Volume 4, Chapter 7 – Something Bad Happened

Speaking of it, when it came to candy, desserts, cake and the like, Tianyin actually had an extraordinary love for all of them.

Her favorite kind of food was sweet food. This is Tianyin’s greatest hobby nowadays.

Although, in a sense, her liking sweets and so on was also a setting that damn System had forcibly slapped onto her… but everything in this world is bound by the so-called “smells so good in the end” law.

Sweet things are so tasty. You never get tired of eating cake at all.

Sweet food and all that… is it not fragrant and wonderful?

As for those girls who, afraid their figures would go out of shape, deliberately forced themselves not to eat sweets… Tianyin could only say that she had a body that would never ever change. She did not need to worry at all about her figure going out of shape from eating sweets.

So, after a thousand words are all summed up into one sentence, it becomes—

“Wuu… I like eating sweet food the most!”

With a half-skeptical attitude, she asked the two Dark Elves who claimed to be maids to make cakes and other desserts, and after trying a bite, Tianyin could not help but sink into obsession with the sweet, fragrant deliciousness of the cake.

While she was taking small, slow, neat bites of the food in front of her, at last, in the dining room of this estate that was specially used for meals, a certain Elf girl whose face looked a bit familiar to Tianyin opened the door and walked in.

A black dress, exquisite features. Only now did Tianyin notice that the girl’s figure also had nearly perfect proportions. You could say that if you compared her with Sister Xiaomu, who also had a perfect figure, the two of them would be evenly matched.

The Dark Elf who came in was the owner of this estate and was also the Elf girl named Seles who had brought Xiaoyin to stay here earlier.

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After Seles walked in, the two Elf maids who had been wholeheartedly attending to Tianyin very tactfully left the room.

“Wuu… Sister Seles, you’re back?”

Seeing who it was, Tianyin put down the half-eaten piece of cake, stood up and greeted the Elf girl.

In response to Tianyin’s warm greeting, Seles also showed a happy, adorably bright expression.

“Mm… I, I’m back. Xiaoyin, have you been staying well? Is there anything you don’t feel good about? Or if the maids I sent to you didn’t serve you well in some way, you can tell me~”

This kind of warm hospitality from Seles undoubtedly gave Tianyin an extremely good impression.

She clearly owned such a huge estate and looked like a very important person with high status, yet this kind of big shot still chose to help her, a complete stranger, without expecting any sort of reward.

Such a kind, gentle, beautiful Seles moved Tianyin deeply.

“Mm… Sister Seles’ hospitality is already great. There’s nothing I’m unhappy about~”

“Is that so? If Xiaoyin feels satisfied, then I’m really happy.”

The Elf girl before her showed a cheerful smile.

「Xiaoyin… since Seles is here, we can say a brief goodbye~」

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Right at that moment, Samael once again, very timely, reminded Tianyin that there was still serious business to deal with.

『Ah… right… goodbye, goodbye, I almost forgot about this. Good thing you reminded me in time, Samael~』

Remembering her proper business thanks to Samael’s reminder, Tianyin also felt that now was just the right time to say goodbye to the Dark Elf Seles in front of her.

“Um… Sister Seles, I really have to thank you for helping me before. After all, if Sister Seles hadn’t provided me a place to stay, I might still be pitifully camping out in the middle of nowhere right now…”

Since she was going to say goodbye, she had to properly thank the Elf girl in front of her who had reached out a helping hand.

“Oh my~ these are all just small things~ so Xiaoyin doesn’t need to keep them in mind.”

“Wuu… but to me, Sister Seles really did help me a lot, so whether emotionally or logically, since you helped me so much, I need to thank you properly… and also…”

“And also?”

Seles looked at Tianyin with a bit of confusion.

After Tianyin slowly took a deep breath, she continued speaking.

“And also, today… I’m planning to leave… Sister Seles, didn’t I tell you before? I’m planning to go to Inferno, and coming to this Underground World was also for the teleportation array in this underground city that leads to Inferno… so… for today, I want to properly thank Sister Seles for all your help… and then leave…”

“Eh? Xiaoyin… Xiaoyin, you’re leaving?”

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The Elf girl’s eyes showed deep reluctance, and her face took on a pitiful expression like an abandoned kitten.

“Sister Seles, all good things must come to an end. And in Inferno, there are reasons I can’t avoid going there… so… so this time I really have to go.”

“I understand… Xiaoyin… but, actually, there’s also something I want to tell you… but before I talk about that, I should first be honest with you about my identity…”

The Elf girl’s expression was extremely complicated, and at the same time, her face was full of difficulty.

“Actually… actually, I am one of the twelve members of the Ruling Council that manages everything in this underground city…”

“Mm? Ruling Council? What’s that?”

Tianyin was a little puzzled.

“Literally, it’s the authority that holds the power to run the entire underground city. The council has a total of twelve members, and I’m one of them…”

“Eh? That amazing?”

Actually, before this, when she saw that Seles possessed such a luxurious estate, Tianyin had already guessed that the Elf girl’s identity was definitely not ordinary, so after finding out that Seles was a member of the Ruling Council, although she was surprised, it was only surprise and nothing more.

After all, to Tianyin, all this Ruling Council talk or whatever… she had already thrashed the strongholds of the Eight Great Factions. A mere underground city’s Ruling Council really didn’t seem that impressive.

“Eh… Xiaoyin, you’re… not surprised?”

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“Well~ I already guessed before that Sister Seles’ identity wasn’t ordinary, so now that I know who Sister Seles is, sure, I might be a bit surprised, but I’m not that surprised~”

“Eh… I see… then that’s good… since Xiaoyin knows my identity, you should understand that, in front of me, this underground city doesn’t really have any secrets at all~”

“Mm-ah, since Sister Seles is also a member of the Ruling Council, I get how it works.”

Tianyin nodded to show she understood.

Seeing Tianyin’s serious face full of understanding, Seles bit her lip, looking like she wanted to speak but was hesitating.

“Mm? Sister Seles, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing. I just thought that Xiaoyin clearly plans to go to Inferno, but even though I want to help you, I can’t do anything… it suddenly makes me feel a bit upset…”

“Eh? Did something happen?”

Tianyin had a bad feeling in her heart.

“Xiaoyin… what I actually wanted to tell you… is that the teleportation array leading to Inferno already stopped working a few months ago…”