Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 172 - 171: Gorgeous Cage 8 (Psychological Counseling)
"Those servants look at me like I’m some kind of monster. Some of the servants’ kids keep pestering me. I don’t like the look in their eyes, so I don’t talk to them. They think I’m dumb and wanted me to lick them."
Rob frowned slightly.
Josh looked at him, "Do you know what I did?"
Rob shook his head.
Josh seemed to recall something amusing, "I bit their necks hard, biting them off alive. Blood splattered all over me. When those servants found out, they were scared to death, ha ha..."
Rob’s eyes trembled slightly, "Do you... not hate them?"
Josh gave him an amused look, "Why wouldn’t I hate them? Do I look like some kind of saint to you?"
Rob seemed encouraged by her, "You’re really brave!"
If only he could be that brave, to teach those who bullied him a lesson back in the day!
Josh saw through his expression and urged, "A gentleman’s revenge, ten years is not too late. It’s still not too late now. Defeat that monster, become stronger, and then go out for revenge!"
Rob was a bit dejected again, "But if I haven’t gotten over those things, how can I overcome the monster’s attacks?"
Josh thought for a moment, "Strictly speaking, I didn’t overcome them. At first, I didn’t understand its tactics, but if I go back tomorrow, I’m confident I can win."
"The captain, Yushi, Jiang Can, Coach Ma Qi - they all know your past, right? Otherwise, they wouldn’t have let you into the guild. But even so, everyone treats you like family, don’t they?"
Rob’s eyes reddened.
Josh continued, "That night when you guys threw me a birthday party, you were the first to rush out and say happy birthday to me."
Rob was a bit embarrassed.
Josh said earnestly, "What I mean is, I’ve lived for so many years, and you’re the first person in this world to say happy birthday to me, and the first one who doesn’t mind my Garbage Star identity, always hanging onto me, sticking by me, and acting spoiled. I really like you and want to be family with you."
Rob pouted, on the verge of tears.
Josh patted him, "Isn’t all this love from so many people enough to support you in defeating that monster?"
Rob nodded vigorously, "You’re right!"
Josh smiled slightly, "So, go back to sleep. Otherwise, there won’t be time to fight tomorrow."
Rob was all fired up, "Okay!"
Josh opened her system panel, "And pay the psychological counseling fee, it’s a total of 20,000 points, huh."
Rob: "...?"
Josh saw him standing there dumbfounded and seriously pointed at the time, "I’ve been giving you psychological counseling here for two hours in total. According to my usual rate, it’s 20,000 points per hour. But since you’re a teammate, I’ll give you a friendly half price, so two hours is only 20,000 points."
The gratitude on Rob’s face shattered into pieces.
Josh looked at him with a grin, "How about it? Don’t you feel like you got a bargain?"
Rob wiped the tears from his eyes expressionlessly, "Thank you."
"You’re welcome, just settle the bill." Josh almost shoved the payment code in his face.
Rob looked at her expressionlessly, "Those things you just said about liking me and wanting to be family, are those part of the psychological counseling too?"
Josh patted his shoulder, laughing as she comforted him, "Of course it’s part of the counseling. Don’t even think about refusing to pay, dear."
She paused, then added, "If you want me to be your family, that’s possible. We can discuss the cost separately."
Rob stiffly paid the money, gritting his teeth, "Josh, if I believe your nonsense again, I’ll..."
Josh had already collected the money and crawled back to her game pod.
"I’m dead tired, gotta sleep. Earning a bit of money these days is really hard work..."
Rob glared at her in anger and lay back in his game pod.
After a while, he got up angrily and squeezed into Josh’s game pod.
Josh was squished until her face was deformed, "Get off..."
Rob fumed, "You charged me so much money, what’s wrong with accompanying me to sleep?!"
Josh: "Goddammit..."
No matter how she pushed, Rob clung to her like an octopus.
Josh struggled to no avail, couldn’t resist the sleepiness, and grudgingly gave up on fighting.
Soft breathing filled the room.
"Thank you..."
*
Josh woke up from the heat and angrily threw Rob, who had been sleeping on top of her, out of the game pod. She complained to Yuze, who was already up washing up, "Can’t you keep Rob in check?"
"Aren’t you two getting along great?" Yuze cast a cool glance over at the game pod they slept in, then at her face with imprint marks. His eyes moved slightly, "Getting so close you could wear the same pair of pants."
Josh fumed inwardly, not realizing a tuft of hair stood up on her head, cheeks still puffed from sleep, with marks from just waking up, "I’m a girl! And he’s a big guy always hugging me to sleep. Is that reasonable?"
Yuze’s eyes were as dark as night. Looking at her just-woken-up fluffed-up look, he was inexplicably reminded of a small sticky rice dumpling stuck full of toothpicks and couldn’t help but smile slightly, his eyes revealing a hint of mischief.
Rob stood with hands on his hips in anger, "You’re the one who’s a big guy! Your whole family is full of big guys."
Josh gave him a cold glare.
Seeing the imprint he’d left on her face after pressing it all night, Rob felt a bit guilty, grumbled a bit, and ran downstairs to buy breakfast.
Yuze chuckled, "He has a shadow from this dungeon, doesn’t dare to sleep alone."
Josh was puzzled, "Then why doesn’t he bunk with you?"
Yuze looked at her strangely, "Didn’t you know he has male phobia?"
Josh: "...Male phobia, yet he keeps hitting on you?"
Yuze: "Now you know how irresistible I am, right?"
Josh: "..."
*
After eating, they quickly entered the game again.
Because they triggered the main quest, the group went straight to the manor the next day, and the butler led them right in.
Josh sharply sensed the gaze from the second floor of the manor and asked the butler, "Why didn’t your god come out today?"
The butler gave her a reproachful glance, "The god is very busy, not everyone who wants to see him can have the time."
Josh saw the shadows of people moving upstairs and curiously asked, "Does he have guests today?"
The butler looked at her proudly, "Of course, the number of people who want to visit god is countless."
Josh curiously asked, "Besides winning first place in the competition, is there another way to meet the god?"
The butler disdainfully looked at her, "For someone like you, don’t even think about it, no method will work."
Josh: "..." This butler got up on the wrong side of the bed.
She suddenly remembered that it might have been her who upset him yesterday.
But according to this rhythm, this butler might be an important NPC.
She discreetly sighed, "With the god being so busy, how is the manor managed so orderly?"
The butler proudly raised his head, "Of course, it’s because I assist the god. The manor is managed by me, and the god only needs to do what he wants to do."
Josh looked at him in awe, "You must be amazing!"
Yuze saw her fawning expression and slightly twitched his mouth, averting his eyes not wanting to watch.
Her starry-eyed look pleased the butler.
[Ding! Congratulations, you have gained 10 favorability points from the butler.]
Josh raised an eyebrow.
How is he such an easy-to-please fool?
The butler stopped in front of the lawn, "Alright, you guys go in by yourselves. I won’t be going further."
Josh exchanged a glance with the two teammates beside her, and the three re-entered the lawn. The scene before them instantly underwent an earth-shattering change.
The butler returned to the second floor of the manor.
The busy god had already finished entertaining his guests and was now holding a cup of red tea, standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, leisurely watching the situation over at the morgue.
