"?!!!"
Countless exclamation marks popped up over her head. She stared wide-eyed in shock, her entire body frozen stiff.
Th-this, this...
She blankly stared at Chen An and Skadi sleeping on the bed for a while. Suddenly frightened out of her wits, Miss Exusiai swallowed and backed out of the room as quickly as she could. Then, thud...
She didn't dare make a sound for fear of waking Chen An and Skadi, so she closed the door with the smallest possible movement.
She slipped out of the room, shut the door, and created the illusion that she had never entered it. The startled Exusiai completed the sequence in one smooth motion.
Afterward, her mouth inexplicably dry, she leaned against the door and clutched her chest, where her heart was pounding wildly. She gasped for breath.
"W-what is going on?"
One hand pressed to her chest and the other touching her burning cheeks, Exusiai felt as though not only her face but her entire body was hot and weak. She muttered to herself, "Why weren't they wearing clothes when they slept today?"
Yes, that was why Exusiai had been so startled.
When she entered earlier, she had seen Chen An holding Skadi while the two rested in bed. That was not the important part—the important part was that neither of them had been wearing clothes!
If they had not been covered by a blanket, with only their upper bodies exposed, Exusiai probably would not have frozen in shock before retreating from the room. She would have screamed outright.
Swallowing again, Exusiai took a deep breath and tried hard to calm herself down first.
Calm down, calm down. Maybe what I just saw was an illusion. Lemuel, you have to stay calm.
Chen An was a complete blockhead, and Titi was