Chapter 233

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Chapter 233: Shall I Liven Up the Mood for You Two?

"Is the water temperature suitable?"

The female voice behind him remained incredibly flat and monotonous.

Sometimes Rin really envied Waste Hero, who could handle everything flawlessly with her talents.

Any strong emotions, even shyness, wouldn’t evoke any reaction from her.

Unlike himself, he was sitting next to the basin in a daze, allowing Waste Hero to wipe his back with a towel.

It felt comfortable, but still… quite awkward.

This always reminded Rin of the embarrassing scenes from the last punishment, wishing he could just disappear.

Escaping wasn’t a good idea either, as there were still people outside.

On the other hand, he was only wearing a pair of Four-cornered trousers, the last bit of dignity he insisted on keeping, now soaked with water.

If he went out like this… he might hear Betty shouting "bt" at him.

Wait… why was he running anyway?

Rin slapped his head, feeling a rush of heat in his head, then it was as if a light bulb went off in his mind.

Come on, being a brave man means just taking a bath, what’s there to be afraid of?

Don’t you see that everywhere in the bathhouse?

It’s all because of Waste Hero, always causing trouble, making me have a stress reaction.

I’m not afraid of her tricks!

After a moment of reflection, Rin suddenly felt a surge of determination.

"Stupid Waste Hero, can’t even give a back massage? Didn’t feed you well tonight, maybe you’re just a fake hero. Can you give me some strength… Ouch!"

The sudden increase in force behind him made Rin cry out in pain.

"You crossed the line, Waste Hero!"

Waste Hero blinked and pursed his lips, even extending his slender white fingers to slide past Rin’s back.

Rin instinctively flinched, straightened his back, and reached back to brush away Waste Hero’s claws.

"Stop it."

"Meow~"

Emilia meowed, then her fingers slid from her back to her waist, preparing to scratch herself.

The door suddenly opened a crack, followed by a purple-haired head poking in, with a face full of curiosity.

Seeing Rin and Emilia’s condition, Betty was a bit surprised.

"Why haven’t you started yet?"

"？"

"Hmm."

The other person’s gaze landed on Rin again, looking him up and down before a smile appeared on their face.

"You look like a slender little brother. Your appearance will surely attract many girls who like this type."

That silly girl!

Rin’s blood pressure rose instantly. He took out a piece of paper, crumpled it up, and threw it directly at her head.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Has no one ever taught you to knock before entering a room?"

The paper ball hit her head and bounced off.

Betty held her head, looking very aggrieved, "But, you didn’t close the door either, did you?"

Rin turned and glared at Waste Hero, then waved at Betty, "Hurry up and get out! This is an adult’s room, children shouldn’t come in!"

"Clearly, she looked like a child."

Betty left disappointed when she didn’t see what she wanted, but before leaving, she remembered to close the door.

"Why do children nowadays seem lacking in education, manners, and keep talking about random things?"

Rin grumbled unhappily for a while, then turned his criticism towards Emilia.

"How many times do I have to remind you to close the door properly? Every time you almost get your tail caught. Silly cat, do you know how dangerous this is?"

After complaining for a while, there was no response from behind.

Rin felt a bit chilly from sitting for too long and was about to turn around to check on Waste Hero, when suddenly he felt a soft and warm sensation on his back.

He sat up straight, looking confused. At first, he didn’t understand what was on his back that didn’t feel like a towel.

But as the whole function curve of x = 3ylogy- (1/36) exp[-(36y-36/e)4] suddenly appeared on the paper, he shivered.

The ink on the paper where the function is written still felt warm and gentle, perfectly fitting the whole page.

"What… What are you doing! Where is your pen cap and hat?"

"Meow~ With the pen cap, ready to write a function?"

"Stop, stop! Close it quickly, I asked you to recite it, not write it from memory!"

"That’s right… recite."

Saying this, Waste Hero’s arms stretched out from his waist and hugged himself, while shaking a function textbook in front of him.

"Hiss."

Never in his wildest dreams did he expect Waste Hero, a perpetual slacker in studying, to do a function demonstration, this… this is too scary!

In an even more unbelievably surprising turn of events, Rin’s voice couldn’t help but rise.

Of course, not only was the sound loud, but under the relentless academic pressure, Rin felt the urge to immediately start solving some exercises.

His eyes looked empty, resting on the textbooks scattered on the ground.

This textbook was the same one Sha Ye had given to Waste Hero for guidance before. Looking closely, there were even more advanced versions mentioned on the cover.

Wait… even more advanced?!

Finally, Rin understood why he couldn’t keep up with the progress.

He remembered getting the book from Sha Ye, but before he could start studying, he got caught up in a series of events, and the book remained untouched till now.

And to top it off, that guy had given Waste Hero an even higher-level version!

Definitely intentional from that pesky bat!

Rin felt a bit hurt inside.

That feeling, it’s like when you thought you were the teacher’s favorite student, only to realize one day that your desk mate was actually the one.

That person who was always buried in drawing something, and sometimes sneakily looking at you with a suspicious gaze.

When caught peeking, that person even smiled innocently as if nothing happened.

Always doodling and goofing off in class, then disappearing right after, one day Rin saw her entering the homeroom teacher’s house, chatting and laughing.

After that, it happened more than once… getting more confusing.

However, on the day of their argument with Lin Wuyue and the day of their journey to another world, the slacker desk mate said she was transferring schools, gave a gift, and a letter, asking him to read it at home.

But before he could read it at home… he ended up here.

Rin’s thoughts drifted far away, but his wounded heart soon found healing with the help of Waste Hero’s two functions.

Waste Hero, who was usually behind him working on functions, somehow appeared in front of him and hugged him, snapping him back to reality.

Rin, disturbed by the function, hurriedly pushed Waste Hero away, babbling incomprehensible words, obviously his brain was in a bug state.

Although not crashing yet, it was not far off.

Just like the last time when Waste Hero took advantage and studied the magic device, all these behaviors made Rin’s heart almost jump out of his chest and his head feel fuzzy.

And at that moment, there was a "knock, knock, knock" three times on the door.

Rin hesitated, then instinctively pulled Waste Hero back into his arms and grabbed a nearby piece of clothing to cover it up tightly.

As the knocking sound came, the door was immediately impatiently opened, and Betty came in again.

Unlike the last time, this time she specifically nodded apologetically to the two of them.

"Sorry for the interruption."

After saying that, she looked up and glanced around at Rin and Emilia, then furrowed her brows slightly.

"Why haven’t you started yet? It’s strange, according to the general theory, the test should have started by now."

A cross appeared above Rin’s head as he clenched his fist.

Although not understanding fully, he instinctively felt she was referring to activities related to studying magic devices.

This child really lacks manners, rushing into rooms like a bear in the forest.

Needs to be taught some manners!

Rin, of course, didn’t know that Betty wasn’t intentionally being rude, but she really lacked common knowledge in that area and was not familiar with human stories.

Grabbing randomly in the space, Rin glanced at a serialized romantic novel that he had casually put in his space before going out.

The packaging style was simple, with no heavy cover decorations, feeling light to hold, not heavy enough to hurt someone, but definitely had a certain level of charm.

Also, the edges of the book were wrapped in soft fur, it’s said it was done thoughtfully to prevent girls from biting the book when reading, showing great attention to detail.

Betty didn’t realize the danger but instead bit her finger, lost in thought.

"Is it because the boy is too young that he hasn’t… No, according to the secret legend of physiognomy, those who appear gentle are actually very powerful."

Biting her finger again, a sudden idea struck her mind, and she clenched her fist hitting her palm.

"I see, it must be the bad atmosphere that hasn’t been brewed enough, so… Should I liven things up for you both?"

"You naughty kid, go away!"

Rin, with a fierce expression, bared his teeth and threw the book in his hand at Betty’s head with controlled force, hitting it directly.

Betty was completely startled.

The sensation that came from her head was one of the few pains she had ever experienced in her life.

Her body’s instinct was hard to control, she stood there blankly, her expression changing from calm to gradually looking resigned.

In the end, her eyes were filled with tears, her mouth twisted into ripples, her little face all scrunched up, almost crying.

The pain was not the main issue, she could endure it.

But the main thing was feeling wronged, that was a rare kind of pain, from childhood until now… um, for so many years, no one dared to treat her like this, no one!

"Sob."

Betty pursed her lips, struggling to hold back her tears.

"Why are you crying? No crying allowed!"

Rin glared at her, "Do you want to make a scene? You should be grateful I’m the one here, someone else would have already hung you up and beaten you."

"I sob, I just…"

I just wanted to see how humans mate!

Betty wanted to explain herself, but in the end, she couldn’t speak and just ran away crying.

Rin snorted coldly, "She’s just a little girl. She usually acts so mature, but when she’s really being scolded, all she does is cry."

Betty had a big contrast before and after. She used to have trouble speaking and seemed to have some issues, but she gave off the impression of being a mature child.

She just got hit on the head, and she ran away crying.

Well, in any case, she finally seemed like a normal child.

But I didn’t even hit her hard, was it that painful? She must be a bit of a crybaby.

Rin was feeling emotional, when suddenly the crying sound came closer.

Betty ran in crying, picked up the book from the ground, and then ran away crying.

"…"

Confused Rin reached out to close the door and saw Waste Hero had put his shirt on.

She was sitting on her knees on the mattress, patting the mattress towards him.

"Is this… clean?"

Without realizing it himself, Rin sounded a bit reluctant when he spoke.

"Today, it’s not convenient to be disturbed like this."

"Um, okay."

Rin muttered, put on a pajama, and got into bed to sleep.

He was too tired these days and couldn’t study anymore. He would think about it when he returned to Waste Hero’s hometown.

Emilia’s eyes sparkled, "tundere, are you very tired?"

"Indeed, I didn’t sleep much before."

"In that case, meow~"

Waste Hero shifted over, knelt down next to him, and pulled the seated Rin into their arms.

At first, Rin was a bit confused, but he didn’t resist and let her fiddle around.

In the end, Rin’s head was resting on Waste Hero’s lap, lying on his side.

"Meow, meow, be a good boy and sleep."

A gentle breeze of breath brushed past his cheek and ears, accompanied by Hero’s hand gently stroking his head…

Rin felt his whole head tingling, with even more comfort seeping into his brain, accumulating and bubbling, making him unable to help but let out a long breath.

"Where did you learn these strange things from, making me feel like a child… But oh well, I’m so tired, so I’ll let you be in charge today."

"Rin, be good, go to sleep, huff, huff."

"Why do you keep blowing on my ear… Hmm, good night."

Rin felt drowsy, closed his eyelids, mumbled something, felt a numbness, and drifted off to sleep.

"Rest well, good night, meow."

The whole world seemed to quiet down.

Well, except for a little girl crying her heart out inside a big box.

"Humans are really something, just kill them off! How dare they be so bold and attack me, sob."

Betty wiped her tears, reached for the pendant hanging around her neck.

"Observing the human world was a mistake, it’s all that quack Ye’s fault…"

Betty mumbled softly, pursed her lips, and looked at the book she grabbed.

The pink cover with a tangled image of a man and a woman caught her attention when it was hit before.

She was good at doing multiple things at once, so getting distracted by the book was not unusual for her.

Of course, what really caught her eye was the long name on it.

"A story about reincarnating into a different world as a tea master, mistaken as the Demon King by the hero, and their love story."

"Such a long title, why are books in the human world so strange now? I wonder what it’s about."

Curious Betty wiped away her tears and started reading the first page.

Even though it was dark inside the box, she could still see clearly.

"Chapter One: I worked overtime to promote tea due to poor performance and ended up dying suddenly, then reincarnated into a different world."