However, although the matter of Astra Yao corrupting children was let go.
But.
Recalling the status Astra Yao defined for herself when answering Anby's question just now.
Although Andrew wasn't clear whether Astra Yao was joking with Anby or if she truly thought that way.
But no matter what, even if it was a joke, Andrew couldn't tolerate it.
He couldn't resist using his finger to gently flick Astra Yao's forehead as punishment.
While Astra Yao cooperatively covered the flicked spot with her hand, pretending to cry out in pain.
Andrew turned around, his expression serious.
"There is one more thing. Yours and Evelyn's status."
Andrew gazed at Astra Yao, whom he was holding, and Evelyn, who had been silently following behind the two.
Evelyn, who had been watching all of this, had no thoughts about her own status from start to finish.
After all.
With the dual reinforcement of her original identity as not only a member of the organization but also a spy for the Fugue Music Company.
Being able to stay by the side of the person she liked now already made Evelyn feel very satisfied.
Aside from this, everything else was unexpected luck.
But even though Evelyn had never harbored extravagant hopes in this regard, always maintaining a very indifferent expression.
As if status and the like didn't matter at all.
But after hearing Andrew actually start to mention this matter.
She still subconsciously revealed a look of expectation.
But Evelyn, who quickly realized this again, immediately began to feel annoyed with herself in secret.
Ever since breaking away from the organization and her spy identity.
She had unknowingly started to become more and more insatiable.
She was always starting to unconsciously crave more.
However, Andrew didn't notice that Evelyn, whose expression looked completely unchanged, was feeling annoyed about such things.
Instead, he seriously voiced his own thoughts:
"To me. You two are the same as Belle; you are all my girlfriends. And in the future, you will definitely become my wives."
Although brief, Andrew's tone carried an unquestionable attitude regarding the future described in these words.
"Moreover, since I have already made the decision. Then you are my future wives; there will be no other possibility."
"Ugh..."
The serious words instantly made Astra Yao somewhat speechless.
But she still couldn't resist talking back stubbornly:
"Then what if some accident happens later?"
"There won't be any accidents."
The corners of Andrew's mouth hooked up into a smile, yet his words were incomparably firm.
"Since you've fallen into the palm of my hand, there's no possibility of letting you run away. No matter who comes, they can't change this."
Saying this, Andrew looked straight at Astra Yao.
In his tone, there was incomparable seriousness.
The reason Andrew was so firm, aside from the most basic affection, was due to another incomparably important point.
That was—a sense of responsibility.
If one were to say that previously, Andrew always had a trace of hesitation about taking this step due to his original moral values.
Then now that the first step had already been taken and the deed had truly happened.
Hesitation had already vanished without a trace along with the occurrence of the event and the decision made.
What remained.
Was only Andrew's sense of responsibility to be responsible for them.
Speaking of which, Andrew said, half-seriously and half-jokingly:
"My possessiveness is very strong. Since you handed yourselves over to me, then you are already things that belong to me."
"Since you are my things, then no matter what, I won't let go."
As soon as these words came out, Astra Yao's brain, which was originally still thinking about how to talk back, went blank.
Whatever subconscious stubbornness and calculated retort.
Everything vanished into thin air the moment Andrew's voice fell.
And Evelyn on the side.
Had already been staring blankly at him when Andrew was halfway through speaking. Her mind, which had been rotating at high speed, was now left with only a blank space.
The original expectation had become reality.
Happiness came too suddenly, catching her a bit off guard.
And Astra Yao also had her defenses instantly breached by this sudden proactive attack from Andrew, who had always appeared a bit passive.
Unable to speak for a moment, she subconsciously wanted to slip away to let herself calm down properly.
But she failed.
Astra Yao's hand was held by Andrew the whole time; he simply didn't let go.
Unable to run, Astra Yao had to choose to lower her head to conceal her cheeks, which had almost immediately begun to flush red uncontrollably.
Using this to cover up her nature of having high attack but low defense.
At the same time, she couldn't help but start secretly rejoicing in her heart.
Sure enough, Belle's plan was right!
Compared to slowly trying hard to twist Andrew's deeply ingrained moral values through so-called various events.
It really had to be like last night, directly going at it together, for the effect to be swift.
Although a small accident occurred in the middle, judging from the final result, it was extremely successful.
And this method of forcibly twisting Andrew's concepts.
Was called 'efficient' by Belle at the time.
After all, in this world where one might die the next moment due to suddenly appearing danger.
They weren't willing to wait slowly.
Since they found someone they liked, everything naturally had to prioritize speed.
Taking a deep breath.
Having managed with great difficulty to suppress the blush that couldn't stop rising on her cheeks.
Astra Yao couldn't help but mutter quietly:
"100 points."
"What?"
Andrew, who had been waiting for the two to reply after his voice fell.
Although he heard clearly what Astra Yao said just now, Andrew was made a bit confused by this sudden sentence.
He asked subconsciously:
"What 100 points?"
She didn't expect that even though she was so quiet, Andrew still heard it.
"Ugh..."
The redness on her cheeks that she had suppressed with great difficulty before, as a result, now burned up again uncontrollably with a whoosh.
"Nothing!"
Immediately, Astra Yao turned her head directly.
Taking advantage of the force of Andrew subconsciously relaxing due to confusion.
Before he could react, Astra Yao directly shook his hand off.
Disregarding Andrew's confused questioning behind her, she took the lead and walked directly towards the direction where Meow-Da had taken the Three Little Pigs earlier.
Watching Astra Yao's steps, which were hurried as if fleeing from something.
Andrew scratched his hair, a bit confused.
So.
Regarding those words he just said, did she agree... or did she not agree?
Turning to look at Evelyn, he suddenly discovered.
The look in the eyes of Evelyn, who had been staring blankly at him before, had changed.
It became extremely bare and fervent.
It was firmly glued to Andrew's face and body, constantly wandering up and down, emitting an indescribable craving.
But very quickly, Evelyn closed her eyes.
Opening her eyes again, the bare emotions in her original line of sight were mostly concealed, but the stared-at Andrew still felt a faint heat transmitting over.
Evelyn opened her mouth and asked:
"Andrew, from now on... am I really your girlfriend?"
"Why? You're unwilling?"
Regarding Andrew's counter-question, Evelyn immediately shook her head, as if afraid that if she were any slower, some accident would occur.
"Of course I'm willing!"
Seeing Evelyn's urgent appearance, the corners of Andrew's mouth couldn't help but hook up into a smile.
Then he said seriously:
"It doesn't matter, I said it before. I am a very selfish person, so even if you say you're unwilling now, it's already too late!"
If it could still be treated as a joke when they were in the room, then now it had received thorough confirmation.
After taking a deep breath, Evelyn, having restored her original state, suppressed the jubilation in her heart.
She nodded silently.
She unhesitatingly agreed with what Andrew just said.
Although the fervent emotions were suppressed, it was like magma flowing beneath the ice.
Although the temperature couldn't be seen temporarily due to the cover of ice, the fire had not disappeared but was gradually accumulating.
The heat within it hadn't decreased in the slightest.
Evelyn took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress her emotions.
Because of Andrew.
The things she obtained were really too many.
This made her feel more and more that the greed in her heart was becoming uncontrollable.
She wanted it.
She wanted to obtain more.
More communication, more contact.
More... love.
In the eyes looking at Andrew, a trace of uncontrollable greed couldn't help but be revealed.
Since she was now Andrew's girlfriend...
Then even when the Young Miss wasn't around.
Ideally, if she took the initiative to request doing something excessive... for example, the same things as last night, it would also be okay, right?
After all...
Her current status was also Andrew's girlfriend.
This was personally admitted by Andrew, wasn't it?
Looking at Evelyn, who buried her head again after nodding, although he didn't discover anything wrong.
Andrew couldn't help but shudder involuntarily.
He just felt.
That he seemed to have awakened something incredible.
Andrew's intuition was sounding the alarm.
Somewhere in the unseen, he felt that in this short hour or so this morning, he had dug two big pits for himself.
But reviewing everything that happened in the morning.
Andrew was still clueless.
Could it be that his Hunter's Instinct also had a day where it reported errors?
If it were just once, Andrew would suspect if he had missed something.
But now this had already appeared for the second time, yet he still hadn't found the source of any problem.
Could it be because last night was too excessive...
So it really caused some problem with his intuition?
After thinking it over, Andrew decided to drink a bottle of Healing Potion to properly replenish the deficit from last night.
Previously, in order for that feeling to appear naturally, Andrew hadn't drunk it the whole time.
Refilling his energy bar to full.
Waiting until his status was completely recovered.
Only then did Andrew directly pull Evelyn and walk towards the direction Astra Yao went just now.
They didn't go too far.
Andrew saw Meow-Da on the empty ground at the other end of Silver City, currently drilling A-Cao, A-Mu, and A-Zhuan.
And Astra Yao was at the edge of the venue, looking back and craning her neck to wait for Andrew.
She waited until Andrew arrived by her side before following behind Andrew into the clearing of the training ground.
They saw that Meow-Da in the center of the field had already laid out all his equipment on the empty ground in front of him and was letting the Three Little Pigs choose a suitable set of equipment to learn.
But hearing the familiar footsteps coming from behind, Meow-Da immediately turned his head.
As Meow-Da expected, it was precisely Andrew.
The moment he saw Andrew, Meow-Da immediately waved his hand excitedly, shouting happily:
"Boss! You came, meow!"
However, after Andrew led Astra Yao and Evelyn closer, Meow-Da first subconsciously sniffed his nose fiercely.
Then he subconsciously covered his nose with his paw pads.
He said with a tangled expression:
"Boss, the smell on your body is so strange, meow."
Realizing that simple cleaning with water couldn't escape Meow-Da's sensitive nose, Andrew, who realized this, instantly stiffened a bit.
As the saying goes, under crisis, human potential is infinite.
Andrew felt his thinking begin to rotate at an unprecedented speed at this moment; countless ideas began to emerge in Andrew's mind.
A flash of inspiration struck, and he immediately gave a light cough.
Subsequently, he said to Meow-Da:
"This smell... is the smell of Photinia flowers. I must have accidentally gotten it on me, that's all."
"Really, meow?"
"Of course it's true, would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, I'll take you to specifically smell it later."
Forgive me, Meow-Da.
This is a white lie.
Meow-Da, who didn't suspect much originally, immediately waved his hands, shaking his head very decisively and saying:
"Don't want to, meow! This smell is really too strange, meow!"
After being reminded by Meow-Da, Andrew immediately realized that just because human noses couldn't smell it didn't mean other Thirens couldn't smell it.
Meow-Da could smell it, so what if he encountered some Canine Thiren or the like?
Maybe this smell would be as obvious as could be to other Thirens.
He didn't care about himself.
But it would be terrible if Astra Yao was smelled.
After realizing this.
Andrew decisively fished out a Deodorant Ball from his Item Bag and crushed it fiercely.
Originally, not reaching the level of stench of the Congalala, Andrew hadn't thought to use this at all.
And being single all the time in the Monster Hunter world, it was even less possible for him to have encountered such a thing.
So Andrew had naturally forgotten about it completely before.
And this could be considered a reminder for Andrew; in the future, after this kind of thing ends, it's better to crush a Deodorant Ball to be safe.
As the smoke and dust of the Deodorant Ball exploded instantly, wherever the smoke and dust went.
The effect was simply immediate.
Although Andrew couldn't smell those extremely deeply hidden scents, as the smoke and dust of the Deodorant Ball scattered.
A sensation of the nasal cavity instantly clearing up made Andrew's spirit involuntarily shake.
And for Astra Yao and Evelyn behind him, who had always lived in high population density cities, they instantly felt the air become unprecedentedly fresh.
This made Astra Yao instantly reveal a trace of longing.
This thing.
It was simply countless times stronger than the effect of all the air purifiers bought in New Eridu!
And Meow-Da also subsequently put down the cat paws covering his nose. After smelling carefully.
He nodded with satisfaction and said:
"Now the weird smells are all gone, meow! But..."
Subsequently, Meow-Da turned his head and asked with a face full of strangeness:
"Boss, why has the scent of Big Sis Belle, Big Sis Astra, and Big Sis Evelyn on your body suddenly become so strong, meow?"
Thinking for a moment, Meow-Da suddenly thought of an incomparably suitable adjective.
"It's simply like you guys all merged together, meow!"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Now Andrew coughed even more severely.
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