Hellbents
Chapter 49: Love at First Sight

"Please be my lover!"

Whahuh?

He's kidding, isn't he?

The interaction Ava recalls with Hao only when the young man was heavily drunk, and that was when Ava wore a disguise that was much different from her real face.

On what basis did he suddenly declare such a thing?

"You know him?" River approached slowly, whispering in Ava's ear. But the one asked did not immediately answer.

"I came here after hearing your heroic story, but seeing firsthand the beautiful face of Miss, I fell in love at first sight!" One more sentence that surprised Ava's group.

"Well, love at first sight!" Lorah cheered excitedly, her tail swaying vigorously.

"Speak makes sense!" Dom explodes, his huge body immediately tucked between Ava and Hao, blocking the sight of the young stranger who never escaped from Ava's sweet face.

Hao leaned in, trying to peer over the body of the tattooed man before him. But Dom staunchly hinders the contact between the two. Upset by Dom's meddling, Hao looked sharply, making sure that the woman of his dreams had no resemblance to the man in front of him. There aren't. It means they are not brothers. "I think this is a personal matter that must be solved by both of us," although Hao's height only reaches Dom's shoulders, but he is not afraid to fight.

The faces of the two men were stiff and red, no one was willing to budge by turning their eyes first. Ib has to come forward to break up. "Already, stop," though subtly pushed, but neither Hao nor Dom can resist the power of the ranker.

Ava finally intervened, "Let's talk in a quiet place."

His group looked at each other, somewhat hesitant to leave a woman alone with a foreign man. However she was Rina, it seemed like there would be no problem. So the three men agreed, giving privacy to both.

Ib passed by by lightly patting Ava's shoulder. "You should have ignored the freak," Dom snorted, still dissatisfied glaring at Hao. Does it invite a hostile person who he first saw is his hobby?

"It's only natural that he dares to mess around," River seriously suggested. Ava had never heard of River that aggressive.

Only Lorah looked excited. Her petite body kept swinging happily, "Eager, Brother!" It seems like the idea of romance does make a little girl tickle happy.

Hao and Ava moved to a corner of the restaurant away from the public's attention, although there were still a few pairs of curious glances in their direction. "We should introduce ourselves first, by the way it seems that we are the same age, not too formal," Ava opened the conversation.

"Ah, my name is Gu Hao." Ava knows. "The star-bearer in the Canthan Guild, the swordsman," Hao said proudly.

Canthan Guild? Who was included in the reinforcements that morning?

"Rina Hoffman, herbalist-"

"Herbalist?! You're an herbalist?!" Hao cut before Ava finished speaking.

Minus one.

"Right, you didn't hear the words from the ship's staff? I helped provide the stock of medicine," Ava explained, maintaining her business smile. But what he said was true, the healing gel made from aloe vera and troll blood sold out, leaving only his personal stash. The trick of raising prices and discounting the goods never fails to attract the attention of buyers.

"From the way people describe your story against monsters over 100, I thought you were an assassin!" Lebays.

Minus one.

"So you're interested in me for thinking I'm an assassin?"

"Not really, I'm interested because it sounds like you're strong, so I originally intended to challenge you to a fight, but it turns out you also have a pretty face!" Effortlessly. Planer-plin.

Minus five.

"Sure to see who is stronger! I honestly thought people were exaggerating stories, so I wanted to test you. Just think about it, a woman's body is born weak, so hearing a strong female fighter makes me challenged," People did exaggerate what Ava did, but. Minus seven. Sexist. Minus thirty.

The only reason that made Ava survive was only the coins that the man had.

928376483 coin.

Nine digits. He's rich.

But Hao's clothes were shabby and dirty, the smell of sweat even from earlier disturbed Ava. Sluttish. Minus ten.

At least he is not a descendant of nobility, in general they will try to always appear clean and authoritative. A merchant?

"I'm sorry, but I don't intend to be in a romantic relationship for now."

"... What's?" Hao was completely stunned. "Why?!" Ava had already told the reason for her refusal. "In two years I'm guaranteed to become a ranker! Don't women like strong men?!"

Because Hao had so many minuses, 54 in total. After all Ava from the beginning intends to return to her original dimension, she will not be distracted to date.

"We can still be friends if you want." But Ava still paved the way for the young man to get close to her, the person with that much coin would always be of some use later.

"Uh, make friends," Hao tightly gripped his left chest. His heart is beating painfully. Though he had already planned to introduce the woman before him to the big brother. Suddenly he knelt down, Ava could hear some people gasping. Don't tell me Hao wants to propose?

"Can you think about it one more time?" Once again the man pleaded, pitying. The brightness of the people who are busy watching is getting clearer.

If Hao wanted to invite sympathy, Ava could too.

The girl furrowed her eyebrows, not blinking so that her eyes looked teary, trying to look as sorry as possible. "I'm sorry I can't accept your feelings."

Ava crocodile tears proved effective. Hao who saw the water began to flow from the beautiful face of his woman was not up to the heart if it continues to force.

Women are as strong as ever, their hearts are still soft-hearted.

At least that's what he thinks.

"Well, we'll start from friendship."

"Start from"? The man has not given up.

"Ah, yes," Ava replied softly.

After that no one spoke. Hao was in no way experienced with women, he sucked at seducing, including also calming the girl who had just cried. While Ava has stopped acting, leaving only a trace of tears that she has deliberately not removed. He did not want to look for a new topic to talk about, a small punishment for Hao to satisfy his petty side. Let the man get caught up in awkwardness alone.

"Um, by the way are you in a guild? A smart Herbalist fighting like you would be a valuable asset! If not, I can introduce you to big brother, he is the chairman of the Canthan Guild!" So Hao tried to talk about what he knew, the guild.

But for Ava, this is a business opportunity.

"When you say "big brother", you mean big brother?"

"ah! The Gu family is huge, and Brother Yong is the oldest and most powerful right now, so we all call him big brother."

Inwardly, Ava grinned.

The jackpot!