Night Lei did not expect her younger sister to appear at this moment.
It wasn’t that she thought it impossible, but Yeye’s timing was simply too coincidental.
She froze for a second, swallowing the words she had prepared.
The emotions in her heart shifted instantly because of this unexpected interruption.
She looked at Yeye and spoke while feigning tears.
“Has Yeye been waiting at home for her sister all this time? I’m so moved—boohoo—”
“Sister! Stop teasing me!”
Yeye stepped out, her face turning a bit red.
Her tone carried a hint of embarrassment, and she kept stealing glances at Faon.
“How could I tease a sister who waits for me to come home? I’m too moved for that.”
Night Lei returned to her smiling self.
She noticed her sister’s subtle movements but said nothing.
Faon also took the opportunity to smile and greet her.
“Good afternoon, Miss Yeye.”
Hearing Faon’s greeting, Yeye’s body stiffened for a moment as if she were suppressing a smile that wanted to curl upward.
Then, with a slightly flushed face, she responded with a hint of joy in her voice, her breathing becoming slightly heavier.
“G-Good afternoon, Mister Faon. Did you come back with my sister?”
Night Lei did not speak to answer this; she simply stood to the side with a quiet smile.
“Yes, we just happened to be heading the same way, so we walked back together. Have you been waiting for your sister this whole time, Miss Yeye?”
Faon noticed the tiny beads of sweat on Yeye’s slender neck and assumed the redness on her face was from a recent workout.
He understood; it seemed Yeye truly wanted to become an Adventurer.
However, if she wasn’t guided correctly, it would be easy for her [Mana Conflict] to relapse.
Night Lei walked over to Yeye’s side and rubbed the black Magic Horn protruding from her purple hair.
She spoke giggling, “Huh, that’s not what you said when you were facing your sister just now. Why do you say that when facing Brother Ang? If you treat us differently… your sister will be very sad, you know?”
Being touched on her horn made Yeye feel like she had been struck by electricity.
She froze for an instant before quickly dodging to the side.
Then, clutching her head with a crimson face, she glared at her sister and spoke with dissatisfaction, “…Sister!”
Night Lei covered her mouth and laughed softly.
This was her small punishment for her sister interrupting her earlier.
Faon was dazed for a moment.
The strange feeling he had noticed earlier dissipated with Yeye’s reaction to having her horn touched.
Yeye and Night Lei looked very similar, though Yeye appeared slightly more youthful due to her different temperament and younger age.
However, her frequent blushing gave her a different kind of charm.
More importantly, Faon realized that Yeye’s figure was quite similar to Night Lei’s.
“No… if he had to say, it was more like his own wife’s.”
This was the result of the curves provided by the Succubus Racial Talent.
Seeing the two of them playing around reminded him of his sister-in-law, Ailin.
Before Ailin became the Town Resident Mage, she and his wife often played around like this.
Later on, the way she and his wife interacted became more and more formal, and she grew much more distant from him as well.
‘Why am I overthinking things now…’
Faon realized something was wrong with his train of thought.
Looking at the two who were still in a “standoff,” Faon smiled and spoke.
“Then I won’t interrupt the sisterly time between Sister Night Lei and Miss Yeye. Seeing Miss Yeye waiting for her sister at home makes me think my wife should be waiting for me at home right now as well.”
“Then I’ll see you the day after tomorrow, Brother Ang~”
Night Lei greeted him first.
“…See you the day after tomorrow? What does that mean?”
Yeye accidentally let her internal confusion slip out, her tone possessed by an eerie calmness.
Seeing that both her sister and Mister Faon were looking at her, Yeye snapped back to reality and returned to her usual, somewhat timid self.
“Since Miss Yeye is here, I’ll just say it now so Sister Night Lei doesn’t have to pass it on,” Faon explained.
“I wanted to invite you and Sister Night Lei to come to Xingbo Town the day after tomorrow to reserve the carriage for our trip. Afterward, the four of us can have a meal together to discuss the specifics of this journey.”
As for why he was inviting the sisters, Faon did have his own reasons, but they were simple: he wanted the two people involved to experience the comfort of a long-distance carriage for themselves.
Yeye quickly understood Faon’s words.
‘Can I go out with Mister Faon again…?’
Thinking of this, Yeye subconsciously showed a heartfelt smile and nodded.
“Okay~”
Seeing Yeye become so cheerful, Night Lei didn’t say much else.
She simply said, “We’ll have to trouble Brother Ang to cast [Disguise Magic] on us again when the time comes.”
“No, I’m the one who will be troubling you, Night Lei,” Faon responded with a smile.
After saying goodbye, Faon walked toward his own house while Night Lei and Yeye returned to theirs.
As soon as they got inside, Yeye, who was walking behind, leaned against the door and pursed her lips.
Night Lei, who was changing her shoes, sensed her sister’s unusual mood and spoke with concern.
“What’s wrong, Yeye? You seem like you have something to say.”
“Um… I do have a few words for Sister.”
After hesitating, Yeye mustered the courage to speak.
“…Have you and Mister Faon been coming home together every day lately? And talking about things behind my back?”
She had no idea her sister was coming home with Mister Faon; she only knew they were having lunch together.
Having lunch together, coming home together, and spending most of that time chatting…
Wasn’t that exactly like the lovers in the legends?
She was so envious.
As someone who could sense the nature of other people’s Magic Power, she couldn’t detect the nature of Mister Faon’s magic, but she could feel that her sister’s magic had become a bit strange after coming home these past few days.
It felt very much like… something had happened between the two of them.
Her appearance just now hadn’t been an accident.
After finishing her simple workout, she had been resting in the living room when she suddenly sensed the slight change in her sister’s Magic Power, so she had appeared subconsciously.
This emotion had weakened temporarily when she saw that Mister Faon’s attitude toward her hadn’t worsened, but it caused the jealousy that had already been settled in her heart to surge back up.
She would never show such emotions toward Miss Evalyn… but even she didn’t know why she was questioning her sister like this.
“That’s right~ Brother Ang just said it, didn’t he? We were just heading the same way. Besides, I would never neglect my sister~”
Night Lei saw through Yeye’s emotions and spoke with a smile to soothe her.
However, she felt a bit guilty about that point; after all, under her deliberate guidance, the topics between her and Faon had strayed further and further off course.
Seeing Yeye still pursing her lips and staying silent, she walked over to her and gently pinched her cheek.
“Does Yeye feel like I’m getting too close to Brother Ang? Don’t worry, we get along well with both Brother Ang and Miss Evalyn. I’m actually quite happy that my sister can be jealous over me~”
Night Lei teased, “Besides, you can focus your thoughts on going out with Brother Ang the day after tomorrow. I’ll help out, of course.”
Hearing her sister’s words, Yeye pretended nothing was wrong and smiled.
“Okay.”
Night Lei did not expose her, but internally, she thought about the fact that her sister had been training alone these past few days.
—
Meanwhile, at Faon’s house.
Faon had just used the method Night Lei taught him at noon to wash away the remaining pigment on his wife’s hands until they were perfectly clean.
Sitting in the living room, Evalyn looked at her hands, recalling her husband’s technique just now.
It felt somewhat deliberately intimate.
So, she spoke giggling to her husband sitting next to her, “Husband, where did you learn this trick? Isn’t it normal for Adventurers not to bathe for a month? Not to mention this kind of hand-washing technique and life hack.”
“While we might not bathe often, a mature Adventurer team will have a Priestess, and there is [Cleaning Magic],” Faon replied with a gentle smile.
“As for this, I didn’t actually learn it on my own; Sister Night Lei taught me at noon.”
‘So Night Lei taught my husband this technique too?’
The thought popped into Evalyn’s mind.
It seemed she really had to consider the observation items in the shop.
A flash of displeasure crossed her eyes, especially since the increase in **[Corruption Level]** was quite obvious.
She was more curious about another matter, so she continued, “Oh~ So Sister Night Lei taught it to you? Right, did you two talk about the issues with my body today?”