Zephyr stared blankly at Lott.
After a long while, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly. "Hahaha, is that so?"
Lott's answer had caught him off guard.
He had thought Lott would promise never to change and to keep protecting Peach Spring forever.
He had not expected Lott to say something like that.
Yet those very words made him think much more highly of this young man.
Somewhat amused, Lott looked at Zephyr, then behind him.
He asked in confusion, "Didn't you have two students with you? Why haven't I seen them?"
Zephyr froze for a moment, then tapped his forehead in realization. "No wonder I felt like I'd forgotten something. I really am getting old."
Amused by Zephyr's reaction, Lott picked up a Mechanical Den Den Mushi.
In the waters outside Peach Spring.
Wyper stood before Binz and Ain with his arms folded.
Both Binz and Ain were glaring angrily at Wyper.
Their eyes burned with fury.
Ain staggered to her feet and struggled to assume an attacking stance.
"Stop pretending to be nice. Our teacher told us that if he hadn't returned by sunset, it meant something had happened to him, and we were to leave immediately.
"Now you're telling all of us to go to Peach Spring. You're trying to wipe us out, aren't you?"
Wyper pressed a hand to his forehead at her words. Why did this woman seem so unreasonable and irrational? His Laki was so much better.
"If that's what you insist on thinking, there's nothing I can do."
Ain was furious. "You must want to preserve Peach Spring's reputation in the world. That's why you won't kill us all in the waters outside it."
Binz nodded as well and staggered a step forward, looking resigned to his fate. "Me-you can kill me