I kissed the statue at the beginning and I vomited all over the floor

Chapter 203: Exploitation Becomes a Conditioned Reflex

"Mr. Ivan..."

Because this perverted knight cured her mother, the halfling Annie's way of addressing Evan has changed.

"I agree with your idea, but the person in charge of Nield...

After we started the conflict with Radiant City, Nield no longer had a nominal leader."

Sitting in a small wooden house not far from the isolation ward, Alvin could see through the window Larriel who was busy with intubation and casting spells, and the city guard Percy who was helping him.

"So who is organizing your mining operations... I mean, your daily operations now?"

The halfling seemed to be very accustomed to the responsibilities that came with being a maid. She prepared a cup of black tea with lavender using a technique that was often seen in aristocratic families.

"Under the mines, there are actually some honest laborers, whether they are halflings or humans."

She put a small silver spoon into the teacup and stirred the sugar in it at an even pace.

“So even though we had already started an armed conflict with Huiyao City, the miners and logistics personnel did not stop their work.”

"…This is a conditioned reflex that only forms when one is exploited to such an extent…"

Taking the tea, Alvin took a sip carefully.

To be honest, Annie's craftsmanship is much better than that of the maid in Xuman Villa.

"Then there can't be no role like captain, right?"

"Yes, there are. Apart from the general manager Sir River who has left the mine, several mining team leaders and logistics chiefs who are civilians are still here."

Ivan turned his head and looked at the halfling girl.

Now Annie's color is green to the point of being frightening... This color represents friendliness and trust.

In the first few days after awakening his [conscious vision], Alvin still couldn't figure out the difference between these colors.

For example, Xiling is red with a hint of pink;

Little Liane is yellow, sometimes a little red;

The female knight of Kayla is black, and when she is not black, she is green;

The most common color in the entire druid settlement is green.

Based on Lan Xing Fei Qing’s memories from his previous life, he almost thought that this was a device for distinguishing between friend and foe - green is for allies, red is for enemies, and yellow is for neutrals.

But after all, when Xiling is not angry, she still defends herself, so this is obviously wrong.

Until he happened to see Frey Xingge, who had been avoiding him recently. After seeing him, this girl who had a mind full of small theaters, her color changed like the neon lights outside a nightclub.

Only then did Alvin realize that these colors represent the state of consciousness, or emotional state, of the target creature.

Putting aside these irrelevant thoughts, Alvin looked at Annie again.

"Help me gather these leaders, but before that, I want to ask you to do something for me... something that can eradicate the disease in the Nield Mine."

After hearing this, Annie no longer cared about playing the role of a delicious and harmless maid.

She stared at Ivan with a burning gaze, so burning that her vision began to automatically beautify the human in front of her.

So handsome...

……

A half-orc wearing the uniform of the Nield Scouts and with a sling around his waist ran towards Lian at a rapid pace.

While running, he shouted something loudly.

Because the distance was too far, Lian didn't hear it clearly - of course, she was actually exchanging gossip with a few halflings she had just gotten to know, and didn't notice the halfling who was rushing over here at all.

"Ms. Xiling! Miss Xiling!"

It was not until she got closer that Lian heard the halfling calling out her sister's name.

Being too busy gossiping to ask more questions, Liane casually asked, "What's up?"

The new halfling thought that this person was the real owner, and hurriedly took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to Lian.

"Ms. Xiling, Lord Ivan asked me to pick you up and take you back - oh, to meet him.

This handkerchief was given to me by Lord Ivan as a keepsake. He said that it has a magical effect that only you and he know..."

Lian reached out to take the handkerchief and didn't think there was anything wrong at first.

But as her little head digested the information, the short half-elf's mouth opened wide, her eyes full of disbelief.

"Eh? Sister's handkerchief?"

While muttering, he activated the magical effect above.

A pink light suddenly appeared on the short half-elf's hand, and this spell effect made Lian feel a little unfamiliar.

But then, Xiling, who had been hiding in the woods to rest, suddenly appeared and slapped the scarf, knocking aside the spell that was about to take effect on Lian herself.

"Squeak!"

A poor gray rabbit was hit by this evil spell. It looked down unwillingly, then ran towards Lian with tearful eyes - the new owner who was bound by this spell.

"Sister... why is your personal handkerchief with Ivan?"

The little half-elf ignored the gray rabbit rubbing against his boots, and stared blankly at his elder sister who suddenly appeared.

“This was… that… at that time… oh yeah!

I gave this to Alvin, asking him to use it as a communication code when we are apart..."

"But this is obviously what you use..."

"Huh? What? An emergency?

We have to leave immediately, Lian, don’t worry about these unimportant things…”

After saying that, Xiling walked in the direction where the half-ling came from without looking back.

Lian didn't speak for a long time. She heard the group of halflings who had just gossiped with her were whispering behind her.

"Oh my god, so this is what it feels like to have your mind taken over by a pervert, so pitiful..."

"It turns out that Liane's sister was one of the victims..."

"Should we go and comfort her..."

……

At the bottom of the Nield Mine, there is a building that is also two stories high, but covers an area several times that of an ordinary house.

This is a logistics supply warehouse built by the Halflings decades ago. It is not far from the ore warehouse. Even now, there are endless streams of people coming in and out.

After the outbreak, Annie and her colleagues moved the isolation ward for the patients to the other side of the mining town because they were worried that the coughing illness might be contagious.

Now, Annie and Ivan are searching for something in the logistics warehouse.

"Ivan, what exactly are you looking for when you called me here?

There are still many patients who need my help! ”

Larrel stood at the door impatiently, looking at Ivan and Percy with his arms crossed - yes, curly-haired Percy was also called over to do hard labor.

“Those patients cannot be cured by healing magic, I need to find a way to eradicate their illness;

At the same time, I have to find a material that can filter impurities in the air——

Trust me, Larry, this is the key to curing and preventing these coughs.”