"Huh? The Social Assembly? No, no, I'm not going."
Sure enough, as soon as Katie heard about attending the Social Assembly, she shook her head like a rattle.
"Our castle is almost finished, and we still have to decorate it. I've already sent Erin to get the generator and light bulbs. It'll look beautiful when we put the bulbs inside the ice walls! Besides, all Alice and the others would get to do there is drink tea and eat snacks. That's not much fun, right?"
"That's true."
Seeing Katie's eyes shine with excitement, Li Wei had no intention of stopping her. It was perfectly understandable, really. As a child, he had never wanted to attend banquets with his family either. The adults drank, played drinking games, and chatted, while the children had nothing to do but eat. And they couldn't even go home early; they could only sit around killing time in utter boredom. Thinking about it that way, it really did sound dull.
"What do you girls think?"
Li Wei still asked the little girls to see whether they were interested. In response, the three exchanged glances and shook their heads.
"I want to build the castle with Katie."
Alice answered promptly.
"M-me too. This is more fun..."
Sophia answered softly as well.
"What's the Social Assembly? Can you eat it?"
Clearly, there was even less hope of getting the Little Mermaid to go.
"Then keep playing. Just remember not to stay up too late."
Li Wei gave them a casual reminder, then looked around.
"Where's Serandi?"
Noticing that the Winged Woman was absent, Li Wei turned to the Deer Woman and asked curiously. She gave a little huff.
"My sister said she thought she'd found traces of elves, so she went to see what was going on."
"Oh?