Pale Emblem

Chapter 154 Misunderstanding

In the afternoon, Christine walked into the door of the rented house with a light posture. The burning Dai Lina watched her twisting her waist and hips from behind, muttering to herself, everyone has a thin waist, long legs and a perky butt, why is Christine's walk so attractive to men?

After entering the room, Christine obviously lightened her steps. When she passed through the corridor on the second floor, she quickly looked at the living room of the master bedroom next to her and found a tall and strong young man sitting at a dining table with his back to the open door, eating heartily.

Christine shrank back instantly, then held her breath and tiptoed back without making any sound, but was stabbed in the back by Dalina.

"Hey, Christine, what are you doing?"

The vampire stopped sneaking, put one hand on her waist, and stared at the burning Delina expressionlessly, trying to kill her with her eyes.

The Alchemist had an innocent look on his face as he brushed shoulders with Christine. He even greeted the sturdy young man inside the master bedroom's living room door and said, "Master Victor, we are back... Christine has information to report to you. She is waiting outside."

"Christine, come in. I don't need to go out to invite you, do I?" Victor said without turning his head, and then continued to enjoy a medium-rare roasted venison rib.

Kristine waved her beautiful white fist at Dai Lina's back, then put on a charming smile and walked quickly into the living room of the master bedroom on the second floor. "Dear master, I'm just afraid of disturbing your meal... I will wait until you are full, and then report to you about today's new situation."

As she spoke, she picked up the bones that had been gnawed on the table, and glanced at Victor's eyes. She found that they were emerald green, and she groaned inwardly.

Christine always thought that the most difficult person to deal with was Victor with the emerald green eyes. At this time, her master's mind was deep and delicate, unpredictable. Even if she could sense his emotions, they were mostly shallow fluctuations and could not represent her master's true mood.

Victor changed his usual elegant demeanor and grabbed a piece of grilled venison steak with his hands. With his thick eyebrows, big eyes, and exceptionally strong physique, he really looked like a rude adventurer.

"This is the venison grilled by Kent. His grilling skills are terrible... Do you want to try it?" Victor handed the venison steak to Christine with a smile.

"Oh my God, one side is burnt and the other side is still raw... Dear master, can I not eat it?" Christine used her natural ability to act coquettishly to Victor.

As for the barbecue cooked by the gladiator slaves, it didn't matter whether she ate it or not. She just wanted to test her master's attitude towards her and see if he was still angry with her.

Victor smiled, brought the barbecue to his mouth, tore off a large piece with his teeth, chewed it two or three times in his mouth, and swallowed it.

Christine discovered that two of the large ceramic bowls on the table used to hold the barbecue were empty, and the last bowl still had half of the meat left.

She marveled at Victor's appetite and asked stupidly, "Master, are you hungry?"

Victor didn't have time to answer her now, and concentrated on dealing with the remaining half pot of barbecue.

His gluttony talent is unremarkable, but it is a very practical ability. His utilization rate of food, medicine and water far exceeds that of ordinary people. Combined with the secret art of hidden life, he can quickly replenish life energy, which can be used to restore physical strength and energy, enhance self-healing effects, and is also effective for gold-level alchemical snake tentacles.

Victor thought that after eating half of the roasted deer and using the Life Hidden Technique to sleep for a few hours, he would be able to deal with the vampire and the ranger sisters' companion secret ritual.

Of course, he must maintain his affinity with the water element. If he still uses his affinity with the wind element, he will suffer a great loss.

"Not only am I hungry, I'm also weak!"

Victor finished eating all the roasted venison, wiped his mouth with a towel, and said unhappily: "This is all thanks to you... Christine, shouldn't you explain it?"

Christine, feeling guilty, said hesitantly, "Master, you know that I am a descendant of the devil and master spells related to desire. This is my nature..."

"nature?"

Victor frowned, thinking that he might have misunderstood, but he continued to question: "What do you mean by nature?"

Christine pouted her red lips slightly, looking a little aggrieved. "Master, even if you raise a hunting dog, you have to feed it before you can use it to hunt... I work for you, so you have to feed me, right?"

Victor laughed at himself and said, "You certainly don't mean flesh and blood hunger."

"My blood and flesh hunger problem has long been cured by the master."

Christine twisted her slender waist and sat on the table with her round and perky buttocks. She was wearing a short skirt and thin-soled sandals. Her pair of slender white legs were crossed and swayed gently, looking very charming.

"My master needs my ability to seduce me, so I have to use his desires to satisfy my own... For me, desire is an indispensable source of power." She said in a soft voice.

Victor gasped. He had known that this woman with the blood of a lustful demon would be a hidden danger. Now she actually asked for payment.

However, Christine's ability to seduce is indeed valuable. Victor thought about it and still couldn't be sure whether she was lying on purpose, so he asked tentatively: "Can't you use another man?"

"Huh? Other men..." Christine's charming expression suddenly changed, and she said with disgust: "How can that be possible! My heart has been captured by the master, and my soul has been branded by the master, right in the cave in Water Snake Town, have you forgotten? I am now the master's exclusive slave girl, you have to irrigate me from time to time, otherwise I will wither like a flower and lose my charm... As for other men, hum, I am only interested in their souls... Of course, if the master needs me to do so, I can seduce them, but their lust has no effect on me, I would rather suck their souls."

Victor was skeptical of Christine's explanation. He asked calmly, "How do I irrigate? How long is 'from time to time'?"

"Just like what the Master did to us last night." Christine carefully observed Victor's expression and tried to say, "Once a year? Oh, no, once every six months, at least once every six months."

Hearing this answer, Victor was secretly relieved, but he still did not comment. He asked back: "Will this make you stronger?"

"Of course, my master's favor will make me glow!"

Victor looked at Christine who was in high spirits, and suddenly laughed, shaking his head and said, "I am negotiating with a demon, what good can come of it? You will become stronger, and I will pay the price."

Christine became serious. She sensed the anger brewing in her master, so she jumped off the table and said solemnly, "Great master, I think you must have misunderstood me. Back then, I used my charm power on you in the cave in Water Snake Town, but failed and suffered backlash. I have become your slave girl... First of all, I cannot lie to you. If you ask, I must answer."

"...I've never heard of a price a master has to pay for favoring a female slave?" Victor asked in surprise, "You don't know? Last night, Ruth and Jessica absorbed my life energy and have become level six rangers."

"What's a level six ranger?" Christine asked blankly.

Victor briefly explained the situation of Ruth and Jessica. After listening, Christine shook her head repeatedly, "This is none of my business. I have no idea..."

"It was you who seduced me yesterday and dragged Ruth and Jessica along, and then you slipped away first." Victor said aggressively.

"I admit that I seduced the master yesterday. That was because I sensed the master's sexual desire. It was a great opportunity for me. I couldn't control myself at all. It was because of my supernatural power that I was attacked... Even as an ordinary half-elf slave girl, I would ask for the master's favor in that situation... This is obviously a normal reaction."

Christine tried to explain and continued to defend herself, "I pulled Ruth and Jessica along, and then slipped away halfway because I was afraid that the master would punish me. But I didn't expect that they would actually absorb the master's life energy?!"

It seems that there must be a misunderstanding. The Banshee did not plan the birth of the ranger profession.

Victor frowned again and asked, "So, you don't know how to help them continue to advance their career levels?"

Christine shook her head and said, "I only know that a private female slave can become a pseudo-professional through the companion secret ceremony, but Ruth and Jessica can actually condense secret blood, which is completely contrary to common sense." After a pause, she asked, "Where are they? I want to see them with my own eyes."

"They are out looking for suitable animal companions. I'm afraid they will have to stay in the forest for the next few days."

When a ranger recruits an animal companion, he must choose an animal that matches his spiritual nature, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of recruitment.

Even though there are many squirrels in the mountains and forests outside Jinsha Town, it is not easy for Ruth and Jessica to find suitable squirrel partners.

The Ranger sisters are now Victor's treasures.

  Victor specially dispatched the ferocious half-elf Kent and an alchemist to accompany them out, and also asked Christine about how to advance to the career of a sixth-level ranger.

Christine thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, even if I see them, I don't have any good way to help them continue to advance. I'm not a professional myself, but I think that since it was the master who helped them condense the ranger secret blood, their continued advancement still depends on the master's favor."

Victor nodded and said, "You and I have similar opinions."

Christine stared at Victor, and only after he gave her a questioning look did she ask, "Master, you paid such a high price for them, did you gain any benefit?"

The companion secret ritual benefits both parties, the most common of which is to stimulate new vitality, delay aging, and increase life span. This function alone is enough to make the nobles flock to the companion secret ritual.

Compared with youth and longevity, the fact that a female slave who has no talents or specialties becomes a pseudo-professional is not worth mentioning at all.

This is true for female partners, so male partners gain nothing from it. However, there is a saying that, in addition to stimulating vitality through the perfect partner secret ritual, men also have a rare chance to permanently enhance their spiritual power and are more likely to be promoted to high-level professions.

Victor personally verified this statement. His current spiritual attribute has increased from 18 points to 19 points, only 20 point away from the 1 points of extraordinary attributes.

This is undoubtedly a huge improvement. Victor can feel that the effects of all talents related to energy have been significantly improved. For example, the duration and intensity of the Wind Walk talent have increased by 100% and 60% respectively, which has caused a qualitative change.

When the wind element is compressed to the extreme, it transforms into an indigo void wind element, which has the characteristics of sharpness, armor-piercing, flying in the air, electric burning, paralysis, and airflow burst.

Victor mastered the Void Wind Element and immediately recalled its name and characteristics.

Blue Blade!

He tested the Azure Blade in the Dream Arena and determined that this extraordinary combat skill evolved from Fengxing's talent was extremely powerful and difficult to guard against, and could be used as a trump card to defeat the enemy.

It was for this reason that Victor felt that the couple secret ceremony hosted by Christine was not bad, and he even felt a little excited in his heart, but he could not let Christine discover his expectations.

"Actually, I should thank you. You made me grow up a lot and become more mature overnight. But..."

Victor first praised Christine, then changed the subject and warned her, “Don’t seduce me again in the future!”

Christine said aggrievedly, "Master, I can't lie to you. I can't do what you ask... As long as you have desires, I can feel it, and I can't control my natural charm... So, you can only rely on yourself to restrain yourself, but I promise that I won't deliberately increase the intensity of the charm like I did yesterday."

Victor nodded and said calmly, "You admit that you did it on purpose yesterday. Okay, I'll remember this matter for now, and I'll settle accounts with you if you do it again next time."

"Okay." Christine smiled slightly, with a sly look in her eyes. She obviously didn't take Victor's "reckoning" seriously.

How to settle?

  Did he kill Christine just because she liked to curry his favor?

Besides this, how else can we settle the accounts?

Give her a spanking... She's probably asking for it.

Victor knew that his threats were empty and powerless, so he could only tell Christine to leave quickly.

Christine walked out of the room, then stopped and turned back to say, "Dear master, I will go back to take a shower and change clothes first, and then come to your bedroom later to report the intelligence I collected today, okay?" As she said this, she showed a charming smile and said, "I am not like Ruth and Jessica. I will not absorb your life energy..."

Victor rubbed his brows. Among all his followers, Christine was the most difficult one, but she played the biggest role and had become an indispensable helper around him.

(End of this chapter)