As the old saying goes, girls are either eating or on their way to eat.
That couldn’t be more true.
Su Wanyue had just finished her work as a dress-up doll when Su Yao started feeding her all sorts of snacks.
And now, Su Yao had run off to buy her milk tea again.
Su Wanyue realized she hadn’t seen her little sister this happy in a long time.
‘Well, coming out to play once in a while doesn’t seem so bad?’
Just as Su Wanyue was feeling pleased because Su Yao was happy—
She suddenly noticed that the usually crowded Commercial Street was completely empty.
“Serafica.” Su Wanyue called out to Serafica in her mind.
“I’m here. It seems this is just an illusion,” Serafica’s voice immediately replied.
“An enemy attack? They went out of their way to pull me into an illusion and even avoided innocent bystanders. Looks like they’re a good person?”
As she spoke, Su Wanyue felt someone lightly tug at her skirt.
She turned to look.
A petite girl was standing there, head bowed, holding onto her skirt.
She was even half a head shorter than Su Wanyue in her witch form.
The girl had dazzling golden hair like sunlight and clear emerald eyes as bright as the clear sky above.
Su Wanyue could even see her own reflection clearly in those eyes.
She wore a princess dress, and her slender legs were wrapped in thin, water-like pale white stockings.
‘A Westerner?’
But she didn’t seem hostile.
Otherwise, with her hunter instincts, Su Wanyue would have noticed.
“Little sister, who are you? What are you doing here?”
“Whoa, that’s so creepy. Are you some old creep trying to abduct a little girl? I’m calling the cops,” Serafica mercilessly teased from the side.
Su Wanyue was left speechless.
Just as she’d said before, she really wasn’t good with kids.
“Big sis! I came to see you!”
The golden-haired girl’s words froze Su Wanyue on the spot.
“What did you call me? Big sis? Since when do I have a little sister who looks like a Westerner?”
She was completely baffled.
“And that white-haired big sis too. You’re both so pretty.”
The girl pointed at Serafica as she spoke.
Now it was Serafica’s turn to be shocked.
“You… you can see me?”
Su Wanyue had asked Serafica before if her current state was invisible to everyone except herself.
At the time, Serafica had said—basically yes.
But there were exceptions.
For example, the great witches who held Authority could see her because of their power.
That meant this seemingly harmless golden-haired girl was either a great witch or a powerhouse who had reached miraculous strength.
But in Serafica’s view, as the holder of the Authority of Omniscience and Omnipotence, neither answer was correct.
“Are you saying she’s a real witch born from those experiments?”
“Mm. It seems no one in that alliance realized she’s a true witch.”
Serafica paused, then added, “And right now, she’s only at the Haoyue Level, but I can see the beginnings of an Authority within her.”
“Then what’s her Authority?” Su Wanyue asked.
Based on the girl’s earlier words and actions, she already had a vague guess.
“It’s the Authority of the Heavenly Book. In other words, she really is your little sister. Of course, calling her your daughter would also make sense.”
So that’s it. From the moment she saw the girl, Su Wanyue had faintly felt some connection.
‘You people… can you stop arbitrarily adding more little sisters to my life?!’
The word “daughter” was definitely selectively ignored by Su Wanyue.
“Big sis, don’t you want me?”
Seeing that Su Wanyue was just staring blankly without speaking for a long time, tears started to well up in the girl’s eyes.
“No, of course not. Tell me, what’s your name?”
Having long been used to playing the role of an older brother, Su Wanyue immediately softened and slipped into character.
“You can just call me Liya,” Liya said softly, shyly lowering her head, “I snuck out, so I can’t stay long. If the boss finds out, I’ll be punished.”
“Boss? Who’s that?” Su Wanyue tried to get some useful information.
“The boss is the boss. The other sisters all call her Lady Big Sister, but I know she’s not my sister.”
Great.
That told her nothing.
Liya tugged at Su Wanyue’s skirt again, her voice filled with hope, “Big sis, can you take me away? I want to be with you.”
“Liya, where are you right now?”
“I… I don’t know… It’s dark in there.”
Liya blinked her emerald eyes.
“But I believe my big sis will definitely find me.”
Su Wanyue bent down and gently stroked Liya’s head.
“Mm, I will definitely come find you. Little Liya, you have to wait for me, okay?”
Liya suddenly remembered something.
“Big sis, they found where you live. It’s something turned into a bomb, and you can’t detect it with magic. You have to be careful.”
“I will.”
With her wish fulfilled, Liya didn’t want to linger.
Her small figure gradually became transparent before Su Wanyue’s eyes, finally turning into a faint light that gently dissolved into the illusion.
The surrounding illusion vanished along with her.
“Looks like I finally have a successor. Maybe I can retire early after all,” Serafica joked.
Clearly, Serafica was very interested in this new little one.
“There’s one more target to add to this mission,” Su Wanyue said.
“But for now, going home isn’t an option.”
The illusion completely disappeared, and Su Yao had already walked up to her holding a cup of milk tea, smiling as she handed it over.
“Yao Yao, how about you come live with me for a few days?”
“Huh? W-Why are you suddenly saying that?”
It seemed Su Wanyue’s proposal startled Su Yao.
“You’ve seen the recent news, haven’t you? This way, I can protect you better.”
But to Su Yao, it was a completely different matter.
‘Su Wanyue wants to live together with me? Isn’t that something only couples do?’
As for staying over at Zeng Yan’s place earlier, she had already forgotten all about it.
Su Wanyue had a room arranged for her at the Hunter Association.
Unfortunately, it was a single room.
So the moment the two stepped inside, she immediately spoke up.
“I’ll take the couch.”
“No. Didn’t Su Wanyue say she wanted to protect me? Sleeping together would let you protect me better, right?”
Late at night, Su Wanyue and Su Yao shared a bed.
Su Wanyue quickly fell into a deep sleep, her breathing steady and quiet.
But Su Yao was a different story.
Su Wanyue’s breathing.
Her sweet fragrance.
The soft touch of her earlobe and bones and her slightly flushed cheeks.
Made Su Yao’s heart race wildly.
Su Wanyue’s natural scent kept tickling Su Yao’s nostrils, making it impossible for her to fall asleep.
So after confirming that Su Wanyue was sound asleep, Su Yao simply got up.
She lay on her side, gazing at Su Wanyue’s sleeping face.
Pretending not to notice her pounding heart, Su Yao brought her lips to Su Wanyue’s ear.
Overcome by the moment, she gently extended her tongue and licked the outline of Su Wanyue’s ear.
The warm sensation disappeared in an instant.
Tonight was destined to be another sleepless night.