The Tragic Tale of Misfortune

And so, in the end, Lin Yun and the others followed the young lord as they set off toward the supposed castle.

However... the young lord, who should have been grinning like a dog by now, looked as though he wanted to say something but couldn't. His face was horribly grim.

Because... it was still raining.

And yet... Warrior Girl was sharing an umbrella with Lin Yun... and they looked incredibly close.

According to Warrior Girl, to keep this guy from getting any funny ideas and constantly trying to take advantage of her, she wanted the mighty Wizard to pretend to be her lover for a little while.

Well, when she said this over the Mind Link, Warrior Girl tried to keep her face perfectly calm, but she was so shy that her cheeks were red enough to boil water...

It was... a little complicated.

Even Silly Big Girl, who was acting as their go-between, hadn't expected Warrior Girl to say something like that. She was staring in utter shock.

Silly Big Girl never would've guessed that Warrior Girl, who always seemed to keep a certain distance from Lin Yun, would... say something like that.

No, now that she thought about it, Warrior Girl was supposedly following her. And because of the team, she was also technically following Lin Yun. But somehow, it seemed that Warrior Girl's respect and reliance on Lin Yun far exceeded what she should have felt toward her "lord"???

Silly Big Girl felt as though her hood had changed color.

Wait? No, that wasn't right... He was only her big brother now.

At the thought, Silly Big Girl couldn't help making a helpless face.

Anyway, after hearing Warrior Girl's answer, the young lord—thinking she'd only pretended to refuse him out of "shyness"—was naturally grinning like a