Firefly: You Are What You Eat, So Should I Eat Nanook to Cure Entropy Loss Syndrome? Does That Make Sense?! (10K, continued)

"Huh?" Firefly's eyes slowly widened.

W-what did that mean?

Could it be...

"Um... Miss Polyxenia, didn't you want to stay with your sister forever?" Firefly couldn't help asking.

"Yeah. What about it?"

"N-nothing. I just wanted to ask... Miss Polyxenia, have you considered Miss Castorice's feelings? What if Miss Castorice wanted some personal space, or what if she already had someone she liked? What would you do then?" Firefly abruptly changed the subject.

Wasn't asking why Polyxenia wanted to stay with her sister forever while apparently having quite a favorable impression of Chen Li a little too pointed?

"Your question is rather sharp..." Polyxenia glanced at Firefly.

"Sorry." After glancing at Chen Li, who was helping her search for Miraculous Forging materials nearby, Firefly quietly apologized to Polyxenia.

Chen Li was being so serious. She couldn't distract him, either.

"You don't need to apologize. Sharp as it is, it's still the truth. Or rather, this is exactly what I have to face." Polyxenia sighed.

"Miss Castorice has someone she likes too?"

"More or less..." Polyxenia glanced at the Chronicles of Ages that Chen Li had set aside.

It was practically written in plain sight.

No, it had already been written in plain sight.

"I see. So what are you planning to do? Withdraw, or accept it?" Firefly couldn't help asking.

"Of course I'll accept it. As long as I come to like the person my sister likes too, won't that solve everything? Sure enough, we're very alike. You understand me very well." Polyxenia looked at Firefly approvingly.

Whether it was having someone close to them whose every shared memory they were unwilling to lose, or how aggressive they were when it came to feelings...

"???" —Firefly.

That wasn't the kind of acceptance I meant!

I meant accepting reality, not accepting