"Lady Shui and Orchid exchanged a glance and immediately rushed to the secluded compartment in the deepest part of the laboratory."
"They saw Dust Beater holding two somewhat disheveled girls, wiping away tears. The three were crying together, wretchedly yet somewhat relieved—they were finally reunited, fortunately, the worst-case scenario hadn't unfolded."
"However, Lady Shui soon noticed something was amiss."
"Beside the Pallian Sisters' 'prison', there was a mechanical table, on which lay a very intricate mechanical squirrel model."
"Lady Shui had seen similar items at Little Sheron's place, and she knew these were often used by Demi-Human Engineers to assess apprentices' learning outcomes. Being able to design and assemble something like a mechanical squirrel independently meant that a Half Body Mechanic apprentice had graduated."
