The white-haired Lumine in the sky showed no reaction as she watched Osial crumble into dust, as though she had swatted a mosquito rather than a mighty Demon God.
She turned back, gave Zhong Baiye another strange smile, and said,
"No one will interrupt us this time, right?"
Zhong Baiye actually found the Lumine before him rather cute now. His earlier resistance had faded.
With a beckoning gesture, Lumine successfully drew Zhong Baiye into her arms.
Breathing in that familiar scent, Zhong Baiye confirmed once again that this white-haired witch really was Lumine.
Just as Zhong Baiye closed his eyes, ready to accept everything, and slowly brought his lips toward the white-haired Lumine's, another unexpected interruption came.
Paimon suddenly appeared beside Lumine, smacked her bottom twice, then quickly vanished.
Zhong Baiye heard only two smacks before a feeling of weightlessness washed over him.
He was still wondering,
Was Lumine really this adventurous? She actually wanted to do that while we were weightless?
The next moment, Zhong Baiye opened his eyes and discovered that Lumine had returned to normal and passed out. The two of them were plummeting, still locked in a tight embrace.
As the ground rushed closer, Zhong Baiye's mind filled with nothing but, Where am I? What am I doing?
Fortunately, at the last moment, Cloud Retainer, who had been pretending to be unconscious, flapped her wings and caught them both.
Once he had been caught, Zhong Baiye touched his pounding heart, let out a deep sigh, and complained to Ningguang,
"Way too much has happened tonight. My brain's about to crash..."
The instant Zhong Baiye said "crash," his vision went black, and he collapsed beside Lumine.
Everyone around them watched without expression, seemingly unsurprised.
The three Adepti and everyone else mechanically returned to their respective homes, while