Chapter 102: Hmph, You Tsundere!

"Hmm, putting it here is just about right."

After laying the Steam Mecha horizontally in front of the door to her old home in the sewer, Yun Mu nodded with satisfaction.

Naturally, she had no intention of putting the Steam Mecha inside her old home in the sewer.

After all, not to mention the issue of the entrance size, the space inside her sewer home alone wasn't enough to accommodate this massive Steam Mecha.

What she needed was simply to hide this mecha in a concealed place.

And placing it at the corner of this desolate sewer passage near her old home was a very good choice.

She just needed to use the nearby rubble to bury the mecha.

No one in the sewer would be idle enough to go and clear away a pile of accumulated rubble.

Just like that, it took another ten minutes or so before this Steam Mecha was properly handled with the help of her, Dabai, and the Scarlet Knight.

"It's about time to go back."

Wiping the non-existent sweat from her forehead, Yun Mu walked toward the nearest exit.

She still had to go to the Frost Bank to practice with Brenna next, so she didn't have much free time.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but quicken her pace.

After sending Chester, Dabai, and the Scarlet Knight back into the Game Panel, she lifted the sewer manhole cover and crawled out from a pitch-black alley.

"Clang."

A beggar lying in the alley was startled by the sudden appearance of Yun Mu, and the wine bottle in his hand rolled onto the ground.

"Hehe."

Yun Mu smiled at the other person with some embarrassment, then casually tossed two Silver Frost Coins at his feet.

"Forget about this."

Watching the beggar excitedly pick up the Silver Frost Coins, Yun Mu said.

She restored the sewer manhole cover, then wrapped her Rift Crocodile Coat tighter around herself and calmly walked out of the alley.

On the way to the Frost Bank, Yun Mu also took the opportunity to explain her current situation to Lucy one by one.

She wanted to hear the other's opinion.

After all, Lucy was, in any case, an existence shown as 300 years old on the panel, so her experience should be much richer than her own.

"I think you could discuss it with that Mr. Edward."

After listening to her description, Lucy suggested to her.

"With your current strength, whether it's investigating the Church or investigating that Scarlet Messenger, it's very dangerous, and that princess—you don't need to tell her, she will keep investigating anyway."

"You have the necklace that princess gave you on you; no matter what hidden traps were in the things that Scarlet Messenger made you drink at the time, you don't need to worry."

"Moreover, that princess..." Lucy paused and said, "I maintain a vigilant attitude toward everything related to the royal family and nobles."

"It's not to say that the princess is untrustworthy, but you cannot guarantee whether there are people planted by other factions among those around her."

"That shouldn't be the case, right? That is the princess of the Frost Kingdom, and among the people protecting her closely..."

Yun Mu's words were interrupted by Lucy before she could finish.

"Other factions doesn't necessarily mean enemies; they could also be 'their own people,' for example, the King."

Lucy said meaningfully, her words seemingly containing other implications.

"Of course," she added, "this is just my own thought and guess."

"It's just that I want to remind you: whether you show your cards to that princess or not, she will investigate this matter, so it basically won't have much of an impact."

"If there are the King's people beside that princess, they will certainly be hostile to foreign things like the Scarlet."

"And you..."

Lucy manifested from her Ether Body state, her pair of gem-like, clear bright red pupils meeting her own red and gray eyes, and said: "Are also a part of the Scarlet."

Half an hour later.

Yun Mu walked through the Illusion Gate of the Frost Bank, somewhat absent-mindedly.

Just as she walked into the room, she saw Brenna sitting on the counter, looking bored and unconsciously swinging her pair of small, white-stockinged feet. Hmph, it's only because the Energy Tower is working at night that it's not that cold in the city.

Otherwise, leaving the door open without wearing shoes, you'd freeze to death, you brat.

Yun Mu thought secretly in her heart.

She had figured it out; if she didn't want to say it, then she wouldn't.

It wouldn't be impossible to confess to her when there's an opportunity in the future.

Anyway, the other person hadn't asked her, right?

*Cough cough*, just kidding.

"Too slow."

Upon seeing Yun Mu appear, Brenna jumped down from the counter and put on her shoes very smoothly.

"Sorry, I ran into something tonight," Yun Mu said apologetically.

"Eww~ what's that smell on you?"

After Yun Mu walked in, Brenna sniffed her nose, then pulled away with a look of disgust.

"Did you go to the sewer to take a bath?"

"I did go to the sewer to handle some things," Yun Mu said truthfully.

"The sewer..." Hearing her words, Brenna raised an eyebrow and said, "You didn't run into any trouble, did you?"

"No," Yun Mu shook her head without hesitation.

"Hmm?" Brenna looked at her with some doubt, seemingly wondering why she answered this so readily.

"Forget it." The other person shook her head and said, "I have no interest in what you did in the sewer, just don't go there again recently."

"Many creatures in the sewer have undergone unknown mutations; it looks like it's related to the culprit of the Dried Corpse Murder Case."

"Last night, the Guard Hall urgently dispatched two Mecha Units and a squad of Automatic Machine Soldiers to handle it, but it's hard to guarantee that the spread has been cut off."

"In short!"

Brenna suddenly raised her volume and said, "The sewers are very dangerous; don't go there recently."

"Yes, yes, yes, I definitely won't go there recently," Yun Mu promised with a guilty conscience.

After she advanced to a Second-rank Painter, she still intended to go and bring back the Steam Mecha she had hidden; as for the sewers, she would certainly have to go there one more time.

Come to think of it, was that how that Steam Mecha came to be!?

Was the mutation of the sewer creatures done by Natavia?

And how did those mutated creatures spread it to each other?

After listening to Brenna's words, the questions in Yun Mu's heart accumulated more and more.

Seeing that she seemed to have many doubts in her heart, Brenna patted the back of her shoulder and urged, "Stop overthinking and hurry to find Elena!"

After finishing her words, she looked at her own hand with some disgust, or rather, to be precise, the hand that had been contaminated with the smell of the sewers.

"I'm going to wash my hands."

Turning around to leave, Brenna did not give Yun Mu a chance to speak.

"She is quite a person who says one thing but means another," Lucy, who had watched the interaction between the two the whole time, commented after Brenna left.

"Tsundere is like that," Yun Mu agreed and nodded.

"Tsundere?" Lucy was first a little puzzled, then chuckled out loud.

"That is indeed a very fitting word."

PS: Ah, so hungry.

Going to gorge on a midnight snack.

Let's rummage through the kitchen to see what there is to eat.

(End of this chapter)