Ai Ke frowned and asked, "Amnesia?"
"When I woke up, I was already in White Dove City," Linda said. "I also want to know what happened in between!"
Lulu's eyes flickered: "Lorna and the others might know something."
Even though Lulu was kicked out of the team, she still kept an eye on the Original Adventure Team's every move.
On the night Linda disappeared, she entered the 30th floor of the World Tree with Lorna and other teammates.
Perhaps the answers to everything lie there.
“Lorna…” Linda pondered to herself.
A crazy woman, I must never meet her.
"Let's not talk about them, today is White Thanksgiving."
Linda looked at the group and said, "Since we're all here, let's have a party. Are you all still hungry?"
Lulu, needless to say, was rendered unconscious by the pollution and lay there for most of the day, having exhausted a lot of her strength and starving.
After returning to Baige City, Linda and her group were busy with various things and didn't eat much.
"I didn't eat either," Aiko's eyes lit up. "Your party...can I come?"
There was absolutely no one in Xueyan's villa, and Ai Ke had no intention of going back.
“Of course,” Linda said with a smile. “I just bought a lot of ingredients, so having one more person won’t be a problem at all.”
"Then I won't be polite," Ai Ke happily agreed.
The group went downstairs together and carried the ingredients and a lot of equipment from the carriage into the house.
Linda was busy at the makeshift stove when Monica obediently came over to help, washing vegetable leaves, handing her seasonings, and looking on with her little hands behind her back, blinking her eyes expectantly. When Linda rubbed her little head, she couldn't help but giggle.
At the old round table, Ai quickly became friends with Kafni Lulu through her superb social skills.
At least on the surface.
Lulu is taciturn; usually, it's Aiko who asks the questions, and Lulu answers.
"How many years have you known Linda?"
Are you in a romantic relationship?
"You have such a great figure, and your hair is so beautiful too. You'd definitely make any boy want to use you, right?"
Ai Ke subtly inquired about the relationship between Lulu and Linda, whether they were a couple, and whether they had done anything intimate.
Lulu's expression remained unchanged, but her face felt a little hot.
I recalled Linda's treatment process just now.
She subconsciously touched her lips.
It seems there's still a lingering scent of the captain?
Ai Ke understood everything at once.
Phew, thank goodness, we didn't have to use the other one.
Fortunately, it was a stroke of luck amidst misfortune.
Aiko even felt a little mocking Lulu. They were living together, yet they hadn't reached base. If it were her, she would have had a whole bunch of kids by now.
At this moment, Ai Ke completely forgot that during her three years at Xueyan, she had only hugged Linda a few times, and that was as a teammate.
In terms of progress, Lulu is not as good as Lulu who "uses her mouth".
With Aiko, a social butterfly, leading the way, the three of them had a pretty good time chatting.
Eko introduces Kaphni to the local delicacies of White Dove City and teaches Lulu how to choose pretty clothes.
I occasionally glance at Linda cooking in the distance.
The aroma of food wafted over.
This scene seems familiar.
They also left behind laughter and joy in this cheap rental room.
For no apparent reason, an idea popped into Ai Ke's head: when the Snow Goose Adventure Team was first established, she also treated Linda as a servant.
There was probably a moment when I thought of Linda, Leah, and Chrona as family.
But where are they right now?
A hint of sadness flashed across Eiko's eyes.
I look out the window at the bright moon.
At this moment, Leah and the others were probably also looking at the same moon.
On Thanksgiving Day, for the first time, the members of Xueyan celebrated separately.
In Red Peach City, Lia, dressed in a black crop top, was doing sit-ups in her room, sweating profusely.
"I won't lose, Xueyan, I absolutely won't...!"
Muttering something to herself, Leah gritted her teeth, each time she stood up it was as if she were waging a great battle against a monster.
Under the moonlight, Leah completely forgot about Thanksgiving and devoted herself entirely to her spiritual practice.
White Dove City, a game center belonging to a large trading company.
Krona, all alone, wore a helmet with an illusionary magic circle, immersing herself in the false monster-hunting.
The illusion created a grassland at night.
After defeating the last goblin, Krona raised her head and gazed forlornly at the cold, full moon overhead.
Thinking it over, I decided to go home and find Aiko.
She's all alone, and it's not fun.
…
Laughter and cheerful voices could be heard coming from the small rented room in the mahjong parlor.
Ai Ke, slightly tipsy, raised his beer glass. His voice was a little hoarse and rougher than usual: "The next person who loses the rock-paper-scissors game has to say who they like, okay?"
"This god... bah, this great one doesn't have anyone he likes! If I had to say someone, it would be any woman!" Kaphni's face was flushed from drinking.
Monica sipped her drink, sitting close to Linda.
Lulu also drank quite a bit and whispered to Linda.
"Thanks for what you did earlier."
It refers to purifying her pollution.
Linda: "I'm the captain of the Phoenix Flower team. Isn't it my duty to help my teammates?"
“...”
"Hmph, just pretending." Lulu stared blankly at her beer glass, muttering softly, "Maybe once we get to the higher-ups, they won't need us anymore."
"No, I already promised once." Linda took Lulu's small hand and pulled it under the table.
It feels very slippery, but it's icy cold with no warmth.
"What are you doing? Let go!" Lulu glared at him angrily.
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