"C-could you call me that one more time?"
"Mm, Mother." Little Griseo did not refuse.
"Call me that again."
"Mother."
"Again."
"Mother."
"Just a few more times."
"Mother!"
Little Griseo looked at the visibly excited Miss Ark.
She seemed slightly coquettish and innocent.
"No matter how many times you need me to say it, I can do that! Mother Ark."
"!!!" Miss Ark's pretty face flushed faintly. She stammered, then fell silent.
She raised her little head slightly and sniffed, as though desperately restraining something. All she could feel was a tingling sensation constantly running wild through her heart.
It simply would not stop!
Did she like it?
She loved it. Of course she did!
To be honest.
Having won the Goddess Competition, Miss Ark was naturally delighted.
After all, she liked Little Griseo.
Yet even after winning, obtaining the right to go on a date, and even going on one with Little Griseo today...
She still felt somewhat passive.
She could not exactly be called enthusiastic.
But now!
Things were different.
Miss Ark truly felt happy.
She felt overjoyed!
It was as if everything that had happened before paled in comparison to this moment.
Miss Ark lowered her head slightly. A strand of hair fell beside her temple, and she gently hooked it with her little finger before tucking it behind her ear again.
She had said nothing at all.
Yet she seemed at once youthful and inexperienced, while also radiating an irresistible charm. The tender warmth in her shimmering eyes could not be concealed.
Little Griseo thought Miss Ark was about to kiss her.
The atmosphere was so perfect!
That had to be it, right?
She slowly closed her eyes, tilted her head up a little, and puckered her lips.
But after waiting for quite a while, Miss