Just as Expected of Me

Before dawn had broken, the sky was hazy and murky, with a few bright stars faintly visible. The air was still thick with moisture, and a thin layer of dew clung to the windows of the house. But in the next moment, the faint glow of dawn impatiently sought to lift the night's veil.

Two cute and beautiful girls slept on one of the beds in the room. Neither made any sound as they slept, aside from their soft breathing.

Perhaps she had been having a nightmare, because Seele's hands instinctively wrapped around Bronya beside her before she suddenly opened her beautiful, ocean-like eyes.

Seeing Bronya still asleep before her, Seele came back to herself... then let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness, it had only been a nightmare. Bronya had not been separated from her.

As she watched Bronya sleeping before her, Seele's heart was filled with calm.

Although Seele's soul had originally belonged to Bronya, after so many years of growth, the two were no longer entirely one and the same.

Seele was Bronya, but Bronya was not Seele... aside from the connection of their shared soul, their personalities and thoughts were completely different.

"Bronya... looks so cute when she sleeps!"

Looking at the sleeping Bronya, who was entirely different from her usual self, Seele felt that she now looked like a girl one wanted to hold in one's arms, rather than a godlike Herrscher.

Even while asleep, Bronya still held a Homu doll in her arms. Yet that only made her seem even cuter, making her feel like she was still a child.

Her delicate little nose softly breathed in the air, while her pink cherry lips twitched slightly from time to time. Part of her long pale gray hair was pressed beneath her, while the