Volume 4, Chapter 13 – Reversal

As it turned out…

Sometimes the Luck at SS rank among Tianyin’s attributes could have an extremely large effect.

After a string of actions that even Tianyin herself could hardly make sense of, Tianyin just like that… very easily and effortlessly obtained Evil Eye Lord’s eyeball…

“Wuu… I don’t really know why it went so smoothly, but since I have the eyeball, the teleportation array and all that can be taken care of now, right?”

Although she felt that the process of getting the eyeball this time was a bit bizarre, for now, everything was still progressing very smoothly.

……

While Tianyin was hurrying back, in the underground city, inside Seles’ manor, Seles was directing the elf maids of the household to begin preparing a “celebration banquet”.

“Milady… that guest… Can she really defeat Evil Eye Lord?”

As Seles watched the maids moving in perfect rhythm, by her side, an older looking Dark Elf spoke up in a doubtful voice.

“She can. Evil Eye Lord is not some presence that is difficult to handle. As long as you dodge Evil Eye Lord’s rays, that is enough… besides, knowing Evil Eye Lord’s temperament, once it sees Xiaoyin, it might not even make a move.”

Tianyin did not know that before she had even returned, Seles had already guessed the process by which she would obtain the eyeball from Evil Eye Lord with almost perfect accuracy.

“So… milady had already foreseen that guest coming back unharmed.”

“That’s right… I already understand Evil Eye Lord’s personality pretty well, so even if Tianyin didn’t have the strength, I was still very confident she could get the eyeball. So holding a farewell banquet for Xiaoyin before the teleportation array is repaired, that was something decided from the start.”

Toward the Dark Elf behind her, Seles could be said to hide nothing.

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Of course, Dark Elves normally were not supposed to open up to one another like this in the first place, but on the forehead of the Dark Elf standing behind Seles… the brand of a master-servant contract was shining faintly.

“So no matter who ended up getting the eyeball, this banquet is something milady would still hold with various excuses, right?”

Faced with Seles’ meticulous planning, the Dark Elf who was clearly a subordinate could not help letting out a voice of admiration.

In response to the admiration from the Dark Elf behind her, Seles only watched the busy figures of the maids in the manor with exceptional coldness.

“Alright… sometimes knowing too much does not bring any benefit. For this banquet, I need to use that item, so go to my room and bring that item out.”

When she heard the word “item”, the Dark Elf’s expression instantly changed.

“That item… milady… that item is extremely rare. To use that item directly like this… would that really be okay?”

“What could be wrong about it… Xiaoyin’s strength is more than just normal Legendary-tier, that’s what my intuition tells me. Right now, only at a time when her guard is at its lowest can we use that item… and once we do, even if she is Throne-tier… In the very first moment she will be completely unable to resist me…”

“Understood… I will go right away…”

Feeling the Dark Elf behind her leave, Seles still kept her face expressionless, yet in her eyes, it was as if one could see blazing flames burning fiercely.

……

While Seles was getting everything ready, Tianyin, who had gone out, also made it back in very good time.

Because Tianyin was using her semi-fusion state, she could not fully unleash her speed all at once. Even so, she still managed to rush back in the afternoon, that is, around the time close to dusk.

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When she returned, Tianyin saw Seles and a group of maids who had already come out early to welcome her back.

“Welcome back, Xiaoyin~”

The beautiful Dark Elf Seles spoke with a smile.

“Sister Seles, I am back…”

Tianyin came up to Seles, then answered Seles with a smile of her own.

“From the looks of it, Xiaoyin must have defeated Evil Eye Lord, right…”

Seeing that Tianyin had not suffered even the slightest injury, Seles spoke in a joking tone.

“Mm… I would not really call it defeating… I did not actually fight Evil Eye Lord… it just handed its eyeball over to me…”

Tianyin was a good girl after all. Rather than weakly claim that she had spent a great deal of effort to defeat Evil Eye Lord, Tianyin still preferred to honestly tell the truth.

“Eh? Is that so? That really is surprising…”

“Mm, mm… right, this is the eyeball it gave me. Here, Sister Seles, with this you should be able to repair the teleportation array, right?”

Taking the eyeball Evil Eye Lord had given from Tianyin’s hands, Seles carefully examined it for a moment, then a look of excitement appeared on her face.

“Yes, yes, this is definitely it! Xiaoyin, you really helped a lot… but it is already getting late today, so I will hand it over to the person in charge of the teleportation array tomorrow. If nothing unexpected happens, there is a very high chance it will be repaired within the day tomorrow~ and when that happens, Xiaoyin, you can go to Inferno~”

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“I see… alright then, going tomorrow is acceptable too…”

Although she really wanted to leave right away, for some reason, Tianyin still unconsciously chose to accept Seles’ words.

“Xiaoyin… actually, I already had the maids prepare a very lavish dinner earlier, and it just so happens that Xiaoyin is about to leave, and Xiaoyin also helped me obtain the necessary item… so, just like I said before, for tonight’s dinner I am going to hold a celebration banquet for Xiaoyin~, and of course it can also be considered a farewell banquet I am holding for Xiaoyin~”

“Wuu, but I feel really embarrassed if you do that…”

Tianyin was still a bit reserved.

Of course, in Tianyin’s understanding, a banquet and such should be the kind where lots of people were invited…

Besides, holding a celebration banquet and farewell banquet all for herself… was just way too embarrassing.

“It is fine… after all, just thinking about how… Xiaoyin will be leaving tomorrow and all, I feel that if I don’t hold a properly grand banquet for Xiaoyin, it would be letting down the feelings I have for her… so this time, Xiaoyin, please do not refuse~”

“Ah… o-okay…”

What Seles said was also very true. After all, once she left tomorrow, who knew when the two of them would meet again.

In the end, it came down to the fact that the Underground World and the underground city were not very connected, and as one of Mohayda’s rulers, Seles could not easily leave the underground city, while Tianyin, as Eden’s leader, could not keep running down to the underground city to look for Seles.

So this parting really might mean they would never meet again…

Therefore, after hesitating in her heart for a few seconds, Tianyin still accepted Seles’ invitation.

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Only after she actually attended the banquet did Tianyin realize that this so-called banquet was nothing like the kind with lots of people she had imagined…

This time, although it was called a banquet, in truth there were only two people at the table.

One was Tianyin, and the other was the Dark Elf Seles.

There was no denying that the food at the banquet was extremely delicious, not only looking good but also fitting Tianyin’s love of sweets very well, making her unable to stop praising it.

However…

The one thing that made Tianyin feel strange was…

While she was nibbling at the food, Seles sitting across from her was only propping her chin in both hands and staring fixedly at Tianyin, watching her with a charming smile.

“Eh? Sister Seles… you… why are you not eating?”

Tianyin asked in all innocence, silly and straightforward.

In response to Tianyin’s puzzled question, Seles smiled and shook her head.

“No can do, I don’t dare eat these things~”

Although she had already realized that something was wrong in the very first moment, Tianyin’s vision still turned completely black.