Was everything completely fine now?
Could she... really see that "mother" again?
She blinked. Her eyes were still a little red, but the corners of her mouth had already lifted, ever so slightly, before she realized it.
Yakoda muttered softly from the side, her voice as tiny as a mosquito's hum. "A guy who can just revive people whenever he wants is way too bugged..."
No sooner had she spoken than Nefer smacked her on the head again.
There was a crisp, resounding smack.
"Shut up!"
"Ugh..." Yakoda clutched her head and shrank her neck, looking terribly aggrieved.
With Lumine and Paimon taking turns comforting her, Nahida's mood finally began to improve.
Though it was hard to say what would happen afterward, at least for now, she had managed to muddle through.
After walking out of the tent, Lumine patted her chest and let out a long breath. "Phew~ That nearly scared me to death. I didn't expect Nahida to be so terrifying when she got angry."
That gaze, that tone, that pressure—it was honestly more exhausting than fighting ten battles.
She would rather go fight the Raiden Shogun again than experience the feeling of being stared down by Nahida just now a second time.
But in the very next second, a large hand grabbed her face and pulled.
"Ow, ow, ow—!"
"You've got the nerve to say that?" Mo Wang scolded her while tugging at her face, his fingers mercilessly pinching the flesh of her cheek. "Who told you to keep planting landmines while adventuring? And then I had to clean up your mess. Do you have any idea how awkward it was for me while I was explaining just now? Huh?"
Lumine struggled and protested indistinctly, "I wuz wrong, I wuz wrong—let go—my face is gonna swell—!"
Just