"System, this is way out of line..."
Although his bond with Arlan had grown stronger this time,
and the rewards seemed to have improved considerably,
Lin Chen found it hard to feel happy.
He just felt uncomfortable all over.
"Ahem, my lady, please don't get the wrong idea."
"I... I was just talking nonsense because I was drunk."
"If I really were a girl, perhaps I would like Mr. Lin Chen."
"Unfortunately, I'm not, so... my final answer is still no."
Seemingly sensing something strange about the atmosphere,
Arlan, barely able to hold himself upright, hurriedly waved his hands.
The blush on the girlish Arlan's face seemed to deepen.
"Oh, so that's what you meant. I thought as much..."
"All right, I believe you."
"You were just joking earlier."
Taking a deep breath, Asta nodded firmly.
She also gently wiped the cold sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand.
When it came to Lin Chen, Asta was particularly concerned.
Originally, she had only been keeping an eye on March 7th.
She had never expected even Arlan to seem like a potential threat.
Fortunately, Arlan hadn't lost his senses.
[Your bond with Arlan, an important character in Honkai: Star Rail, has reached its upper limit.] [No further rewards can be obtained through normal channels.]
The system's voice sounded in his mind again.
Lin Chen, whose nerves had been stretched taut, breathed a little easier.
Thank goodness. The system did have some standards after all.
Otherwise, Lin Chen was already considering how to turn Arlan down tactfully.
Based on his experience so far,
Lin Chen had roughly figured out
how the system classified bonds.
An ordinary friendship probably counted as a basic bond.
Close friends, or those with a particular fondness for him, probably counted as an