Unsuccessful 'Prison Break' Operation

After much coaxing and persuasion, Bell still failed to convince Little Bell...

My Little Bell can't possibly be this stubborn—!

"Bell! Get down here right now! What are you trying to do by sneaking outside?!"

Less than a minute after Little Bell set down the Personal Terminal, Hermione appeared at the window below. She was so fast that Bell had not even had time to think up another excuse.

Come to think of it, had he been making excuses a little too often lately? And what was most infuriating was that not a single one had worked!

Sure enough, times had changed. People's hearts had become tainted; they were not as easy to fool as before... Ahem, not as pure as before.

"Hermione, listen to my excuse—no! Listen to my explanation. I was just playing hide-and-seek with Little Bell. I absolutely had no bad intentions."

What bad intentions could "Bell" possibly have? "Bell" merely wanted to find an active volcano and set up an artifact-refining formation. After all, if the heat accumulated within a volcano could be guided out in an orderly manner through a formation, it could greatly reduce the chance of an eruption. That was an incredibly good thing!

Besides, Bell dared to guarantee it with his character—this time, it definitely would not explode!

"Hide-and-seek? Why did you run up onto the roof to play hide-and-seek?!"

As for anything Bell said, Hermione was not going to believe a single word of it now.

Who knew what bad idea that ridiculous guy was plotting again? The moon's destruction had caused an enormous uproar across the entire world.

Not only was Muggle society in chaos, with all kinds of speculation and rumors springing up and creating major challenges for public security, but even the Magical World was deeply unsettled. Every