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Payne's sluggish brain was completely baffled until he felt a pair of hands slip under his armpits and lift him up like a kitten, which jolted him awake.
Holy crap! Is Grace from the splitter team planning to use me as a scapegoat?!
Chapter 80 LXXX. Was it intentional or accidental?
“Grace?”
"Shh~sh~~"
Payne called her tentatively in a low voice, and Grace immediately panicked and gestured for him to be quiet, while pushing him to the ground.
Hmm... as expected of a robust bovine beast girl, she's quite heavy...
Pressed firmly to the ground by this voluptuous body, Payne even felt a slight difficulty breathing.
"That...that...Grace...uh...uh..."
But Grace showed no intention of getting up; she went even further, covering Payne's mouth so tightly that he could barely breathe.
Knowing that his strength was no match for the beast girl, and that Grace, who was in the process of splitting her body, could hardly control her behavior, Payne could only force himself to calm down and focus all his attention on his breathing.
Grace's heavy breathing continued to hit his face, the warm air she inhaled carrying a faint scent of hay, which smelled quite nice.
I must teach Grace a lesson when it gets light, and make her understand that treating an animal trainer like this is absolutely unacceptable.
After a while, Grace breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she hadn't heard any other beast girls making a sound, and removed her hand from Payne's mouth.
"I...I'm sorry...I...I was just too nervous..."
What could Payne say now? He simply spread his hands, "It's okay, it's okay, I know you have a hard time controlling yourself... Hey, hey, hey, why are you pulling my clothes off? Right here?!"
But Grace wouldn't listen to a word he said, continuing to apologize while her hands kept moving.
"I'm sorry... I... I thought that if I just endured it a little longer... I could get through the last few hours..."
"But...but seeing you and Ruby these past few days...I...I just can't stand it anymore..."
"I...I know you might not like me yet, so...it's very...offensive to just borrow your body like this...but...but...I'm sorry...I'm really sorry..."
Payne's lips twitched. "Alright, alright, I don't blame you. No need to apologize..."
Although he had already had a great time with Ruby, working overtime with Sister Niu at this time was also quite enjoyable, and he didn't mind.
The only minor problem was that Grace couldn't wait to start in the shelter, where three other very alert beasts were sleeping.
Neither the human nor the animal wanted to be discovered by the dogs, sheep, or squirrels, so they had to endure not making a sound—which ironically brought a strange sense of excitement.
Fortunately, the German command provided a crucial assist:
Perhaps in order to launch a flank attack on the French forces that were attacking Minston, the command decided to go all in. As a result, even in the middle of the night, the rumbling of artillery could still be heard from the front, which somewhat masked the commotion caused by Payne and Grace.
"Yes...I'm sorry..."
"I already said you don't need to apologize..."
"Moo...I...I still feel a little sorry for Ruby...Moo..."
Payne was stunned for a moment, then he realized—
This is... "...!"
However... it wasn't him, but Ruby.
Poor little squirrel, it's already the last day of the diverging phase, but her points have still been taken by other beasts.
Perhaps the only saving grace is that she was unaware of this matter.
But thinking about it that way makes me feel even more sorry for her...
Thinking of this, Payne shook his head helplessly and patted Grace...: "Wait, wait... ... "
"Moo...I'm...I'm sorry..."
“……!……!”
"Waaaaah... I... Moo..."
Payne: "..."
Grace is usually as calm as a still lake, but today we've seen her so shy and wild. So what if she gets a little tormented? It's no big deal.
That was the only way Payne could console himself.
Since we can't resist it, we might as well learn to enjoy it.
At worst, we can get revenge through other means during the day.
With that thought in mind, Payne lay down.
……
the next morning.
As the first rays of sunlight pierced through the curtains and into the sheltered trench, Ruby's little ears twitched, and she woke up happily.
She yawned and stretched, rubbing her eyes and wagging her tail, "Good morning..."
But even after half a minute had passed, Payne, who was lying next to him, still did not move.
Ruby waited patiently for a while longer, until her brain had fully booted up, before kicking Payne and teasingly saying:
"What's wrong, Payne? Were you that tired last night?"
Just a second ago, Payne was sleeping like a log, but he suddenly woke up and, as if a key word had been triggered, immediately raised his head and said:
"Good morning, I was just reading the letter a little late... Your divergence device is already gone?"
Ruby calmed herself for a moment, then happily wrapped her arms around Payne's neck. "Mmm~~ It's all over now. Thank you this time too~~"
"It's nothing, it's nothing. I should thank you too."
Good, it seems Ruby hasn't noticed anything unusual.
However, as the man and the beast got out of bed to get dressed, the sharp-eyed squirrel asked, "Hmm? Payne, why is there a red ring around your waist?"
Payne was immediately shocked—did Grace really use that much force last night?
"Ah? Oh, it's probably from lice bites..."
He quickly made excuses while pretending to scratch his back, then suddenly had a bright idea. He ran to the side and woke Xiao En up, "Xiao En! Xiao En, get up! Don't sleep! You have lice!"
"...Huh?! More lice?!"
Xiao En was struck by lightning as soon as she woke up. She scratched her messy hair a couple of times and immediately noticed several black dots falling from her head. She then muttered to herself with a mournful face:
"Why...the French used poison gas, so why are there still so many lice surviving here...?"
Xiao En and the lice's teamwork was absolutely brilliant. While happy, Payne couldn't help but pat the sheep's head sympathetically, then quickly withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted.
He was grateful, but he had no intention of letting his body become a breeding ground for lice.
Getting a few bites is nothing; who knows what viruses these lice living in such a filthy environment as trenches might carry?
If she were to contract some serious disease, she would truly be Barbie Q.
Although Ruby felt that the profuse red stains on Payne's waist didn't seem like the kind of marks a louse could make, and she was also a little suspicious of his sudden action of pulling up his pants to cover himself up, with a formidable enemy (referring to the louse) at hand, she quickly picked up her own tail and examined it carefully.
Looks like it's been covered up, phew—
Seeing that Ruby's attention had been completely diverted, Payne secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yawn—Good morning, Pine~~"
But as a mature older sister's voice rang out, his body stiffened again, and he slowly turned his head.
Grace sat on the bed, beaming with happiness; even her horns seemed to gleam in the morning light. "Thank you so much for last night!"
Payne: "..."
Feeling Ruby's scrutinizing gaze from behind, a sweating Pain only wanted to ask one question:
Grace, did you do it on purpose or by accident?
Chapter 81 LXXXI. Both man and beast have figured it out.
Fortunately, Ruby had reached a point of maturity and her possessiveness had diminished, so she didn't cause much of a fuss after Payne explained things clearly.
But she did become very depressed, because during the day when she was cleaning up the battlefield, she deliberately kept her distance from Payne and wouldn't let this benevolent human touch her at all.
To this, Payne simply told himself to be patient—the squirrel's disagreement would only last a day or two, and after that, she would return to her indifferent and unambitious nature, and the two of them would go back to being best friends.
As for Grace, before Pine could even reprimand her, this "Big Sister" sincerely and proactively came to apologize:
"I'm so...so sorry, Payne. This morning, somehow, those words just slipped out of my mouth..."
"But... on the one hand, I really do want to thank you for accepting me;
"On the other hand...I...I'm also very curious about your...how you'll react to my behavior..."
Payne said expressionlessly, "Oh...so you did it on purpose."
At this moment, due to a minor back injury sustained from yesterday's floor work, Payne could only stay somewhere cool (referring to sitting in a bomb crater) and supervise the four beast girls as they worked.
Of course, Grace took over the part of the work he didn't have to do.
Although the sun is still hanging arrogantly overhead, a thick dark cloud can be seen drifting towards them in the distance, with flashes of lightning like silver dragons streaking through the clouds from time to time, suggesting that a torrential rain is about to fall.
The heavens really know how to read the atmosphere. It didn't rain for the days leading up to the attack, but it started raining again after the battle was over.
Therefore, in order to prevent the supplies left behind by the French army from being damaged by water, the incredibly strong Sister Niu is carrying out the supplies one box at a time from a sheltered trench.
Seeing Payne's resentful look, she could only offer an awkward smile: "Hehe... because... because I believe you'll definitely accept me... hehehe..."
Payne couldn't really refute that.
Because he himself knew very well that it was precisely because the overall environment was unfriendly to beast girls that he was able to make them follow him wholeheartedly with just a little kindness.
While the beast girl isn't desperate for food when she's using the Divergent Device, she is indeed in a great hurry.
He used these two points to successfully win over many beast girls.
He himself admitted that doing these things to satisfy his own desires was not honorable at all, and that he was not a gentleman.
Therefore, he could only cough twice to change the subject: "That's what I'm saying... although I really don't have any objections, do you think I can go against you?"