Chapter 957 (2/2)

“That’s quite obvious.” Lily snapped impatiently. “What do you think this feast is about?”

“But my point is that there’s a witch among them.” Mystery Moon continued, “I was inspecting the illumination at the port when they arrived…”

“You were just idling about, weren’t you? Nobody would turn on lights during the daytime.”

“Ahem, and then I noticed her.” Mystery Moon ignored the blatant flaw that Lily had just pointed out in her story and said, “I’ve heard that the Fjord people will be staying at Neverwinter for quite a few months, and this includes the witch. So, she’ll be the very subject of our contest.”

“Oh, really?” Lightning was intrigued, “Tell me about it.”

“The first team that successfully persuades her to join their group wins the game!” Mystery Moon proclaimed. “The Detective Group is considered the biggest organization under the Witch Union because we have four members. However, since the Exploration Group was founded earlier, I would say we’re tied for now. The winner of this competition will thus decide which team is the stronger of the two!”

“Haha.” Lorgar almost bit her tongue. She could barely suppress her laughter. “To team up with a stranger witch?” Although she knew the contest did not have to be as formal as a holy duel, she was both amused and astonished at the playful manner in which they set up the competition.

To Lorgar’s surprise, however, both Lightning and Maggie looked grave, particularly Maggie. She was apparently in a state of alert, as her tail was high up in the air.

Princess Lorgar cried in silence. She wondered if she could still withdraw from the competition.

“Although I don’t think you can judge a team by the number of its members, I accept the challenge!” Lightning patted her chest.

“Coo, coo!”

“Don’t ever take it lightly.” Mystery stuck out one finger. “First, the witch named Joan can barely talk, so it’s hard for her to communicate with others. Second, she’s so frightened that the poor thing senses danger from any invitations from strangers, just like us back then when we were wanted by the church. So, it’s going to be a time-consuming project. As for the rules of the game, whichever team that first wins her over wins the game. How does that sound?”

“I have no issue with it.” Lightning nodded.

“Hang on… I have a question.” Lorgar made the last attempt to get herself out of the contest. “If what you said is true, she would only be here for a few months. In that case, there’s no point to argue which group she would join eventually. Whether it’s the Detective Group or the Exploration Group, it’ll make no difference to her.”

“That isn’t true.” Mystery Moon refuted gravely. “If we can help her walk out of the shadows and open up to us, everything would be worthwhile. Perhaps, it means nothing to an ordinary person, but to her, it will be the sunshine that lightens up her life, and this was also what His Majesty did for us in the first place.”

In an instant, Lorgar’s heart missed a beat. It suddenly occurred to her that these girls were probably not as juvenile as she had thought them to be.

“Hold on, who told you all this?” Lily drew her brows together.

“Well…” Mystery Moon was at a loss for words.

“Did you—” She cast a suspicious glance at Mystery Moon and then at Summer before she uttered an exclamation of surprise. “Did you ask Summer to use her ability to eavesdrop on His Majesty?”

“No, no!” Mystery Moon explained quickly. “We simply went back to the time when they visited the dock. It was nothing confidential, as His Majesty made a speech in front of everybody!” With these words, she stole an embarrassed glance at Lightning. “I swear in the name of electromagnetic power!”

“You were way over the line this time. I’m going to report to Wendy!”

“Trai — no, I swear I’ll never do it again!”

“I don’t trust you!”

“I’m serious!”

“You always lie to me!”

“If I lie to you again, I won’t have any more Chaos Drinks. Hey, don’t go!”

While the Detective Group was experiencing an internal conflict, Maggie leaped into flight abruptly and flew to the other side of the hall.

Only Lightning and Lorgar saw her leave.

Lorgar saw the pigeon flit across the hall and descend on a round table. It picked up a piece of barbeque meat with its beak and landed on Joan’s shoulder.

The girl seemed to be startled at first, but she was soon attracted to the bird. Afterward, she even took the barbeque meat the bird offered her.

The wolf girl turned to Maggie and lifted up her ears.

Shortly afterward, she captured the conversation between them.

However, she could barely understand it.

“Coo.”

“Ya.”

“Coo, coo—coo!”

“Ya Ya.”

“…”

Around seven or eight minutes later, Maggie rose in the air and landed on Lightning’s head again.

“She agreed to join the Exploration Group, coo!” Maggie announced triumphantly.