Qianyi: You dare break up the band in front of me? Did you buy your whole clan wholesale?

"Cancel."

With a crisp snap of his fingers, the wildly drifting swarm of jellyfish instantly evaporated like an erased illusion, while the world-destroying beam gathering at the tip of Herta's staff vanished without a trace like a snuffed-out candle.

Long Night Moon: "!!!"

What kind of power was that?!

My power had disappeared out of thin air?

"Qianyi, you bastard..."

Herta raised an unhappy brow, put away her staff, and let out a long sigh. "Don't tell me you've been lurking in the shadows and secretly spying on us this whole time? Your timing was awfully deliberate."

"Regrettably, I don't share Elysia's peculiar hobby of excessively enjoying other people's private spaces."

Under everyone's gaze, Qianyi strode over at an unhurried pace, with little Cyrene and Krydrla beside him. "I came specifically to discuss some serious business with the Express crew, and to send Lord Caesar back to Okhema. I just happened to run into you all preparing to tear down someone else's home over a disagreement."

"Hey, hey, what do you mean, 'a pervert who excessively enjoys other people's private spaces'?!"

Elysia immediately protested indignantly. "Qianyi, it's terribly rude to describe such a gorgeous and adorable young maiden as me that way! Besides, I just, just wanted to get closer to everyone's hearts, okay~?!"

"Who knows~."

Qianyi chuckled noncommittally, his tone leisurely. "But from another angle, getting to know one another, socializing, and deepening relationships are inherently processes in which both sides constantly intrude upon each other's private space. Since no one has complained about you so far, perhaps everyone is willing—perhaps even eager—for you, this 'true self,' to invade and enjoy their private spaces."

"Hehe..."

After hearing that, Elysia's little bout of temper instantly vanished. Her voice became light and airy, as if she had drunk several pounds of