"You actually agreed to such an outrageous condition?!"
"I'm sorry... It's, it's all my fault, that's why you guys..."
Later, Dandelion stood awkwardly in the clearing, speaking to the three people in front of her.
Seeing her on the verge of tears, Hyacinth quickly waved her hand to comfort her.
"You don't need to apologize, Miss Dandelion. If you hadn't come to help, we might have already run into big trouble."
"But..."
"No 'buts'. We should be thanking you for coming to our aid. Are you hurt? What happened just now in the Mind Image Space, why did you and Xin Yuehu suddenly...?"
Hyacinth asked, seizing the opportunity.
The Hellcat and her two companions had already retreated with the unconscious Xin Yuehu, which was quite honest and trustworthy of them, as they hadn't made any more excessive moves.
But they were probably also worried about Xin Yuehu's condition, after all...
"Mindscape World?..."
Golden Fox blinked, as if she didn't understand what a Mindscape World was.
"It's the space we were trapped in just now. It's a very powerful magic," the Fox Spirit explained from the side.
Dandelion showed a look of sudden realization.
"So that space is called the Mindscape World. It's pretty cool."
"So what exactly happened in there? How did you expel Xin Yuehu from the Mind Image Space?" Bai Ling interjected, asking.
The three people and one Bai Diao (White Sable) were all very curious. After all, the Mindscape World was a high-level magic that no one had ever encountered. They all wanted to know how Dandelion managed to escape from that alternate dimension.
And even managed to beat Xin Yuehu up like that!
"Uh... that..."
Stared at by the three people's expectant gazes, Golden Fox nervously hugged her tail, her ears drooping, and she said awkwardly,
"It, it's just pulling the magic to its maximum, and then forming a circle of magic accumulation around your body, and then you can..."
"Oh? You mean... not using magic through the astral plane, but directly releasing magic to counter Xin Yuehu's Mindscape World?"
Bai Ling suddenly realized, clenching her right fist and slapping her palm.
"What a brilliant idea!"
"It's just that Senior Bai Ling didn't learn the method of countering the Mindscape World when you took your exams, right?" The Fox Spirit immediately retorted.
The three of them fell silent for a few seconds, Bai Ling's cheeks flushed, and she started gesticulating wildly and speaking incoherently.
"Wah wah wah! Th-th-that's advanced content! I just thought it would hardly ever be used so I..."
"However, it is indeed a relatively advanced topic. Senior Bai Ling must have forgotten because she hasn't read books for too long."
The Fox Spirit replied with a light laugh, giving the Bai Diao (White Sable) Spirit a charming wink.
"Y-you're right! That's exactly it!" Bai Ling immediately understood and quickly followed the Fox Spirit's words.
Little Yue is truly too gentle! She actually helped this Bai Diao (White Sable) find a way out!
"Speaking of which..."
The Fox Spirit immediately began to change the subject.
"What exactly will that condition be that Miss Hyacinth agreed to?"
Everyone looked at each other in silence.
"If it's Hellcat... it shouldn't be too strange, right...?" Hyacinth tentatively said.
Then she was given a deep look by Iris and her companion.
"Do you think she won't ask Xin Yuehu for her opinion then?" Nightingale retorted.
Hyacinth froze for two seconds, then suddenly realized something.
She... seemed to have indeed agreed to something incredible.
...
At the same time, on the villain's rooftop.
"Agreed to a condition?"
Su Tianqing pretended to be unaware, sitting in a chair and changing her torn socks, while speaking to the Cat Girl who was drinking water beside her.
Nan Jiayu pricked up her ears and looked towards the Fox Fox, nodding lightly.
"Mhm. Anyway, I was thinking I couldn't lose out at the time, so I just slightly..."
Before she finished speaking, the Cat Girl's gaze suddenly met the Fox Fox's.
Golden Fox was about to put on a new pair of striped socks, her face unreadable, but a difficult-to-describe expression appeared in her clear, emerald eyes.
Nan Jiayu immediately broke out in a cold sweat.
"Speaking of which, Cat Cat."
"M-mhm? I, I'm here."
"Cat Cat, you just said that when Miss Dandelion and I came out of the Mindscape World, you and Hyacinth mistook each other for us?"
The cold sweat on Nan Jiayu's back became even more profuse.
The highlights in Fox Fox's eyes are about to disappear! Think of something!
The Cat Girl tried to look at the Cheshire Rabbit not far away with pleading eyes, but Rabbit had already sensed that something was wrong and had already disappeared, hidden somewhere. On the vast villain's rooftop, only she and Xin Yuehu remained.
Rabbit! You're so disloyal!
"Just now, Cat Cat, did you hug Miss Dandelion?"
"............Yes."
After a long silence, Hellcat nodded lightly, her tail already fluffed up in a circle, trembling slightly with nervousness.
Is it really this topic!?
"I, I, I, I just didn't see clearly and instinctively caught her. I just caught her! I didn't do anything else!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"But... Cat Cat, why do you have Miss Dandelion's scent on you...?"
Golden Fox suddenly leaned close to her, her nose twitching slightly, as if gathering evidence.
Foxes are also canids, and it's said their sense of smell is so keen they can distinguish perfume scents from seven days ago, making the cold sweat on the Cat Girl's back almost connect into a single sheet.
"That's, that's because..."
Nan Jiayu quickly tried to argue, but the disappearing highlights in Fox Fox's eyes made her arguments seem so pale and powerless.
Miss Dandelion was soft and fragrant, with a strangely pleasant, fresh scent, like jasmine. Her fluffy tail was comparable to Xin Yuehu's, with world-class smoothness.
But these words must never be said in front of Fox Fox!
This reminded Nan Jiayu of the scene where she mentioned Xin Yuehu in front of Tianqing; it was exactly the same.
Are fox people really made of vinegar!?
"Sniff, sniff, sniff..."
Golden Fox leaned close to her, one hand pulling at her shoulder, the other tightly gripping her wrist, sniffing all the way up her arm.
"Mhm... This scent is Miss Dandelion's scent."
"...!"
"Cat Cat, why does your arm have Miss Dandelion's scent on it? Did something else happen besides just catching her?"
"That... that was just, just ordinary physical contact..." The Cat Girl tried to explain.
"Ordinary contact?"
"That's right!"
"If it was just ordinary contact, why is the scent so strong?"
"Th-th-th-that's because—it's because Dandelion's, Dandelion's scent... that..."
Seeing the Cat Cat in front of her speaking incoherently, Su Tianqing couldn't help but show a joyful smile on her face.
See, this Cat Cat is just fun to tease. Pure Cat Cat is too cute!
Seeing the Cat Cat's face flushed and sweating profusely, Golden Fox snorted lightly, the smile on her face becoming much more relaxed, a complete reversal of her earlier gloom.
"Hmph~ Since you, Cat Cat, said it was ordinary contact, then I, Fox Fox, will believe it's so~"
With that, Golden Fox happily turned around and walked to the live broadcast camera that was being prepared, starting to carefully adjust it.
The Cat Girl felt like she had narrowly escaped death and let out a long breath.
"However, Cat Cat."
The little Fox Fox suddenly turned around, and the Cat Girl trembled all over again.
"Hm? Wh-what?"
"Next time, be sure to catch me properly~"
Golden Fox smiled charmingly, as bright and radiant as the full moon.
