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Wendy and Est directly squeezed into Noah's arms, tightly hugging his waist. One had a little nervousness on her pretty face, but even more determination; the other remained expressionless, yet intense emotion had already welled up in her eyes.
Being tightly hugged by two little girls whose cuteness was top-tier in every sense of the word was, admittedly, quite enjoyable.
But Noah, who should have been enjoying it immensely, only felt an extremely heavy pressure at that moment, making him feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.
Though he did not know what was going on, Wendy and Est seemed to have locked horns.
And it was because of Noah.
Moreover, both Wendy and Est possessed an extremely strong competitive spirit.
There was no other reason.
Wendy had felt frustrated in front of Mira and Lisanna, so that competitive spirit had been drawn out by Est.
As for Est, it was because of Noah's pampering of Wendy.
When she had accompanied Noah in the form of Spirit Armament on the mission to subjugate Oracion Seis, Est had clearly witnessed the entire process of Noah reuniting with Wendy at Blue Pegasus's villa.
At that time, because Wendy had missed him so much, Noah had displayed a rare level of indulgence.
That indulgence made Est angry.
Because Noah normally spoiled Est just as much.
In the Blade Dance of the Elf Users, Noah did not spoil Claire, did not spoil Linse Laurenhrost, did not spoil Fianna, and did not spoil Alice. Est alone received his special pampering.
That was only natural.
After all, just like Wendy, Noah regarded Est as an adorable little sister.
But