She shed her badge briefly, but before Moke and Lin Xiaolu could make out the inscription, she tucked it away again.


    "Even though you might have heard this just now, I''ll introduce myself anyway."


    With a cold gaze directed at the magical girl and fairy in front of her, she tilted her head up slightly and began with a bit of haughtiness, "I am a patrol officer from the Magic Kingdom, magical girl Emerald Sparrow, certified with the floral emblem, badge number 41076. I am now in charge of the stationed investigation regarding the abnormal situation in Fangting City, and I hope you will cooperate."


    The cat-shaped fairy''s eyes widened, "Ah-ah?"


    "Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah-ah..."


    Overwhelmed by shock, Moke could only produce a hoarse squawk. Eventually, with a bewildered expression, she raised her head, "Meow meow meow? Meow meow meow. Meow meow meow meow!"


    Lin Xiaolu also widened her eyes, "Moke has started talking gibberish!"


    "Oh—seriously!"


    After a brief struggle, the cat-shaped fairy could not resist grabbing its own ears and shouted in desperation, "Alright! I admit it! I''m not the original Seeder of Fangting City, okay? I ran away on my own!"


    "I myself only arrived in this cityst month, nning to seek out a senior I knew, but when I got here, I found out there was nothing in this city!"


    "Nini, the senior, wasn''t here at all! This city doesn''t have a single magical girl; instead, right when I arrived, I faced an attack by Remnant Beasts! And then I found out, nonsensically, that I had been appointed the Seeder here!"


    Lin Xiaolu, hearing this, showed a shocked face, "Wait? Then does that mean? At that time?"


    Moke chuckled miserably, "Yes, that Remnant Beast was targeting me. In my desperation, I saw you seemed to have the talent to be a magical girl, so I chose you!"


    "And you told me I was a once in a hundred-year prodigy, destined to be the greatest magical girl?"


    "I made that up on the spot!"


    "You also said that the Remnant Beast randomly appeared there and attacked the citizens?"


    "That was also a lie!"


    "Ah? Eh? You, you liar!"


    "I''m a liar! I''m rotten!"


    Seeing the rtionship between the two on the verge of copsing, the magical girl who called herself Emerald Sparrow had no choice but to interrupt their pointless quarreling: "Enough, you two, stop for a moment."


    With a somber look, she pressed down on her palm: "I need to confirm something again. That fairy... Moke is your name, correct? You''re saying that you only arrived in this cityst month and at that time you didn''t find any Seeder or magical girl in the city?"


    Moke, who hadpletely given in to despair, nodded her head gloomily, "Yes, that''s right."


    "But you were able to choose this youngdy here..."


    Lin Xiaolu raised her hand, "My name is Lin Xiaolu."


    Emerald Sparrow turned to Moke, "And you could form a contract with Lin Xiaolu, enabling her to be a magical girl?"


    Moke drooped her head, "Hmm."


    Emerald Sparrow pressed on: "So you are saying that you weren''t originally a Seeder, but after arriving in Fangting City, you found yourself appointed as the Seeder here?"


    Moke continued to nod, "Hmm."


    "Unheard-of."


    Emerald Sparrow pondered, pinching her chin, "The Magic Kingdom''s orders should not be something taken lightly. Didn''t you try to contact the kingdom to understand the specifics?"


    Upon hearing this, Moke, who already had a gloomy face, sank even lower.


    This sparked some unpleasant suspicions in Emerald Sparrow''s mind.


    "You, did you perhaps..."


    She couldn''t help but point her finger at the cat-shaped fairy.


    Moke turned her head to the side, eyes closed, and admitted:


    "Yes, I severed all means of contact when I ran away."


    "Great, now I''ve started to get a headache."


    As these words left her, Emerald Sparrow involuntarily supported her forehead with one hand: "So you mean all reliable sources of information are lost, what''s happened in Fangting City ispletely unknown, and the magical defense forces are virtually nil at this moment?"


    "That''s right, just like that, Lady Patrol Officer, you have to help us!"


    With that, Moke quickly grabbed onto the newly formed rtionship. She approached with her appealing cat features, looking teary-eyed and pitiful, and clung to Emerald Sparrow''s shoulders:


    "Just tonight has been extremely dangerous. If you hadn''t suddenly arrived, Lin Xiaolu and I would''ve beenpletely obliterated right here. If it continues like this, we definitely won''t be able to withstand the increasingly strong onught of the Remnant Beasts!"


    "Stop the ttery! Let go first!"


    Emerald Sparrow frowned and shoved it away, "You need my help? How can I help?"


    Undeterred by being pushed aside, Moke put on a pleasing smile on her cat face: "Well, you just need to contact the kingdom and ask for some backup forces. If it were the other officers with the floral emblem then..."


    "Floral emblem? Keep dreaming."


    Emerald Sparrow gave her a sidelong nce: "And regrettably, I must tell you I cannot make contact with the kingdom right now, because I do not have a magic mirror on hand."


    The cat-shaped fairy covered its mouth: "Can''t make contact? Don''t tell me you''re also a runaway..."


    "I am not, I have approval from the royal court to act alone outside."


    Emerald Sparrow slightly raised her eyelids, cutting off its baseless conjecture: "The issue withmunication is a personal matter of mine, and I do not wish to exin further at the moment."


    The situation seemed to have reached an impasse. Moke, unable to hope for reinforcements, reverted back to a state of utter despondency, while Emerald Sparrow was contemting something.n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    Truth be told, she was somewhat irritated, even considering whether she should, at the very least, punish the fairy in front of her—the cause of the trouble—under her authority as a "Patrol Officer." But considering her past experience with the unreliability of fairies, she knew that bullying them was the most pointless thing to do.