"Wait, the raw ingredients I gave you were enough to make a whole barrel! You drank it all?!"
"Heh heh~"
Paimon chuckled, a little sheepishly, but not much.
Feng Yi didn't know what to say for a moment. Looking at Paimon's round little belly, struggling to float in mid-air, he was genuinely worried that if Paimon drank any more, her stomach would burst.
"I'm really defeated by you. Here, have some more fruit. Don't sneak any more this time, okay..."
Feng Yi took out some more fruit and placed it on the ground. Before leaving, he warned her.
It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the fruit, but he was afraid Paimon couldn't control her appetite and would stuff herself to death here.
"Don't worry, don't worry, I absolutely won't sneak any!"
Paimon's eyes lit up as she looked at the fruit ingredients Feng Yi had taken out. There were even a few new fruits she hadn't tasted yet.
"You promised me the same thing last time..."
"I'm serious this time! I swear!"
Paimon held up four fingers and solemnly promised.
However, with her round little belly, she looked utterly unreliable.
"Honestly, it's not like I won't let you drink it, why be so secretive?"
Feng Yi left with a sigh of disbelief, as Barbara and Lumine were still waiting for him to apply sunscreen.
Three hours later, the sun set, and the sky quickly darkened.
"Brother Feng Yi, Sister Barbara, Sister Lumine, and little Paimon, we're back from bombing fish!"
Just like last night, Feng Yi had a bonfire on the beach.
At this moment, Klee's cheerful shout came from afar.
Judging by Klee's happy tone, she seemed to have had a good catch.
"Everyone, let's eat together."
Jean arrived at the bonfire with her full haul, distributing the fish Klee had "bombed" to everyone.
Under Klee's bombs, these fish were basically cooked to medium-rare. A little more time over the bonfire would make them ready to eat.
As everyone ate the grilled fish, chatted, and drank the fresh fruit juice Paimon had busied herself with all afternoon, they felt the cool sea breeze and listened to the music of the waves. It was quite a unique experience.
The only drawback might have been the faint smell of gunpowder lingering on the grilled fish, but it was negligible.
"Little Paimon, why have you gotten so fat after not seeing you all afternoon?"
Klee looked at Paimon, who was sitting on the beach eating grilled fish, with some confusion.
Ever since she had known Paimon, she had never seen her touch the ground. This was the first time in a long while.
And that wasn't all. Klee was curious, why was Paimon's little belly so round? How much had she eaten?
Feng Yi glanced at Paimon's little belly upon hearing this.
Hmm... it was even more bulging than before.
It was obvious at a glance that Paimon had snuck some more food after he left.
"Hehe, that's nothing. Speaking of which, little Klee, the moon will rise soon, attracting the colorful scaled fish to open the energy shield and meet the Dodoco Demon King. Aren't you scared?"
Paimon chuckled, feeling as if she were being complimented, and then cleverly changed the subject.
"Klee isn't scared, absolutely, absolutely not scared! Even though Klee hasn't met him yet, Klee will definitely protect Dodoco and not let him snatch Dodoco away, even if he's Dodoco's... Dodoco's... uh, grandpa, brother, or something..."
Klee seemed to be encouraging herself, firming her resolve not to back down and to protect Dodoco.
"Then, Klee, do you like this island?"
"Klee really likes it here, with the beach, the sea, the delicious grilled fish, and all sorts of wonderful things! And everyone is here, it's super lively! Klee is so happy!"
The thought of being able to go all out and bomb fish made Klee feel like all her troubles could be forgotten.
"The island nights are so beautiful..."
Jean sat on the ground, leaning back on the sand, looking up at the stars, her mood involuntarily relaxing.
"Yes."
Barbara heartily agreed with her sister's sentiment.
Although her sister often told them to stay vigilant, Barbara found this island quite interesting. Nights in the summer where you could see stars, sitting on the beach like this, humming a tune as the waves ebbed and flowed...
It was a very romantic thing.
And Feng Yi was here too, making this summer feel imbued with a certain meaning, making it special.
Time passed quickly. The moon rose, high in the night sky, adorned by the stars.
Following their plan, Feng Yi and the others placed three gemstones in the sea, waiting for the swimming fish.
One minute, two minutes, three minutes... ten minutes passed, and nothing special happened.
Just as everyone thought the plan had failed, the seawater seemed to ripple, forming circles of waves.
Three brightly colored swimming fish, sometimes still, sometimes moving, just as the song described, like mischievous, greedy sprites, swam towards the sparkling gemstones.
"Wow, the fish... the fish are really here!"
Klee covered her small mouth and gasped in a low voice, afraid of scaring the fish away.
Feng Yi, holding a net, scooped quickly. Three brightly colored swimming fish were caught in the net.
"Brother Feng Yi is so amazing, he caught three fish at once!"
Klee looked at Brother Feng Yi with admiration. His skill was incredible.
Feng Yi smiled slightly and said nothing more, leading the others back to the stone pillar device.
Although the method of catching fish was not difficult, it was good to leave a deep impression on Klee.
Feng Yi placed the three-colored scales on the three-colored stone pillar device in order. Finally, Klee pressed the central mechanism.
Although Klee was a little worried, with everyone's encouragement, she bravely pressed it.
The moment the device was pressed, light converged, and the huge blue energy shield vanished like a bubble.
To everyone's surprise (except Feng Yi, of course), there was no so-called Dodoco Demon King inside. Instead, there was a small amusement park. In the center, under a pavilion, a bright red carpet was laid out, matching the color of Klee's clothes exactly.
In the center of the carpet was a cabinet, and on top of it sat a large horn gramophone.
"It seems... there's no danger. Let's go take a look first..."
Jean revealed a look of realization upon seeing the furnishings beneath the energy shield. She finally understood the situation here.
The carving style of the tables and chairs, the patterns and colors on the carpet, the invention so familiar it couldn't be more familiar...
All the clues pointed to one person.
She had had some guesses before, but wasn't entirely sure until she saw these furnishings.
Jean guessed that the answer to everything probably lay within the large horn gramophone in the center of the pavilion.