Keep Quiet, They'll Hear You

"Let's move. It's not safe here anymore. That commotion was too loud. Those things will probably come again."

The moment Gela Jiang said that, Bai Zhu was about to retort, "Then you should've said so earlier," when Morel raised a hand and pressed it onto his shoulder.

Morel said nothing, only making a gesture for silence.

Milluki was sensible enough too.

He turned his terminal around, displaying a line of text on the screen.

[Silent mode from now on?]

Gela Jiang nodded.

With a wave of his hand, a current formed from Nen swept up the gravel, broken branches, and stone fragments beneath their feet, pushing them all aside.

Watching that move, Bai Zhu silently gave Gela Jiang a thumbs-up.

Milluki immediately typed on his terminal.

[My home needs a cleaner like that.]

Bai Zhu glanced at it.

Milluki added another line.

[There are lots of blind spots in my castle that the butlers can't clean properly. They're all dusty.]

Bai Zhu raised his hand, about to flick him on the forehead.

Morel's pipe stretched across, blocking the two of them.

Morel silently mouthed two words.

Quiet.

Bai Zhu withdrew his hand.

Fine.

Now everyone was mute.

Gela Jiang walked in front.

He tried to choose paths far from the lake, eventually leading them up a set of half-collapsed stone steps.

The route took a long detour.

Several sections had been soaked in water, leaving the stone surfaces dangerously slick.

Before passing through each one, Gela Jiang would first sweep it with a thin current, washing the black layer of mud clinging to it down to lower ground.

Morel, meanwhile, spread Purple Smoke into a narrow bridge and let Milluki cross first.

Milluki's eyes nearly welled up.

He typed on his terminal.

[Morel, you really do care about me.]

Bai