"I wonder... what is troubling you, young hero? Is there anything we can do to help? If you need anything, please do not hesitate to ask," Kongming asked with a forced smile, doing her best to keep her voice steady.
"Of course, I was worried that Miss Kongming's emotions might fluctuate too violently, causing you to become overcome with grief. Now that I see you are safe and sound... the knot in my heart has naturally come undone." Chen Li's tone suddenly turned gentle.
"You need not be so formal, young hero. And from now on... you may simply call me Kongming." Kongming quietly let out a breath, her tone becoming much more sincere as well.
Of course, along with relief, a trace of guilt also welled up in her heart.
"Sure, Kongming." Chen Li nodded.
With the Golden Honkai-Moe King costume in the way, it was impossible to see Chen Li's expression. But judging from his relaxed tone, Kongming felt that he probably was not displeased by her terrible idea.
Or rather... perhaps he did not even know that it had been her idea to make Yuexia say "offer myself to you in marriage"?
Of course, Kongming herself knew that this thought was somewhat naive.
Because she had just remembered that the phrase "this humble woman" often sounded rather archaic. Since he knew something about her background, and she had once shared a room with Yuexia... there was hardly any need to guess who had encouraged Yuexia to say such a thing, was there?
But naive as that thought might have been... people often had the instinct to run away from things, didn't they?
Just as Kongming finally began to relax, Yuexia, who had been sitting beside Chen Li and obediently eating her sundae, suddenly looked up. She gave