"Just where did you learn that 'apologizing means showing your belly' thing?"
Once they had left the Divine Foresight, Firefly planted her hands on her hips and interrogated Clara.
"Isn't that just common knowledge across the universe?" Clara shrank her head down slightly under Firefly's fierce gaze and muttered under her breath.
"Since when is that common knowledge across the universe?" Firefly shot Clara a glare upon hearing that. She'd certainly never heard of such a universal rule.
"Well..." Clara averted her gaze, fidgeting with her fingers.
Then she straightened up, summoning her courage, and declared:
"I said it's common knowledge!"
Firefly: ...
(♯▼皿▼)
"Ow!!!"
...
"Hey... Clara, are we really going to capture Blade?"
Firefly asked the question to Clara, who now sported a large bump on her head.
"What else would we do?"
"Take him with us and leave the Luofu?"
Hearing Firefly's words, Clara responded with a question of her own, sounding rather puzzled.
"Firefly, you have to understand, I'm currently aligned with the Luofu."
"And Blade? He's part of the enemy faction. As Cloud Knights of the Luofu, of course we have to apprehend him and hand him over to the Ten-Lords Commission for judgment."
Clara spoke with utmost seriousness to Firefly, her face showing not a single hint of deception.
Firefly: (╯▔皿▔)╯
"Ow, wuwuwu... I was wrong /(ㄒoㄒ)/~~"
Looking at Clara, Firefly couldn't help herself—one punch was all it took to make Clara behave.
"Hmph! Keep up this act and you'll get another one," Firefly rubbed her fist and waved it in front of Clara's face.
"Mmm..." Watching Firefly's fist swaying before her, Clara clearly decided discretion was the better part of valor.
"Okay, okay, fine. Actually, what I said earlier wasn't wrong either. We definitely have to capture Blade." Seeing the fist in Firefly's hand, Clara dropped the act and came clean.
"Of course, we're only responsible for the capture. Guarding him or anything after that has nothing to do with us."
"So, you get it, right~"
Clara gave a mischievous chuckle. Getting paid by the Xianzhou for nothing? Might as well take it!
"I don't get it." Hearing Clara's words, Firefly shook her head in confusion.
"..."
Clara: Nice
...
"Blade is probably acting together with Kafka right now."
"If you don't use your power and just rely on clues, it'll probably be really hard to find them."
Firefly watched as Clara, who seemed intent on not using her power and instead following the clues Jing Yuan had provided, offered a reminder.
"With Kafka and Blade's abilities, if they don't want to be caught, even you, Clara, might not be able to find them."
It wasn't that Firefly wanted to discourage Clara. Having spent so much time with everyone in the Stellaron Hunters, she had a pretty good grasp of each person's personality and capabilities.
If Clara used her power, blanketing the entire starship in a thorough search, she'd find them instantly.
But if Clara insisted on just following clues...
"What? Don't you have faith in your own wife?" Hearing Firefly's words, Clara immediately felt a bit miffed.
"No, no, of course not! My wife is always the most amazing!" Upon hearing that, the previous expression on Firefly's face vanished completely, replaced by one of admiration and confidence.
It seemed that 'wife' title really made Firefly happy.
"Mhmm~" Clara gave a light, pleased hum and lifted her chin proudly.
"Firefly, let me tell you, the Genius Society once invited me to join, you know. I just ended up refusing, that's all."
"So~ even without using external powers, just my own brain is enough to rival the members of the Society~"
(False. Someone is just showing off in front of their beloved.)
(Not like anyone in the Genius Society would dare expose Clara anyway.)
Clara: (///￣皿￣)○～
Die!
(Ack!)
"Wow!!" Little stars seemed to sparkle in Firefly's eyes, her entire being radiating admiration for Clara.
"So, how about it? Is your wife impressive or what~" Clara put her hands on her hips, her head held so high it might as well be in the clouds, her face full of pride.
Clap clap clap~
"Amazing, amazing, my wife is the best!" Firefly seemed to have not a single doubt about the truthfulness of Clara's words, clapping her hands as she echoed the praise.
"Hehe."
Listening to Firefly's compliments, Clara felt immensely pleased, her mood soaring~
"Hey, you two, what are you doing here?"
Just as Clara was basking in Firefly's stream of praise, a young, boyish voice suddenly called out from not too far away.
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