"Leave this to me, I happened to learn some blending techniques at the Healer Association..."
Realizing that the cruising bishop seemed to have some unspeakable secrets, the hero dismissed the maids and decided to handle it herself.
The Healer Association was not only responsible for saving lives, but also for ensuring the residents' daily health, often teaching simple life magic, which included the technique of infusing magic power into tea to brew drinks with a certain purifying effect.
The higher-level spell of this trick was the church's holy water.
And the hero's magic power had a unique purification force, allowing even simple life skills to produce amazing effects; at least grandpa and the others praised it after drinking.
The hero skillfully and nimbly brewed the tea, the aroma gradually spreading, carrying a gentle calming scent.
Watching this scene, the cruising bishop's face gradually relaxed, yet the hidden fervor in his eyes became clearer amidst the faint calm.
[Cruising Bishop's Objective Extreme Failure! (Fervor—Malignant)]
[Hero's Perception Great Failure~]
[Hero activated skill: Hollow (Reverse)]
The hero held a spoon, slowly stirring the liquid in the teacup.
The tea, blended with honey and [], presented a pure hue.
But as she gazed at the gentle swirl, her eyes gradually became vacant.
10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure
Eventually, in those utterly hollow eyes, a crimson light emerged.
[Depraved Hero activated Skill: Polluted Heart Language]
D121+50=d121(80)+50=130
"Hero—" the cruising bishop, watching the hero's back, finally made up his mind to speak.
But the words had barely started before they were brutally interrupted by the girl, leaving him stunned with his mouth agape.
"Is there, is there a bad smell? Because I didn't smell..." The nose only picked up the fragrance of the floral tea and the clean scent from the hero, the cruising bishop's face showing embarrassment and panic, as he hesitantly sniffed his collar.
Before he came to visit, he had specially bathed and dressed neatly—
"Of course there is." The hero's tone was flat, yet it carried an undeniable finality.
Facing the hero's turned gaze, the cruising bishop's thoughts suddenly went blank.
"It's the smell on you, Bishop Uncle, didn't you sense it, that odor from the heart, [] stench."
10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure♛
Contempt, disgust, ridicule, disdain...
Negative emotions formed a deep vortex in those jade-like pupils, the hero gazed at him with a look the cruising bishop had never seen, even imagined.
Could she also show such an expression? As though looking down on ants, as though scorning everything, a wicked...
Before the cruising bishop recovered from the shock, the depraved hero curled her lips, with a [] smile, watching the stunned man.
10. Critical Success/Extreme Failure
"So stinky, too stinky."
Although her eyes were full of malice, her tone filled with disdain, the hero's smile was incredibly gentle.
"Sit down, Bishop Uncle, the tea is ready." Her steps light, like a delicate dance, yet steadily holding the tea tray, she came before the cruising bishop.
Seeing that contradictory and divided expression, the cruising bishop couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
"...Miss Hero, you..." he spoke cautiously, his tone full of hesitation and unease.
He knew the hero sometimes entered an abnormal state due to the hollow curse, having witnessed it more than once, but he had never heard of such a dramatic change in personality.
It seemed the hero paid no attention to his unease, first elegantly placing the tea tray on the coffee table, then turned her petite body around and fell backward, sinking into the soft sofa.
The spoon in the cup continued to stir gently under the control of magic power.
"This is jasmine tea with honey added, do you know the flower language of jasmine?"
The hero raised her head, gazing at the cruising bishop with an innocent look.
"Loyalty, respect, purity... and charm.
" Hehe, it's really nice."
The girl chuckled softly, her tone like a whisper, eyes tinged with enchanting crimson at the corners.
"Isn't this how you see me too?"
[Hero activated skill: Innocence]
2d121+30=d121(91)+d121(96)+30=217
"Sit down, Bishop Uncle, let's have a good chat."
[Cruising Bishop LV51]
[Cruising Bishop's Resistance (Above 130+, above Innocence success)]
D168+d92=d168(36)+d92(1)=37