Facing March Seventh's curious look, Stelle explained, "I was just bluffing him."
If he had refused, that would have been fine.
But if he had agreed...
The group chat would have breaking news the next day.
'Levi has feelings for Kiana and was planning to do all kinds of things to her while she was asleep.'
"But the brave Stelle stopped him in time!"
Watching Stelle completely lost in her fantasy with an excited expression, March didn't really understand what she was talking about.
But from that expression alone, it was obvious that what Stelle had just done had been a scheme against Levi.
At this moment, Le "True Gentleman" vi had no idea that it was precisely because he was a true gentleman that he had avoided being caught in a plot against him.
Walking home, Levi focused his eyes on the panel in front of him.
The panel displayed the description of a skill.
It was the reward for completing Qingque's request.
[Divination (MAX)]
[Description]: A divination method unique to the Xianzhou, used to predict the future. It is usually used to determine whether a future route is safe.
"Now I can count as a Divination Commission employee who knows divination."
Closing the system panel, Levi quickened his pace and returned home a few minutes later.
He turned on the lights.
"You're back."
"Big Brother, save me!"
Pulling his eyes away from Little fairy, who was in the other person's hand, Levi looked at Jing Yuan, who was smiling, and calmly closed the door behind him.
He took out the Jizo Mitama and the Flamescion Greatsword and placed them on the table.
He spread out his right hand, and Little fairy, who had escaped Jing Yuan's grasp, landed in his palm.
The moment she landed, Little fairy pointed at Jing Yuan and complained to Levi.
"He stole my fish tofu!"
With tears in her eyes, Little fairy hugged one of Levi's fingers tightly.
"Don't wipe your snot on my hand."
"Oh."
After saying that, Levi looked at Jing Yuan.
Jing Yuan also looked away from the two weapons on the table and looked at Levi.
Their eyes met in midair.
Jing Yuan smiled.
"Brother Levi, I've been waiting here for quite a while."
Levi placed Little fairy on his shoulder, crossed his arms, and said coldly, "Apologize."
"...?"
"You stole her fish tofu. Aren't you going to say something?"
'Say what?'
'I only ate one small piece!'
Hearing that, Jing Yuan looked at Little fairy, who was hugging Levi's neck, and laughed.
"In that case... from now on, all the fish tofu this little one eats on the Luofu will be covered by the Divine Foresight."
"All expenses."
Levi corrected him.
"Alright, alright. All expenses will be covered by the General's Mansion."
'Very good! Another meal ticket!'
Only then did Levi smile warmly. He stepped forward and greeted Jing Yuan enthusiastically.
"Oh! You should've sent me a message before coming. Now I didn't even have time to prepare tea or anything."
As he spoke, he took the jar of tea Ruan Mei had given him and placed it on top of the cabinet.
Then he poured Jing Yuan a cup of plain hot water.
Levi sat across from Jing Yuan with a smile.
"As the saying goes, drinking more hot water is good for your health. General, you've probably gotten used to all those fine and expensive teas, so today you can try the most original flavor of the Luofu."
Hearing that speech, along with everything Levi had just done, Jing Yuan looked at the steaming cup of plain water in front of him, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
As expected of someone who could fight Phantylia one-on-one.
He could even make being stingy sound so refined.
He didn't mind.
After all, he hadn't come here to drink tea and chat.
Jing Yuan symbolically took a sip of the hot water, then put the cup down and looked at Levi.
"For what happened today, and what happened a few days ago... thank you."
Looking at him, Jing Yuan thanked him very seriously.
Leaving aside what happened a few days ago, just today's events alone...
If Levi hadn't stepped in and allowed Shuhu to continue rampaging, the losses suffered by the Luofu would have been impossible to estimate.
The entire Xianzhou Luofu might even have disappeared.
So Jing Yuan was truly grateful to Levi for stopping that possibility.
"Words aren't enough. Give me something real as a reward.", Levi joked.
Seeing Jing Yuan actually start thinking about it, he immediately waved his hand.
He wasn't really asking for a reward.
He was just joking.
Besides, "This wasn't my achievement alone."
Jing Yuan thought he meant that it had been everyone's effort, not just his own.
Even so, it didn't change the fact that the battle against Shuhu had ended because of Levi.
"Haven't you noticed?"
Levi suddenly spoke, looking at him with deep eyes.
"When our attacks were about to hit..."
"Didn't you feel it?"
"Feel what?"
Jing Yuan looked puzzled.
At that time, his only thought had been killing Shuhu.
Nothing else had crossed his mind.
So it wasn't strange that he hadn't noticed the change in Shuhu.
"When our attacks were about to hit..."
Levi slowly said, "the enormous life force inside Shuhu suddenly dropped."
It fell to about twenty or thirty percent of what it had been.
That was why their attacks had been able to kill Shuhu so cleanly.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have finished the battle so easily.
They would have needed to fight Shuhu for quite some time before finally defeating it.
Of course, that was also because of Shuhu's own decision.
It had hardened its outer body to protect the flesh at its core.
It had hoped to leave behind a seed that could revive in the future, just as it had today.
As long as even a single piece of flesh containing life remained, it didn't count as true death.
There was still a chance for revival.
Levi poured himself a glass of water.
If it were up to him, he would have thrown Shuhu straight into a black hole.
Let it compete against gravity and see whether its enormous life force could overcome the power of a black hole.
"If I'm right, Shuhu's life force suddenly disappearing has a lot to do with Aha."
"What do you think, Jing Yuan?"
Hearing Levi's words, Jing Yuan nodded slightly.
If things had really happened as Levi described, with Shuhu's life force suddenly dropping to only twenty or thirty percent just before their attacks landed, then there was an eighty or ninety percent chance Aha had done it.
After all, on the current Luofu, only Aha had the ability to directly erase the life force inside an Emanator of Abundance.
Forcing the Emanator to do everything possible just to preserve its remaining flesh.
"It seems the Xianzhou will need a very long discussion before deciding what attitude it should take toward Aha."
Jing Yuan thought back to the Cloud Knights who should have died but had instead been saved by Aha.
Then he remembered what Fu Xuan had said.
No one could figure out Aha's attitude toward the Luofu... or toward the Xianzhou.
After saying goodbye to Levi, Jing Yuan hurried back to the Divine Foresight.
There was still plenty of work waiting for him.
Watching Jing Yuan disappear into the night, Levi closed the front door.
Bang!
A sound came from behind him.
Not the door.
Following the sound, Levi turned around and saw a mask lying on the floor in the corner.
He picked it up and looked it over briefly.
His brow immediately frowned.
He quickly called Little fairy over.
"Take this mask to that bad guy's house."
"Put it under his pillow, then come back."
After handing the mask to Little fairy, he flicked her forehead.
A huge amount of Honkai Energy immediately flowed into her body.
Little fairy nodded and flew out through the open window.
Levi withdrew his gaze.
He opened his jade communicator and glanced at the messages.
Qingque had been dragged into overtime work by Fu Xuan.
There was basically no chance she would be coming back tonight.
Ding!
The jade communicator chimed.
It was a message from Fu Xuan.