For a moment, a stark contrast formed at the table.
On one side was the turbulent, murderous assassin group made up of Elysia, Herta, Raiden Mei, and the others. On the other was the merciless eating group made up of Seele, Talulah, Kiana, and the others, steadily wiping out every bit of food on the table at an extremely consistent pace.
Of course, there was also the deserter group made up of Jing Yuan, Huai Yan, Dan Heng, Blade, Welt, and the others.
The moment they realized something was wrong—especially when Jingliu pulled out her erhu—they had already made their escape at top speed under the excuse of needing the bathroom.
As the unrelated parties departed, the storm seemed to grow even more violent.
Yet Qianyi, the source and center of this storm, remained completely unaffected. Not only did he show no sign of unease, he even casually patted his thigh and had little Cyrene sit on his lap.
He even had the spare attention to look after Krydrla.
"Come, our esteemed Lord Caesar. Try this—it's a Luofu specialty." Seeing that Krydrla was too short to reach much of anything, yet too concerned with preserving Caesar's dignity to stand on her chair and grab food, Qianyi thoughtfully picked out some dishes she could not reach for her.
"Hmph. Seeing how tactful you are, I, Caesar, shall forgive your earlier impertinence. But if you dare pick me up like a doll again, I will not let you off so easily." Krydrla acted tsundere again, never forgetting to maintain Caesar's dignity.
"Then I thank Lord Caesar for her generosity." Qianyi said so aloud, but inwardly, he thought, I'll do it again next time!
"Mm..." Elysia, who had originally intended to make trouble, saw Qianyi looking so calm and composed, even carrying a