Outside the treehouse in the Tree Sea, Gary was held in the arms of Lorelei, who had hurried over.
Young Master Mao calmly waved at Bruno by way of greeting.
Perhaps the feeling of regaining what she had lost was simply too precious; Gary had never seen such an intense surge of emotion from the ice beauty.
"There, there~ I'm back." Gary gently patted Lorelei's back before finally slipping free.
Bruno and the young Yukinari stood to one side.
"Um... is she Gary's girlfriend?" Yukinari asked, his face slightly flushed.
Bruno looked up at the sky. "I don't know~ Anyway, pretending we didn't see anything is definitely the right move here."
"I see~" Yukinari nodded, looking at Gary with admiration.
"You! Next time something like this happens, wait for me to come with you, understand?" Lorelei released Gary with a faint blush and poked his forehead with a fair, delicate finger.
"Got it. Don't worry." Gary nodded and pointed at Yukinari as he introduced him. "Ahem, well, this is Yukinari Oak from forty years ago. Want a photo together?"
Lorelei: ⊙▽⊙... Huh?
Bruno: You brought your grandpa back with you!?
"Huh?" The young Yukinari looked utterly bewildered. Were people forty years in the future all this polite?
Gary sighed helplessly. "Fine, I'll come clean. Grandpa... I'm your grandson..."
"Oh~ What?!" Yukinari was dumbstruck. I mean, I don't even have a wife yet, and I've already got a grandson this big?
"Let's not talk out here. Hurry inside." Lorelei knew exactly how to read the situation and quickly led the two of them inside to talk at leisure.
Bruno pursed his lips to one side. Lorelei, you're way too scheming...
Lorelei turned back gently, giving him a look worthy of Sadako. "Hmm? Master Bruno, what did you just say?"
Bruno shook