Amphoreus, Okhema.
The group, having left Tribbie's residence, slowly appeared here in the Hall of Respite.
At the very front were three beautiful young women.
Lumina was in the middle, holding Castorice's hand with her left and Hyacine's hand with her right, the three of them forming a pleasingly beautiful line.
Any one of the beautiful young women on this line, taken individually, would be enough to make one feel refreshed and extremely comfortable.
Let alone now, with the three of them walking hand in hand... it was simply a stunningly beautiful scenic line walking down the street.
And behind this scenic line of hand-holding beautiful young women, there was another scenic line of a different "style."
A young woman with her arms crossed, wearing a pointed Witch's Hat, her expression calm and indifferent, her fair and beautiful face, silently followed behind the three of them, her deep purple eyes fixed on the beautiful young woman in the middle of the scenic line ahead...
Just like a "Dao Guardian" protecting her master.
"Let's go in." Arriving before the Black-Gold Gate, Lumina stopped holding hands with Castorice and Hyacine.
After glancing imperceptibly at Herta, Lumina stepped forward and pressed her hand against the gate.
As the gate's "security system" finished verifying, a rumbling sound echoed in everyone's ears.
The patterns on the Black-Gold Gate before them flashed with a faint light, then performed a series of mechanical-like movements, and the gate slowly opened.
Without rushing in, Lumina turned and looked at Castorice and Hyacine, and without speaking, she gave them a smiling gesture.
"Excuse us," Castorice and Hyacine said as they nodded and walked straight in without much hesitation.
They were already at the door of someone's room. If they hesitated now, wouldn't that make them look extremely pretentious?
All the points of hesitation should have been thought through during the walk here, how could it be left until now?
This was what Castorice and Hyacine were thinking.
But even so, their hearts were still filled with anxiety.
Clearly, coming to a friend's or a close female friend's room to hang out was a completely normal thing and shouldn't cause this much nervousness...
Castorice could understand her own feelings, after all, she was indeed a bit special.
But that Hyacine was still like this, it was just a little hard to understand.
After all, she was a lively and passionate beautiful young lady. Coming to a friend's room to hang out shouldn't have caused any reaction in her heart at all...
Could it be...
Could it be because this friend was Lumina?
Castorice and Hyacine each had their own thoughts, but in the end, they all pointed to Lumina.
"Madam Herta, please."
After Castorice and Hyacine entered the room, Lumina turned her gaze to Herta.
Just as she had with Castorice and Hyacine, she gave Herta a smiling gesture.
Lumina was quite surprised that Herta hadn't shown any reaction along the way.
Lumina had thought that even if Herta didn't stop her and the others, she would at least be a little annoyed?
But let alone being annoyed, there was no reaction whatsoever.
What, is Madam Herta sick or did she stop loving me?
Lumina mumbled inwardly in confusion.
She was probably sick then. If she had stopped loving Lumina, Lumina felt that the possibility was very low.
Hmm... If she really did stop loving her...
Then...
Then Lumina would use a little trick to make her fall in love with her again.
Although Lumina's love for Herta wasn't the kind of romantic love, Herta's love for her was.
Although she herself wouldn't develop romantic love for Herta, it didn't stop Lumina from enjoying this kind of romantic love that Herta had for her.
In this situation, Lumina's heart was extremely satisfied.
Just look at that, the grand Genius Society #83, an Emanator of Erudition, loves me so much she could die from it. How much face would this give me if I told people.
Although Lumina wouldn't actually say it.
But no matter what, without Lumina's own permission, Herta could not stop loving her!
Enjoying Herta's love as someone of her status was one thing. On the other hand, romantic love made it easier for Lumina to manipulate beautiful young ladies.
After all...
A young man or woman in this state, if you just give her a tiny sweet, she will be so happy, so joyful, that she will just giggle and smile for months.
In this situation, wouldn't a beautiful young lady who had fallen into this state just be at her mercy?
As for whether she might overplay her hand and cause this beautiful young lady to turn dark on the spot?
Perhaps she would, or perhaps she wouldn't.
It would be best if she didn't. But if she did, it didn't matter.
Because Lumina possessed absolutely confident strength, absolutely powerful strength!
Even if Herta turned dark and triggered the "tenfold power boost when corrupted" mechanic, Lumina still wouldn't hold her in her regard.
She would still suppress her just the same!
"Mm-hmm~"
In the real world, Lumina hummed softly, drawing Herta's side-eyed glance.
With just a single glance, Herta understood that Lumina was definitely plotting some more wicked ideas.
And as expected, the target of these wicked ideas was still mainly herself.
To this, Herta felt indifferent.
She was not only not worried about it, worried that one day she would be completely manipulated by Lumina.
On the contrary, in the depths of her heart, a trace of inexplicable joy surfaced.
Why?
Because Herta felt deep down that this was a manifestation of Lumina's concern and care for her.
If you went out and asked around, has Lumina ever paid this much attention to anyone else?
Thinking of all sorts of countermeasures, devising all sorts of plans... Has Lumina ever done this for anyone else?
No, she hasn't.
At least from the moment Herta met Lumina until now, she had never seen it happen.
As for anything that happened before they met... that wasn't important.
Herta only needed to know that she was the only one Lumina took so seriously.
Hmm... why does it feel like I'm trying to convince myself...
Herta muttered softly.
Then, without thinking further, she crossed her arms and walked into the room with a composed expression.
"Hmm..."
Staring at Herta's back, seeing her composed demeanor, a hint of annoyance surfaced in Lumina's heart.
But this annoyance didn't last long, quickly being covered by other emotions.
Lumina had thought of a method.
She had thought of an excellent method.
With this method, Lumina didn't believe Herta could still maintain her composed demeanor.
If she could still maintain her composed demeanor under this method of Lumina's, then Lumina would directly recognize her as her elder sister, alright!
Lumina thought so generously in her heart.
But she only thought it in her heart.
After all, one should leave a line when acting, leaving a way out for oneself.
If Herta really pulled it off, Lumina wouldn't have to call her elder sister...
Without thinking further, Lumina shook her head and entered the room.
As Lumina entered, the black-gold patterned gate slowly closed with a mechanical sound.