The demon princess was defeated and captured? Sorry, I acted in it)

Those clear yet chaotic lavender eyes seemed to have a power that could see through the soul.

"What on earth is going on..."

"What's wrong? It's not you who should ask, but me."

Xuefei's small leather shoes made a crisp sound as they stepped on the solid nanmu floor.

She walked back and forth a few steps, and when she stopped, her expression was stern.

"Salamander, what exactly do you want to say these past two days? Why don't you just say it directly? I don't like beating around the bush, and I don't like to guess what people are thinking."

"You don't like..."

"What are you mumbling about?"

"I didn't mumble anything! Don't ask me!"

"?!"

What are you doing! You lizard, why are you yelling at me all of a sudden!

Anyway, Xue Feiya was very sure that Timani had something to say recently.

But she always swallowed her words back before she opened her mouth.

For several times, Dimani was absent-minded. When asked if she had any problems, she said she was hungry. When asked if she was okay, she said she was sleepy. She almost suffocated Xuefiya to death.

This time she planned to block Timani in this corridor and ask her clearly. She couldn't let her curiosity suffocate her!

Well...it's not just out of curiosity.

Maybe Xue Feiya seemed to be meddling in other people's business, but she didn't think that the fate of this fire lizard should be ignored.

If you want to meddle in other people’s business, just meddle in other people’s business. If others don’t ask, I will.

I originally thought that if I wanted her to talk out her feelings, I would need to use some patience and persuasion.

But who would have thought that just after she started talking, Timani suddenly lost control of her emotions and yelled, almost knocking Xuefiya down!

But, the loss of control of emotions only lasts for a moment.

Timani was just cheering herself up so that she would have the courage to answer the questions.

Looking at Timani pressing her palms on her soft chest and taking deep breaths, should she be ready to speak?

Xue Feiya stood on tiptoe and put her little head in front of her, shaking her head.

It seemed that he also wanted to help Timani adjust her condition quickly.

"Salamander? Salamander? Timani? Hey, say something? Are you mute?"

"You...! Tsk, I get it! Don't... don't get so close to me! Demons are demons, they are really devils...!"

"What? I did this to tell you not to be so nervous. Your kindness is taken for granted."

You're only making me more nervous!

He placed his hands on Xuefiya's shoulders and, without using too much force, pushed her a little further away.

Timani glanced to the side and began to tangle the red hair that fell in front of her with her fingers.

Every time there were these little movements, it meant that Timani accepted her fate.

"It's not that important...Okay! I've made it clear, this matter is very important to me! Let's do it tomorrow. I plan to leave here tomorrow and not go with you guys."

"Ha... it's great that you want to go find food by yourself, but remember not to get lost when you come back from sleep at night?"

"That's not what I meant. I meant that after I leave tomorrow..."

Timani's fleeting emotions.

Three parts determination and seven parts loneliness.

He paused, gritted his teeth, and continued speaking.

"Once you leave, you won't come back..."

No matter how quiet the sound was, Xue Feiya could hear it.

"May I ask why you suddenly decided to leave?"

The corridor was very quiet, so quiet that Timani felt a lump in her throat.

She bit her lips tightly with her pearly teeth and whispered these words as quickly as possible.

"It's because you're too annoying... You're noisy all the time, and you fight all the time. I've had enough of you, each and every one of you is so annoying. It's better to be alone and free. You can find food anywhere, but you can't be free everywhere, so... I want to leave here as soon as possible and go wherever I want."

"Where are you going?"

"I don't know. I'll just go wherever I want. It's the same as before."

"what to eat?"

"No... I don't know... I must eat whatever I catch, just like before. It's not like there are no wild rabbits on the road! Ah, so annoying...! I've already decided to leave, is there any point in you asking so specifically? Isn't this something I have to consider myself? What does it have to do with you?"

"Are you speaking from the heart?"

"Of course it is...! Nonsense, of course I'm telling the truth, never mind, there's no need to wait until tomorrow, why don't I go now..."

"Liar."

"!"

Timani had already spread her dragon wings, ready to jump out of the round window next to her.

But Xue Feiya uttered "Liar" with no emotion in her voice.

But it made Timani freeze in place.

The broad dragon wings slowly closed and wrapped around herself. Dimani turned her head in a daze, and saw the magic particles in Xuefia's "eyes that see through illusions" dissipating.

yes...?

Lies...are meaningless to her?

damn it...

Why does such cheating magic exist in the world?

In fact, even without the magic eye, Xue Feiya could tell the falsity in Timani's words.

After all, every word she said was too forced and too difficult.

If you want to leave...why bother waiting for so many days and wait until tomorrow?

If you wanted to leave, why did you suddenly change your mind and leave now when I mentioned it?

The more anxious you are, the more insincere your words and deeds become.

It's hard for you to walk.

It's like yesterday you tried to fly in through this narrow window and got stuck.

The use of the magic eye is just to tell Timani that you have no

It's just necessary to show off like this.

For some reason, Timani's legs suddenly became weak and she lost her strength. The powerful fire dragon actually knelt down on the ground.

She supported herself on the ground with her hands to maintain her balance, feeling heartbroken.

There was fear of the future in Timani's eyes, and her whole body was shaking uncontrollably. The Fire Dragon girl, who had a high body temperature, hugged herself with her arms to try to keep warm, but she still felt freezing.

Fortunately.

Xue Feiya prepared a small blanket for her in advance.

Xuefia took out a blanket from the storage magic and covered Timani with it.

Not knowing whether the blanket could warm the dragon's heart, Xue Feiya squatted down on purpose.

When I look up, I find that Timani is much taller than me.

But when you kneel down, don't I still have to squat down so that we are the same height?

Not that high~

"Tell me about it."

Xue Feiya had the patience and time to listen to this poor half-fire dragon and half-elf girl's brief inner thoughts.

"Tell me why you suddenly want to leave? No... should I say, why do you want to escape?"

30. Have a fight!

Everyone has a scale in their heart. They place all kinds of good or bad things on both ends of the scale and see which side the scale tips to draw a conclusion about which side is more important.

Timani also has a scale in her heart.

The fluctuation of the balance between the two ends of the scale is the root cause of her mood swings.

"You guys are happy every day... Isn't that great?"

"Well, it's not so bad. There's food and drink, I can go fishing, I have Xia, I have Bellis, I have a home, and I have a bunch of noisy friends. So what do you want to say?"

"That's all I want to say."

Xue Feiya sat cross-legged casually opposite Dimani, listening to Dimani pour out the weight in her heart that was weighing on her.

All I heard was Timani laughing at herself.

That "it doesn't matter" expression seemed to be a sneer at his own past thoughts.

He lowered his head, as if apologizing to Xuefiya.

"I...maybe I was quite selfish. My previous thoughts...even if I tried to interpret them as so righteous, it can't change the fact that I wanted to use you..."

"Exploit?" Xue Fei raised her eyebrows and continued to lower her body to put her head in front of Dimani's lowered head. "What kind of weird things are you talking about? Oh... that's true. You ate so much rice for free at my place, and now you want to leave without a care. You really took advantage of my food. I haven't asked you to pay off the food expenses yet."

"You... you are so smart, why do you always act dumb? Are you sick?"

"Hehehe...thank you for the compliment...I'm actually not that smart...uh, you're the one who's sick!"

"puff..."

"Are you laughing? Hehe, only if you laugh can we continue to talk properly."

Isn't it very clear why I'm playing dumb?

Timani was just struggling over whether or not to say what she wanted to say, but Xuefiya played dumb and made her stop thinking about hiding anything.

Xuefei's head moved as Timani slowly raised her head, finally reaching eye level with her.

The laughter that Timani couldn't help was like warm water placed in the cold wind, gradually becoming tinged with desolation.

The corner of his eye would still look out the window from time to time, as if he would make up his mind to fly away at any moment.

"I just... from time to time ask myself why I am acting and traveling with you."

"Xue Feiya, you said that you would go to the Northern Territory Yandi with me to explore things about gods and help me investigate the truth about my parents' death. It was just a matter of convenience. I actually believed your words."

"No... Maybe I knew from the beginning that you said this just to relieve me of any psychological burden. The more I interact with you, the more I understand that you are such a 'strange' group of people."

You said helping me was just a coincidence.

And to do this, you have to travel to the most dangerous place in the world.

There, everything you do, even incidentally, carries with it a great deal of risk.

This "by the way" is not as simple as drinking water while eating. This is a difficult problem that may cost you your life.

And what makes Timani uncomfortable, what makes her look down on herself...

I actually accepted this statement.

Whenever Timani thought of the words that persuaded her in her heart, she would feel guilty.

——It should be okay, right? Hmm... If you just help me investigate, as long as you are sensible, everyone should be fine...?

——Xue Feiya said...she helped me

It was just by the way, just by the way... I didn't beg them, I have already advised them, but they didn't listen to me, it's definitely not that I don't want to advise them a few more times...!

——Although the chances of finding out the truth are slim, what if... Xue Feiya is a person who can always evoke miracles and lead the people around her together, so maybe it really is possible...?

Maybe, possibly, possibly.

These are the words that Timani uses to convince herself every time she gets annoyed.