Chapter 40 - 38: Do you like my scent that much?

Something’s up?

Kael was momentarily stunned. He quickly checked the system records and finally found the entry in the roster of tools used to release hidden tasks from the Lord Mansion’s designated personnel, where a youth named Kroel had posted a record showing that Braised Donut and ILoveXiaoYi had taken on a task.

Hmm? ILoveXiaoYi? The name seemed vaguely familiar, oh, he remembered now. In his previous life, this guy had collaborated with their guild to tackle a very complex task.

At that time, Kael was so busy dealing with guild matters that Lao Cai didn’t dare disturb him, just mentioned it in passing and went off with a few experts to handle it.

After completing the task, Lao Cai even bragged about it while showing off some crayfish, praising the player whose nickname was ILoveXiaoYi.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

It’s just… the task was taken just today during the day, and they already discovered the hidden dangers? Truly worthy of Lao Cai’s praise.

He took a deep look at the nickname ILoveXiaoYi recorded on the panel.

In the notes section of the system panel, he found a subdirectory marked Outstanding Explorer Chives and added a new person to it.

Then he stood up and shook a bell.

Old White’s voice came from the door: "Young master?"

Kael said, "Grandpa White, call Hassaka over."

Old White’s voice paused for a moment outside the door, then quickly responded in a low voice: "Yes, young master, is there anything else that needs preparation?"

"No, just bring her over." Kael took a ceremonial sword from a carving on the study wall and hung it at his waist.

"All right, please wait a moment." Old White’s voice sounded a bit surprised.

However, he didn’t ask further and went to find the Chief Maid responsible for all the maids’ daily arrangements.

Unless necessary, he didn’t want to intrude on a lady’s private space directly; it wasn’t very elegant.

Let the Chief Maid handle it.

Oh right, should he remind the Chief Maid to tell Hassaka to wash herself clean before coming?

No, better not, what if Kael wanted it urgently… Anyway, there’s a bathroom in the study too, it should be fine.

…

Meanwhile, Kael, unaware of Old White’s thoughts, had no idea that in the old butler’s eyes, calling someone over turned into this scenario.

Probably because since Kael came to this world, most of his time was spent understanding the history of the Shenhwa Continent, reading the large collection of books left by his father in the study, and learning basic knowledge of spellcasting.

He even forgot that in this world where entertainment activities weren’t plentiful, the biggest activity at night was always bedroom play and human transformations.

In Kael’s Lord Mansion, without ancestral elf treasures or Coral Palace caviar, the most agreeable things were probably a few pretty maids.

And this little maid Hassaka, being from the Snow Wolf Clan, had a keen sense of smell, fluffy tail fur, and looked pleasing to human aesthetics. Being called over unexpectedly in the middle of the night naturally made the old butler think that the young master had grown up.

However, Kael did indeed want to use her, but not in that way.

He needed Hassaka’s sense of smell.

Earlier, he had concocted the "Beacon," intending for players with the Undying Blessing to throw it onto others during fights with enemies.

This way, he could use the Snow Wolf Clan’s keen sense of smell to follow the scent of Queen Moli.

It’s just that Kael didn’t have the same versatile investigation skills as players, so he didn’t understand what his product was evaluated as by the system—

If he knew, he would never allow something like "The incubus’s scent is truly delightful" to happen.

But it was too late now, what needed to be done had to be done.

He glanced at the forum again and noticed that underneath the forum post, Braised Donut’s reply had started to stir up activity.

WantIceCream: "I was the first to arrive for a laugh!"

PastoralWen: "Though I must ask, can you tell me how you got the hidden task? Newbie asking for guidance, willing to love seniors!"

NoLazyCat: "Why did it turn out this way… For the first time, I found a game I liked; for the first time, I made true game friends.

These two pleasant things intertwined, and these two joys would bring me many more joys. It should have been a dreamy happy time, but why are your task-snatching moves so practiced!"

BraisedDonut: "@PastoralWen Honestly, hidden tasks aren’t great, too dangerous, one careless move and you’re dead. Look at us, we’re in death penalty time, it’ll take fifteen minutes to resurrect and log back in."

SleepsTillNoon: "Legendary, keep being legendary!"

EmperorHa: "Is what killed you still in the town? Need help? I’m just curious about what it was. Trust me, I won’t take your loot, just tagging along!"

…

Amid the dense comments, Kael quickly found what he wanted to know.

…

ILoveXiaoYi: "My suggestion is you better not go. Donut didn’t see how he died, isn’t very clear… That thing lunged, grabbed, twisted, and its speed was incredibly fast, totally beyond our level to challenge. Don’t believe me? Look at the picture. (image.jpg)"

WantIceCream: "Whoa, Donut Spinal Cord Sword!"

SleepsTillNoon: "You can even post this kind of picture, aren’t you afraid the forum admin will ban you!"

…

Kael didn’t mind.

After all, he had already experienced all this in his previous life.

After ten years of killing monsters from the Netherworld Gates, his heart had become as cold as a blade.

It’s just that this brutal and intimidating attack style vaguely gave him some guesses about who did it.

But before confirming, he still needed to investigate.

Just as he was thinking this, there came a knock at the door.

"Young master…"

"Grandpa White, contact the Rangers stationed in town, prepare for support, we might have caught a big fish."

Old White didn’t say much, just nodded and left Hassaka, whose beast ears were trembling with unease, standing at the door, unsure whether to go in.

Before she could decide, Old White reentered the room: "Young master, I’ve notified them. What should we do next?"

Kael looked at the Snow Wolf Clan little maid.

Hassaka was clearly not prepared for this scene, her snow-white wolf ears perked up, but soon drooped as if losing power.

Kael found it amusing, walked directly to Hassaka, and quietly looked at her.

The Snow Wolf Clan little maid’s nose twitched.

Sniff sniff~

Subconsciously, she wanted to lean closer to Kael.

But Kael flicked her forehead and snapped her out of it.

"Ow, that hurts…" Hassaka showed a pitiful expression.

Seeing how adorably silly the maid was, Kael couldn’t help but tease her in a slightly frivolous tone:

"You like my scent that much?"

Hassaka’s face turned scarlet in a flash, and the fine hair on her ears stood up. She lowered her head, not daring to raise her face, wishing she could flee from Lancaster at light speed.

"The thing you did, I’ll let it slide, but naughty girls must be punished. Later, you’ll come with me to see if there are traces of my scent left anywhere in this town, okay?"

"Okay~" The little maid Hassaka squirmed a bit, whispering.

…

Elsewhere.

In a dark corner of Titan Town.

A burly man, tall and hairy, threw the Donut Spinal Cord Sword to the ground.

From the shadows behind him, a small giant with a physique even more massive stepped forward, tossing the corpse of ILoveXiaoYi, whose head was crushed, to the ground, speaking in a strange language that humans couldn’t understand:

"Have we been discovered?"