Night fell, the guests departed, and Velin returned to the castle. He pushed open the doors and threw himself straight onto the bed, savoring its softness as it eased the weariness in his heart.
Xuemiyya stood at the bedroom door and waved Hilda and Sisina away, telling them to go rest. She then entered the room and locked the door.
Looking at the lazybug sprawled across the bed, Xuemiyya looked rather helpless.
After being his pillow companion for so many years, she knew that when her husband was like this, it was less physical exhaustion than mental fatigue.
In other words, his soul was "tired" and needed comforting.
"Knock, knock, knock."
Hearing the sound, Xuemiyya looked toward it and saw Xing tapping on the window with his beak, trying to climb inside.
She went to the bedside, opened the window, and let him in.
After entering the room, Xing went to the bed and nudged Velin with his beak. The meaning in his eyes was obvious.
Velin sat up, looked at the little drunkard, and took out two bottles of Glowing Wine from his Spatial Ring as payment.
"Thank you, Master!"
Hugging the two bottles of Glowing Wine to his chest, Xing immediately started drooling, eager to return to the Demiplane and properly savor the wine.
Seeing this, Velin waved his hand and opened a Demiplane passage, letting Xing inside.
"What a little drunkard."
"Isn't that because you raised him that way?" Xuemiyya rolled her eyes at Velin as she spoke, then closed the window and activated the Magic Array to isolate the room from the outside world.
"I'm so tired!"
Velin fell back onto the bed, spread his arms, and looked at the Magic Lamp overhead as he sighed.
"What a lazybug."
Xuemiyya came to Velin's side and began