A Protagonist Should Go Through a Few Teammate Changes

Hyacinth's pleas for help always came at the most delicate moments.

Su Tianqing thought to herself.

The girl clearly possessed outstanding magical talent, yet she preferred close combat. Even now, all the magic she had learned was basic stuff. It was hard to say whether she truly qualified as a Shadow of the Stars.

After all, aside from the two exceptions, Cat-Cat and Bunny Bunny, every other Shadow of the Stars possessed extensive magical abilities. Hyacinth alone was the exception among exceptions.

Black Hole Cat and March Hare could at least be explained away—their magical knowledge had come entirely from intuition and magic lessons picked up by the roadside. But Hyacinth clearly had the Stargazer guiding her, yet Nightingale had surpassed her in magic. It really was rather puzzling.

Could this girl be pretending not to know anything, waiting for me to let my guard down before pulling something out and landing a blow right on my head...?

But that thought vanished the moment Nan Xiaofeng called her, sobbing and begging for help.

"Waaah, Tianqing, please save me! Waaahhh..."

"Oh my, what happened, Xiaofeng? Don't cry, don't cry. Tell me what's wrong."

Su Tianqing barely suppressed the laughter in her heart, keeping her tone calm as she spoke to Nan Xiaofeng over the phone.

Nan Jiayu was stir-frying in the kitchen. Hearing the faint commotion in the living room, she poked her head out to take a look. Just as she was about to ask something curiously, she saw the fox girl make a quiet gesture and tilt her head, so she withdrew back into the kitchen.

Amid Nan Xiaofeng's tearful account, Su Tianqing finally learned why she had really called—

"Was that Xiaofeng on the phone just now?"

Carrying two plates of food to the dining table, Nan Jiayu