"You could've at least brought a few more people. What difference can you make all by yourself?" Helunaixing said disdainfully.
"I'm already plenty strong, okay?" Xing En said helplessly. "How was I supposed to know so many things would happen?"
"If you hadn't run into my room in the middle of the night, do you think this would've happened?" Xing En said.
"Who ran into your room in the middle of the night?!" Helunaixing shouted.
"I'll tell you one last time: you were deceived by an illusion. The person who went to your room and harmed you wasn't me at all. They merely transformed into my appearance!" Helunaixing said.
"Alright, alright." Xing En smiled. "No matter what, that person took on your appearance. That much isn't wrong, is it?"
"That's why I let my guard down. If it hadn't been for that, none of you Demon Clan people could've caught me unless several elders came out together." Xing En said somewhat helplessly. "But I never expected to be caught by a bunch of kids."
Helunaixing looked at Xing En's helpless expression and laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" Xing En said speechlessly. "We've both been reduced to this state, and you can still laugh?"
"You really are something." Helunaixing laughed. "You got tricked by a bunch of kids. Do you even have a brain?"
"I wasn't tricked by children! I was tricked by you! If they hadn't taken on your appearance, do you think I would've fallen for them?" Xing En said.
"They even said they'd admired me for a long time, that they knew I was the Dark Ranger of the Elzeran Continent and had secretly liked me all along..." Xing En said helplessly. "I knew it was fake right then."
"A woman like you, proud as can be—how