I'm All Better! Let the Show Begin!

"Oh, beautiful Miss Cat. Did you take human form to repay my kindness?"

Seeing Lynette before him, Wu Wanghai figured he probably did not know her yet at this point, so he decided to make a little joke.

"In your dreams." Lynette replied without the slightest change in expression.

She had just been feeding stray cats as usual and was about to leave when she heard a cat crying out in pain nearby.

Curious, she went over to take a look and saw someone gripping a cat and refusing to let go.

Looking closer, she realized this was not the male lead from the trial at the Opera House earlier today?

The one who had successfully confessed to a god...

"Hehe." The moment Wu Wanghai saw Lynette, the cute white cat in his hands suddenly seemed far less appealing.

The instant he let go, the little white cat sprang away and leaped behind Lynette.

Lynette crouched down, picked up the startled cat, and gently stroked it.

Wu Wanghai placed his right hand over his chest and gave a slight gentlemanly bow. "Ahem. Hello, it is nice to meet you. My name is Wu Wanghai. And what might this beautiful Miss Lynette be called?"

"Pfft, hahaha." Furina, who had been silent for a long while, suddenly burst into laughter. What was wrong with this guy? He was way too funny.

"..." Lynette said nothing, meeting him with silence.

"Alright, alright, stop laughing! I was trying to pretend I didn't know her. It just slipped out!" Wu Wanghai awkwardly rubbed his forehead and said to Furina, who was still laughing nonstop.

"Fine, I know you. The magician's assistant, Lyney's younger sister." Wu Wanghai let out a breath, lowered his body, and added, "Father's child!"

Lynette, who had shown no reaction before, was slightly moved by those final words. "Oh? You know more than we imagined."

??? Furina did not understand this time. Why had he suddenly emphasized that? Wasn't everyone Father's child?

At this point, Furina had not specifically investigated the origins of the rising magician siblings in Fontaine. After all, nothing was more important than watching opera. Who would deliberately look into such things?

"You came at just the right time." Wu Wanghai, standing beside Furina, suddenly held out his right hand to Lynette.

??? Now it was Lynette's turn to be puzzled. She had merely stopped an act of violence, so why was this man suddenly saying she had come at the right time?

Wu Wanghai paused briefly before saying, "There's something I'd like your help with."

"Me?... Please keep it brief." Lynette bent down and set the cat in her arms on the ground, then looked at Wu Wanghai.

"We plan to go exploring near... Lumidouce Harbor. You know." Wu Wanghai rubbed his little hands together.

"You could simply post a commission at the Adventurers' Guild." So trouble had come calling. Lynette wanted to slip away.

"Please help me, Lynette! It has to be you." Wu Wanghai pressed his palms together.

"Entering standby mode." Lynette's expression suddenly froze completely as she made a suspiciously mechanical sound.

"Hey! Hey? Say something." Wu Wanghai waved a hand before Lynette's eyes, but he could not even make her blink.

"A cat has entered standby mode here. Lady Furina, let's carry her away." As he spoke, Wu Wanghai called to Furina and prepared to take Lynette away.

"Huh?! What happened to the disguise? Why did you suddenly call me out?!" Furina panicked.

? Lynette instantly turned toward the black-robed figure whose presence had remained very faint beside her.

So that laugh had sounded a little familiar just now. As expected, it was Furina, the Hydro Archon.

This was even more troublesome!

Wu Wanghai suddenly put a hand on Lynette's shoulder and threatened, "Now that you know our secret, we definitely can't let you leave. This is the Hydro Archon's mission, a god's request! If you refuse, you know the consequences."

"That is obviously just your own idea! Don't drag me into it!" Furina immediately struck him, thumping Wu Wanghai's chest with her little fists.

"Hi, hi, hi! Welcome aboard this Aquabus. I'm your guide, Abele. The destination of this journey is Lumidouce Station, which is also Lumidouce Harbor..."

"..." Lynette sat obediently with her hands resting on her black-stocking-clad legs, not saying a word.

Save me, Brother. I've been kidnapped by a god and her lover!

Help me, help me, help me.

Wu Wanghai, meanwhile, stared very seriously at the blue Melusine before him, listening to its explanation.

This Melusine named Abele also noticed that someone aboard was listening to the commentary with extraordinary seriousness, so it explained even more enthusiastically. "This Clementine Line... passes through..."

Furina, meanwhile, leaned back and began to rest. Every ride on the Clementine Line took ages to reach the station; it was Fontaine's longest and most boring route.

Before she knew it, Furina had narrowed her eyes and fallen asleep.

"Wake up! We're here!" Wu Wanghai lightly patted Furina and softly woke her.

Rubbing her eyes, Furina sat up straight and gathered her spirits.

If only this line had been a little longer. I really wanted to let Furina sleep against my shoulder a while longer.

That would truly have been... bliss, brothers!

"Alright, alright, alright! We've arrived at Lumidouce Harbor. Follow me—we'll visit the Statue of The Seven first!" Wu Wanghai grew excited.

"Activating power-saving mode..." Lynette began reducing her presence, hoping Wu Wanghai would speak to her less.

Lynette began following Wu Wanghai and Furina entirely on bodily instinct.

Meanwhile, her mind went blank as she began to space out.

"Alright! The Statue of The Seven has been activated successfully. Let's go check out that spot to the northeast."

"Danger!" "Over here!" "Let the show begin!"

"Ah, Lynette, save me!" Wu Wanghai was being chased around and attacked by a Hydro Slime again in the distance. It was infuriating. He slashed at it with Furina's one-handed sword, yet not even a ripple spread across the Hydro Slime's body.

"...I'll draw its fire!"

"Clap, clap, clap." Wu Wanghai applauded beside Furina.

"Alright, alright, alright. It sure is great to have such a reliable teammate." After speaking, Wu Wanghai looked at Furina.

Furina was leisurely seated on a nearby rock, drinking the warm black tea Lynette had handed her earlier.

This girl was even better at slacking off than Barbatos.

But who told her to be my wife? I could accept anything from her!

Wu Wanghai came to Lynette's side and looked at the two or three large Mitachurls with flaming axes and the one shielded Hilichurl gathering around them.

Lynette's situation was becoming somewhat dangerous. He could not keep letting a girl fight at the front.

"Fall back, Lynette! My ultimate is ready!" Wu Wanghai declared grandly.

"Are you ready?" Wu Wanghai swung Splendor of Tranquil Waters from side to side. "Let the show begin!!!"

"???" Lynette, who had been fully focused on the battle, instantly got distracted and looked toward Wu Wanghai beside her.

That was the line her brother Lyney used when he transformed with his Vision into Grin-Malkin Hat and charged forward!