Vol 4. Chapter 61: Waking Up

“Big Sister Limo, loosen your grip a little! I can't move at all!”

Yuan'er protested as Limo held her tightly in her arms.

Although they were both Demon King-class existences, Yuan'er was only at the Early Eighth Tier, while Limo was at the Mid Eighth Tier. There was still a certain gap in strength between them. Moreover, as a snow wolf, Limo naturally possessed a stronger physique than Yuan'er.

Consequently, Yuan'er's attempts to resist were utterly insignificant before Limo.

In fact, the more her little sister struggled, the more enthusiastically Limo rubbed against her.

“Hehe, my little sister is so adorable~”

Limo continued rubbing her cheeks against Yuan'er's soft little face while expressing her delight, leaving the little girl utterly speechless.

However, with Liyu still “asleep” and unable to help her, Yuan'er could only resign herself to letting her husky-like big sister rub against her and even lick her all over...

...

Several minutes later, after absorbing enough “little sister energy,” the wolf girl finally stopped her shameless display of affection and loosened her embrace slightly.

Then, as though something had suddenly occurred to her, Limo's crimson eyes lit up with excitement. She looked curiously at Yuan'er in her arms.

“Yuan'er! Yuan'er!”

“Hmm?”

Hearing her sister call her name, Yuan'er, who had already closed her eyes and resigned herself to Limo's antics, slowly opened them and looked into Limo's eyes with curiosity.

“What is it, Big Sister Limo?”

“Um... Didn't Mother play a game with that bad woman in the tent before? That ‘game’ seemed to make people feel really good! And they played it on a bed! Why don't we give it a try?”

“Huh? A game?”

At the mention of a “game,” Yuan'er immediately recalled what Big Sister Liyu had said earlier, along with the bad woman's cries of pleasure coming from inside the tent.

For a moment, the little girl's eyes sparkled with childlike curiosity.

“Sure, sure! I want to try it too! Emmmm... But... that game? How do you play it? I don't know the rules yet. Do you know, Big Sister Limo?”

“Nope.”

Limo shook her head innocently.

Seeing this, Yuan'er shook her head in exasperation.

“Huh? If you don't know, how are we supposed to play?”

“It's fine! Liyu has instruction manuals for this kind of game! We just need to find them! Then we'll know how to play!”

“Really?”

“Really, really!”

Being a girl of action, Limo immediately released Yuan'er without another word. With her naked body, she cheerfully hopped off the bed and scampered toward a nearby cabinet.

The gray feathers hanging from the cabinet clearly revealed its owner's identity.

It belonged to little Liyu.

Seeing that her foolish big sister was about to open her cabinet and expose her little yellow... No... No, wait!

Those instruction manuals she'd swiped from the imperial palace!

With those manuals on the verge of being discovered by Limo and Yuan'er, little Liyu could finally no longer pretend to be asleep!

Unable to endure it any longer, she sprang up!

In an instant, the gray-haired little girl in a white nightdress transformed into a streak of emerald light, propelled by wind-attributed Shadow of Silence Power.

With lightning speed, she rushed directly behind Limo and, without the slightest hesitation, raised both hands and grabbed her big sister's tail with all her might!

“You stupid big sister! What the hell are you trying to do?!”

As Liyu pulled, a tremendous force suddenly traveled through Limo's tail, sending the wolf girl, who had been happily scampering toward the cabinet, straight into the floor face-first.

“Boom~”

Under Yuan'er's shocked gaze, a tremendous crash rang out as Limo's head smashed a huge crater into the floor.

?!

Huh?

“Liyu, what are you doing?!”

After struggling to get up from the floor, Limo looked back at the gray-haired girl holding her tail, her eyes filled with complaint.

“What am I doing?! What are you trying to do, Big Sister?!”

“Me? I just wanted to find the instruction manual for that game! You know, the one Mother played with that bad woman before! Don't you have it in your cabinet? So I was just...”

“Eh?! How did you kno... Ah, no! Who told you that nonsense?!”

“Little Sister Shuoyue told me! She said she saw them when we were moving yesterday.”

“Eh?!”

Hearing this, Liyu's eyebrows began twitching uncontrollably. Inwardly, she immediately launched into a furious tirade against her rotten little sister.

Shuoyue!

That rotten girl! She's trying to screw me over again!

If Big Sister Limo really got her hands on those XHS? And started playing that indescribable game with Yuan'er?

Wouldn't Mother beat my ass until it exploded?!

Merely imagining such a scene sent a shiver through Liyu's entire body.

While cursing inwardly, Liyu also felt a wave of exhaustion wash over her.

These days, she couldn't help feeling that she had far too many things to do.

Not only did she have to keep an eye on Mother, who had “suicidal” tendencies, but she also had to look after her foolish big sister Limo and properly educate her innocent little sister Yuan'er.

And now... she even had to watch out for that rotten girl Shuoyue.

Sigh.

What kind of damn life is this?!

Whatever.

In any case, she couldn't let Big Sister Limo do whatever she wanted right now!

Although she hadn't yet begun studying those books properly herself, she was absolutely certain that they were not something her dimwitted big sister Limo and innocent little sister Yuan'er should be reading!

They would definitely corrupt them!

Meanwhile,

Seeing how strongly Liyu resisted letting her open the cabinet, Limo blinked curiously.

“Liyu, Liyu, don't worry so much! Once I figure out how to play, Yuan'er and I will let you play with us too! We won't leave you out, so don't worry~”

“Hmm?!”

Hearing Limo's innocent words, several strange images involuntarily appeared in little Liyu's mind.

A sudden blush spread across the little girl's pretty face.

After frantically shaking her head to drive those inappropriate images out of her mind, Liyu hurriedly protested.

“That's not the problem! Th-that game isn't something we can play at all! And... and! And there aren't any instruction manuals in my cabinet in the first place! Big Sister, stop messing around!”

“Liyu's lying! If there aren't any, why won't you let me take a look?! Besides, if Mommy can play, why can't we?! That's not fair!”

“This isn't about whether it's fair or not!!”

“Don't care, don't care! I wanna play!!”

“You stupid big sister! Will you just behave yourself?!”

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...

As the two sisters' shouting grew increasingly heated, the two girls inevitably ended up wrestling with each other.

Their quarrel and the sounds of their fierce struggle completely shattered the peaceful morning atmosphere inside the mansion, replacing it with a lively and boisterous commotion.

And as the two sisters continued making a racket, inside the master bedroom on the third floor...

A black-haired girl dressed in a black lace nightdress, who had been leaning against the headboard with her eyes closed for quite some time, finally opened them slowly.

Her eyes were a bewitching crimson, as red as fresh blood, yet they radiated an air of innocence and kindness.

Clearly, this girl was none other than Miss Yumo, who had temporarily left her building mode.

Upon hearing her daughters' noisy antics, the drowsiness in Yumo's eyes instantly disappeared.

In its place appeared a look of indulgent affection mixed with considerable helplessness.

“Those two girls are already making a racket this early in the morning?... They really are full of energy.”

Mother Yumo couldn't help sighing as she glanced sideways toward the room where Limo and Liyu were.

Just as Yumo was reflecting on this, the covers beside her stirred slightly.

The next moment,

A red-haired woman, equally bleary-eyed and dressed in alluring sleepwear, slowly poked her head out from beneath the covers.

Judging by the blissful smile on her face, the red-haired woman seemed to have enjoyed a rather pleasant night.

After looking around somewhat dazedly, the woman affectionately wrapped her arms around Miss Yumo's slender waist.

Then she raised her head slightly and responded to Yumo's remark.

“Mother, isn't that perfectly normal? After all, Limo and Liyu are still children... It's only natural for children to be full of energy, isn't it?”

“I suppose you're right.”

Yumo nodded slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

Then the girl slowly lowered her head and gazed affectionately at the red-haired woman embracing her waist.

“Good morning, Little Na.”

In response to Yumo's greeting, the red-haired woman, Karina, slowly revealed a sweet and obedient smile.

“Good morning, Mother. Did you rest well last night? Are you satisfied with the new house?”

“Of course I am. Thank you, Little Na, for giving me such a wonderful present.”

Smiling, Miss Yumo happily raised her hand and gently rubbed Karina's little head.

The latter closed her eyes in contentment, thoroughly enjoying Yumo's affectionate touch.

“However, Mother, I'm not the only one who deserves credit for completing this house.”

As modest as ever, Karina continued,

“The people of the Black Rose Family contributed quite a lot too. Besides... if it weren't for the ‘generous assistance’ of those magical beast races in the forest, this new house wouldn't have been completed nearly so quickly~”

“Mm, that's true. It really was surprising that they came to help. But since they helped us, we should give them something in return.”

“Yes, I understand, Mother.”

Karina replied obediently.

After saying this, the red-haired woman once again buried her face in Miss Yumo's warm embrace.

At the same time, a faint, enigmatic smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

...

Mother really is so merciful. She actually wants to reward those fence-sitters?

Karina naturally despised the magical beast populations that Yumo had cultivated within the forest, especially since they might defect to the Church or the Child of Destiny at any moment in the future.

If it weren't for Mother's instructions, Karina would have rounded them all up and fed them to the Abyss Demon hordes long ago...

Sigh, whatever.

Since Mother has already spoken, there's nothing more for me to say.

Enmm... How about I stop bullying them for the next five years?

That should be a pretty good reward, right?

Of course, that's assuming those races behave themselves and don't cause me any trouble...

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...

Besides,

Mother~

You smell so good.