My wife, who's in a vegetative state, please stop eavesdropping on my thoughts.

When Viss was in Moonlit City, he had only been to the taverns in the lower city a few times.

The air over there was filled with the stench of cheap alcohol and sweat; compared to this place, it was as if they were products of two different eras.

Cassandra glanced around and finally chose a booth by the window with a great view and a relatively quiet atmosphere.

As soon as Weiss, who was deep in thought, sat down opposite her, he suddenly felt several gazes from the next table.

He turned his head and his expression immediately became subtle.

Several very familiar members of the Wilder Hess family were sitting in the booth next to them.

Among them was Winter Duke, whom he had just defeated a few days ago and who had seen himself holding hands with Ice Princess yesterday.

The other blue-haired man was Ryan, who had led him to the Snow Palace for the trial.

as well as......

The jellyfish-headed girl I encountered on my way to the capital.

The same talkative blue parrot was still perched on her arm.

The group looked at each other, and the atmosphere became slightly awkward.

Three days later, the bandages on Dong Jue's body had been removed, leaving only a few faint scars on his forehead.

At this moment, the look in his eyes as he looked at Weiss was quite complex.

Rather than the resentment and anger following the torture...

He seemed more interested in the gossip between Weiss and Bingfei.

After staring at each other for a moment, the three members of the Wilder family, quite tacitly, simultaneously turned their heads away as if nothing had happened and continued their previous conversation, as if they hadn't seen the two people at the next table at all.

Cassandra didn't say anything, and she and Weiss casually ordered some drinks.

After that, the two of them didn't speak, but they simultaneously pricked up their ears and began to eavesdrop on the conversation at the next table.

"Grace, your personality will probably change drastically after you become a Rainbow Master, right?"

Because of the presence of the Little Sword Saint, Ryan deliberately lowered his voice, but he didn't expect that not only the Little Sword Saint, but even Weiss could hear every word perfectly.

"Will you be as constantly traveling back and forth, and acting all mysterious, as they are?"

Grace shook her head, indicating that she didn't know either.

After all, she's not Yu Tu anymore.

Oh no, to be precise, it's already half and half.

"By the way, have you guys noticed that those who have become Rain Walkers often seem to be staring blankly into space? It's kind of weird, you know?"

Dongjue suddenly chirped something.

Upon hearing this, Grace's previously calm expression stiffened slightly.

Just then, the blue parrot on her arm suddenly let out a shrill cry—

"Air? Idiot, that's not looking at air."

Ryan: "......"

Winter Duke: "......"

After a moment, Dong Jue's expression became extremely tense, but he seemed to have gotten used to the parrot's sharp tongue. He suppressed his emotions and tentatively asked, "Then... what are you looking at?"

"Of course I'm watching—"

"Waaah!"

The parrot had only spoken halfway when Grace suddenly covered its mouth.

The blue parrot flapped its wings violently, struggling desperately in her arms for a long time but unable to break free, instead scattering feathers everywhere.

"Watch your mouth, are you trying to leak the rules?"

Grace glared angrily at the parrot in her arms.

The parrot stared at her for a few seconds, then gradually quieted down, but its eyes were still full of resentment.

Seeing this, both Dong Jue and Ryan were incredibly curious.

Everyone in the world knows that the Rainwalkers community is very special.

Besides maintaining their youthful appearance, it's as if they live in another dimension.

However, unless you become a Rainwalker yourself, you will never know just how special a Rainwalker truly is.

It is common knowledge that no matter what methods are used to interrogate or torture those who become Rain Cult members, it is absolutely impossible to pry a single word out of them.

As the parrot calmed down, Grace slowly released her grip.

The parrot shook its ruffled feathers, turned to Dong Jue and Ryan, and snorted coldly, its tone filled with condescending superiority: "In short, all you idiots need to know is that no one lives a more interesting life than Yu Tu!! You'll never understand what they're looking at, and even if I told you, you wouldn't remember it!"

As soon as the parrot finished speaking, Grace seemed afraid that the parrot would reveal more things it shouldn't have, so she got up and left her seat, not intending to continue the conversation about other things.

Then, under the somewhat nervous gazes of Dongjue and Ryan, she actually walked straight over to the table where Little Sword Saint and Weiss were sitting.

Weiss was still recalling what the parrot had said earlier.

Logically speaking, in that context, the last three words should have been incomprehensible.

But that parrot insisted on saying it couldn't remember...

This reminded Weiss of some very strange situations that occurred when he was still in Moon City.

Just then, the girl with the jellyfish-shaped hair stopped at the table, her gaze passing over Cassandra and landing directly on Weiss.

"Excuse me, may I sit here?" she asked politely, looking at the silver-haired boy in front of her.

"Can't......"

Cassandra smiled and squinted as she answered for Weiss.

Although the Lunette family and the Wilderness family are both among the Three Killers, the two families have a good relationship.

But let's skip anything related to Rainbow...

Grace wasn't annoyed by the rejection.

She didn't even glance at Cassandra, but looked at Weiss with a curious gaze, and then inexplicably gave him a sweet smile.

"It's fine, it'll be the same sooner or later anyway."

"I'll just ask again next time..."

After saying that, Grey turned and left without any hesitation.

Surprisingly, the blue parrot didn't yell at the little swordsman at all; it was just taken away without saying a word.

As the blue-haired girl Grace walked out of the tavern, Dong Jue and Ryan got up and followed her out. Before leaving, Dong Jue glanced back at Weiss, his expression hesitant.

Weiss watched them leave, bewildered, then turned to look at Cassandra with some confusion.

"Miss Cassandra, is there anything special about me?"

He was now seriously starting to wonder if he had some hidden sarcastic streak.

Having lived in obscurity in this world for so many years, why is it that once I arrived in the royal city, one person after another wanted to get close to me?

Bingfei at least had a reason; she simply wanted to obtain pleasure through her own efforts.

But this girl from the Wilderness family had absolutely no connection to him...

The young swordsman rested his chin on his hand, gazing thoughtfully toward the doorway, before casually waving his hand: "There's no need to pay attention to these geniuses of the Wilder Hess family."

"They put on a show of bravado and act mysterious every day, but they never have any real impact."

"To date, zero people have been truly affected by the Rainwalkers' actions."

"All right......"

Weiss nodded, not taking it to heart.

After all, there haven't been any reported cases of male rain hikers so far...

I can't possibly be assimilated by the Rain Clan.

After that, the two of them didn't talk much, and just kept drinking in silence.

Even if their eyes accidentally met briefly, they would immediately look away, pretending to be admiring the deep night outside the window.

In less than an hour, a large number of glasses in front of the two men were empty, each having downed more than ten glasses of strong liquor.

Cassandra's face was completely devoid of any blush, as if she had drunk pure water instead of wine.

Meanwhile, Weiss was secretly using the extraordinary abilities of a wind addict, employing the circulation of the breeze within his body to subtly and quickly dispel the intoxication that had seeped into his blood, thus maintaining himself in a state of absolute sobriety.

Just as Weiss raised his thirteenth glass of wine, a series of rapid footsteps suddenly came from the tavern entrance.

A group of young women in ice-blue long dresses filed in and headed straight for the booth where Grace and her friends had been sitting.

That must be the exclusive uniform of Ice Cloud Extraordinary Academy, right...?

Weiss looked closely and immediately recognized it.

Because not long ago, he had seen Cassandra's younger brother and sister Emily and Morrow wearing the exact same style of clothing at the Lunette family mansion.

It seems these women are all students of Bingxia Academy.

At the same time, the five girls opposite them quickly noticed the imposing Cassandra sitting in the booth.

Almost everyone's expression froze at that moment.

The group exchanged glances, all tensing up as if facing a formidable enemy.

Ten Kings, Little Sword Saint...

After a moment of eye contact, one of the two, a beautiful young woman with bright red, long, curly hair, stood up.

Then, under the tense gaze of his companions, he turned and slowly walked towards Cassandra and Weiss's table.

No way, they're doing it again?

Weiss was speechless, assuming it was yet another one coming for him.

But he quickly realized that this wave was his own doing—

Because the red-haired girl never once looked at him.

Her gaze was fixed on Cassandra from the very beginning, her bright, blood-red eyes like burning rubies, filled with undisguised admiration and longing.

She walked to the table, and with extremely swift and precise movements, bent over, performing a flawless traditional aristocratic greeting.

"Young Sword Saint, it is an honor to meet you."

"I am Corona, the top student of this year's academy, and I come from the commoners' district of the royal city."

“You and that one from the Lunette family have always been my lifelong goal.”

"Although my current abilities are not enough to warrant your attention..."

"However, I will do my best in this Snow Palace Trial and try my best to make sure you see me."

Upon hearing this, Quevsky frowned slightly.

He felt as if he had seen this red-haired girl named Corona somewhere before.

He had only been in the capital for less than half a month and had only met a handful of people, let alone someone with such good looks. Even if he had seen her before, it was impossible for him to forget her so quickly.

And for some reason, this woman gave off an extremely uncomfortable feeling...

The aura surrounding her caused a slight restlessness in the wind around her.

Thinking of this, Weiss subconsciously wanted to activate his wind field to find out more about this woman.

However, the moment his fingers twitched slightly, a scalding hot hand pressed down on the back of his hand.

The movement was so fast it was almost invisible, yet the force was so light it just barely stopped him.

Weiss looked at Cassandra beside him, puzzled.

Cassandra didn't look at him, maintaining that menacing smile as she looked at Corona, but her hand clenched tighter and tighter, signaling Weiss not to make any rash moves.

Weiss had even greater doubts, but he still quietly withdrew the wind field and put the matter aside for the time being.

"Okay, good luck then..."

"We're going back now."