Chapter 67
This was no longer a simple sparring match. After a desperate struggle, Lian Qi defeated the Little Overlord of the Silver Spear, and the audience below the stage erupted.
I saw that in the VIP section, Student Council President Allen Oniste could no longer sit still. With Wood and Ivan defeated by Lian Qi one after the other, he had truly become a “lone king.” And those girls in Ivan’s harem group were all dumbfounded. Ivan had probably called them there to cheer for him, right? But instead, he lost so pathetically.
The Little Overlord of the Silver Spear, Ivan, was a squandered genius. Having lost his drive due to the Demon King’s reign of terror, he was finally defeated by Lian Qi, who desperately wants to defeat the Demon King. In my opinion, such an outcome is quite dramatic.
I hope he can reflect properly after being beaten by Lian Qi. As someone with more magic talent than most, he set a very bad example.
“Look at you, you were reckless again.”
Afterward, we returned to the dorm. Looking at her covered in wounds, I felt both distressed and helpless.
“Couldn’t be helped. The stage was covered in silver spears. I didn’t even have a place to stand, let alone dodge,” Lian Qi said to me in a small voice, sitting on the sofa.
“What am I going to do with you? Did you really have to try so hard?” I said helplessly.
“Hmph. I just got angry seeing him. He actually said ‘life is short, might as well pick up girls’.” Lian Qi turned her face to the side, pouting. “Fei’er, you’re a girl too. Don’t you despise him for saying that?”
“…Of course I despise him.”
Ahem, well, actually, even as a boy, I’d still find it laughable.
“That’s why I had to teach him a harsh lesson to vent my anger.”
I smiled. Although I was just a spectator, it did seem really satisfying to use explosion magic to teach an enemy a lesson. Especially when a punch is followed immediately by an explosion.
“Here.” I then handed her the light green, flat, round box containing alchemical ointment.
“What is this? EL Encounter Series body cream?” Lian Qi asked, frowning.
“What are you talking about? This is alchemical ointment. Apply it to your injuries, and they’ll heal quickly.”
“Where did you get it?”
“I asked my adventurer sisters for it yesterday.” I said, smiling smugly— “See? My trip out was very productive, you know.”
I had been thinking for a while that I should get some alchemical potions for Lian Qi when I had the chance, so they could be useful when she gets injured. It’s better than me licking her wounds.
“Don’t think saying that will make me let you run off alone next time.”
“Uwaah…” I was on the verge of tears. Why do I feel like I’m completely trapped by her?
Lian Qi twisted open the lid, staring at the milky-white ointment inside and sniffing it curiously. She immediately showed a look of resistance.
“Eek. Just applying this will heal me?”
“That’s right.” I nodded earnestly.
“Then you apply it for me.”
“Eh, eh, eh???”
I froze. All the injuries Lian Qi sustained today are on her front, not her back! How can I bring myself to do it?
“What’s wrong? I’m just asking you to apply medicine for me. Besides, we’re both girls, what’s there to be afraid of?” Lian Qi said with an unnatural expression.
Er… The fact that I’m not a girl is precisely the problem.
Next, Lian Qi started taking off her clothes in front of me again—wait, why did I say again? Just how many times has she undressed in front of me, a boy!?
“Okay, you can apply it for me now.” She sat properly on the sofa, her gaze averted, a trace of shyness actually appearing on her cheeks.
“Um… I don’t know why, but seeing you like this makes me more flustered than with Qifeng…” I said with a weak laugh.
“Huh? Why? Because you grew up together, so you’re used to seeing her?”
“Because… seeing you is like looking in a mirror, so… it feels a little shameful.”
“Huh!? Are you saying I’m a washboard just like you!!!”
She pounced at me from the sofa, catching me off guard!
“Uwaah… Don’t just pounce on me while you’re naked!”
…
“Hmph.” Lian Qi let me go, sitting on the sofa with her arms crossed, sulking. To think she’d be bothered by that?
“My bad.”
After all, Lian Qi is a real girl. I was born losing on that front.
“Forget it, there’s nothing to compare. Hurry up and apply the medicine for me.”
“Yes, yes.”
I dabbed some of the milky-white, viscous ointment and gently applied it to her stomach. I chose her stomach because the injury from her first match hadn’t healed yet.
“Mm… It feels cool,” she said with a blush, her expression one of endurance. So cute.
Seeing that she wasn’t resisting, I further applied the medicine to her waist, shoulders, arms, and collarbone. I put a little on every place she was injured—oh! Her face too.
“Ew, it’s so sticky and gross.” Lian Qi sat with her hands clamped between her legs, looking at me with a blush and a face full of resistance. Covered in the milky-white, viscous ointment, she looked pitiful.
“Just bear with it.”
“I’d rather have you lick it.”
“…It’s too late to say that now.”
Could I really lick her whole body? Spare me. Holy Light didn’t grant me this special ability so I could use it like this!
I took out some gauze and wrapped it around her body, layer after layer. She sat there obediently the whole time, but… those amber eyes of hers were fixed on me.
“You’re really so devoted to me,” she murmured.
“It’s nothing.” I finally tied a knot in the gauze and clapped my hands, mission accomplished.
“There’s still a lot of ointment left. We can use it next time, but… it’s best if you don’t get injured.”
Lian Qi was silent. Catching me off guard, she dabbed a bit of the milky-white ointment from her chest and put it on the tip of my nose.
I froze— “What’s that for…!? My nose isn’t injured.”
“It’s your fault for smearing white liquid all over me. Just a little revenge.”
“…” I’m so helpless.
Just at that moment, someone knocked on the dorm room door!?
Lian Qi and I both jumped. She hasn’t even gotten dressed yet!
“Fei’er? Are you two in there?”
—Sister Aijieliya’s voice came from outside the door.
I made a “shh” gesture to Lian Qi, urging her to hurry up and get dressed while I went to open the door.