Chapter 321 – Damsels In Distress
"Because she loves her husband so much, she actively seeks capable won to join his harem. This is the conclusion I ca to after observing her for a few years. Well, it's not like she hides anything to begin with. It's obvious."
"Really?" Barbara was slightly surprised. She didn't expect that to be her weird personality. "Then… just now?"
"Yes, she's already set her sights on you. So be prepared. She'll try to persuade you to marry her husband more later," Ava said.
"Ehhh? Isn't this too sudden? But, but I want to fall in love and get married step by step."
"Haha. Nothing is too sudden with that panda. My marriage was sudden too. Good luck dealing with her later." Ava left the room, intending to cultivate her body while waiting for Anda. After all, she had no idea how long it would take for them to arrive.
"Wait, Ava! Tell
more about her! I need to know what I'm dealing with!" Barbara chased after Ava.
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anwhile, on Anda's side.
"Alright, ladies. Listen! I have an announcent regarding our Mystic Pandaplorer team," Anda said.
Outside the carriage, Anda stood in front of a group of five ladies, including Tamina and Lilian. The other three ladies were damsels in distress whom Anda, Tamina, and Lilian rescued during their adventures. All three ladies were unrelated and joined Anda's party at different points.
So far, Anda has rescued four damsels in distress in total.
The first one was obviously Tamina, currently Anda's right-hand man, the most enthusiastic mber of the Mystic Pandaplorer team.
The second damsel, Seraphina Salmon, was a young lady from the Roaring Kingdom's House of Salmon. Her exquisite, noble dress shimred with intricate embroidery, a gleaming tiara perched elegantly on her head, marking her highborn status.
Anda saved her life from dying in a pool of mysterious liquid cent. In the beginning, Seraphina was teleported and fell into the cent pool, where it reacted and hardened imdiately, trapping her body. It wasn't just her; many other creatures were stuck in this natural trap as well. When they died, the concrete turned into liquid cent again, and the corpses sank. It was clear that the mysterious liquid cent hardened when it ca in contact with living beings.
Seraphina was stuck there for many months, unable to access her space ring, and was on the verge of death. Her body had deteriorated, her face greatly sunken. She was only alive because she kept desperately cultivating, absorbing spiritual energy through her head, and circulating it to maintain bodily functions. However, this alone wasn't enough to survive, only prolonging the inevitable. Fortunately, Anda rescued her in ti.
Within days, Seraphina recovered fully, her beauty restored, her noble bearing intact. But her attitude wasn't to Anda's liking. Unlike Tamina, who shared a noble background but was humble, Seraphina was snobbish, arrogant, and ungrateful—utterly unfit for Leyvi's potential harem, in Anda's discerning eyes. To manage her, Anda employed her signature thods, weaving fear and emotional manipulation to render Seraphina obedient, ensuring compliance despite her flaws. The mont she beca a threat to the Mystic Pandaplorer team, Anda wouldn't hesitate to eliminate her.
The third damsel in distress hailed from the Protogaea Continent, an emotionless woman nad Cempaka, serving as a Royal Guard for the Humming Kingdom. Anda, Tamina, and Lilian had unwittingly saved her from a nest of demonic spiders while traversing a narrow valley. Anda was torching the thick spider webs obstructing their path to the next treasure-hunting site when Cempaka tumbled from a scorched cocoon, freed by the flas.
The demonic spiders were vile, laying eggs inside their prey to let their offspring parasitically siphon nutrients from living hosts. Cempaka was among those infested, her body riddled with their eggs. Anda deftly extracted the eggs, neutralized the paralyzing toxin coursing through her, and restored her health completely, leaving no trace of the ordeal on her body.
However, Anda was unsure whether Cempaka had always been this emotionless or if her mind had broken during the horrifying event. She could respond, communicate, and act without any problem, but her eyes seed hollow, and her tone was flat all the ti.
Surprisingly, Cempaka unexpectedly declared herself Anda's bodyguard, even when Anda insisted it wasn't necessary. Whenever danger lood, Cempaka positioned herself before Anda. As a Royal Guard, Cempaka was extrely strong, even stronger than Tamina. Anda eventually accepted this as Cempaka's way of repaying her life's debt, a sign her mind wasn't entirely shattered. Perhaps, in ti, her spirit would nd on its own. Or she could use the miraculous bamboo shoot to solve it. However, Lilian told Anda that even her garden would probably take years to grow the sa bamboo shoots.
Of course, Anda, being the ultimate tease, would always bring up and compare Seraphina's and Cempaka's contrasting attitudes after soone saved their lives, causing Seraphina to feel deeply ashad.
The fourth damsel in distress was Viola, a striking beauty from the Cloud Continent's Eternal Beauty organization, a group devoted to seeking, admiring, and protecting beauty in all forms—be it objects, places, or living beings. Their passion aligned with Protector Alexandra's love for beautiful things, earning the Eternal Beauty organization a few coveted spots in the Mystic Realm. Viola stood out, her elegance radiant even in the morning sun's glow, where Anda addressed her Mystic Pandaplorer team outside the carriage in a lush clearing.
Previously, Viola was part of another group with two n from the Protogaea Continent. However, due to her beauty, the two n beca infatuated with her, and as ti went on, their efforts to court her turned into competition and later hostility toward each other. They began sabotaging each other while traveling through dangerous places or engaging in battles with demonic beasts, intending to harm one another.
Viola noticed what was happening, beca disgusted by them, and eventually decided to leave the group.
However, Viola's decision enraged the two n, who ford a twisted alliance to capture her. They defiled Viola, reducing her to their plaything, subjecting her to a cruel fate. She endured their tornt until Anda's group crossed their path.
The n used techniques to manipulate Viola's behavior, forcing her to act as if nothing was amiss during the group's interaction, but their deception couldn't fool Anda. She imdiately sensed the searing hatred radiating from Viola toward her captors.
After Anda guessed what was going on, she secretly released a paralyzing scent around the two n. By the ti they realized sothing was wrong, it was too late—they were completely paralyzed.
When they beca paralyzed, their control over Viola dispersed. The mont she was freed, the demon in her was unleashed. She subjected the n to hysterical, rciless torture until they were reduced to pools of blood. After avenging herself, Viola cried for a while, saddened by what had happened to her.
After that, she expressed gratitude toward Anda and joined the group. Now, with Viola by Anda's side, Seraphina beca even more obedient and well-behaved. The image of Viola acting like a demon scared her deeply.
Since then, the three ladies had beco part of Anda's Mystic Pandaplorer team.
At this mont.
The five ladies—Lilian, Tamina, Seraphina, Cempaka, and Viola—wondered why Anda urgently contacted their array communication device and gathered them, since they were supposed to have free activities today.
"Big Madam Panda, what's going on? I was about to enjoy my beauty bath today, but you ruined it," Seraphina complained.
They were supposed to refer to Anda, the leader of their Mystic Pandaplorer team, as Big Madam, but Seraphina added "Panda," thinking it would be an insult, not realizing Anda was totally fine with it.
Viola shook her head. Look at Big Madam's panda-thed outfit and the panda plush toy in her embrace. Do you really think calling her a panda would do anything? Look at the round birthmark around her left eye. Why do you think she kept that birthmark, which can easily be removed? Get a hint already. She thought, keeping her remark to herself.
"Beauty bath? Ah… you an that mysterious liquid cent?" Anda replied, her mischievous smile widening, eyes twinkling with glee. "I didn't expect you to grow attached to it after bathing in it for months. Your adaptability is outstanding, Sera. If you need more, I'd gladly give you a bathtub full of it. I stocked up plenty." Her voice dripped with playful nace.
"No, no, Big Madam, not the cent!" Seraphina recoiled, her arrogance faltering, her face paling at the ntion. The months trapped in the hardening cent, teetering on death, had left her with deep trauma. Whenever she challenged Anda, the liquid cent was Anda's go-to retort, a sharp reminder that silenced her every ti.
After that, Anda continued. "I've been inford that one of my harem sisters has been found. So we're going there to reunite with her. The journey might take a week or two."
"Inford? What do you an inford? Do you have a spatial communication spirit artifact? It's incredibly hard to obtain one!" Seraphina was shocked.
Tamina chuckled from the side. After she and Anda left Lapin's sky island last ti, they hadn't really used the celestial cloud and just continued exploring without it. So none of the new damsels were aware of it.
"Well, sothing like that," Anda replied.
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