章 36: Problems on snowy days

They rose after another long kiss. Strax simply smiled at her, who was still quite embarrassed, but now couldn't deny it anymore.

"No matter the age, or anything else... I'm enjoying this insolent bastard," she thought, watching him offer his hand to start walking alone again. "Tsk," she bit her tongue. Was she annoyed? Yes, but with herself, not with Strax.

On the other hand...

[The hidden mission was successfully completed, however, your rewards will only be delivered at the end of the arc.]

"Tsk, disgusting system, why delay the rewards so much? Isn't the level system already a complete failure, giving me only 1 point per level instead of increasing all the statistics, what else do you want to steal from me? Even the rewards?!" he roared, growing increasingly irritated with the system that completely limited him on all occasions, something he had no control over.