The Q&A Game You Could Only Keep Winning

Lan Qingyou shrugged again.

That was true.

Although Esmeralda was beautiful, and her mature, alluring aura came naturally to her,

Esmeralda had always given people the impression of being cool and aloof more than sexy and sultry.

But today, Esmeralda felt different.

She'd never made a teasing expression like that before.

"Fine, then what do you want to ask? That question from earlier? Why I did it?"

Esmeralda glanced at the people around them.

Then her gaze returned to Lan Qingyou, who sat across from her.

But Lan Qingyou raised a hand to stop her.

"No need. I already know the answer to that. What I'm thinking about now is something from the past."

"You already know? ...That's a shame."

"It's not that much of a shame. But you look genuinely disappointed, like you have a lot you want to say..."

Lan Qingyou teased Esmeralda.

"Of course I do. You should understand what it's like to have things bottled up inside you that you can't tell anyone. It feels awful."

As she spoke, Esmeralda pulled a card deck from a small leather pouch at her waist.

Then she took bottles of wine from the deck and set them out.

"Emperor, do you have any snacks to go with the drinks?"

"Ah, oh, yes. Of course."

Gu Xiaobei, caught off guard when she was suddenly addressed, froze for a moment, then took out several dishes from her Card.

If the witches' Cards held mostly potions,

then the Chef's Card held all kinds of delicious food.

They'd just been through a fierce battle and then fallen victim to an illusion, so now that everyone saw the food, they realized they were starving.

So they simply sat around on the deck, eating delicious food and enjoying the show.

They wanted to see what