"—Ah! Ow, ow, that hurts!"
The instant her ear was grabbed, Poseidon shrieked on reflex. But after howling twice, the pain she expected never came, and the Ragdoll Fox quieted down. She rolled her two button eyes, glanced upward, then looked to both sides.
Zhu Si was tugging hard on her ear.
No doubt about it.
Her head had been pulled out of shape by those few thin, pale fingers, and the force was much harsher than when Li Meng had pinched her ear and lifted her up earlier. Yet at this moment, she did not feel even the slightest pain.
"Ee-woo!"
The Ragdoll Fox let out an exclamation much like the Furry Dragon's. "How did you do that... What amazing magic! But this scar is a little ugly. It looks like a worm."
Without the pressure of pain, Poseidon immediately noticed the ugly, twisting scar on her belly that looked like a centipede—although the ragdoll itself was not pretty to begin with, "not pretty" when she made it herself and "not pretty" when someone else did it were completely different concepts.
She was a fox with a "Qingqiu Aesthetic."
This scar was way too ugly!
"—You sure have a lot of damn complaints!" Zhu Si held her by the ear and tossed her back into Su Ya's arms in disgust. The Little Fox Girl maid fumbled to catch the Ragdoll Fox, lifted her in front of her eyes, and peered through the ragdoll's furry belly toward the inside.
"What talisman was that?"
Su Ya asked what many people present were thinking.
"A talisman from my old man to protect spirituality... He probably drew it casually. How would it have a name?" Zhu Si curled her lip and casually stuffed the unused talismans back into her clothes.
"—Zheng Zha didn't