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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 90
Chapter Title: The Playboy Quest
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After dinner.
At Romeo's suggestion, Lellia spent more time with the two of them, drinking tea.
During that time, Lellia confessed a little about Lute's request.
That she had no choice but to help Lute and Princess Yuriana get together.
And that to do so, she had to become a playboy.
“A playboy? Did you say a playboy?”
Finding the word hilarious, the two of them looked at each other, then clutched their stomachs and burst out laughing.
“Ah, that's hilarious!”
Calix even flopped onto the sofa, kicking his feet as he cackled.
*‘Right. As long as you guys are happy…'*
Lellia felt a sense of emptiness as she watched them with a blank expression.
Just then, the quest marker floating above Calix's head suddenly sparkled.
At the same time, with a *ding!*, a rectangular window appeared.
[Quest Complete! ✧*.◟(ˊᗨˋ)◞.*✧ Claiming rewards!]
∙ 5 Affinity Check Tickets
∙ 2 Special Recipe Puzzle Pieces
∙ 2 Alchemy Lottery Tickets
∙ 1 Lv. ? Random Gift Box
*‘…Wait, did his affinity go up just because he found it funny?’*
Lellia stared at Calix in bewilderment.
*Are you really that simple?*
The thought was so absurd she asked it internally, and as if in response, Calix laughed and made a suggestion.
“This kid's actually pretty fun. Alright, I'm feeling generous. If there's another tea party, I'll go with you!”
Calix said cheerfully.
“Then I'll come along too.”
Romeo also smiled as he looked at Lellia.
*‘These guys… they just want to come and watch the show!’*
Acting like they're doing me a favor!
Her tightly clenched fists trembled.
*When I can finally reveal that I'm Leo, I'll definitely reclaim my dignity as the leader.*
Anyway, it seemed the last quest did have a reward after all, though she had thought it didn't.
Just then, the next quest window appeared.
[Raise the affinity of Special Affinity Target to 70 or higher!!(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑]
※ Quest Story Progression: 25%
Lellia checked the reward list below it.
∙ 10 Affinity Check Tickets
∙ 5 Special Recipe Puzzle Pieces
∙ 2 Lv. 3 Random Gift Boxes [?]
∙ Quest Jumping Coin
*‘What's a Quest Jumping Coin?’*
When she asked internally, a description of the item appeared.
[A magical coin that can jump the quest story progression by a maximum of 10~50%(~˘▾˘)~♫•*¨*•.¸¸♪
※Note: The value is applied randomly.]
*‘Raise his affinity to 70…'*
It felt like the difficulty had suddenly skyrocketed.
There was a reason they'd given her five Affinity Check Tickets as a reward for the previous quest.
*‘They want me to check his affinity while raising it to 70.’*
In that case, she had to use the tickets sparingly.
Without a ticket, it would cost a whopping 1,000 crystals.
Still, she could feel the rewards getting progressively better.
Lellia pressed the accept button and glanced at Romeo, who was talking with Calix.
*‘I need to complete Romeo’s quest too…'*
But Lute's situation was more urgent.
Thinking of Lute made her chest feel tight, as if something was weighing it down.
*‘Griffith and Oscar will arrive in a few weeks. I have to finish this before then.’*
After they all said their final goodbyes at ‘Leo’s’ grave, Calix would leave Auraria, just like in the original story.
And he would live as a wandering mercenary.
She had to get the holy relic before Calix left.
She wouldn’t be able to break the taboo and confess the truth to her friends as originally planned, but that was okay.
Curing Calix's eyes would be far more valuable.
*‘Instead, I’ll get the Philosopher’s Stone quickly and find my friends one by one.’*
Just as she was organizing her thoughts.
Whatever they were talking about, the two of them were cackling again.
Listening closely, she realized the topic of conversation was ‘how Lellia would become society's playboy.’
She had shared her troubles in earnest…
But the two of them just seemed to find it endlessly amusing.
*‘Should I not have said anything?’*
When Calix drew the line, saying, “Him, a playboy? That's impossible,” Romeo countered that it wasn't.
He then chattered on about the painting he'd seen in the city. Thanks to that painting's popularity, men with delicate features like Lellia were now in vogue.
Upon hearing that, Calix clutched his stomach and laughed like a madman. Romeo did the same.
*‘These guys, seriously…'*
Lellia was torn between two feelings.
The part of her that thought, *‘It’s nice to see my friends laughing.’*
And the resentful part that thought, *‘I was their leader, and they're laughing at me…'*
