Chapter 551

Chapter 558: Beyond Cure – The Blue-Haired Fetish (Please Subscribe!)

Laentoluca paid no heed to the strange look Kotory had on her face as she approached the center of the room with a heart full of joy.

The young girl’s blue-and-white dress wrapped around her body, transitioning from its youthful form into that of an adult. Her slim waist was accentuated by a black belt, and her bright blue hair was tied up by a white headpiece.

However, her hair was slightly disheveled, likely due to her rushing here earlier. A few strands clung to her smooth cheeks, like fine silk.

Such were the troubles of having long hair.

Short hair like Nafude’s wouldn’t have this kind of issue.

Still, Izay could sense a bit of Laentoluca’s emotions because of it.

He smiled at the girl and said, “It’s been a while, Laentoluca. How have you been?”

“It’s been a while? Are you talking about the time in your world? For me, it’s only been three days. Not really that long.”

Additionally, I’ve been quite relaxed recently; the Guardian Wing hasn’t assigned any missions for fieldwork. Laentoluca added.

She was a smart girl.

The moment Izay greeted her, she noticed the hidden meaning in his words.

Three days passed for her, but perhaps much longer for Izay?

Time doesn’t necessarily flow at the same speed between worlds.

This impression mainly came from her curiosity-driven questions to Izay before.

“So a month has passed for you, Izay! There are so many fun things in that city!”

Following Laentoluca’s topic, Airuko helped explain, mixing in some of her own preferences.

“I know, it’s called Labyrinth City Orario, right? Izay told me.”

“Exactly! There are so many things I’ve never seen before!”

Airuko nodded repeatedly.

The reunion chat flowed smoothly, and their relationship hadn’t grown distant due to the separation.

But at the same moment, Nafude noticed something odd.

“What is this? Am I being ignored!?”

She looked astonished, pointing at herself, unable to accept this reality.

I greeted him first!

How did Laentoluca just take over the conversation like that!?

Why is this happening?

Nafude couldn’t understand.

Right then,

Plop—

A small hand patted her shoulder.

“If you don’t understand, let me tell you why!”

Cat quietly leaned close to her ear, exhaling softly.

“…What reason?”

“Hmm…!” Cat tilted her head slightly, raising one finger between them. “Because dad is beyond cure — he’s a blue-haired fetishist!”

Blue-haired fetishist!?

This concept fell squarely within Nafude’s blind spot!

“What is a blue-haired fetishist?”

“It means someone who especially likes girls with blue hair!”

“Ohh… I see!”

“And blondes and white-haired ones are also in Dad’s good zone!”

“Ohh… So it’s because of this, huh!?”

Two little girls started spreading rumors about him right in front of Izay?

As the party concerned, Izay wasn’t looking too pleased since he could hear…

“Is this okay?”

Kotory asked Xiao You somewhat worriedly.

These two idiots should at least find a private place to gossip.

Discussing someone directly in front of them—aren’t they afraid Izay won’t know?

“I think… it should be fine. Actually, I secretly agree with Cat!”

Xiao You revealed a serious expression.

The two star spirits who could communicate telepathically with Izay had already studied his preferences privately and reached a common view!

Kotory: “……”

So does that mean she’s in trouble too?

“Laentoluca… you and Nafude have known Mr. Izay for a long time? What do you mean by ‘worlds’?”

At this point, the most confused person was Negoran.

She didn’t expect that Laentoluca and Nafude seemed to already know about Izay and Airuko’s divine identities?

When did this happen?

As the former manager… how did she not hear a single thing about it!?

Hearing her question, Kotory also turned her gaze.

This was another person equally clueless.

“Ah, well… actually, when Nafude and I returned last time, we thought about telling you…”

“But considering everyone’s ability to accept such information, we decided not to. After all, the situation is too fantastical.”

Laentoluca answered while Nafude supplemented beside her.

Mainly because they believed it would be too hard for others to believe, so they simply gave up confessing.

Besides, there was no evidence or witnesses left. What could they use to convince their friends who hadn’t seen it with their own eyes?

Even if they managed to persuade them, deep down, everyone would never fully believe it.

This involved deeply ingrained worldviews since childhood.

“So… you’re really a deity?”

Negoran looked at Artemis, sitting elegantly beside Izay, and unconsciously pulled her hands closer to her chest, wanting to hide them in her sleeves.

Now she understood where the light, elegant, transcendent aura surrounding Artemis came from.

Perhaps… it was innate.

“An authentic deity indeed?”

Seeing the situation was ripe, Artemis placed her jade-like fingers to her lips with a gentle smile, her eyes shimmering with moon-silver hues.

The goddess no longer suppressed her divine power.

Though she didn’t unleash her divine authority, the mere presence of a deity’s aura confirmed her identity to Negoran and the others in an instant.

“Plop!”

Outside the incompletely closed door, there was a snowslide.

White, orange, green, purple, cherry… gold fairies with various hair colors suddenly appeared, tumbling into a heap on the rug at the door like stacked dolls.

“Heavy! You’re too heavy!!” The girl at the bottom struggled under a weight far exceeding what she should bear at her age, flailing her tiny hands on the ground.

“Yes yes… sorry sorry sorry!!” The clearly shy girl stood up immediately and began apologizing profusely, making amends to everyone.

“Yay! I saw a real deity!” And there were optimistic ones among them too~

However, these little ones weren’t given much attention by those inside, as they’d known about their eavesdropping from the start.

Izay focused more on the two adult Gold Fairies he met for the first time.

One had lush golden curls combed into three braids hanging behind her back, with eyes the same color as her hair. Her cat-like upward-slanting eyes paired with a fearless smile clearly marked her as a lively girl.

The other was relatively smaller, about the same height as Nafude, standard loli size. Her ash-gray hair was tied into twin tails, and her charcoal-colored eyes still carried traces of panic from being caught eavesdropping.

“Eshera, Nefflen, what are you doing here!?”

Kotory blurted out instinctively.

“Sorry sorry… couldn’t help our curiosity, so we sneaked over. Didn’t expect to hear such shocking content either.”

Eshera scratched the back of her head, a sheepish smile on her face.

“At first, we were just curious about who the visitor was…”

Nefflen continued.

They had stumbled upon the three companions rushing along the corridor, which piqued their curiosity.

As for the other little ones, they had been “tracking” Kotory and Izay since they entered the room.