The sky gradually darkened over Fontaine, Lione District.
After an afternoon of high-intensity combat, Alex was exhausted.
"Phew, that really wore me out!" Alex pursed his lips, put his hands on his hips, and raised his head, looking at Clorinde with an expression that screamed, 'I'm so awesome!'
"Clap, clap." Clorinde clapped her hands twice and then said, "You really worked hard!"
Clorinde felt a bit speechless internally... This guy, she hadn't seen him make many moves; he just drove around in circles with her, circling the Hydro Tulpa. It was safe to say, all the damage was dealt by her.
From noon until... Clorinde looked at the night sky.
But it was from noon all the way until night... "Oh, and of course, my dear sister, you worked the hardest! Come on! I'll treat you to a big meal!" Alex came to Clorinde's side, gently massaging and kneading her little shoulders to help Clorinde's tense body relax...
Bystander 1: O.O
Bystander 2: O, o
Everyone around was stunned; this person was too powerful! Not only did he successfully confess to the Hydro Archon, but this time, even the Champion Duelist Clorinde seemed very intimate with him.
Can't afford to provoke him, can't afford to provoke him.
The onlookers were scared; they'd go back and tell their friends and family to stay away from him, or else Clorinde would immediately show up at their homes to check their water meters.
Stare, stare, stare!
Clorinde scanned her surroundings, and everyone immediately fell silent, pretending nothing happened, seeing nothing, sneaking away, packing up their stalls.
After Clorinde looked around, the scattered people were all gone; they had all run away.
Clorinde couldn't say much, so she just took a step forward to get away from Alex's massage.
"Alright! Let's go eat now! To the most expensive restaurant!" Clorinde turned around and said to Alex.
"Okay!" Alex nodded, but he hadn't forgotten to visit the Adventurers' Guild. Coming to Lione District wasn't just for eating!
"To the stars..."
Alex didn't wait for Katheryne to finish speaking and directly extended his hand: "Where are my Blossoms?"
"And the abyss, welcome to the Adventurers' Guild." Katheryne finished her greeting.
"Please wait a moment, Mr. Alex, Adventurer Rookie, I will retrieve your items for you now." Katheryne smiled, bent down, and pulled a box from a cabinet below, handing it to Alex.
Was it because he had completed many monster-hunting commissions? His title had changed from Adventurer New Star to Adventurer Rookie.
Alex opened the box; inside were four windwheel asters and four glaze lilies.
These had cost a lot of money. Alex immediately put them into his backpack.
Then he clicked ascend.
Ascension successful! Level cap increased to Level 40!
Current Level: 20/40.
Alex checked; he now had 88 blue experience books.
He fed them all, but it still wasn't enough!
Current Level: 36/40.
Huh? Alex started to feel annoyed again; even this had to be a bottleneck. It seemed he still hadn't farmed enough Blossom of Revelation.
Alex seemed to recall that leveling from 20 to 40 required 116 blue experience books.
After all, with new characters constantly being released, Alex's blue experience book reserves never dropped below a thousand. So he always preferred to use blue ones first.
Using blue books for higher levels would be a waste, as it could easily deplete them, making them less useful for topping off the last bit of experience.
The main issue was that these Blossom of Revelation required moving to a different location after each clear. In the game, there were several countries that even showed their locations.
Here, the Blossom of Revelation that dropped experience were surprisingly hard to find!
This phone map wasn't that powerful either; it was just a pure map, only showing teleport waypoints... It didn't show material locations, monster distributions, or anything like that; in short, it wasn't as good as the official in-game map.
Alex was about to leave with Clorinde when Katheryne unexpectedly called out to him as he was preparing to go.
"Please wait a moment, I have updated four new bounty commissions. Would you like to accept them?" Katheryne smiled at Alex.
"Good! Of course, I'll take them!" Alex said, turning to accept the four bounty commissions from Katheryne.
"Only four?" Alex was a bit unsatisfied; he was too short on experience. Taking these monster-hunting quests in the wild would help him gain experience, and he might even stumble upon some Blossom of Revelation nearby.
"No more for now. When our Guild has new bounty commissions, we will definitely contact you first." Katheryne shook her head regretfully. If there were commissions and he didn't show up, Katheryne thought she would find someone to contact Alex.
"Okay! Thank you, Katheryne. Goodbye!" Alex politely waved.
"Goodbye, Mr. Alex, I wish you a pleasant day." Katheryne smiled as she saw off Alex and Clorinde.
And so, Alex followed Clorinde to a large restaurant, where Clorinde mercilessly drained his wallet.
After the two enjoyed a delicious dinner, Alex took Clorinde and directly teleported to the outside of Palais Mermonia.
"Well then, Clorinde..." Alex was just about to say goodbye to Clorinde and head home when a familiar voice came from nearby.
"Ah! Alex and Clorinde are back!" At the entrance of Palais Mermonia, a blue figure walked over.
"Fufu~ Good evening!" Every moment Alex saw Furina, he was happy.
"Mhm, good evening, my citizens~" Furina smiled happily, her mood very pleasant. The strawberry cake she had in the afternoon was truly super, super, super delicious!
In her good mood, Furina happily invited: "Oh, you haven't eaten yet, have you? Perfect, I haven't eaten either. Let's go have a big meal together now! My treat."
Clorinde directly refused: "No need, I've already eaten. I'll go back and rest first."
After saying that, Clorinde walked into Palais Mermonia, her high heels making a 'tap-tap-tap' sound.
Furina silently watched Clorinde slowly leave.
Suddenly, Alex remembered something and quickly called out to Clorinde: "Oh, wait, Clorinde! Want to come to my place? The lemons are ripe, why don't you try some too? I'll treat you to lemonade, lemon tea! Super delicious!"
Given the precedent of the strawberries, these lemons should also be very tasty. Otherwise, he wouldn't have planted them alongside the strawberries and thought about making drinks for the people of Fontaine to enjoy.
Furina's eyes lit up, and she clasped her fists to her calm chest: "Wow! That sounds so good! Clorinde, quickly come with me to Alex's house! It's not far from here, very close."
Clorinde shook her head: "I won't..."
"Come on, come on!" Furina ran a few steps and pulled Clorinde, who had just walked away, back.
She wanted a good sister to accompany her, and Clorinde was the perfect candidate.
Incidentally, she had also hidden several freshly made strawberry cakes, and she could let Clorinde taste these delicious cakes at his house later!
"Alright." Clorinde reluctantly, yet dotingly, agreed to Furina's request.
On this night, at his villa.
Alex turned on the electric lights, and the two ladies sat on the living room sofa...
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