My two-dimensional resident

Chapter 161 Lin Tian, ​​Like a Salted Fish

Ten minutes later, when Artoria held a sword to his neck, Lin Tian lost once again.

When have you decided to leave?

After Artoria sheathed her sword, Lin Tian, ​​dragging his exhausted body, slowly asked her.

Since Artoria initiated the duel, something must have happened. Lin Tian couldn't think of anything else that could have prompted her to decide to fight him, besides wanting to leave.

Upon hearing this, Artoria's expression shifted, surprised that Lin Tian had so easily seen through her decision. She sheathed the Sword of Victory, her red lips slightly pursed, and the hint of surprise in her eyes softened into a gentle, lively expression.

"You've improved again. It's only been a few days... You really are a genius." Although Lin Tian lost the duel, Artoria was very impressed with his performance.

She still vividly remembers the scene of their duel on their first night on the island.

Back then, Lin Tian only lasted a minute before being defeated. Now, it takes her ten minutes to defeat him. This is enough to prove that Lin Tian has improved rapidly.

"Haha, I've just been eating too many apples lately. I haven't actually been cultivating much."

Feeling a little embarrassed by Artoria's praise, Lin Tian scratched his head. This duel was, to be precise, a cat-and-mouse game. The gap in strength between him and Artoria was too great; he had no chance of winning.

In every duel, he tried his best to evade her attacks. She chased him, but in the end, he couldn't escape. What else could this be but a cat-and-mouse game?

Artoria shook her head and removed her armor. As the armor disappeared, she tossed her head, her golden hair flowing smoothly down her back, exuding a heroic air.

“No need to be modest, your physical strength will gradually improve. I mean, your combat skills have improved very quickly. You are the most talented person I have ever seen.” Artoria chuckled lightly, a rare occurrence. “Tomorrow, I will come back after I have made up for my regrets.”

"Then I wish you a safe journey in advance. Come back to be our coach soon."

Lin Tian's smile faded, and he spoke earnestly. Artoria is a strong-willed person; he's not like Shirou Emiya, whose mind can be changed with a few words.

"Um... thank you. I'm relieved that you're getting stronger."

Artoria's decision to duel Lin Tian before leaving wasn't a spur-of-the-moment thing. She simply wanted to test Lin Tian's strength and see if he could protect himself and his companions while she was gone.

Having been on the island for so long, she knew that as long as Lin Tian stayed on the island, he would not encounter any danger.

But she trusted her intuition. Lin Tian said he would stay on the island and live a lazy life, but he was an impatient person. In time, he would definitely leave the island to go on an adventure.

Therefore, she wanted to test and give Lin Tian a warning before she left, so that he wouldn't be lazy and neglect his cultivation. However... judging from the outcome of this duel, her worries were unnecessary.

The duel between the two ended, and after Kikyo restored their strength, she walked off the field. At that moment, Erza walked towards them.

"Hey, Erza. What are you doing up here? Do you want to fight my brother too?"

Unlike before, Erza didn't hug Lin Tian and praise him for his prowess after he came down from the dueling arena.

Seeing that Erza no longer had her usual smile, and that her youthful face revealed a hint of determination, Lin Tian had a bad feeling. Was Erza, like Artoria, going to leave the island?

"Brother, I want you to test my strength."

"...good."

When Erza said those words, Lin Tian understood that Erza was indeed going to leave.

The fledglings will eventually have to leave the nest...

......

A week has passed since Artoria and Erza left. Construction on the island is proceeding smoothly according to plan.

Finally having some free time, Lin Tian began his leisurely life. He woke up early this morning feeling completely listless, so he made a deck chair and went to the beach to lie down and relax.

At noon, he invited others to lie in the corpse with him, but everyone had things to do and no one had time to accompany him.

After finishing paving the roads, Kikyo and Shinobu suddenly wanted to build a garden, so they started collecting various flowers, plants, and shrubs on the island, accompanied by binchotan charcoal. Lin Tian, ​​who couldn't get Kikyo's company, strongly suspected that this was all Shinobu's idea.

After hearing Lin Tian's reminder, Neji Hyuga only saw him on the way to the fruit orchard; otherwise, he was nowhere to be seen. He was a complete training fanatic, spending his days eating cherries while practicing the Eight Gates and Byakugan in the arena.

As for the two newcomers, Reigen Arataka and Shinji Ikari, well... how should I put it, they're like street urchins and their henchmen.

Lin Tian originally intended for Reigen Arataka to counsel Shinji Ikari, hoping to boost the confidence of the young man from Unit-01. However, Reigen Arataka ended up taking Shinji around the island instead...

'Forget it, I don't want to think about them anymore. At worst, Shinji Ikari can just stay on the island forever. Time to sleep...'

Feeling the warm sunshine and the gentle sea breeze, Lin Tian decided to stop thinking about Shinji Ikari's modification plan. He closed his eyes and went to sleep...

"Brother, Binchotan brought you a bottle of cola."

"Thank you... Little Charcoal, why didn't you buy yourself a drink?"

On the beach, Lin Tian, ​​wearing beach shorts, lay on a light-colored wooden deck chair. After hearing Binchotan's voice, he slowly opened his hazy eyes.

He smiled slightly at Binchotan, then took the Knock Cola from Binchotan's hand and took a sip. Then he patted Binchotan's head with satisfaction.

"Um... I don't want to drink anything right now."

Binchotan lowered her head sheepishly, patting her round belly. To keep her promise to Erza, she would eat apples whenever her stomach was empty. She'd only been on the island a few days, and she'd already become quite chubby.

"Eat fewer apples; you're still growing. Be careful of malnutrition."

The island's residents all knew that Binchotan had been eating apples these past few days, and it was impossible for the island's lord, Lin Tian, ​​not to know.

He watched as Binchotan secretly touched her belly. The adorable sight made Lin Tian chuckle, and he couldn't help but give the little girl a soft laugh before telling her to maintain a balanced diet.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother! Hehe~ By the way, it seems like Brother Xiao Ke wants to talk to you about something."

"Really? Then let's go back."

"Good~"

After saying that, Lin Tian stood up, hoisted the binchotan charcoal onto his shoulder, and walked towards the square.

Chapter 162 Sorry, Lin Tian is a miser!

Back in the square, Lin Tian placed the binchotan charcoal on the swing for her to play on by herself. He then walked into the service hall, puzzled, and saw Isabelle dozing in a chair. He chuckled and shook his head, then called Xiao Ke to his side and asked him what he needed.

"Lin Tianli, you've arrived. It's like this, Nock Company's postal service has been launched. These are letters from Ace, Erza, and Yinliya."

As always, Xiao Ke wore a kind and friendly smile, ran up to Lin Tian, ​​and took out three letters of different colors from his backpack and handed them to Lin Tian.

"Huh? You can send letters too. I thought the island didn't have that feature anymore."

Lin Tian looked at the letter in Xiao Ke's hand and suddenly realized. From the first day he arrived on the island, he thought that the mail function in Animal Crossing wouldn't appear on this island. He never expected that after so much time, this function would actually appear.

After taking the emails from Xiao Ke, Lin Tian didn't open the three envelopes immediately. He looked up at Xiao Ke and raised his question.

"If they can write to me, then can I write to them?"

"OK."

Is it free?

"Postage is 10000 Bells."

"really..."

Seeing Xiao Ke's shrewd businessman expression, Lin Tian's forehead was covered in black lines. He swore this was the most expensive postage he had ever seen in his life.

However... being able to contact the outside world without leaving the island, 10,000 Bells is indeed not expensive compared to 5000 Nook Miles.

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"Not expensive? You idiot! I only sell one bass for 400 bells. I'd need to catch 25 bass to write just one letter!"

Lin Tian was very frustrated, but there was nothing he could do about it. The island's will had told him, through Xiao Ke, that a letter cost 10,000 Bells; it was an ironclad rule on the island, and he couldn't change it.

Feeling depressed, Lin Tian opened Erza's letter.

"To my dearest brother: Erza has been away from the island for over two months and misses you terribly. I was so happy to receive a notification on my phone today that I could write to you. Brother, do you know, Erza has already..."

Opening Erza's letter and seeing her crooked handwriting, Lin Tian's gloomy mood vanished instantly, and a happy smile spread across his face. At that moment, he felt that 10,000 Bells was absolutely worth it.

"...Brother, I sent you a cake I made myself, you have to eat it. Hmm... Also, I don't have enough Bells. Could you send some to your poor little sister? o(╥﹏╥)o."

"I'll send it! I'll definitely mail it to you! How could I let my sister be unable to contact her brother because she doesn't have money!"

Seeing the adorable crying face Erza drew on the letter, Lin Tian had completely forgotten about his earlier complaint about the expensive postage.

Lin Tian desperately wanted to send Erza 8 Bells right now, so she could write him a letter every month. Why 8? Because Lin Tian only had 8 Bells on him. During the few days he'd been lying there like a corpse, he'd become penniless.

"I didn't expect Erza to run into Ultear on her way to the Tower of Paradise. Luckily, she listened to me and didn't act rashly... But I didn't expect her to go to Fairy Tail's guild instead of returning to the island... It's a pity that even that old lady from Fairy Tail couldn't help Erza remove the curse."

Erza wanted to go back because she wanted to rescue her companions who were still trapped in the Tower of Paradise and take revenge on Jellal, who had betrayed her.

Ultear was the mastermind behind Jellal's betrayal, a member of the Heart of the Demon, the strongest dark guild in the Balam Alliance...

"Erza probably realized that the Tower of Paradise wasn't as simple as she thought, which is why she joined Fairy Tail... Oh well, I'll write to her later and ask her what she thinks."

As he spoke, Lin Tian took out the cake Erza had made herself. Looking at the cute little face on the cake, Lin Tian hesitated. He remembered that Erza seemed to have absolutely no talent for cooking. Why did she suddenly decide to make him a cake?

Although hesitant, Lin Tian still held the palm-sized cake to his mouth and took a bite.

'Damn it! It's poisonous!'

winter!

The cake, which was ten thousand times more unpalatable than a Devil Fruit, instantly caused Lin Tian to lose consciousness and fall to the ground.

Inside the room, Xiao Ke and Xi Shi Hui were terrified. They rushed to Lin Tian's side, helped him to a chair, and checked on him. After finding that he had only fainted, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

Half an hour later, Lin Tian woke up from his coma. Looking at the cake in front of him, he felt a wave of fear.

"From now on! Absolutely! Never! Let! Erza! Cook! She has absolutely no talent for it!"

If it weren't for the island's will restricting him, Lin Tian believed he would have had diarrhea for a week after eating Erza's cake. This wasn't just some culinary disaster; it was a biological bomb!

"Let's give her the 8 Bells later. Ideally, she should lose interest in cooking in the next few days..."

Lin Tian sighed deeply, carefully putting away the remaining cake and Erza's letter. Then he took out Ace's letter. Like Erza's, Ace's handwriting was crooked and messy, and there were even many typos.

After much deliberation, Lin Tian finally understood what Ace wanted to tell him. The gist was that he had quickly found his companions after returning, and after a series of adventures, they had entered the Grand Line... and finally, he was sending Lin Tian a Devil Fruit that neither he nor his crew recognized.

"Isn't this the Smooth-Smooth Fruit? The fruit that the female pirate ate. The legendary fruit that can make you lose weight and beautify your skin in an instant. This thing doesn't seem to work on me..."

Looking at the smooth, pink fruit in his hand, with its internal patterns resembling pig brains, Lin Tian was somewhat bewildered. He simply couldn't understand who would eat such a fruit.

But this was the Devil Fruit that Ace had sought according to his own wishes. Lin Tian could only put it away for now, and plant it in this land to cultivate a new Smooth-Smooth Fruit when he thought of how to realize its value later.

"...Lin Tian, ​​you big idiot! Quickly thank this magical girl who is both beautiful and intelligent!"

"What?! Yin Liya's gotten so high and mighty. When I have time, I'm definitely going to go over there and give her a good spanking!"

Seeing that the first sentence in Yin Liya's letter called him an idiot, Lin Tian felt dissatisfied and vowed to find Yin Liya and take revenge.