The tailing duo had absolutely no reaction time.
But they couldn't pretend to be mute and say nothing either.
Luna nervously pinched her skirt and stammered, "Ah... it's, it's such a coincidence. Little Light and I were just passing by, just passing by, right Little Light?"
"I'm just here for fun, ehyo! Mm mm mm, we're passing by, passing by."
Helena smiled, "Passing by, huh, okay. Then I'll buy you some snacks."
"No, no, we're not hungry—"
Gurgle~
Before Luna could object, her stomach had already betrayed her.
Little Moon pressed her lips together, looked at Little Light, and said, "Um, Little Light's not hungry, we—"
Gurgle~
Little Light's stomach betrayed her too.
'Damn it, why now of all times!'
'Couldn't it be more reliable and wait until we escape from here before making noises!'
"Come on, I bought lots of snacks. Noah and I can't finish them alone, let's eat together."
Having said that, Helena didn't wait for Luna to say anything and directly took the two little dragon girls' hands, returning to the bench.
Noah looked at her sister and smiled, saying, "Good evening, Luna."
Luna turned her head awkwardly, averted her eyes, and said in a cramped voice, "G-good evening, Sister, Little Light and I... were just passing by."
"Mm, quite a coincidence. Since we bumped into each other, come eat something. All bought by Helena."
Luna rubbed her flat little belly and unconsciously swallowed.
To follow Sister's date, apart from the morning's ice creams, she really hadn't eaten much all day.
But those were bought by Helena, how could she eat food bought by Helena?
'Hold it in!'
'Hold it in!'
'Absolutely mustn't eat!'
And Little Light would absolutely stand with me—
"Then I won't be polite! Thanks, Sister Helena!"
The little pink-haired girl pounced into the snack pile and began to gorge.
"..."
'Aurora, you betrayed the revolution!'
"Here, eat."
Helena handed a pack of beef bits to Luna. Seeing that she didn't reach out to take it, she crouched down and spoke to her from a slightly upward angle.
"I know my appearance may have caused you some trouble, Luna. I can roughly guess how you view my relationship with your sister."
Helena spoke gently, her azure eyes full of sincerity and patience,
"But please trust me, and trust Noah, she is your sister, always will be, and no one will take her away from you."
"You are her sister; in her heart, you are a unique existence."
"I promise you, little Luna, in this world the person Noah loves most is you, Little Light, and Uncle and Auntie. No one can replace you."
"And I am only a friend accompanying Noah, Noah also needs sincere friendship to enrich her inner world."
She reached out and tried to pinch Luna's cheek.
Seeing Luna didn't refuse, she breathed a sigh of relief and continued,."Don't be so down, eat something. I also bought—"
"Thank you..."
"Hm?", Helena didn't hear clearly.
"Thank you... Sister Helena..."
Luna lowered her head and said softly, "It was my fault before, I shouldn't have been so selfish..."
"Nonsense, it's not up to the level of selfishness."
Helena patted her little head, "Don't think so much, you're a super cute little dragon girl."
"Cu-cute...? Mommy says that's a bad word."
Helena was stunned, "But my aunt said it's a compliment."
"Eh? Why would—"
Gurgle~ Gurgle~
Luna's stomach growled again.
Helena covered her mouth and laughed lightly, "Eat quickly, you look starved,"
"No no no, Sister Helena, this is not hunger..."
Luna's expression was strange, her brows knitted, hand covering the belly that kept making gurgling noises.
"Then what is it?"
"Seven ice creams... this is spicy now!"
———
All sevenfold love for Sister turned into sevenfold pain at this moment.
Luna simply couldn't hold it until getting home to use the toilet.
If she could, she really wanted to rent out the park restroom in the name of "Second Princess of the Silver Dragons."
Noah, Helena and Little Light stood outside the restroom, silently waiting for Luna to come out.
If luck was good she might walk out;
If bad, crawl out;
If worse, Noah would have to go in to fetch her.
"How many ice creams did she eat?", Noah asked.
"Seven," Little Light replied.
Noah froze and blinked, "Why seven? Not a round number."
"Actually Second Sister originally bought ten."
"Then did you eat the other three, Little Light?"
Noah was already thinking about how to take care of these two nobles tonight.
Fortunately Little Light had some foresight, "Uh... I didn't eat them. We have a reliable helper."
Helper, meaning the pigeon-chan forced to swallow.
Noah sighed inwardly; as long as Little Light was fine, she wouldn't ask more about who that helper was.
After about ten more minutes, still not seeing Luna come out, Noah stepped forward,
"I'll go get her."
A moment later, Noah came out carrying Luna, who was nearly fainted.
Luna was draped over her sister's back, her big eyes already in that "spiral" daze, her little arms hanging on Noah's shoulders, her little tail drooping weakly.
She kept muttering, "I'll never... eat... ice cream... again..."
Little Light went over, pinched Second Sister's tail, and seeing no reaction, patted her cheek, still no response.
"Second Sister is probably out cold."
"Back to rest," Noah said.
"Okay."
The little dragon girls walked through the tribal plaza and streets back to the Silver Dragon Sanctuary.
———
As they passed the sanctuary hall, they suddenly heard flowing, lively piano music.
"The sound is coming from Mommy's music room."
Little Light said, "But I remember she hasn't played for a long time."
Rossweise was usually busy with many affairs and had little mind to play. Her rare free moments were mostly spent doing homework with the dog-man.
The last time Little Light heard Mommy play piano was when she was born; apparently it was to nurture Little Light's musical cells.
But as Little Light grew, she only became interested in magic research, not music.
Rossweise didn't force her daughters to learn specialties; as long as the kids happily learned what they were good at and interested in, that was fine.
As for Rossweise herself, she wasn't particularly obsessed with piano, but if she had the leisure she wouldn't mind showing off a bit.
The piano melody was melodious and pleasant, echoing through the vast sanctuary hall.
The little dragon girls slowed their pace to savor this rare queenly performance.
But while everyone was still immersed in the gentle piano, a sharp, penetrating sound abruptly joined in.
The sound was like a blade, cutting the piano's softness and silence.
Not exactly unpleasant, but Noah and the others certainly had never heard music of this style.
"What, what is this? A Silver Dragon-only instrument?", Helena asked.
Noah shook her head, "I haven't heard it before, but it doesn't sound like something Mommy would like. Little Light, can you tell what instrument it is?"
The little pink-haired girl shook her head too, "No, Big Sis, there's no instrument in Mommy's music room that can make such... an aggressive sound."
Just then Luna weakly raised her hand, "I... I know what this... is..."
"You're awake, Luna. So what instrument is it?"
"Daddy once demonstrated it to me... and said the Silver Dragon Sanctuary originally didn't have this instrument, he made one himself temporarily."
Noah swallowed.
Everyone knows their father is very reliable and straightforward, but only in battle.
In daily life, the daughters had often experienced Daddy's abstractions.
Little Light was especially "suffering"; she always felt seventy percent of her disinterest in music was Daddy's fault.
Who told him back when she was still in Mommy's belly he played all kinds of weird music for her every day. Mommy told her that.
So when Luna said "Daddy made the instrument himself," Noah and Little Light felt a chill down their backs.
"Daddy said... said this instrument is called, uh, I'm going to faint again."
The sisters exchanged a glance.
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