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It took Fuyun nearly two weeks to empty these people's pockets, during which time he didn't even have time to wash his blood-stained face and equipment.

The blood of the corpse collectors stained the city's drainage ditches red, forcing the resurrection workers to use animal blood to replace the excessive human blood loss in order to successfully resurrect these corpse collectors.

"After that, these people never dared to cause trouble again?" Mayumi Haga's face also showed a slight smile.

Fu Yun, beaming with pride, exclaimed, "That's right! These sons of bitches tremble at the mere sight of them now!"

Although there may still be body collectors engaging in these shady dealings in private, treating people like easy prey to be slaughtered, it is not as rampant as it was a year ago.

However, Mayumi Haga realized something else.

The Southern Kingdom government on this island does not actually restrict the abilities of adventurers and other dungeon-derived professionals.

For now, the only option is to have these people check and balance each other. Fortunately, a balance has been achieved, and with the carrot of maze ownership hanging in front of them, everyone is still relatively harmonious.

But this absolutely cannot continue in the long run.

"We'd better close the maze as soon as possible, you know that, Mayumi?" Fuyun said seriously. She had just told Mayumi about this to remind her and the others of their mission objective.

As guardians, we came to this labyrinth not to compete with other adventurers for ownership.

Before the labyrinth causes the collapse of order on the island, they need to reach the bottom first.

Chapter 189 You've really never been in a relationship? (4K)

The days spent with Fuyun were filled with a strange sweetness amidst the intense, bloody atmosphere of battles in the maze.

Sitting cross-legged beside the fire, Mayumi Haga used a small knife to scrape some wood shavings off a palm-sized piece of dry wood and sprinkled them on the grilled fish as a seasoning.

The branches of this tree, known as "saltwood," can be used directly as a salty seasoning and also add a unique smoky flavor.

She collected many of these items while traveling alone, keeping them piled in her backpack so she could take them out anytime.

Mayumi Haga doesn't have a strong appetite, but she occasionally craves a good meal while traveling to ensure a balanced diet. So she's developed her own outdoor cooking skills and, taking advantage of her resurrection ability, will eat unfamiliar fruits and herbs by the roadside.

Over time, her cooking skills improved considerably.

It's at least higher than floating clouds.

Although Fuyun comes from a culinary powerhouse, she has no culinary talent whatsoever. After all this time, all she knows is how to lightly toast smoked meat and put it on bread for a simple meal.

She can't even cook rice, which is something that Mayumi Haga finds unbearable.

After her first time exploring the labyrinth with Fukumo and eating dry bread and smoked meat for five days, Mayumi Haga felt that her mouth would have blistered if she didn't have self-healing abilities.

When eating, even the hard bread would grind the roof of my mouth until it was bloody and raw, and I would use my own blood to moisten my throat.

Unable to bear the monotonous meals any longer, she took over the task of cooking.

Her backpack contained plenty of ingredients and cooking utensils, enough to easily solve the food problem for the two of them.

That night, Mayumi Haga sat by the fire, with a large pot of vegetable porridge bubbling on it. Next to her, two palm-sized fish were slowly roasted on sticks, their fat rendered out little by little and sizzling in the fire.

Has Senior Fuyun not returned yet?

Haga Mayumi was a little troubled.

Floating Clouds is very popular on this island.

This doesn't just mean she became a hero because she had a feud with the corpse collectors, or something like that...

Also because Fuyun is very popular with women.

Yes, perhaps it's because Fuyun is considerate, beautiful, and incredibly strong, and also a woman of the perfect age... In short, she's inexplicably popular among female adventurer groups.

Fuyun had no problem with her special attribute of attracting women, and she could be said to accept any of the female adventurers who liked her and wanted to get close to her, at least she wouldn't hurt any of the girls who genuinely liked her.

So, a year has passed, and although she is widely recognized as a womanizer, no ex-boyfriend has spoken ill of her after their breakup.

Yumi Haga didn't notice this at first; she was quite oblivious to such things. It wasn't until she first went into the dungeon with Senior Ukigumo and encountered another group of adventurers.

When Fuyun hugged the female adventurer in the party and kissed her on the forehead, Mayumi Haga thought it was a unique etiquette on this island.

Then that night, Mayumi Haga was resting with her eyes closed at the temporary camp when the female adventurer came over and started flirting with Ukiyun. She spent the whole night listening to the sounds of the two kissing.

When she later learned that she was Fukumo-senpai's thirty-fifth ex-girlfriend on this island, Mayumi Haga: ...

Moreover, she discovered something.

When I first arrived on this island and walked with Fuyun, I was the subject of much attention from other adventurers. Quite a few of them thought I was Fuyun's... well... New Year's girlfriend.

Moreover, his arrival saddened many female adventurers who had feelings for Senior Floating Cloud for a long time, because they thought that he and Senior Floating Cloud looked really well-matched in their matching outfits.

Haga Mayumi: ...Huh?

She was deeply shocked.

Of course, this misunderstanding was resolved smoothly after Emma was tricked into revealing herself by the other female adventurers with two candies and learned that she was just a "relative from Fuyun's hometown".

Mayumi Haga breathed a sigh of relief.

Although other female adventurers would later turn their attention to her, it seemed that because the older sister figure, Floating Cloud, was more attractive, no one bothered Mayumi Haga, despite her good looks.

The reason is that Fuyun can tell she's not very good at this kind of thing, so he will take the initiative to shield her.

Yuga Mayumi had cooked dinner, but Fukumo was still at someone else's temporary camp and hadn't returned. She silently took out her own bowl and chopsticks, divided out half of the vegetable porridge, turned the fire down, and let the porridge continue to warm.

Before she even started eating, a cloud that had floated in through the window landed lightly behind her and popped a piece of candy into her mouth: "Sorry, sorry, I'm late."

"...Don't eat candy before meals, Senior Fukumo." Yuga Mayumi stopped the pitch-black candy that was about to be stuffed into her mouth, feeling that the taste of this candy was not very pleasant.

She put it in her backpack and casually set out Fuyun's bowl and chopsticks.

Looking up, Yuga Mayumi saw the suspicious, ambiguous red mark on the corner of Fuyun's mouth and looked away again: "Fuyun-senpai, you didn't wipe your lipstick off."

"Haha, Yuna said this color looks nice, give me some." Fuyun sat down opposite her, looking quite pleased. "It looks delicious~"

The woman with black hair in a ponytail squinted her eyes contentedly, her narrow, almond-shaped eyes adorned with a beauty mark that added to her allure.

"Speaking of which, Mayumi, haven't you been in a relationship for a long time?" Fuyun looked at his junior sitting across from him, who always seemed very serious, and remembered that someone in another team had asked him to ask her earlier.

She was curious herself, so she tentatively asked.

A certain sensor in her mind vaguely sensed that Mayumi Haga was one of them, but the child always seemed detached from emotions and love, so it was hard to say.

Moreover, Mayumi Haga is excellent in every way and has traveled alone for many years. Could it be that there is no one who can leave a deep impression on her?

Most importantly, she felt that Mayumi Haga was a bit too reserved and repressed.

During his rest time, the child didn't relax. He neither drank nor smoked. After exploring the island, he spent the rest of his time reading in his room and waiting to enter the maze.

When encountering unfamiliar floors in the maze, Mayumi Haga becomes slightly more excited than usual.

If I had to say, Mayumi Haga's interest would be exploring places she's never been before.

But what else? Doesn't this child have any other ways to relax?

Fuyun enjoys interacting with people, hugging and kissing, and even more so, passionate and sincere love.

But Mayumi Haga seems to be at the other extreme; she can live without interacting with anyone, without being loved, and it doesn't matter to her.

This child is really strange.

“No,” Mayumi Haga replied, her eyes seeming to say, “Why would you ask such a question?”

“…Those who like you are truly pitiful,” Fuyun said.

Mayumi Haga seemed genuinely puzzled as to why anyone would like her.

"Hmm... let's put it another way, don't you have any close friends?" Fuyun wondered if Yuga Mayumi hadn't realized someone liked her, so she asked in a different way.

Mayumi Haga was silent for a moment, then she answered, "Yes."

Lania was probably one of her closer friends.

However, the other person died decades ago, leaving her a wizarding legacy that caused her hair to turn white.

She thought of Rania, who also had a head of white hair. But Rania's hair was longer and smoother; hers was shorter and a little stiffer, while the part that lay against her neck was soft and fluffy.

Lania always complained that she didn't understand witchcraft and that she was savage and brutal in battle, but even now, Mayumi Haga hasn't learned how to use such profound witchcraft. She has only become more skilled in battle and is not as pathetic as she was at the beginning.

Seeing that she seemed lost in thought, Fu Yun said, "Isn't there someone who likes you?"

“She is dead,” Mayumi Haga said.

"I see... How old is she?"

“She’s the same age as me, but she passed away when she was just over ten years old.” Mayumi Haga looked down at the vegetable porridge in her bowl.

"What a pity, didn't she confess to you?" Fuyun took a sip of porridge.

Mayumi Haga said, "I've been traveling all the time."

“She must be very regretful that she didn’t tell you,” Fu Yun commented, sighing. “She’s only in her teens, still very young… or rather, very young.”

Mayumi Haga didn't know if Rania really liked her, but she felt that at that time she probably didn't know how to respond.

She stared at the fire, watching the flames dance, and then heard Fuyun say, "Actually, this is quite good."

Through the fire, she saw Fuyun smiling, though he didn't seem to be speaking to her: "Guardians, those you love most will always leave first."

The firelight reflected in the woman's dark eyes, bringing a bittersweet warmth.

Haga Mayumi was stunned.

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The maze is not something that can be easily conquered.

Although the two guardians worked together and were able to descend smoothly into the depths of the labyrinth, the labyrinth was still a labyrinth, and it changed every once in a while. Most of the paths they took were dead ends, forcing them to turn back.

On their way back, they encounter the corpses of adventurers who died deep inside the labyrinth and no one will come to collect them; the two will help bring them back.

Otherwise, the two guardians wouldn't need to worry about their endurance at all; the food in Mayumi Haga's backpack would be enough to keep them in the labyrinth for decades.

Fuyun's kung fu and swordsmanship were top-notch; at least among all the people Yuga Mayumi had ever met, no one could rival him. Taking advantage of the time they spent together on this mission, she asked him for guidance.

Even floating clouds don't hold back; they teach whatever they have, openly and generously.

While Fukumo is responsible for melee combat, Haga Mayumi is actually an archer most of the time.

Her accuracy is unmatched; no amount of practice can achieve it. After all, she's a naturally gifted athlete.

Furthermore, it allows for creative ways to play with the items in the backpack, which makes it even more special.

The two initially tried using a map to record their route, but found that this method stopped working once the maze changed. Marks left on the walls were also covered by the moving walls.

There was no other way but to spend a lot of time searching for the entrance to the next level. Usually at this time, they would encounter the corpses of other adventurers, and the two of them had to carry the corpses out before they decomposed beyond repair.

Although the Guardian's backpack has the ability to preserve life forever, souls cannot enter the backpack. If a corpse is put in the backpack, the soul will be disconnected from the corpse, and the soul abandoned in the labyrinth will become a wandering ghost forever.

The two had no choice but to carry the person back.

Today, too, I brought the corpses of several adventurers back to the resurrection site. Among those adventurers was one who knew Fuyun—or rather, his ex-girlfriend—who, upon resurrection, started whining and clinging to him.

It's perfectly normal for someone who has just been resurrected to be confused and immediately cling to someone they have a high affinity with.

Mayumi Haga stood at the entrance of the Resurrection Site, arms crossed, watching the two of them being all lovey-dovey.

Senior Floating Clouds considerately wiped the blood off his girlfriend's face, took her hand, and planned to take her to get something to eat first.

After all, his girlfriend was trapped deep in the maze and under an illusion, and starved to death.

Although some flesh and blood were replenished upon resurrection, it was still extremely weak.

"Let's go, Mayumi." Fuyun said, holding his girlfriend's hand. "Yuna and I are going to the bar. You don't drink, so it's fine if you don't come along."

Mayumi Haga nodded to indicate that she understood, and then her gaze suddenly stopped on the hem of the adventurer's clothes named Yuna.

It was covered with a black, sticky, unidentified substance.

So she asked, "Miss Yuna, what is this?"

Yuna followed Mayumi Haga's gaze, exclaimed "Ugh!", lifted her sleeve to sniff, and wrinkled her nose, finding the smell awful. "It stinks... It's probably from the slime that came out after a corpse rotted..."

Although adventurers who have ventured into labyrinths and gone deep into them are not delicate, Yuna still felt embarrassed by her own smell in front of the person she liked.

She no longer had the desire to go to the tavern with Fuyun; instead, she planned to find a place to take a bath and change her dirty clothes.

Before leaving, she leaned over and kissed Fuyun on the cheek, stuffed a few gold coins into Fuyun's collar, and said with a grin, "I'll leave the drinks tonight to you. I'll be there in a bit."

Fuyun, holding the gold coin between his fingers, replied, "Then we'll meet again?"

"We won't leave until we're drunk!" Yuna laughed.

For the past few years, Mayumi Haga has witnessed such scenes unfolding almost every week between Fuyun and different women, standing silently to the side: "..."

hungry.