Levi wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth.
Recently Elysia had been getting more and more bold. He had to find a chance to teach her a lesson.
But right now he was more curious.
"Where did you get those Mobius's spicy pictures from?"
'Bronya?'
Elysia didn't even know her, and besides, with Bronya's personality, she would never secretly take spicy pictures of Mobius.
That look almost made him start drooling again.
———
"Hehehe…"
Back at home, Elysia giggled.
"Didn't you arrange to go drinking with her after the banquet?"
Levi nodded. That did happen. Originally he had only said it casually.
After all, once the banquet ended, the task Elysia gave him would also be finished. Whether to go drinking with her or not depended entirely on Elysia's mood.
"Hmph! Always setting traps for me!"
Elysia puffed her cheeks. Knowing full well she didn't drink alcohol, he still took the initiative to invite Mobius to go drinking.
And the time was set after the banquet.
Wasn't that clearly setting her up?
Originally Elysia planned to go, stay for a while, then find some excuse to go home.
But she didn't expect Mobius's alcohol tolerance to be so bad. After a short while her eyes were already unfocused and she couldn't even recognize who Elysia was.
And after getting drunk she started acting wild.
Out of kindness, Elysia stayed to take care of her.
Then she felt Mobius looked pretty cute when drunk, so she took photos and sent them to Levi to share together.
"Those aren't spicy pictures of Mobius." Elysia giggled. "That's what she looks like after getting drunk."
After hearing Elysia's words and looking at these drunk adult snake pictures, he suddenly felt some regret about coming back.
Unfortunately, once the banquet ended, the commission task also ended, so coming back was inevitable.
At most he could only delay ten minutes.
Levi felt deeply regretful inside.
[Elysia: By the way, I'm moving soon. Next time you come I'll show you what a luxury villa really looks like!]
[Levi: It's called a villa, you idiot who's even dumber than Kiana.]
———
The moon in the sky slowly moved overhead, and the chat group completely fell silent.
Almost everyone lay in bed peacefully enjoying the nighttime in their dreams.
The only one not enjoying it was probably some unknown man.
"You still not sleeping?"
Inside the small Luofu house, the woman lying on the bed turned her head and looked at the man sitting on the sofa.
The woman glanced at the bright moon outside the window.
"If you don't sleep soon, it'll be morning."
"You sleep first. I still have things to deal with."
The man didn't even raise his head. With lowered eyes, he kept fiddling with the cartridge-like object in his hand.
"By the way, what do you want to eat tomorrow morning? Tell me in advance and I'll go buy it."
"Just buy whatever you eat. I don't have anything I especially avoid."
"Mm."
"..."
Seeing the man unmoved, the woman stared at him for a moment before turning back.
She continued facing the wall with her head.
In the blazing summer, she felt a bit of coolness behind her and reached out to pull the blanket tighter around herself.
During the conversation just now, both of them spoke very normally, as if this kind of talk happened every night.
But in reality, this was the first time the two of them stayed in the same room.
It wasn't that Tingyun was worried Levi wouldn't rest well and affect tomorrow's matters.
It was that if Levi didn't sleep, she couldn't sleep peacefully.
———
An hour passed.
On the surface Tingyun's eyes were closed and her breathing steady, as if she had already fallen asleep.
But in reality, Tingyun's mind was still active.
You could tell from her tail moving from time to time.
She was actually still awake.
Just like she said earlier, if Levi didn't sleep, she simply couldn't sleep peacefully.
Even if she forced herself to fall asleep, the sound of Levi playing with the cartridge would wake her up anyway.
Even though Levi had already moved as gently as possible, and the sounds from studying the cartridge were very quiet, those tiny sounds still made it impossible for her to rest.
Creak~
Levi looked up at the bed, then stood up and walked to the bedside, looking down at Tingyun.
'What is he going to do?'
Sensing all this, Tingyun's eyelashes trembled slightly.
"This doesn't seem very appropriate…"
'What's not appropriate?!'
Mentally tense, Tingyun clearly sensed the air moving beside her.
A pair of arms reached toward her.
Just when she was about to tell Levi she was still awake, those hands carefully grabbed the edge of the blanket and pulled it upward, covering Tingyun's whole body.
"In the middle of the night, it must be pretty cold…"
Levi felt the air in front of him with his palm. What he sensed was always only faint warmth.
Not hot and not cold.
This was probably the authority inside her body causing it.
Making her lose the ability to feel temperature changes like normal people.
And the reason he judged the night was cold was because he saw Tingyun pulling the blanket tighter from time to time.
So when he saw the blanket slipping down from her body, he took the initiative to pull it up for her.
So she wouldn't wake up sick again.
Levi returned to his seat and picked up the Aether cartridge to continue his research.
Tingyun, who was pretending to sleep on the bed, let out a sigh of relief.
It seemed she had been too suspicious. He really wasn't that kind of person.
However, Tingyun quietly moved her tail outside the blanket.
Even though Levi meant well, she just couldn't thank him.
Because it was too hot.
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but the room felt abnormally hot.
Saying Luofu had spring-like weather all year round wouldn't be an exaggeration.
Even at noon during the day, it probably wasn't as hot as it was now.
Of course, maybe it was because she was wrapped in the blanket, but it still shouldn't be this hot.
The blanket hadn't slipped down randomly either. She had secretly pulled it down herself because she couldn't stand it anymore, letting more skin touch the air to cool off.
But Levi noticed and pulled it back up again.
Tingyun really didn't know whether Levi did it on purpose to mess with her, or if it was good intentions gone wrong.
She didn't have mind-reading abilities, so naturally she didn't know what Levi was thinking.
But there was also one piece of good news, which was that she confirmed Levi didn't have any thoughts about her.
The worry Tingyun had been holding slowly settled down.
Her mind was no longer tense, and sleepiness immediately rushed in.
Within just a few breaths, Tingyun fell into dreamland.
The room filled with long steady breathing, along with the sounds of Levi studying the Aether cartridge.
———
"Hey~ what are you doing~"
The night passed quickly. Almost in the blink of an eye, it was already morning.
Levi stood up and stretched his stiff body. Looking at the Aether cartridge placed in front of him, the corners of his mouth lifted high.
He almost couldn't suppress the laughter in his mouth.
"Ha…"
"Mm…"
The girl on the bed made a strange sound from her throat.
Hearing the noise, Levi closed his mouth.
After seeing that the sleeping Tingyun on the bed had only turned over, Levi decided to go out and eat first.
He walked lightly toward the door.
Without pushing it open, Levi's body flashed with blue light and passed straight through the closed door.
Outside, Levi walked briskly toward the street vendor he often visited.
"Boss, one serving of milk soda!"
"I've told you how many times already! It's soda milk! If you say it wrong again, I won't sell it to you next time!"
"..."