Chapter 21: Initial Exploration of the Secret_l
Translator: 549690339 I
Link didn’t resist.
He quietly let Jasmine hug him for a while.
When her emotions were stabilized, Jasmine let out a silent sigh, thinking about how she tried to be independent and strong, yet look at what happened now…
She left Link’s arms, turned her back to him, didn’t say anything, just dropped her head, kicking at the sand on the ground from time to time.
This scene was witnessed by the five brothers and the Social Phobia Trio through the live monitor of the Flying Sphere.
Everyone had different thoughts and feelings about what they saw.
“It’s over, looks like the boss lady is head over heels for the boss, deep in love and can’t extract herself,” Buck Watt said without thinking.
Lynn Hewitt barely restrained himself from throttling Buck, instead he said coldly: “If you dare, say that to the boss lady’s face.”
Buck shivered upon hearing this.
The nickname “boss lady” began as a joke among the five brothers.
What is worth praising about Jasmine Kidman is her academic performance.
After studying hard with Link for a semester and a half, she was at the top of the first grade.
But, her weakness is quite clear, that is, her wizard qualifications are only third-rank.
The quality of wizard qualifications is not reflected in academic performance, but in meditation speed, learning speed of witchcraft, mastery level, magic strength, and other aspects.
Technically speaking, Jasmine’s meditation progress should be lagging behind the five brothers, whose wizard qualifications are all at fifth-rank.
She shouldn’t be able to compare with them when it comes to learning and applying witchcraft.
However, the reality is quite the opposite.
In the first two months of the semester, Link organized numerous magic combat exercises on the rooftop of the experimental building.
The five brothers each took turns against Jasmine, but none prevailed.
Not only did they not gain the upper hand, sometimes they ended up beaten black and blue.
Even before the start of the two regions’ competition, the five brothers still couldn’t advance to second-rank wizard apprentices, but Jasmine quietly completed the promotion.
This surprised the five brothers and was unexpected.
The identity of the “boss lady” gradually settled, no longer a joke, and carried a certain deterrence.
“Don’t let the boss lady know what I just said, brothers.
Buck was reminded by Lynn, couldn’t help thinking about the past, felt a vague toothache, and quickly looked at his four brothers for help.
Because of his talkative nature, Buck often spoke without thinking.
Sometimes, he would somehow provoke Jasmine.
Every time during combat exercises, Jasmine had extra vigor when fighting against Buck.
Naturally, the injuries Buck sustained were the heaviest.
“Don’t worry!”
Ezio Richie pat Buck’s shoulder hard, promising earnestly.
Buck’s face lit up with joy.
Ezio was a man of few words but of great integrity, he always kept his promises.
With Ezio’s promise, Buck felt somewhat relieved.
Only to realise that even honest people can play tricks sometimes, and they can be even crueler.
He heard Ezio say seriously: “We will definitely let the boss lady know that
Buck was just making fun of her.”
“No!”
Buck, acting as if in a drama, fell onto his knees and cried out, “The boss lady
will kill me.”
Miserable, sad, all sorts of emotions were fully displayed.
It was indeed amusing for others to watch.
“Alright, stop making the boss and boss lady wait.”
Lynn glanced at the Social Phobia Trio, who were not accustomed to the five brothers’ way of interacting, and reminded them that it was time to do formal work.
Buck led the way, followed by Ezio, Digee third, the Social Phobia Trio in the middle, Dalton almost disappearing at the end, and Lynn bringing up the rear. They climbed the rope ladder one by one, crossing the river, and arriving at the mid-river sandbar.
“Boss lady, heh-heh…”
As soon as Buck landed, he grinned and greeted Jasmine with a silly smile.
“Did you talk about me behind my back again?”
Jasmine was back to normal. In front of Buck, she resumed the attitude that had gradually evolved into a strong woman throughout the semester.
“No… no. How could I?”
Buck had a bad habit – when he was guilty, he would stutter.
Once Jasmine heard this, she knew that Buck had made his old mistake of speaking without thinking again.
But she didn’t care.
She took a page from Link’s book, just kept a mental note and planned to take revenge at a later time.
Seeing this, Buck subconsciously touched his cheek.
It seemed like it would suffer again.
“Boss, boss lady.”
The remaining four brothers and the Social Phobia Trio who had arrived one after another greeted them together.
Anyway, they always mimicked whatever the five brothers did or said.
“Hmm.”
Link nodded.
He stared at the rope bridging the river, pondering about what to do with it.
Seeing that Link was considering serious matters, everyone stopped their laughter and chatter and kept quiet.
If left behind, others would know that the mid-river sandbar had been occupied. Suspicion or curiosity might arise, leading to a potential landing and exploration.
At that time, the chances of conflict erupting would be infinitely high.
If not left behind, it should be retrieved now, but another solution would be needed upon leaving the mid-river sandbar.
After a while, Link made a decision to take care of what was in front of him first.
He wouldn’ t let himself be exploring in the front while getting kicked from behind.
He signaled to Dalton to lower the Flying Sphere. They made minor adjustments to it, adding a winding and cutting device underneath.
After the adjustments, Link personally controlled the Flying Sphere, flew to the hill by the river, wound up a part of the rope, cut it, and then retrieved the rope. In this way, only some traces were left on the hill by the river.