NOVEL NEXT Ch. 8
Chapter 8: This Reward Is Way Too Lewd!
After a grueling ten hours of battle, when the eastern sky began to lighten, Mad Blade’s squad finally returned to the main city—exhausted, battered, but carrying in their packs the ten hard-won 【Soothing Flowers】.
They didn’t even take the time to repair their equipment before rushing through the teleportation array toward that remote Newbie Village.
At the village entrance, a large crowd of players was already waiting.
They had formed a spontaneous support group, and the moment they saw Mad Blade and his team appear, a wave of cheers erupted.
“Heroes have returned!”
“Thanks for your hard work, big shots!”
“The Soothing Flowers! The Soothing Flowers! I see them!”
Surrounded by the crowd, HealsTheEntireServer made her way to the most inconspicuous thatched hut in the village.
An old woman with a face full of wrinkles, looking as though she was at death’s door, was dozing in a rocking chair at the doorway.
She was the tea master, 【Grandma】.
“Grandma, Grandma, please wake up!” HealsTheEntireServer called cautiously.
【Grandma】slowly opened her eyes.
Her clouded pupils glanced at her: “Oh… Adventurers, is it? What do you need?”
“Grandma, I would like your help to make a cup of 【Soothing Flower Tea】!” HealsTheEntireServer said, offering the ten Soothing Flowers along with the required service fee for the quest.
【Grandma】took the flowers, held them to her nose and sniffed, then nodded.
“Mm, these are fine Soothing Flowers, picked at just the right time. However… brewing this tea isn’t so easy.”
“Ah? Do we need something else?” HealsTheEntireServer’s heart tightened.
“To brew Soothing Flower Tea, you must use Morning Dew—the very first drop of dew at dawn.” 【Grandma】spoke slowly.
“Go out to the meadow beyond the village and collect 100 drops of 【Morning Dew】 for me, and I shall brew the tea for you.”
【Ding!】
The quest list updated.
【Quest Objective: Collect 100 drops of 【Morning Dew】.】
The surrounding players were dumbfounded.
“What the hell! There’s a second stage?”
“Collecting dew? How do we even do that?”
“The devs are inhuman! After crossing half the continent, fighting monsters for ten hours, now we have to collect dew?”
Complaints filled the air, but HealsTheEntireServer’s eyes lit up.
Far from angry, she was even more excited.
“I understand now!” She turned to Mad Blade.
“This must be the final test!”
“Test?”
“Yes!” HealsTheEntireServer nodded firmly.
“Think about it. What is tea art? It’s about one’s state of mind! Grandma asking us to collect Morning Dew must mean she wants us to calm our hearts during the process, and pour our care and affection for Lady Mophis into these 100 drops of dew! Only with such heartfelt dew can the tea truly soothe her soul!”
This full-score interpretation left the players around her awestruck once again.
“Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!”
“So that’s the hidden meaning! I get it now!”
“Don’t just stand there! Collect the dew! One person, one drop—100 people and it’s done!”
And so, outside the Newbie Village, a spectacular sight unfolded.
Hundreds, even thousands of players in colorful gear sprawled across the meadow, carefully collecting dew from leaves into small bottles provided by the system, drop by drop.
To the unknowing eye, it looked like a swarm of locusts had descended.
Half an hour later, 100 drops of “love-filled” Morning Dew were handed to 【Grandma】.
【Grandma】nodded in satisfaction, went inside, and soon, a refreshing aroma of tea wafted from the hut.
She emerged with a simple, antique teacup in hand and passed it to HealsTheEntireServer.
“All right, child. Take this tea to the one who needs it.”
HealsTheEntireServer accepted it with trembling hands.
Inside, the tea was crystal clear, several Soothing Flowers unfurling gently in the liquid, steam rising like it carried a mysterious power.
【System Prompt: You have obtained the quest item 【Soothing Flower Tea】.】
“Thank you, Grandma!”
Without further delay, HealsTheEntireServer crushed a return scroll.
Amid cries of “Bring us good news, wife!” she vanished.
…
Back in the familiar courtyard of the Forgotten Library, HealsTheEntireServer’s emotions were completely different now.
What she held was not just a cup of tea—it was the love and hope of every player for Lady Mophis.
She took a deep breath, walked beneath the “Sacred Window,” and raised the 【Soothing Flower Tea】 high.
【System Prompt: Submit quest item?】
“Yes!”
The moment the words left her lips, the teacup turned into a streak of light, flying toward the second-floor window and vanishing.
All returned to silence.
HealsTheEntireServer waited nervously.
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds…
Nothing happened.
The players who had returned with her began to stir uneasily.
“What’s going on? No reaction?”
“Did it fail?”
Just as HealsTheEntireServer’s heart began to sink—
【Ding!】
A cascade of system prompts burst forth like heavenly music!
【Quest Completed!】
【You gained 200,000 EXP!】
【You gained 500 Gold!】
【You obtained a special title: Confidant of Mophis!】
【You obtained equipment: Prayer of the Moonlight Priest (Epic)!】
【Your intimacy with NPC ‘Mophis’ has increased!】
Golden light flashed around her.
HealsTheEntireServer’s level rocketed from 23 straight to 25!
In her hands appeared a staff glowing with soft moonlight—its attributes so powerful she could barely breathe!
Epic equipment!
The first Epic equipment in the entire server!
The surrounding players were stunned speechless.
“I… am I seeing things? That’s… Epic? The purple glow!”
“The title! She got a title too! ‘Confidant of Mophis’! That prestige is insane!”
“200,000 EXP! 500 Gold! This reward… it’s double what Mad Blade got!”
But it wasn’t over yet!
As everyone reeled from the sky-defying rewards, another change occurred.
The tightly shut second-floor window of the library creaked open a crack.
Everyone instinctively held their breath.
A slender, fair hand rested on the window frame.
Then, the breathtaking face of Mophis appeared behind the window.
She seemed to have just woken.
Her long black hair fell loosely over her shoulders, silver eyes misty, cheeks faintly flushed.
She wasn’t wearing her elaborate black gown, but a simple white silk nightdress.
The neckline was a little loose, and as she leaned forward, it slipped slightly, revealing a delicate collarbone and skin as fair as jade.
Moonlight draped over her, as if clothing her in a sacred radiance.
She looked down at HealsTheEntireServer, her gaze filled with gratitude and a hint of closeness.
Her lips parted, as though to speak, but in the end, only curved into a gentle smile—one so tender it could make flowers bloom.
Then, realizing her attire was improper, her blush deepened.
She quickly withdrew her head and shut the window.
The entire courtyard fell into dead silence.
Every player, male or female, stood frozen in place, mouths agape, as if petrified.
That scene just now…
The nightdress…
The collarbone…
That shy smile…
The information overload was overwhelming!
“Gulp.”
No one knew who swallowed hard first.
The next instant, the crowd exploded.
“Ahhhhh! What did I just see! A nightdress! It was wife’s nightdress!”
“That collarbone! That skin! I’m dead! I’ve died on the spot!”
“This reward… Damn it, this is too lewd! Way more thrilling than a hundred Epic items!”
“Did anyone record it? Who recorded it! Hand it over! I’ll pay 100 gold for it!”
HealsTheEntireServer stood stunned as well, her face red as a ripe apple, heart pounding furiously.
She… she had seen Lady Mophis’s sleeping face…
And she had smiled at her…
Happiness came so suddenly she thought she might faint.
Meanwhile, Mad Blade—one of the few who still retained a shred of reason—immediately made the smartest move.
He grabbed the dazed HealsTheEntireServer and shouted with all his strength into the guild channel:
“Screenshots! Reward screenshots! Video captures! Quick! Package everything and post it on the forums! Title it—【I Saw Wife’s Nightdress! Epic Rewards and Heavenly Fanservice! I Want to Be Lady Mophis’s Dog So Bad!】. Set it to paid view! I don’t believe it won’t sell out!”