Returning to the Atrium of Reflections, Lucian glanced at the azure sky.
After Lorelei was purified yesterday, that gloomy environment no longer existed.
The believers who had originally been wandering around had also vanished without a trace, with only some Echoes still lingering here and moving about.
Zani lazily stretched her waist: "Alright, now it's time to head to the vault. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can clock out."
"But don't worry, for the sake of my seven-day vacation, I'll still be serious and responsible during work hours."
Lucian rubbed his chin and suggested: "Zani, actually, I have a way that can let you take a very long vacation."
"What is it?" Zani immediately perked up upon hearing this.
Lucian snapped his fingers and grinned: "Of course, it's maternity leave. You can take a full few months off."
"If it's for your vacation, I'm willing to make a small sacrifice to help you."
Zani sighed: "Then I'd rather pray to the Sentinel that one week equals thirty days."
Rover pinched the soft flesh at Lucian's waist: "Who do you want to take maternity leave?"
Lucian chuckled awkwardly: "Rover, you're too sensitive. You should know this is just a joke."
Rover rubbed her wrist and struck a combat pose: "If it's you, then no amount of ideas would count as sensitive."
At this moment, Phrolova, who was in Lucian's arms, muttered: "Maybe the sensitivity he was talking about isn't this kind?"
Rover: "?"
Lucian: "?"
Rover's expression turned cold as she pointed at Phrolova: "Lucian, is this the soldier you brought out?"
"I shouldn't have let her watch any live broadcasts yesterday!"
Lucian drew in a sharp breath, incredulous: "But... wasn't it you, Rover, who let her sleep with us?"
"Actually, I originally wanted to get a room and lock her in there alone."
"But I can also understand you. Out of caution, to prevent her from escaping, having her sleep with us for constant surveillance is normal too."
"But how can you turn the tables on me!"
Rover choked, then placed her hands on her hips and raised her head, acting as if she was in the right despite lacking reason: "Setting aside the facts, don't you have any fault at all?!"
Lucian: "???"
As the saying goes, only those who wrong you know just how wronged you are.
Lucian clutched his chest in heartbroken anguish: "Even the God of Universal Love can be saddened, Rover!"
Rover crossed her arms and sneered: "So, how can we make you not so heartbroken?"
Lucian immediately straightened his expression upon hearing this, enunciating each word: "Unless there's a big sister with white hair, devil horns, wearing a bank employee's uniform and pantyhose to comfort me."
"Maybe only then can the myriad wounds in my heart be soothed."
Zani: "?"
Rover: "?"
"You might as well just name names directly?"
Zani raised her fist to her mouth and lightly coughed: "I'm an employee of the Montelli family, and you're also a distinguished guest of the Montelli family."
"If it's a request like that, actually, I can agree to it."
Rover pouted: "I'm also a distinguished guest of the Montelli family. I want you to refuse all of Lucian's requests."
Zani: "…"
This wasn't back to the priority issue again?
But the second miss had already said that during work, treat the two of them equally, and in private, follow your own choices.
And now they were in the midst of work, so I should treat them equally...
"I accept Mr. Lucian's request to comfort him, but because Rover asked me to refuse all of Mr. Lucian's requests..."
"So now, nothing happens."
Lucian looked puzzled: "Miss Zani, are you a robot?"
Zani: "…"
Rover nodded slightly: "She's even more robotic than the Shorekeeper."
Zani pressed her forehead and sighed: "Sigh, I don't want to be like this either."
"If you two distinguished guests stop putting me in such a difficult position, I naturally won't be so... robotic."
With that, the group arrived in front of the gondola.
To head to the Averardo Vault, they similarly needed to ride a gondola to reach it.
Zani looked at this gondola, finding it somewhat familiar: "Isn't this the Echo we rode on the way here?"
The gondola let out a cry: "I am Noah! I am Noah!"
Lucian chuckled: "It says its name is Noah."
Zani asked curiously: "Noah? So you can understand the language of Echoes?"
"But it's perfect timing. Have it take us to the Averardo Vault."
Noah cried out again, and Lucian translated: "It says it actually doesn't want to come."
"After all, the four of us are really too heavy. This isn't the kind of weight an Echo of this age should have to bear."
"But earlier, after being drawn by the singing and then seeing us, it decided to give us a ride."
Rover boarded Noah and patted the boat's hull: "What a good child. Much better than the Bathtub Hound."
Noah: "…"
As the gondola slowly started up, Zani rubbed her chin: "The Bathtub Hound really isn't up to par."
"I saw on the forum earlier that the Bathtub Hound had a dance contest with the Hoartoise, and the Bathtub Hound lost miserably, not even able to keep up with the rhythm."
After Zani finished speaking, she looked up to see the three of them staring at her with inexplicable expressions.
Zani awkwardly extended her jade-like finger to scratch her cheek: "...What's wrong?"
Lucian laughed: "So Miss Zani likes watching these kinds of things after clocking out?"
Zani sighed helplessly: "You know too, the content in the public terminals is all restricted."
"So after work, I don't have any interesting entertainment activities. I can only browse the forums to pass the time."
Lucian's lips curved slightly: "No rush. Once we take down the Order of the Deep, Rinascita's terminals can connect to the world."
Zani clasped her hands together, more devout than she had ever been to the Sentinel: "Then I'll leave it to you all."
"That way, my life after work can be a bit more exciting too."
Rover raised an eyebrow: "Thinking about it this way, the people of Rinascita are really quite pitiful."
"They can't see Lucian's wonderful performances from before."
"If those performances were put on during Carnevale, they'd probably win the Laureate in one go, right?"
Lucian waved his hand: "No need to hold onto it so tightly. After all, a genius's inspiration is always inexhaustible."
"How about we do something big at Carnevale next time?"
"For example, exposing the true face of the Order of the Deep?"
"Or having Phrolova direct Fractsidus members to dance during the festival?"
"Or transforming into Imperator and making the people of Rinascita pay some protection fees or something..."
Zani was dumbfounded: "Your ideas are more dangerous than the last."
"Are you sure the Order of the Deep won't send people to hunt you down?"
Lucian snorted coldly: "Then we'll go with the third one. Directly transform into Imperator."
"See if the people of Rinascita believe in the Order of the Deep or in me, Imperator!"
Zani: "…"
Rover: "…"
Phrolova: "…"