(Heartfelt thanks to 'Feng 4961562' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Lei Xiang' and 'Sui Xin Zhi Yi Yi' for their rewards.)
Elsewhere, in the Human Village...
"Excuse me..."
Stopping an auntie who was buying vegetables, Little Flandre looked up, tilted her head, and asked in an innocent tone.
"Have you seen Flandre's Brother?..."
"Flandre's Brother?..." The auntie buying vegetables froze.
"Who is Flandre's Brother?..."
"Flandre's Brother?..." Little Flandre blanked out for a moment, then answered very seriously.
"Flandre's Brother is Flandre's Brother..."
The auntie was bewildered and let out a bitter laugh.
"Sorry, but I don't think I can help you find Flandre's Brother..."
"Oh..." Little Flandre lowered her head, her face full of disappointment. But she quickly perked back up and grabbed another passerby.
"Excuse me, have you seen Flandre's Brother?..."
"Flandre? Who's Flandre?..."
"Flandre is Flandre..."
"..."
Not far behind Little Flandre, Remilia, Patchouli, and Sakuya watched as she grabbed one person after another to ask about this so-called "Brother," then answered their questions with logic that might as well have come from a god. The three of them were speechless.
Although Little Flandre looked far more normal than she had in her previous crazed state, and no longer attacked people or dragged them off to play with her, her mentality was still about the same as a child's.
With Little Flandre asking questions like that, she would not find out where her "Brother" was even if she kept asking for 495 years.
"Sakuya... Patchi..." Remilia kept her eyes fixed on Little Flandre as she clenched her fist, loosened it, clenched it again, then loosened it again. She repeated the motion over and over.
"Do you think Flandre has really become normal?..."
"Young Miss..." Hearing the hope-filled yet uneasy tremor in Remilia's voice, Sakuya—who had never seen