"Hey, are you all right?"
Dongfang Minghui had choked on water, and her face was drenched. She pointed toward the figure that had already vanished and asked weakly, "Did you see what that person looked like?"
Toothless ran over and nuzzled her, then caught her finger between those little teeth and tugged her toward shore.
Once Xuanzhu recognized her, she exclaimed in surprise, "Why is it you?"
Dongfang Minghui gave her a grateful look and only managed to return to shore with her help.
Seeing how shaken she was, Xuanzhu could not resist mocking her. "How can you be so useless? If I hadn't been here today, someone would have drowned you!"
Dongfang Minghui smiled bitterly. That was about right, though her attacker could not have gotten off unscathed either. The silver needles she had launched were surely still lodged inside that person's body.
"Thank you."
Xuanzhu looked at her bedraggled state. "Fine. Since you look so pitiful, I'll personally escort you back."
"Hey, tell me, what's your relationship with the person who gave you that Jade Belt?" Xuanzhu asked nosily as they walked.
Love Entwined was a weapon crafted by Mister Zhongshan. It had received that name because there was another item that went with it. Mister Zhongshan had said they were a pair of lovers' weapons, expressing his hope that all lovers under heaven would find their way to marriage. However, she had never managed to find out exactly what the other item was.
Because she was a Thieving Hand and could not use her Dark-Type Spiritual Power, she was essentially useless apart from throwing her weight around the palace under the title of princess. That was why she desperately wanted something to defend herself with.
She had never expected someone to charge out of nowhere at the