Crack... crack!

The stone giant under Lyasis's Domination Magic couldn't bend its knees. Even so, it forced them down by wrenching them apart, and knelt.

The next second, it smashed open its own chest with its own hand, tore out the magic core inside, and respectfully offered it to Lyasis. Then that massive body stopped moving.

"S-So amazing!"

"And... that had so much presence!"

After watching the whole thing from the side, the trio couldn't stop exclaiming.

Lyasis had stood there without moving. Her face never changed as she dominated the stone giant. She looked noble, elegant, and completely at ease.

As if the stone giant had always been meant to submit at her feet.

The young lady could do something like that too, sure. But the aura Lyasis gave off just now was even more like that of a supreme and noble queen.

"Miss!"

Suran rushed to Lyasis's side, took her hand, and said excitedly, "That Domination Magic just now was absolutely stunning!"

"You can praise me a little more, if you want."

Lyasis smiled faintly. "But before that, Suran, give me your hand."

"Hm? Ah, Miss, there's no need to worry about a small wound like this. I kept it under control. It'll heal on its own soon enough."

Suran glanced at the wound on her arm and said carelessly, "And I brought healing potions too, so—"

"Give me your hand."

Lyasis didn't let her say more. She cut her off calmly and repeated herself.

"Ah... yes, Miss."

Suran obediently held out her hand.

Lyasis cradled Suran's arm and carefully pushed up her sleeve, making sure the fabric wouldn't brush the wound.

Then Lyasis leaned in close, stuck out her little pink tongue, and began to carefully, seriously lick Suran's wound.

"Chu... slurp... churu..."

"M-Miss..."

Suran instantly felt the wound turn painful and itchy at the same time. But when Lyasis's soft, tender tongue touched her, her heartbeat started speeding up on its own.

Seeing the mood turn strange, Ruby didn't hesitate. She covered Hushang and Batty's eyes with both hands and said, "The stone giants are all wiped out. Let's go count the spoils~"

The trio tactfully left.

"There's no need to waste healing potions... on a little wound like this."

Lyasis pulled back, licked the blood clean from the corner of her mouth, then looked at Suran with her tongue slightly out like a little puppy.

"Night Demon saliva can help wounds heal. So at times like this, you can just 'use' my tongue directly."

"Miss! Y-You... don't say things so bluntly!"

Suran's face turned bright red. "Other people are still nearby. What if I couldn't hold back?"

Lyasis wasn't wrong. The healing potions they brought from Crimson Garden were all top-grade stuff. If they could save them, they should, so what Lyasis did made sense.

But the problem was how she did it. It was way too sensual. Suran really had a hard time holding back.

"But you did hold back, didn't you?"

Lyasis raised a brow. She looked completely sure Suran would endure it, like she was teasing her on purpose.

"Miss, you can't just get playful like this because you successfully used Domination Magic and you're in a good mood."

Blushing, Suran endured it and tried to lecture her.

But Lyasis wore a clear "not listening, not listening" look. After teasing Suran, she skipped away.

Seeing that, Suran let out a helpless sigh.

If the trio hadn't been here, she would've already...

Forget it.

Before leaving Lobet City, the two of them had made a "mysterious agreement." Suran more or less knew what Lyasis would order her to do when the time came.

And when that moment came, together with what happened just now, she was definitely going to satisfy this naughty young lady thoroughly.

After a while, the trio came back.

"Big Sis Maid, we found all the magic cores you didn't have time to collect."

They carried the remaining few magic cores over to Suran.

Hushang handed one of them to Suran. A dagger was still stuck in it.

"Big Sis Maid, your dagger's lodged in too deep. I really couldn't pull it out. Can a magic core like this still be turned in to the guild as spoils?"

This magic core had come from one of the stone giants Suran killed in an instant when she noticed Lyasis was in danger and rushed back.

That strike had been almost full power.

Of course, that meant in her human form.

Suran took the magic core and yanked the dagger out in one pull. "Now it can."

"The dagger's... totally ruined."

Looking at the completely warped dagger Suran had pulled out, Hushang imagined it aloud.

"If a dagger of this quality could pierce a hard stone giant, then if Big Sis Maid used a higher-quality dagger, wouldn't that mean..."

Even Hushang could tell the dagger Suran used wasn't high quality. It was the kind you'd see on a normal weapon shop shelf, blue-grade at best.

If Suran had a better dagger...

The damage would be hard to imagine.

"A higher-quality dagger isn't something I should be thinking about right now."

Suran reached toward her thigh and pulled out the few intact daggers she had left.

"But I really am running low on usable daggers. I'll restock later."

Of course, she could only restock with the cheap ones sold in weapon shops.

The reason was simple: she was broke.

"Big Sis Maid, the wound on your arm... is it already healed?"

Ruby noticed then that the wound on Suran's arm had completely closed up, and asked in surprise.

"Ah... right. While you were collecting the magic cores, I used a... special healing potion," Suran bluffed.

"The effect is amazing."

Ruby looked at Suran's smooth, fair arm, not even a trace of a scar left behind.

"We usually carry healing potions too, to save Batty's mana. But they're nowhere near as effective as yours, Big Sis Maid."

"Big Sis Maid, can you tell me where you bought that special healing potion?"

"Uh, well..."

"Come on, Ruby. You saw that Big Sis Maid didn't leave a scar, and now you're tempted, right?"

At that moment, know-it-all Hushang stepped in.

"You're overthinking it. A potion that good was definitely made by an alchemist Big Sis Maid knows. You can't just buy something like that."

"I see... then alright."

Ruby sighed, a little disappointed. Then she turned to Batty.

"Batty, you've got to work hard and get stronger. Powerful healing magic can erase scars too."

Batty nodded.

Girls not wanting scars after getting hurt—that was understandable.

"Alright, everyone. The mission's done. It's time for us to head back to Lobet City."

At that moment, Suran gave two light coughs and forcibly changed the subject.

After Suran said she'd used a special potion to heal the wound, Lyasis's meaningful gaze from the side only grew stronger. Every time Suran glanced at her, Lyasis would open her mouth and stick out her tongue once.

On the surface, Lyasis was saying, "That special potion was my tongue." But to Suran, this was just the young lady's brazen teasing.

Since the young lady was in such a good mood, she must've already prepared the mugwort.

Suran wished she could fly straight back to Lobet City right now.

But the trio were the ones who had accepted the mission. Nothing could happen to them on the way back, or those 200 silver coins would go down the drain.

So Suran couldn't leave them behind. She had to keep escorting them back to the city.

Her mood right now could be summed up in one word.

Anxious.

So anxious!!!