In the middle of the night, Mei was woken up by a murmur.
After Mei woke up, she looked at Kiana in her arms.
It seemed Kiana was having a nightmare.
She kept mumbling softly, "It wasn't my fault."
"Why are you hitting me?"
"I'm not afraid of you," and similar words.
Mei gently stroked Kiana's head and whispered into her ear.
"Kiana didn't do anything wrong, I'll always be with you."
Looking at Kiana, who was slowly calming down, Mei showed a slight smile.
But Kiana suddenly rolled over, facing Mei directly.
Because of Kiana's sudden movement, Mei's body stiffened.
Mei only breathed a sigh of relief when Kiana made no other movements.
After looking at Kiana's face, which was so close, Mei pursed her lips.
----- (Imagine for yourself) ------
A while later, Mei, with a flushed face, hugged Kiana close.
"Now, we're even."
The night passed without a word.
Until the next morning.
After Mei woke up, she looked at Kiana, who was still sleeping, and left a good morning kiss on Kiana's face.
Then she slowly pulled her arm out from under Kiana.
After making sure she hadn't woken Kiana, Mei slowly put on her clothes.
As soon as she stepped out, Mei saw Rita coming out.
After closing the door.
"Miss Mei, why don't you rest a bit longer? There's no kitchen we're familiar with here," Rita said, a little troubled.
"Sister Rita, then where should we make our breakfast?" Mei asked, a little confused.
"Before that, I think Miss Mei should wash up first, after all..." Rita didn't finish her sentence, but instead took out a small mirror and handed it to Mei.
Mei took the mirror with some confusion, and after looking into it, she saw the mark on her face.
On her cheek, there was a clear tooth mark.
After touching it, Mei didn't feel any pain.
When did this tooth mark appear?
"The restroom is at the end of the corridor," Rita pointed the way for Mei.
Mei didn't say a word and quickly walked towards the restroom.
Rita watched Mei walk away quickly and said with a sigh, "I didn't expect the juniors to be so brave."
After sighing, Rita remembered someone's figure and said with a hint of resentment, "Unlike me, I'm not given any chance at all, sigh~"
She waited for Mei in place.
After a while, Mei walked back.
On Mei's face, there was a very red area; it seemed that since the tooth mark couldn't be removed, Mei had rubbed that whole area red.
"Let's go, Miss Mei, we should go prepare breakfast for them," Rita said with a smile.
"Mm." Mei nodded lightly.
Not long after they left, Sister Ellie and Bronya also woke up.
Sister Ellie, who had just woken up, immediately became fully awake when she saw Bronya, who was looking at her with wide eyes, in her arms.
"Has Bronya been awake for a while already?" Sister Ellie released Bronya and then sat up.
"Bronya just woke up a moment ago." Bronya shook her head.
But in reality, Bronya had woken up in the middle of the night, woken up by needing to use the restroom.
"Since you're awake, let's get up ♬~" Sister Ellie said with a smile.
Then she picked up the clothes nearby and put them on.
"Sister Ellie." Bronya called softly.
"Is something wrong?" Sister Ellie turned around, a little confused.
"Nothing, last night, thank you." After Bronya finished speaking, she quickly grabbed her clothes and put them on.
Seeing Bronya's reaction, Sister Ellie suddenly laughed.
After getting dressed, she walked in front of Bronya.
As Bronya looked up, a little confused, Sister Ellie gently tapped Bronya's forehead.
"Bronya, you can always speak out about anything. If you keep it bottled up, it might cause big problems. You can confide in me, or in Mei and the others."
"Bronya understands."
After both of them left the room.
They then remembered that this wasn't where they had lived before.
Fortunately, Sister Ellie had other ways to know the layout here.
After washing up, they had nothing else to do.
They just sat quietly in the small garden downstairs.
Not long after, they saw Kiana run out quickly.
After seeing Sister Ellie and the others, Kiana breathed a sigh of relief.
"You scared me to death, Sister Ellie, why did we change places to stay?" Kiana said as she ran up to Sister Ellie and the others.
"And why did everyone come out without calling me?"
"I was alone in that room, I thought you had abandoned me."
Listening to Kiana's complaints, Bronya secretly breathed a sigh of relief; Kiana was still Kiana.
"Idiot Kiana, it's clearly because you're too sleepy."
"Little one! It's clearly because you all woke up too early! Morning is meant for sleeping!" Kiana retorted directly.
"Alright, wait here for a bit. Mei should be coming to find us soon," Sister Ellie said, pointing to her side.
Amidst Kiana and Bronya's bickering, Mei came to find them shortly after.
When Mei saw Kiana, she still tilted her head slightly.
"You're all awake already? Let's go, let's eat breakfast together."
"Huh? Is breakfast ready already? Then let's hurry! I'm starving!" Kiana jumped up directly and then hugged Mei's arm.
When she looked up, Kiana saw the red mark on Mei's face, "Mei, what's wrong with your face?"
"Nothing, it's just a mark from sleeping on it." Mei turned her head away, not daring to look at Kiana.
Sister Ellie also pulled Bronya and stood beside them at this moment.
Sister Ellie placed her hand on Mei's face, and the red mark on Mei's face quickly disappeared.
But the sharp-eyed Sister Ellie, while healing Mei, still saw some traces on the red mark.
"Mei, on your face, it couldn't be someone's..."
Before Sister Ellie could finish, Mei directly dragged Kiana away quickly.
"It's nothing, there's nothing on my face. Let's hurry and eat, it'll get cold soon!"
Sister Ellie, behind her, clearly saw Mei's ear tips, which had already turned red.
"Sister Ellie, is there a tooth mark on Sister Mei's face?" Bronya quietly asked Sister Ellie.
"Good children don't say what they see ♬~"
During dinner.
They also saw Durandal. Durandal's appearance clearly indicated she had been exercising for a while.
Rita handed her a towel.
"Good morning." Durandal sat directly next to Rita.
"Regarding yesterday's matter, I have already asked Lord Bishop Otto."
"That was originally a test for you all. I apologize, you might have to wait a while longer before you can be promoted to A-rank," Durandal said directly.
"Huh?" Kiana's eyes widened immediately.
"Wait, it was a test for us? That kind of temperature, are you sure we could get close to it?!"
"Lord Bishop told me that, and that temperature can be resisted by Valkyrie armor." Durandal looked at Kiana for a moment before speaking.
"Are you alright?" Saying that, Durandal took Kiana's hand, but there was no trace of a gem on Kiana's hand.
"Huh? What are you doing! Even if you're stronger than me, you can't do this!" Kiana said, pulling her hand back, then hugged Mei.
"Nothing, I just wanted to see if you were okay. The gem you touched yesterday was very dangerous." Durandal shook her head.
"gem? Oh, speaking of which, did that gem melt into my hand?" Saying that, Kiana looked at her hand.
But no matter how she looked, she couldn't find any trace of the gem, "Strange, why isn't it there?"
"Speaking of which, there's also that fire." Saying that, a ball of fire appeared in Kiana's hand.
Frightened, Kiana quickly shook her hand, "It's on fire!"
The flame followed Kiana's hand, directly engulfing her entire forearm.
Durandal then directly grabbed Kiana's forearm, and the fire on Kiana's hand immediately disappeared.
"It seems you still can't control the power the gem gave you."
"So don't overthink things right now."
"Later, in a specialized venue, we can conduct tests."
"For now, let's eat breakfast first."
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