Why Did You Summon Me?
chapter-452

The scribble's success was the Voidwalker's first real step forward in the last thousands of years.

In the grand scheme of things, it was a "baby" step forward, as the power coursing through the scribble was too minuscule. However, this took nothing away from the scribble's significance, as, for the first time ever, the Voidwalkers had managed to break a path into the Void from outside it.

It was also the first fruit of Baiyi's ongoing research in Laws.

The scribble was far from perfect, though. First, another scribble could not be made, as only one scribble could exist at a time; second, the scribble could not transport living beings — something Mia's goldfish had proven. When Baiyi put the goldfish into the scribble, it appeared in midair and fell on Mia's head — dead.

Hence, the Voidwalkers had no choice but to wait for it to be developed before attempting to use it to free themselves.

"Let's give it a name, shall we?" Baiyi said to the Voidwalkers that were in the Void.

"I thought it already had a name, which was the First Walker came up with before he left? Isn't it supposed to be called for visiting.

He noticed that the scribbles he drew were always slightly different from the last. His last scribble was shaped like the alphabet "P", and this one was shaped like an "R", and so forth. They shared superficial form, but each scribble bore different details. In other words, there was just never any fixed form for each scribble!

This discovery was a direct clash to all academic theories humans had heretofore gathered, and Baiyi had no idea how to bridge the gap. He could only guess that it was once again the working of those ineffable, mysterious Laws.

Baiyi pulled out a communication slab from his pocket and murmured to himself, "Hmm. I guess I should ask Mia for her opinion on this…"

He hesitated. At this time, Mia was still pissed with him. There was no way she would not have wanted to talk to him now.

How did Baiyi enrage Mia? Well, once again, it all traced back to Baiyi's experiment, this time—it was the aforementioned goldfish.

See, Baiyi needed a living being for his experiment, but he had none with him while almost none of his girls kept a pet. Mia was the only odd one out; she kept a school of little goldfish, and she loved them dearly and took care of them very carefully. Whenever she went out, she would always ask Nota — the most reliable of the sisters — to take care of them for her.

It was late evening when Baiyi decided to scout for a test subject, so he went to Mia's place, but she was not there. As he wondered where the girl had gone, he grabbed a fish from the bowl and just tossed it through the scribble.

Unbeknownst to Baiyi, Mia was away because she was attending an upper-class dinner hosted personally by Emperor Walhart to honor Mia and Mordred's contribution in saving the entire Isythre. It was a grand event attended by all of the most prominent nobles in the land.

Now, although the two only managed to save the world accidentally, their contribution still stood true. Besides, being two of the "Princesses of Da Xue", they were apparently looked up high enough in society that the Emperor himself saw it fit to personally throw a dinner in their honor.

Unlike the clueless and thoughtless Mordred, who wore only her armor to the dinner, Mia, the daughter of a baron, harbored values different from Baiyi's for events like this one. For that occasion, she had abandoned her default "cute girl-next-door" look and chose to dress up more maturely and elegantly, donning a beautiful sky-blue nightgown that was transparent from her waist down. Her fair legs were fairly visible through the fabric. In order to accentuate her lean legs, she had donned a pair of black heels. Then, complementing her attire, she bound her hair into an elegant noble lady's bun and adorned herself with all kinds of gorgeous accessories. She had bought these herself.

After all, everyone knew that his fashion sense was far from satisfactory. Baiyi would only gift the girls "practical accessories"…

Anyway, just as the meticulously dressed up Mia turned into the center of the party's attention and was trying to parry requests from a throng of noble suitors, a dead goldfish suddenly smacked out from nowhere and landed on her head…Name robbed from Fate Grand OrderIt's a thing in Fate Grand Order as well. Its function is literally described by its name.Touhou ProjectFrom Fullmetal AlchemistThe antagonist in the aforementioned Fullmetal Alchemist