"Woo~~ We're finally back, Big Sis Himeko! We're back!"
Just as they returned to the train, March 7th couldn't hold back and dashed towards the lounge car, loudly calling Himeko's name.
"I heard you, I heard you. Little March, seeing you so lively, I feel relieved."
Himeko, carrying a tray with freshly brewed coffee, walked out from the crew compartment. She placed the tray on a nearby tea table and then smiled, waving at everyone.
"Come quickly. I've just researched a new coffee grinding technique. Let me use this newly made coffee to wash away the fatigue of your journey."
"This coffee... is it absolutely necessary to drink it?"
Xing, who had just stepped into the lounge car, heard Himeko's words and directly froze in place. She immediately recalled how Cocolia had forced her to drink coffee, and a chill ran down her spine.
The little Trailblazer loudly protested against this kind of behavior of abandoning teammates.
"It seems you're still a child, unlike your brother Fu Zhu who can accept the bitterness of coffee. Isn't it a rare delicacy?"
Himeko, seemingly oblivious, just chuckled softly and looked at Xing.
Although coffee is bitter, the endless aftertaste after drinking it is quite novel for him.
"I..." Xing wanted to refute Himeko's claim that she was a child, but thinking of the terrifying power of Himeko's coffee, she instantly fell silent, tacitly agreeing with Himeko's words.
Fu Zhu had personally experienced it; Himeko's coffee indeed had a taste... that was hard to describe.
"Why don't you all sit down and take a rest? Weren't you discussing important matters related to Bronya?"
Hearing Himeko say this, Welt, who had been silent, finally spoke up. He just walked straight to the sofa and sat down. Himeko very thoughtfully poured a cup of coffee for everyone present.
Seeing the fruit juice in front of him, Fu Zhu couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He picked up the fruit juice and took a sip.
March 7th turned her head to look at the coffee in front of her, her face full of bitterness.
Himeko suspiciously looked at everyone: "What's wrong? You don't want to drink the coffee?"
Welt, with his back to everyone, pushed up his glasses that reflected the light, and said solemnly: "Himeko, your hand-brewed coffee... I think Fu Zhu would really like your coffee."
Himeko, Xing, and March 7th all looked towards Fu Zhu. Fu Zhu, who was just sitting down, immediately picked up his own cup of fruit juice, and after hesitating for a moment, Fu Zhu still downed the remaining half cup of fruit juice.
Then he didn't show any negative BUFFs, looks like my luck is pretty good this time!
As for the direct statement... Fu Zhu actually didn't think it was a big deal.
In his previous life, he had been on his sickbed, so it wasn't like he hadn't eaten nutritious supplements. It didn't taste like anything.
Fu Zhu turned to look at the cup of coffee that had been motionless in front of him, and without hesitation, he picked it up and downed it in one gulp.
"It tastes pretty good!"
Hearing this, March 7th immediately pushed the coffee in front of her towards Fu Zhu, and then looked at Fu Zhu with hopeful eyes. Fu Zhu took March 7th's cup of coffee and drank it all in one go.
As for Welt and Dan Heng, seeing Fu Zhu like this, they also had some thoughts, wanting to shift the blame... ah, no, they wanted to see how Fu Zhu would enjoy this unique "poison."
Of course, it was the coffee Himeko had specially prepared for them, so it was just right as a taste test!
After the two of them mentally prepared themselves, they picked up the coffee Fu Zhu handed over and drank it in one gulp, looking quite heroic!
After finishing the coffee, the two of them skillfully put their cups back in their original positions, then put their hands on their knees, looking very satisfied. Then, they began to breathe heavily.
This was a very novel experience for him.
"So, shall we talk about what you guys discussed with Bronya? Welt, do you have anything to add, and Dan Heng?"
Himeko broke the silence, but Welt and Dan Heng didn't respond at all.
Xing and March 7th connected with Welt and Dan Heng through a video call: "Big Sis Himeko, you go on and talk, Yang-ge and Dan Heng probably don't have anything to add."
Himeko also didn't press Welt and Dan Heng any further, directly stating her conclusion.
"Regarding Bronya, regardless of whether we go or not, it won't be a problem. Bronya expressed that she doesn't want to trouble us."
After some thought, Fu Zhu, March 7th, Xing, and Himeko raised their hands in agreement, unanimously approving Bronya's suggestion.
Himeko glanced at them and nodded.
"Alright then, the next stop will be the Xianzhou Luofu. The conductor will make adjustments to the route, so everyone should quickly pack up."
"Okay." xN
Xing and March 7th took this opportunity to relax a bit by drinking some fruit juice. Fu Zhu, on the other hand, planned to pack up the things he wouldn't be using for a while, and by the way, give his own equipment a wave of upgrades.
The Xianzhou Luofu was, after all, said to be an advanced civilization that even the Astral Express had never visited. The Iron Golems alone might not be enough to handle things.
After returning to his room, Fu Zhu first sorted out all the things in his backpack that he wouldn't be using for the time being and put them into the wooden chest. Then, in his room, he placed his high-tier enchanting table.
Although it was just a bookshelf and a high-tier enchanting table, and the surrounding bookshelf count was far from enough, for Fu Zhu, who didn't have many people to enchant for in the room, it was practical and best.
[Achievement Unlocked: Diamond Body!]
[Received Achievement Points: 5]
After crafting the Enchanting Table, Fu Zhu first enchanted his entire set of Iron Armor with Protection IV. After that, he felt that all the experience points he had temporarily saved up from protecting Cocolia were used up.
Moreover, the accumulated experience value had been consumed by enchanting various items for Himeko before. Now, after enchanting his own set of armor, he didn't have much experience left. Fu Zhu took out his divine scepter, prepared to enchant it, and suddenly remembered that March 7th and Xing also had the ability to use Starlight; so if they had his opinion, they should come to his room.
He then sent messages to March 7th and Dan Heng via his phone, asking them to come to his room.
Before long, March 7th, Xing, and Dan Heng walked in together. Xing opened her mouth first: "Old Bro, you suddenly called us, what do you want us to do?"
"I'm going to enchant your weapons and armor, so prepare for the Trailblazing on the Xianzhou Luofu."
"Okay."
Fu Zhu nodded honestly, then casually gestured and directly took off his outerwear, revealing his white undershirt.
"Ahem! Xing!"
March 7th yelped, quickly stopping Xing's clothes-stripping behavior, her face blushing intensely.
"What are you doing?!" x2
Fu Zhu and Himeko looked at March 7th with bewildered expressions, showing their incomprehension of her behavior.
March 7th looked left and right at these two siblings, then retorted with some awkwardness: "What am I doing? I'm following Old Bro's words. Didn't he say he was going to enchant our armor? Isn't that our clothes?"
"But..." March 7th felt it wasn't quite right, but she couldn't pinpoint what was wrong.
Seeing March 7th looking so troubled, Fu Zhu pulled out the set of iron armor he had enchanted earlier from his inventory.
"Ahem, I need to enchant your clothes. Little March, you learned from me how to make this set of iron armor, right? It's just that the current version has been upgraded."
March 7th's eyes widened as she stared at the brand-new, complete set of iron armor in front of Fu Zhu, completely speechless.
"I... I can't take this off..."
Seeing that March 7th was no longer resisting and had immediately taken off her jacket, Xing, however, was a little hesitant. She originally didn't think much of it, but seeing March 7th blush and hesitate, her movements became stiff. The teasing thoughts that this made March 7th have, caused her movements to become even more rigid, her muscles tensing up from nervousness.
Dan Heng, who was behind them, heard the rustling sound of clothes being taken off. He chose to directly push open the door and leave, turning his back and closing the door to wait outside.
Xing and March 7th, after taking off their outerwear, were both wearing simple white shirts, not much different in color.
"Here."
The two girls handed their clothes to Fu Zhu. Fu Zhu reached out and took the light purple jackets from the girls.
"Alright."
Fu Zhu handed the enchanted outerwear back to the two girls.
March 7th took the outerwear, let out a sigh of relief, and just as she was about to put it on, Fu Zhu spoke again.
"Next are the skirts, and then your socks or shoes."
March 7th: ? !
Fu Zhu looked at March 7th, who was protectively clutching her chest, glaring at him in annoyance: "You... this guy! You're not trying to take the opportunity to... to peek at my sister, are you!"
"Ahem, straighten up. We're looking openly and honorably, don't look at me with those kinds of eyes, okay! I'm going to tell my sister to sue you for defamation!"
Fu Zhu crossed his arms, annoyed: "Then go ahead and tell her. Even if Himeko came, I'd say the same thing!"
These words from Fu Zhu immediately silenced March 7th, who just kept staring at Fu Zhu with resentful little eyes.
Seeing that she seemed to have misunderstood, Fu Zhu explained, somewhat exasperatedly.
"Don't overthink it. If I really wanted to look, I wouldn't beat around the bush. The enchantment I need to put on your clothes is called 'Protection'. This enchantment provides 4% damage reduction for each level, and its effects can be stacked. That's why I need to enchant all your clothes, from top to bottom."
As soon as Xing heard Fu Zhu's explanation, her eyes lit up.
"Old Bro, you said one level provides 4% damage reduction? What's the highest level an item of clothing can be enchanted to?"
"I can currently only enchant up to level 4."
Xing immediately calculated the clothes she was wearing: outerwear, shirt, bra, gloves, pants, socks, shoes—a total of eight items. That would be Protection IV on each, so 4 levels 4% = 16% reduction per item. Eight items 16% = 128% damage reduction! Wouldn't that make her invincible?!
Having figured this out, she immediately reached her hands behind her back.
March 7th saw this action and asked with some confusion: "What are you doing? The one I'm wearing today is a back-clasp style."
March 7th: ! ! ! !
"Don't you mess around!!!"
"What do you mean, mess around? March, didn't you hear my bro's explanation? If we get all our clothes enchanted by my bro, we'll be invincible! Come on, want me to help you take them off?"
"Wuwuwu!"
After a flurry of activity, Xing, after Fu Zhu explained that the maximum enchanted damage reduction could only reach 80%, finally stopped her actions with some disappointment.
March 7th's little face was now so red it looked like it was about to drip blood. Just moments ago, she had almost rushed forward to strip Xing bare.
"So... are you taking them off or not?"
Fu Zhu was a little helpless. The time Himeko had set aside for them wasn't long, just an hour. If they kept fussing about like this, the train would be ready to depart.
March 7th shivered, looked at Xing, and finally lowered her head as if resigned.
"At least... let Xing go out first..."
Fu Zhu glanced at Xing, then at March 7th, shrugged, and directly walked out.
After Xing left, March 7th sat on the edge of Fu Zhu's bed, stretched out her hand to take off her white stockings, and then her shoes. March 7th slightly pursed her lips, revealing her slender, white calves. March 7th inserted her thumb into her cotton sock and, together with her index finger, pinched the edge, slowly pulling the cotton sock down. However, her movements were much slower than usual, her toes tensing up due to the girl's nervousness.
Fu Zhu looked at this charming, in a certain sense, beautiful scene before him, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
At this point, words like "actually, you only need to take off one sock and one shoe" were absolutely something he couldn't bring himself to say!