Lin Nai looked at Dan Heng.
Dan Heng was silent for a moment before speaking, "I'll go investigate the Underworld for intel. We'll definitely need to go there at some point, right?"
Just as expected.
The reliable, stoic young Azure Dragon never disappointed.
At least he knew to go investigate.
Lin Nai: He really did, I could cry.
"Then I'm going back to sleep!"
Adhering to the principle of sleeping whenever facing trouble, Xing grabbed her blanket and got up to leave!
Lin Nai: "Then don't drag my blanket away!"
Xing: "Gulp! I've been found out!"
March Seven: "It would be a miracle if you weren't!"
Chapter 47 · Serval: Stand Down! The Silvermane Guard is Everywhere!
Afternoon.
Lin Nai sat on a chair not far from the workshop, quietly clearing their mind, which was commonly known as... zoning out.
At the Goethe Hotel, they had roughly discussed the next course of action...
The next steps were:
Lin Nai to contact Serval and learn about Cocolia's past.
Dan Heng to investigate the Underworld for intel.
Xing and March Seven to team up and use their own initiative.
It was possible that March Seven would end up taking Xing around to take photos, or something similar.
Never mind.
As long as Xing didn't start rummaging through trash cans, then...
Lin Nai's gaze drifted into the distance, where they spotted March Seven pulling Xing away from a trash can.
Those two really had a lot of energy.
It was at this moment that Lin Nai felt a heat source appear on their face.
"Mmm!"
Turning their head, Lin Nai saw Serval pressing a warm drink against their face.
"Hello, Lin Nai, we meet again."
Serval smiled.
She hadn't expected to see Lin Nai today.
"You ran pretty fast last night."
"Hah... haha..."
Serval's smile faded as she subtly glanced around, her expression turning serious.
"Come with me."
Seeing Serval suddenly become serious, Lin Nai felt a bit confused but followed along anyway.
After all, their current task was to contact Serval.
However.
After entering the workshop.
The first thing Serval did was lock the doors and windows, and then draw the curtains.
Once everything was secured, Serval took a small box from the counter.
After unlocking it, she took out the musical score Lin Nai had written last night, titled "Wildfire."
"Lin Nai, answer me truthfully, are you part of some resistance organization?"
"Huh?"
Question marks appeared above Lin Nai's head. No, the song did have lyrics about resistance.
But they didn't need to jump to that conclusion, did they?
Serval looked at Lin Nai's slightly bewildered gaze and continued to speculate:
"Then perhaps you, Lin Nai, want to rebel, but haven't started forming an organization yet?"
"Rebellion won't work, Lin Nai. Stand down! The Silvermane Guard is everywhere!"
Serval's current expression was as if she were looking at a child who had gone astray.
In fact, in Serval's eyes, Lin Nai was the type of child who played beautiful music and seemed naive and easily deceived.
Maybe they were also tricked into joining the resistance or something!
"Huh?"
Seeing Lin Nai's genuinely confused and bewildered gaze, Serval realized something was off.
Could it be...
That she had guessed wrong?
"Aren't you?"
"Of course not! Serval, what are you thinking?"
Lin Nai's eyes widened in shock.
He found it rather amusing and exasperating that Serval had mistaken him for someone planning a rebellion.
He couldn't help but retort, "Who would plan a rebellion with someone they've only met once..."
"Wouldn't they?"
Serval tilted her head. She felt they had been getting along swimmingly.
Just like how she had invited Lin Nai to join her band last night, though Lin Nai hadn't agreed in the end.
"Hey, then this song..."
"It's just a song..." Lin Nai's eye twitched. "Otherwise, it couldn't possibly be a team anthem, right?"
But rebellion...
Hiss...
Could this actually be a viable option?
"Remove the corrupt officials?"
Should he put his name inside a fish?
Then go to the lower city and shout: "Are kings and generals born, or made?"
Hmm...
It wasn't entirely impossible.
"Wait... you're not actually thinking about how to rebel right now, are you?"
Serval noticed Lin Nai lost in thought, his expression subtle and making her inexplicably nervous.
She hoped her momentary guess wouldn't lead him down a path of no return.
Lin Nai snapped back to reality and shook his head, "How could that be? How could I? I don't have the intelligence for that."
Even if there was a rebellion, it wouldn't be him leading it.
"I hope so."
Serval put the sheet music away.
It was much better that it wasn't about rebellion.
However, Serval had no idea that Lin Nai was genuinely starting to consider it.
Lin Nai activated his world-shattering intellect!
After all, Serval had brought it up.
He felt it was necessary to act.
Otherwise, he could find a way to guide Bronya?
To have her stage a rebellion against his magnificent mother?
Yikes...
What a Mordred.
Lin Nai propped his face up with one hand, leaning against the counter. "So, Serval, why did you think I wanted to rebel?"
"Because you dropped the sheet music and left. It looked just like those situations in books where rebels leave behind little notes."
"...Really? Are there novels like that in Belobog?"
"Quite a few."
Serval walked to the door and gently unlocked it. "If you're interested in novels, Lin Nai, you can ask Pela."
"She'll definitely recommend a good one... Oh, Pela? Why are you here?"
Just as she unlocked the door to the workshop, Serval saw Pela, holding a book and wearing a sullen expression, opening the door.
Speak of the devil.
"Ah, Serval, I'm on vacation this afternoon. But you... what are you doing standing at the door?"
Pela asked, looking confused.
"Unlock it."
"Was the door locked before? Why lock the door?" Pela asked, even more confused.
"Ah..."
"Isn't that Lin Nai?"
Pela raised an eyebrow, then looked at Serval even more strangely.
Could it be...
Serval was so starved for affection after all these years that she'd lost her standards?!
Although Lin Nai was good-looking.
And gave a very good first impression, warm and passive.
But they had only met for one day...
Oh, strictly speaking, they had only met once last night.
Upon closer inspection, Pela noticed that the windows and curtains of the workshop were all locked.
Pela's expression became even more complex.
Wow.
She never expected Serval's taste to be like this.
"I feel like you're thinking something very rude," Serval noticed Pela's gaze. "But it's definitely not what you're thinking, Pela. I just invited Lin Nai over for a chat."
"I understand, of course I understand."
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