VIP Chapter 151: Radiant Knights
Will wanted to curse the captain, who always showed up to shoot people at critical moments, but seeing his good captain’s face, he couldn’t say anything.
Because…
Embarrassingly, he looked too “pure.”
He was wearing a black uniform and a matching military cap. However, the uniform wasn’t Entak’s traditional military attire; it looked more like “cosplay.”
He held a silver flintlock in his hand – at this time, it could only be loot dug up from a dungeon.
His golden short hair looked very neat, and he appeared to be a bit older than Will, with a face so sunny that it would appeal to the young girls at school.
But…
His expression, no matter how you looked at it, seemed like that of a complete idiot.
Where did this blond idiot knight character come from?!
As the saying goes, you don’t hit a smiling person…
Looking at his face and expression, Will felt that he had indeed come to rescue them.
However…
He felt that such a character was very “familiar,” as if… he had appeared in the original work before?
“Are you injured? Over here, we have the best priests. If it’s just a minor burn, it will heal quickly.”
For example, right now…
He truly believed he had come to save them!
“Uh… yes, actually, we…”
Just as Will was about to explain, Shuna stopped him, standing in front of him.
While doing so, Shuna seized the opportunity to toss the box in her hand into the barely vanished corpse of the BOSS, which hadn’t yet turned into loot.
Since it was done from behind, only Will could see it.
“There’s no need. I know some priest skills too.”
Will felt…
That Shuna was inexplicably resistant to this person after seeing him, like a startled cat.
She stared at the blond idiot in front of her with considerable caution.
“Don’t tell me… you’ve already defeated the BOSS, or at least left it with very little health?”
“Yes, that’s exactly what you’re thinking.”
Shuna deliberately turned her body, staying in his blind spot so he couldn’t see the box at her feet.
While doing so, she subtly indicated with her eyes to Will.
Will was confused for a moment.
But she threw the box on the ground first…
Then put on a scowl for this person…
Will understood.
Although he didn’t know why she held such strong hostility towards the person in front of them…
Will knew his own intuition wasn’t reliable, but he was quite confident in Shuna’s intuition.
If she wanted to conceal the existence of the box and take it as loot, she needed to make the other party give up the loot…
For that, the best method was to put the other party in a disadvantageous position in terms of public opinion.
“It took us so much effort to bring him to his last breath—”
Will deliberately rubbed his arm against a nearby pile of rubble, creating a small wound.
Mainly…
If the two of them stood there, perfectly clean, claiming to have defeated the BOSS, it would seem too fake.
“See? You guys show up now and steal our credit?!”
He displayed the wound.
“Alright…”
The captain sighed.
He placed his hand over his heart and bowed respectfully to the two of them in apology.
“I, Ribel, on behalf of the ‘Radiant Knights,’ apologize to you. Please understand… we were truly in a rush to rescue. After all, it’s the first time we’ve seen a rescue team trapped inside, and reinforcements sent to help also didn’t make it out…”
“It’s not that we can’t understand. It’s just… since you made a mistake…”
Shuna retracted the dagger in her hand.
Will understood Shuna’s implied cooperation: this was the time to strike!
He spoke:
“Ahem, then you should give us some compensation. For example… the loot from this dungeon?”
According to the Adventurer’s Guild rules, if multiple teams clear a dungeon without any prior agreement, the loot is to be divided equally.
However, Shuna and Will clearly didn’t want the other party to see the loot.
“Loot…”
Ribel raised his head and looked at the Emperor of Rock Fire Iron Wall behind them, which had already completely disappeared. The loot left behind seemed to be just a pile of red iron blocks – a fitting response to the name “Iron Wall.”
“Oh, I understand. The Radiant Knights are here for rescue, and we don’t care about the loot from a B-rank dungeon. You can take it all, and consider it our apology.”
He finished speaking.
He then flashed a perfect, ultimate sunny smile and bowed lightly once more.
“I hope this leaves you with a good impression, and that I haven’t ruined a romantic dungeon crawl for you two.”
His concession was swift.
It caught Will and Shuna off guard – oh, and they only just realized if he thought the two of them were a couple on a date?!
Although dungeons were now sometimes treated as “tourist attractions,” and couples did come here for dates… his misunderstanding was quite normal.
More importantly, his concession and wording were highly skilled.
Radiant Knights… Will recognized the name; they were a fairly well-known adventuring team.
Who exactly was he? He looked no older than himself, but his demeanor was mature, and his adventuring team was strong.
Most importantly…
Will felt a strange sense of familiarity from him.
“Fine, we’ll tentatively accept your apology.”
Shuna crossed her arms, still playing the “villain.”
“Then, what about your injuries…”
“This… about this…”
Upon hearing this, Shuna directly reached out, pulled Will’s arm over somewhat roughly, then stuck out her tongue and gently licked the scratch he had just made.
Unlike Iaar’s gentle, dog-like lick, Shuna’s tongue seemed aggressive, and it even stung a little as it grazed the wound.
Wait?!
What was Shuna doing?!
Will forced a calm expression, his pupils widening as he watched Shuna bend down and then lift her head, sticking out her pink tongue and provocatively rubbing his arm a couple more times.
“We don’t want outsiders to solve this. Right?”
Shuna smiled, her first smile since Captain Ribel had entered.
“Dear~?”
!!!
Will’s brain began to race, and then he understood Shuna’s intention—
Because Ribel mistakenly believed they were a couple, and his wound was “manufactured on the spot,” Shuna had to play along to prevent him from discovering the truth.
Moreover, with such intimacy between them, the other party would surely leave quickly out of awkwardness.
As expected of Shuna! She could come up with such a method so quickly!
“Yes!”
Will was pleased and decided to play along, extending his hand further, directly towards her mouth!
“Then, I’ll leave it to you. My, my, dear…”
My, the last few words sounded a bit unnatural…
“Mm. Well then, I hope you two have a pleasant day.”
Ribel bowed once more, then turned around and led the more than twenty people who had rushed in away.
