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"Explain yourself!"
Watching Xiao Hei sit on the sofa, blissfully clinging to Wu Yan with a coy smile plastered across her face as she tightly hugged one of his arms, Illya clutched her head in exasperation.
"You said incomprehensible things, did incomprehensible things, chased after me for no reason, and then incomprehensibly... forcibly... forcibly kissed Brother! What exactly are you trying to do?!"
"Oh my, didn't I already explain that just now?..." Xiao Hei seemed to be in quite a good mood. She no longer had the agitation from when she had confronted Illya, nor the panic from when her body had nearly vanished. All she had was her usual calm, unhurried smile.
"I merely absorbed a little of Brother's magical energy..."
"Then why do you need to absorb Brother's magical energy?!" Illya bared her teeth and tried hard to put on a ferocious expression, but with her delicate little face, it only looked like she was making a funny face. It was utterly adorable.
"And does absorbing magical energy really... really have to be done that way?..."
"You really don't know anything. It's terrifying how ordinary you are..." Xiao Hei's smile faded as she pursed her lips.
"Do you think everyone is like Ruby and Sapphire, capable of providing magical energy to others whenever they please?..."
"Th-then why Brother?..." Illya closed her eyes, her face so red it seemed ready to drip blood, looking both embarrassed and indignant.
"And using a face exactly like mine..."
"Oh?..." Xiao Hei blinked, then smiled smugly.
"Could it be that you're jealous? Jealous that I got to take Brother's lips?..."
"Eek!" Illya let out a strange