Miss Vulpo's Rhodes Island Operator Life Chapter 45

Although they could still rely on their memories to find their way down the mountain, it was still somewhat dangerous.

"It's fine, leave it to me!"

Only then did Talulah react, smiling as she snapped her fingers.

Warm flames ignited out of thin air, not scorching in the slightest.

"Come on, follow me!"

She dispelled the shadows, took the lead, and stepped into the darkness ahead.

After descending the mountain, the route became much more familiar.

The Reunion Movement settlement, having just repelled the invaders, was already preparing to hold a grand banquet.

Since she was still carrying the dirty clothes she had changed out of, Fengling planned to return to where the truck was parked and put her things away.

Near the truck, Fengling saw some unexpected people.

"Doctor Kal'tsit, and Amiya?"

There was also someone who was a complete stranger to Fengling.

He looked to be in his forties or fifties, a man with an aristocratic air about him.

Kal'tsit was discussing something with the man, while Amiya listened attentively nearby.

Fengling's group made no effort to conceal their arrival, so Amiya naturally spotted them as well.

The little rabbit's eyes suddenly lit up, and she waved at them.

Amiya was still a child after all. Though she appeared very mature, she still occasionally hoped to play like an ordinary girl.

"Fengling!"

Amiya's movement seemed to serve as a reminder as well, interrupting them at just the right time. Kal'tsit and the man naturally stopped talking.

After seeing Fengling, the aristocratic man asked curiously, "Is this girl the operator you mentioned who requested support?"

"Yes."

Kal'tsit's voice was as cool and detached as ever.

It seemed Doctor Kal'tsit had been explaining the reasons to this man?

Probably not just that, though. Fengling did not think she was important enough to warrant this.

There had to be something else, but Fengling had no need to know, and perhaps was not qualified to know.

"Hello. I am an Rhodes Island field operator, Fengling."

Since the other party had mentioned her, she naturally could not just stand there stupidly after arriving.

Neither servile nor overbearing, there was no need to say anything more. Fengling had merely relied on her sharp instincts to seize upon what needed to be done, but she did not know the full story.

In a situation like this, it was best to leave the right to speak to others.

"Rhodes Island truly is a place overflowing with talent." The aristocratic man nodded politely. "I am Islam Vite, merely a senator. This time, I received Lord Kal'tsit's message and came to help you resolve some unnecessary trouble, while also gathering some information."

Upon hearing his introduction, Talulah behind Fengling seemed to let out a surprised sound.

Talulah rarely lost her composure like that.

"Miss leader of the Reunion Movement, I believe I have seen you somewhere before... Hmm." After giving Talulah a long look, Senator Vitt took his leave. "Then I shall not disturb you any further today. The matter has come to an end, so please rest easy. Having seen the Reunion Movement settlement with my own eyes today... perhaps it may also be a model Ursus can adopt in the future."

The man named Vitt then gracefully walked away under everyone's watchful eyes.

"Talulah?" Fengling looked strangely at the Talulah who had just lost her composure. "Do you... know that gentleman?"

"He is far more than just a senator... though he technically is one." Talulah sighed. "If the chairman of the Ursus Empire's Supreme Council can also be classified as a senator."

Fengling desperately wanted to suck in a breath of cold air.

At that level... could he be considered the current Emperor's spokesman?

"Doctor Kal'tsit... did I really cause that much trouble this time?"

Fengling looked cautiously at Kal'tsit.

"..." Doctor Kal'tsit fell silent for a rare moment before saying, "Though the final result has taken the form you see now, even if you had not arrived and interfered, matters would still have developed according to certain patterns. Do not overthink it."

Oh~

Translated, that meant: it had nothing to do with you. Things would turn out however they were meant to turn out, so stop imagining things.

After dealing with Doctor Kal'tsit more often, Fengling had gradually learned how to distill some of Kal'tsit's more complicated words.

"But you... do possess an indescribable trait... many highly improbable events always seem to occur around you."

...Translated, that meant:

But you really are a walking jinx.

Bonfire Party [Ursus Arc I Complete]

For this Rhodes Island field operation, Fengling included, they had split into a total of five routes.

The other four groups were carrying out their missions smoothly. Two teams had even been quite fortunate, quickly cleared out their goods, and returned to Rhodes Island's landship.

Though it had basically turned into a near-loss-making business...

After all, the A1–A4 Reserve Teams were mostly still boys and girls with limited life experience, making them easy to fool.

But Rhodes Island's missions generally had a charitable nature to them, so they would not make too much of an issue over such matters.

However... no matter how one looked at it, under normal circumstances, this should have been an ordinary, simple field mission.

The lowest difficulty level, at that.

Yet once it reached Fengling, the whole situation became absurdly bizarre.

Though Talulah had deliberately been searching for Fengling, precisely locating a single vehicle on the Ursus wilderness still required some luck.

There were many side paths between one town and the next.

Talulah's most likely outcome had originally been following Fengling's trail and breathing in her exhaust fumes.

Yet along Fengling's route, the mission difficulty had risen strangely again and again, eventually developing into a situation that required the landship to dispatch an elite squad for rescue.

After all, it had been an attack involving a thousand people. The danger level was already extremely high, the sort of situation where one careless mistake could lead to an accident.

But calling Fengling unlucky did not seem right either... Though the process had been rough, the gains were indeed extraordinarily abundant.

From a higher perspective, Fengling's trip had not only brought tremendous economic returns, but also uncovered a great deal of intelligence... even classified intelligence that Rhodes Island would not discuss openly.

That was also why Kal'tsit and an elite squad of as many as five people had appeared here.

And Fengling had formed friendly ties with the Reunion Movement. If properly developed, it might even give Rhodes Island's future activities in Ursus an additional layer of protection from the people.

She truly had the kind of constitution that easily drew her into strange incidents.

Kal'tsit was even calculating whether, without Fengling's appearance, everything that had happened might have turned out entirely differently.

The butterfly effect, simply put, was when tiny variables ultimately created terrifying changes within a massive system.

"Not to mention that girl herself is a storm..."

Kal'tsit silently pondered.

After all, even Kal'tsit herself was now standing here... something that could never have appeared in the original plan.

To the girls, what had just happened was only an interlude. Adults' worries belonged to adults as well.

Compared with Kal'tsit and the others, even someone like Blaze counted as a girl.

Now that they had relaxed, the most important thing was to properly enjoy this moment of peace, free from worries.

Amiya and Rosmontis were clearly very, very familiar with each other.

Blaze had even mentioned more than once in front of Fengling that whenever Rosmontis underwent examinations, Amiya and Kal'tsit were basically always present.

Amiya sniffed Rosmontis.

Having just finished soaking in the hot spring, Rosmontis naturally carried that distinctive, pungent hot-spring scent.

Amiya, who had traveled around with Rhodes Island all this time, naturally had broad experience.

Immediately, the little rabbit's cheeks puffed up slightly in displeasure.

"Boop~"

Fengling smiled and lightly patted Amiya's cheek, making her puffed-up cheek produce a strange sound.

After all, Fengling had truly not expected Kal'tsit and Amiya to come here.

It seemed their little leader was somewhat upset.

Of course, Amiya was not truly angry. It was simply the instinctive resentment of a child who had unexpectedly been left out.

Through all sorts of indirect coincidences, Fengling had interacted with Amiya quite often, so she now dared to tease Amiya a little.

Under Fengling's teasing, Amiya quickly forgot about it.

After all, she was only around twelve years old.

And at that moment, the bonfire party prepared by the Reunion Movement was about to begin.

At the center of the settlement was a large open space.

At this moment, the firewood had already been arranged and stacked in a deliberate pattern, and preparations for lighting it were complete.

Guests were guests, not to mention that they were the benefactors who had rescued them from danger.

Talulah formally invited Kal'tsit and Amiya to join the party as well.

They had thought Doctor Kal'tsit would have no interest in such things, but she unexpectedly agreed.

In Fengling's eyes, Kal'tsit seemed to have confirmed something as she looked at Talulah.

Talulah, the leader of the Reunion Movement, took the torch and lit the flame that marked the start of the party.

Cups were raised and exchanged, drinks flowing freely.

The attack had placed enormous pressure upon everyone. After being released from that pressure, the people here needed an occasion like this to restore some balance.

Fengling looked at the scene before her.

Some were laughing, celebrating that they had survived another disaster.

Some were grieving for those who had passed away.

Cruelly enough, the people here seemed to have become accustomed to such a life.

Even so, they still held their heads high and worked hard to live.

This contradictory yet strangely balanced scene made it difficult for Fengling to calm her emotions, leaving her thoughts in turmoil.

"Fengling, here, this is yours!"

While Fengling was lost in thought, FrostNova came over and handed her a large cup of craft beer.

This was one of the beers Fengling had sold to the Reunion Movement among the supplies. She had not expected that, in the end, the seller herself would get to enjoy it.

"FrostNova, aren't you going to keep Talulah company?"

Fengling looked from afar at Talulah and Alina, who were busy by the bonfire talking and drinking with other members of the Reunion Movement, and asked curiously.

"It's too hot over there. I'm not going anywhere near it. The two of them can handle it."

FrostNova lightly clinked her cup against Fengling's.

The two of them then took a hearty drink.

"This kind of beer... really is much richer than what we brew ourselves," FrostNova murmured.

"But the drinks the four of us had together that day are among the best beers I can remember." Fengling smiled brightly at FrostNova. "Alcohol is just a vessel. What matters is who you drink it with."

"I can't argue with you... that mouth of yours really knows how to talk." FrostNova teased, though a happy smile appeared on her face as well.

"Not at all, not at all~ This little lady is speaking from the heart~"

The bonfire brought a blazing atmosphere, its warm glow illuminating everyone's faces.