"But speaking of which, everyone who knows Dunyarzad seems to like her so much. Yet without anyone knowing, she..." Paimon said with a heavy heart.
"Miss, please step back..."
Paimon's eyes lit up. "That's Dehya's voice! Yes, this is exactly when Dunyarzad runs into the kidnappers..."
Lumine looked up, her eyes fierce. "I'll teach them a lesson."
Lumine cut off Dehya's arrangements and said directly, "You take Dunyarzad and go ahead. Leave these guys to me."
[Navia: It seems Lumine, trapped in the loop, is getting a bit impatient. But if it were me trapped inside, I'd probably be frantic too.]
[Paimon: Without the blessing of Dendro power, there's no déjà vu. If you were trapped inside, Navia, you wouldn't even realize it.]
[Navia: I wouldn't notice at all. Just thinking about it is terrifying.]
[Furina: It feels like your very life is being controlled.]
[Nahida: In that sense, the Akasha truly holds the lives of Sumeru's people in its hands. If the loop cannot be broken and the Sages continue harvesting without restriction, everyone will exhaust their energy in the dream and die from exhaustion without even realizing it.]
[Lumine: The Akasha must be controlled by the deity.]
Dehya said, "Hey, this is my job. The Humay family isn't paying you for this."
Lumine glanced at Dehya. "Stop talking. Just go."
Dehya said helplessly, "Fine, fine. What are you so angry about? It's not like I don't trust your skills."
"Alright, stay safe."
The mercenaries sneered. "Brought a helper, did you? Looking for death for no reason."
As it turned out, Lumine—who had defeated Tartaglia and Signora—was no match for a mere mercenary group.
They were completely defenseless and were soon knocked to the ground.
[Paimon: As expected of Lumine! She's amazing!]
[Ningguang: Wielding all sorts of elements with ease—she can unleash multiple elemental attacks alone and trigger Elemental Reactions. Incredible.]
[Yae Miko: Lumine's strength has surpassed mine now.]
[Paimon: Miko, you never fight anyway.]
[Yae Miko: Isn't it fine to leave such rough work to the Traveler?]
[Lumine: I'm angry now. Someone needs to cheer me up.]
[Yae Miko: Important matters should be handled by important people.]
As they left, Paimon said cautiously, "Lumine, you were totally taking your anger out on them, weren't you?"
"I'm fine. I'm just a little angry at myself." Lumine looked at the fallen mercenaries and said slowly.
Paimon quickly came over to comfort her. "You, Nahida—Dunyarzad wouldn't want to see you like this."
"Oh! Speaking of which, I just remembered something."
"Back on the first Sabzeruz Festival—before we entered the loop—didn't Dunyarzad say she came here to pick something up?"
"She said she forgot to bring something."
Lumine said, "Yes, that did happen. I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."
Paimon said, "Looks like my memory's pretty good. And I remember she lives right here."
Lumine said, "Then let's go inside. Maybe we'll find some clues?"
The window wasn't fully closed, so Paimon easily flew in and brought out a book from inside.
"This is her temporary place. There's almost nothing here, except this book, which was very noticeable on the table."
It was a notebook with elegant handwriting.
It read:
"After about sixteen days, I've finally finished this record on the eve of the Sabzeruz Festival. Thinking that the festival will end soon and the Traveler and Paimon will be setting off on their journey again, I wanted to give this to you as a gift on the Sabzeruz Festival day if at all possible."