That was true enough. The success rate was at least one-third, because Chen Luo said he would distribute Wish Emissary tokens to nearly one-third of Penacony's tourists. But Merlin being made to perform sword swallowing was entirely his own fault.
"Freedom...?"
Chen Luo: Are You the Aeon of Wish, or Am I the Aeon of Wish?
"Why does the atmosphere feel so strange? Were you discussing something before I got here?" As Bai Zhi walked into the bar, she immediately sensed that the atmosphere was somewhat odd.
Chen Luo seemed to be pondering something, while Yakumo Yukari and the others seemed to be waiting for something.
"Nothing. I was just considering whether I'm not free enough," Chen Luo said.
"Not free enough? What kind of strange topic is that? If you aren't free, then who is? Isn't your job literally being a Freelancer?" Bai Zhi asked in surprise.
"Now that you mention it, I really do feel like I'm not free. After all, as everyone knows, Freelancers have the least freedom of any profession." Chen Luo sighed.
Chen Luo was indeed free to allocate his time however he wanted each day, but aside from that freedom, he was not free in any other way.
More often than not, Chen Luo could sit in the bar for ten minutes at most before something came looking for him.
"So the freedom you were discussing is actually a metaphysical concept?" Bai Zhi asked uncertainly.
"No, just freedom in the ordinary sense. Yakumo Yukari said I seemed to restrain myself too much, that I was too rational, and that I seemed to be putting unnecessary pressure on myself," Chen Luo said.
"That's just how it is. If it were anyone else, after growing this much stronger over the past four months, their ego would