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"Have I slept for a long time?" Mengdie asked.

Xiu stood up, fetching a glass of water from the bedside table. Seeing Mengdie's inability to get up, he thought for a moment and left the water on the table.

"Great Goddess, please allow me to borrow Your noble power."

A gentle halo emanated from the rough magic wand, causing the water in the glass to slowly vibrate. Gradually, the liquid began to rotate and rise, floating in the air. Xiu used his wand to guide the water to Mengdie's mouth, saying, "Come on, my sleeping beauty, open your mouth."

Honestly, Mengdie didn't want to drink water like this. But the hangover headache made it extremely difficult for her to even move a finger. After hesitating for a moment, she finally relented and opened her pink lips. Xiu then directed the water to flow gently into Mengdie's mouth.

After drinking some water, Mengdie felt much better. She looked around and asked, "Xiu, what happened yesterday... I don't remember, how did I get here?"

Xiu sat back down on the bed and smiled, "What? You don't remember?"

"Um..." Mengdie rubbed her temples, trying to recall, "I only remember being forced to drink three glasses of wine by that old general... After that, I don't remember much."

Xiu's face showed a cryptic and mysterious expression as if he had witnessed something very baffling and secret. After a silence of two or three minutes, he quickly picked up a newspaper from the bedside and handed it to Mengdie.

"To find out what exactly happened, you should read it yourself."

Mengdie snorted and shook her head, not taking the newspaper. Xiu then realized and slapped his forehead, laughing, "Oh, right, I forgot you can't read."

"Hmph, now that I've gotten the necklace back..." Mengdie reached out and touched the red gemstone necklace at her chest, feeling its texture in her hand, "I have plenty of time to learn to read. What does it say?"

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Xiu dropped the newspaper, shrugged his shoulders, and laughed, "Instead of reading the newspaper, why not let me tell you what I saw?"

"Two days ago..."

"What?! I've been asleep for two days?!"

"Yes, any questions?"

"...No, nothing. Continue."

"Alright. Two days ago, after I sent all those girls out of the city and fired the signal, I waited for a long time but you didn't come out. I couldn't wait any longer and went to the general's mansion to check. I found you asleep in what seemed to be a banquet hall at the back of the mansion. Around you, there were two to three hundred people lying unconscious, all knocked out by physical blows."

Mengdie's face turned pale. She buried her face in the blanket, feeling remorseful.

Oh no...! Did I really knock out two to three hundred people just like that? This... is a sin! A sin.

...But wait, that's not right!

"Xiu, something's off. Are you saying those two to three hundred people were knocked down by me?"

Xiu maintained a gentle smile, "Yes, Miss Mengdie."

"That's strange, why didn't they dodge? I don't have that much strength now, it's impossible to defeat everyone without letting them escape, right?"

Xiu pointed his wand at Mengdie's chest and said, "About that, there's another thing. When I arrived, there was a wall surrounding the banquet hall preventing me from entering. I think it must have been created by the power released from your necklace."

...Power?!

For months, Mengdie's biggest concern was her own power! The inability to use the power from the necklace after regaining it two days ago troubled her a lot. But now, hearing again about the power emerging from the necklace excited her immensely!

Immediately, she sat up, ignoring the pain in her head, and took out the necklace to examine it closely.

...

Eh? Didn't they say it has power? Why do I still feel so weak, with no change in strength?

Mengdie couldn't remember much about what happened while she was drunk, so she could only rely on Xiu's description to know if she had used any power. But now, with the necklace still in her hand and no feeling of regained power, she couldn't help but doubt Xiu's words.

"Xiu..."

"Don't worry, Miss Mengdie, please let me finish," Xiu seemed to anticipate what Mengdie wanted to say and stopped her, continuing, "That wall was thick. I waited outside for two hours before it gradually dissipated. To avoid further complications, I carried you back immediately. At that time, you were covered in the smell of alcohol and sweat, and your clothes were filthy, so after booking this room, I bathed you and changed your clothes, covered you with a blanket, and then, I couldn't resist, so I..."

"Stop the nonsense! Just tell me, what's with my necklace?!"

Mengdie's response left Xiu dumbfounded. He incredulously looked at Mengdie, as if trying to find panic and shyness in her eyes. However, he was thoroughly disappointed.

"That... Miss Mengdie, I bathed you... and changed your clothes. And I also..."

Mengdie was furious. You bathed me and changed my clothes, did you? I appreciate it. But the key issue now is what happened to my necklace! Can't you just tell me?!

"Miss Mengdie, your body..."

"Xiu! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll kill you, believe it or not!!!"

"Mr. Mura, please don't speak nonsense to Miss Mengdie."

At this moment, the door to the room gently opened. A girl with freckles and short green hair, holding Mengdie's original male clothes, slowly walked in. She placed the clothes at the head of Mengdie's bed and said, "It was me who bathed and changed Miss Mengdie, not you. Are you trying to confuse Miss Mengdie on purpose?"

The girl who entered was Emily, the girl Mengdie had replaced that day.

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