The moment Tales finished speaking, the Karabian sisters burst into laughter together.
"Don't call us 'ladies'—there's no need to be so formal!" Kasha instantly clung to his left arm, smiling radiantly.
"To help us take things further more efficiently..." Qina followed right behind, hooking herself around his right shoulder, her bright eyes sparkling.
"Just call us by our names!"
"Nicknames would be even better!"
"Like Shasha..."
"And Qiqi..."
Kasha's smile grew increasingly alluring. "A little closer..."
Qina picked up the thread, blinking her crystal-clear eyes. "It has its benefits!"
"But... wait... could I..." Tales flushed red, trying to remind them to keep a safe distance, but they kept interrupting him.
"But if it's our little Tai-Tai..."
"You can have a special nickname!"
L-little what?
Tales felt his eyebrows slipping out of his control.
"It should sound cute and adorable..."
"And a little naughty and suggestive!"
"So people will think that between us..."
"There's some unspeakable, improper relati—"
At that point, Kasha and Qina both sucked in a sharp breath.
The two stared at each other in surprise, as if they had accidentally said something wrong.
But the next second, they excitedly and shyly slapped Tales's hands and shoulders, as though they were hitting each other, and cried in unison:
"Eek—the sisters, you're so naughty!"
"We've gone bad, completely bad!"
"No, wait a minute—"
Caught between them, Tales suffered terribly. "No, that's not right! We can't do this—we can't be like this! That's not something we should joke about. Right, um..."
Dragged to the verge of collapse by their ceaseless verbal assault, Tales struggled to fend off their blows. Then, an inspiration suddenly struck him.
"Oh, right! I know your brother!"
The sisters stopped moving.
Thank heavens, Luori, this move worked.
"So, hehe, um, Kohn—I'm his friend, which means I'm your