After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply

Aiko's voice was very soft.

But to everyone's ears, it sounded like a thunderbolt from the blue.

The room fell into silence, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Lin Da and the others were all stunned.

It seemed impossible.

After all, Aiko had proclaimed many times in public that she only saw Lin Da as a close friend.

Lia had also asked Aiko what she thought of Lin Da, and Aiko had replied that it was a relationship between ordinary old teammates.

"What, what are you talking about!" Lia was dumbfounded, "You must be lying, right? If you liked Lin Da, why didn't you say a word when I kicked him?"

Lulu's face was full of vigilance, and she grabbed Lin Da's hand as a warning.

Lin Da... was the most shocked.

He hadn't felt that Aiko's attitude towards him was anything special; they hadn't even touched hands in three years.

Every man has a special ability: to sense whether or not girls like them. When the thought "does she like me?" occurs, nine out of ten times it's accurate.

But up till now, aside from his own teammates, Lin Da had never had such an intuition from anyone else.

Especially Aiko, least of all!

"It's true, I didn't lie to you!"

Aiko's face turned as red as a monkey's butt.

On one hand, she felt the shame of being executed in public, and on the other, Aiko worried that her 'lie' would be exposed and she felt compelled to embellish details of this emotion to make Lin Da and the others believe her.

"I didn't realize it until Lin Da left the team, but it was precisely because he left that I understood!"

Aiko reasoned, "You see, my cooking skills, they were all practiced for Lin Da!"

"Adding Chunyang Flower pollen to the chicken soup, I just hoped to take my relationship with Lin Da a step further. You all blaming me, waaaah, it's so heartbreaking!"

Aiko bowed her head again to fake cry. But for some reason, the teardrops in her eyes began to flow down without her needing to think about sad things.

Lia was the first to believe her, hesitantly saying, "You... you... this isn't right, you're a member of Snow Goose, and as the team leader, I forbid you from dating."

You're overstepping your bounds, aren't you!?

In her heart, Aiko bitterly cursed Lia as a 'love loser,' someone who failed in love yet wished to drag others down with her.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Lulu said, "I object."

Aiko: ?

Who asked you?

So what if you have a tail and more ways to play? What can you really do?

Lulu's face turned icy, "Lin Da has no interest in dealing with women; his energy will be devoted to adventuring."

That's nonsense.

Aiko was indignant in her heart, looking at her own big white thigh-highs, thinking they'd have Lin Da all confused with desire; how could anyone be indifferent to the opposite sex and focus solely on adventuring?

Lin Da's Holy Sword spoke of someone definitely interested in the opposite sex! Once he became her slave, he might well beg six or seven times a night and not let his master sleep.

But Lin Da's voice shattered Aiko's fantasy.

"Lulu is right."

Lin Da slowly said, "With the Demon King about to break the Seal, and my own sister has turned into a lackey for the Demons, with such a formidable enemy at hand, I can't afford to focus on other matters."

"Aiko, I know you're a good person, and I hope you will concentrate on the right things in the future and earnestly assist Snow Goose."

After listening, Aiko felt a sudden pang in her heart: What did he mean, her 'confession' just got rejected by Lin Da?

Although it was a fake 'confession,' Lin Da's response to her was real.

That is to say, even if Aiko had confessed her feelings honestly, she would still have been rejected by Lin Da!

The cheek of Lin Da to actually reject her!

Aiko's face went pale as snow.

As a genius Mage, she had never experienced such a painful defeat in her life.

She said resentfully, "Fine, I understand your mind is on adventuring right now. But what about after the adventuring is over? Once you've dealt with the Demon King and Lin Xi, you'll have to find your own Oath-bound, won't you?"

Lin Da thought for a moment, then nodded, "Yes."

Aiko said, "By then, I can barely qualify as your Oath-bound."

This left Lia dumbfounded once again.

Lin Da shook his head, "Oath-bound are usually found within one's own team, companions who have been through life and death together. There's no one more trustworthy than them."

Aiko: ...

It made her feel like offering to lower her status and join the Phoenix Tail Flower!

"But I suggest, don't limit your options to your own team," Lia said, straining to get the words out all at once.

Lin Da, puzzled: "Why not?" Continue your story on empire

"Because... there might be better ones outside, more impressive or something..." Lia didn't even understand what she was babbling.

Looking at Lia, Lin Da suddenly remembered something, "When I was 'poisoned,' it seemed like..."

If Aiko and Lulu hadn't arrived on the scene, the situation might have ended up with Lia mustering the Snow Goose crew with great pomp, forcing him to take responsibility.

Lia's ears turned a bit red as she stubbornly said, "Don't overthink it, actually, nothing happened."

Lin Da breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good then."

He felt as if he'd avoided some troublesome matter and instantly relaxed.

Seeing Lin Da's reaction, Lia inexplicably became angry.

It was like dealing with a sticky piece of gum on her shoe, something to be wary of stepping on.

No one asked if Aiko was hurt, even Lia, who stood by Aiko's side, felt that it was a bed of Aiko's own making.

To everyone else, Lin Da was just a regular teammate, yet she actually thought to use such deceitful methods to gain Lin Da's favor.

How was that any different from the despicable Elves in the tavern who targeted patrons' money?

Lia crossed her arms and put on her captain's airs: "Aiko, you'd better apologize. If this gets reported to the Law Enforcement Bureau, you could be locked up for several months, which would delay Snow Goose's strategy progress."