In a private room at Thief Bug Tavern, Yu Xunge sat with Zhuri on her left, Tian Huhaoqi on her right, and Aihao across from her. These were her three most important teachers.
While waiting for the dishes, she frowned and complained, "Isn't this teacher appreciation banquet a little too early? It feels like my game is ending here."
That earned her a slap to the back of the head.
Zhuri said, "I told you, if you didn't get Tian Huhaoqi, I'd hang you from a chimney."
Yu Xunge looked solemnly at Zhuri and warned, "Teacher, the consequences of angering me are severe."
Zhuri said, "?"
Yu Xunge suddenly raised her right hand. Holding up two fingers, she slashed them fiercely toward the center of the table. "Come forth! Zhuri Sprite!"
She knew this was a farewell Zhuri and Tian Huhaoqi had prepared in advance. What if she really obtained Tian Huhaoqi and then left Astralana directly?
They wanted a proper farewell, to put a period at the end of a sentence or an article, as though that could make a story complete.
But she hated the sadness flowing through the air and every breath.
It was as if everyone at the table had silently accepted that this would be the last time they sat together to eat and chat. Once she pushed open Tian Huhaoqi's door, they would never see one another again...
It was too heavy, yet everyone insisted on pretending nothing was wrong. She could barely breathe.
Seriously, they had far too much faith in her!
A moonlit crown lit up on her forehead, and a tiny Zhuri appeared on the table, not even as tall as a wineglass. Her clothes were identical to those Zhuri was currently wearing, and a dagger barely larger than a toothpick