When they pushed open the gates of the Immernachtreich, the scene inside was bustling indeed. Several robot vacuums were hard at work, the brushes beneath their bodies tirelessly cleaning every crack in the castle floor.
But the most eye-catching sight was not the robot vacuums themselves, but the stone Night Raven statue standing atop one of them.
[Oh, oh, I see the confusion on their faces. Yes, such a magnificent sight is rare indeed.]
[Someone must explain all this to our honored guests. Good heavens, Her Highness Fischl is here too! What an honor to behold her august countenance today! Our beacon in the darkness, the embodiment of justice, the sovereign of salvation! Ah, she, she... she's looking this way! Oh no, stand at attention, attention!!]
[No, wait, not that way... Alexander, weeding in the garden? Hmph, his eloquence could never explain things as perfectly as mine. Oh... most supreme and magnificent of beings, how might I earn even a sliver of your favor? Is it because your humble subject still does not stand high enough?]
Lin Ze glanced at the stone Night Raven statue riding back and forth before them on a robot vacuum.
Along with his amusement, a sense of familiarity stirred within him.
"Oh! So you're the one talking."
Paimon rested a finger against her little chin and tilted her head, studying the "Night Raven" before her.
"You look familiar. Have we met before? You're..."
Clap!
Paimon clapped her hands as the Night Raven's name flashed through her mind, her eyes lighting up with thought and recollection.
"You're [Arnold Who Longs to Be Asked for Directions]!" Paimon turned and pointed at the Night Raven as she asked Lin Ze, "Traveler, you remember him, right? The Night Raven we met with Mona, Kazuha, and Xinyan, whose name made