Lumine was alive, perfectly fine and healthy, with all her limbs intact.
This still didn't reassure Paimon. Durandal's abilities could affect people silently, and no one knew if Durandal had done anything else.
"I've said it many times, I'm fine. How many times do I have to tell you before you believe me?"
"I... I was just worried about you. When Shenhe took me back to the room, I thought Durandal's resentment towards you had finally become uncontrollable, and she was going to give you a piece of her mind."
Don't even mention you, I actually had similar thoughts. It was really scary at the time. Lumine felt her clothes were wet, soaked with cold sweat.
Fortunately, Durandal didn't resort to violence. After just scaring her with her aura, it was a simple heart-to-heart talk, and nothing else bad happened.
"By the way, you knew something was going to happen to me, yet you and Shenhe hid in the room, afraid to come out. Are you just watching me die, Paimon?"
"No... no, I wasn't! I was really worried, very worried about you. But Shenhe said that Durandal had something very important to tell you. I was worried that coming out would disturb you and affect your conversation, so I didn't do anything else."
Hmm~ a good reason. At least Lumine couldn't find any falsehood in it, but it was also possible that she was simply afraid of death, afraid of being caught in the crossfire, which was why she hid in the room, afraid to come out.
However, Paimon was right. If she had run over to interfere midway, their conversation wouldn't have been able to proceed smoothly, and she wouldn't have been able to understand Durandal's true thoughts.
"You did well this time. I'll treat you to a good meal when I have time."
"Rea... really? Then I want to eat at The Fully Furnished Co."
"The Fully Furnished Co.? Are you deliberately trying to cause trouble? Eating there requires a reservation, and who knows how much a meal will cost. It's better to take you to Wanmin Restaurant. At least the food there is good, and you don't have to worry about party issues."
She gently pinched Paimon's little face a few times as punishment, estimated the time, and felt it was about right. She released Paimon's little face, picked up the pajamas she had prepared earlier, and got ready to take a bath.
Paimon, who was rubbing her face on the bed, also prepared to go and wash together. They usually did this, but this time Lumine refused Paimon.
"Not this time. There's someone else in the bathroom besides me. You can just use the bathroom in your room today. I'm going to wash somewhere else."
Huh? Wash somewhere else? And there's someone else? What is she trying to do?
Paimon scratched her head, thought for a moment, and was greatly surprised. She... she couldn't be thinking of washing with Durandal, could she!
This... this didn't seem to be a problem either. They had done this for a while before, but then Lumine became well-behaved, and such things stopped happening.
Why, after talking with Durandal this time, did her words and actions become so bold again? Wasn't she worried about being held down in the bathtub by Durandal and passively punished?
"There shouldn't... be any problem, right?"
In the villa's large bathroom, Durandal and Shenhe were taking a bath. First, Shenhe helped Durandal wash her hair. Under the effect of the shampoo, Durandal's beautiful hair was covered in foam.
Shenhe gently helped wash her hair. As she was about to rinse, the bathroom door was suddenly pushed open forcefully.
"I want to wash with you too!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a basin flew towards Lumine. Facing the incoming basin, Lumine smiled slightly and easily caught it.
She had grown now and wouldn't be easily driven out of the bathroom like before.
No matter who it was, no one would stop her from bathing with Durandal today!
Shenhe tilted her head in thought, then looked at Durandal. She noticed that although Durandal had thrown the basin at Lumine, she didn't intend to drive her away.
Since that was the case, she would observe for now and see how things developed.
And so, Lumine joined the group bathing. Compared to the quiet Durandal and Shenhe, this one was clearly not well-behaved.
With the thought of wanting to see their skin and development, she tried to take advantage of Durandal and Shenhe. Shenhe was caught off guard for a moment, but when she tried to do the same to Durandal, Durandal's hair reacted.
As if turning into a swarm of venomous snakes, Durandal's hair strangely lengthened and eerily wrapped around Lumine's body, making her unable to move.
"Wait... wait a minute, I didn't know your hair could do this. So tight, it's really tight. Let me go quickly, Durandal. I know I was wrong."
"No, you didn't do anything wrong. I just think there are still some places you haven't washed thoroughly, so I'm helping you clean them carefully. It might be a little ticklish next, so you'll have to bear with it."
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