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Chapter 37 I was here first!

"Unfortunately, it failed."

Rod said with considerable disappointment and some resentment.

If you didn't want to merge, why lie to him and make him happy for nothing?

"Really? You want to merge with her?"

Although Alina knew what he meant by "merging," she couldn't help but let her imagination run wild.

Was Rod's tone implying that he was blaming himself for interrupting his good time?

But, but when they were together before, they didn't have to do so many embarrassing things, did they?

Why is it that you suddenly understood when facing a succubus?

Rod, you can't let yourself be seduced by this kind of bad woman!

You're clearly not that kind of person!

A strong sense of crisis and grievance welled up in Alina's heart.

If you want to merge with her, then what am I?

I was here first!

Meeting is one thing, and combining is another!

Am I not enough?

As Alina thought about this, she suddenly remembered that Rhodes had told her before that he wanted to find other materials for fusion...

Even if he wanted to find other women, that wouldn't be a problem, but why did he have to choose this demon?

"What's wrong?" Rod looked at Alina's colorful expression with a puzzled look, and could vaguely sense her complicated feelings. He asked her subconsciously with concern.

"...It's nothing," Alina forced a stiff smile. "I'm fine."

In the end, inner weakness and inferiority triumphed over anger and resentment.

Ultimately, she had no right to blame Rod. Rod had saved her life, and she shouldn't have stopped him from finding another woman.

"Really?"

Rod looked at her suspiciously, then glanced at the system panel.

[Fusing Material: Elina (Half-Elf), Material Status: Excellent → Good]

Rhodes nodded, confirming that his feeling was correct, but for a moment he couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

"Could it be that the sewer smelled too bad, making her uncomfortable? Or perhaps my being down here for so long made her worry?"

He shook his head, trying to put those questions out of his mind.

"You don't seem to be in a good state right now," Rod said, taking her hand. "Let's go home first."

"...Okay." Alina looked at him with mixed feelings. "Let's go home."

Finally, she put down the elven longbow, glanced at Aphrodite who was hiding to the side, silently making her presence known, and swallowed the bitterness in her heart.

What's so good about that horned demon woman?

Doesn't white hair and red eyes look disgusting? Why would you want to merge with her?

Feeling Alina's indignant and disgusted gaze, Aphrodite's expression instantly darkened as she watched the spectacle unfold.

She opened her mouth, but in the end, she didn't explain anything.

Even though she and that man didn't do anything, even though nothing had happened between them yet...

but,

Let this misunderstanding continue...

With such malice, Aphrodite crossed her arms and leaned against the cold pipe wall, her scarlet eyes fixed on the direction the two had left, until Rhodes's figure completely disappeared around the corner of the pipe.

"They really just left like that? Or are they planning to use this opportunity to report me?"

After confirming that they had really left, she pulled up her hood to cover her demonic features again and hurriedly left the scene.

"She already has a half-elf, yet she still wants to merge with me..." Leaving the sewers, Aphrodite shook off the grime and couldn't help but laugh at herself. "Who would have thought that someone with such lowly succubus blood as me could one day be more popular than an elf?"

But he rejected her?

"What a strange fellow. He's just an ordinary person, yet he's so eccentric. And that half-elf..."

Aphrodite was filled with doubt as she briefly recalled the entire incident, especially the sudden appearance of the half-elf and the process of the two leaving.

'Where did she come from? And how did she get involved with an ordinary human? And they seem to have a very close relationship...' Thinking of this, Aphrodite couldn't help but frown slightly.

If they have that kind of relationship...

That man actually dared to openly say he wanted to have sex with her and do *that* kind of thing right in front of her...

That's way too arrogant!

Thinking of this, Aphrodite couldn't help but shake her head, denying her unrealistic conjecture.

Unless that half-elf has lost his mind, he is probably staying by his side for other reasons.

Judging from her expression, she didn't seem to be under control at all, so it could only be because...

interest.

"First there was a ranger, now there are half-elves and ordinary humans, and those mages from the capital... We really can't let our guard down in Misty City," Aphrod thought with a worried expression.

"Hmph, time for the final step of finding some human corpses for experiments." She looked up at the direction of the Holy Light Church in Misty City and sneered.

"Since you, Garen, won't let me take corpses from your church's cemetery, then it's none of your business if I use other people's, right?"

Misty City does have a cemetery, but it's like a mass grave. As far as I can remember, few people go there except for corpse collectors. Presumably, even if a few bodies are missing, no one would notice.

Isn't this a good place for her to gather material?

Thinking of this, Aphrodite's lips curled slightly, and her steps became much lighter, filled with confidence and anticipation for the night's operation.

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Misty City, Cemetery

The wooden door creaked open, and Rod and Alina returned home in silence, bathed in the glow of the setting sun.

"..."

Alina walked into the house without a word, casually took off her belongings, then found a chair and sat down in the shadows, head down, seemingly lost in thought.

Rod was wiping the mud off his clothes at the door when he looked up and saw her looking somber.

Tiny specks of dirt clung to her fair skin, and her golden hair hung loosely over her shoulders, unlike her usual neat and tidy appearance.

The golden rays of the setting sun slanted in through the half-open door, falling on her like flowing liquid gold. In the interplay of light and shadow, she appeared hazy and indistinct, dazzling the eyes.

"What's wrong?" Rod walked over and sat down next to her, asking.

"I'm fine, I just..." Alina turned her head away from him, "I'm just a little tired and want to rest early."

"Okay," Rod scratched his head, "then you take a nap first, I'll wake you up when dinner is ready."

He got up, walked to the door, and looked at the sky.

The sun was still hanging on the tops of the oak trees in the west, its orange-red light bathing the entire cemetery in a warm glow.

There was still some time before sunset, so he could take a stroll around the neighborhood and catch up on the patrol work he had missed over the past few days.

Since Alina arrived, Rhodes has been caught up in the excitement of the fusion, and with no new corpses "moving into" the cemetery recently, he hasn't patrolled it for several days.

Thinking of this, Rod picked up his body-collecting tool bag from the corner of the wall, and casually picked up the lantern and hung it on his waist, ready to set off.

"I'm going to patrol the cemetery for a bit," he said, turning to glance at Alina, who looked rather tired. "I'll be right back. You can have some peace and quiet by yourself."

He gently closed the wooden door, just in time to miss Alina slowly raising her head.

"You don't want to stay with me, do you...?"

She curled herself up into a ball and finally sat down on the chair with her knees drawn up to her chest.