Chapter 354 Hug Me or I Hug You (Please Subscribe!)
“You despicable Paladin!”

“It’s really despicable!”

Lukalia glared at Herbert, her teeth itching with hatred, and she couldn’t stop complaining: “How could you be so excessive? Why are you so selfish?”

“I’ve already made concessions, and you’re still using her to pressure me!?”

Are you still a Paladin?
No.

Are you still human?
This is how the world is, some are happy and some are sad, and people’s sorrows and joys are not shared.

Smiles are conserved.

When the smile on Lukalia’s face disappeared, it did not disappear, but moved to Herbert’s face.

The white-haired boy looked at the Mirror Fairy with a smile, shrugged, and asked jokingly: “Just tell me if it works or not?”

“it works!”

Lukalia replied angrily and timidly: “It is useful, what’s wrong?!”

“Even if it worked, it wouldn’t change my opinion of you! You’re a disgrace to the vile and lewd Paladin!”

“mean!”

“promiscuous!”

“dirty!”

Herbert listened quietly to Lukalia’s verbal attack, nodding in cooperation from time to time.

He was not angry at all now, and even felt like laughing.

“Well, whatever you say is fine as long as it’s useful.”

When Lukalia was tired of scolding him, he smiled and waved his hand and said, “Don’t be so excited. I won’t let you suffer too much.”

Give him a slap and a sweet date.

The carrot-and-stick approach is simple, but it is an applicable truth in many situations.

After the Lion had rejected the other party’s conditions and successfully made the other party compromise, Herbert took a step back and promised: “Don’t worry, I will still meet your requirements, you don’t have to worry about this.”

“You pervert who accepts any monster that comes your way… huh?” Lukalia was stunned halfway through her curse.

She looked at Herbert suspiciously: “Are you telling the truth?”

Would you be so kind?

Really?I do not believe!
“Really, really, of course it’s true.”

Herbert nodded with a smile: “I am a paladin, not a devil. How could I do such a despicable thing? Don’t you think so?”

“I was just joking with you just now. I don’t intend to force you. However, I need to think about the number of people you want to chat with.”

His smile faded slightly, and he said seriously:
“I hope you can understand the difficulty on my end. I can’t have new people come to chat with you every week.”

“You know where this place is, and what ‘chatting with an epic prisoner’ means.”

Not everyone can have the same mentality as Herbert, who can chat and laugh in front of an epic monster girl, or even have evil thoughts of blasphemy.

Most people would be frightened by the aura of Lukalia after seeing her, and become trembling yes-men. Some of them might even faint directly.

Even if Lukalia has the means to hide her own aura, not everyone can withstand it.

“It’s too difficult to find candidates who meet the requirements, and I don’t have that many people on hand right now.”

Herbert gently explained the difficulties on his side, and then presented an alternative plan: “But on the other hand, I have some people who can be your long-term chat partners.”

“Long-term? Who?” Lukalia asked.

If possible, she doesn’t want to change her chat partner every one or two days.

When witnessing and making up stories, she needs inspiration and will look for many fresh souls.

But at other times, Lukalia still hopes to have a long-term partner.

In the past, she never felt lonely. She always walked in various mirrors, witnessing the development of stories.

But as she reflected on her years at the Third Commandment, she realized how lonely she was.

I don’t have any friends who can be called old friends, not even one.

All that accompanied Lukalia were what she had witnessed over the long years and the stories she had made up herself.

Seeing that Lukalia’s reaction was better than he expected, Herbert smiled secretly in his heart, knowing that he had chosen the right answer.

“They have strong enough abilities, free time and interest, and also have similar experiences. They will definitely become your close chat partners for a long time to come.”

“Oh!”

Lukalia now realized the identities of the candidates Herbert mentioned: “You mean… the other prisoners?”

“Yes.”

Herbert nodded with a smile: “For example, Valentina, Lucier, and other prisoners in the Discipline House.”

“As long as you are interested, they can all become your audience.”

“You don’t even have to chat two or three times a week as you suggested. As long as they have time and are interested, you can chat anytime.”

The standards are lowered in some aspects, but raised in other aspects.

With one increase and one decrease, who can really say whether it is a loss or a profit?

Of course, it still depends on the situation.

The kind of “reducing lunch breaks and wages, extending weekly working days and hours, and allowing employees to realize their self-worth through unpaid overtime” does not count – this is a great blessing!

!!!

Lukalia quickly thought about the wonderful idea proposed by Herbert and nodded vigorously.

That’s good.

If it could really be carried out as Herbert said, it would indeed be more cost-effective than what she had asked for!

The pie looks good, but then the problem arises.

“But can you represent them? What if they don’t listen to you?” Lukalia instinctively became suspicious.

She didn’t think the boy in front of her had that much power.

A mediocre little warden whose strength is not even close to that of a legend.

Is he really qualified to command other legendary monsters?

“Do not listen?”

Herbert was delighted when he heard this.

He did not speak out to defend himself, but silently took a step to the side, letting the melancholy fallen angel who was blocking his way pass.

“Well, what do you think?”

Look at this and ask again?
“…”

Miss Mirror Demon was silent.

She carefully glanced at the silently weeping fallen angel, then quickly retracted her gaze, signaling Herbert to quickly stand back up.

Oh, bad!
I actually forgot about this matter just now.

Even the legendary epic fallen angels obey his orders obediently, so how can those legendary monster girls escape from his clutches?

Right.

An ordinary warden couldn’t have driven her to this point.

Herbert was no ordinary warden.

“Don’t worry, maybe things won’t go smoothly at first, but as long as you can become friends, or at least acquaintances, then you can chat with peace of mind.”

Herbert waved his hand and arranged this matter.

In the monastery that can be explored at the moment, he really means what he says. If he tells them to go east, they will definitely not go west.

Hungry dragons, mermaids, vampires, dark elves… every one of them, which one of them doesn’t listen to me?
Do not listen?

snort!
If they don’t listen, then I’ll just ignore them—before I can control myself.

After stating the favorable conditions, Herbert raised the stakes again and took out the final chip.

“And if even these people can’t satisfy your urge to talk, here’s another option.”

He raised his index finger, pointed at himself and said with a smile: “Me.” “You?”

“for me.”

Herbert nodded with a smile, raised his hand and gently touched the mirror, and the reflection in the mirror made the same movement.

From the perspective of an observer, he seemed to be connected with the palm of the person in the mirror, feeling each other’s warmth.

He lowered his eyes and said softly, “Lucaria, as long as you are willing, I am happy to be your loyal listener and conversation partner.”

“I am very interested in the stories you recorded. Besides, didn’t you want to share them with me?”

As he spoke, Herbert himself began to laugh.

If you think about it carefully, it’s quite interesting.

At first, Lukalia wanted Herbert to come and chat with her often, so she took the initiative to escape from prison and go to the Aurora Sanctuary.

As a result, after going around in circles for a long time, we finally returned to the original route.

Perhaps, this is also an aspect of fate.

“…”

The person in the mirror looked quietly at the person outside the mirror.

Lukalia looked at Herbert with a deep gaze, silently feeling the emotional fluctuations in him and evaluating him secretly.

Is the young man in front of me an honest person?

The answer was somewhat surprising – yes, he did not lie.

Although he concealed something in his words, the young man in front of him did not hide his greed, desire and ambition.

Herbert is indeed using her abilities to gain them for his own ends.

But wasn’t I also using him?

There are no winners in struggle, but no losers in cooperation.

The cooperation between the two is a mutually beneficial and win-win situation.

Herbert, is it worth the wait?
Yes.

In Herbert, Lukalia saw an extremely rare quality—he was attracted by fate and also attracted fate.

The storm of fate was gathering towards him.

In her past memories, those with such characteristics have always become trendsetters in the historical trend.

Hero, tyrant.

The savior that everyone awaits, the villain that everyone hates and fears.

No matter what their final outcome is, they will definitely leave their marks in history.

Like a bright meteor across the night sky, illuminating a section of the night.

Lukalia had a hunch that she would see an “interesting story”.

Then, there is no need to think about the final answer any further.

“hehe.”

The person in the mirror chuckled, reached out his hand from the mirror, and grabbed the hand of the person outside the mirror – their fingers were interlocked.

Lukalia grabbed Herbert’s hand and said with a smile: “I agree to your terms. I hope you will not break our agreement.”

Ok?
Herbert was stunned for a moment after being attacked by Miss Mirror Fairy’s sudden “heart-beating challenge”.

Miss, why did you suddenly shake someone’s hand? Isn’t this inappropriate?

They are very conservative!
But he quickly adjusted himself, gently shook hands with her, nodded and smiled, “Don’t worry, I never break a promise.”

Herbert was very happy.

Lukalia might not be easy to fool, but it was unlikely that she was.

As a mirror monster who has seen countless people, Lukalia is probably the most difficult to trick among all the monster girls.

He had expected that this cooperation negotiation would come at a high price.

But the final result was that Herbert obtained the other party’s extremely powerful special ability at almost zero cost.

Was it Lukalia’s mercy? Or did she have some other agenda?

Herbert cared, but not that much.

No matter what Miss Mirror Demon’s plan is, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages at the moment.

With the ability to teleport between the two places, all of my future plans can be carried out smoothly.

After reaching a friendly negotiation result with Miss Mirror Fairy, Herbert finally shifted his attention to Lucier, who was clearly in a bad mood.

Miss Fallen Angel looked quite decadent at the moment, with the wings behind her drooping down and her whole body appearing shorter.

“Lucier, what do you see in the mirror?” Herbert asked softly.

Lucier reacted slightly to what he said, and slowly raised his head to look at Herbert.

“I……”

She opened her mouth to reply but seemed to have no idea what to say.

He was silent for a moment, shook his head and closed his mouth.

Herbert took in her reaction and nodded thoughtfully.

“Hmm.”

The young man narrowed his eyes and looked at her. He waited for a while, and seeing that her mood still did not improve, he slowly said: “Lucier, hug me.”

Ok?
“…What?” Miss Fallen Angel was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She thought she had misheard and subconsciously raised her head.

She saw the boy opening his arms towards her.

That’s right.

But if I heard correctly…why?
She didn’t understand why Herbert would do this at this time?
“You don’t want to hug me, right?”

Seeing Lucier standing there indifferently, Herbert curled his lips and put down his arms.

then……

“alright.”

“Then let me hug you.”

Herbert took a step forward and gave Lucille a big hug without saying anything, holding her in his arms.

A pair of huge scarlet wings stretched out from his back, wrapping around the two of them like a pair of arms.

During this process, Herbert said nothing.

Just as Lucier did not take the initiative to explain, he did not take the initiative to ask.

Everyone has their own reasons for being sad, and it is impossible for people to truly empathize with others.

Sometimes, too many words, instead of bringing comfort, can have the opposite effect.

A silent action can actually bring more comfort.

Lucille didn’t say anything, so Herbert didn’t ask.

All Herbert could do was to give Lucille a warm hug when she was at her most vulnerable.

Will suffice.

“…”

After the initial confusion and bewilderment, Lucier pursed his lips, raised his four arms, and hugged Herbert tightly.

It looked like a drowning person trying to hold on to something.

A moment later, just as Herbert was about to let Lucille go, he heard a faint mosquito whisper.

she says:

“…The sun has set.”

(End of this chapter)