"Mmgh—The Lord... save me..."
Ice Empress rolled her eyes from being choked and cast a pleading look at Gu Yue Na.
Yet Gu Yue Na wore an equally shocked expression, her incredulous gaze shifting back and forth between the mortified Snow Empress and the desperately struggling Ice Empress.
"Snow Empress, you... you actually..." Gu Yue Na's tone was full of disbelief.
"No! It's not like that! The Lord, listen to my explanation..."
Feeling Gu Yue Na's gaze as though it could pierce her soul, Snow Empress was so ashamed she wished she could vanish into the ground. She hurriedly released Ice Empress's throat, then covered her burning cheeks tightly with both hands. Her voice was barely louder than a mosquito's buzz and carried a sobbing lilt.
Seeing Snow Empress, usually aloof and proud like a snow lotus atop an iceberg, reveal such a girlish side, Gu Yue Na suppressed her laughter and nodded with feigned solemnity.
"Who would have thought... Snow Empress, you look so cold, but in private, you're actually... so passionate?"
Snow Empress: "..."
She was completely speechless. All she wanted was to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
"Ah, forget it."
Watching Ice Empress fool around and Snow Empress blush as though she were about to steam, Gu Yue Na sighed as if resigned to her fate. She returned to the sofa, raised a hand to support her smooth forehead, and spoke with a mixture of helplessness and amusement.
"Looking at it this way, it seems the few of us... have all been more or less drawn to that guy Lu Jun, haven't we? How strange. What kind of magic does he have? Is he some kind of walking humanoid succubus?"
Ice Empress and Snow Empress exchanged glances, seeing the same confusion in