Creak—
The Black-Gold Patterned Door in front of them opened silently after a mechanical turning sound echoed...
"Eh?"
"Castorice, Polyxia, Hyacine, what are you three doing standing at the door?"
"You've already arrived at the door, so why aren't you knocking?"
The door opened, and seeing the three of them standing there with slightly bewildered expressions, Lumina pretended to know nothing and be completely unaware, asking them in confusion.
She seemed very puzzled as to what the three of them were doing at the door.
"S-S-S... Sister Lumina!"
Castorice was the first to snap back to her senses, her fair little face turning bright red in an instant.
Although the speed was fast, the quality was extremely high.
It made Lumina want to pounce forward and take a bite of her bright red little face.
But in the end, Lumina still suppressed this impulse.
Because she knew this was only a matter of time.
And this was merely a small appetizer.
If she missed the main event because of this appetizer, it would be a bit of a loss.
"L-L-Lumie, we've come to fulfill what we agreed on before." Hyacine glanced at Castorice, then at Polyxia, and finally spoke in a small, weak voice.
Castorice said nothing, and Polyxia said nothing either.
Remaining frozen like this forever wasn't a solution.
In the end, Hyacine could only speak up, her face flushed red.
Due to the flaws of the Chrysos Heirs, Castorice had very little contact with people, and was naturally in an extremely shy phase.
Polyxia... Hyacine wasn't very familiar with her, but as sisters, they should be about the same.
As for Hyacine, she was very socially active, the kind of sunny and cheerful little girl. Although she still felt very shy in this situation, she... could just barely manage to cope.
"I see." Lumina nodded, but did not immediately let the three of them into the room.
Because she really wanted to observe the three of them's behavior and posture at this moment for a little longer.
Although Castorice was the first to speak and the first to react, her bright red little face made her unable to say a word.
And Polyxia, just like her sister, sat in her wheelchair, burying her little head, wishing she could bury her little head in her chest...
Although this was a bit scary, it was indeed what Polyxia was thinking in her heart right now.
She... was actually just as shy as Castorice.
Even... Even because she was the younger sister, seeing her own sister in such a shy posture, Polyxia as the younger sister became even shier.
There was no helping it, emotions are contagious.
Especially in the case where she and Castorice were twins, Polyxia's resistance to Castorice's emotional contagion was completely just a fraction of someone else's.
There was absolutely no way to resist...
And Hyacine was much better off than Castorice and Polyxia, her head slightly lowered, her cheeks slightly red, and her gaze turned aside, not daring to look at Lumina.
Her small hands were also hidden behind her back, twisting around each other, revealing the nervousness and shyness in her heart.
"Hehe." Seeing the appearance and posture of the three girls, Lumina felt extremely satisfied.
After nodding with a hint of relief in her heart, she then turned sideways and gestured to the three of them: "Castorice, Polyxia, Hyie, don't keep standing at the door."
"Come in and take a seat."
"That matter is in no hurry, we will talk 'slowly'..."
Lumina's face was full of smiles, looking just like a gentle Big Sister next door, as refreshing as a spring breeze, making people feel very comfortable and making them unable to help but, in their hearts, silently trust this beautiful Big Sister.
How could such a beautiful Big Sister with such a gentle and kind attitude be a villain? How could she possibly harbor "improper" intentions toward us?
And... And even if she did harbor "improper" intentions, we must have just misunderstood.
In fact, what everyone else sees as "improper" intentions might actually be a blessing in disguise!
In short, summing up a thousand words into one: Sister Lumina would never lie to us, let alone harm us.
Everything Sister Lumina does has its own profound meaning.
We need not doubt or question anything Sister Lumina does, because it is always the most advantageous and best thing for us at this stage!
Whether it was Castorice, Hyacine, or even Polyxia, who had only known her for a few days, they all held these exact thoughts in their hearts.
Polyxia's conviction might not have been as strong as Castorice's or Hyacine's.
But under Castorice's influence and the image of Sister Lumina's Divine Power from before, she silently accepted this untarnished, celestial-like Sister Lumina as her "sole pursuit" in her heart.
"These three little ones have truly been completely manipulated and brainwashed by Lumina."
Inside the room, on the sofa, Herta sighed in her heart as she watched the three of them enter.
Under Lumina's repeated "care," they had already regarded the so-called "Sister Lumina" as the one and only in their hearts.
Unconditional trust, what a rare kind of spirit this is.
Um... bringing it back to the point.
Herta... she also seems to meet this condition, doesn't she?
Regarding Lumina as the one and only in her heart, although Herta never said it aloud, the true thoughts in her heart could never deceive anyone.
If Lumina left her, left her completely, Herta would probably become a soulless, walking corpse of a shell for a short time, right?
And after that, she would probably be in contact with Ruan Mei, discussing the so-called "Resurrection" project.
And as for this so-called unconditional trust, isn't Herta in the exact same situation right now?
Although her lips kept saying "no, no, no," her body was completely honest.
At least, in Amphoreus, whenever Lumina seriously proposed something, had Herta ever seriously objected?
Not at all. Even if she did object, it was only based on the knowledge she possessed.
And after a round of objections, if Lumina still firmly believed in that answer, then Herta would temporarily accept it.
"Temporarily," she said, but it was no different from "permanently."
If you disagree at first, how could you possibly agree later?
Did Madam Herta not know that even if this matter was false or wrong, "Lumina's Divine Power" could still turn it into the truth?
So now, Madam Herta kept saying that the future of Castorice, Polyxia, and Hyacine was pitch black.
But wasn't she herself among those with a pitch black future?
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Inside the room, on the sofa, Herta sat all alone on one sofa, while on the sofa opposite her sat Lumina, Castorice, Polyxia, Hyacine, and the others.
Lumina sat naturally in the very center, with Castorice and Hyacine on either side of her.
Polyxia sat next to Castorice.
The main reason was that there were no seats left, only a spot in "front," which meant sitting on Sister Lumina's lap, but for Polyxia, this was obviously something she couldn't bring herself to do.
She was too shy to do such a thing.
Um... no, this spot, even if one were thick-skinned, couldn't do it, right?
After all, the relationship between the two had not yet reached that stage, so if she were to just do it, it would no longer be thick-skinned, but rather directly turning into a pervert.
After all, sitting on someone else's lap or something was an extremely intimate act.
"Heh heh..." On the sofa, feeling the intoxicating aura produced by the intertwining fragrances of the three beautiful girls, Lumina found it a bit difficult to suppress the constant smile curling up at the corners of her mouth.
But even so, even with Warm Jade by her side, Lumina still did not forget Little Herta.
She looked at Little Herta sitting all alone opposite her and cast a provocative glance her way.
"Yo, isn't this Madam Herta? How have you fallen so far in the short time we haven't seen each other?"
Herta: "..."
This made Herta's eyelid twitch repeatedly, but she had no way to say anything.
After all, when they came in, Lumina hadn't said anything at all. The three of them choosing to do this was entirely their own decision, and Herta had absolutely no reason to interfere, let alone any reason to criticize the three of them or Lumina.
So, she could only watch the four people opposite her like an outsider.
But there was a saying Herta really liked.
Thirty years on the east bank of the river, thirty years on the west bank!
All of her current endurance was for the sake of future victory.
The more arrogant Lumina was now, the more Little Lumina would cry in the future!
Under Lumina's provocative gaze, Herta did not feel any urge to back down or apologize. Instead, the raging fire in her heart burned even more fiercely.
The current Herta was full of longing for the future!
"Heh heh." Herta's emotions were not concealed in the slightest, and Lumina naturally felt them very clearly.
But she didn't have much of an opinion about this.
If someone is getting high on their own, why should I care?
Her head is on her own body, she can think whatever she wants, and it has nothing to do with Lumina.
Fantasy and reality are always opposites. Given Herta's current state, Lumina wasn't worried at all that the fantasies Herta was conjuring would ever materialize in reality.
Of course, that was only true if she didn't intervene.
What did that mean?
It meant that without Lumina automatically rewarding Herta, she would absolutely never be able to achieve the scenes playing out in her head.
Except for that time, that time Herta managed to touch... that was an accident.
She had been distracted and forgotten there was a bold Herta right beside her.
Otherwise, Herta would never have been able to do such a thing!
Fortunately, while Lumina considered this experience a reward for Herta, she also viewed it as a lesson.
From now on, she couldn't underestimate Little Herta; she had to increase her vigilance against her from level one to level two.
Um... the kind with a maximum value of one hundred.
"Um, Lumie, just tell us what we need to do."
"Since we've agreed, no matter what it is, we will do our best to complete it."
While Lumina was simply adjusting her vigilance level against Herta in her mind, Hyacine, sitting beside her, felt the warm and relaxed atmosphere and finally couldn't help but speak up and ask.
"Didn't I just say? There's no rush, we can just take our time." Hearing this, Lumina turned to look at Hyacine and smiled faintly at her.
She gestured for her to relax and put her mind at ease, so that this matter wouldn't ruin such a beautiful and relaxed atmosphere.
"Um... okay." Under Lumina's gaze, Hyacine's neck flushed slightly. After thinking for a moment, she nodded and said nothing more.
When she had taken the initiative to tell Lumina that she wanted to participate, Hyacine had already prepared to dedicate her entire evening to her.
If one evening wasn't enough to finish, then she would use one evening plus one day, a whole day to complete it.
If that still wasn't enough, then two days, three days, four days, or even five, six, or seven days... In fact, Hyacine could even give all the time before the expedition to conquer The Sky Titan to Lumina.
After all, Lady Aglaea had also said that she no longer needed to worry about the matters of the Twilight Courtyard.
She could just focus on training herself properly.
And completing Lumie's request would definitely count as training.
If this matter required a long time, days to complete, Hyacine could also train herself while she was finishing it.
In Hyacine's eyes, these two matters were completely unconflicting.
These two things could be treated as a single task to be completed.
"Um, Sister Lumina, are we just going to sit here now?" Castorice had overheard the conversation between Lumina and Hyacine. With a brave heart and her spirit lifted, she asked Lumina.
"Of course not," Lumina replied cheerfully in denial. Before anyone else could say anything, she turned her gaze toward the pool in the room and gestured to the others. "Before we get to that, let's take a bath together first~"
"Huh?"
The moment Lumina finished speaking, Castorice, Polyxia, and Hyacine exclaimed in unison with bewildered surprise.
It seemed they had never expected Lumina to say such a thing.
Herta, on the other hand, wore an expression that said this was all perfectly natural.
Herta would have been surprised if Lumina hadn't said this.
However, Herta had assumed Lumina's first step would be to have the three of them bathe first, and then put on... put on that thin nightgown that Castorice and Hyacine had worn last time.
Wearing that nightgown to enjoy a bath in the pool, that would be a much more exciting thing.
After all, on the bed, there was at least a blanket acting as a barrier.
But in the pool, there would naturally be nothing acting as a barrier.
This wasn't an anime, nor was it some so-called two-dimensional world, but the real world.
The water used for bathing in the pool was naturally crystal clear.
The kind where you could see everything with a single glance...
Under such circumstances, bathing in the pool water wearing that kind of clothes would be no different from so-called...