Genshin Impact: One Soul in Two Bodies

Chapter 596 - 596: How much exactly has this Mobius eaten...

It's been such a long while this time — she must have succeeded, right?Watching the suddenly reappeared Mobius with a touch of surprise, Lumine couldn't help thinking that.

No matter what, she really didn't want Mobius to come settle the score with her — though she had no clue what that 'settling the score' would even involve, it definitely wasn't going to be anything good.

Hm?

Is there something stuck at the corner of her mouth?

Just as she was wondering whether Mobius had succeeded, Lumine suddenly noticed there seemed to be something on the corner of Mobius's mouth, which made her very curious indeed.

"The little kitten snuck a bite and didn't even wipe her mouth clean." Right then, Miko suddenly chimed in with that remark.

Snuck a bite?

Snuck a bite of what?

And how did Miko even know?

After hearing what Miko said, Lumine turned to look at her with a completely bewildered face.

After all, Miko had been right here the whole time — how could she possibly know what Mobius had snuck?

Could it be that the two of them had just done something together without me knowing?

After turning it over and over in her head with no clue what was going on, Lumine could only land on that thought.

And just then, Miko noticed Lumine watching her with a face full of puzzlement.

Looks like Lumine's gone blank again…

But to think she can't even figure out what that was…

Then again, how am I supposed to explain it to her?

Do I really have to just come out and say the word?

Looking at the perplexed Lumine, Miko suddenly seemed to find the whole thing quite amusing, but she didn't explain right away, because she still hadn't decided on the best way to put it.

Though she often made a point of showing off in front of Lumine that she knew all about that sort of thing and never got embarrassed by it, she still couldn't just blurt out everything directly — otherwise her whole image would be completely shot.

"He didn't even remind me — looks like Lumine used to be just like this." Touching the corner of her mouth with her hand, Mobius looked as if she didn't really care.

Lumine: "???"

Suddenly hearing Mobius bringing her up, the already confused Lumine now looked utterly dumbfounded.

What does this have to do with me?

"Oh ho, so she didn't use my form after all." The moment Miko heard what Mobius said, she realized Mobius had used Lumine's form to do that sort of thing.

So Mobius used my form to do that with Kaito?

She had to admit, Lumine was genuinely surprised that Mobius had actually picked her form, of all things.

But even so, she was still very curious about what that thing on the corner of Mobius's mouth had been just now.

A bit of food she'd accidentally gotten on herself while eating?

But…

It really didn't look like food, either…

No matter how she turned it over, Lumine still looked completely bewildered.

Hold on!

Did Mobius just say that I was like that?

What does that mean?

Like what? Which one?

Suddenly realizing that point, Lumine instead grew curious about this new question.

Was she saying I don't wipe my mouth when I eat?

But I do wipe…

"Your form isn't even useful — why would I bother using it?" Mobius spoke up again at this point.

"You just don't know how to use it!"

When it came to her own looks, Miko was still extremely confident.

As far as she was concerned, it was just that Mobius was being way too over-the-top — otherwise, how could she have scared Kaito off?

Miko then went on, "Look, didn't you only succeed this time by following the method I gave you? Which is exactly why I'd never end up the way you did."

Hey, hey, hey…

Could you two please explain what was up with that mouth thing…

Seeing the two of them start drifting off topic, Lumine couldn't help thinking that.

Right now she was the only one still in the dark, while Miko and Mobius both knew exactly what was going on.

Should I maybe just ask?

Forget it…

Just ask outright!

What's the point of going back and forth in my head!!

"What was that thing on the corner of Mobius's mouth just now?" After making up her mind, Lumine voiced the question that had been puzzling her.

She couldn't help it — she really was just too confused.

"So Lumine actually went and asked."

Turning her head back with some surprise, Miko hadn't expected Lumine to come out with that question.

She'd originally thought Lumine would at least wait until Mobius had left, or until the two of them had managed to escape this place, before asking. But Lumine had asked right now, which caught her a little off guard.

Still, that aside, she was now mulling over how best to answer Lumine.

After all, with a thing like this, how exactly was she supposed to put it?

"It's that thing guys have, you know? Have you really never had any? Although it doesn't seem so — just now when I was using your form, Kaito even said you'd improved." Just as Miko was still mulling over her answer, Mobius had already calmly stated it like that.

Lumine: "..."

Listening to Mobius say that and watching Miko's reaction beside her, Lumine understood what it was.

So it really was that kind of thing…

Just how much did this Mobius even swallow…

I wonder how Kaito's going to look at me later…

Right…

I'll just tell Kaito straight up that wasn't me, and that'll be that.

At that thought, Lumine more or less set her mind at ease.

No matter what, she really didn't want to end up branded with all sorts of weird labels because of Mobius.

"Oh? Even better than Lumine on your very first try? Looks like you've got real talent, Mobius."

Miko hadn't expected things to turn out this way, and couldn't help being a little surprised.

After all, just a moment ago Mobius had given her the impression of being someone who'd absolutely botch that sort of thing, yet she'd actually managed to leave Kaito with a favorable impression.

But Miko also knew there was another possibility — namely that Lumine's technique was simply that awful, so by comparison Kaito had been led to think it was an improvement.

"Although it might also be that Lumine's technique is just too lousy." Since she felt it would be very entertaining to voice that guess out loud, Miko promptly came out with it.

"Huh?" Suddenly hearing her own name come up again, Lumine froze for a beat, then quickly snapped back to reality. "I… I've only done it once… as if I'd have any technique to speak of…"

Because staying silent the whole time might make people think she had something to hide, Lumine stumbled her way through that little explanation.

Of course, she wasn't trying to be competitive about it.

After all, with this kind of thing, what was there to be competitive about?

"Just once? Really?" Miko seemed quite surprised by what Lumine said.

"Looks like Lumine's only done it once. Well, that's fine then — same as me." Mobius chimed in at this point as well.

"No way, no way, how could it possibly be just once? At minimum it'd be twice, but most likely more than twice — feels like it must've been quite a lot of times by now." Because Lumine had started earlier than her, and on top of that there'd been the time she and Lumine had taken on Kaito together, she was utterly certain it couldn't have been only once for Lumine.

"Then why has she only had a taste of it once…"

"It's not like every time you do that sort of thing you have to swallow." Before Mobius could even finish her sentence, Lumine had already blurted out a response.

Honestly, if she could just leave this place right now, she'd have already slipped out in a flash.

She couldn't help it — compared to Mobius and Miko, she stuck out like a sore thumb.

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