Funinna, please let me steal your heart!

Chiori nodded: "I agree, but I won't treat. Who will?"

“It’s on me!” Navia patted her chest.

“Luna said it’s her treat,” Chiori said with a smile.

Who said that?

Of course, it doesn't matter if they treat us to a meal; without the evidence they bring, we can't convict Vashet.

Luna gave a light snort: "Please go ahead."

"Oh, I already said it's my treat! Lulu shone brightly today, she deserves a reward."

After saying that, Navia immediately added, "There's no room for refusal!"

She pushed Luna's back with one hand and Chiori's back with the other, applying slight pressure.

"Let's go have a big meal..."

"Wait a moment."

A voice came from behind.

The three of them turned around at the same time, and Linnie and Lynette walked over quickly.

Their gazes swept over Navia and Chiori's faces, finally settling on Luna's.

“Luna... thank you,” Linni said with a smile.

Lynette was silent for a moment.

Should she call her Luna or Lulu? Lynette still couldn't figure it out, and Luna wouldn't give her an answer to that question.

Let her be.

Lynette took a soft breath: "Thank you."

Her expression was indifferent.

“Lulu,” Lynette said.

The tone he used was no different from before.

Navia slowly widened her eyes.

Besides her, does anyone else call Luna Lulu?

She couldn't help but look at Luna's face and catch a fleeting glimpse of longing in her eyes.

Could it be that someone who was called Lulu even before her was...?

Luna shook her head slightly: "It's nothing, I just did what I should do. Let's go, Nana, Chiori."

“Ah…” Navia came back to her senses.

Nana. Oh right, that's what Luna calls her.

This title is unique.

Navia smiled again: "See you next time, Miss Lynette, Mr. Lynn!"

Chiori looked back and forth between Luna and Lynette, said nothing, and simply nodded slightly.

The three left the opera house side by side, with Lynette and Linnie watching their retreating figures.

"Luna is really popular."

Lynette looked away: "Nana... I've never been called that before."

"Really? I remember you guys seemed to have discussed this, but it's you who's being weird by calling her 'Linlin,' 'Nini,' or 'Tete'..."

It wasn't that Luna didn't want to call her that; it was Lynette who said no.

Lynette patted Linnie on the back without saying a word.

"Pfft—" Linni spat it out.

at the same time.

Xia Worei, who was in charge of escorting the criminals, couldn't help but think: "After so many years, the serial disappearance of girls has finally been solved, but the extent to which the court has been infiltrated is more serious than I imagined."

An internal reorganization will definitely be carried out afterward.

...At least justice has finally taken its place. Xia Wore thought casually, then suddenly noticed that Vasher, who was walking ahead, had stopped.

Following his gaze, a card gently slipped out of his clothes and fell to the ground.

Could it be...?

A familiar premonition made Xia Worei frown. She was about to tell Vashes to continue walking when she heard a voice:

Click.

The handcuffs were unlocked! Where did he get the key? The rest of the special patrol team members were astonished.

Xia Worei's eyes widened as she watched as Vashes scrambled to the edge of Lujing Spring, took out a bottle of Primal Fetal Sea Water, and drank it all.

"Phantom Thief White Cat, I never expected it to be you in the end... Vinier, I'm here! Vinier!"

He called out his lover's name, and the special patrol team members immediately rushed up and tackled him to the ground.

"Damn it, how did he get the key to the handcuffs...?"

"Wait a minute, let go."

"Let go? If I let go, he'll just run away!"

"No, he seems to be..."

The patrol team members slowly released their grip, bewildered, and found that Vasher's eyes were wide open and his body stiff; his spirit and soul seemed to have left the scene.

"what happened?"

Xia Worei frowned and immediately went over to check.

Suddenly, the fountain began to boil and surge, startling the team members and causing nearby residents to involuntarily take a step back.

what happened?

The fountain, which had been waiting in the air, finally rose up and erupted! Vasher suddenly arched his body, his limbs trembling as if being pulled and torn by countless invisible hands.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Finally, he lost his last breath with a piercing scream.

The erupting fountain slowly subsided, leaving those who witnessed it in a daze.

Xia Wore picked up the card from the ground.

"Your love is like water, flowing into the sea. If you wish to see her, drink from it, and then go to the spring."

Phantom Thief White Cat... Xia Wore stared at the words on the card.

The key, the primordial waters of the womb, and this card were all prepared for Vashe. And what lies within the Lu Jingquan spring might be the consciousness of the girls he dissolved.

The girls he murdered are now destroying him in return.

“...You knew it would develop this way,” Xia Worei muttered to herself.

She discreetly put away the card and quietly watched Lu Jingquan.

Through the cascading water, she could vaguely make out a white figure.

If the girls didn't kill him, would you do it? White Cat.

119: But you can be the current queen.

"Lulu!"

Luna heard the call and looked up.

Lynette squatted down in front of her, her cat ears twitching: "Your turn. You're still reading?"

Many years ago, before the sea level rose, this hillside was the playground of the children at the Fireplace House.

A warm breeze always blows by, and the sunlight casts long shadows of the children.

Hearing the continuous laughter, Luna realized that they were playing a game.

"Marelle"—that's not the game's real name, but that's what the Hearth House calls it.

The activities of the Hearth House often need to be carried out in secrecy, which requires coded communication.

Marelle was one of the codes designated by Arecino.

"How about you carry me on your back, Nini?"

"No. Besides, I said that this name is strange."

“Then… Lynette, carry me.”

"I already said I didn't want it."

Luna had no choice but to put down her book and stand up.

It was 4 p.m., and the sunlight was no longer very strong, but she still squinted slightly as she looked at Arecino not far away.

Their "father" was sitting there watching.

“Father, would you like to play together?” Luna walked over and asked.

This is a question that other children would never dare to ask.

They loved Arecino, but they also held her in awe.

Luna was different. Even when staring into those slanted cross-shaped eyes, she never felt any fear. Her only thought was, "So beautiful."

Other children might think: Perhaps in Luna's eyes, Arecino is beautiful no matter where she is.

"I won't go, just have fun," Arecino replied casually.

She glanced at Luna's hand.