Lumine and Paimon washed their faces, then sat down at the dining table with Li Qiuzhi and the others and began eating.
"So, are you two a couple now?"
With grease all around her mouth as she ate, Paimon looked at Li Qiuzhi and Fischl, who were sitting close together and seemed to have become very affectionate, and asked in confusion.
"N-no, we're not." Fischl turned her flushed face away, denying it with unconvincing words.
"Uh..."
Lumine and Paimon were speechless. What was so embarrassing about admitting it?
Still, they knew that although Fischl spent all day calling herself the Prinzessin der Verurteilung of the Immernachtreich and putting on a majestic air,
at certain times, she could be unexpectedly shy.
Just like now.
So they did not question her further, instead turning somewhat curious looks toward Li Qiuzhi.
"Uh, more or less. We got together a few days ago."
Li Qiuzhi did not hide it. He briefly told them about how he had instinctively kissed Fischl while saying goodbye to her on the street outside the Adventurers' Guild that day.
"So that's how it happened? I thought there would have been some romantic buildup. I didn't expect you to sneak a kiss while Fischl wasn't paying attention."
Paimon spread her grease-covered hands and looked at him with some disdain.
Lumine thought the same. If this guy ever stole a kiss from her, she would have to give him a thorough beating in public. She could not let him off so easily.
Uh, why am I imagining myself in her place? Lumine shook her head, shaking away the images that should not have appeared in her mind.
"Haha... Anyway, tell us about yourselves. How far have you gotten? Did you find a Teleport Waypoint out in the wilderness and teleport back?"