(Miluno)
Once I realized that Auntie Yuehan might very well be my mother-in-law, the way we interacted became...
Painfully affected.
"Yuehan, my dear big sister~"
After dropping the ingredients off in the kitchen, I linked arms with her and sat down on the couch.
"Hmm? Why the sudden change in what you call me?"
"It makes you sound younger! Falcon always calls you that, and I think she has a point~"
She scratched her head and gave a goofy smile, then asked, "Hehehe, but why are you being so formal? You're being a little too polite~"
While I buttered Auntie Yuehan up, Barbara sat on my other side, wrapped her little arms around my waist, and rested her head on my shoulder, her eyes closed as though she were about to fall asleep.
Then a golden retriever came running out of the passageway, grumbling all the way.
"Miluno! You went out all day without taking me!"
Doggy bumped her head against my calf twice, then transformed in a flash of white light into a beautiful blonde girl in pajamas.
A blob of black watery jelly still sat on her head.
"Puyo-!"
"Look, even Azura isn't happy."
"I can't understand what she's saying right now... Besides, I wasn't out having fun today. Yuehan, there's something I want to tell you, but I hope you'll brace yourself first."
My tone was serious, so Yuehan grew serious too.
"Do you remember anything else about your child?"
"Huh?"
My question left her looking bewildered. She cupped her cheeks and asked in return:
"A c-child? I mean, I do want a child... But I don't have one, do I?"
"There's no evidence for any of this, and it's all hypothetical, but if you and Sun Ji... Uncle Sun had a child, she'd be about my