Collecting the Male Leads’ First Nights - Chapter 75

Chapter 75

After Noel kissed her cheek with a satisfied expression and left, she opened her inventory. The Necklace Containing the Blessings of a Salary Thief she had received from the male god in her dream was added to her inventory. As soon as she took out the item and put it on her neck, the shiny necklace disappeared like the Virginity Radar, and a message came up in front of her.

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[With the Necklace Containing the Blessings of a Salary Thief, you won’t gain karma even if you loaf around all day.]

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Sylvia’s eyes filled with tears as she saw the message. Finally… She could finally rest!
Of course, she would work as hard as she could to avoid going to Slothful Hell, but there was a big difference between working and being able to rest, and being forced to work because she couldn’t rest.

‘I feel much better now.’

Opening her inventory with a relaxed mind, Sylvia smiled happily as she looked at the seeds emitting a lemon-colored light, which had increased in number.

‘No matter how many times I do it with Mr. Noel, I don’t get tired of it. It always feels new and thrilling! It would be nice to reach 100.’

After rolling around with a big smile, a servant knocked on the door and announced breakfast, so she dressed simply and went downstairs.

There was a simple but luxurious-looking brunch set up on the table. As she sat in front of the table and waited, Sevis entered the dining room. rubbing his eyes. He sat across from her with a drowsy face.

“Sevis! The festival is next week, so should we rest here for a few days before then?”
“What? But I want to go home… Ugh, I understand.”

Sevis looked at Sylvia with a dark expression for a moment, then reluctantly nodded. He was lacking energy because he was tormented all night by the image of Noel and Sylvia he had seen at the oasis.
With dark circles under his eyes, Sevis looked tired, unlike usual. However, Sylvia was in such a good mood because of the newly acquired items that she couldn’t care less about his strange appearance.

Sevis wanted to leave Noel’s villa as soon as possible because his mind was complicated, but he couldn’t insist on going home because of Sylvia’s cheerful expression. He sighed and pressed his throbbing head with his fingertips before picking up the fork weakly.

‘My head hurts, and my body feels cold…’

Sylvia, who tilted her head for a moment at his reaction, began to eat with joy when Sevis said he understood. When Noel came down after a while and she was enjoying brunch with everyone, a servant came running with a happy face, and her eyes widened at the words he said.

“Miss Sylvia! The villagers have come to the mansion. They want to thank you for saving them and express their gratitude!”

Express their gratitude? It was unexpected. She was only fulfilling a quest naturally because she was in the game, so she didn’t expect the villagers to come and thank her. This may have been part of a game’s event, but she somehow felt moved and felt like crying.

‘I never thought they would come here to say thank you. The people in this game are nice, unlike the people I’ve met in real life. Apart from Luca..’

In real life, she liked to help others. However, when she saw the shocking news that the volunteer organization she had been sponsoring since she was young had stolen the donations to go on a golf trip, or when she found out that a relative who begged her to sign up for insurance and said would help her had signed her up for something disadvantageous, she went through some hardships. After a series of events, she became skeptical about helping people.

But the people in the game were different. Sylvia’s eyes became red, thinking that she would be happy for the rest of her life if she lived in a world like this.

‘It makes me feel warm inside.’

Sylvia looked at the group with an impressed look on her face.

“I didn’t expect them to come to say thanks. It’s totally unexpected.”

Sevis was surprised to hear that the villagers had come to thank her, and Noel smiled gently as if he expected it.

“That’s right, I didn’t expect that at all.”
“As I often thought when I came to visit the villa, the villagers here are appreciative. So of course, I thought they would come by to say thank you.”
“Wait…”

Sylvia ran to the window, unable to control her emotions with both hands on her chest. Looking out, the villagers she saw yesterday were waiting with large bouquets of flowers and baskets full of things.

“Wow! Many villagers came. I don’t think we should keep them waiting. Sevis, Mr. Noel. Come with me right away.”

When Sylvia urged, the group hurriedly wiped their crumbly mouths and followed the servant to the entrance of the mansion. Upon arriving at the entrance after passing through the garden, the villagers cheered with bright smiles as they spotted the group.

“Miss Sylvia!! Our hero! Sylvia! Sylvia!”
“Thanks to the rest of your group too! Really, if it weren’t for you all, we would have inevitably become orcs!”

Feeling shy, Sylvia scratched her head as the villagers surrounded them with cheers. This was the first time she had ever been thanked by so many people.

A tired old man standing in front of the villagers laughed happily as he received the flower necklaces from the other villagers and hung them on Sylvia and her companions. Then, a message appeared before her eyes.

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[A clear energy envelops Sylvia. The effect of the Flower Necklace makes you feel refreshed for a day.]

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As soon as she put on the flower necklace, the message appeared and Sylvia’s body became light, as if she would fly away. The group felt the same effect, and their complexion brightened. Although her body wasn’t tired at all as she slept profoundly after doing it four times with Noel, her mind, which was slightly exhausted, became clearer.

‘I feel better after wearing the flower necklace.’

Sylvia touched the flower necklace, overwhelmed with pride. The old man who hung the flower necklace around her neck smiled happily and bowed his head to express his gratitude.

“I am the chief of this village. I thought everyone was exhausted yesterday, so we didn’t come to express our gratitude right away. I asked the mansion servants, and they said you would be leaving today, so we used that as an excuse to come see you early in the morning. Thank you very much. Thanks to Miss Sylvia, we have all regained our freedom of religion.”

Sylvia blushed and laughed shyly at the village chief’s words.

“There’s no need to thank me, I just did what I had to do.”
“Oh my, how humble!”

In the warm atmosphere, a little boy, who was standing next to the village chief, hesitated and grabbed Sylvia’s skirt.

“Excuse me… Come to think of it, everyone else is here… Where… is the horse?”
“Horse? Ah! Limbo.”

In the midst of all that insanity yesterday, he must have realized there was a horse in the group. The boy standing next to the chief asked shyly, holding a flower necklace, and the servant quickly ran over and brought Limbo, who was tied to the stable.

Limbo was dragged by the hands of the servant with a confused expression. Limbo was dumbfounded, its eyes wide open, and the boy spoke to him while putting the flower necklace around his neck.

“Horse! Thank you. Thanks to you, we were able to escape from the dungeon!”
“Neigh!”

Limbo, who had been dumbfounded for a moment, listened to the boy and neighed shyly.

Everyone was smiling happily with the flower necklaces, and the village chief beckoned to someone else to fetch the baskets. In the baskets were some rare fruits that she had never seen before.

“This isn’t much, but it’s a reward for saving the villagers. It’s a specialty product that only comes from our village. It had a good aroma and a luxurious taste, and it’s only delivered to the Imperial Palace.”
“This precious thing… We’ll eat it well.”

When Sylvia and the group received the baskets with impressed expressions, the village chief continued.

“And it’s nothing special, but one more thing… Hey! Bring it here.”

Sylvia, who was holding a basket, tilted her head. A young villager brought her a box. After handing the basket to Sevis and picking up the box, she found a drawing of an apple on the side of the box.

‘What’s with the apple? It doesn’t look like there’s fruit inside.’

“Can I open it?”

When she asked, the village chief brought a hand to his lips and lowered his voice.

“I’m only giving this to Miss Sylvia, but if you’re really curious, you can open it. Just a little bit! In secret!”
“Ah, yes!”

The village chief looked around to see if anyone was listening. After confirming that the others were not interested in them, he raised his voice again and gave a hearty laugh.

“Hahaha, I can’t forget that famous scene from yesterday. How many laps did you take while doing a handstand? I thought I’d seen almost all the rare sights in my long life, but it was really shocking!”

The village chief cried out in an excited voice, hitting his cane on the ground.
He was probably talking about the 80 laps of headspin that made up the grand finale. She didn’t intend to go for 80 laps, but the effect of the skill Hands Faster than Eyes was so much better than she thought it would be, that she went crazy without realizing it. When she finished spinning, the top of her head was burning.

Sylvia laughed embarrassedly for a moment, then glanced down at the apple box as the villagers talked with the rest of the group.

‘He told me to open it in secret, didn’t he?’

Sylvia gulped as she moved her eyes around to see if anyone was staring at her, then opened a gap in the paper box tied with a ribbon and took a look inside.

‘Something’s sparkling?’

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