Chapter 61: What on earth are these dumb teammates thinking?
In the large private room, Elrose and Luna sat on one side, while the Storm Guild sat on the other, both sides looking at each other in silence, as if waiting for something.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and Bacht hurried over to Elrose’s side, gently placing the item in his hand in front of her: “Miss Elrose, here’s your supreme bucket of ice cream.”
Elrose’s eyes lit up, and she quickly tore off the packaging, revealing the colorful ice cream inside.
She swallowed hard: “Wow, this ice cream looks amazing, Luna, it feels incredible!”
“It does look impressive,” Luna said, equally surprised. “The supreme ice cream bucket from the Oterlan family isn’t supposed to be available unless reserved three days in advance, right?”
“Oh, about that, the owner of Oterlan is an acquaintance of mine, so I get a bit of a favor,” Bacht replied.
“Really? The Garcean Family’s connections are still quite significant.”
“Haha, just a little.”
At this moment.
“Oh, oh, oh, this is so good!” Elrose exclaimed, holding the ice cream bucket in her left hand and a spoon in her right, savoring the deliciousness with a face full of bliss. “Not only is there ice cream inside, but also fruits, chocolate, and snacks—sweet and sour, it’s just fantastic!”
“Do you want to try some, Luna? It’s really delicious!”
“Huh? No, I’ll pass,” Luna said. To be honest, she felt extremely nervous looking at the intimidatingly fierce men across the room; she had no appetite.
She really couldn’t understand how Elrose could be so happy eating in this situation.
On the other side, the members of the Storm Guild were feeling miserable, like they were in dire straits.
What the hell are we even here for?
Weren’t we supposed to stir up some trouble?
How did it suddenly turn into watching a young girl eat snacks?
The key point was, they didn’t dare to leave early.
The members couldn’t help but turn their gaze toward their leader, Bardel Garcean.
At that moment, Bardel was cupping his face with his hands, his eyes dreamy, occasionally chuckling foolishly.
“Hey, hey, hey, what do you think Boss is thinking? Why does he look like a weirdo laughing?”
“Huh? You can’t see that?”
“See what?”
“That! You know, that.”
“Huh? What are you talking about? Can you speak plainly?”
“Tsk, you really are an idiot—did you have to be so vague?”
“It’s that! Boss is in love.”
“What did you just say?!” Member A faltered in shock.
“Dude, keep your voice down.”
“Oh, oh, got it. Wait, how did you figure that out?”
“Come on, isn’t it obvious? Otherwise, why do you think Henry was beaten by the Boss?”
“Huh? Didn’t Boss say it was for justice?”
“Shut your mouth, that’s just nonsense. You really believe that? Henry just has bad luck, and he got on the wrong side of our sister-in-law.”
“Oh, so that’s how it is?”
“Plus, remember how the Boss reacted when he first saw that girl? He was all excited and trembling.”
“Huh? I thought he was just being timid.”
“Timid? How could the Boss be timid? Remember the last time? The Demon Clan of the Saint Tier stood right in front of him, and he didn’t even flinch. What’s so scary about a cute girl?”
“Oh, right.”
“And this girl just wanted the Boss to get Henry a sundae, but the Boss went straight for a supreme bucket. Do you know how much that supreme bucket costs? A full twenty gold coins! That’s not spoiling him?”
“If that’s not enough, just take a look at Bacht’s eyes and his respectful attitude while talking to that girl. Besides the Boss, have you seen him treat anyone else so politely? He’s probably already thinking about his future young madam.”
“Oh my God, really? You guys are so smart.”
The younger members were getting more and more excited, but in reality, what they were saying had nothing to do with the truth.
Bardel truly felt nothing for Elrose; he was just smiling because he was remembering something happy. His earlier trembling was simply due to feeling timid.
And that so-called supreme bucket was merely Bacht taking matters into his own hands.
For nearly ten years, Bacht had been following his young master on adventures. He could tell with a glance that his young master had very special feelings for Elrose, and he understood why the young master had been in a bad mood these past few days—it turned out he was lovesick.
This made Bacht extremely excited.
Finding a suitable young lady for the young master was one of the major missions he was tasked with—it was a direct command from the Countess herself, as important as the young master’s life. So even if there was only the slightest possibility, he would never be negligent.
While Bacht and the younger members were frantically brainstorming, Bardel remained completely unaware.
He was feeling absolutely elated.
Elrose had touched him, but that evil spirit still hadn’t appeared, and he was still alive.
Surviving a catastrophe, what could be more joyful than this?
As the saying goes, “Survive great disasters, and there will be blessings afterward.” After escaping this ordeal, inexplicably, the gloom that had been hanging over him for days suddenly cleared away. He felt rejuvenated and was even thinking about where to find a pretty young lady to have a good time with.
But he would never dream that within this short span of time, Bacht and his underlings had already imagined him a “wife,” and that this “wife” was someone he feared most in his life.
If he knew they were thinking such things in their heads, he wouldn’t be able to resist beating them all up, even Bacht would not be spared.
…
“Ah… so satisfying.” Elrose said, looking satisfied as she slowly set the ice cream bucket down.
Luna leaned over to take a look: “Oh my God, Little Belle, you finished that giant bucket by yourself? How did you manage that?”
“Hehe.” Elrose playfully stuck her little tongue out.
Seeing this, Bacht quickly handed a card to Elrose: “Miss Elrose, if you don’t mind, please accept this.”
Elrose picked up the card and looked at it, puzzled: “What’s this?”
“A membership card for the Oterlan dessert shop,” Bacht explained. “With this, you get a bargain of 40% off on all products and can receive various free desserts every weekend.”
“Free?!” Elrose’s eyes sparkled. She had noticed the prices when she went to buy ice cream with Luna earlier, and although everything looked incredibly delicious, the prices were easily half a month of her salary. Who could afford that?
Elrose’s mouth almost watered, but she felt a bit hesitant since she wasn’t very familiar with Bacht and felt embarrassed to accept such a thing.
Bacht seemed to understand her thoughts and quickly explained: “This isn’t anything expensive; consider it a token of goodwill from my young master. I hope Miss Elrose won’t refuse.”
A token of goodwill?
Elrose paused for a moment.
Oh, I get it.
The little brother messed up, so they hope I let him off the hook, right?
Using sweets to bribe me, huh? Bardel, you’re quite clever.
Alright, in light of those free desserts each week, I might as well go easy on him a bit.
“Okay, got it.” Elrose decided to stop being polite and directly tucked the membership card into her pocket. “Now that I’m full, we should get down to business. Bardel, what about the Blond Kid?”
“The time for judgment has come.”
