"How could you call such a cute, pink little thing a beast?!"
As she spoke, Seele moved to snatch the unidentified creature from Luka's arms.
Luka quickly stepped back, his expression complicated.
"Seele, I'm doing this for your own good."
"Tch, just admit you don't want to part with it."
Seele stood where she was, not taking it too seriously.
"But you'd better be careful. Small animals are fragile, so don't treat it like your usual punching bag."
"Thanks for the reminder. I promise I won't beat it to death..."
Yan Huan looked around and asked:
"Weren't you looking for Qingque? Where is she?"
Bronya replied:
"That girl was playing some sort of game with those diviners... She said she'd come help us take a look after winning one round."
"?"
"You haven't started yet?"
"Right."
"..."
After going up and down through the crisscrossing stairways, Yan Huan finally found Qingque sitting beside a mahjong table.
Her hair was a mess, her eyes unfocused, yet she still sat perfectly upright, clutching a hand of tiles tightly.
"Boss Qing, I'm heading home for dinner. You should get some rest too. We've been playing for almost two days."
One of the players had just stood up when Qingque pushed him back down.
"Wait!"
Qingque's expression turned serious.
"One more round, the last round!!"
"But you said that three hours ago." The diviner scratched his head.
"Boss Qing, don't you still have work at the Divination Department? Is it really okay not to deal with it?"
"It's fine, Lord Diviner isn't here! Hurry up, let's play two more rounds."
"But I'm starving..."
"Can't you just order takeout?"
"Let her go."
Yan Huan shoved the diviner aside with his butt and naturally sat down across from Qingque.
"I'll take her place."
"Well, what wind