"What did you say?"
Although a guess had already faintly formed in Yae Miko's heart, she asked anyway.
"It's exactly what you went and asked Sister Acheron to make me do." Wendy looked at Yae Miko with unconcealed disdain, as if Miko had done something beneath contempt.
This stinking brat...
Sigh...
And Mei, seriously...
I specifically said she had to call me 'Sister Miko' to my face...
I didn't mean for her to just say 'Sister Miko' to the empty air and call it a day...
At this moment, Yae Miko naturally understood what had happened.
It was obvious that when Mei asked her to say 'Sister Miko,' Wendy had simply blurted it out right then and there, without ever intending to say it in front of Miko herself.
However, even knowing this, Yae Miko continued to press, "Then what, specifically, was it?"
She knew that being this direct made it hard to trick Wendy, but she wanted to try. On the off chance this stinking brat didn't react in time, she would have earned a victory.
"She told me to call you Sister... Psycho!"
When she reached the last word, it sounded as if Wendy had forcibly twisted the phrase 'Sister Miko' into something else entirely.
Yae Miko: "..."
It had to be said—at this moment, Yae Miko truly wanted to give Wendy a beating.
But because the person before her was the Anemo Archon, and possessed visibly formidable strength, Yae Miko held back.
Since she couldn't rely on Mei for this, she could only pin her hopes on Kaito.
"Alright, little girl, don't interrupt when adults are talking."
Knowing her scheme was hopeless, Yae Miko decided to send Wendy away.
After all, with this little girl around, she would only end up bickering with her.
"You old..."
"Enough, Wendy. You should go back. Kaito might have returned by now."
Before Wendy could finish her sentence, Acheron spoke up to stop her.
Since the matter Yae Miko requested was technically done, it was time for Wendy to leave.
"Fine. For the sake of Sister Acheron, I won't call you an old fox." As if acting helpless, Wendy continued, "Then, Sister Acheron, I'll be going now."
With that, Wendy left without looking back.
Yae Miko: "..."
This little brat...
Watching Wendy's retreating figure, Yae Miko really wanted to teach her a proper lesson.
"Didn't she call you 'Sister Miko'? Is that still not enough?"
Glancing at Yae Miko, then at Wendy's retreating back, Acheron appeared somewhat puzzled.
"Oh, my Sister Mei... My intention was to have that little brat call me 'Sister Miko' to my face, not for her to say it to the air."
Retracting her gaze to look at the bewildered Mei, Yae Miko felt utterly helpless.
However, looking at Acheron like this, she felt a momentary trance, as if that sweet-toothed fellow was standing right before her eyes.
"Then I'll call her back."
"Don't, don't. If you call that brat back, I'll just be a 'little fox' or 'old fox' again. Let's just forget it."
Seeing Mei react with such delayed realization, Yae Miko smiled bitterly and shook her head.
She realized now that for some things, she simply couldn't count on Mei.
Of course, she actually found this trait of hers a little cute.
"Speaking of which, if Kaito has returned, do you need to go back?"
Since Mei had just mentioned that Kaito might be back, Yae Miko asked this question.
"But didn't you have other matters to discuss?"
"My business isn't all that urgent," Yae Miko said slowly, continuing to observe the expressionless Mei.
In truth, she wanted to know the answer to a specific question, which was why she suddenly asked Mei this.
"Then I'll treat this as coming out for a walk. It's not good to sit all the time."
Because she had just claimed she was squirming due to sitting for too long, Mei offered this explanation.
No matter what, her subsequent actions had to align with her previous words, or people would get suspicious.
"Aren't you afraid that little brat will share away all the love that belongs to you?"
Seeing that Mei had no intention of going back, Yae Miko curiously asked another question.
After all, there was only one Kaito, and Mei had to face competition from Wendy and possibly that girl named Kiana.
"The love that belongs to me? I don't worry about that. With so many people, Kaito's attention can't be on me all the time anyway."
regarding Yae Miko's question, Acheron gave this answer.
Although the truth of the matter was slightly different, generally speaking, it was about right.
More importantly, she had engaged in a thorough, 'deep exchange' with Kaito just yesterday. Today, it was indeed time to switch to someone else.
Of course, this didn't mean Kaito would be having a 'deep exchange' with another version of herself today; it simply meant a different person would be by Kaito's side.
It just had to be said that in terms of the experience of that kind of matter, Wendy's side was indeed inferior to Acheron's side, and the same went for Kiana's side.
There was no helping it; the 'hardware' on Acheron's side was simply too superior.
But even so, there were two points where everyone was the same: oral technique and manual dexterity.
After all, no matter how one looked at it, they were effectively one person, so the proficiency in these two skills was the same regardless of which side used them.
It was just that when it came to the 'hardware,' there was nothing to be done—everyone was different.
"You are so generous, Mei."
Unexpectedly receiving such an answer, Yae Miko was astonished.
Originally, she wondered if there would be any jealousy between Mei and Acheron, but it turned out she was clearly judging a gentleman's heart with her own petty measure.
"Why do you say that?"
Acheron seemed not to understand the meaning behind Yae Miko's words.
"You actually ask why... Sigh, never mind. Anyway, you are just very generous."
After thinking about it, Yae Miko decided not to voice her earlier thoughts. She worried Mei might find her strange, so she simply dropped it.
In any case, there was a high probability Mei wouldn't press for an answer. And indeed, things went exactly as she thought; Mei did not ask further, but simply walked quietly forward.
"Alright, let's continue with our plan."
After waiting a while and seeing no follow-up question from Mei, Yae Miko decided to discuss the next step of their plan.
"Is your plan here already complete?"
Instead of immediately asking what the next step was, Acheron asked about the status of Yae Miko's plan here.
"Yes, I've already achieved my objective."
Seeing Acheron bring this up, Yae Miko continued, "At least for a considerable time to come, those guys definitely won't dare to act like they did before."
"Like... before?"
"Fabricating pretexts to extort and plunder."
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