ASCC-Chapter 146 My Damn Charm

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Orario, Northwest Street.

A large building made entirely of pure white stone stood here. The signboard at the entrance displayed images of shining jewels and medicinal herbs, this was precisely the symbol of Dian Cecht Familia, the top medical Familia in Orario.

"Airmid, how is he?" Tiona nervously watched the silver-haired doctor girl.

Ryoji was lying on a nearby hospital bed. Airmid had just finished a full body check on him. The chaos caused by the Amazoness ended this morning on the 18th Floor. All sixteen Amazoness, including Phryne Jamil, were arrested by Loki Familia.

Phryne was especially miserable, having been beaten into a bloody mess by the combined efforts of Tiona, Ais, and Gareth.

Currently, the Amazoness had been taken back to their Familia, with Finn and others conducting interrogations.

Shortly after returning to the surface, Ryoji was hurriedly sent by Tiona to Dian Cecht Familia. Line, who accompanied him, stood nearby, attentively monitoring Ryoji's condition.

"The treatment was very timely, and recovery isn't bad."

Airmid removed the medical instruments, her expression somewhat relieved.

"The internal organs and brain are fine. The fractures just need some minor treatment and will heal soon, but don't engage in intense exercise for the next few days."

"That's great!" Tiona nearly burst into tears of joy.

God only knows how worried she was last night when she heard about Ryoji's peril from the reporting Adventurer. Especially since, according to the informant, Line and Lefiya were unharmed, but Ryoji looked half dead. She was so worried she was the first to stand up to lead the rescue mission.

Line also breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that her own treatment had gone well.

"The miracle potion you brought really helped." Ryoji had to admit, without the single bottle of miracle potion Tiona gave him, he probably wouldn't have survived.

"Un un un! Next time I'll bring you ten bottles!" Tiona was so excited she could hardly contain herself.

Wow.

You think miracle potions grow on trees?

For top-tier Adventurers, the price of miracle potions isn't too high. With Tiona's tens of millions in ready funds, buying a hundred bottles at once wouldn't be a problem.

The key is that these potions are rare and almost never available on the market, as very few can brew them. That's why Ryoji only bought one bottle before entering the Dungeon, normally, he'd have gotten at least ten.

He was well aware of how taxing his fighting style was on his body.

Airmid then retrieved another bottle of miracle potion from the warehouse. After Tiona paid, she applied the potion to Ryoji's body, paying special attention to his left shoulder's shattered fracture.

"It will heal in two days. Don't push yourself to fight during this time."

Before leaving, Airmid thoughtfully reminded them once more.

They said she was quite a cold girl, but charm can get you anything you want.

...

Twilight Manor.

"Oooh! Our hero is back!"

As soon as he returned to the Familia, Ryoji received a warm welcome from his companions.

"Hero?"

"That's right! Didn't you defeat the Lv.4 Floor Boss Goliath all by yourself? Everyone thought it was unbelievabl, like some ancient hero!" Raul happily greeted Ryoji.

"Lefiya was talking about your achievement just now in the hall!"

Strictly speaking, he wasn't completely alone; Lefiya helped by distracting Goliath at a critical moment.

Actually, at that time, all he needed to do was retreat from the rocky chamber first, use a miracle potion to heal his wounds, and then charge back in. Defeating Goliath alone would have been a sure thing. His injuries weren't that severe, and the potion could heal him quickly.

For some reason, Lefiya downplayed her own role, focusing solely on Ryoji's achievements.

"What about that? How are those Amazoness handled?"

"The captain said to ask your opinion. Everyone's in the hall now."

Then they headed into the hall.

A group of them crossed the courtyard and entered the Familia's reception room.

"They're back!"

"Looks like the recovery isn't bad."

"To actually defeat a Floor Boss, unbelievable! And he's only Lv.1!"

"I wonder how strong he'll get... good thing he's from our Familia!"

The Familia members warmly welcomed Ryoji's return, eyes full of admiration and respect, with not a trace of envy.

Only at this moment did Ryoji truly realize the strong cohesion of this Familia.

Even though he was a rookie who just joined recently and hardly had any interaction with the others, they were sincerely offering their blessings. Such enthusiasm was not something any Familia could easily show.

"Welcome back. You look energetic and in good spirits. That's the best thing."

Finn stepped forward from the crowd, his aqua eyes scanning Ryoji's body, a relieved smile appearing on his handsome face.

"Thank you." Ryoji bowed slightly, sincerely thanking Finn and those beside him, like Ais and Lefiya.

"Since we're comrades from the same Familia, no need for formalities outsiders would say."

Finn smiled and waved it off.

"You came back just in time. Those troublemaking Amazoness have all been captured. Gareth is currently holding them. I want to ask your opinion on how we should deal with them."

"We definitely can't just let them go easily!"

"Right, we have to give them a harsh lesson!"

"How dare they mess with our Prince-sama... no, how dare they lay hands on us!"

Ignoring the fangirl remarks for now.

"Did you find out which Familia they're from, and why they targeted me?"

"Yes, we did..."

Finn explained.

Just as Line and Lefiya expected.

These Amazoness were from the Ishtar Familia.

This Familia controlled the southeastern district of Orario, with a very large sphere of influence. Almost all its members were combat prostitutes. Their captain was none other than the Lv.5 toad woman, Phryne.

Undoubtedly a top-tier Familia.

They ranked just below Loki Familia, Freya Familia, and Ganesha Familia — very powerful.

The reason they targeted Ryoji was because his portrait had spread around and caught their attention, and Phryne happened to see it.

Famous Adventurers in Orario usually had their portraits circulated. In this world blessed with Falna and blessings, works by skilled artists were almost as vivid as photographs.

It was said that paintings featuring Ais as a model were very popular, but recently, Ryoji had stolen the spotlight.

After seeing the painting, Phryne lost her mind and gathered a group of Amazoness from her Familia to sneak into the Dungeon to capture Ryoji.

Although the Amazoness disliked Phryne, they were quite smitten by the beautiful boy in the painting, so they agreed and searched the Dungeon for several days until today, when they were exposed.

Sigh, this damn charm of mine!

(End of chapter)