After this self-consolation, Sajyou Manaka's mood improved slightly.
Lan Ze watched this scene and nodded secretly with relief.
As expected, the older loli at home is the best, generous and cute.
However, this was probably also because his usual behavior had earned Sajyou Manaka's trust. After all, people as pure and unlustful as him were rare nowadays.
Just then, Lan Ze suddenly heard Tiamat's soft singing by his ear:
"Aaaa? (Do you need to replenish magic power?)"
Lan Ze froze for a moment, seemingly not having reacted yet.
By the time he came to his senses, he saw Tiamat, as before, lowering her head and gently unbuttoning her chest.
Lan Ze's gaze froze, his heart suddenly pounded, and he quickly grabbed Tiamat's wrist, whispering, "Aaaa."
If Aika saw this now, he wouldn't be able to clear his name even if he jumped into the Yellow River...
Although he just wanted to replenish magic power and had no other intentions, Sajyou Manaka might not believe he simply wanted to replenish magic power...
"You need to replenish magic power?"
But at this moment, Sajyou Manaka's confused voice suddenly came from behind.
Holy crap... she can understand what we're saying?
Lan Ze felt his heart stop instantly.
But after a long while, he found that Sajyou Manaka didn't seem angry at all. He couldn't help but turn his head to look at the girl lying behind him and asked, "You can understand what Mother is saying?"
Sajyou Manaka pouted, "I'm a beast too, even if I don't know how to say it, I can still understand it."
She paused, then continued, "If you want to replenish magic power, I can help you too."
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Ze subconsciously glanced at Sajyou Manaka's chest.
This, this... can also help replenish magic?
Looking at Aika's confident expression, Lan Ze just shook his head, "Forget it, let's just go to sleep."
"I can really help you replenish magic power," Sajyou Manaka said unhappily, thinking Lan Ze didn't believe her. "I know a Divine Era Magic that can transfer my magic power into another person's body, and it replenishes magic power very quickly."
"Um... I really don't need it," Lan Ze refused with restraint, then lay back into the covers, ready to sleep.
But the moment he lay down, his mouth was suddenly blocked by something.
His body's magic power was replenished, and as Lan Ze was momentarily stunned, he immediately reacted, his body tensing up.
Lan Ze looked up at Tiamat's gentle little face. His magic power was recovering rapidly, but his heart was pounding as if it could leap out at any moment.
Tiamat clearly didn't realize there was any problem with replenishing her cub's magic power. Noticing Lan Ze's somewhat nervous expression, she couldn't help but ask confusedly, "Aaa?"
The moment the singing sounded, Lan Ze immediately raised his hand to cover Tiamat's little mouth.
Tiamat blinked her eyes and looked down at Lan Ze in her arms, confused.
But Lan Ze's action was a little too late. As Tiamat's song ended, Sajyou Manaka's confused voice immediately came from behind:
"Strange... why did your magic power suddenly recover so quickly?"
"Why did your magic power suddenly recover so quickly?"
Sajyou Manaka asked with doubt, her eyes filled with confusion.
She had clearly felt Lan Ze's magic power was almost depleted just now, but now she could feel his magic power recovering at an extremely exaggerated speed.
This recovery speed was something even Sajyou Manaka could only achieve when using Divine Era Magic, yet Lan Ze was now recovering his magic power at such an exaggerated rate on his own?
Lan Ze didn't speak, or rather, he couldn't speak.
His mouth was blocked by Tiamat, and this gentle woman was holding the back of Lan Ze's head tightly. If one didn't sit up to look, there was no way to tell anything was wrong.
It was as if Lan Ze was simply sleeping soundly in Tiamat's arms.
However, if the blanket were lifted, a different scene would be revealed.
Sajyou Manaka clearly didn't realize she had been cuckolded again. This magic prodigy girl was now resting her chin on her hand, analyzing the reason for the sudden surge in Lan Ze's magic recovery speed.
Then, she poked Lan Ze's back and spoke again, "Why did you suddenly stop talking?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lan Ze gently poked Tiamat's abdomen, trying to tickle her to make her loosen her grip.
But he poked cold, hard scales.
These scales would only completely disappear tomorrow.
He had to try another way, touching Tiamat's thigh and tickling it.
This woman was clearly a little sensitive, and she subconsciously loosened her grip.
Lan Ze finally found an opportunity and broke free from Tiamat's soft embrace.
"Lan Ze-kun?"
When Sajyou Manaka's voice rang out again, Lan Ze 'groggily' asked, "I'm a bit sleepy. I think I just fell asleep. What did you say?"
"You fell asleep just now…?" Sajyou Manaka rested her chin on her hand, "Why does your magic recovery speed increase when you sleep?"
"I've heard of things like Nightmares that can mess with people in their dreams. Did you happen to fall asleep and then recharge your magic with the help of a Nightmare?" Sajyou Manaka guessed logically.
"Mmm… maybe," Lan Ze went along with Sajyou Manaka's words. "It was probably Merlin."
"That Nightmare caused this?" Sajyou Manaka murmured to herself, finding the possibility plausible.
In reality, Sajyou Manaka's reaction speed wasn't to blame. She knew that magic could be replenished through liquid transfer methods like blood-sucking, but who could have imagined that Lan Ze's method of replenishing magic would be so far beyond human imagination?
Seeing that Sajyou Manaka wasn't pressing further, Lan Ze secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He raised his hand to his lips and made a "shushing" gesture to Tiamat, signaling that he hoped she wouldn't make him replenish magic that way again tonight.
Tiamat let out an "Aaa," her eyes filled with confusion. She couldn't understand why Lan Ze suddenly didn't want to replenish magic. He used to eagerly seek her out to replenish even a little bit of magic he had consumed.
However, since her cub said so, Tiamat naturally wouldn't force Lan Ze. She simply wrapped her arms around Lan Ze's head, held him close, and softly hummed a lullaby.
Slowly, her eyelids began to droop, and she let out a small yawn, tears welling up in her eyes.
She leaned close to Lan Ze's ear and whispered, "Thank you."
"You don't have to thank me," Lan Ze replied.
He knew why Tiamat was thanking him… it was probably because he had rushed into the Sea of Life today.
But in reality, Tiamat had no reason to thank him at all…
After all, he was an LSP. How could an LSP abandon such a cute Mother of All?
He could do without a Spirit Core, but he couldn't do without Mother of All.
"Even if it happens again, I'll still do it," Lan Ze added earnestly.
Tiamat seemed a little shy and let out a soft "Aaa." Then, she hugged one of Lan Ze's arms, rested her head on his arm, and fell asleep contentedly.
Lan Ze: "……"
The moment Tiamat's head rested on his arm, he felt a wave of numbness wash over him. While it was nice to be depended on by Tiamat, she didn't seem to consider her own weight.
…Especially since Tiamat had a pair of horns on her head. With such a heavy head resting directly on his arm, Lan Ze felt his blood circulation slow down considerably.
But looking at Tiamat's peaceful sleeping face, Lan Ze ultimately couldn't bring himself to wake her up. He could only sigh inwardly:
Fine… I'll just put up with it.
Listening to Tiamat's soft snores, Lan Ze unconsciously felt a wave of drowsiness. His eyelids slowly closed, and just as he was about to fall asleep.
At that moment, a faint voice suddenly came from beside his ear:
"I'm starting to consider whether or not I should destroy the world now, Lan Ze-kun."
As Sajyou Manaka's gentle voice reached him, Lan Ze felt his mind instantly sharpen. He turned his head slightly and saw the girl with soft, light-golden short hair beside him staring at him intently, a dark glint in her eyes.
Lan Ze reached out his other free hand and gently took Sajyou Manaka's soft, slightly cool hand.
"Don't worry. If you ever get into trouble, I'll help you too."
Although… in most cases, no one should be able to harm Aika, right?
Sajyou Manaka let out a low hum, "I won't get into any trouble, and no one can possibly harm me."
"…No, if I had to say, there is someone who could."
"Who?" Lan Ze asked instinctively.
"You," Sajyou Manaka glared at Lan Ze resentfully.
"I was super heartbroken today. To cheat when I have such a cute girlfriend is just too much!"
Lan Ze opened his mouth several times but didn't know what to say.
He truly hadn't known Sajyou Manaka was interested in his body before, which was why he could joke around with her so carelessly back then.
But now it seemed… this girl was serious.
This made him feel a bit helpless.
He preferred older women to lolis… no, to be precise, he preferred beautiful older sisters.
But at this moment, he couldn't just bluntly tell Aika, "I'm not a lolicon, we're not compatible…"
He felt like if he said that, he might actually cease to exist.
"…We're not considered lovers yet, are we?" Lan Ze said dryly.
"That's true, but we're practically default lovers already!" Sajyou Manaka became more and more agitated, her emotions rising as she exclaimed loudly, "I came first!"
Lan Ze put his finger to his lips and shushed her, "Keep your voice down, she's asleep."
Sajyou Manaka: "……"
"You perverted big-breasted woman-chaser!" A moment later, she said, biting her lip, full of displeasure.
"That's still better than a flat-chested lolic-chaser… that's a crime punishable by jail time," Lan Ze replied silently.
Sajyou Manaka: "……"
She was momentarily speechless.
This girl, who remained unfazed when facing Beasts and gods, was now a little helpless.
No matter how powerful she was, she couldn't fake her age... and honestly, if she really had to grow to Tiamat's level of physique, she wasn't confident about it.
"Let's just sleep first. We can go home tomorrow, and we can talk about anything then," Lan Ze suddenly said again.
"Mm." This time, Sajyou Manaka finally nodded.
That was right. No matter what, Tiamat was from here and couldn't go back to Tokyo with them. Lan Ze would still be hers.
It didn't matter if she let Tiamat have her way for now.
Thinking this, the girl's mood immediately brightened. Looking at Tiamat's sleeping face, she even felt a hint of pity.
What was the point of attracting her future lover so much? They were leaving tomorrow anyway, and Tiamat had to stay here.
As she thought, Sajyou Manaka looked at Lan Ze's face and slowly closed her eyes, her vision plunging into darkness.
At this moment, all three in the room had fallen asleep, but Lan Ze felt like he was having a dream.
He dreamed that he was experiencing sleep paralysis.
He had to admit, sleep paralysis was a truly uncomfortable experience. He felt like he couldn't move his body. He knew he was dreaming but just couldn't wake up. No matter how he lay, he felt uneasy.
And while his mind was groggy, he vaguely seemed to catch a whiff of a familiar scent.
It wasn't the scent of Sajyou Manaka, nor was it Tiamat's.
It seemed to be the scent of someone else...
Who was it?
Lan Ze dazedly opened his eyes, wanting to see which "ghost" was pressing down on him.
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