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"That's not the case... I've read your paper, and it does seem a bit far-fetched..."
"……what?"
"Ahem, it's okay. Let's not talk about academics for now. After all, there's no need for us to trade power for sex in this relationship."
"Hehe, now you are the lustful one and I am the powerful one. Uh-huh, how are you going to please me~?"
Esta didn't delve into Kong's subtle expression at that moment. Just as she was about to push further, her ears twitched, and she raised her index finger to his lips with a curved look in her eyes.
This set of actions seemed to be cute, but the original intention was to make him pay attention to the situation outside.
[…Ms. Himeko is still at the door.]
[…Maybe it’s to remind us to be more restrained?]
Because of Esta's sudden attack, they almost rolled over in the corridor outside the compartment -
In case these two stupid lovers really had sex, Ji Zi would have to watch her step when she entered the room... It seemed that she didn't want that to happen, so she stood outside the door and used her faint breath to remind them to keep down their movements, at least until they entered the guest room.
Just as Kong said, Himeko had tried her best to give Esta enough private space in the room, but she couldn't remain calm when she thought about the two of them making love right next to her.
She had been able to treat the girls that Sora brought to the car in a mature and separate manner because no one had ever shown off their night life around her.
The sound of the rich woman chewing the two bites of food could be heard through the door...If the room noise reduction mode was not activated, she would probably not be able to block it out of her ears.
...In fact, it would be most convenient to turn on the noise reduction and use the public frequency to communicate directly, but she just felt that it was a bit weird that this kind of couple used their own separate rooms to do things, which made her feel embarrassed.
Is it envy? Maybe a little. Often it is envy that breeds resentment and makes me not want to continue being a generous person.
But she is ultimately a woman who is not obsessed with love. She has longer-term and higher-level pursuits - the negative examples of people around her cannot shake her.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw Kong and Ester slowly walking out from behind the door. They had already piled their luggage inside. Both of them were dressed neatly, as if they had not been busy in there just now.
"Ms. Jizi, I will come back here to rest at night, so I won't cause you any more trouble."
Ester bowed slightly to her, as if she was very apologetic: "Don't worry, we will 'solve' it outside. I will sleep alone here tonight."
"It's just right that I'm taking her to the surface. She wants to study the economic model of the upper and lower levels of Beloberg." Kong Ze kept winking at Ester, asking her not to make it so clear, but the rich girl refused. She thought that she should talk openly with someone like Himeko who knew everything.
"…I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just didn't have time to leave."
When Ji Zi saw how they quickly adjusted themselves, she knew for sure that she had just paused at the door for a while. Although it was embarrassing, she still used her mature sense of humor.
"Esther, your armpits are wet?"
"...Ah, why am I sweating here? Could it be that your hands are sweating - cough cough, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you!"
Hearing Ji Zi's teasing, the young webmaster quickly took out his handkerchief and raised one arm to wipe it vigorously, only to find that it was not the sweat stains caused by her excitement or the air... but the stains that dripped on her when she was drawing the thread just now. Then her face turned red with a bang.
A rich woman with such thick skin would actually reveal such a shy expression - although she didn't know how much effort Kong had put in just now, Ji Zi found it really interesting and let her bear the previous embarrassment.
"Don't mind. Everyone doesn't disturb each other during lights-out time. Of course, the so-called lights-out will not affect the observation car. If there is a need, Pam is on duty almost 24 hours a day."
"Thank you. Let's go, Sora. We must be too excited about the trip. Let's go to the surface to cool down the sweat—"
"It will be hotter underground, so let's go to the camp west of the city first."
The two of them walked out of the guest compartment under Ji Zi's rather amused gaze, and then they relaxed together, changing from flamingo-like postures to rat-like ones:
"Phew, that was a close call. I almost made Miss Himeko dislike me—"
"Who told you to act without considering the situation..."
"You didn't stop me either, huh."
"How dare you stop me? You can't refuse me, can you?"
Sora said that her fullness piled forward, pressing against her hands and chest, and his head began to turn pink and white. How could he have the willpower to push her away?
Seeing that Kong readily admitted that he had a poor concentration, Estelle wrinkled her nose in satisfaction: "Did I act well just now?"
"Ah? You were the one who acted just now?"
"Yes, 'a girl who appears to be smart but can't control her desires', so Ms. Himeko will be more tolerant of me, right?"
Esta spread her hands, looking quite proud - she was not afraid at all that Ji Zi would continue to eavesdrop on their conversation.
“But it doesn’t look like acting.”
“You’re bad!!”
Esta hit the air twice, and then found that Kama had moved from the viewing window to the guest room at some point, and was blocked by them.
"...I want to go back. There is nothing worth absorbing here."
Glancing at Esta, Kama pushed her aside unceremoniously and entered another carriage. Then, while Sora was about to say something, he pursed his lips:
"I'm working hard."
"I didn't say you were lazy?" Kong scratched his head.
"...Hehe, remember to avoid the acting guardian sister when you go downstairs. She is very emotionally unstable right now."
"Do you know all this?"
"The 'love' I can sense can cover this planet, but it can't affect much - you haven't been back to Chaldea for too long, I'm afraid you have forgotten the divinity of us guys... Anyway, try not to run into Bronya."
Kama's subtext was still to blame Sora, but she actually warned Sora to stay away from a girl who was in a bad mood... Logically, she never does such charitable things that are in line with her status as the Goddess of Love.
"Oh, I remember."
"In Chaldea, even if you are torn into pieces, we can still put you back together, but here, hehe, it's better not to challenge the dark side of love, okay?"
Kama continued to walk away slowly with that deep and devilish look on her face, but Kong frowned at her delicate back and pinched his chin, as if he was looking at her white back that was a pity not to have the holy mark tattooed on it.
"...What's wrong?" Esta didn't understand what was going on about maintaining human nature, but she knew that Bronya - even though she was a love rival she had never met, was a relatively high threat and should be given more attention.
"Something's wrong. Kama is hiding something from me."
"Eh? Can you see it? Or hear it?" The rich woman's curiosity suddenly arose.
"She's trying to make up for it by giving me a warning, which means she feels she owes me something—"
Sora shook his head. "But it's probably nothing serious. I can tell at a glance if someone has particularly bad intentions. Hiding it from me is probably just a prank at best."
"Then...Sora, can you tell what I'm thinking right now?"
"...You want to be close." Sora laughed at Esta's overacting starry eyes.
"Hey, that's awesome!! So forget about the others and just focus on me!"
"Should we invite Alan?"
"If you dare to call him, I will ignore you for a week... No, it seems not possible, it's too long, change it to an hour--"
As Ester continued to mutter, Sora and her figures disappeared into the carriage.
The meditating Yingyin opened his eyes due to the sudden silence, and glanced at the train timetable hanging next to the clock - actually it was the shift planning board, and found that the two students were going to be on the mission tonight... The security was not enough, and then there was a struggle in his eyes, which was not like what a God of Eternity should look like at all.
"…No, we still have to follow and protect them."
Immediately, her body turned into silent rice light to drive the Pure Land of One Heart, revealing only the familiar posture of Evil Yao with his eyes opened, and flew out of the airtight door.
Even though Sora teleported without her, it would only take a few seconds to reach the surface at the speed of lightning...
She believed that Kong would understand her excessive vigilance.
……
"I'm not a child anymore, Nata! It was you who suggested that I enjoy love for a while, fearing that I would die on the road before I could enjoy it once. Why can't you let me take the lead now?"
"But Xi'er, if you offer yourself to him so casually, all the ways I have prepared to repay him will be in vain."
Even when they were arguing, Nata's logic was still very powerful: "Registering a medical research and development laboratory and sharing patents to provide dividends are all ways to repay him. I am also working hard to help the lower-class residents find value other than their bodies and labor. But if you join in, he may let go of his moral reserve and ask for more girls from Bay City—"
"...No, there aren't many people he'd like. Apart from you, there's Bronya. I can guarantee that."
However, Xier dismissed Nata's false concerns with an overly realistic reason: "Clara and Ling are both beautiful, but they are not grown up yet, and Sora won't bite them. Xiluwa doesn't mean that - you, me, and our commander-in-chief are all."
"...Why do you know it so clearly?" Nata was stunned by Xier.
"Because I was a bit of a jerk and asked him how he felt about all the nice-looking girls in Bay City."
Xier was very glad that there was a day when she could control Nata's prickly temper and make her silent. It was so cool.
"You are even more naive than me, Nata. If Bronya can be taken down, it doesn't matter whether there are the insurance measures you mentioned. With so many resources in his hands, no one would dare to object to him becoming the contemporary male guardian of Beloberg—"
Xi'er shook her head in great satisfaction at Nata's shocked expression: "What you should do now is either quit or try to catch up with me, hehe~ Now I finally have something good that you haven't experienced before to show off - do you want to hear the details? For example, what does Kong like most about you? I also asked specifically?"
"Xier...you..."
There were times when Nata was so tired that she wanted to vomit blood, but she was also furious when she saw Xier, her half-sister, or even half-daughter, whom she raised with all her own hands, had such a bad attitude.
The leader of the underground fire...some people are lucky enough to have seen the look of him when he gets angry. It won't cause the sky to collapse or the earth to split, but at least it will make the underground world tremble a little -
But just as she was getting angry, a silver-white shadow floating past her made her swallow back all the words of admonition.
Miss Commander looked at the boundary anchor that only those who had participated in the air teleportation activities could see, with her eyes so cold as if she was looking at a target that could be shot and smashed at any time.
296. Good Girlfriend
"...Xier, did you deliberately provoke her?"
"No, I just came here to provoke you."
Seele still spoke indignantly, but when she heard Nata's tone become much more "gentle" due to the visible coldness around Bronya, she couldn't help but lower her voice.
"...You didn't show off to her before, so why did she suddenly become a different person?"
"How should I know? There's no time left. Besides, we are peers after all. I should definitely come to you first—"
"...What did you just say?" Nata's eyebrows twitched, and she couldn't even maintain the fake smile on her face.
"Cough cough." Xier, knowing that she had said something wrong, coughed twice.
She has always been a talkative person - but ever since she became a member of the Earth and Fire cadre, her outspoken nature has never caused her much trouble, making her even more "arrogant". She just didn't expect that she would eventually offend the sister who raised her to be like this. This can be regarded as a kind of karma that Nata indulged her in certain aspects.
"Commander Bronya?"
"Don't worry about me, I'm waiting for someone, you guys go ahead and do your work."
"Yes."
Pella, who was passing by Banya, looked at the other party's eyes that seemed to be illuminated by the Creper lapis lazuli lava, shuddered suddenly, and fled away with the information in his arms.
It's not that her eyes were particularly fierce, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that she was staring at the empty area where only the train set would suddenly appear, waiting for that man, and most likely not for good reasons.