strictlysupreme Chapter 890 The Last Daily Life 69
Chapter 890 The Last Daily Life 69
Chapter 890 The Last Daily Life 69
The person running away at a rapid pace with staggering steps behind Xiaolin was Lynn's teammate Duster. The two of them looked behind them as if they were afraid of something. The three of them looked into the distance and saw -
"Oh oh oh——"
It was a huge tree spirit that was chasing the two of them. It was covered with cocoa and looked very scary with its fangs and claws.
"Attacked by the ancient Coco tree spirit?!"
Lynn exclaimed.
"Wait! I'll come to rescue you right away!"
Chris quickly ran towards Xiaolin and Dust. Not only her, but even Darkness followed suit, and even exploded a little faster than Chris, standing in the front while stubbornly resisting the attack of the tentacles, and yelling to the two behind him: "Damn it... Please, Chris, Lynn, while I'm trying to stop you!"
"give it to me!"
"That's it!"
One person used the binding skill to completely imprison the tree spirit, and the other used wind magic to knock the tree spirit down. In fact, Lynn's best magic was fire magic, but considering that they had to collect cocoa later, they did not use this magic.
"…Looks like it's finally solved."
Lynn looked at the tree spirit lying on the ground and unable to get up, wiped the sweat from her forehead and took a deep breath. After all, she was the main force just now, and if she had not successfully resolved the situation, they would be in great crisis.
“Ha…ah…ha…ah…”
Kobayashi put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily, with a look of relief on his face.
"It was too dangerous... We are saved, the three of you. Thank you."
"Really? It's so unlucky!"
Duster started complaining as soon as he opened his mouth. Perhaps it was because the person who saved him was Lynn, one of his companions, so he didn't thank her particularly.
“I’m glad you two are okay.” Darkness smiled with relief, but also asked with some confusion: “But, I didn’t expect to meet you in a place like this…”
"What on earth are you two doing in such a dangerous place?"
Lynn put her hands on her waist, seeming to be scolding the two.
"This, this is...!?" Xiaolin's eyes turned randomly, not knowing how to answer. Then he used his eyes to signal Dust beside him, asking him to come up with an excuse so that he would not be blamed. Dust also understood and nodded to show that he received it, but his tone was still a little guilty.
"Walking... Walking." Dust explained with an awkward smile, "I haven't been exercising enough recently. If I don't exercise a little, my body will become dull... Right, Xiaolin?"
In order to increase his persuasiveness, he gestured to Xiaolin to agree with his words, and Xiaolin quickly nodded to acknowledge that.
"That's right, because we are adventurers! It's normal to go out for a walk, right? Right!"
"...You normally don't want to do missions, but this doesn't make any sense at all."
Darkness obviously wouldn't believe such nonsense.
"That's right." Chris also said with a smile. She also noticed something in the distance and pointed at it and said, "Also, the truck over there is loaded with cocoa, right?"
"...It's finished."
"Discovered."
The two men's bodies stiffened.
Lynn also looked in the direction of Chris's finger and found a large cart of cocoa. She exclaimed in amazement, "What a huge amount! Did you two harvest all this? Why are there so many?"
"This, this..."
"How should I put it..."
The two of them lowered their heads guiltily, not knowing how to answer. The one who answered her question was Chris beside her.
"With the tree spirits making a fuss, it's difficult for ordinary merchants to enter the primeval forest. With supply outstripping demand, they can sell at a high price if they have a monopoly. The most important thing is that without a supply, the two of them can raise the price and drive up the price of cocoa."
That's exactly what it is.
Xiaolin and Dust saw the perfect opportunity of cocoa being in short supply, so they came here and took the risk to collect cocoa. But they thought, since they were here, they might as well take all the cocoa away, leaving this place without a source of supply... In other words, even if adventurers came to collect it, they would return empty-handed, and they could sell the cocoa at an extremely high price and get a lot of money.
"unacceptable……"
Lynn soon realized this, and then looked down upon the two with hopeless eyes, saying, "You two are really scumbags for wanting to make a fortune on Valentine's Day."
"Tsk, any comments?"
Seeing that the truth had been revealed, Dust stopped pretending. He put his hands on his waist to show that he had a clear conscience. He looked at his team and said loudly: "We didn't do anything wrong! Right, Xiaolin?"
"Ah, yes!" Xiao Lin also agreed decisively, and at the same time he said with his chest and head held high: "We are just doing business upright!"
Although he seemed to be hoarding a rare commodity, he neither stole nor robbed it. He just used his control over the supply to monopolize the cocoa and even collected the cocoa himself. What did he do wrong?
What, you said the price of cocoa has been raised and is different from the usual market price?
Sorry, the forest is as restless as usual. If you don't want to buy it but want it, please go to the forest to collect it yourself. But even if you pass the violent tree spirits, you may not be able to collect much.
Therefore, Kobayashi did not think he had done anything wrong.
These are all hard-earned money! They worked very hard to collect so much cocoa. Yes, they paid a lot!
"But I remember you two said things like 'crush Valentine's Day' and 'hate Valentine's Day!' before?" Chris looked at them with amusement and teased, "Now you come to collect cocoa, you don't want to enjoy Valentine's Day, do you?"
"Hmm......!" X2
The two were suddenly speechless and embarrassed, not knowing what to do.
Darkness looked at the scumbag Xiaolin with satisfaction, nodded and said, "You turn hostile as soon as there is a business opportunity. You are worthy of it."
Although his behavior was somewhat despicable, Kobayashi did not make any mistakes, and he did not sell the cocoa at a high price. Besides, he was still a member of the team, so he had no right to blame the other party, right?
"But there are also many people in the city who are troubled by the fact that they can't buy cocoa..."
Lynn looked at the car full of cocoa with complicated eyes.
"Yeah." Chris nodded, and then said on his own initiative: "So, we can sell these cocoa to the city at a reasonable price, okay?"
She seemed to want to ask the two men to sell their harvest at a reasonable price in the capacity of a savior, which made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Ah?! I don't want that!"
Before Xiaolin could even speak, Duster couldn't stand it anymore. He loudly retorted, "How can you only make so little money after working so hard for it?!"
"No, no, no, it's not a loss, right?" Chris seemed to know how much cocoa cost and thought that they would not lose money. He also said, "Besides, if we hadn't come, you two would be in trouble, right? So, don't complain."
As if to put an end to this fact.
"You're right. I'm sorry."
Xiaolin lowered his head decisively.
After all, it would not be nice to ask for too much since I have taken advantage of the other party's kindness. Even if he asks for this as his savior, he has no way to refuse, right?
"Well, you should be thankful that there was no notification this time."
Darkness said this as if it was for your own good.
"…report?"
“What? Xiaolin, don’t you know?” Darkness looked at Xiaolin in surprise and said, “The Adventurer’s Guild has banned adventurers from coming here. After all, who knows what kind of riots the tree spirits might cause, and it’s very dangerous for ordinary adventurers to set foot here.”
This is just the Axel Novice Village, and adventurers here are usually not very strong, so people like Xiaolin who want to make a lot of money might take the risk to come here to collect cocoa. Think about it, even Xiaolin and Dust almost fell, how could others return safely, so the guild issued an emergency notice to prevent such a situation.
"Is this true?!" Duster was upset when he heard the news. He stamped his feet and cursed, "Damn it! I thought I could pay off the debt this way!"
When the two set out, they did not know that the guild had issued such an announcement. They only rushed over to collect cocoa after discovering that the supply was in short supply. That's why they were able to collect a whole cart full of cocoa.
"Then...I have one more request."
Chris said with a smile.
Although he didn't know what it was, seeing her smile made Xiaolin feel a little weak and uneasy.
"Y-what is it...Chris?"
"Make chocolate with us! Okay, Darkness?"
She said this while winking at Xiaolin secretly, as if hinting something to her friend. Hearing Chris's request, Darkness immediately became a little flustered.
"W-what, Chris?!"
"Darkness said that she wanted to make chocolate for the person who took care of her, so I would like to ask for your help."
"Is this possible...?"
Xiaolin did not refuse.
What he didn't say was that, in addition to wanting to make a fortune, he came to collect cocoa and also wanted to give some chocolate to Darkness, Aqua, Megumin, Wiz, Lynn and the others.
You see, after all, you accepted the chocolates from them some time ago. Even if the process at that time was not as good as you imagined, you should still return the gift.
That’s right, it’s the so-called giri chocolate.
Lynn seemed to be interested, and she said with a smile, "Okay! Then let's make chocolate together! It looks like it will be fun!"
"Tsk, there's really nothing I can do." Dust said helplessly, "I'll do some for them as well."
Despite saying this, his face was filled with a smile, and this arrogant tone really made people feel a little uncomfortable.
"Okay! Let's go back to the city and make chocolate!"
"Oh!!!" X4
With Chris's cheers, Kobayashi and Duster pulled the carriage as laborers and returned to Axel Town with Darkness, Chris and Lynn.
Of course, they didn't sell all the raw cocoa at that point, after all, they didn't know how much loss everyone would have, but along the way many people came to ask about the price, and Xiaolin and Dust said that they would sell it at a normal price later, so don't worry. And many people came to buy, and some even said they were willing to pay more, so it seemed that they could make a small profit.
Return to the suburban mansion.
Everyone started making chocolate.
Unfortunately, Xiaolin doesn't know how to make high-end desserts like chocolate cookies or bubble-heart chocolates. The only thing he knows how to do is melt cocoa and add a lethal amount of sugar to turn it into chocolate. But even so -
"smell good……"
Darkness sniffed the sweet smell in the air and a happy smile appeared on her face. Although Xiaolin only made ordinary chocolate, the others had already mastered making cakes, cookies and chocolate balls.
The kitchen is filled with a sweet aroma.
"Here, here, here, take a bite to taste it."
Chris tasted the chocolate.
"Ah, hey! Don't be so hasty—"
"Mmm! Delicious!!!"
Before Darkness could stop her, Chris had already taken a bite. As expected of a professional thief, she was very fast. However, after tasting the food, she gave it a very high evaluation, which made Darkness slightly happy.
"Really, really?!"
She didn't make chocolates last time, but bought bubble-heart chocolates with Aqua and Huihui and gave them to Kobayashi. This was her first time making chocolates so she was a little nervous and uneasy. She felt relieved when she heard Chris praising her.
“Yes! In this way, Darkness’s crush can be easily captured!”
Chris's praise was a bit excessive.
“What?!” Darkness blushed and waved her hands quickly, loudly arguing, “I, I don’t have such a person…”
Although she said that, she still secretly peeked at Xiaolin's reaction, and then lowered her head shyly.
"Haha, it's great that it went well." Lynn also smiled happily. As she wrapped up the chocolates, she said, "Pack up Taylor and Keith's portions as well."
"Well, unexpectedly it wasn't that difficult, was it?"
"Don't act like you taught me that."
Xiaolin rolled his eyes at Dust, pouted and questioned: "By the way, Dust, what did you do?"
"Nothing was done."
"……what?"
"So, I didn't do anything." Dust said as if it was a matter of course, "Lynn has already made chocolates, so there is no need for me to work so hard to make another one."
"You... no wonder Lynn doesn't like you."
"Hey!"
Just when the two were about to quarrel.
"You two!" Chris suddenly put his hands on his waist and scolded, "Next time, don't think about monopolizing Coco."
"Yes..." X2
"Then, let's give the extra ones to the people in the city as an apology." Chris directed the two people, "Come, help me pack it up."
After that, chocolates were all over Axel, and this Valentine's Day was unprecedentedly grand.
(End of this chapter)