As if recalling the taste of the mushrooms, a blissful expression appeared on Paimon's face.
She wiped the drool at the corner of her mouth, while Lumine quietly filled the small hole in the ground and tossed the stone tablet into a distant pond.
Looking at Paimon like this, it was obvious this wasn't the first time she had eaten that stuff.
And she hadn't been poisoned to death yet… could it be that this thing really wasn't poisonous?
Lumine carefully cut open a mushroom with her sword. The moment the cut surface touched the air and changed color, she was one hundred percent certain it was poisonous.
"Wind! Ha!"
Not daring to touch it directly, Lumine aimed her palm at the poisonous mushrooms on the ground. Wind gathered in her hand and formed a gust projectile.
She blew the mushrooms away.
Seeing this, regret showed in Paimon's eyes as she rubbed her little belly.
"No wonder I always feel sleepy after eating them… so they're poisonous…"
But she had eaten them so many times and nothing happened…
"Forget it, forget it!" Paimon quickly shook her head twice, pulling her gaze away from the mushrooms as she muttered, "I don't want to experience being poisoned!"
'Better safe than sorry!'
Just in case, Paimon decided to cross it off her menu.
"Ah! Sunsettia!"
Spotting a Sunsettia tree not far away, Paimon zipped straight toward it.
Watching her back, Lumine murmured, "Is this what top-tier delicacies are supposed to be like?"
'Immune to all poisons… is it really that amazing?'
She wondered if others could inherit that ability by eating it.
[Stelle: By the way, what does the god who kidnapped your brother look like?]
Having long been waiting for someone to ask, Lumine sent out the masterpiece she had prepared.
Looking at the image Lumine posted in the chat, Stelle admitted, it really was top-tier.
Top-tier abstract.
It looked like a stick figure.
[Levi: That's literally a stick figure!]
A few lines for limbs and torso, a crooked circle for the head, two dots for eyes.
A forty-five-degree nose, and no mouth at all.
But even so, from the white hair and the arrow pointing at "golden eyes," Levi still recognized the person's true identity.
[Lumine: Who?!]
Her emotions became agitated. Even the god of Mondstadt didn't know that person's identity, yet Levi, an outsider, actually did.
Looking at the masterpiece, a flash of realization struck Stelle.
[Stelle: Huh? I think I know who it is too…]
[Lumine: You two @Stelle @Levi! Stop keeping me in suspense! Who is it? Where does she live?]
As long as she knew who it was and where she lived, she would call people and go beat her up immediately.
[Levi & Stelle: Kiana!]
[Ding! "Admin" Levi has been muted for one minute by "Group Owner" Kiana!]
[Kiana: Why is my name being shouted in the group? Any grievances?]
Using a mute as her opening move, Kiana reappeared in the chat.
Lumine didn't understand why the two of them had called Kiana out.
[Stelle: Oh! It's her! It's her! Oh man! The big boss is here, I can't say more. Figure it out yourself!]
After saying that, Stelle stopped talking, left alone on the Astral Express feeling frustrated that Lumine couldn't grasp the hint.
[Ding! "Admin" Levi has been unmuted!]
[Lumine: Immortal of the Xianzhou! Please tell this young lady, who exactly is that person! Where are they!]
[Levi: Just take a look!]
Lumine waited for a long time, but had no idea what Levi wanted her to look at.
[Levi: …Forgot, I can't produce images right now.]
'Damn it! Possessing immense power, yet trapped in this tiny body, unable to use it!'
'So frustrating!'
Since he couldn't show a picture, Levi decided to get straight to the point.
[Levi: Kiana = Unknown God]
[Kiana: Kiana ≠ Unknown God]
[Kiana: How did I become the unknown god who kidnapped Lumine's brother?!]
[Stelle: I think so too. Look, Lumine is already a few hundred years old…]
"Huh?"
Lumine snapped.
Her hands clenched tightly into fists, her whole body trembling from anger.
'What's wrong with being a few hundred years old! Did I eat your rice or something?!'
[Stelle: Kiana and I are still just seventeen or eighteen, in our prime…]
[Kiana: Then you're older than me.]
[Stelle: ?]
[Kiana: Both numbers you mentioned are bigger than mine.]
"Damn!"
[Stelle: @Levi bro, I suggest you stay away from her!]
[Levi: It's fine, you're older than me too.]
[Stelle: ???]
'So the management is just a bunch of kids?!'
[Levi: I was joking and you actually believed it?]
[Kiana: I wasn't joking. @Stelle, I really am younger than you.]
[Stelle: 6, I haven't even been a month old yet. I'm older than you.]
[Levi: 666]
[Lumine: 666]
[Elysia: 666]
[Asta: …]
[Levi: I can vouch for it! Stelle is telling the truth, she's not even a month old.]
[Stelle: Hmph! Who do you think is the youngest in this group!]
[Stelle: Back to the topic. When Lumine and her brother were attacked by the unknown god, Kiana… not just Kiana, probably none of us here were even born yet!]
[Stelle: So it definitely can't be her!]
Lumine nodded. 'That is true, but…'
Why did she feel slightly offended?
Looking at the words "not even born yet," Lumine froze for a moment. Did that mean she was the oldest in the group?
[Lumine: Then call me "senior" a couple times!]
Lumine put her hands on her hips.
[Stelle: You...]
[Levi: Old lady, why are you acting like a young girl!]
[Stelle: You're really good at insulting people!]
[Elysia: Such cultured words!]
[Kiana: Poet of the Xianzhou!]
[Asta: …]
'This is bad! Feels like I can't really fit in!'
After saying that, Levi suddenly felt a slight chill on his forehead. He touched it but found nothing.
It was just his imagination.
He looked up at the sun slowly moving overhead, and the cloudless sky.
There was still no sign of Himeko up there…
'Himeko can't fly, how could she be in the sky.'
"The aircraft! The aircraft at least!"
Levi rolled his eyes.
This little Theresa really nitpicks words.
Waiting like this wasn't a solution, so Levi opened the chat and @Kiana, planning to have her help contact Himeko.
To tell her his current location.
[Kiana: Wait a moment!]
After a while, the sound of an aircraft came closer and closer. Looking at the opened hatch, Himeko was standing there.
Staring at him with deadpan eyes.
"Theresa, can you explain why you suddenly deployed the Divine Grace Barrier?"
'You almost made me crash!'
She was still young, and now that she finally had hope to keep living, she definitely didn't want to die in a crash.
Hearing the blame in her tone, Levi scratched his cheek awkwardly.
At the time, he had only been focused on fighting Honkai and hadn't thought that much.
Seeing Levi's embarrassment, Yae Sakura stepped forward and carefully explained everything that had just happened.
Himeko first looked at Yae Sakura with curiosity. As she spoke more and more, Himeko fell silent.
She looked at Levi, sighed, and patted his shoulder.
"Go back and give yourself a good break. I'll handle the work at St. Freya."
'Alright!'
Levi nodded.
Yae Sakura looked Himeko up and down. "You must be the one Theresa mentioned… the person 'in need,' right?"
"..."