Chapter 432

Chapter 438: Partings and Reunions (Please Subscribe!)

The moment Laentoluca realized she’d been fooled by Izay, she glared daggers at him. Her nearly identical-colored eyes reflected only one emotion.

“How can this guy be so annoying!?”

Laentoluca stared at Izay with her expressive eyes.

“Alright, alright, I shouldn’t have teased you so much. Can you tell me what’s bothering you?”

Izay, completely unfazed by her gaze, casually stroked the girl’s hair and continued questioning.

“…”

At first, Laentoluca didn’t respond but instead turned around, using her slim waist and back to face Izay.

Then she focused her attention back on the passage she had been reading earlier: “…Is today the last day, Izay?”

“What do you mean?”

“We’ll soon reach Floating Island Eleven.”

Ah, Floating Island Eleven…?

Izay blinked a few times.

He roughly understood why the girl was acting this way.

A slight smile curved his lips: “Is someone feeling reluctant to part?”

“I’m not reluctant at all… It’s just my first time saying goodbye to a friend…”

Realizing her inner thoughts were laid bare, Laentoluca still refused to admit it outright.

“I see… I understand now~” Izay nodded after hearing this: “Laentoluca’s first time is with me, I feel truly honored.”

“You—!! You know that’s not what I meant!!”

“But I wasn’t implying that either… Hmm? Why are your cheeks so red, Laentoluca? Did something naughty pop into your mind?”

In an instant, the girl’s face flushed crimson, unsure how to accuse Izay of his shamelessness.

“Don’t argue with Dad, Laentoluca, you won’t win against Dad.”

At that moment, Xiao You lying on Izay’s lap chimed in with earnest advice.

“Turning traitor right in front of us?”

Glancing down, Izay placed his hand on Xiao You’s ears and started rubbing them.

“Mm… I absolutely did not, no way~”

Upon having her sensitive spot touched, the spineless cat-eared girl immediately begged for mercy.

“Speaking of which… We’re about to part ways soon, aren’t we? Honestly, I don’t want to.”

Their conversation was loud enough for Nafude nearby to hear clearly.

Nafude’s expression was filled with nostalgia, probably thinking about the same thing as Laentoluca.

After all, the freedom of the fairy soldiers was strictly limited, their situation almost equivalent to the safety of the floating continent cluster.

So, freely moving around was practically impossible.

After this separation, who knows if they’ll ever meet again.

“Parting and reunion, it’s not such a big deal. In Orario, these themes play out every day.”

Compared to the two fairies, Cat seemed rather indifferent, sprawled out on the bed, her crystal-clear little feet tapping the bedspread while holding a gaming item in her hand.

Elquk apparently got cream on her clothes, and Airmeria was helping her clean it off.

“Cat’s right. I can pretty much guess what you’re worried about, but listen up: reunions don’t necessarily rely on opportunities given by others. If you have the intention, you can always meet again.”

It’s like leaving a friend’s house, then suddenly wanting to go back and visit them again.

If you choose not to take the initiative and only depend on the minuscule probability of meeting in a crowd,

human relationships would have long ceased to exist.

Izay educated them on this concept, emphasizing that things happen because people make them happen.

“That’s true, but without a mission, gold fairies aren’t allowed to leave, and you’re from another world. We wouldn’t even know where to find you.” Laentoluca said helplessly.

“Why does it have to be you finding me?” Izay looked at them strangely: “Can’t I come find you?”

“Don’t… The guards at the Fairy Warehouse are really…”

She stopped midway through her sentence.

She suddenly realized that with Izay’s abilities and strength, the guards watching over the Fairy Warehouse definitely couldn’t stop him.

“Will you come find us then?” Laentoluca turned to look at him sideways.

“I have that intention.”

“The kind that doesn’t involve action?”

“How untrustworthy do you think I am?”

“The guy who felt up girls on the first day of meeting them has credibility?!”

Faced with Izay’s wry smile, Laentoluca looked at him with disbelief.

“Your expression seems very rude. Let me clarify, I was helping you get treated!”

“So you don’t deny feeling up girls, huh?”

“…”

The Izay-class battleship fell silent.

One point regained~

Seeing his reaction, Laentoluca’s face lit up with a small smile.

Being able to frustrate Izay once was worth blowing herself up like this.

Nearby, Airmeria’s face was already bright red, Nafude transitioned from reminiscing to sighing, Elquk was eating cream cake, Xiao You and Cat…

They indicated that this situation was already commonplace.

…

And thus, under mutual teasing between Izay and the girls, the airship landed on the floating continent cluster.

The essence of the floating continent cluster is a collection of over a hundred floating islands.

The one closest to the center is called Floating Island One. The numbers spiral outward. The closer to the center, the smaller the number; the further out, the larger.

Among them, the islands numbered up to forty or so aren’t too far apart.

A few islands are even stably adjacent, some places even connected by huge chains or bridges. The closer proximity increases interaction, directly bringing prosperity to the cities on those islands.

On the other hand, the outer islands naturally differ.

This time, the airship landed on Floating Island Eleven.

—There’s a smell of stone.

Stepping off the airship, Izay noticed this first.

To be more precise, it should be related to the island’s ancient stone buildings. It’s rumored that the main body of Floating Island Eleven is a massive rock.

Next to the harbor area, there’s a trading square. During the daytime, the market opens, and old canvas tents are neatly arranged in rows. Beyond that lies a vibrant red-brown and gray-white cityscape.

The races of pedestrians on the streets are diverse, but without exception, they are all beastmen, or even earthenware figures.

Not a single human.

Excluding Izay’s group, this was entirely a city of beastmen.

Even if there were “non-marked species,” they were likely fallen demon races or ogre races.

“A rather novel sight.” Izay gave an honest evaluation.

And that was all he thought about it.

As for those races, Izay had no intention of looking at them any longer.

The demi-humans here were different from those in Orario.

It’s unlikely any of them knew how to interact with humans.

Different positions led to Izay having a low impression of them.