Chapter 1224 - 553: Shameless Behavior

Chapter 1224: Chapter 553: Shameless Behavior

Then Herbert refused me with a grandiose argument, saying he needed to resolve it himself.

What did that guy say back then?

I forgot the beginning and the end, but basically he didn’t need my help.

Ha, men.

Now, you actually have the nerve to talk to me about being accomplices?

Got any shame?

Though she didn’t say the words directly, her gaze was revealing.

Clearly said nothing, yet seemed to say everything.

"Hey?"

Ophidia’s words made Herbert blink, initially wanting to make nonsensical excuses but paused awkwardly after thinking.

Don’t say it, this, uh, turns out, it really is like this!

"Truly amazing, there’s still such a thing."

"Ha."

Ophidia let out a dissatisfied hum, swinging her snake tail slightly, wanting to draw it away directly, but Herbert caught it with an innocent expression.

She struggled for a while without success, and chose instead to focus on the book she had written.

Though ignored, Herbert simply turned over, resting his face on the snake tail, intimately rubbing it with his cheek.

Rub, rub!

Rub on this smooth surface!

Coil~ Coil and coil~

After recklessly rubbing his face for a while, Herbert asked with a smile, "So, you really don’t want to be accomplices with me? Just despise me?"

While asking this, the boy’s eyes contained a smile, devoid of embarrassment from being exposed for talking nonsense.

He gazed upward at the face, covered mostly in shadow, yet still revealing its delicate features.

"...I despise you?"

Ophidia raised an eyebrow, looking at the white-haired boy rubbing against the snake tail, feeling a bit like she wanted to hit him.

You’re already lying on my tail, saying such things?

No, no.

I’ve let you rub your face back and forth, and you think I despise you?

If I despised you, I would’ve kicked you out long ago!

Maybe... maybe I should really consider throwing him out again? To teach him?

This thought circled in Ophidia’s mind, but seeing Herbert’s rightful stubbornness, she felt arguing with this guy would result only in her loss.

Would this guy really learn his lesson?

No, certainly not.

Once certain there’s no danger to his life, he’d only get worse!

"Hmph!"

Finally, all complex emotions turned into a dissatisfied hum.

The snake tail swung in dissatisfaction like a spatula, flipping the head on it back and forth.

Even as Herbert was tossed around, he clung tightly, making meaningless protest sounds.

Looking at Herbert still acting shamelessly, Ophidia sighed helplessly.

A trace of indulgence flashed in her heart, unnoticed by herself, perhaps what could be called "affection"?

Truly defeated by this guy.

"Sigh..."

She sighed and shook her head, the sound particularly clear in the silent library.

She closed the book in her hand with a soft "snap," seemingly deciding to temporarily end the one-sided "reading," focusing fully on this headache-inducing "trouble."

Ophidia glared at Herbert, saying irritably, "I don’t understand what you’re stuck on, what’s there to explain?"

Sensing her finally relent, at least in attitude, Herbert hastily replied, "Uh, just about explaining the Northern Lands thing, I don’t know how to... um."

His words were cut off, as a cool snake tail tip, like a flexible appendage, gently and yet irresistibly blocked his lips.

?

The sensation silenced Herbert instantly, leaving him wide-eyed, making indistinct nasal sounds.

Hey?

A gag?

Why are we suddenly playing this big!

The snake tail slowly coiled, thoroughly sealing the noisy source, restoring silence to the space.

"So, I said... what’s there to explain?"

Ophidia looked at Herbert perplexedly, not understanding his slowness on the matter.

Usually such a smart person, how come now his mind isn’t turning?

"You’re not some child without judgment, you don’t need others to take care of you."

Her tone carried an instructive air, while not pleasant in wording, the essence was to awaken him.

Wake up!

What useless things are you stuck on?

"You’re Legendary now, even could step into Epic in the future... At your level, if unwilling to discuss certain things, who could demand you report everything to them?"

Herbert paused, blankly staring at those disappointed eyes.

Hey?

What did she say?

"You still don’t get it?"

Seeing him seemingly truly lost, Ophidia sighed, saying earnestly, "If the old one hasn’t specifically asked for reporting, it means no report is needed."

She looked at Herbert with disappointment, "Do you think I reported to him after leaving and returning?"

"Of course not."

Previously, under Herbert’s prompting, Ophidia wrote a resignation letter, not only actually submitting it to the troubling Archbishop but also attacking his age in it.

Expectedly, after such an attack on leadership, one’s livelihood in the company would inevitably be tough.