Although it is a bit shabby, this heroic spirit is super strong

Looking at Sera's cute eyes full of expectation, Xiao of course decisively refused.

"Be good, let Chris wipe it for you more."

"Well, Brother Xiao is a bad guy."

Sera puffed up her cheeks and sat next to Crystal.

"what are you doing?"

Seeing that Xiao was completely ignoring her, Crystal decided to try to attract Xiao's attention.

"Well, prepare measures to deal with those bugs."

Chapter 64: Heavenly Tree Celebration

"But how can these things be used as a measure against those insects?"

Crystal felt very curious as she watched Xiao fiddling with a pile of strange medicines and a glowing metal plate whose purpose was unknown.

"Let me think about how to explain..."

Xiao suddenly fell into deep thought.

[If I explain nanorobots to them directly, they won't understand, right?]

"Simply put, these bottles are filled with really, really tiny, man-made bugs."

"Eh?! No, these are all..."

Crystal asked Xiao in a somewhat horrified manner.

Lucy and Rose also subconsciously distanced themselves from him.

"Yeah, all of them."

"Alas!"

"I didn't expect you to be afraid of such little bugs."

The cute look of Crystal almost crying made Xiao laugh.

"Why are you still laughing? These densely packed little bugs are terrifying!"

"Brother Xiao, to be honest, you are really scary right now."

"Alas, it's just a metaphor."

Akatsuki waved a bottle in front of the girls, startling them and causing them to step back a few more steps.

"W-What are you doing suddenly?"

"Have you seen anything like insects in here?"

Rose, calming down a bit, mustered up the courage to move closer.

There was just a pool of black goo in the bottle, nothing resembling a bug.

"If you insist, this thing looks more like a slime."

"Uh... I feel like slimes are also quite subtle."

The girls all seemed to dislike the sticky monster.

"Could it be that you made this thing?"

Crystal also mustered up the courage to take a closer look.

"No, these are what I found in the dungeon. I'm just trying to figure out which ones are best for dealing with those bugs and are easier to control."

"Brother Xiao, when did you find these things?"

Lucy had the same doubts as Rose.

The two sisters had always followed Xiao and had never seen these things.

"I found this before I met you. I think it's in that strange dungeon called Afterglow of Doom."

"If it's there, there are indeed many strange things found."

Crystal said, supporting her head with her hands.

The Afterglow of Doomsday often discovers some props of unknown purpose, and coupled with the strange internal structure, many scholars in the empire believe that it is the ruins of an ancient civilization.

Crystal was somewhat curious about why Xiao knew the purpose of these props.

"But how are these things going to deal with those bugs?"

Lucy picked up a small bottle, unconvinced that its contents could solve the swarm.

"Be careful, some of these things are very dangerous."

"Well, what's the danger?"

"They can devour their targets and use the magic and matter they gain to multiply."

"Eh…"

"I told you to be careful."

Xiao caught the bottle that Lucy accidentally dropped.

"Why are you dealing with something so dangerous in the living room?"

Crystal shouted in dissatisfaction.

If these things are really as Xiao said, according to the rules of the Imperial Magicians, a special place with an extremely high level of protection must be specially prepared to conduct research.

For someone like Xiao, who casually placed dangerous magical items in the living room, this could be grounds for a capital punishment by the Imperial Court.

"Don't worry, even if these things get leaked, we can just burn them."

"You bastard! These things are very dangerous, can't you be more careful?"

"I know. Well, let's stop here for today."

Seeing that Crystal was really angry, Xiao had to end the test.

Xiao had of course taken measures to prevent the leakage of nanorobots, but it was too troublesome to explain, so he simply gave up explaining it to Crystal.

He put all the bottles into a special space ring.

"It seems like there's going to be a big celebration in Pierre tomorrow. Do you want to go and see it?"

Xiao recalled what he heard on the street today and asked a few girls.

"celebration?"

Seeing Lucy and the others showing puzzled expressions, Crystal gave them a brief explanation.

“It feels very interesting.”

Sera was very excited, with a gleam in her eyes.

"No wonder people on the street are talking about the celebration. So this is the reason."

"But it's a bit strange. Are they still going to hold a celebration in Pierre's current situation?"

Crystal felt very strange.

In just the few days they were in the maze, the prices of Pierre Elle products had gone up a lot.

Because of the increasing number of magical beasts in Warhol's territory, the cost of transporting goods has skyrocketed.

And Pierre should have also sent a lot of people to deal with the monsters and protect the main traffic routes from being destroyed by the monsters.

Crystal felt that the lord probably didn't have the spare money to hold a large-scale celebration.

"Besides, there aren't any traditional celebrations in Pierre-El at this time, right?"

Crystal tried to recall again, but still couldn't think of any celebration at this time.

"It is said that this is a celebration held in cooperation with the Church of the Heavenly Tree."

"The Heavenly Tree Sect? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"It's a small religion. It seems to have grown rapidly in the last few months."

The Gadis Empire had a very relaxed policy on religion.

As long as they do not violate the imperial laws and oppose the imperial state religion, Sanctaeus, small religions in general places will basically not be suppressed.

"There have been some nasty coincidences in recent months."

Nakamura's visit to Warhol had been a few months earlier, and this coincidence made Rose feel a little uneasy.

"There's some connection between the two sides. This celebration is the Tianshu Cult's festival, and that Nakamura guy seems to be using this celebration to promote himself."

“It feels a bit…”

Hearing that this celebration was related to Nakamura, the enthusiasm of the other girls except Sera was dampened a lot.

"It's okay if you don't want to go, but I have to go to the maze tomorrow."

"Eh? Why?"

"Test those things just now. They are of different species. I want to find the most suitable one to deal with the insect swarm."

"Eh...it might be a bit boring, so why don't we just stay in the hotel."

Rose looked at the others and spoke after briefly asking for their opinions.

"Eh? Don't you want to go to the maze with me?"

"do not want!"

*

"Hmm~hmm, these fried potatoes are delicious."

Lucy took a nibble of the snack in her hand and exclaimed in appreciation.

Although they had agreed to stay in the hotel, Lucy and the others couldn't resist the temptation and went out for a walk on the street.

"Sister, you eat so much fried food, be careful not to gain belly fat."

"Rose, you ate so many sweets."

Looking at the lollipop and other snacks in Rose's mouth and the various sweet pastries in her arms, Lucy rolled her eyes at her sister helplessly.

"Sera-chan, don't run around."

Crystal held Sera's hand to prevent her from getting lost in the dense crowd.

"Well, I feel like Sister Crystal is like a mother."

"Rose, don't say anything weird."

"Well, Sister Crystal, I want that."

Sera pulled Crystal's sleeve and pointed to a barbecue stall not far away.

"Okay, let's go."

"Oh, Sera-chan likes to eat meat."

Lucy looked at the barbecue stall that Sera pointed to and was also very interested.

"Sister, please pay attention to your appearance. You're drooling."

"Eh?! Rose, you bastard."

Chapter 65: Riots and Strange Monsters

"Rose, don't say anything weird."

"Well, Sister Crystal, I want that."

Sera pulled Crystal's sleeve and pointed to a barbecue stall not far away.

"Okay, let's go."

"Oh, Sera-chan likes to eat meat."

Lucy looked at the barbecue stall that Sera pointed to and was also very interested.