How did you bunch of silly group members also time travel?

"But it's unlikely to scam a large group of people."

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this item is not carried by a single vendor in the city, but rather by itinerant vendors throughout the city who possess similar yet different shapes of "modern" handicrafts.

What they have in common is that their mobile stalls all have a common mark indicating that they all come from the same place.

It appears to be one of the largest trading companies in the city.

Itinerant vendors replenish their stock here and then circulate their mobile carts to every corner of the city.

This alone reveals an incongruity that is out of step with the times.

"After thinking about it, it must have been done by the time traveler, Mom."

Indeed, it looks exactly like a business empire set up by a time traveler.

Judging from the size of this business, the time traveler seems to be doing quite well.

However, the transmigrators who are still living in the mortal world are probably not the ones they are looking for.

"But we should still go see her, right, Mom?"

...tsk.

When did this start? Where did you learn about it?

"Even though it might not be what we're looking for, we should still go and see, right, Mom?"

Celine counted on her fingers, seemingly offering a suggestion casually.

"You see those kinds of wish-fulfillment novels where the two sides have vastly different information and misunderstand the protagonist's intentions, but somehow end up helping the protagonist out of nowhere."

"Moreover, this type of protagonist might be invincible from the start without even realizing it."

Miss Fox's eyelids twitched.

Where did this little bug learn all this from? Aren't you supposed to be studying hard?!

"My godfather mentioned these topics in the group chat."

Oh, Aizen-san, it's alright then.

Miss Fox remembers that Uncle Aizen started getting obsessed with fantasy novels a long time ago. She really doesn't know who came up with this idea.

"By the way, Mom, I don't think you've searched carefully with your spiritual sense, have you? In that trading company, as well as in various towns and sects nearby where humans live, we haven't found any individuals who clearly resemble transmigrators."

Miss Fox didn't care about this.

This might be the world where the culprit resides; it's not so easy to find.

However, it is true that I did not use my spiritual sense to search carefully.

"Let's go, let's go into the city and take a look."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to open the door.

Then, with quick reflexes, Sirin pressed her back down.

"Mom, you need to change this habit, even though I think you don't care about alerting the enemy."

With a wave of his hand, he led Miss Fox into an empty alley in the city.

It was located on the edge of an affluent area, clean and tidy, and the streets outside weren't too noisy.

This is quite different from Miss Fox's habits.

If it were Miss Fox, she would have gone straight to the shop and interrogated them.

"...Are you planning to do a full disguise next?"

After glancing at the insect's white hair and her own blonde hair, Miss Fox had a premonition.

Neither of them went directly to their destination; it seemed that Chongchong was planning to take a more complicated approach.

"As expected of a mother!"

And Miss Fox guessed right. Sirin couldn't wait to pull out two exquisite clothes that matched the era, her eyes sparkling.

That's incredible, you can tell at a glance that there's ulterior motive!

"Don't worry about the details. Besides, when I used my spiritual sense just now, I felt that the people in this world were not quite right. Don't you think it's too quiet, Mom?"

It was quiet, very quiet indeed.

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Chapter 1456 A Town Desolate and Lifeless

The city is very quiet.

I had this feeling when I looked down from the hilltop, and now that I've changed my clothes, hair, eyebrows, and eye color to disguise it, it's even more obvious when I walk on the bustling streets.

This city is very prosperous.

The roads were neatly repaired, the paint on most of the houses was still intact, and there were only minor signs of damage in various places. The city walls were not covered with moss, and the majority of pedestrians on the streets were young and middle-aged people. It was clearly a very young city, and one would expect it to be a vibrant and thriving city.

But walking through this city, the only thing one can feel is an air of decrepitude and decay.

The mobile vendors were busy pulling their carts and no one was calling out to customers. They would only stop and work silently when a pedestrian clearly wanted to buy something. The roadside shops were deserted, and the pedestrians hurried by listlessly. Although it was the most bustling area in the city, it had no lively atmosphere at all.

The people here seem to be dead; there is no light in their eyes.

"Lifeless..."

Xilin frowned, the more she observed the pedestrians, the more she felt like she was watching a puppet show.

But the people here are different from those in the upper realm I visited before. The people here only exude a sense of despair, but they haven't really lost their souls or become some kind of anchor.

“A numbness that sees no hope... The rulers here don’t seem to be good people, Mom.”

With no hope in sight and no way to resist, all that remains is numbness.

The people in this city are all living puppets. From this small example, Celine concludes that the ruler of this city is no good person.

It's very likely that he's the kind of villainous minor boss found in novels.

"So when will the main character arrive?"

Why bother with the main character?

Miss Fox didn't seem to care much.

They came here to work, not to travel, so they didn't have the leisure to watch a live performance of a children's adventure play.

From the very beginning, they should have headed straight for the merchant guild's headquarters. They shouldn't have bothered with the affairs of this city, and they certainly shouldn't be strolling around here in clothes from this world.

"Oh, Mom, we've already received the payment, so there's no need to be too enthusiastic about doing chores."

"That's what Xilin advised."

All I can say is that if I posted that in a group chat, I'd definitely get a barrage of insults from Nimmel.

And there's one more thing.

"You've got it wrong. I'm not in a rush to finish the work; it's just that lingering too long could cause unnecessary trouble..."

Before he could finish speaking, a group of people dressed as constables rushed past.

The sharp-eyed Miss Fox and her companion immediately noticed the contents of the paper they were looking at. It was about the theft of clothing from a high-end clothing store, and it included descriptions of the clothing styles and measurements of how well they fit.

Yes, those two items they're wearing.

It's incredibly fast.

"How could this be? The efficiency shouldn't be this high!"

Xilin frowned, and with a wave of her hand, she changed the patterns on the two garments to a different style.

When she took the clothes, she deliberately took them from the most inconspicuous place. Even the shop assistants might not remember where she left those two sets of clothes. How could it be discovered so quickly?

Did she miss some crucial information when she had only just regained consciousness?

“It’s not exactly a miss,” Miss Fox shook her head. “Not long after you took the clothes, someone immediately went to check and then reported it, so it immediately attracted attention.”

"Isn't that shop assistant an ordinary person?" Xilin asked, puzzled.

She only made her move because she knew the shop assistant was completely incompetent and the clothes were in an inconspicuous location, so how could she have been discovered so quickly?

"It's not the staff's problem; it must be the customer's problem."

"Are these two outfits still reserved?"

Xilin found it unbelievable that the clothes in the warehouse, which was obviously rarely opened, actually had an owner, and that the clothes had some kind of theft alarm spell.

This is just too outrageous!

"Even novels might not dare to write something like this, Mom?"

"...That entire warehouse of clothes was probably prepared for someone with a similar build to you. The problem should be with this one."

Pulling at his clothes, he compared them to the outfit Celine was wearing and could clearly see the difference in fabric.

Moreover, while most clothes are designed for Sirin's body type, this one fits a body type similar to Miss Fox's.

In other words, the person who ordered this garment probably intended to give it as a gift, and specifically to someone they were very close to.

"Wait a minute, what kind of trick did they do to the clothes? I didn't even notice..."

Miss Fox lightly tapped her finger, making a small opening in the clothes, and the fabric near the opening quickly changed color.

If you squeeze the fabric hard, the fabric color will change, and it may even emit a faint sheen.

Originally, they used a large pile of clothes to cover it up, which obviously also meant taking advantage of this phenomenon.

That's why the theft of the clothes was discovered not long after Celine took them away.

"...Speaking of which, the color of this dress seemed to be a bit darker when I picked it up."

Xilin tapped her head with one hand, closed one eye, and stuck out her tongue.

She got away with it by being cute.

It's fair to say that her personality is becoming more and more like Miss Fox's.

Tsk.

Miss Fox smacked her lips, slightly annoyed.

"But it doesn't matter, Mom, they definitely won't be able to trace it back to us now~"

Having roughly guessed the truth, Sirin no longer cared.

Anyway, there's no one in the whole city stronger than them, so there's no one who can see through their tricks, and they can't be investigated enough.

Just keep playing. I hate trouble.

"I think you'd better shut up."

Miss Fox pointed to a gorgeously dressed young girl and her group of constables who were rushing over angrily after spotting the two of them not far away.

Yes, the detective boy band.

Unlike the constable team that had just run past, the group following behind this young girl were all handsome young men with unique looks, tall statures, and more flamboyant clothing.

Looking at the ornate decorations on the scabbard and the flamboyant alterations to the constable's uniform, they look more like a boy band than constables.

"This looks like a troupe of male concubines..."

"You lowly person, I can hear you!"

Xilin's loud murmurs drew a shout from the little girl, who immediately reached out to grab Xilin's collar.

That temper.

But it didn't seem like she had a bad temper, because the resentment in the girl's eyes was almost overflowing.

Xilin was quite certain that this was their first meeting, so where did this unprovoked hatred come from?

"How did you even get in! People with your looks shouldn't even be allowed in!"

"?"

Hmm? Sirin felt like she had discovered something.

Is this inexplicable hatred caused by her resemblance to the mother of a six-month-old?

And judging from this woman's tone, is she the ruler of this city?

"You must have stolen my clothes! There's no way anyone else in the city could have stolen my and my sister's clothes! Hand them back right now, or I'll make you wish you were dead!"