Before long, the great adventurer Lumine had completed her quest. She brought out a gear from inside.
Lumine handed the item to Idyia. Paimon couldn't help roasting, "Such a small thing. Did it really fall off that huge wheel?"
The mascot said it was a bit hard to explain, but it really was one of the dropped parts. She pouted. "There are still three more left…"
Kokomi comforted Idyia again. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. With a good start, the rest will go smoothly too."
Lumine added, "The other three groups are all very capable people. Especially Mu Yang — he might have already found it…"
[That's exactly how the streamer played it. Unfortunately Idyia pointed to the wrong path.] [Lumine still knows who in the team is the most reliable.] [Unfortunately the least reliable person holds the important information.]
"R-Really?!"
Idyia completely couldn't believe things had been solved so easily. Being a mascot seemed really nice. No! Being a mascot was simply fantastic!
Lumine started stirring trouble. "Of course it's true. You should believe the smartest person among us — the [Military Advisor]!"
Idyia's eyes became determined. "Y-Yeah, that's right." "After all, she's the legendary Military Advisor who won against the Jia-rank class in the Yin-Yang Bureau graduation battle."
Kokomi's smile was almost breaking. "Uh… There's really no need to mention that again!"
"Anyway, thank you all for your help."
Idyia told the three of them to return to the town first. She would handle the repairs herself. "Sigh, I'm so clumsy and can't help with much anyway, so… at least let me do the maintenance work…"
Since Idyia said so, Lumine took Kokomi and headed back to the town first.
On the way, Lumine also told Kokomi about encountering the little water droplets. Kokomi was very curious about how the little water droplets had taught their group how to use the mechanisms.
The two had just returned to town when the entire mirage realm shook once. It seemed to have started operating again…
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After finishing this segment, Guinaifen switched the character to Klee. Now she needed to complete Klee's side and Eula's side of the adventure before the plot could continue.
Klee's side of the adventure was relatively simple — solving puzzles, advancing, and fighting monsters. However, because the mirage realm had stopped operating, they couldn't pass through a patch of fog. Only after the rotation from Idyia's repair did the fog in front of Klee dissipate.
What appeared before them was a very long canyon.
Kaeya did not advance directly. Instead, he let Klee make the choice. Klee felt they should go back and tell Honorary Knight sister and Mascot sister. This vibration was definitely related to them.
[Klee has become sensible wuuu.] [Kaeya is still very good at taking care of children. He doesn't insist on his own opinion and listens to whatever she says.] [So envious… sigh.]
Eula's side was similar to Klee's. They kept advancing toward the rainforest in the north. Because Collei was very familiar with this environment, there were almost no obstacles along the way.
But when the two reached a stage, they could no longer advance. They were planning to call off the mission when they felt the rotation. They could now approach the stage.
After searching with no results, they decided to return to the town first and ask Idyia whether she had remembered the location wrong.
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After all the lines were completed, the plot continued. Idyia had also returned to the town.
Clearly, one core alone could not fully restore everything. So after turning once, it stopped again. This dealt quite a blow to Idyia, who had been hoping for a lucky break. It seemed she still needed to be down-to-earth when doing things.
"Honorary Knight sister, Military Advisor sister, Mentor, and Mascot." "You're all already back. Klee thought we would be the first ones to return!"
She smiled very sweetly and innocently. "As expected of Mentor. Military Advisor is also amazing. Everyone is amazing!"
Afterward, Klee's group reported what they had encountered. They had nowhere to go at first, but after that rotation, a large canyon appeared. They came back to confirm whether the core was inside the canyon.
Mu Yang's side was not so complicated. He had not encountered anything blocking his way. It was just that Idyia had probably remembered wrong. There was no hub core in the library.
Mu Yang recounted what he had seen and heard. Many of the library's borrowing records were books related to script creation. With this reminder, Idyia understood.
"Sorry, this core was probably taken by Director Zosimos…"
Klee heard a new term again. "[Director] — what does that mean?"
Kokomi explained that a director was a profession, just like a witch. "If Miss Idyia manages the entire mirage realm, then Mr. Zosimos manages everything on the stage."
Little Klee's eyes sparkled as she looked at Idyia with admiration. "Then Sister Idyia is even more amazing!"
Lumine couldn't resist teasing. "Why is our even more amazing Sister Idyia staying silent?"
"Ahem… Isn't it because Military Advisor is helping explain for me? Of course I'm happily slacking off."
[This mentality is invincible.] [I hope the me who just entered the workplace can maintain this mentality.] [Keep dreaming~] [Every day busy eating the pies the boss draws, no time to slack off at all.]
After the playful remark, Idyia seriously explained. Zosimos usually didn't like going out and stayed in his treehouse all the time. Besides reading, he made the props needed for the stage. The rest of the time was spent burying himself in writing scripts.
"Where was that guy's treehouse again?"
Everyone: …
"Sister Idyia doesn't remember?"
Idyia lowered her head. "Uh, Sister Idyia is just a mascot, ahaha…"
Kokomi stepped forward and gave her an out. In that case, they should first investigate the canyon that Miss Witch discovered.
"Yay! Let's go! Canyon big adventure!"
Mu Yang and the others followed closely behind. They left Idyia in place to wait for Eula and the others to return while also trying hard to recall where exactly the Director's treehouse was…
Little Klee at the very front waved her hand. "We're here. This is the place. This big canyon wasn't here at the beginning!"
As the group walked deeper into the canyon, they unexpectedly saw a few small houses.
At that moment, a voice came from above. "Hey, you guys… are new faces."
Mu Yang looked up and saw a middle-aged man wearing the Adventurers' Guild uniform. Besides Idyia, there were actually other people here?