After leaving the team, the adventurers regretted it

It turns out that the peeping glances I occasionally felt when I stayed at Xueyan were not an illusion.

In the corner that he didn't notice, a blond girl in a white dress pushed the door open a little, and stared at his every move with wide eyes from behind the crack.

Just imagining that scene made Linda feel sick.

Only a pervert would do something like this.

But the impression Aike gave him was that he was kind-hearted and gentle.

The disadvantage is that it is relatively lazy.

It's true that Aike was paddling during the adventure, but even paddling was stronger than a normal mage, which wasn't too unacceptable.

Now suddenly tell him that Aike is actually a voyeur.

A big liar pretending to be lame.

During the three years he stayed at Xueyan, he had ulterior motives and some unknown purpose...

The impact on Linda was too great.

Is this blond girl with a self-deprecating look and cold eyes really Aiko?

"Could it be that my lost pants..."

Thinking of something, Linda opened her mouth in surprise.

Aike smiled: "I did it."

"Why?" Linda slapped the table with anger in her voice.

Liar, voyeur, stealing...

These bad things were actually done by Ai Ke.

Linda was a little dizzy. She put her hands on the table and slowly rubbed her temples, trying to calm down.

If the person who did these things was a stranger, he would have tied him up with the whip of darkness and sent him to the Knights.

But after three years of working together, Linda believed in her own eyes. Even though Aike was bad, he was not bad to the core. There might be a hidden reason for doing these things.

He knew a girl whose talent was to increase her strength when she felt pain. If Aike can't steal his own pants, it also involves innate skills.

Although this reason is ridiculous, Linda will try her best to convince herself to believe what Aike says.

Linda looked at Aike with inquiring eyes, waiting for the other person's next words.

"Let's talk about the first one first, why should I lie to you."

Aike said calmly.

After taking off the disguise, the gentle temperament of a mature woman in Aike was gone, and she seemed a bit lazy and cynical.

She put her hands in her skirt pockets and leaned back on the chair carelessly. The title "Holy Mage" had nothing to do with it.

Linda felt like a bad girl from Pheasant Adventure University.

Even if Aike takes out his wand and uses it as a stick to bully the orcs in the next second, it doesn't seem impossible.

The gap between the Aike in front of her and the "Aike" in Linda's impression was so great that Linda's brain stem buzzed as if someone had punched her.

"This is not a dream, right?" Linda pinched her face.

"Of course not, what's in front of you is the real one, the fake Aike."

The blond delinquent girl snorted and said, "You should know that I am from the Holy Light Church, right? But what you don't know is why I 'graduated' midway."

"I really don't know." Linda nodded.

I asked about it myself, but the information was blocked by the Holy Rock Adventure Group.

Probably something shady.

These details are not mentioned in the game plot.

Echo doesn't have many roles in the game, including Crona and Keni. All members of Snow Goose are like backgrounds for Leia, used to set off Leia's growth.

Ai Ke laughed at himself and said, "The reason why I was persuaded to quit was because I attacked my mentor secretly and severely injured him while he was sleeping."

As if he didn't see Linda's unexpected expression, Aike was immersed in his own world, talking to himself, as if he was performing a one-man show that no one was watching.

"Half of his magic circuits are damaged, and he can no longer take risks in this life. He is still lying in the hospital bed screaming.

But my father is Rochelle, the leader of the Holy Rock. Even if I severely injure my mentor, I won’t have to go to jail.

Then, I came to Baige City. I felt that sitting in a wheelchair would attract sympathy and attention from others and provide more convenience, so I lied and claimed that I was a lame. In fact, I am very strong. Even a little guy like Crona can lift three of them without using magic power.

The mage who seems to be soft and weak is actually a cruel liar who severely injured his mentor and pretended to be a cripple.

Very bad, right? But this is Aike, [Black-Hearted Mage] Aike. "

After speaking in one breath, Aike's chest rose and fell violently, and he murmured: "I'm going to be completely disgusted now."

At first, Linda looked at Aiko in shock, but later she gradually fell into deep thought.

"The Aiko I know would not do these things for no reason, whether it is sneak attack on the mentor or pretending to be in a wheelchair. I believe there are other reasons."

"No."

Ai Ke raised the corners of his lips and said jokingly: "The eye of true knowledge sometimes sees the wrong person."

Linda showed sympathy on her face, put her big and generous hand on Aiko's head, and rubbed it gently as if to soothe a wild cat. The other hand took out the blue handkerchief from the space ring and handed it to Echo: "Then don't cry."

"Ah?"

Aike touched the corners of his eyes and found that his fingers were a little wet.

She didn't take Linda's handkerchief and wiped it with the back of her hand in a panic.

This made Ai Ke completely unable to tell whether it was acting or not. The plan started developing in an uncontrollable direction from the middle.

Her original intention was to draw some insignificant contrasts to attract Linda's attention and improve her image as a loser.

But once he opened his mouth, his mouth couldn't stop like a dam releasing water.

It doesn't matter to anyone else;

Aike just wants Linda to know her true self.

"When I first joined Xueyan, I planned to stand up suddenly during a dinner party and scare everyone."

Ai Ke whispered: "But when I saw a certain idiot busy working for me, buying various herbs, I became more and more unable to tell the truth. I dragged it on day by day until I could no longer speak."

"It's not too late."

Linda scratched his head and said, "Although you are quite different from your usual self, how should I put it... I don't hate Echo who has revealed his true nature. In fact, there is a blond guy next to me who is lazier than you and has a worse personality. He has no sense of being an adventurer and just wants to win without doing anything.

But even that kind of person has a positive side and will not hesitate to use skills that harm himself for the sake of his teammates.

Rather than considering whether Ai Ke is a bad person, I would rather believe in the bond Xue Yan has formed over the past three years. "

Linda looked at Aiko sincerely, "I am honored that you can tell me these things frankly."

Aike said in disbelief: "But I am a liar?"

"Lea and I were not harmed in any way. If we have to say it, we wasted a lot of time looking for medicinal herbs." Linda spread her hands helplessly: "You must remember this favor and repay Luanweihua if you have the opportunity in the future. "

Aiko pursed her lips and said nothing.

The girl's shoulders twitched slightly and she sniffed hard to prevent the crystal tears from falling out.

Idiot, this person is a super idiot! She is a big liar who beat her mentor so hard that he couldn't get out of bed and lied all the time.

Even if Linda left the cafe with a dark face and went to the Knights to report her, she felt it was normal.

"What is this old assassy..." Aiko complained in her heart. Old assassy refers to a character setting in a comic book where the protagonist is very nice to the female character, and then the female character becomes stupid and crazy about the protagonist, which is a kind of despicable character setting.

But Ai Ke found that this was what he liked.

What's wrong, old Asasi? Did you use your toilet paper?

"Thank you."

It took a while for Aiko to calm down.

"Well, you have to confess to Leah and the others when you get back, and stop lying." Linda confirmed that Aike was back to normal, stood up and said, "I'm going to leave first, I have to go back to the fountain."

"Wait." Aike grabbed him.

Linda laughed: "Worried that Leah hates you? To be honest, I don't think so. Leah is actually quite big-hearted. If you confess, Leah will probably be happy and think that you think highly of her."

“No.” Eco’s expression was solemn: “If you hire me, a light mage... this will be my last journey as an adventurer.”

"what?"

Linda's eyelids twitched and she looked at Aike in astonishment.

What does the last journey mean?

...

...

"Huh? You want to retire!?"

Snow Goose Adventure Team Villa, in the combat conference room on the third floor.

At the end of the long table, Leah slapped the table and stood up, her eyes widening in shock.

Kanei was surprised and said: "Eco, you are lying to everyone, right?"

Crona said: "Eco will never retire!"

"Um, am I the only one who noticed that her legs are healed?" Oru said in a low voice.

"Compared to that, Miss Aiko's speech is more surprising, right?" Phyllis said with a look of reluctance.

An excellent mage like Aike is not easy to find.

If Aike quits the team, he also wants to quit. Phyllis's original plan was to hug Leah and make his family and the Mandala family become business partners.

But after arriving for half a year, Phyllis discovered that Leah was simply an outsider in the Mandala family and had no weight at all.

The only reason to stay in Xueyan is that this adventure team has good development potential, and Phyllis believes that it has the potential to become a Chaoyang-level adventure team.

It's just... without Aike, Xueyan's "iron triangle" of combat tanks will completely collapse.

"That's what happened. I will temporarily join Luanweihua to help Linda and the others conquer the 16th and 17th floors, and then I will retire and go back to my hometown." Ai Ke said with a smile: "Thank you everyone for your company over the past three years."

"Hmmmm——"

Leah's face was dark, she squeezed the table with both hands, and glared at Echo angrily.

Huh, you're going to get angry, right? I won't tolerate you at all today. Ai Ke crossed his arms over his chest and assumed a counterattack stance.

She thought Leah would say something like this: [How can Xueyan continue the strategy after you leave? You can quit the team, at least until you recruit new people. 】

That way she can retaliate confidently: "How do you mind your own business? I'm just bad. I can leave whenever I want. What can you do to me?" ah? Everyone is attacking me, okay, then I won’t be polite to attack you either. 】

In a war of words, the two sides parted on bad terms.

The real her will definitely be hated anyway, so it's good to end this relationship that shouldn't exist in this way. Ai Ke thought that her goal from beginning to end was Linda, Leah and so on, they were all just side dishes.

but.

Ever since the stray cat Daju appeared at noon, things have been developing in an abnormal direction.

Ai Ke prides herself on being smart, but she couldn't guess a thing about everything that happened today.

Leah's eyes were red, and she spoke with a slight nasal sound: "But aren't we companions? Why do you want to quit the team?" Gritting her teeth, Leah said again: "If you think I did something bad, you You can say that, although I won’t necessarily change it.”

"Yes, Echo, although Leah always owes us salary and is an ordinary person, she is actually a good person." Orlu persuaded him honestly.

Phyllis also looked sincere: "Miss Aiko, please stay! The Snow Goose Adventure Team cannot lack an excellent mage like you!"

Echo: "Ah?"

Kanei held her hand: "Think about it again."

"Ehhhhhh?"

What expansion is this?

Ai Ke was a little confused, why was it completely different from what she thought?

For a moment, Ai Ke was almost moved by them. He felt that he was really a member of Snow Goose and this was his home.

But from the beginning, she joined Xueyan with a playful attitude.