The Masters' Thousand-and-One Ways to Cheat in the Holy Grail War! Don't Show Up Without Cheats! (12K, Continued)

In Sparkle's expectations, Chen Li should have pressed a hand against her forehead and pushed her away. But even when Sparkle moved close enough to feel the rebound of her own breath, Chen Li did not react at all.

Feeling everyone's eyes on her, Sparkle felt like she was being roasted over a fire.

As the distance gradually closed and she felt no resistance from Chen Li whatsoever, Sparkle could only resign herself to pressing her lips against Chen Li's left cheek.

"I'm heading to New Penacony first. Remember to come find me later. Though it's fine if you don't."

After glaring at Chen Li, Sparkle instantly vanished from where she stood.

"She got shy."

"She really got shy."

"She was definitely shy..."

"A mere bratty girl, and she turned out to be unexpectedly innocent."

"High attack, low defense? Or a glass cannon?"

"Could she be pretending?"

"Chen Li really is mean-spirited."

Almost everyone mocked Sparkle in unison.

Chen Li had not expected Sparkle to react like that either. He had not resisted purely because he wanted to run an experiment.

[Chen Li]: Aili, did your suffering value increase?

[Elysia]: It increased a tiny bit... So what did you do again?!

[Chen Li]: Nothing much. Through wind and rain, I'll be waiting for you in Penacony.

Mwah!

[Elysia]: Don't just go silent! A guy who specifically explains what he was doing just now gets major bonus points!

[Chen Li]: It really was nothing.

[Elysia]: I don't believe you! Why didn't you bring me along?!

Alright, now it was confirmed.

Suffering value could be renamed Victim Points.

The effect was minimal, but it worked.

"Sirin, do you want to earn Victim Points easily?"

Chen Li turned and asked Sirin.

"Earn Victim Points? Easily? Yes, yes, yes!"

Sirin nodded furiously.

"Alright, then