Astolfo, You've Gone Too Far!

Few outsiders come here, Vignette, at her age, is unlikely to be interested in such a remote place.

The old man immediately guessed that Vignette must have come to see Afu, and only Afu could make these young men and women so enthusiastically come here.

"Uncle, do you know Afu-chan?"

After politely thanking her, Vignette asked the question that had been bothering her.

"Haha, Afu-chan is such a friendly nickname."

The old man said with a hearty laugh, "Afu is a good boy. He has been in our village for a while now. He is very kind and everyone likes him very much."

"I heard he's some kind of streamer. We older folks don't understand the stuff you young people do."

The old man was very talkative. At his age, he had no financial burdens. He opened this teahouse simply to avoid feeling lonely and to keep people company and chat with them to pass the time.

Upon hearing the old man's evaluation of Afu-chan, Vignette felt much more at ease.

To be praised by such a seasoned elder, Lai Afu-chan must be a wonderful person.

After the old man finished speaking, he nodded towards the door, "Afu is here."

"Uncle, you are still so healthy."

Afu greeted the old man first, then walked over and sat down opposite Vignette.

"You're that 'Chappy's owner'? I didn't expect you to be such a cute girl."

Afu said to Vignette with a smile.

"Y-you... hello, Afu-chan... I..."

For a moment, Vignette was speechless. She hadn't expected that Afu-chan in real life was no different from the one in the live stream, and she was so excited that she became incoherent.

"Afu is a big star, the young girl is so excited to see you," the old man joked.

"Well, don't do that." Afu scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

"Hahaha!" The others in the teahouse laughed good-naturedly.

"Is Chabi your pet's name?" Afu and Vignette started chatting slowly.

At the village entrance, Yuxian led everyone on a leisurely stroll. The village wasn't large; a short walk was enough to explore the entire village.

They slowly strolled through the village, experiencing the rural lifestyle.

Satania was unwilling to give up. She was very disappointed that she had not found Vignette, and she kept fiddling with the instruments in her hands.

"It's clearly showing up right here, you piece of junk!"

She slammed the instrument to the ground, venting her anger on it.

Mash was comforting her, Raphael was secretly smiling, Gabriel still looked listless.

The three had different attitudes.

"Master, there's a teahouse up ahead, let's go have some tea!"

Gretel had sharp eyes and spotted the inconspicuous little teahouse in front of her at a glance.

"Alright, let's go sit for a while. It's too early to go home now."

The children, given permission, swarmed over; they weren't really there to see Vignette, they were just there for fun.

Wow! It's so small inside!

When Gretel entered, she was somewhat disappointed to see the cramped space inside; she had expected it to be a very spacious and bright teahouse.

Because the space inside was so small that it could be seen at a glance, she had already spotted Vignette and Afu chatting and drinking tea.

Gretel blinked, still not quite understanding.

The other kids behind us urged, "Alice, stop blocking the doorway, we can't get in!"

"What brings you here!"

Vignette was sitting facing the door when she saw Gretel and immediately stood up in a panic.

The Gretel was here meant that other people would come too, which made her very uneasy.

She had sneaked out to see Afu, but now that her secret had been discovered, she was at a loss and panicked.

Vignette was very nervous, as if she had been caught doing something wrong.

When Afu saw Vignette suddenly stand up with a grim expression, he curiously turned to look at the doorway.

This time, he was dumbfounded.

Alice?

Afu rubbed his eyes, wondering if he was seeing things.

Upon closer inspection, it really was Gretel.

"Afu-chan! You've done something wrong!"

Gretel immediately put on a stern face and walked slowly towards Afu, pretending to be very authoritative.

She secretly gestured to her friends behind her back, signaling them to cooperate.

Vignette stared blankly at Gretel. She realized that Gretel didn't seem to be looking for her, but rather for Afu-chan.

Do they know each other?

Afu smiled awkwardly and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"Stop joking around; now you need to seriously reflect on this!"

Gretel's expression was very serious. She changed the subject, "You must hand over Hippogriff to us to make up for your mistake."

The Gretel intentions were revealed when the nursery rhyme was revealed; it was all about catching the Hippogriff.

"Hippogriff misses you all very much. I'll take you to find it in a little while."

Afu was very cooperative; he was very friendly to the children and tried Afu best to meet their requests.

Upon hearing the Gretel, I immediately found it boring and not fun at all.

Shouldn't we put up a fight at this point?

She couldn't continue acting, and the children immediately surrounded Afu, chattering away.

"Afu-chan, so you're here! We've seen you online before, but we never expected you to be hiding here."

"How is Hippogriff? I haven't played with it in a long time. Has it gotten any fatter?"

Vignette finally realized what was happening and asked curiously, "You two? Know each other?"

"Oh my, Sister Vignette is really here."

The children then greeted Vignette.

"You know each other?" Afu was also curious that the children knew Vignette; it was quite a coincidence.

"See? I told you my equipment wasn't broken! Vignette is really here!"

Satania's voice came from outside the door, proudly proclaiming her achievement.

She seemed to have forgotten who had angrily smashed the instrument just moments before.

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"Talulah, what is our creed?"

"... Trying to cause trouble?"

"No, think again!"

"... breast?"

"Don't say such blunt things with that shy look on your face, and besides, it's not that!"

"... What exactly is that? Could it be... Doctor, you're despicable!"

Chapter 16, Section 387: Afu, you've gone too far!

Satania, with an air of self-assurance, flaunted her brilliant calculations.

However Gabriel and Raphael ignored her completely, leaving her standing there.

They knew Satania's personality all too well. The more they tried to talk to her, the more smug and self-satisfied she would become. Ignoring her was the best option.

They walked up to Vignette and asked, "Vignette, what brings you here?"

Vignette didn't know how to explain, and stood there awkwardly.

With so many people flooding in, the teahouse suddenly became crowded.

Yuxian quickly said, "Come out, everyone, don't disturb their business."

The old man didn't mind so many people coming; on the contrary, he thought it was lively. However, Yuxian and the others couldn't see it that way.

"Come to my house."

After thanking the old man, Afu led everyone to his home.

"Wow, what a big villa! Afu, you must have made a lot of money!"

Arriving at Afu's home, Yuxian looked around and saw that the large yard was more than enough to be a basketball court.

Afu chuckled foolishly, "I just wanted to find a space for Hippogriff to move around freely; actually, most of the space is empty."

"Come inside and sit down."

Afu invited everyone into the house, which was quite empty, as Afu lived alone and didn't have much furniture or appliances.

He spent most of his time in that small room, and having too many other items would just be a waste.

Afu prepared tea for everyone, and the group sat down.

As soon as they sat down, the children eagerly asked, "Afu-chan, where is Hippogriff?"

They couldn't wait to play with Hippogriff, they couldn't wait a moment longer, they missed Hippogriff so much after not seeing him for so long.

"Go around to the back of the house. There's a room there that's its home. It's probably sleeping right now."

It was still daytime, Hippogriff dared not fly out openly; its size was too conspicuous.

Only after dark at night will the Hippogriff go out into the mountains to fly around and stretch their bodies.

The children all ran away at once and went to Hippogriff's place.

This used to be a large garage, which Afu converted into a space just big enough for the Hippogriff to roost in.

"Hippogriff, Hippogriff, we've come to see you!"

The influx of children disturbed its sleep.

The Hippogriff opened its eyes and saw the familiar children. It immediately stood up, flapped its wings a few times, and let out a soft chirp to greet them.

The children gathered around it, touched its feathers, and whispered to it.

"Look, hasn't Hippogriff lost weight?" Illya suddenly said.

As soon as she said that, the other children immediately began to observe her intently, afraid that Hippogriff might be doing something wrong.

"You've really lost weight!"

"Afu is going too far! How could he let Hippogriff get so thin from starvation!"

"Exactly, he must have been so busy with his live streams that he didn't feed Hippogriff on time."

"Poor Hippogriff, Little Jeanne, do you have any food left? Hurry up and give it some!"

In fact, Hippogriff's size hadn't changed at all; it was just that the children hadn't seen him for so long, and coupled with what Illya said, it made them feel increasingly uneasy.

Little Jeanne quickly rummaged through some snacks, and everyone began feeding the Hippogriff together.