NABC Chapter 611 - 611: Since you don't like being treated like this, then let me be the only one who is treated like this.
Chapter 611 - 611: Since you don't like being treated like this, then let me be the only one who is treated like this.
"Uh... I was just taking a guess." Seeing that both Mobius and Miko were looking at her, Lumine felt a little awkward now too.The situation was already quite obvious now—she'd guessed wrong.
Of course, that was premised on Mobius not having lied.
But judging from Mobius's reaction just now, she felt Mobius probably hadn't lied—she really had just guessed wrong.
And more importantly, Mobius had come again now; it wasn't as if she'd done that sort of thing with Kaito just once and then left for good.
"Now I'm rather curious how a little blonde brat like you would guess such a thing. It's not as if my belly has gotten any bigger." As she said this, Mobius even lowered her head to glance down at her own belly, as if checking whether it had grown.
"Yeah, Lumine, how did you come up with a guess like that?"
Miko too was curious why Lumine would guess such a thing, though she had her own take on it. "You don't think Mobius is planning to use a child to make Kaito accept her, do you?"
"That actually sounds like a pretty good idea."
Miko had barely finished speaking when Mobius immediately came out with that line—evidently she thought quite highly of the idea.
Lumine: "..."
Lumine hadn't expected that she'd actually handed Mobius a new idea.
"There's no need to go to such lengths—let's first try the method I mentioned earlier."
Worried that Mobius's head would now be filled with nothing but bearing a child for Kaito and the like, she added this remark.
"I just thought it was strange. Earlier it seemed like Mobius only wanted to do those two kinds of things with Kaito, and she even used my appearance to do it, so I guessed she might have some sort of ulterior motive—and that's what came to mind." At this point Lumine spoke up to explain the reason she'd thought that way.
"You little blonde brat—then what was your reason for doing that sort of thing with Kaito?"
Looking somewhat displeased, Mobius posed a question to Lumine.
Lumine: "…"
As for that kind of question, Lumine really didn't quite know how best to answer.
Though if she absolutely had to say, she did in fact have an answer.
It was just that, so long as Mobius didn't keep pressing her, she wouldn't say it.
"Alright, Mobius, what do you think of the plan I just laid out? Let's keep talking about that." Knowing that Lumine probably didn't quite know how to answer such a question—or else was simply embarrassed—Miko decided to help her divert Mobius's attention.
Of course, she really did want to reach a deal with Mobius quickly, or else Kaito might come back any moment.
"So, where were we just now?" With the expression of someone trying to recall something, Mobius looked as if she'd forgotten where she and Miko had left off.
"You were just asking what to do if Kaito refuses." Having first answered Mobius's question this way, Miko then went on: "Well, here's my answer—if he refuses, then I, Lumine, Mei, and the others will all support you. We absolutely won't let that guy pull his pants up and then act like he doesn't know you."
Because she could sense that Mobius had come only for Kaito's sake and hadn't done anything out of line, Miko felt she could lend a hand.
On top of that, Mobius had already let her witness those feelings of hers for Kaito—feelings that could by now be called pathological—so this time she no longer felt the resistance she had before.
Of course, she also wanted to take a little revenge on Kaito.
Who told him to leave her in such an embarrassing state and just walk out, without even freeing her first—leaving her mortified with embarrassment a moment ago.
Could Miko really be wanting to help Mobius?
And would Acheron and the others really support Mobius?
At this moment Lumine was genuinely puzzled, because she'd noticed that Miko seemed to truly want to help Mobius, rather than merely placate her over her sudden appearance.
After all, they were still enemies—was doing this really a good idea?
What should she do?
Should she ask?
But asking right in front of Mobius didn't seem like a great idea either...
Thinking this, Lumine was quite torn—right now it would be wrong to ask and wrong not to ask, which was just awkward.
"So why would you choose to help me? This way you'll just have one more rival on your hands, you know." At this point Mobius voiced aloud the very doubt in Lumine's heart—though whether she'd get an answer from Miko remained to be seen.
"Why, to take revenge on Kaito, of course—he left me mortified just now." On this question Miko didn't hide or hold anything back, but said it straight out, then continued: "And it's a good thing it's you lot—if it had been anyone else, it would have been a disaster."
Having said her piece, Miko still looked as though she hadn't gotten it all out of her system, and even stamped her foot.
Lumine: "…"
After hearing Miko's words, Lumine couldn't help feeling a bit awkward—after all, it was she who had misread Miko's situation in there just now, which was what had left Miko so embarrassed.
Aren't I already here protecting you...
Regarding Miko's anger, Mobius silently thought this to herself as well.
But she obviously wasn't going to say that to Miko, and besides, she intended to seize this very opportunity to make her own position official.
Right now, here in Liyue, she could still put on a show of being powerful, but once they went back to Inazuma, with Acheron and Kiana and the others around, it wouldn't be so easy to pull this off anymore.
"Since you don't like being treated this way, then let me be the only one treated like this."
After Miko had finished venting her anger, Mobius suddenly came out with this line.
Miko: "???"
Lumine: "…"
It had to be said, Mobius's line successfully made both Lumine and Miko turn to look at her in unison.
"Let's wait until you've succeeded first—it's no good to be thinking about him treating you that way so soon, you know." Suddenly feeling she'd somehow gotten the short end of the deal, Miko was no longer as enthusiastic as she'd been a moment ago.
There was no helping it—this Mobius was already thinking about Kaito right now; there was no telling what might happen down the line.
This little brat...
She won't go clinging to Kaito all day and keep everyone else from getting close, will she...
And besides, how Kaito treats me is none of your business...
Going on about him only treating you that way...
At this moment Miko genuinely regretted it, only she clearly couldn't go back on her word now—after all, she couldn't beat Mobius in a fight.
"For me, that would of course be wonderful." Mobius immediately said this, plainly disagreeing with Miko, then went on: "After all, if he didn't like me, he'd run the moment he laid eyes on me—where would he ever find the mood to do anything to me? He wouldn't even speak to me."
Miko: "…"
At this point Miko seemed to understand why Mobius had become the way she was, and couldn't help feeling a little sorry for her.
Sigh...
Poor Mobius...
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