Nicole was touched by Wise's words. After all, no one at the Cunning Hares made breakfast for her. Everyone was always in a hurry for commissions, and besides her, basically no one else could cook. So, eating a normal breakfast was impossible. Things had gotten a little better when Nekomata arrived a while back, but after a few days, Anby started bringing Nekomata to the video store to freeload every day. Although Nicole thought it saved money, even she felt a bit embarrassed about mooching like that every single day...
Lost in thought, she picked up a sandwich and took a bite. Her eyes suddenly widened. "Mmph!"
"What's wrong? Nicole, are you choking? Here's some milk, drink a few sips to wash it down," Belle said, quickly pouring Nicole a glass of milk.
But Nicole's face immediately showed reluctance. She pushed the milk aside, refusing it. She had already had more than enough milk for one day. Any more and she'd develop an aversion to it.
Seeing this, Belle also realized something. Nicole's current state was not just unrelated to how she herself had been on a certain occasion—it was exactly the same. She shot a fierce glare at Wise, then poured Nicole a glass of orange juice instead.
Although Belle's presence had calmed her down a bit, Nicole still couldn't help but praise the sandwich in her hand. "This sandwich is really delicious! It's the best I've ever eaten!"
She spoke while taking large bites. After finishing it, she licked her long, slender white fingers with a bit of dissatisfaction. The next second, she froze. I don't think I washed my hands just now, did I?
Realizing this, Nicole felt a bit nauseous but couldn't bear to waste food. She cast a resentful glance at Wise across the table, then got up to use the restroom to wash her hands and rinse her mouth before returning to happily enjoy her meal.
After Nicole had eaten her fill and left contentedly, Belle immediately pinned Wise against the wall as he was getting up to do the dishes.
"Brother, don't you think you owe me an explanation? What exactly is going on?!" Belle didn't understand how her brother and Nicole had suddenly gotten so close. Their relationship hadn't been this intimate before.
"About that, it all goes back to last time..." Wise then told her about the bet between him and Nicole. Hearing this, Belle was both surprised and a little angry.
"So you used that to blackmail Nicole into..." Belle didn't finish. Although she didn't mind her brother having so many girls, if he used threats to achieve his goals, that was something she definitely couldn't accept.
Seeing that he had been misunderstood, Wise immediately explained. "I didn't blackmail Nicole. She came to me on her own."
"What? So that's how it was? Using that method to pay off a debt... If it's Nicole, it does sound like something she would do... No, that's not the point right now. Even if Nicole was willing, you used the Proxy's income to satisfy your personal hobbies, brother!" Belle glared at Wise, but her previous anger was gone. He knew he had passed this hurdle.
"Alright, what do you want? I'll buy it for you."
"Yay, you're the best, brother! Wait a second, I'll go pick a few things." Belle happily gave Wise a kiss on the cheek, then bounced back to her room to start picking out what she wanted. As for why she didn't go to the sofa on the first floor? Because it seemed it hadn't been cleaned up yet.
It was only after Belle left that Wise went into the room to start cleaning the sofa. But just then, Fairy suddenly spoke up from the side.
"Master, I just intercepted someone who was trying to doxx you."
Hearing this, Wise, who was cleaning the sofa, paused for a moment, then waved his hand dismissively. "That's normal. I'm a Proxy. Who hasn't been doxxed before?"
"That's not it, Master. When I reverse-doxxed them, I found that they weren't doxxing you through the Net, but rather because of your novel."
"My novel?" Wise was puzzled.
Fairy continued, "That's right, the novel. And based on the account's messages that I found, I located a private message sent to you: 'You bastard, hurry up and give this young lady more updates! Who are you trying to feed with ten chapters a day? You don't want gifts anymore, is that it?'"
After Fairy read the message aloud in a vivid tone, Wise fell silent. While he was impressed that she could imitate the tone so well, the more important reason was that the tone sounded very familiar. The person often sent him gifts, even reaching the top of the leaderboard. And when he had put his updates on hold before, they had even threatened to doxx him and kidnap him to force him to write. Wise hadn't believed it at the time, thinking it was just empty threats. Plus, that was right before the fall of Old Eridu, so he hadn't had time to deal with it. He never thought they would actually try to doxx him.
"Is this person's username 'Golden Brocade Elegy'?"
"Yes, Master."
"Alright, I understand." Wise was a bit speechless that someone would doxx an author just to read a novel, but they were his number one fan, and they seemed to be very rich. Although he wasn't short on money now, Wise still sent them a message.
Meanwhile, in Wildfire Town in the far Outer Ring, at the camp of the Sons of Calydon...
Lucy, who had been reading a novel out of boredom, suddenly received a message. "Huh? It's that author. Why is he suddenly messaging me? Is he scared?"
At this thought, Lucy couldn't help but hum happily to herself. Although the doxxing attempt hadn't been successful, since the other party had been intimidated, she might as well take the opportunity to demand several dozen more chapters.
However, when Lucy opened the message he sent her, she froze on the spot, almost dropping her phone.
'Hello, is this Lucy, full name Luciana Auxois Theodora de Montfort, who lives in Wildfire Town?'
Lucy gripped her phone with trembling hands. She looked nervous, but she was actually even more nervous on the inside. But just being nervous was useless at a time like this. Calm down, Lucy, you have to stay calm. So what if he called you by your real name online...
But I can't calm down at all! I was trying to doxx him, and now he's doxxed me!
At this moment, Lucy could no longer care about demanding more chapters. She was more concerned about her own information security. But just as she was about to tentatively reply, another message came through.
'Miss Lucy, there's no need to panic. I have no ill intentions.'
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