Couldn't say it.
They really couldn't say it.
It wasn't just Fang Li—Rem and Beatrice were equally speechless, utterly unable to answer Emilia's question.
Especially when faced with those pure, curious eyes, as innocent as a child's, they all felt as though something were caught in their throats.
At that moment, Fang Li, Rem, and Beatrice all had the same thought.
That was, if they answered that question, they would undoubtedly be tarnishing that innocent purity.
This girl, as white as snow and as pure as a child, absolutely could not be tainted by such things.
At that moment, Fang Li and the others all felt the same way.
Since that was the case, they could only muddle through it somehow.
Just as Fang Li and the others were preparing to do so, an uninvited guest arrived.
"So you were all here? I've been looking everywhere for you!"
A voice that utterly failed to read the mood intruded without restraint.
Subaru Natsuki approached while stretching lazily.
That carefree manner formed an extremely stark contrast with the purity of the silver-haired Half-Elf everyone had just witnessed, presenting the complete opposite impression.
At least, to Fang Li and the others at that moment, if Emilia was an immaculate snow lotus that could not be sullied, then Subaru Natsuki—who had no idea what was going on and radiated an air of laziness—was the murkiest sludge imaginable.
In other words, Fang Li and the others were now watching a mass of filthy sludge slowly approach, ready to defile that pure snow lotus.
And their instincts were not wrong.
While they froze at the sight, the snow lotus and the sludge began their conversation.
"Sorry, it looks like Fang Li is being scolded because he did something bad." Emilia apologized to Subaru Natsuki. "Were we