"Hey, you're back?"
But the instant she noticed someone else present, the light in her eyes seemed to brighten.
"Ahem, are you home because you've finally finished everything, or do you need the Potion Field?"
"I'm telling you, I've grown the Potion Field really well."
She bragged excitedly.
She was so lively, adorable, and charming that Russell couldn't resist picking her up and kissing her.
"Hehe~"
"Looks like work is over?"
The girl wasn't embarrassed at all. She hugged him back and kissed the man on the face.
Then, as if remembering something, she pushed Durandal into Russell's arms.
"No, actually, there's more work now."
Russell naturally leaned over and kissed her, making the girl's neck flush red.
"So you just stopped by on the way?"
Those words instantly soured Kiana's previously cheerful expression. So he hadn't finished his work and come home to live peacefully with them?
"I was hoping we could go shopping together later."
She muttered.
It was one thing for Russell not to report his schedule, but he had actually disappeared without a word...
Even she would get ma—
"But I never said I had to be separated from you while working."
"I can even bring Mei along."
That was what the man said.
"Huh?"
Those words made the white-haired girl's eyes practically shine.
Mei.
Her best friend, without question.
There had even been a time when she wondered whether they should maintain a certain unspoken understanding and remain by Russell's side only as friends.
That understanding had lasted until the aphrodisiac suddenly appeared from Kiana's perspective. Kiana accidentally drank it and got thoroughly eaten up by Russell, breaking the arrangement.
But considering that Kiana had also tried to sneak ahead, it probably kept the balance of their tacit agreement.
Perhaps this was the bond between