It actually got bigger?!
Watching her little sister transform from a twelve-year-old into an eighteen-year-old, and then in the blink of an eye into a woman in her twenties, Aurora was beginning to doubt her own eyes.
Had she really slept not just for six years, but for more than a decade?!
As Lola Bell changed into this form, her clothes shifted as well, from a simple brown dress to a tight black outfit.
Her slender waist was cinched tightly by the outfit, accentuating her graceful curves, and especially the full and soft ‘slime’ at her chest, wrapped in black, looked so suffocating it was hard to breathe.
Right now, that ‘slime’ was pressing against Aurora’s chest, and as Lola Bell’s restless body kept rubbing against her, Aurora felt a ticklish sensation.
Up to this point, Aurora still couldn’t make sense of the situation. She looked down at the Lola Bell in her arms, who was nuzzling against her like a kitten, and spoke softly, “What have you been doing all this time while I was asleep?”
“I became a Saint Knight.” Lola Bell answered quietly.
Saint Knight?!
Did she mean the Saint Knight blessed by the Goddess, revered by the people of the kingdom?
It was as if a boulder had dropped into the sea of her heart, and waves crashed thunderously in her mind.
If her little sister truly was a Saint Knight, then they would never again need to bow and scrape before the nobles. They wouldn’t have to depend on marriage to secure a happy life.
But if that was the case, why was she still locked away in this Space? Had something especially troublesome happened?
At that thought, most of Aurora’s joy faded. With doubts in her heart, she asked, “Why do you want to keep me here? Can you tell me?”
“Because… there are bad people outside.”
“There are bad people who want to take you away, Sis. I want to protect you, so I have to keep you here.” As she spoke, her tone grew a bit colder.
She rose from Aurora’s embrace, looking at her with a serious gaze.
That coquettish look from before was gone, replaced by a mature and indifferent expression, though her eyes still brimmed with affection as she looked at Aurora.
It was only now that Aurora truly realized—the girl before her was no longer that twelve-year-old child.
“Sis, I know you want to leave, but you can’t. Not yet.”
“Why? Are those bad people nearby?”
“Because I’m fighting that person right now.”
Seeing the confusion in Aurora’s eyes, she explained, “Everything in this Space is under my control. The one talking to you now is just a sliver of my consciousness placed here.”
“Is… is that so?” Aurora nodded, half-understanding, then urgently cried out, “Then aren’t you in danger?!”
Danger…?
Right now, Beatrice was the one covered in wounds from their fight, while she herself, protected by the Blessing of the Goddess, healed instantly the moment she was injured. So even though her body was drenched in blood, not a single wound remained.
But if that was the case, why was she still locked away in this Space? Had something especially troublesome happened?
At that thought, most of Aurora’s joy faded. With doubts in her heart, she asked, “Why do you want to keep me here? Can you tell me?”
“Because… there are bad people outside.”
“There are bad people who want to take you away, Sis. I want to protect you, so I have to keep you here.” As she spoke, her tone grew a bit colder.
She rose from Aurora’s embrace, looking at her with a serious gaze.
That coquettish look from before was gone, replaced by a mature and indifferent expression, though her eyes still brimmed with affection as she looked at Aurora.
It was only now that Aurora truly realized—the girl before her was no longer that twelve-year-old child.
“Sis, I know you want to leave, but you can’t. Not yet.”
“Why? Are those bad people nearby?”
“Because I’m fighting that person right now.”
Seeing the confusion in Aurora’s eyes, she explained, “Everything in this Space is under my control. The one talking to you now is just a sliver of my consciousness placed here.”
“Is… is that so?” Aurora nodded, half-understanding, then urgently cried out, “Then aren’t you in danger?!”
Danger…?
Right now, Beatrice was the one covered in wounds from their fight, while she herself, protected by the Blessing of the Goddess, healed instantly the moment she was injured. So even though her body was drenched in blood, not a single wound remained.
Thinking this, Lola Bell didn’t say it out loud, because she wanted to win a little more sympathy from the person in front of her, to feel a little more of her gentleness.
A sly smile played at her lips as she feigned a pitiful voice, “Yes, Sis, my wounds hurt so much right now. Can you hug me again?”
“Where does it hurt? Let me rub it for you!”
Seeing Aurora flustered and at a loss, Lola Bell couldn’t help but tell even more lies.
“Here, here, and… here.”
She pointed to the top of her head, then to her cheek, and after hesitating for a moment, finally pointed to her chest.
“You really are a bad egg! Why did she have to hit you in all the wrong places!”
“Mm…” Lola Bell nodded guiltily.
Then she closed her eyes, enjoying Aurora’s touch like a little cat, even purring with contentment.
But as Aurora massaged her, her hand suddenly stopped.
Aurora spoke anxiously, “This can’t go on. Let me out, I’ll help you!”
She stood up, rolled up her sleeves, and with a fierce swing of her little fist, was ready to charge out.
“No, Sis.”
Lola Bell reached out and pressed down her raised fist.
“Why not?”
“Because… that bad person, she placed a curse Magic on you. If you get close, you’ll be bound by chains.”
“Is… is that so?”
“But I have a way.”
As she spoke, Lola Bell took a pink object from her pocket.
It was a humanoid Elven, sleeping quietly in her palm, looking peaceful.
“Sis, make a Familiar contract with this Elven. That way, the Magic will be temporarily neutralized.”
Lola Bell placed the Elven in her hand.
Holding the Elven in her palms, Aurora couldn’t help but swallow nervously.
This was her first time being so close to an Elven. It felt soft and squishy, except its dragonfly-like wings were a bit prickly.
“A Familiar contract, huh…”
She didn’t really understand the details, but her sister surely knew more than she did, so listening to her couldn’t be wrong.
“Sis, repeat after me.”
“O-okay.”
As the chanting continued, red chains began to faintly appear around her.
But what puzzled her was that a layer of red chains also started to appear on her own body, as if she had already formed a contract with someone before. Why was that?
“Sis, don’t get distracted. The contract is almost done.”
Just as she was pondering this, Lola Bell’s voice rang in her ears.
“Mm…”
She closed her eyes and continued chanting.
The red chains started to wrap around her body, or rather, another layer wound around the chains that were already there.
And the Elven in her hand was also slowly being wrapped in chains, until the two of them were completely enveloped.
“My body… it’s so hot.”
The Familiars’ Red Chain coiled around her body felt as if it was burning straight from hell. It felt like her body would be incinerated, and even the Elven in her hands let out a mournful cry.
“Sis… it feels like it can’t hold on much longer.”
This kind of forced contract’s red chain would cause excruciating pain for the contracted. Lola Bell knew this, but for a newborn Elven who couldn’t even speak yet, this was the only way. If she told Aurora, she surely wouldn’t agree.
So all she could do was lie.
“It’s fine, this is normal.”
“I-is that so?”
With that reassurance, Aurora gritted her teeth and continued the contract.
The chains grew hotter and the red glow brighter. With a ringing that pierced her ears, the chains suddenly vanished.
“The chains… they’re gone.” Aurora looked at Lola Bell in confusion.
“The contract succeeded, Sis.”
But she still hadn’t truly escaped the Witch’s restraints—this was only the first step.
Since Sis didn’t want to stay here, she would have to use more lies to keep her in the dark.
A good child doesn’t lie to her sister. But now, she was lying as Saint Knight Lola Bell Eve, not as a little sister, so she was still her good child, right?
Telling herself this, Lola Bell still felt a little uneasy inside.
“Sis, am I still your good child?” She walked up to Aurora, tugged at her sleeve, and asked softly.
Faced with this sudden, odd question, Aurora tilted her head and replied, “Of course you are. Why?”
“It’s nothing.”
Only after hearing this did Lola Bell’s uneasy heart settle a little.