Unfortunately, Aiou could not easily leave Infinite City. After all, this body was not his real body; his body was still far away in the Myriad Universe. Once Hawkins finished what he needed to do, the body would be returned to him, and Aiou would have to remain in the Myriad Universe.
"Let me look up information on Forcewalker Insects," Aiou muttered to himself, then began searching for information about them.
Mani suddenly tugged hard on Aiou and said excitedly, "Aiou, a dessert shop—it's a dessert shop!"
"Oh? You actually found one?" Aiou closed the Player Forum and looked up. A tiny dessert shop stood right ahead of them.
The two of them wordlessly headed toward the dessert shop. It had a name: Corner Flavor.
"Welcome!"
The moment they pushed open the door, a young married woman smiled and greeted them.
Aiou asked curiously, "Is this the legendary first dessert shop in Infinite City?"
"Sorry, I don't know about this first dessert shop you mentioned. This is just an ordinary dessert shop," the young woman said with some distress.
The young woman had narrowed eyes, yet her appearance alone gave off the impression of a most virtuous wife. Her temperament was exceedingly gentle, and she spoke slowly, with the tranquil rhythm of peaceful passing years.
"Fine, then. What delicious things do you have here?" Aiou asked as he took a seat.
The dessert shop was tiny, and it was crammed with an unimaginable amount of clutter. There were only three very small tables, each able to seat just two people.
A string of fox masks hung beside Aiou, while a great number of gourds hung in front of him.
Curious, he took down one of the masks and discovered that it was actually equipment. Whoever wore it would turn into