A saintess? She's just a bad woman.

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"It's because we lied to you before, and you want revenge!"

"I don't have the time to dwell on grudges from half a month ago... Besides, I've already said I forgive you, why would I bring up old grievances during a fight?"

"That's because it's us who's trapped, not you. Why is it always us who's unlucky?"

"You were caught because you weren't strong enough. What does that have to do with me? Don't always pin the blame on me. I don't want Lina to misunderstand."

The two were still fighting the enemy together when they started arguing fiercely.

“Phoebe, you’re an adult now. Stop making excuses for your failures every time.”

"We were captured because that monster was going to attack you. We were trying to protect you, and that's why we were captured."

Phoebe seemed very excited.

Whenever she gets emotional, she unconsciously changes my self-reference to "we".

"Really?"

Violet clearly didn't believe it.

She directly typed her doubts in the public chat.

“At first I thought you pushed me away because you wanted to steal the credit. We had already broken through to the core area, and I almost killed this monster. You pushed me away, causing me to miss the opportunity and have to rush through again. I think... you wanted to kill this monster before me and get more praise from Lina, right?”

A cold expression appeared on Vera's face, a rare sight indeed.

"You really want to help me? The way I look at it, you just want to show off, that's why you pushed me away!"

"What?! You! You're truly ungrateful! Damn it!"

"You're the one who deserves to die! You're wasting my time again. I could probably handle this kind of monster much faster on my own."

In the end, the monster was slain by Violet.

She used fire magic and the fighting style of a magic swordsman, which proved remarkably effective against monsters like treants and tree spirits. Originally, Phoebe also used fire magic to assist her, but due to coordination issues, it became a one-woman showdown for Violet as she fought and defeated the monsters.

That's how they are; they often argue over the smallest things, neither willing to back down, and the arguments get more and more intense.

Saint Karina was always the one who mediated.

Then, even when they arrive at the Mercenary Guild and turn in the mission, if the two had a conflict before, they won't stop now, but will confront each other and show their strength.

"You killed the Komodo tree spirits?"

"Of course, that's not obvious. We only killed one adult, but there are still more than twenty juveniles left."

When the two are in a cold war, after Saint Karina mediates and they calm down, neither of them wants to talk much, and the responsibility of handing over tasks falls on Saint Karina.

"This is what the client wanted. Here you go."

Saint Karina handed over the most essential part of the monster, along with the monster seed the client wanted and materials that could be exchanged for money.

Vera and Phoebe did all the cutting themselves, with Saint Karina explaining and guiding them through it. It was the kind of thing where they just talked, they didn't actually do anything.

Not everything from such a large monster torso can fetch a good price. Less valuable parts can be discarded and used as natural nutrients.

Saint Karina was quite extravagant; she didn't care about a few copper coins, whether she had a few more or a few less. So, that's how she taught Vera.

Even the brave need to learn to make choices and not lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of small gains.

However, regarding useful materials, once taught once, they will be able to apply them to similar situations in the future. Learners can quickly grasp the concepts and apply them to other situations. For example, snake skin, gallbladder, and fangs of snake-type monsters, as well as the most important magic core of monsters; for tree spirit-type monsters, the seeds, core area wood, buds, and magic core.

In fact, even a complete beginner can roughly determine the most valuable item on a monster based on the requirements of the quest.

These items are used by clients for all sorts of things, such as enchanting weapons and armor, making potions, forging... and some materials are even used for beauty and skincare for noblewomen.

Then, based on the amount of currency provided by the client, the mercenaries settle the accounts, and the platform takes a fixed handling fee. This is the purpose and common practice of the mercenary guild.

Occasionally, there is also a barter system, where the client provides certain materials, armor, weapons, or other items in exchange for what the mercenaries acquire.

This type is relatively rare; most transactions are still primarily based on currency trading.

“Okay, you did bring back quite a lot. More than the client requested. Our union will purchase the excess from you in the name of the union, at market price. Of course, you can refuse.”

"I have no objection, you can take it."

Occasionally, we encounter situations where we bring too much, but this happens frequently with the St. Karina team.

At this point, the mercenary guild usually chooses to take over. They have their own sales channels and are not afraid of unsold raw materials.

Because the mercenary guild sells mostly processed products, they have their own raw material processing channels.

“We don’t need these things, so we might as well give them to you.”

"Saint Karina said."

"Lina, I still have some here."

"We have some here too."

As a result, more spoils were given to Saint Karina.

Normally, this would be the end of it... but today, barring any unforeseen circumstances, we're going to argue again.

"When it comes to gathering materials, we put in more effort."

"I was the one who defeated that monster."

"Without us, you would have been stuck on the vines and couldn't get down, and you wouldn't have been able to get these things!"

"What did you say!"

Well, Saint Karina looked at the two of them with a headache; they were arguing again.

To be honest, she sometimes wondered if she should give Vera a different partner. But at the same time, she was unwilling to easily discard her own toy, which led to the current situation.

Santa Karina understood that both of them were right, it was just that their relationship had always been very strained.

If everyone can relax, wouldn't the two of them be able to sit down and talk?

Thinking this, Saint Karina also decided to do something.

After all, if the relationship between the two continues to deteriorate like this, it will not be conducive to the future development of the team.

They need to learn true understanding and then turn hostility into friendship.

"We saved you from that monster, and instead of being grateful, you blame us, saying we're holding you back, trying to take credit and steal your achievements. You're such an ingrate!"

"The person in this world who has the least right to call me an ingrate is you."

Violet showed no intention of backing down.

They started arguing in the union compound, right in front of everyone, without any intention of avoiding suspicion.

If Saint Karina hadn't been there, she really suspected they would have thrown caution to the wind and started fighting right there in the guild.

"What do you call us?"

"What? Miss Scammer, you've forgotten your original profession after joining the team for so long?"

"You think the Asian cat race is inherently inferior to you humans, right?"

“I’m not talking about race, I’m just targeting you personally.”

The two were at odds, or rather, the tension between Violet and the other woman was much stronger.

Saint Karina rarely sees Violet like this, except when she's with Phoebe.

In the past, Violet would always be the first to back down, but she had never been so polite to Phoebe. Their relationship was more like that of rivals than teammates.

"That won't do..."

This tense atmosphere has lasted for half a month. This won't do. We have to think of a way to ease the tension between them.

"correct!"

Saint Karina's eyes darted around, and she decided to use that method.

It had been a long time since they last soaked in the hot springs. During this time, they had been doing tasks, practicing skills, learning magic, sleeping and resting, repeating the same cycle repeatedly. They had no time to rest at all, and now they needed a chance to relax and unwind.

After leaving the Mercenary Guild, Saint Karina immediately used a teleportation spell.

She teleported the two of them and herself to the forest hot spring they had visited earlier. This natural hot spring was located deep in the forest, and it was probably not frequented by anyone under normal circumstances.

Perhaps, not many people even know about this natural hot spring itself.

Even if they knew, most people wouldn't be able to stay idle during the day and night. They preferred to return to towns, where people gathered, to get some rest.

"Ah! This feels so good... All my worries just melt away as I soak in this warm, comforting water..."

Saint Karina had removed all her armor and said comfortably.

Don't you think so?

"..."

Silence. A long silence.

The two were clearly still angry and didn't seem to be targeting Saint Karina, but neither was willing to speak first.

It seems that the hot water can only soothe Saint Karina's headache and distress, but cannot resolve the issues between the two of them.

"Hmm... this is really troublesome. You two are teammates, how can you ever stop arguing like this?"

Violet has great potential, but Phoebe, as a member of the Asian cat race, is also in a very good state of absorbing the power of the Holy Sword.

Both of them actually made rapid progress, but they didn't cooperate, which caused each other to be held back. Instead of adding more than two, their combined progress was probably less than two.

This situation has been going on for half a month, and Saint Karina is not going to let it continue. She came here today to resolve this matter within the day.

However, she planned to fight on two fronts, and for now, she needed to break through Violet's defenses first. She planned to talk to Phoebe alone at night.

326. We must not favor one over the other.

"Alright, let me talk to you first, Violet."

As Saint Karina spoke, she approached Violet in the water and then pressed her feminine advantage heavily against her back.

"You don't mind if I show favoritism, do you, little kitty?"

"I don't mind at all. Humph. I'm not as petty as some people who get jealous and start arguing with me when they see me getting a little close to the master."

Phoebe's verbal tic clearly indicated that she wasn't entirely indifferent to it. However, since it was something Saint Karina was going to do, she would tolerate it.

"Who are you calling a jealous person who gets easily angered?"

Okay. They're arguing again.

Violet's body, which had been stiff and shy because of Saint Karina's closeness, was now overwhelmed by anger, causing her previous emotions to fade.

"Ugh……"

Saint Karina sighed.

Well, to calm Violet down, I'll have to go a little too far. I'll do to Viole the same things I did to Phoebe in this hot spring.

We're all on the same team, this is the fair way to do it, isn't it?

"Vell...can you calm down a little?"

Saint Karina's fingers touched Violet's little cherry.

"Hey..."

Because her vitals were exploited, and her feminine advantages were held and manipulated by Saint Karina, Vera's delicate body trembled, and she let out soft moans.

Her face flushed bright red instantly.

"Speak... um, speak... why do I have to be bullied by you like this, Lina?"

Vera's sentence was broken into several parts, and she spoke haltingly.

"Of course it's because you were so busy arguing with that kitten that your attention was completely diverted, so I had no choice but to communicate with you this way. Otherwise, you wouldn't listen to me at all, would you?"

Saint Karina's lips pressed against Vera's ear; her voice was magnetic and melodious, like that of a fairy.

The warm breath from his words landed directly on Vera's ears. Her originally fair ears turned a lovely pink, making her look incredibly cute.

"Ugh... Yes, that's definitely true..."

Violet felt embarrassed; she hadn't listened to Saint Karina's words and had been too busy arguing with the bad cat.

"Okay, very good. Now that you've both calmed down, make sure you listen carefully to what's coming to our team's survival."

"Survival or extinction?"