"Arcadia? Is it really the legendary hero community, Arcadia?" The rabbit-eared girl's face was flushed with excitement, her gaze shifting from suspicious guests to one of pure admiration.
It was the look of someone seeing their idol.
"Is Arcadia that popular?" Even Lamia, who was already aware of Canary and the others' achievements, was a bit surprised by the little girl's reaction.
It wasn't difficult to achieve a temporary feat, but to earn the reverence of even a small child was no easy task. Even back in the day, before Leticia fell into a Demon Lord, the vampire clan, as Knights of Little Garden, had never achieved such a good reputation.
Before Canary or Leticia could respond to Lamia's remark, the rabbit-eared girl chimed in. "Of course!" The little girl looked at Lamia with an expression that said, "How could you not know something like this?"
"Arcadia is the community that has been constantly upholding justice in Little Garden for the past thousand years, subjugating various Demon Lords, and even once defeated a legendary mysterious grand Demon Lord... Not just my Moon Rabbit clan, but throughout all of Little Garden, Arcadia's reputation is unquestionable. Many of the adults inside have achievements comparable to the god-groups. They're my idols!"
After describing Arcadia through her star-struck eyes, her hands clasped to her chest, the rabbit-eared girl proudly puffed out her non-existent chest.
"My Moon Rabbit clan was inspired by Arcadia's sense of justice and joined the Arcadia Grand Alliance to fight for the preservation of Little Garden's environment!"
The Moon Rabbit clan possessed the authority of a judge. As nobles of Little Garden, they were the natural enemies of Demon Lords, so they naturally stood on the same front as Arcadia, making them extremely close allies.
As she spoke, the rabbit-eared girl suddenly felt something was amiss and looked at the group with suspicion. "Eh? Didn't you all just say you were from Arcadia? Why don't you even know this basic common knowledge... C-could it be, you're bad guys pretending to be from Arcadia?"
Towards the end, the rabbit-eared girl's face turned pale, and her gaze towards the group became wary again. "I-I'm warning you, our Moon Rabbit clan has very sharp ears. If you try anything here, my parents will definitely hear! Besides, as a noble of Little Garden, I'm not to be trifled with. Even though I'm not an adult yet, I still have some fighting ability. Don't you dare think about trying anything funny!" she warned, though her voice lacked confidence.
If a real villain heard this, they would surely laugh at the flimsy threat. Didn't such words basically scream "I'm easy to bully"?
But in reality, anyone who truly treated the rabbit-eared girl before them as a helpless child would be gravely mistaken.
As retainers of gods and buddhas, adult Moon Rabbits generally possessed physical abilities comparable to congenital gods and buddhas.
With one or two suitable Gifts, their combat power could easily surpass the 4-digit threshold.
Although the Moon Rabbit clan was not known for its martial prowess, and the girl before them was not yet an adult, her physical abilities in her youth alone could reach the 5-digit level.
Not to mention, the rabbit-eared girl before them was no ordinary Moon Rabbit; her strength was far greater than it appeared on the surface.
Of course, no matter how many trump cards she had, it was certainly not enough in front of the people before her. She herself had never fought before and was unsure of her own strength.
Seeing the rabbit-eared girl's nervous look, Canary said with a wicked smile, "Are you saying that as long as we cut off the sound transmission in this area, we can do whatever we want to you?"
"Eek!" The rabbit-eared girl took a step back, her pair of cute rabbit ears drooping down, her eyes welling up with tears. "Please don't do that! Rabbit meat doesn't taste good!" As she spoke, she stealthily reached for her Gift Card, preparing for a fight.
"Canary, stop bullying a child!" Seeing her pitiful state, Leticia gave her strategist a reproachful look, then crouched down and looked at the rabbit-eared girl with great seriousness. "Please rest assured, we are not bad guys in disguise. We are indeed members of Arcadia."
"Really?" the rabbit-eared girl asked in pleasant surprise, her hand subconsciously moving away from her Gift Card before she realized she might have let her guard down too soon.
Fortunately, the situation she feared did not occur.
"Really," Leticia nodded. "To be precise, Canary and I are members of Arcadia. The other two are not."
"I see!" The rabbit-eared girl seemed to understand, but having been tricked once, she wouldn't be so easily fooled again. She kept her hand on her Gift Card and asked with a hint of suspicion, "How can you prove it?"
"Uh..." Leticia was stumped. This was the first time she had encountered this problem. How was she supposed to prove she was a member of Arcadia?
"You can't prove it at all?" The rabbit-eared girl's suspicion grew.
"No, that's not it. I just can't think of a good way at the moment," Leticia said awkwardly.
Although there was no need to prove her innocence, if she didn't, it seemed the rabbit-eared girl intended to run off and tell the Moon Rabbit clan that some impostors had arrived.
To avoid this embarrassing situation, it was better to deal with the little girl in front of her.
"Is that so? Then answer me. If you can't, you must be fake," the rabbit-eared girl said after a moment's thought. "If you're really a member of Arcadia, you should know what mysterious grand Demon Lord Arcadia is famous for subjugating, right?"
From the rabbit-eared girl's expression, it seemed she thought this was a giveaway question, but in her naivety, she didn't seem to realize that her question might not have a standard answer.
Fortunately, this question wasn't hard to guess.
"Are you referring to the Last Embryo, the Dystopian Demon Lord?"
"Last Embryo, so that's what it's called... ahem! Yes! That's it!" The rabbit-eared girl nodded in realization, as if she had just remembered the answer herself. But obviously, this question alone was not enough.
"Too many people in Little Garden know about this. It can't fully prove you're from Arcadia. We need a more mysterious piece of knowledge..." the rabbit-eared girl said, thinking hard for a few seconds before her eyes lit up. "Right! If you're a member of Arcadia, you should know the legendary Lady Leticia, right?"
"Huh?" Leticia was a bit dazed, not reacting for a moment.
"The Knight of Little Garden, the main combat force of Arcadia, the one hailed as Arcadia's most reliable fighter! I'm her fan!" Mentioning Leticia, the rabbit-eared girl's tone was full of excitement. As a noble of Little Garden, it was indeed normal to admire a Knight of Little Garden.
Looking at Leticia's blank expression, the rabbit-eared girl was stunned for a moment, and the suspicion in her eyes finally reached its peak. "What, you don't even know Lady Leticia, and you dare to call yourself a member of Arcadia?"
Even if you want to impersonate someone, your intelligence gathering is just too poor!
"No! I..." Leticia was dumbfounded, not knowing how to explain.
Just as the rabbit-eared girl thought she had seen through the truth with her sharp eyes and was about to run off to report to her parents, Lamia's voice suddenly rang out faintly. "Miss Moon Rabbit, if you truly admire my sister... I mean, the Knight of Little Garden named Leticia, you should know her appearance, right?"
Hearing this, the rabbit-eared girl nodded vigorously.
Are you kidding me? If there's one thing I know, it's everything about my idol. How could I not know?
"Lady Leticia is from the vampire clan and once held the title of Knight of Little Garden. I heard she's even royalty. Although I don't know the specifics, I heard from my mother that Lady Leticia has long hair like golden silk and eyes like red glass, and a very beautiful face... even in the entire Little Garden, the combination of golden hair and red eyes is extremely rare... just like..."
As she spoke, the rabbit-eared girl subconsciously noticed the appearance of the girl in front of her. Her eyes widened, and her speech slowed down.
"Just... like... you..."
The rabbit-eared girl's face was filled with disbelief, her small body trembling slightly, as if a certain possibility had occurred to her.
Seeing this, Leticia also scratched her cheek with her index finger, a little embarrassed, and turned her head away. "Sorry, there's no one in Arcadia with the same name as me, so I think the Leticia you're talking about is probably me."
"..." This time, it was the rabbit-eared girl's turn to be silent.
No wonder the other person had such a strange expression when she asked if they knew Leticia. In front of her most admired idol, she had not only questioned her identity but also expressed her fervent admiration.
Realizing what a foolish thing she had done, the rabbit-eared girl slowly squatted down and covered her face with her hands. "Waaah~" Only after confirming that she couldn't see anything did she let out a cry of extreme shame.
"I can't go on living!"