely novel experience for Raven.
This was the first time she had done something like this, like a girl.
“I don’t really understand that profession, but as a girl… for a beautiful young lady like Natasha, if you don’t get enough sleep, not only will you get dark circles under your eyes, you might even get wrinkles, and even your skin quality will deteriorate! Oh~ look, how unattractive that would be!”
Elysia, who had moved closer to Miss Dodo, actively reached out to touch the former’s face. This slightly intimate gesture that didn’t pay attention to personal space would probably only have caused Miss Dodo’s disgust if it had happened yesterday. If it had been earlier, Miss Dodo would probably have made you experience the consequences of casually approaching a vigilant mercenary.
But today, facing Elysia, it was merely somewhat uncomfortable.
Could one night really change a person’s attitude toward another person so dramatically?
Raven wasn’t very clear about this.
She just watched Elysia seriously fiddling with and arranging her face, looking at that handsome face and the occasionally frowning expression.
She could feel her heart beating faster.
…This guy doesn’t seem so detestable after all.