As it was noon, there were no other customers in the "bar." Through the glass, Kanna spotted at a glance the girl with lovely pink hair, the unlucky cat, the electric-haired stylist, Czerny. However, she hadn't joined Rhodes Island yet, so she should still be using her original name, Sussie.
Thinking of this girl's unlucky experiences, Kanna felt like laughing. She could lend a hand to help her escape her fate, but then wouldn't Rhodes Island lose a lovely stylist? Moreover, the mission to save Nightzmora was tied to her. Without this incident, would Nightzmora miss the chance for rescue and die somewhere in this city?
So, even knowing what Sussie would go through, after some consideration, Kanna chose not to intervene hastily. Trading a few days of misfortune for a stable, happy life at Rhodes Island was hardly a loss. As for the culprit, finding an opportunity to send him to meet his maker after everything was over wouldn't be difficult for Kanna.
"??? You're smiling so evilly! That girl is so cute, and you want to make a move on her too?" Just as Kanna was recalling the pink-haired girl's misfortunes while staring at Sussie, Nian followed Kanna's gaze and saw the girl busy inside, couldn't help but show a "you know what I mean" smile.
"You can eat whatever, but you can't say whatever... Still, don't you think that pink-haired lady has dark clouds over her head? Her luck will be particularly bad lately." Before even entering, the group heard Kanna's charlatan-like pronouncement.
"Hiss, little Sussie is a good kid, don't you go cursing her..." Kugen beside her hurriedly said upon hearing Kanna's words.
"Uh, what's the date today?"
"We set off from Wolumonde in late October and drove for three weeks. If I remember correctly, today should be November 16th." Misery spoke up.
"Let's make a bet. Within ten days, something that greatly affects her will definitely happen. Her luck will be mixed, but she'll always turn danger into safety." Kanna remembered the pink-haired girl's plot happened in late November. It was already the 16th, so the plot wasn't far off.
If time permitted, she wouldn't mind personally participating in this pink-haired girl's "Les Misérables" plot. But their time was tight too. Outcast was almost at Hillock County, and Kanna had to get involved before the Hillock County incident. She absolutely could not tolerate the events from her memory happening before her eyes.
So, the pink-haired girl would have to rely on herself. Fortunately, the dangers she faced in the whole plot weren't severe. Although the Reunion Movement's Red wasn't here, Rhodes Island's Red was, and could help her turn danger into safety at the critical moment.
Though he didn't know why Kanna was so certain, it left a deep impression on Kugen.
"You can tell fortunes too?" Nian asked Kanna with an incredulous look.
"Of course not, but occasionally, I can see things ordinary people can't." Kanna looked at Nian with an expression that said 'you've never encountered this sort of thing, have you?'
Nian felt a bit awkward under her gaze. "Ahem, of course..."
"Enough with the weird talk, let's go in. People are looking at us..." Misery didn't want others to hear their somewhat crazy conversation, so he patted Kanna on the back of the head and stepped into the bar first.
"Hello, welcome to Green Spark... Are you Mr. Kugen and your friends? Shopkeeper Gavial Alter has prepared a separate seating area for everyone. Oh, there's a child too? Wait a moment, I'll heat up a cup of Tumour Milk."
Hearing the door open, Sussie, who had been diligently working, looked up and saw Kugen and the others entering.
Earlier, Shopkeeper Gavial Alter had suddenly returned from the wilderness, saying Kugen had friends coming and arranged a welcome at Green Spark, asking her to come early to prepare. Thinking they were all around her age, she had prepared some snacks to go with drinks. She didn't expect to see two girls upon their arrival, especially one who was a child. So, some of the adult-oriented preparations weren't suitable to serve. Luckily, there was also Tumour Milk provided for drunk customers to sober up. She hurriedly heated a cup and brought it out.
"Thank you, sister. Sister, can I look at your hand?" After taking a satisfying sip of the Tumour Milk Sussie handed her, Kanna looked at Sussie with a curious expression.
"Hey, if you weren't a child and a girl, this behavior would already constitute harassment!" Seeing Kanna's eager look, wanting to touch this pink cat-girl, Nian couldn't help but cover her face and Make complaints.
"Uh, it's okay, little sister is cute too."
Kanna's tone reminded her of those half-drunk uncles who would also say baffling things under the influence of alcohol, though they usually ended up being grabbed by the collar and thrown out of the bar by other customers.
Hearing a little girl say similar things today made her feel a bit unaccustomed for a moment.
After hearing Nian's words, she reacted, carefully controlling her Arts to prevent any leakage as she extended her small hand towards Kanna's head.
The moment her hand touched Kanna's hair, her expression changed dramatically. "Watch out!"
It turned out that when Sussie's hand touched Kanna's hair, she suddenly felt her Arts involuntarily activate. Leaking static electricity flowed from her hand, spreading towards the child in front of her.
Although she hadn't deliberately studied Arts, she had accidentally triggered this kind of inadvertently released static electricity before, and the results had left her shaken. It wasn't until Gavial Alter gave her a set of staves and buoys to control her Arts that this unstable triggering stabilized. She didn't know why it suddenly went out of control again today.
Now, she looked at Kanna with despair, desperately trying to control her static electricity from spreading into the other's body.
"Snap." Under Sussie's astonished gaze, the girl giggled and reached out to grab her hand. The out of control static electricity, upon entering the girl's body, was like a river returning to the sea, not even stirring a single ripple.
"No wonder you were so focused on this girl. She plays with electricity too." Having witnessed everything, Nian said with a look of understanding.
Seeing Sussie's bewildered expression, not knowing what had happened, Kugen spoke up to comfort her. "Don't worry, little Sussie. Kanna-chan is one of Rhodes Island's top Originium Arts masters and is also very skilled in lightning Arts. You don't need to worry about your Originium Arts hurting her."
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