Dainsleif watched Cid and the Abyss Mage wolfing down their food.
He began thinking about certain things.
The reason he had originally rushed to Inazuma was because he had found an abandoned Abyss residence.
There, he had discovered a leftover plan sheet…
And how the plan sheet had been displayed.
Inazuma Seirai Island Enkanomiya dispatch personnel… (plan extremely important!)
Mm…
Now that he thought back on it, such an important plan hadn't been cleanly destroyed. Instead, the address had been revealed to him so clearly…
No matter how you looked at it, there were huge problems, right?
But after coming here, he had only found an overly weak Descender and a small Abyss underling.
After that, he hadn't discovered any other important things either.
So he really should think carefully. What was the Abyss Prince trying to achieve by luring him here?
Could it be…
A diversion tactic!?
The Abyss Order had used a useless Descender and a small underling to keep him trapped in Enkanomiya while they caused trouble elsewhere?
Dainsleif had by now accumulated a certain level of trust in Cid and the fiery fluffy little brother.
He couldn't say much about anything else, but the honest Cid and the incredibly stupid fiery… Abyss Mage really had been very honest with him.
"Mr. Dainsleif, would you like a cup of water?"
At this moment, Cid handed Dainsleif a cup of water, then began chugging directly from his own water flask with loud "glug glug" sounds.
"Mm, thank you."
Dainsleif only accepted the cup but did not drink from it.
"Hm? Mr. Dainsleif, is there still something you're confused about? Maybe I can help explain it."
Dainsleif was silent for a moment.
Although it felt somewhat off, there was an uncomfortable sense that things weren't following the proper process.
But if he could obtain the answer directly, then what was the point of exploring anymore?
Dainsleif looked at Cid.
"Why do you think the Abyss Prince wanted to lure me here?"
Cid first glanced at the fiery fluffy little brother in the distance, who was still rummaging around looking for Before Sun and Moon, before giving his answer.
"I'll tell you. Mainly because the fiery fluffy little brother has a skill that seems related to fate. At night when he's sleeping, he'll put on his own Prince's red panties and do a little dance."
When Dainsleif heard this information, his expression clearly changed.
It was like a cold arrogant golden-haired young lady learning that the red-haired clingy childhood friend actually possessed the terrifying skill of wearing her former best friend the yellow-haired princess's panties—his expression was extremely shocked!
"To be responsible about it, back when I was on the snow mountain I was fortunate enough to witness this scene.
Unfortunately, the fiery fluffy brother's fate skill seems to only work on his own Prince's red panties.
Ever since that Prince changed to blue panties, this skill seems to have become ineffective."
After hearing this reason, Dainsleif really took a long time to process it.
Something this explosive—he really hadn't expected the reason to be something like this.
"So that's how it is. Then this really is worth luring me over…"
Dainsleif felt that if it weren't for these past few days of interacting with them, he probably really wouldn't have been able to believe this reason.
"Mr. Dainsleif, you believe it?"
"I believe in your character."
"That's really nice."
The journey continued. The spectacle of the Dainichi Mikoshi, obtaining Blood-Branch Coral…
And also…
The sleepwalking fiery fluffy little brother wearing blue panties and doing the little dance.
Perhaps because it had been too long since he last danced, this time the dance was extremely dynamic.
"This is the first time I hope my eyepatch isn't a single eyepatch…"
Experiencing this for the first time, Dainsleif covered his eye.
Originally, based on Cid's character, he had believed about ninety-nine percent. Now that remaining zero-point-one percent was completely filled in as well.
Even Aether had contributed his own panties. How could he not believe it?