So Yao Guang looked up and saw the pink-haired girl across the table, resting her chin on one hand as she watched her with a smiling gaze.
Yao Guang remembered that her name seemed to be... Cyrene.
It was said that the day before Yao Guang met Chen Li—yesterday—Cyrene had earned a great deal of military merit as a scout in a dungeon, then spent it all at once to redeem Chen Li's "One Day Domination Right for a Pure High School Boy."
Could this unknown threat be Cyrene?
But judging by the timing, Cyrene's One Day Domination Right should have ended today.
Or was the threat Ritsuka Fujimaru, the one who had bid on the One-star Artifact selection pack in yesterday's dungeon military merit rankings?
After all, no one could guess what absurd effects a newly tailored Artifact might have.
While Yao Guang pondered this, Laurentina had already brought Specter over to sit near Yao Guang and Fu Xuan.
"You don't mind if we sit here, do you?" Laurentina tilted her head slightly and gave Yao Guang a proper smile.
"Of course not. Make yourselves comfortable," Yao Guang replied with a smile, setting aside her thoughts.
Then Yao Guang's gaze fell upon the statue Specter was clutching tightly to her chest.
"Is that a statue made for Chen Li? It does have a bit of his spirit. But you're a beginner, aren't you, Miss Specter?" Yao Guang examined the somewhat abstract-looking statue with curiosity, her tone gentle.
"Mm..." Specter nodded somewhat bashfully and pulled the statue closer into her arms.
As a part of Laurentina, Specter truly had a talent for sculpture. But this was Specter's first time carving anything, so perhaps capturing the spirit was all it could manage.
Laurentina had also sculpted a statue of Chen Li,