I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

After hearing Nije's explanation, Ixenu and the others were at a loss for words. After all, they had just misunderstood something, but it turned out to be just a simple drinking session, which relieved Ixenu and the others.

However, after regaining her senses, Ixenu, holding her weapon, said to Yuhaka and the others, "Very well, it seems you are determined to conquer the royal palace. In addition, your crimes of attacking Undine, the Water City, are enough to warrant the death penalty. We will not show any mercy from now on!"

Upon hearing Ixnu's words, Ixnu's personal guards prepared for battle. Seeing that the other side was ready to fight, Yuhaka and her group also prepared for battle. The battle between Yuhaka and her group and Ixnu's personal guards was about to break out.

...Then, in less than five minutes...

"This...how is this possible!?" Ixene stared in disbelief at the broken nunchaku in her hand and the Undine's Royal Guard lying on the ground, their equipment destroyed and their eyes spinning. For Ixene, the previous defeats were only due to the terrain, equipment, and numbers. But now, she was wearing stronger equipment, and on the water terrain where she had an absolute advantage over Undine, and yet she and her Undine's Royal Guard and Undine soldiers had still lost. This was hard for Ixene to accept.

"Who, who are you people?!" Ixenu maintained her consciousness and looked at Yuhaka and the others, asking in disbelief. After all, ordinary people didn't have such powerful combat abilities. If Ixenu wasn't mistaken, only legendary heroes possessed such strength. But the problem was that Ixenu had never heard of a hero with an invincible sword, which was something Ixenu didn't understand.

Regarding Ishinu's question, Yuhaka, with what he considered a very cool expression, said to Ishinu, "Just a kind passerby, remember that, Yuu~" Hearing Yuhaka's words, Ishinu was so angry she fainted. Seeing the unconscious Ishinu, Yuhaka scratched his head with his big tail, looking a little puzzled, and asked the others, "Why did Ishinu faint? So weak~"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Alice and the others broke out in a cold sweat. If Alice remembered correctly, Isenu was supposed to be the strongest Undine warrior in the Water Seven. However, even the strongest Undine warrior was no match for Yuhaka. Alice couldn't help but feel curious about Yuhaka's identity. At first, Alice thought Yuhaka and his companions were just ordinary adventurers, but now it seemed they were anything but ordinary...

Regardless, after defeating Ishinu and the others, Yuhaka and his group headed towards the interior of the palace. However, since Nieze was unaware of the situation inside the palace, Yuhaka and his group could only wander around. For some reason, they didn't seem to encounter anyone else, which puzzled them.

However, after wandering around for an unknown amount of time, Yuhaka and her companions encountered Undine, who was dressed in what looked like a maid outfit. Undine did not attack them upon seeing them, but instead waited patiently for them to speak, saying, "Adventurers, and Princess Alice, please follow me. Her Majesty the Queen requests your presence."

Hearing what Undine, the maid in front of them, said, Yuhaka and the others realized that the other party had come directly to them. They were not worried about whether it was a trap or not, since they were just lost in the palace. It would be better if someone could guide them.

Led by Undine's maid, Yuhaka and his companions arrived at Queen Undine's palace. There, they saw Queen Undine seated on a seashell-like throne. Her long, greyish-white hair was adorned with a pearl crown, and she wore a special garment that resembled silk. Yuhaka could tell from his sense of smell that the semi-transparent, silk-like garment actually resembled a part of a jellyfish. Yuhaka felt it was a bit of a waste, since jellyfish skin was quite delicious.

"Your Majesty, I have brought Princess Alice and her entourage here." After leading Yuhaka and the others to meet the Queen, the maid Undine reported to Emeroni. Upon hearing her maid's words, Emeroni dismissed her maid, and the maid Undine who had led Yuhaka here quickly left as well.

After the other party left, Queen Emeroni looked at Alice in Yuhaka's group with a gentle and kind expression and said, "It's been five years, Princess Alice, you've grown up."

Upon hearing Queen Emerald's words, Alice took a deep breath and greeted her, "It's been a long time, Queen Emerald. You are as beautiful as you were five years ago." Queen Emerald chuckled slightly at Alice's words, then looked at Alice and her companions and said, "Thank you for your compliment, Princess Alice. However, it seems your visit this time wasn't just a simple greeting, was it?"

Regarding Queen Emerald's question, Alice nodded with a serious expression and looked at Queen Emerald, saying, "Yes, Queen Emerald, we hope that you can withdraw your order to capture humans and release all the captured humans. Although this sounds extremely disrespectful, I hope that the Undine clan cannot continue down this wrong path. If the outside world finds out about the situation here, the next group to come might be high-ranking adventurers from the Adventurers' Guild and heroes sent to subdue Undine."

Hearing Alice's words, Queen Emeroni nodded and smiled, saying, "Yes, I understand. I will release those humans, but I don't know now..." Alice wanted to say something more after hearing Queen Emeroni's words, but after realizing that Queen Emeroni had already indicated that she could let those humans go, Alice was a little confused.

Meanwhile, Yue looked at Queen Emeroni with a puzzled expression. After all, Yue felt that Queen Emeroni had agreed a little too quickly, which made it seem like they had punched thin air when they wanted to. Thinking of this, Yue suddenly realized something and looked at Queen Emeroni, saying, "Wait, Queen Emeroni, have you realized that this is a conspiracy against the Undine race?"

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1955 [Misunderstanding Cleared Up]

Upon hearing Yue's question, Queen Amelone nodded and said, "Yes, after the Reincarnation Stone was stolen, everything that happened was too coincidental."

Upon hearing Queen Emeroni's words, Yuhaka and the others present couldn't help but look at her with surprise. They clearly hadn't expected that Queen Undine wouldn't be deceived by the mysterious mage. This made Alice feel a little awkward, since they had come to persuade Queen Emeroni not to carry out that seemingly evil plan, but none of them had expected that she already knew it was a conspiracy against Undine.

This made Alice and the others feel like they had done something wrong, while Nije had a completely bewildered expression, with question marks popping up on her little head, as if she didn't understand what was going on. After Nije came to her senses, she looked at Queen Emerald and asked, "Your Majesty, you know about these things? But why does everyone seem to be unaware of them?"

Queen Amelone explained her question about Nijee, saying that she hadn't told the other Undines about these things in order to mislead the mastermind. Ixenu and the other Undines were unaware of this, but for this reason, Queen Amelone found a very suspicious target—the mayor of the United City in the Principality of Aberia.

Upon hearing Queen Emeroni's words, Yuhaka and the others also became curious about the mayor of the United City. What exactly had he done to make Queen Emeroni feel something was amiss?

According to Queen Amelonie's spies infiltrated in the United City, the mayor of the United City recruited several mercenary teams and bounty hunters under the pretext of clearing out bandits around the territory. If that were all, it wouldn't have attracted Queen Amelonie's attention. However, the problem is that the bandit situation in the Principality of Aberia has not only not been resolved, but it seems that there are more bandits. This is what puzzles Queen Amelonie.

Moreover, the other side has begun to commission blacksmiths in the city to forge weapons and armor, and even purchase large quantities of grain from other places, which looks like a war is about to break out. However, the problem is that this grain is said to be prepared for some kind of festival. The residents of the United City did not notice anything unusual about this, but after Queen Amelone calculated the amount of grain, she felt that it was unnecessary to buy so much grain if it was just for a festival.

Furthermore, the fact that United City invited a number of circuses and other performers to the city is a big problem. Generally speaking, one circus is enough, but the fact that they invited so many circus members is puzzling. Queen Amelone doesn't think the mayor of United City has a lot of money to spend on these things. Even if they do, Queen Amelone doesn't think they would spend so much money on these matters.

According to Queen Amelonie's understanding of the current mayor of the United City, he is a human who comes from a business background and owns many businesses in the city. However, he never spends more or less money on the city, and his reputation is quite ordinary. Among the residents of the United City, he is known to be a very meticulous person. However, for some reason, there are rumors in the city that he lives a very decadent private life, but there is no relevant evidence.

Queen Emeroni felt that things weren't so simple. After all, rumors don't appear out of thin air, and recently, there had been a surge of negative rumors about Undine. The mayor of the United City hadn't sent anyone to inquire about what was going on with Queen Emeroni. Instead, he seemed indifferent and focused on preparing for the festival, as if he hadn't heard the rumors at all. Queen Emeroni suspected that something was amiss and that the other party might be involved with the mastermind behind it all.

However, without concrete evidence, Queen Emeroni couldn't really take action. Moreover, Undine always used a special ice elemental magic to freeze humans, a magic that could freeze them without harming their lives. Once thawed, the frozen humans would awaken. This was something Queen Emeroni did to show the mastermind behind the scenes, to prove that she was preparing for their series of events. But Queen Emeroni didn't discover any of the mastermind's hidden schemes.

As for the mastermind's claim that human blood could grant Undine immortality, Queen Emerald did not believe it and did not bleed humans to see what would happen. As Queen Undine, she had seen far more than anyone else, and such an evil act did not seem like it would lead to anything good. Instead, Queen Undine simply froze the humans, planning to release them when it was safe to do so.

Upon hearing Queen Emeroni's words, Yuhaka and the others had an expression of sudden realization. Queen Emeroni then turned the topic to Alice and asked, "Then what about you, Princess Alice? As a princess, your father wouldn't let you leave the capital with the Hero so easily, would he?"

Upon hearing Queen Emeroni's question, Alice was about to say something, but when Queen Emeroni mentioned "Hero," Alice froze. Seeing Alice's stunned expression, Queen Emeroni asked, puzzled, "Princess Alice, what's wrong?"

Coming to her senses, Alice immediately looked at Queen Emerald with a shocked expression and asked, "Wait, wait, Queen Emerald, we don't have any heroes with us?!"

Upon hearing Alice's words, Queen Emerald couldn't help but feign surprise, looking at Alice and saying, "Oh dear? Princess Alice, don't you know? It seems I've ruined things..." Yue, standing beside Yuhaka, shrugged indifferently and explained to Queen Emerald, "No, it's not your fault, Queen Emerald. It's just that Yuu hasn't told many people about her hero identity, and there's no reason for her to use it. Yuu hasn't flaunted it."

Alice looked incredulous after hearing Yue's words. She hadn't expected that Yuhaka would have the identity of a hero. Alice probably didn't expect that Yuhaka would have the identity of a hero either.

Alice looked at Yuhaka with a shocked expression and asked, "Eh?! When did Yuhaka become a hero?!" Hearing Alice's question, Yuhaka tilted her head and looked at Alice, asking, "A long time ago. By the way, why didn't Alice know? Yuhaka clearly said so, right?"

Alice was stunned when she heard this. At this moment, Alice was thinking about when Yuhaka had told her that the other party was a hero.

Alice's little mind raced, and she remembered a time when she and Yuhaka were bathing alone. Yuhaka had mentioned that she was going to find really delicious ingredients and save the world. At the time, Alice hadn't connected the idea of ​​saving the world with Yuhaka, so she hadn't paid much attention. But now, Alice looked at Yuhaka with surprise and said, "Wait, was what Yuhaka said about saving the world true?!"

Regarding Alice's question, Yuhaka nodded in agreement. However, Yuhaka felt that finding ingredients was more important, and the world could be put aside for the time being. Of course, Yuhaka didn't say this aloud, otherwise everyone present would question whether the world's value was more important than the world itself...

Seeing Yuhaka nod in agreement, Alice's eyes lit up. Clearly, Alice was very interested in the fact that Yuhaka was a hero. Well... that's quite normal, since the royal family of the Belzeg Kingdom are all descendants of heroes. In addition, there have been cases of heroes marrying into the royal family in several generations, so the current Belzeg royal family can be said to be a royal family with the blood of multiple heroes mixed together.

This situation led to the Belzegu royal family's particularly strong admiration for heroes, and Alice was no exception. In the royal library, Alice had read many stories of heroes defeating the Demon King and saving the kingdom. Alice developed a strong interest and curiosity about "heroes," which made her wonder what kind of person could become a hero. She was very curious about this.

Before Alice could say anything, Queen Emerald coughed a few times and asked Alice, "Princess Alice, you haven't answered my question yet. Given King Belzeg's doting nature, he wouldn't let you go abroad with the hero's group so easily, would he?"

Alice also came to her senses regarding Queen Emeroni's question. Although she was concerned about the matter of the Hero Yuhaka, she couldn't just leave him unattended.

After Alice recounted her experiences and the events that had transpired in the Kingdom of Belzeg to Queen Emerald, Queen Emerald was shocked and exclaimed, "I didn't expect problems to arise in the Kingdom of Belzeg as well? It seems this matter is not as simple as I imagined..." Alice, standing before Queen Emerald, was somewhat puzzled upon hearing this and asked, "What's wrong, Queen Emerald? Do you believe these events are connected?"

Queen Amelone nodded, indicating that she thought so. According to Queen Amelone's speculation, the events in the Kingdom of Belzeg and the theft of Undine's Rebirth Stone might be the work of the same mastermind, though their purpose was unclear. After all, the Rebirth Stone was basically just a pretty stone with no practical use to races other than Undine, while the Belzeg Kingdom might be after the Hero's Sword, which had been passed down through generations of the Belzeg royal family.

Queen Emeroni was well aware of the limitations of the Hero's Sword of the Belzeg Kingdom. It required a member of the Belzeg royal family to pass the Belzeg royal family's trial ceremony to fully unleash the Hero's Sword's power. According to Queen Emeroni's records, the Belzeg royal family's Hero's Sword had been continuously growing stronger. Although she didn't know why the Hero's Sword was getting stronger, it was undoubtedly a good thing that a powerful weapon was in the hands of humans.

Furthermore, since the Belzeg royal family has always kept their bloodline separate from the outside world, they naturally don't have to worry about having an illegitimate child suddenly appearing like other kings and nobles. Considering Alice's explanation of what happened on her side, Queen Emeroni felt that the Belzeg king might be being controlled by something. Otherwise, that passionate, noble, and loving king wouldn't have done such a thing. His purpose was probably to control the Belzeg royal family in order to control the Hero's Sword.

After hearing Queen Emeroni's explanation, Alice couldn't help but feel a little worried about her brother and father. If Queen Emeroni was right, then the Hero's Sword she carried was especially important. This burden made Alice feel a little heavy. But just then, Alice suddenly felt a soft touch on her shoulder. Alice turned her head and saw Yuhaka's silly OwO expression. Seeing Yuhaka's expression, Alice felt that the heaviness and worry in her heart were reduced by more than half.

Yuhaka sensed Alice's worries and comforted her, saying that she didn't need to worry about these things, as she was there and could handle anything.

After comforting Alice, Alice, having calmed down, suddenly remembered something and looked at Queen Emeraldine, asking, "By the way, Queen Emeraldine, how did you discover that Youyou is a hero?" Queen Emeraldine explained, "It's actually quite simple. This hero has the protection of multiple gods, and not only that, but also the protection of the King of the Elemental Spirits. This shows the hero's extraordinary nature."

Upon hearing Queen Emerald's explanation, Alice stared at Yuhaka in utter astonishment, clearly not expecting Yuhaka to possess so many divine blessings. Alice was utterly astonished. Generally, those chosen as heroes by the gods are accompanied by the blessings of that god, usually only one blessing per person. But for Yuhaka to have multiple divine blessings is a rare find, belonging to the limited legendary tier of characters in a limited-time gacha pool. At least historically, no hero has ever possessed multiple divine blessings...

Regardless, after the misunderstanding between Yuhaka and his group and Queen Emerald was resolved, the tense atmosphere vanished instantly. Moreover, Yuhaka and his group hadn't injured a single Undine when they invaded Water Seven (unless you consider it psychological trauma...), and Queen Emerald didn't blame them for this. In fact, Queen Emerald generously offered Yuhaka and his group the mansion where Undine entertained important guests, as Queen Emerald had important matters to entrust to them, so she let them rest there for a few days.

However, Yuhaka and the others wanted to first confirm the safety of the humans captured by Undine. Queen Emeroni naturally agreed to Yuhaka and the others' request. After seeing that the frozen humans were reacting normally, Alice and the others breathed a sigh of relief. At least the safety of these residents was guaranteed, and Queen Emeroni assured them that these humans would be safe and sound. She even swore an oath in her own name and in the name of the water goddess Aqua.

But for some reason, when Ehaka heard the name Aqua, he saw a hint of embarrassment on Alice's face. Ehaka was a little puzzled by this, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1956 [Nije has grown legs]

In the mansion in the Water City where the Undines house important guests, Yuhaka and her companions are gathered in a luxurious living room. After learning that Queen Undine deliberately carried out the plan to capture humans as if she trusted them, Queen Emeroni also learned of the suspects or accomplices behind the scenes. Therefore, Yuhaka and her group turned their attention to the United City located in the Principality of Aberia.

However, Yuhaka and the others knew nothing about the situation in the United City, and they needed new information about it.

"Hmm... I find today's events a bit unbelievable... First, I heard someone say that the Undines were plundering humans, then the misunderstanding with Queen Emeroni was cleared up, and now there's an enemy behind the scenes. Is this the kind of story adventurers often encounter?"

Sitting in her chair, drinking the Water City's specialty, "Sea Milk," Alice was quite surprised by what had happened that day. After all, these experiences were much more unusual than the adventure stories she had read in books. However, the experience of "wiping out" the entire Water City and reaching Queen Undine's palace was still very novel to Alice. But what Alice did not expect was that it was all a misunderstanding, and Queen Amelone had her own ideas.

Upon hearing Alice's words, Fran, who was trying squid sashimi nearby, put down her fork and asked Yuhaka, "Master, are all adventurers' stories this dramatic?"

"O~O?" Ehaka, who was eating tuna sashimi, swallowed his food after hearing Fran's question and explained, "It's normal for an adventurer, right? OwO?" After all, when Ehaka played D&D tabletop role-playing games with his friends, he felt that the adventure stories were quite rich. The various enemies and monsters surprised him greatly, and the various NPC characters he encountered in the stories made him feel that people's hearts were very complicated. Because it was a game, Ehaka couldn't use his psionic powers to perceive the thoughts of NPCs, which made him easily deceived. Moreover, some NPC characters sacrificed themselves to help others for certain reasons, which Ehaka found hard to understand.

After all, the real-life Yhaka is very powerful, and in most situations, Yhaka has a way to protect those around him. Therefore, when Yhaka sees this situation, he will generally prevent it from happening.

After hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Fran and Alice nodded with expressions of "I see," indicating that they understood. Meanwhile, Yue, who was drinking milk tea, looked at the three little fools with an expression of not knowing what to say. What normal adventurer would have such a dramatic adventure story? At least only adventurers of the level of heroes would have such an adventure, right?

However, remembering something, Yue asked everyone, "By the way, did Queen Emerald summon Nizar for something?" Hearing Yue's question, Yuhaka, who was munching on tuna sashimi, raised her little hand to indicate she knew and said, "Yuyu knows! Yuyu heard that Emerald wants to teach Nizar some magic OwO~"

"Magic?" Upon hearing Yuhaka's explanation, several question marks appeared on Yue's little head. Then, Yue touched her smooth chin and pretended to think, saying, "Is it just learning magic? But I remember that Undine is a natural-born mage who uses elemental magic like water and ice, right? Is there any elemental magic that requires the Queen to personally teach Nijee?"

Yuhaka naturally knew the answer to Yue's question, so she explained, "Well, Yuyu heard that Amelion wanted to teach Nije a special kind of magic. Undine usually learns it, but Nije hasn't. OwO~"

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but feel a little curious. What kind of magic did Nije need to learn?

Yuhaka and the others were also a little curious about this, but just then, they heard Nije's voice.

"Everyone, Nije is back~" Nije's cheerful voice rang out, but when Yuhaka and the others heard footsteps, they were slightly taken aback, obviously wondering why there were footsteps, since Nije's lower body was a fishtail.

Following the direction of the sound, Yuhaka and the others saw a girl who looked nine-tenths like Nie running towards them. Yue and Alice, who were drinking milk tea and sea milk, couldn't help but spit it out. Yue coughed slightly and looked at the girl in front of her who looked very much like Nie, asking, "Um... is that Nie?"

Upon hearing Yue's question, Nije nodded with her hands on her hips and legs spread apart, and said to Yuhaka and the others, "That's right! It's Nije! Queen Emerald taught Nije the magic to change her appearance, and now Nije looks just like a human!"

Upon hearing Nije's words, Yuhaka and the others finally understood why Nije had taken on a human form. However... Alice wiped the sea milk dribbling from the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief and looked at Nije with a slightly embarrassed gaze, saying, "Um... Nije, have you forgotten something?" Hearing Alice's question, a question mark appeared on Nije's little head, clearly not understanding what Alice was asking about forgotten. Nije put on a thinking expression, but then suddenly remembered something and said to Yuhaka and the others, "Oh right, Queen Emeralone said we should go see her tomorrow at noon. Queen Emeralone has something important to discuss with us."

Hearing Nije's words, Alice looked away awkwardly and said, "Eh...is that so? Nije, is there anything else you've forgotten?" After Alice reminded her again that she might have forgotten something, Nije couldn't think of anything this time. At this moment, Yue, who was standing nearby, spoke up directly: "Nije, female humanoids usually wear skirts and pants, not run around naked..."

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With Yue's reminder, Nije realized that she had forgotten something. After all, Undine's clothes only consisted of her upper body, while her lower body was just a fish tail. In order to move and swim better, Undine would not wear too many clothes on her body to avoid slowing her down. Therefore, their fish tails would not have any decorative clothes or ornaments.

Regardless, everyone took a good look at Nije, who had transformed into a human. According to Nije, this shapeshifting magic was a unique creation of the Undine clan. After all, in some places, fish tails were not easy to move, and in places where water and ice elemental power was lacking, elemental magic could not be effectively deployed. Having human feet would make it much easier to walk.

Yuhaka and the others tried touching Nije's slender, flawless white legs. Like a normal human's feet, they were very soft to the touch, and they could feel the bones and muscles. It didn't seem like a simple illusion, but rather magic that altered Undine's body structure. Yue couldn't help but feel a little curious about this, since transformation magic was quite difficult to learn. If not done well, it could turn into something strange, or even worse, it could cause the caster to be unable to transform back. However, Nije's transformation magic was not bad. At least she was not much different from a normal human girl, and no strange things would appear.

"Wow, that's amazing. I should say, she truly lives up to her reputation as Queen Undine. Her magical prowess allowed her to teach Nije the Transformation spell with such ease..." Yue exclaimed in surprise at Nije's Transformation spell. However, considering that it was the Queen who taught Nije, Yue felt that this was quite normal.

Ignoring these matters, Yue then asked Nie, "By the way, Nie, what did Queen Emeroni ask you to tell us?" Hearing Yue's question, Nie shook her head, indicating she didn't know either. After all, Queen Emeroni had only told her to relay the other party's words. Hearing Nie's answer, Yue thought that Queen Emeroni might need to organize the information to explain the contents of the commission to them later. If Yue wasn't mistaken, it was probably related to matters concerning the United City.

Thinking of this, Yue said to everyone, "If that's the case, it's alright if we wait until noon tomorrow, right?" Hearing Yue's words, Yuhaka and the others nodded to indicate that there was no problem. At the same time, Yuhaka also wanted to see what local specialties and ingredients Undine had, which was also of course no problem for her.

Although Alice herself was a little anxious, she knew very well that if things here were not handled properly, the Kingdom of Belzegu might face a civil war. Therefore, Alice needed to resolve the unstable factors here. If problems arose here, the Demon King's army could land on the Kingdom of Belzegu from the sea.

--night--

Although Yhaka and his group stormed into Water 7 and beat up a group of Undines, they didn't harm the Undines, so the Undines weren't angry. Queen Emerald also stated that Yhaka and his group weren't enemies, but rather there was some misunderstanding. She asked the Undines not to hate Yhaka and his group because of this, and that they had an important mission to complete, so she hoped everyone would treat Yhaka and his group well.

The Undines naturally obeyed Queen Emerald's orders. Besides, they weren't actually angry, just a little embarrassed. After all, the thought of destroying her equipment, knocking her unconscious, and then having their embarrassing state witnessed by others made them feel somewhat awkward.

The emotions.

Furthermore, Queen Amelone instructed them to treat Yuhaka and the others well, a belief the Undines wholeheartedly shared, demonstrating just how popular Queen Amelone was among the Undines.

Later, as Yuhaka and her friends wandered around the city of Undine, they also noticed the bustling atmosphere of Water City. Unlike their previous intrusion into Water City, here, even at night, Yuhaka and her friends could see a large number of fluorescent plants of different colors illuminating every corner of the city. Fireflies floated in the sky, giving the city a dreamlike feel. This struck Alice and her friends as very strange. Although Alice had been here before, this was the first time she had ever seen the night view of Water City. Alice exclaimed in amazement, saying that such a sight was beyond words.

The streets of Water City are lined with all sorts of shops and vendors. However, the currency in Water City is a bit special. The Undines use pure white pearls, sparkling stones, and even scales with beautiful patterns as currency. These pretty and shiny things have a unique appeal to the Undines. They can be used not only as decorations but also to make various magical equipment. Some of the unique items are collected by the Undines.

However, compared to the gold coins in the human world, these currencies didn't seem to interest the Undines much. This left the merchants who came to Water City for the first time to try to trade with the Undines dumbfounded. Fortunately, later the Undines built facilities that could exchange for Water City currency, which made the merchants feel embarrassed about Water City's special currency.

Yuhaka and her companions also received a good amount of Water City currency. After all, Queen Emeroni said that this was a deposit for the quest, and they could freely buy whatever they needed in the streets. Moreover, Water City also had necessities that adventurers needed, so Queen Emeroni suggested that Yuhaka and her companions go there and take a look.

Everyone was very curious about Queen Emeroni's words, since there were indeed things in Water City that were hard to find outside. So, Yuhka and the others planned to explore the area, and Nizane, a resident of Water City, personally led the team as their guide to find what they needed.

The specific details will not be described. After a shopping trip in Water City that was quite unforgettable for everyone, the group returned to the mansion near the palace looking exhausted. After all, they had walked around Water City extensively and were now quite tired. Of course, Yuhaka was still full of energy. Yue had a deep impression of Yuhaka's stamina.

After everyone took a bath at night, they went back to their rooms to sleep. The large bed in the Water City mansion was quite unique. It was a giant scallop-shaped seashell with a soft, waterbed-like mattress inside. This mattress could also be cooled or warmed depending on the situation, making it very popular among nobles. It also had the function of absorbing moisture, so if tea was accidentally spilled on it, it could be absorbed cleanly, keeping the mattress dry.

The blankets used for sleeping are made of the smooth, soft skin of some kind of animal. They feel very smooth to the touch and are quite pleasant. Yuhaka plans to buy a few sets before he leaves, as such soft and cozy beds are an irresistible temptation for him.

After jumping onto the big bed and bouncing around on it like a trampoline, Yuhaka crawled into bed for a good night's sleep. However, half an hour later, Yuhaka clearly felt a familiar life force react. After opening his bedroom door, Yuhaka opened his eyes and saw Alice, who had quietly closed the door, looking at him with a pillow and saying, "Um, Yuhaka, I can't sleep. Can I sleep with you?"

Upon hearing Alice's words, Yuhaka gave her an "OwO?" look and scratched her little head with her big tail, clearly puzzled by the situation. However, Yuhaka patted the spot next to him, indicating that he could sleep with Alice. Alice then jumped onto the big bed with a happy expression and snuggled up to Yuhaka.

Volume 5 [Slice of Life + Arknights + Another World]: Chapter 1957 [Heading to...United City]

Alice and Yohaka slept together on the large bed in Yohaka's room, looking like very close friends.