"Why did you call for Sister Dawn instead of Brother Tang Qi? Do you think I can't handle these beasts?"
After Dawn swiftly dispatched the eight Serpent-Chicken Beasts, Tang Qi couldn't help asking.
Once infused with energy, the [Arcane Power Armor] was practically a wall of steel. He didn't even need to dodge deliberately; the Serpent-Chicken Beasts' teeth couldn't leave so much as a scratch on its plates.
For Dawn, this barely qualified as a challenge.
"What else—ah, of course not! Anbi just thought that if you wanted to help, you'd definitely come over as soon as you noticed something was wrong. If you didn't, then you were... um, testing Anbi!
"But Sister Dawn is a paladin. Even if he knew you were testing me, he'd still be unable to resist helping someone who asked for help!"
She was, after all, a little girl who had grown up beside Catherine. Although she was usually rather straightforward, she could still find an excuse to help Tang Qi save face.
So she didn't say anything like, "Sister Dawn would end up helping anyway."
After all, Brother Tang Qi had said he would personally prepare the food they hunted today. Anbi didn't want to end up like "the only person who wasn't invited to the party"—
Chewing dry bread all alone while everyone else happily enjoyed a feast.
But Tang Qi couldn't resist rapping his knuckles against the little girl's forehead.
"If you can't lie, don't!"
"Waaah!"
Who blurted out the whole truth before remembering to cover it up?
Though he admitted that if he really had been the one facing eight Serpent-Chicken Beasts, he would certainly have patted Dawn's shoulder, said something like, "This is a challenge of one against many," and continued being the "hands-off fat boss."
"So what are we