"Mubai?"
"Mubai, what's wrong, Mubai? Say something, Mubai!"
"Don't scare me..."
Flender looked at Dai Mubai in that state, constantly waving a hand before his face, his expression anxious.
"F... Flender?"
After a while, Dai Mubai finally noticed Flender's arrival, and light gradually returned to his eyes.
Flender's heart leaped with joy, and he immediately pulled him up from the ground.
"It's me, I'm Flender. Mubai, what happened to you? You look completely out of it... Hey! Why are you crying? Were you bullied in Heaven Dou Prison?"
As Flender spoke, a hint of righteous indignation appeared on his face.
Dai Mubai lowered his gaze. Then, he suddenly threw himself into Flender's arms and burst into tears.
"Waaah..."
Flender: "???"
He looked strangely at the weeping Dai Mubai in his arms, pressing a hand against his shoulder as his expression gradually turned grave. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly noticed a damp patch on Dai Mubai's trousers.
The damp patch covered Dai Mubai's... butt.
"Mubai, stop crying for now. A real man shouldn't cry over just anything. Tell me properly—what exactly did you go through in Heaven Dou Prison? And why is your butt wet?"
"..."
It would have been better if Flender had said nothing. The moment he spoke, Dai Mubai cried even harder.
His sobs shook the heavens and earth, and it looked as though they were about to disturb the surroundings. Flender suddenly sensed something sharply and turned around, only to see that the prison gates, which had already closed, had opened a crack again.
When Flender turned back to Dai Mubai, he saw that the latter only cried and could not even utter a single clear word. He felt his head throb.
Worried that delays might bring complications, Flender no longer hesitated.