Chapter 1: Your Proof
“Um… Should I tell everyone that we’re going directly to the Dulan Islands?”
Although Lonis had finally received work that could prove herself, she felt a bit scared in her heart.
Because what if
Everyone disagreed?
After all, the Vast Sea seemed to be very dangerous.
(No, calm down! Lonis, you’re a man, how can you give up?)
…
After mustering her courage, Lonis prepared to go find Su Ling Zhou.
After all, her earliest friend, this cute pink-haired girl, would probably be more convenient to explain things to.
But Lonis didn’t expect…
Before she could even knock on Su Ling’s door, she heard a bout of crying from inside.
…
“Wuwuwu!!! How could this happen!?!?!?!”
“Su Ling, you’re not a child anymore, you shouldn’t get so worked up over this kind of thing.”
“But, that’s Little Shi! It’s Little Shi who accompanied me for so long and always lived healthily!”
“It’s already amazing that Little Shi lived for such a long time. It has to leave eventually.”
“Woo woo woo, but I didn’t even get to see its last moment! Woo woo…”
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…
Hearing the voices of Mi Xue Zhou and Su Ling Zhou from the room, Lonis didn’t dare to barge in.
Because she had heard Su Ling say this herself…
When this pink-haired girl was young, she actually loved eating slime jelly very much.
But when a slime escaped to her home, she began to deeply doubt her choice.
Could she really eat such a cute little animal?
At that time, Su Ling fell into a daze, and the decision she made in the end was to keep the slime as a pet.
“Since you escaped from the slime ranch, it proves you have the intelligence and courage to live~”
“Then, I’ll adopt you.”
After that, Su Ling named the slime Little Shi and lived happily with it.
However, later on, because she had to study at the academy and live in the dormitories, Su Ling could no longer raise slimes.
She could only entrust the slime to the servants at home to take care of, and because she often worked part-time at the maid cafe, she rarely went back.
And what about now?
Although Su Ling still had the chance to bring the slime onto the ship, it would be too strange to have a slime on the ship… It would easily affect others, so Su Ling still didn’t do it, and only brought some plush toys.
Counting the days, it has been almost two months since she left Academy Island, defended Royal Capital Insoraia, and then traveled all the way to the City of Ruins.
And during these two months, Su Ling naturally had no chance to see Little Shi.
…
“Hoo…”
Lonis took a deep breath, but the argument in the room had not stopped.
Su Ling was still crying and saying to her older sister:
“I, I understand! It must be me, Little Shi must have died resenting me.”
“Su Ling, what are you saying?”
“When Little Shi was young, I held it and slept with it every day. I also played ball with it, but after it grew up, I rarely held it anymore, and now I don’t even go to see it.”
“…”
“Little Shi must have died resenting me for abandoning it, woo woo woo!!!!”
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…
Hearing Su Ling say this, Lonis also felt immense sadness.
With something like this happening, she couldn’t possibly tell Su Ling about the Dulan Islands anymore.
So…
Let’s find someone else first.
…
Thus, Lonis left and walked towards the kitchen.
However, perhaps because her mood was a bit heavy, Lonis didn’t pay attention when passing a corner and just like that… bumped into someone.
“Ah?!”
“Oh?”
Fortunately, with the support of her tail, the little fox didn’t fall. But even so, the sudden impact made Lonis feel dizzy, and it took a long time for her to recover.
“Huh, is it… is it Princess Cécile?”
“It’s Lonis? Sorry, are you okay?”
Cécile also seemed to have been caught off guard by Lonis. She quickly stood up and tried to help Lonis up.
“I’m okay… Princess Cécile, did something happen?”
Lonis stood up. She keenly noticed that Cécile’s expression seemed a little flustered… Otherwise, with the girl’s usual attention, she wouldn’t have been knocked down by herself.
“Um… Actually… it’s nothing, it’s not a big deal?”
Princess Cécile shook her head, seemingly not wanting her mood to be passed on to others.
However, the princess’s expression made Lonis even more worried. This is because Cécile is a very good girl, she never puts on airs of a princess, and she doesn’t like to trouble others.
So, something must have happened that was very bad.
And just as Lonis was suspecting this…
Candelle suddenly appeared from the other side and said, “Sister Cécile, hurry up… Once we pass this area, we’ll be out of the transmission range of the City of Ruins. It’ll be too late.”
“Um… That, Brave Miss! I’m very sorry, but I need to go deal with something over there first…”
…
What exactly happened?
It turned out that just now, a message had come from the Kingdom Ming.
Miss Ling Li’s condition had suddenly worsened.
Originally, Ling Li was receiving joint treatment from Dean Emerald and Yan, and her illness was stably controlled… and the Tree of Origin Collapse, which could purify Yixiu, grew within Royal Capital Insoraia. Everything was developing for the better.
But recently, for some reason.
Ling Li’s condition had worsened significantly… Originally, Ling Li insisted on concealing her condition, not wanting her situation to affect Princess Cécile, who was fighting.
However, the battle had already ended, and Ling Li’s condition had worsened to the point of unconsciousness.
The kingdom was without a leader, so Gu Yanis had no choice but to connect the signal and inform Princess Cécile of what had happened in the kingdom.
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“Sister Gu Yanis, even Dean Emerald doesn’t know what to do?”
“Yes, we have given Ling Li the most advanced therapy. But currently, no medicinal effect can be seen.”
“Th-this way…”
Cécile took a deep breath, her eyes filled with anxiety.
“Princess Cécile, although I don’t want to consider the worst-case scenario, just in case, do you have any words you want me to convey to Ling Li?”
“I…”
Cécile’s expression looked as if she was about to cry.
But in the end, this strong silver-haired princess still did not cry, but said, “Please, tell her this… ‘I love you, brother.'”
With something like this happening, Lonis was completely stunned.
Now, without even thinking, she knew that everyone would definitely not want to go to the Vast Sea!
After all,
If her Elus had died, how could she possibly have the mood to go to a completely unfamiliar place?
(What should I do? What can I do now?)
Lonis clenched her fist, seemingly pushed to a desperate situation.
And now,
There seemed to be only one last thing she could do.
That was…
