"Senior Sister."
"Senior Sister, Senior Sister."
When someone who was usually fairly serious suddenly softened her voice and started repeating words,
you... should have sensed the danger in advance.
Especially when that someone was your Junior Sister, who brimmed with the warmth of a loving mother.
Ye Qingxian swallowed hard, though her immortal body had no excess saliva to swallow. Her gaze dipped slightly, and she saw her Junior Sister before her, once again speaking with the sweet, coquettish tone of a little girl.
She hadn't even noticed the tremble and panic in her own voice.
"J-Junior Sister."
I blinked and covered my face with one hand, putting on a sorrowful expression. "Senior Sister, I know... you're going to emphasize our relationship again."
"But I'm just a helpless blind person."
"As your pitiful Junior Sister, you're the only one I can rely on."
"You... wouldn't really let go of my hand, would you?"
Even though Ye Qingxian had a thousand words of heartbreak and silence, her Junior Sister's pitiful appearance moved her. In the end, she swallowed the wounded words in her throat and said no more.
For a while after that,
Ye Qingxian was a little quiet.
It seemed she'd learned her lesson. With a small spell, she turned the path ahead into a smooth, straight road.
Looking closely, there wasn't a single trip-inducing pebble in sight.
I gritted my teeth in secret, with an inexplicable urge to stomp my feet.
Who was this mean to? She wasn't giving me a chance at all.
Who had she learned this from?
Seeing that her Junior Sister could finally walk steadily, Ye Qingxian smiled with satisfaction. Those little stones were such a nuisance. She'd have the disciples sweep all of Heavenly Sword Peak another day, making sure her Junior Sister had