She rubbed her stomach and let out a satisfied burp. Her lower belly remained flat, as if all the ingredients she had just eaten had vanished into a black hole in another dimension. Durandal's opinion of Zhao Bai rose considerably.
"Thank you."
Durandal expressed her gratitude to him. "That makes us friends now."
Friends were people who fought each other and treated each other to meals. Zhao Bai had fought her and bought her dinner, so they could indeed be called friends. Besides, this had been Durandal's most satisfying battle yet.
"As compensation, the Lord Bishop gave me three and a half days off. How should I spend these three days...?"
Having finished her meal, Durandal immediately fell into troubled contemplation.
Zhao Bai opened his mouth but said nothing.
"Bloodborne Curse has gotten me killed so many times. This is an insult to me. I will defeat it and clear this trash game!"
"Uh..."
Wasn't that never-say-die knightly spirit being used in the wrong place?
Zhao Bai had only wanted to turn Yue Xia into a gaming addict. He had never intended to turn Durandal into one too. But she was older and more mature, so she probably would not become addicted to games as easily as Yue Xia, right?
Then again, Durandal was only sixteen.
That was a little dangerous.
She called the Lord Bishop again, her words filled with sincere knightly spirit.
"Lord Bishop, I need additional training equipment."
"Oh, Durandal, didn't I give you three and a half days off? Such a busy nature, almost harsh on yourself—truly worthy of Durandal. I'm not surprised at all. Go on, what equipment do you need?"
"A PS4 Pro, an Xbox One X Scorpio Edition, and a high-end gaming PC."
"..."
Bishop Otto felt a headache coming on.
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