“Sister… I’m really fine…”
Liewata looked at her sister, who was worried about her.
They didn’t go to the church but climbed onto the roof of the inn like when they were children, enjoying the rare peaceful late night.
Luola had originally disagreed with this, but after Liewata left Li Si, she returned to normal and even showed a childhood smile, making it hard for Luola to refuse.
But after coming up, Luola regretted it.
Below lived Lady Li Si and the others.
Even though there was a floor in between, it was still too rude.
Liewata’s voice was ethereal, filled with disbelief, “Sister, am I really not dreaming?”
Luola glanced at her younger sister and couldn’t help asking, “Liewata, what was wrong with you just now? Haven’t you always admired Li Si?”
“Yes! I really admire her! So… as soon as I knew it was Li Si… I couldn’t control myself. My whole body was trembling!”
Liewata’s eyes sparkled as she said excitedly, “One person, consecutively creating the miracle of three teams. Those who don’t like her say she’s riding on the coattails of those geniuses, and then they call her a dictator. A dictator… that itself is proof.”
“An ordinary adventurer, called the strongest in the novice village among a team full of chosen ones. Sister, I always believed she would continue after leaving the novice village…”
“Stop, stop, stop…”
Luola had a headache and said helplessly, “Speaking of which, you weren’t like this before. Ever since that hero passed by, you seem to have changed.”
“Yes, because that person taught me a lot. Oh, right!”
Liewata suddenly remembered something and quickly said, “Sister, while you were away, I went to Soronwell. Didn’t that person make it into the Soronwell city newspaper before? I found her through that. Maybe she’ll come to help us in the next day or two!”
“You… begged her?”
Luola’s gaze sharpened, and she looked seriously at Liewata’s neck.
There was a fiery red pendant there, proof given by the proud hero to a defeated opponent.
“Mm, even if she kills me, I’m willing.”
Liewata reached out and grasped the pendant on her chest, then suddenly felt a bit reluctant.
She murmured, “But now Lady Li Si is here.”
“Oh right, I need to tell her! Her former teammate, Lady Li Si, has come to Hot Spring Village!”
Liewata excitedly opened her message list and sent a message to the hero.
Luola felt a bit sorry for her sister.
At that time, Liewata had been so struck by the hero, finally thrown a pendant declaring death, with a terrifying declaration: ‘If you don’t get stronger, I’ll kill you.’
Yet she still had the courage to go find her.
Luola always felt that her sister possessed a power she herself couldn’t understand.
But in reality, she was so powerless.
She worked so hard, adventuring everywhere since age fifteen, reaching level 20 in three years, but returning to the village, she was battered and bruised.
Although Liewata seemed normal, Luola could feel that her vibrant heart was already crumbling.
No matter how hard she tried, no matter how high her level, as a mage, Liewata could only cast a tiny spark.
Luola couldn’t help but gently embrace her sister, carefully take off her mage hat, and softly pull that stubborn forehead into her arm.
“Sister, I’ll still go. I won’t give up. I know I’m weak. I know maybe for my whole life I’ll only be a mage who uses small sparks, but even so, I still want to team up with strong people. I… want to go to higher and farther places, even if it’s just standing beside the strong.”
“Mm, go, go.”
Luola gently stroked her sister’s bangs, softly repeating, “Go, go.”
Tonight, she temporarily didn’t want to worry about the village’s safety.
She didn’t want to care about the defense team members searching for them on the village roads.
She just wanted to accompany her and watch one more childhood sunrise.
“Ah, the hero replied.”
Liewata smiled and opened the message list.
[Rocky: Li Si? What, do you also want to cling to her and beg to team up like you did to me? Hehehe~ I suggest you don’t. That one’s personality is even worse than mine.]
Liewata looked at the sky.
The moon was setting, the stars were sparse, and sunlight gradually rose.
She clenched her fist tightly and retorted into the air, “No way!”
Li Si yawned, her mind buzzing.
They had returned late last night.
She hadn’t slept much and couldn’t sleep at all.
The remaining Goddess Barrier in this village was pitifully small, and Strict Father’s perception directly judged it as wilderness, keeping her on alert as if in the wild.
That would have been fine, but more importantly, there was a sisterly heart-to-heart show on the roof.
She tried not to listen, but her perception was too sharp—completely unavoidable.
If it were a normal sister talk, she could treat it as white noise.
But at dawn, the tone suddenly turned strange.
Stuff like “Why hasn’t this place grown even after growing up?”
“Only sleeping with someone you like makes it bigger.”
“Why is sister so big, but mine is like a frying pan?”
Fortunately, Lili Ya was beside her, so she hugged her to her heart’s content.
As for why Lili Ya was in her bed—of course, they were used to sleeping together.
Last night, Lili Ya said she couldn’t sleep and moved over.
Li Si was trying to increase affinity anyway, so she didn’t mind.
[Lili Ya Affinity +1%]
But repeating the same thing gave less and less affinity.
Knock knock—
A knock came from outside.
Li Si yawned, straightened her clothes, and got up to open the door.
“Li Si! I like you!”
“?????”
Li Si tilted her head, covering her mouth while yawning, not understanding what had happened.
Suddenly she felt wind behind her.
Turning around, a pink lump shot straight up on the bed, standing stiff, even its antenna hair standing at attention.
Lili Ya had just been dreaming in bed, but in an instant she became alert, her big eyes staring straight at the door.
When she saw the scene, she was momentarily confused.
At the door, Li Si was yawning.
Outside, a girl with long dark red hair was so excited she was flushed red, mouth open as if stunned.
“Ah… what did you say?”
Lili Ya tilted her head, eyes fixed on the person outside.
“I-I-I… I mean…”
Liewata couldn’t help trembling.
She had prepared all night, waiting for service time to express her wish to adventure with Li Si, but accidentally blurted out the truth.
But what she wanted was to become friends first, then lovers!
What if Li Si misunderstood her as that kind of loose girl!
“Uh… shouldn’t we have breakfast?”
Li Si rubbed her eyes in speechlessness.
What was all this?
Was this the time for that?
The Minotaur war wasn’t over yet.
Li Si didn’t understand this girl’s thought process, but one thing surprised her very much.
[Liewata Recognition +5%]
Did this Recognition increase just by talking?
“Ah… yes, yes, yes! Eat, eat breakfast!”
Liewata hurriedly turned and ran to the dining room downstairs.
Li Si tilted her head.
Shouldn’t she wait for them and help guide the way?
She looked around, saw other staff in the corridor, and didn’t bother to investigate.
She called Lili Ya to change clothes.
When they came out, Jian and Yadana had already left their rooms.
Those two, somehow, came out of the same room, looking like they had become friends.
Li Si didn’t want to understand crazy people.
In her opinion, Jian, this obsessive fan, was also pretty crazy, so it wasn’t surprising they got along.
At the same time, from the opposite room, Violet Team also came out, looking ready to go all out.
Li Si couldn’t help but take a few more glances.
She was willing to solve the Minotaur problem because she wanted to invite Liewata to join, and she had played this game many times, confident in wiping out the Minotaur.
But Ailin’s decision to stay was completely a gamble with her life.
Such a person deserved respect.
Li Si greeted them and stepped downstairs.
Suddenly a dark figure flashed in front of her.
Li Si quickly tried to dodge, but the shadow’s agility was no less.
“Uwa!”
Li Si was knocked into an embrace and fell on her back, staring at the ceiling in speechlessness.
She suddenly somewhat understood what the golden finger meant by dangerous relationship.
[Dangerous Relationship: Liewata]
So this was the kind of danger…