"Misses, I probably didn't invite you to come to the demolished laboratory, so why are you here?"
The fake-smiling mine manager appeared in the passage with his cronies, and the big girl with pointed ears was among them.
"Hehehe~ Your laboratory? If I remember correctly, everything here was built with the money of the Lauanandis family, right? Are you sure this is your laboratory?"
"Oh? So, how many of you are members of the Lawuanditis family?"
The corners of the smirking miner's mouth trembled, but he still looked at Pachi with a smile on his face and said.
"Hehehe~ Exactly, otherwise how could we be so strong?"
"Patch, you are not from this family, I am!"
"Shh~ It's time now, don't make trouble!"
"Oh~ If my guess is correct, this silver-haired angel should be the jewel in the eye of the Lawuandis family, Princess Elumia. Am I right?"
"Yes, yes! It's me, it's me! I'm the princess! Hohohoho~~~!"
I let out an exaggerated laugh like Sister Clara, and my whole body burst into laughter. I couldn’t help it, someone called me princess, how could I not admit it! I am a princess now, hahaha!
"Sister...you are really hopeless..." Ai Li covered her face in pain.
"Hehehe~ How did you recognize the eldest daughter of our family? Our family has never revealed her identity, right?"
"So Pachi, when will you..."
"Shut up Amy!"
"Hehehe~ Of course I have my own ways, and with such a dazzling presence as Miss Valkyrie by my side, it's hard not to recognize me~"
"Who are you! Why do you know about me!"
Ai Li was shocked. Logically speaking, she shouldn't need to care about her identity being revealed now. Could it be that she hasn't adjusted her mentality yet?
"I am just a dreamer who wants to promote social development. I will naturally collect any information that is beneficial to me. Miss Valkyrie, you don't need to be so excited. I am not your enemy."
"Well~ now that we know who we are, shouldn't we give our things back!"
Ellie frowned and made the request naturally.
"Of course, I should really thank the Lawuandis family for their help. Now it's time to return the property to its original owner."
The man with a fake smile took out a small gold card, which was exactly the one I gave to the alchemist girl.
"Miss, there is a weird and uncomfortable smell on that card. Please be more careful." The dragon maid whispered in my ear.
"Well...ask your men to bring it to me!"
"No problem, I'm very happy."
The man with a fake smile handed the card to the little aunt beside him, and then handed it to my hand.
"Ellie, can you feel anything unusual on that card?" I asked in my mind.
"No, I don't have any sense of things in this world right now."
"What about Patch?"
"A little bit, I feel like there's a little energy on it~ It's a very strange energy, it's hard to explain."
"Does it feel like an evil god?"
"No~ but it's somewhat similar to the feeling of controlling my will to stab you~"
"Ah? Are you saying that it's not the evil god who controls you but someone else?"
"Yes~"
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"I'm afraid I'll put more burden on you~ Besides, I haven't figured it out yet~"
"Forget it, just take it one step at a time."
I took the card and examined it carefully. The surface of the gold material was still very bright, with only a few signs of wear and tear, proving that it should be taken out and used frequently.
By the way, Sister Aini and the others should know about this, right? Why don't they care? Is it just to tease me?
"Well, now the property is returned to its original owner. Since I have been helped by the families of several ladies, I can pretend that I don't know about it and the ladies can leave~"
The man with a fake smile turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.
"Huh? There's more!"
"Okay, let's leave now~"
Pakhi twisted my waist and blocked my mouth, then pulled me up and walked away. Ellie and the dragon maid also followed tacitly, heading towards the exit.
"Oh, by the way, Amata, I have something for you."
After passing the group of men with fake smiles, Pachi suddenly stopped and turned around and said.
"Hey? Give it to me? What is it?"
Pointed Ears was as confused as ever, but he had subconsciously walked over.
"Freedom~"
Patch pulled the pointed ears that were close to her behind her back, and then stared at the man with a meaningful smile.
"Excuse me, Pachulia, what do you mean by this? Do you want to take away your friend?"
"Friend? If I guess correctly, you have been using her ability to find mysterious ruins, right? There are many interesting things buried in this mine, but the ore is not the most important."
"Really? But I believe in the power of alchemy, and I'm not very interested in those things~"
"Damn it Amy! I forgot about her!"
Pachi exclaimed in her head. Only then did I realize that the alchemist girl had been controlled by the fake smiling man and seemed to be a hostage.
"That's just right~ I have a friend who is also good at making magic machines~ Why don't we work together~ Anyway, the ownership of this mine is the Lavoandis family, right?"
Although she was panicking, Paqi continued to negotiate without changing her expression.
"Oh~ That's not the case. Although the money comes from the Lawuandis family, this mine is all property under the owner's name~ Since it is the property of the owner, neither the mine nor the friends can be made casually.
It’s for someone else~ Please bring my friends over~”
The fake smile man's smile became brighter and brighter, which made me feel scared.
"Ellie, with your speed, can you snatch the alchemy girl from those mercenaries?" I asked in my mind.
"Of course, no problem. Ellie is the top expert in this world! A few rubbish mercenaries are nothing! But sister, how do you know those people are mercenaries and not adventurers?"
"Because it is impossible for an adventurer to do such a dirty thing, even if you are given money, you will not do it."
"Hehehe~ Not necessarily~ If the price is enough, I will do it~"
"Patch, shut up! You are not a serious adventurer at all!"
"Oh~ don't say that to me~"
"Okay, let's pretend to leave first, and then rob people later."
"No, sister, we have to grab it now, otherwise I have to grab another Amata!"
"Okay, let's do it! Pachi, let's run..."
"Whoosh~!"
Before I finished speaking, Ellie rushed out like lightning. Before the mercenary responsible for controlling the alchemy girl could react, Ellie had already brought the girl back to us. But because she was too fast, that
The girl fainted immediately.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk~ It's not good for you ladies to do this, isn't it? I didn't do anything, but you guys just kept taking things away from me~"
The man with the fake smile is still smiling all over his face, which really makes people angry!
"Hehehe~ So what~ We want to take away what belongs to us, can you stop us?"
Pachi has liberated the queen mode, and her whole person is full of domineering. She is still the same person, but she can become a completely different image just by changing her posture! Temperament is really a magical thing, I mean temperament in the usual sense.
"Of course I can't. Although I am very worried about the safety of my friends, I can only let a few ladies leave first. But please don't worry, I will definitely find a way to save my friends."
"Mao's friend! You're just a tool for use! Don't let me see you next time, let's go!"
I waved my little hand and asked the girls to get out of the way.
"Sister, this is what you said after the villain was slapped in the face..."
"Ah? It seems like oh~ Go ahead, why would I say such a thing?"
"Hehehe~ Amy failed to pretend to be EI~"
"If people don't know how to pretend to be EI, how can they recruit people?"