The battle in the bathroom had now reached its end.
"I won."
Fie pinned Ling's wrist and stared at her, while Ling gritted her teeth and complained indignantly.
"Damn it... If I could use an Orbal Device, I definitely wouldn't lose to a musclehead like you!"
Yet Fie simply ignored Ling's complaint, silently rose to her feet, and picked up a towel to leave the bathroom. Just then, another voice rang out.
"Um... is this really okay, Fie?"
"...?"
Fie turned her head in confusion and looked toward Anjie, who sat some distance away. She had been knocked out almost immediately during the free-for-all, so what did she want now?
"I know what happened."
Facing Fie's puzzled gaze, Anjie spoke with a calm, gentle smile.
"When you were practicing a couple of days ago, you accidentally broke something in the workshop, didn't you?"
"...!!"
"Mr. Fang Zheng may not have noticed, but damaged workshop equipment can be quite troublesome."
"Ugh..."
"Hehehe, serves you right!"
As Fie's face paled and she stepped back, Ling stood up with a gleeful grin. But just then, Anjie turned to Ling again.
"Ling."
"...What is it? I didn't break anything."
"You ate the pudding Enneia left in the cold storage earlier, didn't you?"
"...Uh..."
"Enneia really liked that pudding. What do you think she'd do if she found out you ate it?"
"..."
"I'm not saying I'm going to tell on you, but in exchange... I think it would be fine to let me be selfish once in a while, wouldn't it?"
At that point, victory and defeat had been decided.
When Fang Zheng returned to his room at the inn, he found a blue-haired girl in pajamas kneeling respectfully before the door.
"Welcome back, Mr. Fang Zheng."
"Anjie?"
Fang Zheng paused at the sight