Chapter 441: Arlecchino: 'Did You Do Something Behind My Back?'

Chapter 441: Chapter 441: Arlecchino: “Did You Do Something Behind My Back?”

Humming an unknown little tune, Su Ran sat on the sofa and enjoyed a small cake.

But after taking just one bite, his expression twisted.

"Way too sweet!"

Was this lethal level of sweetness really what the people of Fontaine liked?

Were their taste buds a little strange?

"Little glutton, you can have it."

Su Ran handed the cake to Lynette.

"..."

As Lyney’s magical assistant, Lynette had quite a substantial private savings account.

But for a cake like this, which couldn’t simply be bought with money, there wasn’t much she could do.

Even though someone had already taken a bite...

She still couldn’t resist and was won over.

The door opened, and Arlecchino returned, completely drenched.

"Oh~ isn’t that the Knave?"

"What happened? Did you go swimming?"

"Without even changing into a swimsuit?"

A soaking-wet Arlecchino was quite unexpected.

Although this colleague of his couldn’t exactly be called elegant, she at least wasn’t normally this disheveled.

So what had happened?

Arlecchino’s gaze landed on Su Ran.

"Where did you go today?"

Ever since leaving after visiting Neuvillette, this guy had practically vanished from the face of the earth.

She had no idea where he had gone.

"Are you that concerned about me?"

"Could this be your attempt at a wet-shirt temptation?"

"If so, I wouldn’t mind preparing a candlelit dinner and having an all-night conversation with you."

"..."

The Knave stared fixedly at Su Ran.

She said nothing.

She simply waited for his answer.

"Fine, I didn’t do anything."

"I just studied the power of an elemental dragon, and while I was at it, returned the power to Neuvillette."

Even now, he could still remember the look of shock on Neuvillette’s face when he received his power back.

He probably hadn’t expected to reclaim his dragon’s power in such a way.

"Don’t tell me you completely figured out the power of an elemental dragon in just half a day?"

Neuvillette was the Hydro Dragon King?

That revelation had indeed shocked Arlecchino.

She had originally only suspected that Neuvillette was Fontaine’s true Hydro Archon.

She hadn’t expected him to actually be the elemental dragon associated with Hydro.

What surprised her even more was that the Genius had only been gone for half a day.

It wasn’t even dark outside yet.

And he had already finished his research and returned the power?

How fast was this guy?

"Bingo."

"That’s just how amazing I am."

Su Ran gave her a wink.

Lynette silently continued eating her little cake nearby.

There was no way she could participate in a conversation between two Harbingers.

"...You really are incredible."

"But when are you going to fulfill the promise you made to me?"

Whatever the Genius was researching, Arlecchino didn’t particularly care as long as he wasn’t using the children of the House of the Hearth as test subjects.

Compared with the power of elemental dragons, she cared far more about the medical supplies he had promised her.

Ever since the children of the House of the Hearth began joining the Fatui, there had been quite a few casualties.

Especially because of the use of Delusions.

That was something she couldn’t completely prevent.

Using a Delusion consumed one’s life force.

But without a Delusion, what they might lose was their life.

"That... I’ll give you an answer tomorrow."

"..."

A towel was tossed onto Arlecchino.

Su Ran stepped forward and sniffed.

"No smell of seawater."

"Were you turned into a drenched kitten by someone?"

"Who did it?"

Unfortunately, Arlecchino was wrapped up too thoroughly for him to see much.

After wiping his own head so that water would stop dripping, Arlecchino finally revealed the culprit.

"Furina."

"Her power is incredibly strong."

"Extremely strong."

"But she’s very inexperienced at using it..."

Arlecchino had considered the possibility that Furina was powerful.

She simply hadn’t expected her to be that powerful.

It was the kind of overwhelming strength where, regardless of whether Arlecchino gave it her all, her opponent could still deal with everything in a frantic and clumsy manner.

The feeling of this power was far stronger than that of the other three Harbingers ranked above her.

The only thing that puzzled her was how inexperienced Furina was when wielding it.

During their fight, Furina had even nearly killed her because of a mistake.

It was like possessing enough strength to crush someone beneath your foot, yet trying desperately not to step on the ant.

That was the only impression Arlecchino had taken away from their battle.

Even after splitting off one incarnation, Furina could still possess such overwhelming power?

No wonder she had no fear of Fontaine’s disaster.

"Oh..."

Wasn’t Arlecchino terribly unlucky?

He had only just empowered Furina, and she had immediately gone to challenge her to a duel.

"Fortunately, the Gnosis is already in hand."

"If I had actually needed to obtain the Gnosis through combat, I probably would’ve needed you to step in."

At this moment, Arlecchino was genuinely relieved.

Relieved that the Gnosis was already hers and that she hadn’t needed to use force to obtain it.

Otherwise, given her strength, she wouldn’t have stood a chance against Furina.

And that wasn’t even counting the hidden Hydro Dragon King, Neuvillette.

"Mm-hmm."

"You seem a little awkward."

"There isn’t something else going on here that I don’t know about, is there?"

Arlecchino sensed that something was off.

Why was the Genius acting like this?

"I’m afraid that if I tell you, you’ll climb into my bed tonight..."

Arlecchino: "...?"

Lynette’s cat ears twitched.

"...and secretly strangle me."

Su Ran took a step backward, putting some distance between them.

"What did you do?"

It was obvious that the Genius had done something behind her back.

Arlecchino couldn’t possibly not be curious.

"I found another woman behind your back."

"...Boring."

The moment she heard this, Arlecchino instantly lost interest.

She tossed the towel onto the sofa.

"You’re not about to tell me that the other woman you found was Furina, are you?"

Regardless of how Arlecchino felt about the Genius, the two of them didn’t even have an ambiguous relationship.

It seemed to be nothing more than Su Ran teasing her unilaterally.

How could she possibly stop him from finding someone else?

Besides, there had already been another girl before her.

That girl wasn’t worried, so why should she be?

And Furina?

Arlecchino looked down and straightened her clothes.

She didn’t even come close to possessing as much feminine charm as herself.

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