Expecting a steel-straight man to pick out a good gift is complete wishful thinking.
Watching Li Lin, after much deliberation, pick out a handgun model, Exusiai didn't know what to say, only able to show an awkward yet polite smile, expressing her confusion about this gift and yet her gratification at receiving a gift.
Chongyue, watching from behind, felt her teeth were about to ache from sourness. What on earth is this? Out of everything in this shop, why did you have to pick a handgun model to give? Are Laterano people really lacking this? But Li Lin didn't care much; he just simply felt this model looked quite fitting, then paid and bought this model. Only after paying did he remember this thing was supposed to be for Exusiai.
Giving a girl a handgun model, is this appropriate?
Li Lin thought for a moment, felt since there was no objection, it pretty much meant agreement. Then, under Chongyue's despairing gaze, he paid and bought this handgun model.
"Sometimes I really think, did you foresee everything, and then deliberately did this."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Nothing. Just feel it must be tiring to be your friend."
Chongyue, packing up the gift, looked at Li Lin, gritting her teeth somewhat, a feeling of exasperation at his failure to meet expectations . Then she looked at the smiling Exusiai.
Exusiai, with the halo above her head, didn't say anything, still wearing that grinning appearance, making it impossible to see what she was really thinking. But in Chongyue's eyes, even without relying on any intelligence or experience, just considering it instinctively, you should at least pick something delicate, right? What's the deal with picking a handgun? Must be joking.
Instead, Exusiai held the gift-wrapped box and showed a rather happy expression, then even thanked Li Lin. Seeing Li Lin looking at her provocatively, raising his eyebrows, Chongyue, although her self-cultivation was very good, somehow suddenly really wanted to beat this person up. Giving a Laterano a gun, they'd like it, but you give a gun model, and she gives you a real gun back in return; what does this mean, how can your brain not get it?
"Seeing as you are both very happy, let me give you some information as a friendly gesture."
"Huh? Proprietress, you also moonlight as an everything-shop ( Yorozuya from Gintama)? Are you that unafraid of death?"
"…"
This person's mouth is really getting stinkier and stinkier.
Ignoring Li Lin's inexplicable words, Chongyue picked up her cigarette holder again, lit a cigarette, and looked towards Exusiai.
"Let's not mention that man over there who lives entirely by his intuition for now; you, recently, better be careful of your surroundings, okay? Kazimierz has been a bit restless lately, many people and many things are changing. Plus Columbia's civil war, Kazimierz's security has some problems recently, you should worry more."
"…Mm, thank you, I will."
Exusiai looked at Chongyue, stunned for a moment, then seemed to immediately realize something, smiled at Chongyue, and nodded.
Towards the information provided by this underground intelligence queen, Exusiai could still distinguish the priorities. As for Li Lin, who looked impatient beside them, both women subconsciously excluded him.
After all, someone who could survive and thrive in the Lungmen outskirts for a month relying on intuition, and then rely on intuition to easily locate all hostile individuals; with this kind of skill, rather than worrying about his life, it was better to worry about what would happen to oneself if implicated by him. Neither woman worried Li Lin would encounter any problems; they only worried about what problems they themselves would be dragged into.
"Then I wish Proprietress Chongyue smooth business expansion."
"Let's go, let's go."
Urged by Chongyue, the two people holding gift boxes walked out of the shop. Looking at the sky outside, which was no longer early, Exusiai looked at Li Lin, who was thinking about where to go next, smiled, then pulled out two concert tickets for Sora like magic, looking at Li Lin with a beaming smile.
"Anyway, the gift is bought, let's go see Sora's concert later? Didn't she say she also gave private tickets? Don't be fooled by Sora's appearance; sometimes she might come up with some unexpectedly good songs."
"Eh? A concert… Alright, let's go together. Just right to head back after it ends."
Looking at the gaudy concert tickets, Li Lin frowned. Seeing Exusiai's expectant gaze, he still nodded.
He personally didn't particularly want to go to this world's concerts; after all, the songs sung weren't familiar to him, and the content and depth were relatively small, couldn't expect much in terms of stage presence . But after all, she was a companion from Penguin Logistics; support should still be given.
Holding a strange sense of pride and superiority from 'I come from Earth', Li Lin nodded. Just as he was about to express some 'keyboard warrior king' opinions about Sora's concert, the corner of his eye suddenly caught a shadow flashing in the alley. Countless neatly arranged knights were heading towards Sora's concert venue along a very secretive-looking alley. Their neat and disciplined appearance made Li Lin pause in surprise.
"Hm?"
"Prophet? What's wrong?"
"Ah, no, it's nothing…"
Looking at those knights rushing past, Li Lin frowned somewhat strangely.
These knights didn't look different from other Kazimierz knights, but Li Lin saw that the badges on their chests and pauldrons all had a large hole, or signs of friction. As if deliberately erased by something.
In Kazimierz, what matter would be worth a large group of knights deliberately erasing the marks on their shoulders and medals of honor, to go incognito and do something? If he remembered correctly, Kazimierz knights valued honor and self the most. The marks on their shoulders and chests, they would basically rather die than erase them. Towards this unexpected phenomenon, Li Lin intuitively felt it was very strange.
Just sent off a high-ranking knight, Nearl, and then such a strange thing happens; Li Lin's mind couldn't help but start working.
But after thinking carefully, he felt it wasn't a big deal.
'He can't be crazy enough to cut off his own pillar industry, just for fun, right?'
A tourist city, can't even guarantee safety, what kind of tourism is that, just go home and eat roasted sweet potatoes.
Holding the mentality that he was very safe no matter what, Li Lin followed behind Exusiai, preparing for the two of them to go see Sora's concert together.