Unstoppable Luck King

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Radiant sunlight filtered through the foliage, casting a gentle glow upon a secluded country lane. A man clad in drab leather armor, a single-handed sword at his waist, trudged along the path, listlessly carrying a basket of lunch. Now and then, he would fish out a tea egg from the basket, peel it, and eat it as he walked.

“Ahe! You’re here!” a sweet female voice called out as the man turned into an even quieter byway.

“Is there something delicious today too, Ahe? Yesterday’s pancake with scallions was amazing!” The voice lingered incessantly in the man’s ears, while a faint green spark of light circled above his head.

“Oh, today it’s tea eggs. Tea leaves are so expensive—they cost me two silver coins… Luckily, I boiled quite a few, enough for two days,” the man replied, halting in front of a pitch-dark cave shielded by a faint blue barrier. He took two tea eggs from his basket and walked to the side. “Say, Pixie, don’t you ever feel embarrassed eating and drinking for free all day?”

The spark of light hovered over a tiny wooden house built in a low tree and transformed into a dainty, beautiful girl no taller than ten centimeters. She wore a neatly tailored bodysuit of unidentifiable material, her hair a soft shade of green. Though diminutive, her figure was well-proportioned: her chest flat, but her legs strikingly long, much like the fairies of children’s tales.

“I’m a wood sprite, not a human. I won’t feel embarrassed,” Pixie replied, hugging the tea egg Ahe placed before her house. She inhaled the mingled aroma of tea a