Wait a minute... Liana suddenly realized that she seemed to be particularly good at making girls cry.

It seemed that she had made every single heroine from the original story cry at some point...

Forget it, forget it. Liana shook her head. This has nothing to do with me. I was just relaying Tarashil’s words. To be precise, it was Tarashil who did it. It has nothing to do with me.

Liana leaned back on the sofa and looked outside. This was the first time she had ever stayed in such a peculiar room.

Although there were buildings this tall in the human world, this was the first time she had been so close to nature. Liana could clearly see the fluorescent lights twinkling in the night.

On such a quiet night, sitting outside and enjoying the breeze was a very pleasant thing to do.

After about ten minutes, Sephirena, who had been lying on Liana’s lap, left the room.

Liana touched her thigh. It was damp. Obviously, these were Sephirena’s tears. It was probably better to act as if nothing had happened.

Just as Liana was about to lift her thigh, she felt a tingling, numb sensation.

Oh no...

It had been pressed on for too long; her leg had fallen asleep.

“Hiss...” Liana had only slightly lifted her leg, but the tingling sensation kept coming, causing her to let out a series of gasps.

Rather than slowly enduring the pain, Liana steeled her heart, directly lifted her leg with her hands, and placed it on the sofa.

This bittersweet sensation took Liana a good while to recover from.

Liana had taken a quick look around just now. It seemed there was only one bedroom in the room, and naturally, only one bed. There was no way she could sleep with Sephirena, so she would just have to make do on the sofa for one night.

That was what Liana thought. However, after Sephirena had calmed down for a while and tidied up her appearance and thoughts, she walked back in.

Liana wanted to say something, but she didn’t know what to say. After all, what she wanted to do now was to ignore what had just happened, so that it wouldn’t be particularly awkward.

But after ignoring it, it seemed to have become a bit awkward anyway, and she didn’t know what to say.

“Your Highness Liana, if you’re tired, you should go rest in my room. We elves won’t be affected even if we don’t rest for a few months. In fact, we are constantly absorbing the mana in the air, so we are always resting,” Sephirena said.

“No need, I’ll just rest here.” Liana shook her head. “I’m a bit picky about beds, I’m not used to sleeping in other people’s.”

“In that case, wouldn’t Your Highness be even less able to rest well on the sofa?” Sephirena asked.

A sharp angle of argument, princess...

“Don’t worry about it. Besides, as a maid, how can I sleep in my master’s bed and ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ leave my master outside?” Liana said.

“...” Sephirena really wanted to retort, wondering which young lady it was who made her maid warm her bed every day.

“I understand.” Sephirena nodded. “Then please rest well, Your Highness. If you need anything, you can call me at any time.”

“Okay.” Sephirena turned to leave, but at that moment, her hand accidentally touched Liana’s thigh.

One must know, Liana was extremely sensitive at this moment. A slight touch was almost too much for her to bear, so she flinched from it.

“What’s wrong, Your Highness?”

“...My leg is a little numb.”

Sephirena quickly thought of what had just happened. “I’m sorry.”

Liana shook her head. “It’ll be fine after I lie down for a bit.”

“Mm.” Sephirena looked at Liana. That little expression Her Highness had just now, it looked...

Sephirena reached out a finger and poked Liana’s thigh.

“Hey! What are you doing!” Liana could tell that she was doing it on purpose.

Sephirena didn’t speak, but interrupted Liana with her actions. She continued to poke Liana’s thigh, making Liana close her mouth.

Of course, even if Liana had spoken, it would have been useless. “Your Highness Liana, as a maid, you cannot casually refuse your mistress’ command, right?”

If you can flexibly use this disguise to make requests of me, then I can do the same.

Sure enough, this left Liana speechless, once again giving her a deeper understanding of how Loraviel had felt back then.

But Sephirena didn’t go too far, only reverting a little to her original nature. This was how she used to be, a very mischievous person.

It was just that she had met someone who allowed her to completely relax, so she had reverted a little.

“Thank you, Your Highness Liana.” Sephirena withdrew her hand. “During this time, please rest well in the Elf Forest. When Princess Mephilia is about to leave, I will find an excuse to let you go with her.”

“I didn’t expect you to be so thoughtful,” Liana praised.

“After all, Your Highness is a human. If you stay here for too long, it will become a bit troublesome later on. What’s more, Princess Mephilia would surely be unwilling to let you stay in the Elf Forest forever, right?” Sephirena said.

“That’s true.”

Liana lay on the sofa, wanting to sleep, but felt that something was missing. Perhaps Liana really was a bit picky about beds.

When she woke up, a thin blanket was already covering her. Liana stared at the ceiling, not knowing when she fell asleep. Without thinking, Liana knew this was Sephirena’s handiwork.

Liana glanced around and didn’t see any sign of Sephirena, but she heard a rather familiar melody.

Liana stood up and went to the window. She saw Sephirena sitting on a branch, playing a melody on a leaf.

As for why Liana didn’t go out and just watched from here? Don’t even ask.

Sephirena keenly noticed her. She turned her head and looked at Liana. “Your Highness Liana, did I wake you?”

Liana shook her head. “No, it was just time. I woke up on my own.”

Liana pushed open the window and felt the fresh morning air of the Elf Forest. “You continue, don’t mind me.”

How could I possibly continue now? Sephirena would also feel embarrassed being stared at, and besides, she didn’t think her playing was that good.

“...Jacaranda.” Sephirena suddenly changed her address for Liana.

Liana also realized it at once: someone was coming. She quickly put on her mask.

“You two... do have a connection after all,” Avira’s voice came from nearby.

“...” When Liana saw that the visitor was Avira, she knew that her relationship with Sephirena had been exposed. There was no need for Sephirena to say anything, Avira already knew.

“Don’t worry, Your Highness Liana. I came alone. You don’t have to worry about being exposed,” Avira said.

Liana glanced at Sephirena, then at Avira. “I was originally going to see what Sephirena’s opinion was, on what she thought. If she wanted to tell you about my affairs, Princess Avira, I would have no objection. But now, it seems there’s no need for that.”

The two had already met before, trying to hide it was unrealistic.

“What is the relationship between you and Sephirena, Your Highness?” Avira asked with some curiosity.

Liana thought for a moment. “Something like friends, I suppose. I just happened to meet Sephirena, and then we got to know each other.”

Liana didn’t know how to explain their relationship to Avira. If she were to tell her, and Avira had a sister complex1妹控 (mèikòng), from the Japanese ‘imouto-con’., wouldn’t she be finished?

If she said “Your dear sister Sephirena is my slave”, no matter how good-tempered Princess Avira was, she would surely fly into a rage, right?

“Friends?” Avira looked at Sephirena, wanting to hear her side of the story.

“More than a friend, Her Highness Liana is like my benefactor. When I was lost, she helped me a lot. She is the important person who guided me forward. Without her, I would not have returned to the Elf Forest, nor would I have resolved the knot in my heart. I might have lived in painful memories for the rest of my life,” Sephirena said.

“Your Highness Liana always likes to keep the things she does to herself.” Avira probably knew the general course of events, but Sephirena would certainly not mention the matter of being a slave.

“I just didn’t want to influence you with these small matters, Princess Avira. This is a very important meeting. I believe you should make this decision under relatively fair conditions,” Liana said.

“It seems I am being looked down upon by Her Highness Liana.” Avira laughed, not angry. “The decision I have to make concerns the entire Elf Forest. It’s not something that can be changed because of a few things or a few people.”

“I would be,” Liana said, just two words.

This made Avira pause for a moment. “I thought Your Highness would make a very wise choice.”

“Because, when I think of those people, it’s hard to remain rational.” Liana smiled. Originally, there was only one place in her heart for Mephilia. Unknowingly, a place for Loraviel had been added.

In the future... she didn’t know if more would be added.

But Liana was certain that if Mephilia and Loraviel were standing in front of her right now, asking her to make a choice between them and the people, Liana would choose them without hesitation.

“It might sound like I’m bragging, but I will face the consequences of that choice together with them,” Liana said.

“A very surprising answer. Her Highness Liana is always inadvertently and constantly refreshing my opinion of her,” Avira said.

“I’m a strange person, aren’t I? A lot of people told me that.”

“Perhaps a little.” Liana’s mindset was good, but when these things actually happened, how many people could maintain such a mindset and ultimately act on it like she could?