Lugia's face fell when he heard Xu Mu's words.
He said to Xu Mu:
"I was wrong, Xu Mu!"
"I promise I won't do it again, even if you don't beat me to death!"
With that, he pointed his enormous wing at the ceiling.
That was when Lugia noticed the light overhead.
An idea struck him, and he said solemnly to Xu Mu:
"I swear on that light: if I ever even think about causing trouble again, let it go out—and when the light goes out, so do I!"
Unfortunately, Lugia put a little too much force into his oath.
His wing struck the ceiling light and shattered it.
Crash!
Lugia froze.
Come on. You've got to be kidding me.
I was just making a simple little oath.
I didn't mean anything by it. I just wanted to fool Xu Mu.
Why did you have to take it seriously too, you stupid light?
A wave of sorrow washed over Lugia.
I just said I'd be gone if the light went out.
What am I supposed to do now? Leave or not?
At that thought, Lugia felt as though there was no love left in the world.
Xu Mu, standing above him, was stunned too.
Well, damn!
Lugia had just promised to stop causing trouble.
And the moment he finished speaking, he smashed the light.
It wasn't as if Lugia had meant to.
His luck had just been rotten all day.
He kept getting into trouble. Who knew he had such a talent for it?
Xu Mu forced three words through clenched teeth:
"Lu. Gi. A!"
At the sound of Xu Mu's voice, Lugia threw himself to the floor and covered his head with his wings.
Terrified, he said to Xu Mu:
"Xu Mu! I—I really know I was wrong! I