“Eh?”
Held tightly in Xiaoxi’s arms, Ye Xinglan was momentarily at a loss.
She had just finished a bloody battle, and many of her tentacles had not yet been retracted.
‘Logically, this appearance should have frightened Xiaoxi, shouldn’t it?’
“There’s no need to care about that anymore,” Xiaoxi said, rubbing her head against Ye Xinglan’s shoulder. “It’s all right now.”
She finally understood why the Blood Moon Witch’s back had seemed so unfamiliar just a moment ago.
She was indeed very familiar with the Blood Moon Witch, but those memories of brushing past death left images of the witch as an enemy, a frontal figure she fought in close quarters.
But just now, Ye Xinglan had shielded her to protect her.
It seemed this was the first time she had seen the Blood Moon Witch expose her back to her so defenselessly — this made Xiaoxi suddenly and deeply realize that the two had long since ceased to be arch-enemies.
Those tentacles and scythe blades she had once deeply feared, the ones that had wanted to take her life, were now fighting to protect her.
The person she held in her arms was the little girlfriend she lived with day and night, who would fight others to protect her.
“Honestly, how nonsensical…”
Ye Xinglan also cautiously hugged her back, leaving Little Red Riding Hood standing there alone, wondering if she should move further away to give the two of them some space.
When Ye Xinglan walked over earlier, Little Red Riding Hood had subconsciously taken a step back.
‘Wasn’t the Blood Moon Witch’s yandere appearance during battle even more terrifying than the rumors? But as she watched the two of them embrace, Little Red Riding Hood was suddenly startled.’
‘When did Sirius get to know the Blood Moon Witch? And they seem to have such a good relationship?!’
Then, watching the Blood Moon Witch try to get a kiss only to be pushed away by Sirius, she suddenly realized she was being forced to swallow a mouthful of dog food.
“You have the nerve to stop me from kissing you! Didn’t you say you were at the Association’s training camp these past two days? How did you end up training in a place like this?”
Ye Xinglan had acted on a whim. After discovering that Xiaoxi’s movements were suspicious, she had the idea to tail her and see what was going on. She hadn’t expected to run into this mess.
“Sorry, I just felt it involved…”
“Because this matter is related to the Divine Summon Order, you wanted to investigate it yourself and didn’t want me to follow, right?”
Xiaoxi was stunned. She hadn’t expected Ye Xinglan to guess her thoughts so directly.
“Is your mind really that hard to read? You didn’t think I would misunderstand and think you ran out to go on a date with another girl, did you?”
Although a similar misunderstanding had occurred back in Summersea City, Ye Xinglan trusted Xiaoxi very much now and wouldn’t suspect her of doing such a thing.
“But the fact that you hid things from me makes me very unhappy. I am a yandere girl, you know. If you hide something like this from me again, I’ll stab you, stab you, stab you! And even though I saved your life, you won’t even let me kiss you!”
Xiaoxi had no choice but to sigh and remove the hand covering Ye Xinglan’s small mouth.
But before they could kiss, the space around them was suddenly torn open, and Qiuli poked her head in anxiously.
“Ling… something seems to have happened on the Silverflame Dragon Princess’s side!”
When the incident occurred, Qiuli had originally wanted to follow Silver Bell to provide support.
However, Silver Bell worried that the dungeon difficulty was too high and that Qiuli’s Level and equipment wouldn’t be able to keep up, so she refused.
She only promised Qiuli that she would maintain communication to report her safety.
But just now, when the Silverflame Dragon Princess went to chase those two, something unexpected seemed to happen.
In her haste, Qiuli chased after her alone and happened to run into the two of them.
Xiaoxi’s heart tightened. She knew that Jingtong’s ability might counter Silver Bell! ‘Could it be…’
Thus, when Little Red Riding Hood, who had been avoiding looking at them, opened her eyes again, she found that the two who had been acting all lovey-dovey just a moment ago were now chasing in the direction where the Divine Envoys had fled.
Xiaoxi imagined many bad possibilities in her head. But when she arrived, she didn’t see a battle scene.
She only saw a small figure sitting with her knees pulled to her chest behind a mirror.
“Ling’er! Are you okay?”
Qiuli was the first to rush over. Silver Bell wasn’t injured; she just looked like she had been startled.
“Honestly, you scared me to death!”
Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief and then suddenly realized that Silver Bell was currently in a state where her Transformation was deactivated.
She thought about covering her real face, but it was already too late.
“Eh, why is it you?”
Before Xiaoxi could stop Ye Xinglan and tell her to pretend they didn’t know each other, the latter had already spoken out in surprise.
Silver Bell gave a small cry of alarm, and her eyes began to spin in circles.
“Eh? So you’re the Silverflame Dragon Princess Senior…”
Xiaoxi also had to put on a look of surprise. However, Ye Xinglan was truly surprised, walking in circles around Silver Bell as she examined her.
“What a coincidence! I didn’t expect the Silverflame Dragon Princess’s true identity to be such a tiny girl!”
After all, Ye Xinglan had fought against the Silverflame Dragon Princess many times.
She had experienced the other’s pure numerical beauty firsthand.
It was inevitable that she would guess the Silverflame Dragon Princess’s true appearance was someone very fierce and intimidating.
She hadn’t expected such a sense of contrast!
Ye Xinglan’s actions were undoubtedly another critical hit for someone with social anxiety like Silver Bell.
Like an ostrich, she hurriedly buried her head, letting out a small whimper.
“Cough, Xinglan, you seem to have frightened her.”
Qiuli hadn’t expected things to turn out this way either. If she had known, she wouldn’t have brought others with her.
“Sorry, Ling’er, I didn’t know you had deactivated your Transformation State… also, do you two know each other?”
Qiuli then looked up. “Sorry, you might not believe it, but Ling’er has a shy personality and isn’t very good at dealing with strangers…”
Xiaoxi curled her lip. ‘I believe it all too well.’ It was a pity she hadn’t stopped Ye Xinglan earlier; otherwise, she would have just pretended not to see Silver Bell’s face!
Aside from anything else, Xiaoxi could guess how much of a “social death” it was for Silver Bell to have her identity discovered by her neighbor and new colleague!
“By the way, why did you suddenly deactivate your Transformation? You aren’t hurt, are you?”
Qiuli seemed truly concerned about Silver Bell, circling around her to check carefully.
“I’m fine. It’s just that while that person from the Divine Summon Order was running away, they shone a mirror at me, and then I… suddenly became like this.”
Xiaoxi understood immediately.
At that time, Jingtong probably just wanted to try and reflect the fear in Silver Bell’s heart to stall for time while escaping.
She hadn’t expected this move would directly turn Silver Bell into this state.
She could guess why Silver Bell would become like this after looking into the mirror.
For Silver Bell, the thing she feared most in her heart was nothing more than this — facing others in her original form.
Jingtong and the Third Divine Envoy had no intention of continuing the fight.
Or rather, they never expected that facing her fear would cause so much damage to Silver Bell.
Thus, after using the Skill, they continued to flee, leaving the frightened Silver Bell behind.
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