chsdbacks Chapter 469 Miss Luo Qixi Recovering from Illness
Chapter 469 Miss Luo Qixi Recovering from Illness
Chapter 469 Miss Luo Qixi Recovering from Illness
Broly didn't know what to eat when he had a cold, but he had a mouth to ask.
So he quickly got a variety of answers from the stall owners he met at the market.
After selecting some reliable answers, Broly began purchasing ingredients and then went home to cook.
Luo Qixi, who had already gone back to bed to rest, was awakened by a unique fragrance.
When she opened her eyes, the boy was already waiting for her beside her, carrying a clay pot and a bowl.
"What is this? It has a very peculiar smell."
Luo Qixi asked weakly; her forehead was hot and she had a slight fever.
"This is porridge, and I added some mugwort to it."
I've inquired around, and many people recover quickly from a cold by eating some mugwort.
"The herbs used in the warming medicine... I remember this one. It doesn't seem cheap, does it?"
"It's very cheap. This bundle only costs six Lanoah copper coins."
Broly gestured the amount of his famous hand, while Loki's expression was somewhat subtle.
As a raw material for popular medicines in the three northern kingdoms, Artemisia argyi has a high yield and a high price.
If six large Lanoah copper coins are cheap, only a rich person could say that.
"Didn't you try to negotiate the price with the person who sold you this?"
"without."
Broly doesn't have the habit of haggling, especially after teaming up with Alster, he no longer worries about not having enough money.
"This small handful of herbs can actually be bought for only 4 copper coins. Although this amount of money may not be much to you, you have a long life ahead of you, so being a little more careful with your money will do you good."
Loki was a bit long-winded. Despite being petite, she gave off the feeling of a doting mother. Broly felt that the girl was somewhat similar to Master Aqua, but definitely not like Master Aqua.
If Aqua is a geyser that can erupt at any moment, or a sea with unpredictable weather, then Loki is a babbling brook, where you never have to worry about flash floods. When you're with her, she's always so gentle and considerate of others.
"I'll definitely do it next time."
Broly nodded in agreement, then ladled out a bowl of hot porridge, picked up the spoon, and asked the girl, "Do you want me to feed you?"
"No need, I'll do it myself."
Luo Qixi hesitated for a moment before refusing. Her pride wouldn't allow her to be fed by a child.
Broly did not insist and placed the bowl in the demon girl's hands.
"So warm."
Holding the bowl in both hands, Luo Qixi said.
"This isn't warm, be careful it's hot."
Broly offered a reminder.
"Yes, I know."
The girl swept her braided hair behind her back and carefully blew on it to drink the porridge.
The misty, slightly flushed demon girl blowing air as she drinks porridge—every frame of it could be a wallpaper.
If you add the boy sitting on the edge of the bed, supporting his chin with one hand, tilting his head and watching her blow on the porridge intently, the scene becomes even more heartwarming.
After finishing a pot of hot porridge, Luo Qixi's forehead was slightly sweaty, and she felt a little more energetic.
However, she felt a little uncomfortable after the boy returned with the dishes.
"Broly..."
"What's wrong?"
"Are you really going to sit here and watch me all day?"
The demon girl, wrapped in a blanket, asked the question.
"I have to take care of you."
The girl's face turned even redder, perhaps because she was sick and therefore unusually sensitive to gazes.
"I know, but it bothers me that you keep staring at me."
As Luo Qixi spoke, she subconsciously wrapped the blanket around herself tighter, but this was by no means a sign of disgust at the boy's gaze. It was just that if she didn't do this, a faint sense of shame would linger in her heart, making her feel ashamed.
"Oh, I know that. It's like reading a book; you don't like someone staring at you while you're reading."
Broly immediately looked away, and Loki breathed a sigh of relief, but the room soon fell into another kind of eerie silence.
Luo Qixi gradually became able to hear her own breathing and heartbeat. Unlike before, when she could immerse herself in the world of books, there were no books for her to read here now.
"Broly..."
Luo Qixi called the boy's name again.
"Um?"
Broly responded with a comment, but did not turn around.
"Could you share with me what it's like to be home alone?"
Luo Qixi asked the question, partly to break the silence, but also because she was curious about the boy's life when he was alone.
How do I live alone at home?
Broly repeated the question, pondering how to answer it.
"You can look at me now."
Luo Qixi noticed that the boy kept turning his head away from her, which made her speechless but also a little amused. She couldn't help but remind him.
"oh."
Broly looked over, already having a plan in mind.
"The thing I did most at home, when I first settled here, was probably cleaning the house."
Back then, thieves would often come to his house, and cleaning up their trash was what he did most of the time.
It was only because so many people disappeared here that the thieves operating in the Sharia region were generally aware of the dangers here, which is why fewer and fewer people came here.
"And now?"
Luo Qixi didn't suspect anything; after all, the house was very clean, which she had just checked.
"What I do most right now is think about how to make you, Luo Qixi, happier every day."
Broly was telling the truth.
"Huh?!"
Luo Qixi's eyes widened, and she asked, "Are you kidding me?"
No.
"So, you try so hard to make me happy every day?"
"Uh, we don't have that either."
"Um?"
The demon girl became even more confused by his denial.
"Because you don't need to be teased, Luo Qixi. You're happy when we eat together every day, you're happy when we read together, and you're even happy when you share with me that you've become a Water Saint-level mage, and when you give me gifts..."
Broly recounted how Lokishi's happiness level had increased, causing the demon girl listening to bury her head under the covers.
This kind of observation diary-like description is really a bit unfair. It was supposed to be about living alone, but it's all about my situation. What's going on?
It would be better if it were bigger...
The demon girl secretly glanced at the boy who was talking incessantly about the contents of his happy observation diary, and couldn't help but think to herself.
"By the way, Luo Qixi, what about you? How is your life living alone?"
Before Broly finished speaking, Loki remained silent, her face flushed as she hid under the covers. Only after Broly finished speaking and asked the question did she peek out halfway.
"Well, I've always been studying, but before that, I was actually an adventurer."
The demon girl also told her story. Because she didn't have the telepathic abilities of the Migrudia race since she was a child, she felt out of place and an outsider compared to the others in the village. When she met a female magician who was passing through the village, she asked her to teach her magic.
"Bradickand was my first magic teacher, and he was also an excellent adventurer and a very famous writer."
I didn't want to spend my whole life in that unchanging, lifeless village, so I left alone when I was 14. I originally wanted to ask my teacher to take me with me, but she left first...
After leaving the village, Luo Qixi encountered deception, extortion, and blackmail, things that were commonplace in the Demon Continent.
Fortunately, the girl was quite lucky and met three great teammates who formed an adventurer team, transforming her from a naive little girl into a mature adventurer.
"Back then, we were just like many other adventurer teams eager to make a name for ourselves, wanting to become incredibly skilled adventurers. The result was that we accepted missions beyond our capabilities, and our leader was crushed to death by a landslide boulder..."
"Luo Qixi".
"I'm fine. These things happened a long time ago. It's just that I feel a little sad when I think about them now."
Because of the death of her companion, the team disbanded, and Luo Qixi remained silent for a while.
"It wasn't until I saw ships bound for other continents in Winn Harbor that I remembered what Professor Bradikand once told me about the scenery she saw on her travels that was different from the Magic Continent, and the endless rice paddies of her hometown. That made me want to see those sights too..."
This was Luo Qixi's initial motivation for traveling, followed by the girl's stories during her journey. Luo Qixi only picked out the interesting and important parts to tell.
In these adventures, her magic was praised by others, and it became her means of livelihood until she arrived in the Kingdom of Asura and met her former mentor.
As for what happened next, Broly had no idea since the demon girl was already asleep.
The day passed quickly, and Luo Qixi, who was asleep, was fed water several times in a daze.
Those were all fed to her by Broly when she felt thirsty.
When I was fully awake again, it was already evening.
In front of her, there was another pot of mugwort porridge.
Compared to the porridge in the morning, there were some side dishes on the side, all of which are things that are good for stimulating the appetite when you have a cold.
Luo Qixi's fever had subsided, and she had a great appetite, eating all the food the boy had prepared.
"Luo Qixi, do you want to take a bath? I heard that soaking in hot springs is helpful for colds. Although my house doesn't have a hot spring, it does have a bathtub. If you fill it with hot water, it's similar to a hot spring."
The demon girl sniffed. Although the smell wasn't strong, she still had a slight odor due to sweating, so she didn't object.
"Do you need a back scrub? I'm really good at it."
Perhaps their relationship had deepened during today's conversation, because by the time Luo Qixi realized what was happening, she was already soaking in the bathtub.
Next to him was a boy with a white towel tied around his waist. He was even more muscular than when he was dressed, with a surprisingly firm physique.
But that wasn't what Luo Qixi was most concerned about. What she was most concerned about was the fluffy tail wrapped around the boy's waist. She really hadn't expected the boy to be a beastman.
Of course, Broly explained that he was a Saiyan, but Loki had never heard of this race and assumed it was a branch of the beastmen.
Before Broly could add all sorts of supposedly good-for-cold ingredients to the bath, Loki stopped him in time.
"Are you preparing to make soup or take a bath?"
Broly had no choice but to abandon his idea of adding something to the bath water after the demon girl refused.
"Luo Qixi, I also know some massage techniques. Would you like to try it? It might help with your cold."
However, he had another idea, and after the girl had warmed up her body, he asked her some questions.
"Huh?"
Luo Qixi didn't understand what he meant by massage techniques, so Broly swam up behind her, grabbed her shoulders with his two small hands, and started massaging the acupoints on them.
"Woo~"
In an instant, Luo Qixi's body shuddered, as if she had been electrocuted, and the pores on her skin opened up.
"Who did you learn all this from?"
The intense stimulation caused Luo Qixi to react rather strongly. The demon girl, now shrank back, wrapped in a white bath towel, and hid in the corner of the bathtub to ask the question.
"My master."
Who is your master?
"Her name is Aqua. She taught me my massage techniques, though I've improved them since."
Broly answered honestly.
"Is it a woman?"
"She's a goddess."
"She must be very beautiful, right?"
"It's very beautiful."
Broly nodded.
Where is she now?
Luo Qixi felt that after she recovered from her illness, she needed to find the other party and have a serious talk about what the other party had taught Broly.
"She's not in this world, she's in another world."
Upon hearing this, Luo Qixi was stunned. Was he already dead?!
"sorry."
"Hey, why are you suddenly apologizing to me?"
"Broly, you must miss your master very much, right?"
"Well, now that you mention it, I do miss it a little."
Broly nodded. Given the length of time he had spent in this world, Aqua was indeed a master he hadn't contacted in a long time.
"Speaking of which, Luo Qixi, you and my master are a bit alike. You both have blue hair and are both skilled in water magic."
"Would it help ease your longing if I let you massage me?"
Luo Qixi asked the question.
"I think it should be okay?"
Broly is also unsure.
"Then, you can come."
Luo Qixi moved closer again, turning her back to the boy in the bathtub.
Broly couldn't understand why the girl would suddenly shrink into a corner and then come back to massage him.
However, since things have come to this point, let's proceed with caution.
"Ugh~"
Although I hadn't done massages for many years, I wasn't too rusty when I did it again.
The demon girl's body quickly softened in his hands, and she let out suppressed sounds of pleasure.
Unbeknownst to her, the large towel was floating on the water, while Luo Qixi's body went limp, her hands gripping the edge of the bathtub, her breathing heavy and labored.
"Alright, I've regulated your Qi and blood."
Broly clapped his hands, looking very satisfied with his masterpiece.
. . . .
The next day, when Rene ran over to see Loki, she saw the demon girl leaning against the headboard, being fed breakfast by the boy with a spoon.
"It seems he's taking good care of you!"
The white catgirl, not following the usual path, jumped in through the window and said to Loki.
I was careless; I didn't dodge, and the scene of being fed was witnessed.
Luo Qixi blushed and quickly took the soup spoon to eat by herself.
"She's still a bit weak, and I want to take care of her for a while longer."
"Ha, I just came to see her, not to take her back. Little Luo Qixi can stay here as long as she wants."
The white catgirl didn't care at all. If she really felt lonely, she could just come over here and sleep on the floor.
"I'll go back as soon as I'm better!"
This cold required Luo Qixi to rest for three days, and during those three days of being cared for, her happiness level increased by more than twenty points.
On her last night at Broly's house, as she was preparing to return to her school dormitory, the Crystal Love jewelry at Wood Workshop was completed after more than a month.
(End of this chapter)