Though she was a little nervous, Mei tried her best to relax and keep her legs from tensing up, giving the two of them the best possible lap pillow experience.
As time passed by, second by second,
Mei could not help raising her hand toward the boy's snow-white hair.
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Raiden Mei, You Crybaby
This feels so relaxing...
Raiden Mei looked at the two heads resting on her lap and could not help thinking to herself.
Kiana was so cute, and Bai Ge was so handsome. She was incredibly lucky to have become friends with the two of them.
The girl's sleeping face was as innocent as an angel's, utterly unlike her usual self—quiet and elegant. She truly lived up to the name "Moonlight Goddess," as noble and beautiful as a princess from a story.
It even made Mei feel slightly ashamed of herself.
The boy's sleeping face made it impossible for Mei to look away. His refined, proper features were like those of a prince from a fairy tale. His slightly furrowed brow seemed troubled by something, making Raiden Mei feel deeply concerned for him.
The noon sunlight fell upon them, and their white hair seemed to glow strand by strand.
Paired with Bai Ge and Kiana's looks, which could instantly crush ninety-nine percent of the people in the world.
Mei felt as though the whole atmosphere had changed in that moment, as if her eyes had been properly cared for.
Um, isn't this scene a little sacred already? When these two quiet down, they're so... so beautiful? Could there really be two angels lying on my lap?
Mei took a deep breath and carefully placed her hand on their heads, gently stroking Bai Ge and Kiana's hair. The corners of her lips rose unconsciously.
I really want this moment to last forever.
The flow of time seemed to slow at that moment, and Mei's thoughts began to wander.
While petting the two white-haired fluffballs on her lap, she thought about them.
Come to think of it, both Bai Ge and Kiana feel mysterious to me.
They know about me, but I barely know anything about their stories.
Where did Kiana come from? She's so mysterious, and sometimes she suddenly has injuries on her body.
Bai Ge is incredible too. Is he from Shenzhou? And... lately, he seems to have been busy with things I don't know about.
At that moment, Raiden Mei suddenly realized that she could hardly be said to understand the two of them at all.
She only knew that they were kind, brave, lively, cheerful, and did not care much about what others thought of them. Beyond that, she knew nothing.
And besides...
As Mei quietly watched the two people on her lap, she suddenly realized how alike they were: the same white hair, the same cheerfulness, the same mystery.
Bai Ge and Kiana look so well matched...
Before Kiana arrived, the boy's gentleness had seemed like something that belonged to Mei alone.
But after Kiana arrived, Mei realized that the boy was not a prince who belonged only to her.
If anything, Bai Ge seemed to treat Kiana with a few more traces of... indulgence than he treated Mei?
No, that's not right. What am I thinking? Bai Ge never belonged to me. Thinking like this is far too arrogant. We're only a fake couple.
I'm only accepting the protection he gives me. I can't be greedy for more.
This is good enough. Things are good enough as they are. I've made real friends for the first time, and I have someone I care about for the first time. I need to cherish both of these joys.
Mei violently shook her head, as if trying to fling those thoughts out of her mind. Just as she was trying to quickly adjust her mindset—
Raiden Mei, do you really think that?
A female voice suddenly appeared in her mind.
Don't you really want Bai Ge all to yourself? Don't you really want him to become your prince alone? Of course not. You're just a weak crybaby, Raiden Mei. You can't do anything.
It was a female voice just like Mei's own, but its tone was so lofty, so merciless and cold, like that of a proud Queen.
Hmph!
Mei was startled.
Thinking someone was playing a prank, she hurriedly turned to look around. Yet after that Queen-like voice gave another cold snort, it disappeared without a trace.
"Was... was I hallucinating? How strange."
She relaxed slightly, but when Mei lowered her head to look at the sleeping Bai Ge again, a faint sense of guilt inexplicably welled up in her heart.
Just then—
Creak—
The rooftop's iron door made a sound.
She keenly sensed a few unfamiliar presences.
"Who's there? Come out!" Mei called out softly, keeping her voice low so as not to wake Bai Ge and Kiana.
Though her personality was somewhat weak now, Mei had still practiced the Raiden family's inherited katana art, Hokushin Itto-ryu, to the level of full transmission.
Her five senses were sharper than those of ordinary people.
"!!!"
They had not expected their presence to be discovered. Several girls emerged from the stairwell passage.
Their expressions were grim, and when they saw the two people lying on Mei's lap, their eyes were filled with apprehension.
Even so, their words remained utterly unforgiving.
"Hmph, fraudster's daughter, how much longer are you planning to stay at this school?"
"Don't think finding two people to help you will change your situation."
"You may look like you get along well, but who knows whether these two aren't only playing friends with you because they're after something? Otherwise, what qualifications does someone like Raiden Mei even have—ahhh!"
Before she could finish speaking,
A baseball bat and a brick flew toward them.
They immediately frightened the girls, who had just been verbally humiliating Raiden Mei, into shrieking.
"You people are bullying Mei again!"
"I warned you, didn't I? You never learn. Looks like the lesson we gave you last time was too light."
"Bai Ge, Kiana..."
Raiden Mei looked at the two of them, who had suddenly woken up, in delighted surprise. She had no idea where they had even hidden that brick and baseball bat.
But seeing Bai Ge and Kiana so angry over her made Raiden Mei deeply moved, and her gaze toward them grew even gentler.
Hmph, what a crybaby...
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Kiana: Mei, Why Are You Wet?
"These people are so annoying. It's them again."
"Yeah. They really never learn."
After easily driving the girls away, Bai Ge and Kiana returned to sit on the bench.
But then they noticed that Raiden Mei's long legs, clad in black stockings and previously used as their pillows, now glistened slightly, with parts of the stockings having darkened in color.
The oblivious airhead blinked, scratched her head carelessly, and asked,
"Huh? Mei, why are you wet?"
Thud!
"Ow! Bai Ge, why did you hit me?! What if I get even dumber?!"
Unable to bear it any longer, he punched her on the head.
After crying out in pain, Kiana immediately crouched down with tears in her eyes, clutching her head with both hands. Bai Ge rolled his eyes, thinking that Kiana's brain had gone offline long ago. She might as well donate it.
"Idiot Kiana, that's obviously your own drool. Mei isn't wet."
"Huh? Is that so? Um, no, wait! Why would I drool? Bai Ge, you must be mistaken!"
"Enough, you two, stop bickering. Kiana didn't drool. I'm the one who got w-wet..."
"Don't take this onto yourself. Pure and reserved Mei can't bring herself to say it."
Bai Ge looked at Mei, who had blushed from her own words, with helpless amusement. Though she had fallen on hard times, she was still a refined young lady from a prominent family, much more proper than a certain airhead.
"Hehe, thank you, Mei. But those girls are so awful. They say such horrible things every time, even though you didn't do anything wrong!"
Kiana said indignantly.
Bai Ge shrugged helplessly.
"Perhaps a certain Herrscher was right. Human nature's ugliness is far more terrifying than disasters. Sigh... I really don't understand what those girls are thinking."
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