The Art of Asking for Trouble

He wasn't surprised at all that Su would ask such a question. After all, Su and he had been best friends since childhood, so it was normal for her to notice something was wrong.

Even now, when Kevin looks back on his childhood, he can honestly say that if Sue hadn't had that intuition, she would have been half-dead by his younger self.

... Although in reality they were the ones who tormented each other back then.

Well, that's probably why they were able to hang out together.

"... Is the battlefield still too peaceful?"

Sue showed a subtle expression after hearing Kevin's answer.

"I don't need to explain the consequences of doing this, do I?"

"It's just god-slaying cuisine, no problem! I'd actually quite like to give it a try."

Kevin and Sue had never tried Mei's culinary disasters.

Because Mei was a normal person back then, she knew her own level of performance. Although she occasionally had the thought of strangling the two brats next to her, it was just a thought, at most a joke. In fact, the three of them had a pretty good relationship.

Mei wouldn't be so idle as to use her own flaws as a threat. Even when Sue was a traitor studying under Mobius, Mei didn't force him to eat.

"... Do you know what you're saying?"

Su showed an expression of incomprehension.

"Kevin, have you been on the battlefield for too long, causing you to develop self-destructive tendencies? I know a few excellent psychologists; would you like me to recommend one?"

"How could that be! I was just curious."

Kevin waved his hand.

"Miss Aili and Einstein both mentioned Mei and Mobius's cooking skills before, saying they were terrible. But to call it 'god-killing cuisine'—aren't you curious!?"

"Actually, only Mei's level is god-killing cuisine; Dr. Mobius just makes ordinary, bad-tasting dishes."

Su immediately corrected him.

Kosma: "Brother Su, isn't your focus a bit off?"

"Really? Oh... I'm not curious, not at all."

Su put on a stern face and decisively shook her head.

Just kidding, he hasn't been planning to do anything reckless since he made a huge mistake four years ago, so don't drag me into Lao Tzu!

"I'm a weakling. You know what that means, right? I need to be protected."

"Tch, Su, you've lost your drive."

"I still have the drive, I just lack the reckless impulse to do stupid things."

Su remained completely unmoved; he had long since severed ties with the foolish teenager he once was.

"So... according to you, what you prepared for Dr. Mobius wasn't kitchenware either, was it?"

"That's right!"

"Sigh... Don't drag me into this."

As Su sighed, another plane landed, and Eden, Sakura, and the others filed out.

"Ah, Master's wife and the others have arrived."

"They're here?" Kevin followed Sue's gaze and waved to the group of people getting off the plane, making sure they could see him.

"Kevin, Sue, and Kosma, it looks like the three of you are having a good chat."

After walking over, Eden nodded to the three of them. Eden was the one who was closest to the three of them... who could blame him for being chased and called "Master's Wife" by these two shameless people for four years.

As for Kosma... out of consideration for his elders, Eden actually wanted Kosma to stay away from those two... or rather Kevin, but seeing that Kosma seemed to be having a good time, it was hard to say for the time being.

This child's intelligence has declined... well, thinking about it carefully, this child wasn't particularly smart before.

Eden sighed.

"Achoo!" Kosma sneezed. "Why do I feel like I've been attacked?"

"It's probably a cold. Remember to wear more clothes next time."

Eden calmly looked away.

"Su, Kevin, are you two talking about something bad?" Hua pushed up his glasses. "My intuition tells me that either of you, or one of you, is looking for trouble."

(My senior sister's intuition is really accurate...)

Su sighed inwardly.

"Senior sister, it's just your imagination." Kevin lied without any qualms. "By the way, senior sister, this is your gift, and also Eden, Miss Sakura, Little Sister Pardo, Dr. Vil-V... By the way, who is this guy...?"

Kevin was muttering to himself as he handed out the gifts, when he suddenly paused when he got to Kalpas.

"Kalpas," Kalpas replied in a deep voice.

"... Kevin, nice to meet you." Kevin's body tensed for a moment before relaxing.

(A terrifying man, very strong, comparable to the previous Herrscher... but probably not as strong as Miss Aili.)

His experience from countless battles allowed him to quickly assess Kalpas's combat strength.

(Monster...)

"Hmm... let me look for it... I'll give this to you as a small gift."

Kevin pulled out a small longsword ornament from his person, which was made from a harmless Honkai Beast shell.

"...Thank you." Kalpas coldly accepted the badge and nodded to Kevin.

(He can even say thank you? I thought he would just nod and grunt.)

"Kevin, you're changing the subject."

After expressing his gratitude, Hua once again posed a soul-searching question.

Kevin acted as if he hadn't heard a thing. "Hmm, are we all here now? Okay! Trigger!"

Magnificent. "..."

I hope my junior brother won't really do something drastic and end up killing himself.

Knock knock knock...

"The door is unlocked, please come in."

Good afternoon, Dr. Mobius!

Kevin walked into Mobius's office with a gift.

"And Danzhu Cangxuan, you two don't seem to have changed much... Um, who are these two? Ah, Brother Hen?"

"Good afternoon, Kevin." The scholar and warrior Hen smiled at Kevin. "It's been a long time since we last met... This is my wife, Blanca, and my daughter, Gretel."

"?"

Kevin paused for a moment before noticing that the woman sitting on the sofa was holding a little girl who looked only four or five years old and had a timid expression.

"Um... it turns out you were right when you said you had a daughter..."

"...?"

Although he was a scholar, he was three times more muscular than Kevin, and had a scar on his nose. Hearing Kevin say this, a strange expression appeared on his face.

"So you used to take it as a joke?"

"Ahem, it's just... it's just a bit hard to believe, um, hard to believe. It's hard to imagine that Brother Hen would go to the battlefield when he has such a lovely daughter."

"So you were just taking this as a joke all along, weren't you?" Hen sighed deeply. Kevin was reliable on the battlefield, but his lack of common sense was a real headache. "However, it's precisely because I have such a lovely daughter... and everyone else has their own lovely children, that I have to go to the battlefield."

"...Too."

The reason given by the scar made Kevin fall silent for a moment.

"Never mind that, Danzhu, Cangxuan, Klein, this is a gift for the three of you."

Although Kevin didn't prepare a gift for the Scar couple due to an unexpected event, he did give gifts to the others.

"Thank you, Kevin." Danzhu thanked Kevin on behalf of her sister.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Kevin then patted his pocket, spread his hands helplessly, and looked at Hen.

"Brother Hen, I'll have to treat you to a meal sometime."

"Then I'll be waiting."

"Hey, you guys seem to be having a good chat?" Mobius tapped the table with a cold expression.

"Uh, no..." Kevin was fine, but Hen was a little guilty.

After all, he knew that Mobius disliked him very much, and if he could, he really didn't want to get involved with him at all.

"Dr. Mobius, this is a gift for you."

Kevin pulled out a kitchenware set.

"Kitchenware? That's thoughtful of you. Unfortunately, my cooking skills aren't very good. Here, take this red envelope."

Completely devoid of anger, Mobius took out a wrapped red envelope and handed it to Kevin.

Mobius also struggled with what gifts to give to the younger generation, as she didn't have much time to go shopping. Then Danzhu told Mobius about her family's red envelope culture, which Mobius immediately adopted.

"You came alone?"

After casually putting the gift box away, Mobius asked Kevin, who was staring blankly at the red envelope in his hand.

"... Did you prepare red envelopes for Su and the others as well?"

Kevin, who was hanging out with Mei and Sue, was naturally familiar with red envelopes. However, it felt a bit out of character for Mobius to be giving out red envelopes...

"Just Gretel, you, and Sue."

In Mobius's eyes, these three were clearly juniors. Although she could put others in a certain position, she didn't really consider them juniors.

"Gretel?"

Kevin instinctively glanced back.

Blanca, who was holding Gretel, smiled gently and said, "Gretel still young, I'll save it for her first."

That sounds so familiar...

"Su is here too, but he and Sister Eden went to find the teacher first."

Kevin may be a bit dramatic, but he wouldn't go so far as to call Eden" teacher's wife" in front of Mobius —he's here for surgery! And the surgeon is Dr. Mobius!

Even idiots have a survival instinct.

Even when you're being difficult, you need to know how to be difficult without getting yourself killed. Sending kitchenware might only annoy Mobius for a while, and calling Eden "Master's Wife" makes Kevin think he's doomed.

"Why don't you go see your teacher's wife first, and instead go see your teacher first... that's fine too."

Mobius didn't pay much attention to this issue—although theoretically, Mobius was also Sue's teacher.

However, in terms of address, Mobius still prefers to be called "Master's Wife".

When Mobius said this, he didn't hide it from the Hen couple. After all, Blanca was an insider back then, which meant Hen was also an insider, so they were considered to be on the same side.

"Um... Doctor, what happened with my surgery?"

Kevin looked into Mobius's snake-like vertical pupils and finally asked the question that concerned him most.

"Is the risk high? Is the chance of failure high? Will we die if we fail? Will I gain extra arms or legs if we succeed?"

"Big, tall, probably not, maybe, but I can cut it for you for free—any other questions?"

Chapter 394 The Way of Courting Death

Mobius's concise answer left Kevin speechless.

Although the answer seems quite safe, your attitude is making me really nervous!

"What? Is there any other question?" Mobius looked at Kevin with a hint of doubt. "It's okay, feel free to ask. I won't be angry no matter what you ask, since you're not a professional."

"... No problem."

Kevin sighed. Danger is danger, but it's not like he's not in danger on the battlefield. Surgery is just like changing battlefields.