Travel · Magic City arc (twenty): Two Phrolovas?

About fifteen minutes ago.

"I'm back~" Dania greeted with her usual lazy and charming smile.

She is very good at acting and knows how to hide her emotions. Now is a happy time for everyone, and she doesn't want her partners to spend any extra time paying attention to her emotions.

After greeting everyone else, Dania sat down in a corner, intending to process the disappointment of being turned away alone.

"Yaya ~" An obsequious face appeared in front of her at the most inopportune moment.

"What are you doing here?" Dania asked.

"Waaah... I can't even come and chat with you..." Xiao Ling said with a mournful face, "Looks like our feelings have faded, the love is gone..."

"To make our bond unbreakable, why don't we relive some wonderful moments tonight?"

"Are you trying to be serious again?"

"Indecent."

"Get out of here!" Dania kicked him in annoyance.

"Hehehe, can't hit me, can't hit me."

After this little incident, the two sat side by side, and for a moment no one spoke.

"So, what happened between you and Phrolova?" Xiao Ling asked. "You seemed a bit off as soon as you came back."

"I just caught up with a former colleague, it's nothing," Dania said, feigning nonchalance.

"If there really wasn't anything wrong, you wouldn't have hidden yourself in a corner."

Having spent so much time together, Xiao Ling knew perfectly well what Dania would do in any situation, and her current behavior of hiding herself in a corner was a manifestation of her processing her negative emotions on her own.

However, the safety mechanism left on her by the Shorekeeper did not trigger, which means that at least there was no physical conflict between her and Phrolova, so there can only be one truth.

"She said some very hurtful things?"

Upon hearing this, Dania's body suddenly trembled.

"When did you learn to read minds?" Dania teased, masking her surprise.

"I only know you inside and out," Xiao Ling said with a light laugh, looking into her eyes. "Besides, I'm the head of this family, after all. How can I turn a blind eye to emotional problems among family members?"

Dania gazed into his gentle eyes for a long time before finally sighing and recounting her conversation with Phrolova to him.

Then, with her eyes lowered and chin resting on her knees, she said with a touch of melancholy after a long while, "She wished me happiness, yet she also told me to forget her."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ling pondered for a moment before replying, "That doesn't sound like something she would say."

In Xiao Ling's memory, Phrolova valued the bonds between people more than anyone else, especially since the two were like sisters. How could she possibly say something like asking Dania to forget her?

"I don't know, but I know people change, and maybe she's no exception," Dania said in a muffled voice.

Looking at the overly dejected, Kind Peach, Xiao Ling pondered for a moment and decided to choose the strategy with the most comments.

Then, Dania, who was lost in thought, was suddenly turned to face him by Hajiling, who was standing next to her.

She was wondering what this guy was up to when Xiao Ling started kneading and rubbing her face like clay.

"What are you doing?!" Dania exclaimed, embarrassed and annoyed. "There are so many people here!"

"If you're not convinced, you can rub me too," Xiao Ling grinned. "Anyway, I'm shameless."

"You're bastard."

So, Dania also used Xiao Ling's face as a playdough, and the two of them competed with each other, neither willing to give in. One would pinch Xiao Ling's face, and the other would pull her mouth, looking like two three-year-old children.

But I have to say, it really works. I was feeling down, but his teasing made me feel much better.

"Okay, okay, stop it, I surrender."

Dania's grip was very strong, so Xiao Ling's face was rubbed until it hurt, and he had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender.

Just as Dania triumphantly released the other's cheek, Hajiling swiftly dotted her lips while she was off guard.

"You...!" Dania's pretty face flushed crimson instantly.

"We're an old married couple, why are you still shy?"

"Look at the occasion, you know...!"

Dania said she would consider the occasion, but she didn't dislike the feeling because she knew very well that the other person was doing all this specifically to soothe her emotions.

"Just tell me if you're in a good mood or not," Xiao Ling said with a smile.

"Yes, it's not as painful as it was at first," Dania nodded. "Perhaps Phrolova isn't quite ready to accept that she has the right to be happy yet, but I will try my best."

Xiao Ling looked at Dania, whose eyes had regained their resolve, a smile on his lips, but his mind was deep in thought.

"That day will come," Xiao Ling echoed the other person's words.

Although he had already coaxed Honey Peach into a better state, Xiao Ling still planned to go see Phrolova in person.

Regardless, what she said to Dania was still too harsh. After all, Dania genuinely regarded her as her older sister. He didn't know what Phrolova had gone through in this world to say such things to her.

Therefore, even just to check on her current situation, he had to go and talk to her face-to-face.

Xiao Ling's heart stirred slightly, and his dark eyes were tinged with a dazzling gold, allowing him to see things invisible to the naked eye—

Frequency traces belonging to Phrolova.

After finding the clue, Xiao Ling followed the frequency and moved forward, gradually approaching the lounge where Phrolova was.

However, this state currently has a rather obvious drawback: once activated, his concentration increases significantly in order to clearly see the traces of frequency flow, making it difficult for him to be distracted by other things.

Hajiling followed the frequency trail like a bloodhound, trying to find her way to the door of Phrolova's lounge, but she didn't notice a girl walking straight towards her, head down, scrolling through her phone.

Then, unsurprisingly, the two bumped into each other with a thud.

Hajiling was forced to exit the Golden Eyes state, and then he found that a girl with green braids and wearing a white dress had appeared in front of him.

Not redeemable, what kind of image is this?

"Watch where you're going... it hurts to get bumped like that!" the girl said with a hint of resentment.

(You're probably not much better off if you're looking down at your phone and not watching where you're going...)

"Phrolova?" Xiao Ling asked, looking at the girl in front of him.

"Huh?"

With her forehead red from being bumped, Funuo Nuo raised her head and, upon seeing Xiao Ling's familiar figure, immediately got into character.

"What are you doing here?" Her voice suddenly turned as cold as an ice blade scraping bone.

"Don't pretend, you're not her, right?" Xiao Ling said firmly, "Or rather, not the person she is now."

Funuo Nuo: I'm so excited! This person is Gui!

"I am who I am. What? Did you see someone who looks exactly like me?" Funuo Nuo continued to feign ignorance. "You're so fixated on me that you can mistake other people for me?"

"Uh..." Hajiling was speechless at Funuo Nuo's dramatic performance.

"Never mind, here's a note. Remember to take it back and read it."

Xiao Ling slapped the note she had written earlier into Funuo Nuo's hand and turned to leave, leaving Nuo Nuo standing there bewildered.