Navia Was Called Out

"Mm, the first step was definitely to find Navia, the president of Spina di Rosula," Wu Wanghai answered Furina's question.

Wu Wanghai added, "Because she's a key figure. And we might need her help!"

"Is that so?" Furina nodded.

After that, Wu Wanghai spent his time in Poisson trying to find Spina di Rosula.

He should have run into them by now, shouldn't he?

After searching for ages, Wu Wanghai stopped. Finding people really wasn't his forte.

"No choice! Looks like I'll have to use my trump card!" Wu Wanghai said to Furina, then took out his phone and backpack.

"Ta-da!" Wu Wanghai held up a large blue-and-white megaphone.

"You're not thinking of..." Furina's eyes widened before she could finish.

"Ahem... Miss Navia! Miss Navia! Your friend is looking for Spina di Rosula! Requesting support, requesting support!"

Oh dear, this guy was hopeless. Furina even felt embarrassed for Wu Wanghai. She had never seen anyone use a megaphone so openly to look for someone.

"Now, we just wait here!" Wu Wanghai smirked, folded his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.

"..." Furina had no idea what to say. Could this really find them?

...Before long, a group of mysterious people in black clothes and sunglasses surrounded them.

He'd actually baited out the target! Furina marveled inwardly.

"Name."

"Wu Wanghai."

"And that one?"

"Miss Puff."

"Cough, cough, cough." Furina was stunned by Wu Wanghai's sudden answer. How could he just make up a name for her? Though she was still in disguise, that name was kind of acceptable.

"What do you want with Spina di Rosula?"

"I need to tell Navia something important!"

"What important thing do you need to tell our president?"

"None of your business!"

"Hm?"

"NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!!!"

Wu Wanghai sat in a small room while the man in black across from him recorded information with pen and paper.

The completed registration form made all the men in black shake their heads.

The two had unknown origins and unknown intentions. It was truly difficult to report them to President Navia, who was still out.

Just as the group in black considered asking more questions or driving the two away—

The click-clack of high heels slowly approached from afar.

Wu Wanghai looked toward the sound and saw a young woman walking over. She wore a black rose hat, held a folded black-and-gold umbrella, and had long, voluminous golden curls.

Seeing the blue gemstone dangling beside her hat, Wu Wanghai immediately broke into a grin.

"Big Sis Sweaty Bean is here~!"

"Oh? What do you mean, Big Sis Sweaty Bean?" the young woman asked in confusion. Then she waved away the men in black inside the room, leaving only the two who had followed her in.

"Haha, I'll draw it for you." He picked up the notebook on the table and flipped to a fresh page. In just a few seconds, Wu Wanghai drew a sweating yellow-bean emoji.

"Doesn't it look like you?"

"Your drawing is rather interesting," the young woman commented.

"This is a yellow face, and this is a blue sweat drop. So..." Wu Wanghai said as he stared at the blonde girl before him.

Furina looked at Wu Wanghai's drawing, then at the young woman, and instantly understood. "Hahahaha, it really does! He drew you so abstractly—it's hilarious!!"

The young woman was speechless. Her mood really did resemble the drawing a little. She felt like a sweating yellow bean.

Wu Wanghai brushed back his hair, then quickly got to the point. "So that's not the important part! Navia, I have something major to tell you privately... Uh, these two?"

The girl named Navia gestured toward them. "These two are my most trusted companions. The one wearing sunglasses is called Mylès."

"Hello, I'm Mylès. Pleased to meet you."

"And this older gentleman is Silver!" Navia introduced the other man.

"Hello. We are Miss Navia's assistants in both daily life and work. You may trust us completely."

"Oh, right, right. Now that you mention it, I remember." Wu Wanghai nodded. These two really had been by Navia's side in the story.

"Then... this must be Lady Furina." Navia looked at the girl beside Wu Wanghai.

"..." Furina was speechless. At last, she pulled off the hood of her black robe. "Honestly, how does everyone recognize me the moment they see me?! What's the point of disguising myself, then?"

Furina angrily took off her witch's robe and put it away.

"Sorry, sorry. It's mainly because Lady Furina's eyes are too distinctive. And..." Navia hesitated as she looked at Wu Wanghai. "The Fontaine newspapers are all saying that Lady Furina vanished for an entire day. She must have eloped with that guy!"

Furina instantly flew into a rage, then thought of the reporter she had met yesterday. "What?! Damn it, was that reporter named Charlotte? It hasn't even been a day yet!"

Wu Wanghai frowned as well. How had things turned out like this? But the article definitely hadn't been written by the Charlotte he knew. "Calm down, Furina. It couldn't have been our little reporter Charlotte."

Then Wu Wanghai gave his analysis. "The newspaper said we vanished, but Charlotte knows exactly what we're doing."

"Hmph! In any case, we are not eloping!!" Furina clenched her fists and said to Navia.

Wu Wanghai nodded. "Mm-hm, we were fighting monsters in the wilderness. We even had help from a Steambird reporter and a pair of magicians."

"Right, right." Furina nodded along.

"Alright, alright. I understand the situation now. So, what important matter did you want to discuss with me?" Navia sensibly dropped the subject, then added with some embarrassment, "And I never expected you to be in Poisson, shouting for people with a megaphone."

"Hehe~" Wu Wanghai closed one eye and stuck out his pink tongue.

"I was really in a hurry..." He truly was. The sooner this was resolved, the fewer days innocent unfamiliar girls would have to suffer.

Navia sat in the seat previously occupied by the person taking registrations, clasped her hands beneath her chin, and looked at Wu Wanghai. "Go on. There are no outsiders here."

"The serial disappearance of young girls," Wu Wanghai slowly said.

After he said that, Navia showed no particular expression, clearly signaling him to continue.

The two bodyguards behind her also exchanged looks.

"Les," Wu Wanghai continued. "It's sold by merchants under your Spina di Rosula, isn't it?"

Navia frowned as well. Could someone have gotten into trouble because of Les and come looking for them?

Navia had long reminded everyone that its sale was forbidden. She herself strongly opposed it, but she couldn't stop a certain group from secretly selling it. Moreover, the president of that merchant association had been an old friend of her father's, so there was little she could do.

Navia said with a troubled expression, "Oh, is this about that? I truly have no power over it. It's prohibited on my end as well, but Les is still circulating on the market."