Inside a guest room on the second floor of the inn.
The five people and one dog gathered together, making the already small room feel even more cramped.
On the wooden table in the middle, Beilu, radiating a golden halo, sat atop an overturned wooden teacup. She held an iced cookie larger than her own head in both hands, her cheeks puffed out like a chipmunk hoarding food.
"Have you remembered everything concerning your part?" He Xi asked her evenly.
"Mmmph, got it." With her mouth stuffed full of cookie, Beilu answered indistinctly.
He Xi did not mind her perfunctory response and continued to remind her, "In short, when you come out, show yourself off more. Didn't you keep insisting that you're a queen?"
"Mhm, no problem." The little fairy's transparent wings fluttered happily twice behind her, and she lowered her head to take another huge bite of icing.
Kazmir, however, could not shake the feeling that something was wrong.
Although he was astonished by He Xi's plan, looking at the tiny glowing thing before him, he simply could not suppress the doubt in his heart.
He leaned closer and deliberately lowered his voice as he followed He Xi's words. "So when the time comes, you need to fly into that thief's mouth on your own and use the golden light on your body to blind him, right?"
"Mhm, blind him." Beilu had her eyes closed, wholly immersed in the joy of chewing.
Kazmir turned to He Xi. "Is this coquettish little thing really reliable? No matter how I look at her, she seems like she's just giving us whatever answer comes to mind to scam food and drink."
"Probably," He Xi said, rubbing the bridge of his nose. "As long as there are enough sweets, her ability to carry