'And as long as I use the Presence Erasure skill, my partner won't notice. This will just be my little secret... a keepsake for myself. If, if my partner can actually feel it, then Aeon Fuli has taken over!'
After thoroughly convincing herself, Cyrene first unconsciously touched her slightly burning lips with her fingertips, as if confirming the shape of that keepsake.
Then, the glimmer in Cyrene's eyes—a mix of shyness and eager anticipation—fully blossomed. Her ears trembled sensitively as well, flushing a faint pink.
"Hehehe! I'm Aeon Fuli now! Delicious pear! I'm coming to eat you!"
As Cyrene muttered to herself, trying to dump all the blame onto Fuli, she floated toward that completely unaware back.
What if, what if Chen Li was only pretending not to see her?
Then everything she said now would become evidence in court!
In the end, Cyrene stopped extremely close to Chen Li, rose onto her tiptoes, and leaned forward slightly...
But because she was still not tall enough, Cyrene ran off in a huff to move over a chair. Standing on it, she stared straight into Chen Li's eyes.
Cyrene carefully stretched out both hands and gently cupped Chen Li's cheeks.
Only when Cyrene looked into Chen Li's eyes and confirmed that her reflection could not be seen in the depths of those familiar eyes, which were currently focused on the courtroom ahead, did she finally relax.
Now!
An opening was fleeting!
Cyrene held her breath, closed her eyes, then pressed her lips to Chen Li's with extreme lightness and speed, like a petal drifting down onto the surface of water.
The touch vanished in an instant, warm and real.
The moment she succeeded, Cyrene sprang lightly half a step backward like a startled fawn.
But seeing Chen Li's complete lack of