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The dogs with the splitter were extremely intimidating. After being glared at by Lacey, the four beasts immediately nodded, indicating that they would never approach the shelter trench.
The soldiers of B Company were also stunned for a second by the dog's glance back, but when they thought about what would happen to Payne next, they couldn't help but smile sadly, and for a moment the trench was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
After throwing the trembling Payne onto the bed, Lacey immediately pressed down on him with all her might.
As for how Payne knew she was using all her strength, it was because he felt like a car was running over his arms and legs! Even his bones were creaking!
"Lassie! Lassie, be gentle!! It's going to break! The bone is going to break!!"
At Payne's alarmed reminder, the dog, who had been too rough, loosened his grip slightly, but still kept him pinned to the bed, unable to move.
If the target is Xiao En, Payne is confident that he can suppress her if he has the high ground.
But now the opponent is Lacey, and she also holds the high ground, so Payne has no chance of turning the tables.
Even if she were in a state of excitement, or even if she were exhausted after a long day and pinned down by the energetic Payne, she could still easily roll over.
Therefore, all Pine could do now was try to soothe the dog's emotions: "Lassie, let's talk this out..."
"Now that things have come to this, what's there to say?"
Lacey's face was full of amusement as she asked, "You just said that your lessons to those beaver-like beastmen didn't yield any results, right?"
"Yes, it is."
"Oh~" Lacey raised an eyebrow. "I saw them give you a high-five when they left, so you seemed to have a good time with them?"
"Yes, it is."
"Oh~~" Lacey's smile widened, and she lowered her head, almost cheek to cheek with Payne. "So, that means you didn't do anything except get along with them, right?~~"
Feeling the sweet breath on his face, Payne was sweating profusely for a few seconds, but finally withstood the pressure: "You can't say that... Doing something but not doing it is definitely different from not doing it at all..."
"And...and I didn't do anything special, I...I just treated them normally, and they..."
"It's always the same. Every time, the master says he didn't do anything wrong, that he just treated the orcs 'normally,' and they immediately develop a liking for him~~"
"Um... Lacey, aren't you like that too..."
After just two sentences of conversation, Payne felt Lacey's breathing become heavier and more rapid, and from initially just pressing down on him with her limbs, she started to lie on top of him with her entire body, and then began to lick his face.
Payne felt he was nearing his limit, and to prevent the upcoming battle from becoming too brutal, he decided to make things clear while the man and beast were still somewhat calm:
"Lassie, I'm sure you can figure it out too. If we can get the orcs into the logistics and fortification construction fields in an organized manner, we can definitely free up a lot of manpower to be put into the battle. In that case, the orc combat troops might not be necessary."
"Since Germany is determined to make the orcs serve the war, it is certainly better for them to stay in the relatively safe rear."
"I just wanted to try to solve this problem today, not to deliberately try to get close to those strange beasts in front of you, understand?"
Hearing this, Lacey still seemed a little unhappy. She sat up straight on Payne's stomach, her ears drooping as she looked to the side.
Payne wanted to pat the dog's head, but his hand was still being held down, so he had to give up and continued, "Lassie is a good girl, she'll definitely understand."
“Of course I understand,” Lacey said uneasily. “Of course I understand… but, but, even though I know perfectly well that’s how things are, I… but I still can’t control myself…”
“Oh, it’s a splitter, I understand,” Payne reassured Lacey.
"My master is too lenient with me..."
"It's okay to be a little more lenient in these situations, you can even make a few more requests."
"Really? Then..." Lacey's eyes lit up, and after thinking for a few seconds, she said, "I...I want Master to only look at me, the beast..."
"Right now, I'm only looking at you, the only beast."
"I...I also hope that Master won't...will stop teasing me on purpose in the future..."
“Hey, you’ve done this twice already, when have I ever teased you?” Payne realized something was off as soon as he finished speaking. “What do you mean by ‘teasing’?”
"No...no pranks?" Lacey glanced at Payne with a hint of grievance. "Well...Shawn told me exactly how you pranked her..."
Payne: "..."
Why does this sheep talk so much?
It seems the punishment needs to be further intensified.
Lacey, too, needs to keep this dog occupied during the day so she won't be unable to handle her at night.
Compared to Ruby and Shawn, Lacey is a formidable opponent he must prepare for with all his might.
While secretly plotting something, Payne replied to Lacey with absolute certainty, "No way, why would I want to tease you?"
Lacey immediately smiled, threw herself at Payne, and hugged his neck, "I knew it! Master wouldn't do that to me~~"
Payne, who had won her over so easily, was a little smug. He patted her back and said, "That's more like it. You've been with me for so long, do you think I'm that kind of person?"
Lacey immediately stopped rubbing her fluffy head against his chin, and looked at him, tilting her head. "Isn't that right?"
"……what?"
"Otherwise, why would Xiao En say that?"
"..."
After a moment of embarrassment, Payne tried to make amends: "Um... I... I mean... I wouldn't do that to you..."
Payne didn't know how he had squandered such a favorable situation, but Lacey's expression turned playful again, her tail wagging like it was powered by a motor, as she assumed a fighting stance and said:
"Our master taught us that a team is a whole, and every beast should help each other, right?"
"Since that's the case, then I'll avenge Xiao En for her."
Payne broke out in a sweat again. "Um... I... I think she's more likely to want revenge herself, ugh..."
Lacey immediately kissed him, physically shutting Payne's mouth, and then sprayed his face with her unique dog scent.
The creaking of wooden planks gradually came from inside the trench and continued for a long time...
Chapter 169 CLXVIII. Alpha Watching the Live Stream
That morning, Payne woke up to the dog's licking as usual. He casually scooped the dog's head into his arms and rubbed it. "Ugh, Lacey, you're awake?... Hmm? This doesn't feel right..."
“Master, I am Ella…” came a somewhat resentful voice from beside her.
Payne opened his eyes and saw a golden figure in front of him. "Oh, it's you. I was wondering why your fur was so long and soft, hahaha..."
He gave a slightly awkward laugh and quickly turned to look at the other side—thankfully, Lacey was sleeping peacefully beside him.
She woke up earlier than me; it seems she really had a great time last night.
However, just as Payne was about to take this opportunity to rub Ella again, perhaps Lacey's dog nose caught something, because she bared her teeth and made a soft whimpering sound while her eyes were closed and she was still asleep.
Helpless, Payne could only let Ella go back to sleep, then turned and embraced Lacey—after all, he himself had said that the Divergent Beasts had the highest priority.
The effect was immediate, and Lacey quickly regained a stable sleep.
However, Payne had already taken the opportunity to check Ella's wounds, and the golden retriever's recovery was very encouraging:
Not only have all the wounds healed and the scabs fallen off, but the bald spots have also grown a short but healthy layer of golden fur. Given time, it will surely recover into a fully grown, fluffy golden retriever.
It was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune. Although she had arrived at the front lines, the weather was dry and there was no rain. The enemy was playing tricks but did not attack, giving her a chance to fully recover from her injuries.
However, just as Payne was happily thinking about these questions while petting the dog in his arms, he saw that Lacey had activated her inherent superpower as a young girl and was baring her teeth at him while she was sleeping!
Could it be that she sensed I was thinking about Ella?
Payne's lips twitched, then a brilliant idea struck him, and he began to solve the quadratic equation in his mind.
As expected, Lacey shut her mouth again and calmed down, even falling into a deeper sleep than before.
What a lazy bum!
Pine knew that humans release different hormones when they are in different emotions, and dogs, whose noses are 10,000 to 100,000 times more sensitive than humans, can smell these trace amounts of emotion-related hormones.
But being able to sense that he's thinking about Ella or solving math problems is just too amazing...
Animal girls are truly creatures that defy common sense.
But if they're such supermodels, why is it so difficult for Lacey to learn to read and do math?
That said, Lacey and Ruby have already mastered basic addition and subtraction, so it's time to teach them multiplication and division.
After pondering these questions for a moment, Payne felt he was almost fully awake, so he jumped up, grabbed Lacey without hesitation, and shouted energetically:
"Get up! Time to work!"
Only Ella, who hadn't yet fallen asleep again, barked without thinking. The other five beasts immediately grumbled in dissatisfaction, with Ruby even uttering some outrageous words:
"I think you've been completely fooled by Lacey. The trench renovation was completed the day before yesterday, okay?"
Payne was taken aback for a moment, then quickly pulled out his notebook and flipped to the calendar page—the marker representing the passage of time had already reached October.
If we calculate it this way, three days have passed since the first day of Lacey's splitter.
Payne immediately broke out in a cold sweat—had I really been knocked unconscious by Lacey for three days?!
Fortunately, the memories of the next three days flooded into his mind, allowing him to maintain his composure and prevent a breakdown:
On the first day, Lacey, who was in her prime, said she wanted to avenge Xiao En, but she put the whole world to the back of her mind as soon as things started, and both she and her dog had a great time.
The second day, the trench renovation project took a little longer to finish, and both people and dogs were exhausted, so the evening's activities were rather lackluster.
On the third day, everyone (and the beasts) had some free time again. Lacey spent almost the entire day with Payne, and would even deliberately snuggle into Payne's arms in front of Alpha and Ella, as if showing off.
Although Ella was a little jealous, she just obediently stayed by her side and watched—a reaction that was normal, both in terms of her status in the pack and the rules set by Payne.
But Alpha's behavior was somewhat unusual. She, who usually had a cold and serious demeanor, would always hide in dark corners, squinting and secretly observing the interaction between Lacey and Payne.
And every time he noticed her acting this way, before Payne could even think things through, he would be pounced on by Lacey and licked relentlessly...
That night, Lacey unleashed even more energy than the previous two days combined, leaving Payne with nothing but her in his mind.
Could it be that this is why I had such a memory lapse this morning?
Although he was cleared of suspicion of being super-induced unconsciousness for three days, Payne felt that his dignity had been severely damaged by being super-induced to the point of blackout and memory confusion.
Unexpectedly, even the area that the terrifying upright ape was so proud of (referring to endurance) is about to be surpassed by the orcs.
Perhaps the only thing that could bring him some comfort was that Lacey also looked exhausted.
After being pulled up by Payne, she rubbed her eyes, then yawned and collapsed back onto the bed, showing no intention of getting up.
On the other hand, Payne, having had a good night's sleep, seemed quite refreshed.
But working this hard every day isn't a solution. After Lacey's contract ends, there's still Alpha and Ella, so we need to take it easy a bit.