Chapter 157: The Bloodstone (1/2)

Calvin stared in shock at the transparent window and a bitter smile soon appeared on his face.

'Damn it... She really did design the Emperor's Commandment to be similar to a game's system! There's even a quest function!'

'But as far as I could remember, quests should have rewards for completion. I wonder what kind of reward would a Goddess give for an S-Tier Quest. Speaking of S-Tier, this is an incredibly high difficulty of a quest for a newbie like me. What is the basis for this difficulty measurement? Is it the dangers lurking in the Village of Tulog? That should be it...'

Calvin gave it a thought and the S-Tier Quest: Exodus was immediately accepted. He willed to open the quest information but he was floored to discover that the quest information tab only had these words in it.

[Uncover the secrets of the Village of Tulog and free the villagers from the curse of sleeplessness.]

[Bonus: If you gain at least five followers during this quest, you will be able to receive bonus rewards!]

'That's it?!' Calvin almost wanted to directly jump into the heavenly abode of the Goddess Grace and give her a good scolding.

The quest's difficulty is incredibly high, and since she should've been able to see through the secrets of this village with just a glance, she should've provided Calvin with more information regarding this quest, so the quest wouldn't be so hard on him.

But Calvin shook his head.

The quest wouldn't have the S-Tier difficulty anymore if he did receive the help of Grace.

Only without her help could this quest possibly have that estimated difficulty.

But Calvin was asking in his heart.

Just what was the purpose behind this quest function?

If she wanted to give him some benefits, she could've just sent it over to him directly instead of opening this quest function.

But maybe...

Calvin had a theory.

However, a theory was just a theory until it was proven otherwise.

The Goddess Grace might've created this quest function so that there would be a reasonable reason for her to give Calvin some rewards and benefits without arousing the suspicions of the other gods.

What's more, if she gave him rewards this way it would be far easier for her to explain everything to the others when they start questioning her.

Calvin was so focused on his thoughts that he somehow forgot about the existence of Madame Liz who was still waiting for his reply as she stood there bowing in his direction.

When Madame Liz noticed that Calvin was taking too long in his reply, she raised her head and coincidentally saw him shaking his head in disapproval.

Madame Liz let out a sigh.

A bitter smile spread on her lips as she said, ”My request is indeed too great of a burden for someone that we just met. Still, I would like to express to you my gratitude for listening to my woes. I feel like a thorn has been picked off from my chest. I feel relieved that someone is finally able to listen to me.”

Madame Liz smiled gently, similar to a genial old woman next door.

Then, she turned around and went over to her daughter.

”Wait...”

Calvin turned to look at Madame Liz with a frown.

”Why are you going away?”

”Hmm? Young man, I thought you were refusing my earnest request?”

”What? Who says I'm refusing... I was thinking about something else.”

”Ah...” Madame Liz's lips repeatedly twitched as a bitter smile surfaced on her lips. 'How dare this boy think about something else when I was out here wearing my heart in my sleeves telling him everything that had happened to me and my daughter in the past!' Madame Liz felt somewhat angry and neglected, but she was still thankful that Calvin wasn't actually refusing her request.

It was because— even though she didn't really mind if Calvin refused her request since she knew the difficulty of the endeavor.

She would still be disappointed if he refused since Calvin was the perfect person to help her in her plight. To be honest, if she wasn't just so uptight and upright, then she would've already forced Calvin to accept her requests by planting a curse in his body or something.

But Madame Liz just wasn't that kind of a person, and she knew to respect a person's decision.

”I accept your request, and I will see to it that it will be fulfilled. But I have my own conditions, so do not be happy yet.” Calvin said.

Madame Liz smiled, ”What is it? I'll do my best to fulfill your conditions as long as you are willing to accept my request.”

Calvin nodded his head and he turned to look at the half-bodied woman behind Madame Liz.

”I want your daughter.”

”All right, that is not a... pardon?”

Madame Liz happily agreed, but she froze when she realized something wrong.

”You...”

”You want my daughter?!”

”Yup...” Calvin nodded with a smile.

”You... What are you talking about? My daughter is a Specter, she can't possibly be with the living!”

”Hmmm?” Calvin stared at her in confusion. But seeing the embarrassed look on Madame Liz's face and the fidgeting half-bodied woman right behind her who seemed to be in the same mood as Madame Liz. Calvin finally understood what Madame Liz was talking about. He hurriedly waved his hands in the air and patiently explained.

”No, no, no... Madame... You are misunderstanding something here!”

”I have no untoward intentions whatsoever towards your daughter!”

”I just want her to accompany me so that it'll be easier for me to locate her lower body! After all, it is her own lower body. There should be a degree of resonance between her and her lower body once they are close enough to each other.”

Calvin's explanation was cut and dry.

Madame Liz heard it nice and clear and the realization that she made such a blunder made her embarrassed once more. The half-bodied woman behind her was also seemingly stunned as she floated there left to right as if she was a leaf in the middle of turbulent winds.

The reactions of the two to the misunderstanding was quite amusing. But since Calvin was never a man without daintiness, he only let out a smile and kept his thoughts to himself.

”All right, I will let my daughter go with you... It's not like she resents the villagers in the village. She only detests that young man for deceiving her. I am sure that you know what I am talking about, right?” Madame Liz stared at Calvin in a meaningful gaze.

”Yeah...”