Keep attacking girls and try not to be killed by them

Jiang Ran thought about it, turned around and bought some food and brought it back to the room, then waited in the shadows outside the task union, watching out for any suspicious people while preparing to pick up Emilia from get off work.

Jiang Ran's combat capability is currently at its weakest in the short term.

The only equipment he had left was a set of leather armor, an iron round shield, a meditation ring, and a gauntlet sword he had just bought on the way.

This also made him realize that he was still quite dependent on equipment and could not have the illusion that he was already very strong.

During the next three days of waiting for new equipment, he would take it easy, focusing on honing his skills and developing potions.

After a while, people gradually came out of the task union. Jiang Ran recognized that these people who were leaving were staff members, and they all looked tired.

Until the end, when most people had left and the task union had turned off the lights, Emilia came out, sighing and locking the door.

Jiang Ran looked around and saw no one else, so he walked forward.

"Emilia, why are you so late today?"

When Emilia heard Banning's voice, her body shook for a moment, then her sad expression immediately disappeared, and she walked towards Jiang Ran with light steps.

"I ran into a troublesome matter and couldn't resolve it after a whole day. Let's not talk about that anymore. Banning, did you come to pick me up specially?"

As Emilia spoke, she quietly observed if there were any other people around.

After making sure that there was no one around, she suddenly accelerated, trotted off, and threw herself into Jiang Ran's arms like a little bird.

This sudden action made Jiang Ran not know how to answer her.

"Thank you, Banning. I feel alive again~"

Emilia shook her head left and right and rubbed it against Jiang Ran's chest, her tail swaying back and forth, showing how happy she was.

"You don't have to be so polite. By the way, I bought you something to eat. Have you had dinner yet?"

When Emilia heard that there was food, she immediately raised her head with her eyes shining!

Not only did she not have time to eat dinner today, she only had a small piece of potato for lunch!

"Uh-huh! Where's the food? Where do we eat?"

At this moment, Jiang Ran felt that Emilia was like a little fox he had raised. Her big eyes, blinking as if asking her owner for food, were so adorable.

"In the hotel room. Let's eat in the room." Jiang Ran pointed to the room with a golden little fox on the outer wall of the hotel.

At this moment, hearing the word "hotel", Emilia suddenly remembered what Banning had said to her during the day...

Tonight, she will spend another night with Banning!

"Uh...well..."

Emilia blushed immediately.

What had been a simple topic of eating just now, had suddenly become indescribable after being coupled with the fact that the two of them were going to spend the night together.

Jiang Ran saw Emilia's shy look and suggested they go to the Cat Girl Restaurant, which should still be open.

However, Emilia shook her head.

"Just...just your room...will be fine..."

Emilia murmured softly, as if eating in a hotel room was something that should not be revealed.

Jiang Ran smiled, touched Emilia's head, then touched her soft fox ears, and took her into the hotel.

·

Ten minutes later, in the hotel room, Emilia had forgotten about being shy and was eating roast chicken and drinking fragrant carrot and potato stew.

Jiang Ran sat beside him, working on a potion, making up for the missed daily routine. (Pharmacist Experience: 100+100↑/600)

When Emilia had almost finished eating and Jiang Ran had also completed making the potion, he asked her about the Quest Guild.

"Is the Mission Guild having financial problems, Emilia?"

"No, no, the problem is in the Trial Gate control area in the western suburbs."

Emilia sighed and told Jiang Ran that the staff in the control area of ​​the Trial Gate were attacked by unknown people yesterday and only returned to Sunny Town today.

According to the staff member, the attackers were a group of more than ten mercenaries.

"But this isn't the biggest problem. The biggest problem is, there's a 'Level 5 Purple Trial Gate' that's gone missing...!"

Having said this, Emilia stood up excitedly.

"You know what, Banning? The disappearance of the Purple Trial Gate means that the first person to pass the Purple Trial was born in our Kingdom of West!"

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6.27 - Magical Applications in the Bathroom

"Oh my God, is this real?"

Banning looked very shocked and stood up along with Emilia.

"Of course it's true! Our staff has confirmed it over and over again. The registered purple trial gate is truly gone!"

"Then... isn't this a good thing? Why do the people in the Task Union look unhappy?"

Banning's question hit the nail on the head.

Emilia sighed with a complicated expression and sat down again like a deflated ball.

"Because we've been investigating for a whole day... and still can't figure out who passed the purple trial."

"Huh? Does that mean this person sneaked in, and then sneaked away after succeeding?"

"Yes, according to normal procedures, to challenge the trial, one must first apply to our union. This person probably took advantage of the gap after the staff was attacked and entered the trial gate on his own."

"That's really strange. Logically, after completing such a great achievement, you should be showing it off everywhere, right?"

Hearing Banning say this, Emilia sighed deeply again, because they thought so too.

"Yes, we've been discussing this in our union for a whole day... We just can't understand who would do this..."

"Could it be the same group that attacked the staff?" Banning asked again.

"We've considered that, but you know, it seems all those mercenaries are dead... Our reconnaissance team found their remaining equipment in the forest, and their bodies were all devoured beyond recognition by wild beasts..."

Recalling the scene of the wreckage that was discovered at that time, Emilia still felt a little uncomfortable.

Banning shook his head and sat down. It seemed that he had no other ideas.

"...No wonder you're so depressed. This matter is really too weird."

"Well... we've already sent someone to report this to the Federation of Trade Unions. Let's wait and see what they say."

·

Emilia has done her best. Now that Branch Minister Oleg is away and it is the busiest time of the month at the end of the month, her ability to handle the emergency of the Purple Trial to this extent has exceeded everyone's expectations of her.

However, Emilia's strong personality made it impossible for her to accept the failure of the investigation.

Banning thought for a moment and asked the question from a different angle: "What would happen if this person who passed the purple trial showed up?"

Emilia perked up a little, tried to imagine, and then answered Banning according to her understanding.

"That will surely cause a huge uproar!... The King's forces, the forces of the Four Lords, and other factions, including our Quest Guild, will all be vying for this talent."

Emilia excitedly introduced Banning to him. She said that even in other countries, those who could pass the Purple Trial were rare, and only one person appeared every five years, which was already a very high rate.

In addition, those who can generally pass the Purple Trial are promoted from the first level to the second level. There are very few people in the world who dare to challenge the Purple Trial above the second level. As for those who have the courage to challenge the Purple Trial above the third level, the number in recorded history is still zero.

Faced with huge risks, no one is willing to risk their life for unknown benefits.

"In short, anyone who can pass the purple trial must be a national-level treasured talent," said Emilia.

"Then, is there someone impersonating me?" Banning asked again.

"The possibility is very small. You can't fake your strength. If the impersonation is discovered, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Emilia's expression turned serious. She had heard from Branch Minister Oleg that someone was executed for lying about having passed the Purple Trial. After the execution, the body was hung up for public display for a month, and no one collected the body even after it rotted.

·

As the two chatted, it was already getting late before they knew it.

Banning told Emilia that there were bathing facilities on the first floor of the hotel where she could wash herself.

Emilia was stunned for a moment, then walked stiffly to the dining table. With her head lowered and her ears red, she mumbled that she needed to clean up the leftovers and prepare a change of clothes...

“A-Anyway…you should go down first…!”

·

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Jiang Ran has a habit of thinking while taking a shower.

Unfortunately, there were only bathtubs but no shower heads in the Prison Star World, which prevented him from entering that state of "enlightenment".

Getting back to the point, from the moment he decided to challenge the Purple Trial, Jiang Ran had no intention of letting anyone know about this, including Emilia and Branch Minister Oleg.

Jiang Ran felt that although making his deeds public could gain him fame, wealth, status and a large amount of resources, at the same time, he would also have to pay the price of "freedom".

Without freedom, there is no way to conquer the only demon god, so Jiang Ran chose to hide.

With his vivid acting skills, Jiang Ran just got a lot of information from Emilia.

Now that even the Quest Guild couldn't find out who had passed the purple trial, he could rest assured for the time being.

As for the trial from the second level to the third level, Jiang Ran plans to challenge it in a different place.

After Emilia and the others reported the matter to the Federation of Trade Unions, Sunny Town would probably soon become a place of turmoil and no longer suitable for Jiang Ran to continue wandering around.

After thinking about all this, Jiang Ran finished his shower. Just as he was about to get dressed, the bathroom door was suddenly opened.

(Eh? Didn’t I lock the door?)

Jiang Ran looked at the entrance in surprise. This hotel only had two single bathrooms, one for male and one for female guests.

The bathroom door is latched, so it shouldn't be possible to open it from the outside...

"Ban...Banning...I'm coming in..."

Emilia's sweet and soft voice came from the door. Even through the curtain, Jiang Ran could vaguely see her figure and fluffy tail. Then he heard the sound of her closing the door again and bolting it.

"I...I used a lock-picking spell, I hope you don't mind..."

Jiang Ran was stunned. What? There is lock-picking magic in this world?

But this is no longer the point, Emilia has already pulled open the curtain and is about to come in.

Seeing this, Jiang Ran quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his "absolute domain".

"Emilia? You...why...?"

Fortunately, Emilia was still wearing her clothes for the time being.

"In... our fox-people's customs... lovers are supposed to wash each other's bodies..."

Emilia glanced at Banning secretly, then looked away embarrassedly.

"I see. I've already washed it. Let's do it next time."

Jiang Ran hurriedly put all his things into the basin, but unexpectedly, Emilia pushed the basin directly onto the table.

"No, it's okay, I'll wash you again...!"

Emilia gave it her all, her eyes as sharp as a torch!

In a flash, Emilia reached out to tear off the only towel on Banning's body, and Banning also showed his true skills and avoided Emilia's continuous attacks with nimble footwork!

Just when the "battle" was getting intense, Emilia suddenly stopped grabbing the towel.

"Wait a moment, I'll cast a 'First-Order Counter Spell' on the door. That way, we won't have to worry about any magicians disturbing us."

Hearing Emilia say this, Jiang Ran had only one thought in his mind.

(Except you, no magician would use lock picking magic to open the men's room...)

·

Later, Jiang Ran took two more baths.

As for why it is twice...

If it gets dirty, of course you have to wash it again.