Before she could even count to two, Yu Xunge heard the sound of glass being hammered desperately. She followed the noise and discovered it came from a transparent box near the ceiling.
Inside stood a light coffee-colored Sea Squirrel. It was not much bigger than a Sun-Chasing Sprite, but its fluffy tail was nearly twice the size of its body.
It was anxiously pounding on the glass window.
"Abba abba." I need to verify whether you really are Xunge from Moonlight Wetland.
"Abba—!" Tell me, how many gold coins do you still owe your teacher?
The anxiety vanished from the Sea Squirrel's face, replaced by seriousness and solemnity. It raised its right paw high and curled its fingers into a zero.
What gold coins? When had it ever owed gold coins? Such a thing had never happened!
Yu Xunge's eyes immediately lit up. Ignoring the Sun-Chasing Sprite that had jumped onto her head and begun hopping around on it, trampling her skull, she pointed at the Sea Squirrel and said to the Black Curly Haired Lady, "Abba abba!" She's Another Me!
Bitter Cup: "Tsk."
Only after laughing herself tired did the Black Cat finally look away from the screen. It looked at Zhuri and asked curiously, "Have you paid off the money you owe Aihao?"
It trailed off in surprise, because it actually saw an emotion called melancholy on Zhuri's face.
Noticing the Black Cat looking at her, Zhuri's expression relaxed. She asked, "What did you say?"
"Oh... I said, have you paid off the money you owe Aihao?" The Black Cat patiently repeated itself.
To its surprise, Zhuri fell silent for a long time. Her gaze rested on the apprentice's face on the screen, but her eyes had clearly drifted far away.
So long that even the Blood