Chapter 74 Back to Deep Stone City (1/2)

Rhode opened his eyes.

He had no choice but to admit that it was probably the best sleep he got after leaving Deep Stone City. The feeling of letting everything go and focus on relaxing was indeed quite addictive; it was particularly so when he had a comfortable and fluffy 'pillow' under his head which emitted a light fragrance.

After waking up, the first thing Rhode saw was Marlene's sleeping face. Her exhaustion was quite evident. She leaned against the pillar, eyes closed, with her hands on her knees. The light spell that she previously cast had already dispersed, and only the orange glow from the torch was left.

Rhode slowly sat up, but when he pushed his left hand against the floor, he realized that the sensation was quite peculiar. Subconsciously, he turned his head and looked at his hand. When he noticed the five 'carrots' which was supposed to be his fingers, he became utterly speechless.

As expected of a noble young lady...

Rhode sighed and shook his head helplessly.

He proceeded on to remove the bandage and discovered that the gash on his palm was almost fully healed. Whatever his race was, the self-healing ability was off the charts. If he were an ordinary human, perhaps this gash wouldn't recover even if he gave it two weeks.

At this moment, Marlene's eyelashes fluttered.

”Mmm...”

She made a soft groan and opened her eyes. Both her and Rhode's eyes connected.

Rhode chose not to avoid her eyes and returned her gaze. After interacting with her for the past few days, he had discovered some interesting thing about her. For example, she had low blood pressure.

For a mage, lightheadedness wasn't a good thing.

Frankly, when Rhode first found out about this, he was quite shocked. He wanted to wake Marlene up from her dream, but she hugged him tightly in her arms. Although she appeared quite fragile on the outside, Rhode knew how powerful her spells were. If it weren't for her being stuck in a dream, most likely she would've blasted him to death already. Furthermore, what was even more frightening was that she didn't remember anything about it!

(ED: I rearranged a few paragraphs so that you guys can understand better. But IMO, it's still quite confusing in the original TL and raws. What does it have to do with low blood pressure lol? I'm just guessing that the author is referring to lightheadedness, one of the symptoms of low blood pressure.)

From that moment on, Rhode decided to keep a distance from her — especially before she woke up.

Even now, both her eyes were blank, as though she was under hypnotism. She resembled an obedient doll, and in addition to her exquisite face, her current state could easily drive a male to act on their primal instincts.

But Rhode knew, that if anybody did that, they'd be dead in the next moment.

Because, the very next moment, her body began to sway like a pendulum.

One.

Two.

Three.

A short, stifled scream left her mouth.

”Ahhh!” Marlene's formerly sleepy eyes snapped open when she noticed Rhode staring at her. ”M-Mr. Rhode, are you awake already?”

Seems like she's finally awake.

”Good morning, Ms. Marlene.”

Rhode waved his hand to greet her.

”It looks like you had a nice dream.”

”Well... I did not have much sleep last night,” Marlene replied helplessly.

She swept her gaze around the area, but she then realized that it was underground, so she wasn't able to tell the time.

Marlene attempted to stand up, but her legs felt numb and she fell to the floor with a bump. ”Ah, so painful…”

”Get ready to move out. We are returning to Deep Stone City.”

”Okay...” Marlene lowered her head when she replied, apparently she was still quite embarrassed.

She stood up once again and made her way to the crystalline gem before picking it up and shoving into her storage. Suddenly, Marlene thought of something. She walked towards Rhode and took out a few objects from her pocket.

”That's right, these things...”

”What are these?”

”According to you, it would be referred to as 'loots.'”

She'd finally reverted to her usual self.