"Wuwuwu~ I'm not crying, I won't cry, wuwu~ My… my aurora bead!!"
Although Mavis tried her best to hold back her tears, they still flowed like a broken dam. Seeing Mavis suddenly cry so miserably, Grandeeney, who didn't realize she had said something wrong, asked worriedly, "What's wrong? Why are you suddenly crying?"
"This… just consider it being too moved, so I cried!"
Fini was truly embarrassed to explain the real reason. Who would have thought Mavis would be so unlucky? She had just sprinkled the snow glazed beads, and then a dragon passed by and collected all of them. But thanks to Grandeeney noticing, otherwise these three aurora beads might not have been found.
After Mavis had vented enough, Fini and Mavis began to formally bid farewell to Grandeeney and Wendy. Since there wasn't much here to begin with, Fini and Mavis didn't need to specifically pack anything.
After saying goodbye to a reluctant Grandeeney and a tearful Wendy, Fini and Mavis began heading west.
Perhaps because of the recent farewell, Fini's spirits were a bit down along the way.
"What, could it be that you miss your beloved fiancée so much after leaving her?"
Mavis emphasized the words "fiancée" heavily.
"Uh… sure enough, you still care about this a lot!"
"Hmph! Who cares? Grandeeney really has no taste, how could she fall for you? Wendy too, she'll definitely regret it when she grows up."
"Hey, hey, don't make me sound so bad. I don't remember doing anything that would make people resent me."
"Didn't do anything? You have the nerve to say that. Who was it that liked me on Wolf Island? You've only been out for a short while, and you already latched onto a cute girl, even setting up an engagement. You really have some nerve!"
Mavis grew more and more indignant, as if something that originally belonged to her had been taken away, and this something was even something she had willingly offered.
"That… that… calm down, calm down, Mavis. No matter what the future holds, you'll always be my favorite."
"…"
Mavis ignored him and continued walking on her own.
"Mavis! Mavis! I'm begging you, at least say something!"
Fini scurried around Mavis, but Mavis continued walking with a puffed-up face, still ignoring him.
"No choice…"
Fini sighed softly, then instantly used Instant Transmission to appear in front of Mavis.
"Move!"
Fini didn't move, but raised his hands and placed them on Mavis's shoulders.
"What… what are you doing?"
"I like you!"
"What's with the suddenness! Do you think I'll forgive… Mmmph…"
Mavis's pupils instantly widened.
Kissed again!
Mavis's eyes narrowed, and she bit down without hesitation.
"Ow!"
Fini immediately covered his mouth and rolled around on the ground.
"Too… too cruel, Mavis. Are you trying to murder your own husband?!"
"How shameless, just suddenly kissing me like that, it's too perverted!"
"It's because I like you."
"Shut up! I've seen through you anyway, you're just a philanderer, falling in love with everyone you see!"
"It's a misunderstanding! Truly a misunderstanding!! Wendy's matter was just an accident, an accident!"
"An accident? I distinctly remember someone agreeing quite readily and loudly yesterday. Who would believe it was an accident?!"
"As long as you believe it, that's enough."
"It's precisely because of that that I absolutely won't believe it! Let go of me! Your S-Class Mage honor has been completely disgraced by you!"
Mavis, her face red, struggled to kick her feet, but Fini held on tightly, refusing to let go.
"I won't let go, absolutely not! Unless you agree, I will never let go!"
"You… you bastard!"
Mavis's shoulders trembled slightly, and her right hand slowly rose. A vast golden magic power began to gather in Mavis's palm. Because the magic power Mavis used primarily originated from Fini, Fini immediately noticed his own magic power rapidly draining the moment Mavis prepared to act.
"No… no way! Quick… quick, stop, Mavis, are you really planning to use Fairy Glitter to humanely destroy me?!"
"Isn't it quite fitting? To die by your own magic power, that's enough to be proud of."
"Proud my foot! You'd be scorned to death, you know that."
"What's there to fear about scorn when you're already dead?!"
Just as Mavis, seemingly in a fit of rage, was about to unleash Fairy Glitter, one of the three super magics she founded, onto Fini's head, a tragic "Help!" suddenly echoed from afar. This made Mavis's eyes widen, and the magic she had gathered in her hand dissipated due to her distraction.
"Fini!"
"Leave it to me!"
Swish!
Fini, who had been lying at Mavis's feet with a sorrowful expression, instantly straightened his face. Leaving that phrase, Fini's figure vanished in an instant. After Fini left, Mavis didn't stay there either but ran in the direction from which the scream had come.
"Catch her!"
"Don't let her get away."
"Wuwuwu~~"
Fini had just arrived at his destination when he found a brown-haired girl of about five years old running forward in terror, followed by seven or eight fierce men, like wolves and tigers. Judging by their uniform black attire, they seemed to belong to the same organization.
"Oh, to actually encounter a scene of a creepy uncle snatching a loli, what a classic moment!"
Squatting on a large tree, Fini chuckled playfully, but a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Thud!
After all, it was uneven grassy ground. The loli tripped, getting a mouthful of dirt.
"Hahaha, let's see where you run now!"
The men who caught up seemed to have already cornered the loli, their eyes showing the confidence of having everything under control.
"I didn't expect that village to have a fish that slipped through the net. Grab her and take her away!"
"Yes!"
Two men walked up from behind, approaching the loli expressionlessly.
"No… don't come over! Help… help me! Brother, where are you, come and save me…"
The loli desperately hugged her head and cried out, but besides attracting Fini and Mavis, she didn't summon anyone else, nor did she summon the brother she spoke of. However, it was enough.
"Hmph~"
Fini let out a soft breath, stomped his foot hard, and his body shot forward like an arrow in front of the loli. With two kicks, "Bang," "Bang," a series of teeth-gritting "crack," "crack" sounds rang out. The two men who came to capture the loli were violently kicked away, and after falling to the ground, they each cried out in pain, having had their muscles and bones broken by Fini in that instant.
Boom!
Fini gently stomped his left foot downwards, and the surrounding ten-zhang ground instantly collapsed several tens of centimeters deep.
"Get out!!"
"…"
The man, who seemed to be the leader, waved his hand, signaling his subordinates not to act. He gave Fini a deep look, then decisively turned around.
"Let's go!"
The rest of the people reluctantly lifted their injured companions and followed the leader away.
"Heh, quite clever."
Fini chuckled with a mysterious meaning.
"Is it really appropriate to just let them go?"
Mavis, who had arrived, asked, looking at the retreating figures of those people.
"One, I don't know them. Two, I don't know what they did. Three, they have no magic power. Four, they are all just small fry, killing them would be pointless."
"So many excuses."
Mavis shook her head helplessly and then turned to help the loli up. Patting the dirt off her, Mavis asked with a smile, "Little sister, what's your name, and why were they chasing you?"
"I… I'm Kagura, Kagura Mikazuchi. They… they… Waaahhh!! They killed everyone in the village, and my brother must have been taken away."
Her past memories stirred, Kagura, who had just stopped crying, burst into tears again.
"It seems you made a mistake, Fini."
"Perhaps."
Fini nodded faintly, but there was no trace of regret in his tone.
"Big brother!"
Thud!
Kagura suddenly knelt before Fini, which made Fini frown.
"What do you want to do?"
"Please save my brother, big brother. You're so amazing, I believe you can definitely rescue my brother."
Kagura, clutching Fini's pant leg, looked at him with expectation, but Fini unequivocally refused.
"Please allow me to refuse! This is impossible."
"How… how can you say that?"
Kagura looked at Fini with a sad expression, her eyes filled with confusion and despair.
"…Let's go, Mavis, we still have important things to do."
Fini showed no lingering attachment, turning and continuing to walk west. But after only two steps, Fini looked back helplessly at Kagura, who was tightly gripping his pant leg and wouldn't let go. What a strong sense of déjà vu; at this moment, Fini finally understood how Mavis had felt just now.