We're back.
The maid's small leather boots and white socks dissolved into spreading flame, and her bare feet stepped onto the carpet. Ash, on the other hand, still had to slowly take off his short boots. Daedalus came over to help him out of his coat and said, "The bath is ready. Would you like to bathe again?"
"No rush," Vishy said. "A group of sorcerers offended us just now. Although Ash already punished them, I still feel it wasn't quite enough. You and Felix go scout them out. If they have backers behind them, give those backers a lesson."
Daedalus nodded and asked, "Leave no one alive?"
"That's too cruel. If you act like that, Ash will hate you." Vishy smiled. "At least the children are innocent." "Understood. Felix, we're heading out."
"Huh?" The pajama-clad girl painting her nail polish looked up, completely bewildered. "This late? It's raining outside too—" "No need to go." Ash pinched Vishy's cheek and said irritably, "Don't listen to Vishy's nonsense."
Daedalus asked, "Then Felix and I will go rest first?"
"Up to you, but I suggest you attend the meeting first," Ash said. "Although it's our business, since you're in the team, you probably won't be able to avoid it either."
Whether it was Daedalus or Vishy, both of them knew perfectly well that "punishing the sorcerers" was only an excuse. Vishy's true intention was to temporarily drive the two "outsiders" away. Daedalus also understood they were about to have a Secret Conversation, so she accepted the task briskly without any questions. She would take Felix out for a few hours, and when the time came, coming back with blood on her hands would be explanation enough.
But Ash felt there was no need for that. It wasn't that he trusted Daedalus and