Leah prepared the fever-reducing medicine and handed it to Belinne with a stern face: "Drink it quickly! What a stupid mother you are! If you're not feeling well, don't turn on such a powerful cooling array!"
“But Mom is very hot,” Belinne explained with an awkward laugh.
"I saw a big table of food outside." Leah pulled up a round stool and sat down in front of the bed. Then, changing the subject, she asked curiously, "You knew I was coming back today?"
"Uh, no, when Leah came home, she gave her mother a scare, cough cough, a surprise!"
"As for the food, it wasn't eaten with strangers. I was having lunch with your father, but I got beaten up."
Bellini covered her face, her expression somber as she spoke of the argument that had occurred not long ago.
Leah clenched her fist in anger and slammed it hard on the table next to her!
"So why do you like that stinky old man?! I'll definitely surpass the Crimson Adventurers and teach him a lesson for you!"
"You must also take your medicine diligently until that day!"
"The higher levels of the World Tree must have a way to heal your body!"
Lia stood tall and proud, like a fiery red rooster.
Belinne gently patted her head: "Thank you so much for caring about your mother."
"No way—I just went to the top of the World Tree and found some herbs for you on the way." Leah's face flushed, and she pushed away Belinne's hand, staring intently at Belinne's swollen face: "That damned old man, I'll never forgive him!"
“Don’t hold a grudge against the master. Without him, we would have starved to death on the streets long ago.” Belinne sighed and said, “Lia, you’ve come back this time for something, haven’t you?”
Three years ago
Leah had a falling out with her husband and left Red Peach City in a fit of anger, declaring that she would never return unless her adventure team surpassed the Crimson Adventurers.
My sudden return home must mean something very important is happening.
In bed, Linda also perked up her ears with great interest.
Give me the money.
Lia stretched out her small hand and said with distress, "The Snow Goose Adventure Team is out of money. I can't pay Aiko and the others!"
If you can't pay the money, the Empire will punish you according to the 'Adventurer's Law'. At best, you'll have your equipment sold and be fined; at worst, you'll be imprisoned.
So Leah rushed home to borrow money.
“How could that be? Didn’t you write to Mom just a couple of days ago and say that everything was fine?” Belinne said in surprise.
"The 11th level of the dungeon is harder than I expected. The healer in charge is no good, and the strategy guide is terrible!"
Lia blushed and defended herself.
"Is it really the healer's fault? Is there something wrong with your team?" Belinne asked patiently.
Bellini hadn't fully figured out why the former healer, Linda, had left the team. Linda's explanation was that Leah was getting increasingly annoyed, and she wanted to hear her daughter's side of the story.
From a personal perspective, Bellini naturally favors her daughter.
She hoped to help her daughter persuade Linda to return to Xueyan.
"Actually, Linda left the team."
Leah pouted and said resentfully.
Mom already found out not long ago...
Bellini looked surprised: "Oh, how could you kick him out of the team? Linda is a very good kid. He's handsome, capable, and good at taking care of people. Such a good teammate, why didn't you keep an eye on him?"
Linda reclined on Belinne, listening silently to the mother and daughter's conversation.
Both Mrs. Bellini and Leah got one thing wrong.
His departure from the team was essentially due to the change in the original intention of the Snow Goose Adventure Team; Lia's annoyance could only be considered a contributing factor.
"I didn't kick him out!"
Leah's indignant voice rang out: "He left the team on his own, it has nothing to do with me!"
"?"
Inside the blankets, a question mark simultaneously appeared above the heads of Linda and Kaphni.
Back in White Dove City, no matter who asked Lia, she always said he was useless, too slow at planning, and unworthy of the Snow Goose Adventure Team, so she kicked him out.
However, her mother changed her story, claiming that she didn't kick the ball and that her departure from the team had nothing to do with her.
Linda thought that after experiencing two failures on the ninth and eleventh floors, Lia would have some self-reflection, realize the harm of arrogance, and start to think about the team members.
In retrospect, they had no idea they were wrong.
Mrs. Belinne wasn't sure if Leah was telling the truth, and said with a worried look, "Think about it carefully, is it really true that Linda's departure from the team has nothing to do with you?"
"No!" Leah answered instantly.
When Bellini saw that her daughter's neck was flushed red with anxiety, she shook her head inwardly. It seemed that there was definitely something going on.
"It's really not my fault."
Leah started listing the items one by one, counting them on her fingers:
"After the fifth floor, Linda spent more than half a month each time preparing for the strategy. She was too long-winded about hunting monsters in the wild, and she didn't even participate in team building activities."
She either stays in her bedroom or goes to the library. Other adventure teams laugh at her, saying that Xueyan's healer is an autistic idiot!
People like that are such a disgrace to me!
The simulation training before the campaign was exhausting. I had to react to his commands within half a second, making him seem like the captain!
His attitude has also become very bad. He gets angry if you say anything to him, and all he does is give vague, incoherent replies. What kind of team member is that?
Leah grew increasingly frustrated as she spoke, clenching her fists and fiddling with her nails. She lowered her head and muttered to herself, "He wasn't like this before..."
Mrs. Bellene sighed.
Her daughter didn't seem to understand.
Is it possible that everything Linda did was actually for the team?
Whether it's creating strategies or training, it's all for the purpose of helping the team reach higher levels.
The captain of the Snow Goose Adventure Team is Lia. No matter what Linda does, Lia is the one who benefits the most.
Just because Linda is too good,
So Bellini entrusted the slime gel sleeve to Linda with peace of mind, allowing Linda to use it extensively for her daughter!
"Think about it carefully, weren't all the things Linda did for the team?"
Leah opened her mouth to retort, but Belinne gently tapped her head: "Listen to your mother first."
"...oh."
"Mom asked you, 'You said Linda stayed in the bedroom and library and didn't come out. Was that to help the team better conquer the next floor? Your father's Crimson Adventure Team also takes a long time to create their strategy guides, you know?'"
"The Crimson Adventure Team has already reached the 19th floor, so creating a walkthrough must be taking a long time! And Snow Goose was only on the 8th floor a few days ago!"
Leah said confidently, "It's just that Linda is being lazy. At his previous speed, he could have finished making the guide very quickly!"
A vein throbbed on Belinne's forehead; no matter how good-natured she was, she was amused by Leah's antics.
From the letter Leah sent back, we know that the Snow Goose Adventure Team can conquer the first eight floors without taking any damage.
She told the leader of the Crimson Adventurers, her husband, who was known as the 'Bloody Baron', about it.
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