Ye Shunguang: Junior brother?
Xu An: Senior sister?
Ye Shunguang: !!!
Xu An: Senior sister, how was the chocolate mousse I made?
Ye Shunguang: It was delicious.
Xu An: Good, good. It was my first time making dessert, so I was worried something might go wrong.
Ye Shunguang: You're really good at it, junior brother.
Xu An looked at the messages on his screen, wondering what to talk about.
He kept typing and deleting things in the text box, not knowing how to keep the conversation going.
Forget it, forget it. Time for bed. I've got things to do tomorrow morning.
Xu An: Good night, senior sister! I'll make you something else tasty next time I visit.
Ye Shunguang: Okay! Good night, junior brother.
After closing his eyes, he soon drifted off to sleep.
"Whew, I slept so well." After stretching, he hurried out of bed to wash up.
Seeing that it was still early, he decided to go wake Belle.
"Yo, morning, Senior Brother Pan!" Xu An saw Pan Yinhu practicing.
"Whew. Morning, junior brother. Up so early today-got something to take care of?" Pan Yinhu only replied after finishing his exercises and exhaling.
"Yeah, that's right. I told Hongdou, the owner of Yin Tea House, yesterday that I'd do her commission today. I'll go call Junior Sister Belle. Keep practicing, senior brother."
"Belle? Belle!" Xu An knocked on the window beside Belle's bed. He heard rustling inside, as though she was turning over.
"Belle, if you don't get up, Yin Tea House will stop serving breakfast!" Xu An said after a moment's thought.
"Huh?!" A startled cry came from inside.
"I'll be right there, senior brother! Go buy breakfast first. I'll be over right away!"
Only after hearing her getting dressed inside did Xu An leave, reassured.
He arrived at Yin Tea House.
"Boss! Two orders of soup dumplings, two bowls of soy milk, one fried dough stick, and an order of pan-fried dumplings ٩(๑^o^๑)۶." After ordering, Xu An sat down near the entrance to wait.
"Little Master Xu, are you going to handle my commission after you eat?" Hongdou brought over two baskets of soup dumplings first and struck up a conversation.
"Yep! Once I've eaten my fill, of course I'll get to work! I need to wait for Belle first, though. I'll be relying on her to keep me from getting lost in the Hollow," Xu An said.
He stuffed food into his mouth as he waited.
Just as Xu An finished a basket of soup dumplings, Belle arrived, her face full of resentment.
"Damn it! You actually tricked me! There are still two or three hours before breakfast ends! You evil Xu An!" Belle said with some displeasure.
Spotting the fried dough stick on the table, she picked it up and took a vicious bite.
It was as though she was venting her anger on it, pretending it was Xu An.
"Oh, come on. Early to bed and early to rise keeps you healthy~" Xu An said.
"Did you consider that I didn't go to sleep until one or two last night?" Belle said, looking utterly dead inside.
"? Well, at least you got up early," Xu An insisted.
"Which is why I'm now half-dead." Belle stared fixedly at Xu An, her eyes full of resentment.
"Belle?" A figure approached them.
Xu An's eyes widened. Holy shit, Trigger?
Xu An looked at Trigger, then at Belle. His gaze seemed to ask, Where did you meet her? Care to explain?
"OAO? Trigger! What are you doing here? Have you had breakfast? Come have some with us."
"Erm, I have today off, so I thought I'd come see you. Who's this?"
Xu An was a little puzzled. Can she actually see with that blindfold on or not? I never paid much attention to this character before, so I don't know much about her.
"Um, can you see me?" Xu An suddenly asked.
"Huh? No," Trigger answered quickly, then seemed about to explain something.
"Huh? Sorry about that," Xu An said, a little embarrassed. As he spoke, he handed her a bowl of soy milk and gestured for her to sit down and talk.
"It's okay, it's okay. Actually, when my eyes became like this, I also gained a special ability.
"Although I can't see most things clearly, I can see the Ether fluctuations of nearby humans, Ethereals, and objects. I call this ability the Ether Field of Vision." After saying all that in one breath, Trigger picked up her soy milk and slowly drank.
Looking at her, Xu An felt she had a very mature-woman vibe. Wait, senior sister can have that vibe too. Hehehe.
For some reason, Ye Shunguang's figure surfaced in his mind again.
"And Trigger's a sniper! That ability makes her practically godlike," Belle said proudly.
"Wow? So can you detect where people are through walls?" Xu An wondered.
"Well, not in most cases, but I can if they're close," Trigger explained.
"Holy shit, does that count as X-ray vision with a range limit?" Xu An's eyes widened. No, that's not quite right. Observation Haki?
"It... it doesn't have an X-ray function." But I can sense outlines, Trigger added silently to herself. As she spoke, she unconsciously began sensing the outlines of the two people beside her.
As she kept looking, Trigger felt warmth at her nose, as though something was trickling out.
?
"Trigger, what's wrong?!" Belle cried, then hurriedly pulled out some tissues to plug Trigger's nostrils. Her cheeks burning, Trigger explained, "It's fine, it's fine. I probably ate some things lately that gave me too much internal heat. Mm..." As she spoke, she lowered her head.
"Whew, the bleeding stopped. As long as you're okay. You scared me." Still a little worried, Belle patted her chest.
Xu An's gaze bobbed along with her hand.
Don't get the wrong idea. He was only looking at Belle's new jewelry.
"Trigger, but senior brother and I have to head into the Lemnian Hollow in a bit. I might not be able to keep you company while you relax."
"That's all right. I can come along," Trigger said, the corners of her lips lifting slightly.
"You want to come with us?" Xu An raised an eyebrow at Trigger.
"Mm... Being by her side calms my heart. That state is ideal for sniping. I can help you."
"Then where's your sniper rifle?" Xu An asked. How was she going to go without a weapon?
"In the car. I'll go get it now." Trigger made to stand.
"What's the rush? It's fine. Eat your fill first." Xu An pulled her back down into her seat.
He ordered some more food.
They ate breakfast and chatted.
They listened as Trigger talked about things that happened at camp.
Things like Seed knocking several people flying with her white scooter again.
Or Orphie putting a pink holster on Captain Wisp after she fell asleep.
Things like that.
"That's pretty interesting. Say, is Seed's white scooter fun to ride? I kind of want to try it."
"Well, I'm afraid Seed wouldn't let you on. After all, you two don't even know each other," Trigger said after a moment's thought.
Looking at Trigger's outfit, Xu An suddenly leaned close to Belle's ear and asked a question.
"Hey, would leather clothes like Trigger's balloon up if you farted in them?"
Belle: ?
Sometimes a girl's face turned red not from shyness, but from anger.
"Are you out of your mind?!" She kicked Xu An as she spoke.
Although Trigger, sitting across from them, had heard him, she also glanced down at her own leather pants. Right, would they?
The thought that suddenly popped into her head startled even her.
Oh no, it's contagious.