The trust between them had long surpassed the scope of being just "partners."
Lumine intended to act as if she didn't know about this matter.
Continue the journey, continue the adventure, continue being the best partners and friends.
Just as if nothing had ever happened.
"Lumine! Are you okay?!"
Just then, a voice filled with pleasant surprise and a bit of weakness came from the other side of the room.
Lumine turned her head and saw Furina sitting up from the other side of the large bed.
This Hydro Archon also looked a bit exhausted. Her magnificent divine attire was somewhat wrinkled from sleep, and her long white hair was slightly messy.
"Is this the Opera Epiclese?"
"Are we back?"
Furina looked around.
"Is this... Mr. King's room?"
She looked at Lumine, whose expression was a bit complex, and then at Paimon in the middle, who was sleeping spread-eagled with drool almost flowing into a small river. For a moment, her brain couldn't quite process things.
Her last memory... an unimaginable light and pressure erupted from Paimon's body, and she turned into a White Woman she had never seen before who emitted a terrifying aura... and then, a crimson light swallowed her... "Eek! Paimon!"
Furina suddenly looked at the small white figure in the middle of the bed, her gaze instantly becoming suspicious and uncertain: "Didn't she turn into a very scary big... mmm!"
Before she could finish her sentence, her mouth was quickly covered by Lumine's hand.
"Shh—!"
Lumine put a finger to her lips, a trace of panic in her amber eyes, and whispered quickly, "Furina, you've misunderstood!"
"Mmm mmm!"
Furina asked urgently with her eyes: But I clearly saw... Lumine released her hand, her expression becoming somewhat solemn and fearful in hindsight.
She leaned close to Furina and said in a volume only the two of them could hear, her speed steady but clear: "Listen, Furina. When we were in that Other World, we were likely attacked by some kind of monster that specializes in mental attacks."
"A monster attack?" Furina was stunned.
"Exactly."
Lumine nodded, her gaze firm. "Right after Mr. King left, it had been lurking in the shadows. Taking advantage of our lack of preparation, it used mental power to influence us, making us have extremely realistic hallucinations."
"Furina, that 'Paimon turning into a scary woman' you saw was all a hallucination!"
She paused, glanced at the sleeping Paimon, and said with a tone of relief: "Fortunately, Mr. King noticed the anomaly. He quickly dealt with that hidden monster and then brought us back while we were unconscious."
As Furina listened, the suspicion on her face was gradually replaced by realization.
She felt that what Lumine said made sense.
Paimon was clearly weaker than herself, how could she suddenly become so strong?
It must have been a hallucination!
"So that's how it was!"
Furina patted her chest and let out a long breath. Her heterochromatic eyes lit up again with light, filled with infinite trust in King. "To think there was a monster attack! Thanks to King! He really is the most reliable!"
She completely accepted this explanation, her eyes even carrying a bit of starry-eyed admiration.
She even automatically filled in the blanks with a heroic scene of King fighting fiercely against the monster and finally saving them.
Lumine secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally fooled her. Luckily Furina isn't very bright.
Just then—
"Gurgle~~~~"
An extremely loud and very present stomach growl exploded in the room like muffled thunder.
The source of the sound was that small white figure in the middle of the bed.
Paimon's little belly let out a roar as if in protest.
The sound was so loud that even the sleeping Paimon was startled by the growl of her own stomach.
"Ugh... who dares to disturb King Paimon..."
She muttered groggily, her small nose suddenly sniffing hard.
An indescribable, extremely enticing aroma was wafting from the direction of the room's door.
That aroma wasn't the common sugary sweetness of Fontaine, but rather a "taste of home" that made one's appetite open up instantly—a mix of the savory scent of fried eggs, the smokiness of bacon, the wheaty aroma of toasted bread, and some kind of refreshing vegetable scent.
To Paimon, this smell was no different from the highest level of summoning magic!
"Sniff sniff... sniff sniff sniff!"
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