Chen Lun frowned, feeling that something about Connie's words sounded off.
He immediately put on a stern face and asked Connie several questions. At the sight of this, she panicked and promptly told him how Maggie had taken her to "admire a painting."
"That Noah..."
Chen Lun covered his face with one hand and took a deep breath.
Beside him, Connie trembled with apprehension. Seeing Mr. Jack like this, she thought he was angry.
But Chen Lun was not angry. He was merely a little vexed.
He knew Noah had meant no harm. This was simply his pursuit of beauty, or perhaps an artist's obsession... Besides, in Noah's eyes, and even in the eyes of people in this era, nude portraits were nothing shocking.
There was no shame in appreciating art...
Chen Lun could understand it, but he still found it somewhat hard to accept.
"All right, Connie. Get back to work, and finish what I asked as soon as possible."
Chen Lun waved a hand lightly.
Connie lifted the hem of her skirt, lowered her head in a curtsy, then hurried away in a fluster.
"What even is all this...?"
Chen Lun sighed helplessly.
"Good thing I asked. Otherwise, the first thing every player saw when they went to the Lakeside Cabin would be a nude statue of me... Goddammit."
The matters he had entrusted to Polaris and Connie still required a patient wait.
Chen Lun went alone to the Manor's backyard.
Next, he wanted to test his new skill and equipment.
After completing Mr. Bayers' quest [Wolf and Youlan], he had obtained a sword technique whose very name sounded formidable-[Bayers' Ultimate Sword - Youlan]!
His most comfortable weapon, the Silver Cane, had also been reforged and enhanced by Arno, upgrading from a [Class C Mysterious