Under Lin Yueru's leadership, Duanmu Huai and the others left Suzhou City and headed outside. Along the way, Tamaki Iroha, Mami Tomoe, and the others acted just like a group of female high school students on an overseas field trip, quietly following behind while looking around without saying a word.
Ann, on the other hand, was lively and cheerful. She went straight to Lin Yueru with a grin and started chatting with her---as expected of a genius. At first, Ann could only gesture and guess her way through a nonsensical conversation with Lin Yueru, but by the time they left Suzhou City and reached the foot of the mountain, Ann was already conversing fluently with her!
Tsk, tsk, tsk. And people say geniuses are...
Lin Yueru also seemed very lively and cheerful, and she got along quite happily with Ann.
"The people in Suzhou City all know about the Hidden Dragon Cave. A group of Snake Demons moved in there at some point and captured many young girls. My father recruited brave men several times to enter the cave and exterminate the demons, but they never succeeded. Quite a few people even died or were injured."
"Leave it to us. They're only Demons. They're no problem for us at all."
As Ann spoke, she raised a finger. A flame suddenly appeared on her fingertip. Lin Yueru was rather surprised when she saw this.
"Whoa, is this Immortal Arts?"
"Huh? I don't know. What would you call this in your terms...? Xiao Ai?"
Hearing Ann turn around and call her, Duanmu Huai silently rolled his eyes.
"Magic."
"Oh, right, Magic. This is the Magic of Manaria. How is it? Pretty impressive, right?"
"It looks quite similar to Immortal Arts. My father and I have seen Taoist priests cast spells before. They