BXBX NOVEL Chapter 230: 230, Tina’s Sister_1
More than ten minutes later, Nolan Village’s village square.
A faint white light illuminated the central teleportation array, revealing Su Yu, dressed in a light blue mage robe, appearing in the middle of the array.
In Su Yu’s left hand, he carried a barrel of wine with its bung removed, and in his right, he held a large piece of golden, aromatic fried lamb.
He strode toward the village chief directly opposite him, a smile beaming on his face, “Hello, chief. Do you still remember me?”
Ordinarily, there were many players lined up to accept quests from the village chief, but due to the unique nature of Su Yu’s task, he entered a separate dimension where there were no other players.
“Hey! It’s you, kid! You’ve reached the second rank after being gone for half a year?”
The chief was overjoyed and walked over to Su Yu, slapping him on the shoulder.
At the same time, he sniffed the enticing aroma of the wine and fried lamb, inhaling twice before looking at what Su Yu was holding, “Is this for me?”
“Of course!” Su Yu, smiling, handed over the barrel of wine and the lamb. “I brought you this Ancient Wood Wine from the Elf Empire and fried lamb, a specialty of Pearl City. I heard you like it, so I brought some when I came to see you.”
“Elf Empire’s Ancient Wood Wine? A barrel like this should cost thousands of spiritual energy coins, right?” The village chief was immediately hooked.
Without hesitation, he took the barrel and started drinking heartily while taking a big bite of the lamb.
After swallowing a large piece of meat, the village chief sighed contentedly, “Mmm, good wine! The lamb tastes great too!”
“Ding, [Village Chief of Nolan]’s favorability towards you +2, favorability has increased to ‘indifferent’.”
“Eat slowly, Chief. I have plenty of stock in my bag that will definitely last you a whole day and night,” Su Yu continued to smile.
“Much appreciated.” The village chief took a deep, satisfying breath.
Then he looked at Su Yu, seeming to see through everything, “You came to see me for something, right?”
“Indeed, I wouldn’t dare to disturb you without a reason.” Su Yu took out the handwritten letter of the princess from his bag and solemnly handed it to the village chief, “This is a personal letter from the princess. Please, take a look.”
“Oh? A letter from the princess?” The village chief was slightly surprised.
He put down the wine barrel, wiping his greasy hands on his clothes.
Next, he accepted the envelope and began to read it attentively.
In addition to a beautifully written letter, there was also a Space Ring in the envelope.
The ring and its contents were Alyssa’s gifts to the village chief.
As the village chief read the letter, his brow furrowed increasingly.
He read through the letter twice.
Finally, he spoke with an expression of inner struggle on his face:
“Nemesis, it’s not that I’m unwilling to help the Empire. But you know, I have to manage a village this large, and there’re many unruly monsters surrounding the village. Besides, Jenny, Old William’s widow, has agreed to marry me. It’s quite hard for me to get away .”
The village chief rambled on for 5 minutes, but his key point boiled down to one thing—he didn’t want to help.
Su Yu patiently listened to his speech.
Then he spoke earnestly, “But Chief, you know that the Empire is at a life-or-death crisis.
Duke Landilus and Duke Anzu Seifer from the rebel forces are not good people. Only the princess can lead the people to live a stable and happy life. The Empire needs your help!”
“Scallop? What scallop?” The village chief pretended not to understand Su Yu’s words and started to ramble.
Su Yu remained silent, just staring at him.
The village chief began to feel a bit uneasy under Su Yu’s gaze.
After some hesitation, he sighed, “Well then, for the sake of your Ancient Wood Wine and fried lamb steak, I will give you a few tests.
If you can successfully complete my tests, I’ll consider coming out of retirement.”
“No problem, what are the tests?” Su Yu was overjoyed.
“The first challenge ”
Afterwards, for the 47th to 50th quests on Princess Alyssa’s line, Su Yu successfully completed the series of challenges set by the village chief.
The first three quests were ordinary tasks, including killing monsters, bosses, deciphering clues, and gathering materials, etc.
For the final one, the 50th quest, Su Yu led the villagers of Nolan Village through a monster siege battle. In this battle, no villager was to die, which was an exceedingly harsh condition.
However, by relying on his exceptional attributes, Su Yu succeeded in completing this daunting task.
During his free time while performing these five tasks, Su Yu became interested in the village chief’s true identity.
The chief, a seventh-rank powerhouse, was hiding in such a small village, what was his true intent?
With this suspicion in mind, Su Yu earnestly studied the literature in the village library, chatted with the elderly people in the village, and even accompanied the repeater I mean, Tina’s father, for a full three hours of conversation.
Tina’s father was very pleased with Su Yu’s performance and kindly observed, “You’re a great young man, so good that I’m even considering marrying my daughter to you!”
“Let’s not go there.” Su Yu dodged, “Your daughter is still a minor, it’s not the right time.”
“No problem, you guys can get engaged first, and six years later when she’s of age, you can get married!” Tina’s father patted Su Yu on the shoulder.
“Engagement? I don’t think it’s necessary wait, six years?” Su Yu paused.
Tina was almost seventeen years old now. In just over a year, she would come of age. What did he mean by ‘six years’?
“Lilith!” Tina’s father yelled into the house.
“Father, did you call me?” A beautiful red-haired girl walked out of the house.
“Let me introduce you, this is Tina’s younger sister, Lilith, she’s twelve now.” Tina’s father turned to Su Yu, “If you don’t mind, you can get engaged to her and get married after she comes of age.”
“Well, let’s leave it out.” Su Yu backed away, sweat beading on his forehead. This was the first time he learned that Tina had a sister.
“Uncle, I have something to do, so I’ll leave first!” Su Yu waved his hand and left Tina’s courtyard as if fleeing for his life.
After Su Yu left, the young girl Lilith glared angrily at her father, “Dad, why do you want me to marry this man?”
“Because if you marry him, he won’t be able to marry your sister!” Tina’s father smiled.
“What kind of reasoning is that? Do you want to sacrifice my happiness for my sister?” Lilith stood with her hands on her hips, becoming angrier and angrier.
“You’re too young to understand right now. Once you’re of age, I believe you’ll be willing to take your sister’s place and become his wife.” Tina’s father muttered, his gaze drifting southwest towards the empire.
“I wonder how Tina is doing now.” He sighed softly.
Even though Tina’s father was unreliable, Su Yu still managed to obtain quite a bit of information about the village chief’s identity from him.
Additionally, by breaking into the village chief’s house at night to eavesdrop on his conversation with his fiancée Jenny, as part of the main storyline quests,
Su Yu managed to piece together a series of clues, finally revealing the true identity of the village chief!
The village chief, it turns out, is not a God-level power, but a clone of a God-level power, a clone that narrowly survived after its original body died.