The Noon Hills were blisteringly hot under the sun.
—Fireworks of Romance felt like she was about to catch fire.
The 20-sided Dice's special effect was indeed powerful, but it had also drained the last of her Spiritual Energy. Having her Spiritual Energy completely depleted likewise reflected her current physical condition.
Her body unconsciously leaned back into someone's arms, and Fireworks of Romance felt as though her face were burning.
...Until someone abruptly dumped a bucket of cold water over her.
"Can you sit properly? You're really heavy, you know?"
Fireworks of Romance: "..."
"Are you kidding? I only weigh 82 jin. What's wrong with leaning on you for a bit?"
Her body stiffened slightly before she casually sat upright again. Fireworks of Romance gave a soft snort.
"By the way, how did you figure out there was something wrong with her?"
—Feeling somewhat embarrassed, a certain dignified creature decisively changed the subject.
"I didn't. I just suspected it."
Still maintaining the firepower suppression in his hands, Bai Zhi answered rather nonchalantly.
"Ever since I learned that she had some kind of psychic connection with her Big Brother, I'd had my suspicions. I originally planned to find an opportunity to take her away, but that Chao Mu among you seemed to have some sort of plan, so I let him handle it."
"Uh... what about the other side?"
"They'll probably be here soon. It won't hold things up."
Bai Zhi shrugged slightly, changed Fierce Fire in his hand back into its Holy Load form, and tucked it into his sleeve.
"Alright, it's settled. Let's go down."
"Oh..."
"...You saw through it from the very beginning?"
Looking at Bai Zhi, who had dismounted from Xiao Bai, Chao Mu's expression became somewhat indescribable.
People like him were actually quite proud at