“Um, Lumina-emon, hurry up and pull an all-purpose invisibility gadget out of your pocket!”
“I see, I see.”
“So this is what you were waiting for.”
Lumina wore a look of realization.
“This is the last time, right?”
Lumina raised her head and spoke.
Please don't say such easily misunderstood lines with that kind of expression.
It would make people mistake me for a scumbag.
Actually, for a skeleton, being mistaken for a scumbag could be considered a compliment.
“Of course, I promise this is the last time.”
Though he didn't want to be a scumbag, he ended up saying the exact words a scumbag would say.
“I hope so.”
Lumina took out a cloak.
“Is that Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak? As expected of Lumina-emon, you really have everything.”
Lumina ignored Li Xiuman's nonsense.
She just wanted to end all this quickly, and preferably never see this guy again for the rest of her life.
“This invisibility cloak will reveal our figures if it receives any external stimulation, so be careful.”
“Now, carry me on your back, and I will cover both of us with the cloak.”
Lumina said to Li Xiuman.
Li Xiuman looked at the cloak, then at Lumina.
Let Lumina ride on his back?
Lumina was a bona fide Tier 2 Swordsman, and a very strong one at that.
If he let her ride on his back, wouldn't he be handing his life over to her?
If Li Xiuman put himself in Lumina's shoes...
Being continuously screwed over by a shameless bastard, he would definitely want to tear that shameless bastard into ten thousand pieces.
《Self-Awareness》
Therefore, he couldn't do that.
Li Xiuman racked his clever brain. At a time like this, talking about chivalry or gentlemanly manners was complete nonsense.
And so, he spoke.
“I want you to carry me.”
“...Huh?”
...
The discussion in the middle was censored to prevent it from being censored due to its overly harmonious nature.
In the end, Lumina carried Li Xiuman on her back, and Li Xiuman wore the invisibility cloak, covering both of them before they began to run.
Li Xiuman was light, and although Lumina was a girl, as a Tier 2 Swordsman, her stats couldn't possibly be low.
So her speed was not slow at all.
Lumina didn't say a word the entire way, just keeping her head down and running.
Because Li Xiuman was being carried, he even had a free hand to use magic to clear their tracks behind them.
A stone cat darted out of the grass and landed in Li Xiuman's hand.
“Stop!”
Li Xiuman suddenly shouted.
Although Lumina didn't know what was happening, she still stopped, carrying Li Xiuman on her back, and hid in the shadows.
A few breaths later, Lucia's figure swept across the high sky and stopped not far away, her gaze sweeping down below.
“Skeleton, I found you! Come out quietly!”
Lumina's breathing quickened slightly, while Li Xiuman remained silent.
“Skeleton, if you come out now, I can still give you a chance.”
“...”
Lucia shouted a few more times, then shifted her tone.
“That human girl with the skeleton!”
“Can you hear me? You were used by that skeleton too, right? Hand him over now, and I can let you go.”
“I only want the skeleton.”
Li Xiuman's hand silently came to rest near Lumina's neck.
Lumina's sword was pointed threateningly at Li Xiuman behind her.
A tacit confrontation.
After calling out a few more times and seeing no response from below, Lucia casually threw a few dark spells down into the forest.
Fortunately, the places they hit were far away from the two of them.
After unleashing her magic, Lucia looked around for a moment and then flew away.
As expected.
All warfare is based on deception.
This succubus had also grown smarter; she actually knew how to bluff now.
This was not a good sign. Li Xiuman still preferred the old Lucia, who looked down on him and didn't like using her brain.
The brainless Lucia, the airheaded Lucia, was clearly much cuter and more likable.
Seeing that Lucia had flown away, the two of them still remained frozen and didn't move.
After all, the invisibility cloak only provided optical camouflage; the slightest movement could attract attention.
They remained frozen like this for half an hour before Lumina and Li Xiuman finally lowered their guard slowly.
“Did you think I would sell you out? Do I look like someone so short-sighted?”
“I've learned an important lesson from you.”
“And that is: never believe a single word or punctuation mark that comes out of someone else's mouth.”
Lumina said.
“Learning that lesson is already worth your while.”
“...No, it seems I haven't learned even a fraction of your thick skin.”
Are you kidding me, thick-skinned?
He didn't even have a face to begin with.
Next, Lumina changed directions, avoiding the area where Lucia was tracking.
But there was also a bad sign.
And that was that the effects of the magic cloak's concealment were getting weaker and weaker.
Now under the sunlight, their outlines could barely be made out.
“Your invisibility cloak has a time limit?” Li Xiuman asked, his expression turning sour.
“Otherwise?”
“Why else do you think I didn't use it right from the start?” Lumina replied as she ran.
“I also wish I could learn your sharp tongue.”
“No need to learn, you're already toxic enough as a person.”
Look at that, what an exquisite retort.
She was indeed talented.
Realizing that they were running out of invisibility time, Lumina quickened her pace even further.
Li Xiuman also became more efficient in cleaning up the traces behind them.
Then, just as the invisibility cloak completely lost its efficacy, Li Xiuman climbed down from Lumina's back.
By now, the two of them had already run quite a distance, and their pursuers likely wouldn't be able to catch up.
The Lumina Express—everyone who has tried it says it's great. Extremely fast footwork, the best mode of transportation when you're away from home. Highly recommended.
Although Li Xiuman really wanted to leave a five-star review like that...
...the exhausted Driver Lumina did not share the sentiment.
Driver Lumina was a straightforward person. Taking back the cooled-down invisibility cloak, she left without saying a single word.
A person like her must run into walls everywhere in life.
Yet, Driver Lumina always adhered to her own personality without the slightest change.
Life didn't crush her; it only served as the driving force for her to move forward.
Such a Driver Lumina is a role model for everyone, worthy of everyone's emulation.
Li Xiuman was willing to nominate her as one of the "Top Ten Figures Who Moved the Magic World" this year.
“Until we meet again, if fate permits.”
Li Xiuman muttered to himself as he watched Lumina leave, then dashed in the opposite direction.
The temporary duo, disbanded.
And yet, Lucia was still the one suffering.
Lucia, having crushed yet another Golem, let out a furious, exasperated roar.
No one knew exactly how many Golem doubles disguised as himself Li Xiuman had released.
Even Li Xiuman hadn't kept count.
He only knew that more than half of the spare cloaks in his storage space were gone.
But this method could only be used once. The next time they met, Lucia would surely have learned her lesson and prepared countermeasures.
He still needed to become stronger.
“Still, this Golem double is really useful.”
“I'll have to put more study into the applications of Golem doubles in the future.”
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