"Mr. Interrogator~ I have so many things I want to tell you~"
Unfortunately, the interrogator sitting opposite her was an elderly man with graying hair and a deeply wrinkled face. Wearing reading glasses, he leafed through his documents with his head lowered. Even when he heard someone enter, he did not look up, simply asking:
"Please sit down. Name."
"...Lucy Heartfilia."
Lucy's smile stiffened, but she refused to give up. She leaned forward a little, trying to make her voice sound even sweeter and more coy:
"Well~ You really can't blame our guild for this conflict. Just look at me, such a delicate, helpless girl..."
Completely unmoved, he continued his routine questioning:
"What were you doing during the fighting?"
Utterly ignored, Lucy's face went rigid. She could only laugh awkwardly and stammer out an answer:
"I...after I summoned my Celestial Spirit...I found somewhere to hide..."
"Understood. Next question."
Throughout the rest of the interrogation, he never so much as lifted his eyelids.
Lucy still held her original alluring pose, but her entire body had frozen in place, slowly turning to stone.
Just then, Happy appeared out of nowhere. He secretly lifted a corner of the tent flap, clamping one little paw over his mouth as his whole body shook with suppressed laughter:
"Lucy's charm stat is zero~"
"Shut up!!"
Happy sat perfectly upright in the interrogation chair, both little paws resting straight on the edge of the table, his expression solemn.
"Mr. Happy, please give a truthful account of everything you know about the battle-"
"What's my payment?"
"...What?" The interrogator froze.
"I'm an important witness with crucial information, you know." Looking utterly serious, Happy abruptly thrust out a paw and pointed at him with righteous conviction:
"No fish, no testimony."
A vein twitched at the interrogator's temple. He