"Lord Yuyuko, why are you asleep here? And... you're drooling again while you sleep. That's terribly improper." The moment Youmu entered the room and saw her, her expression changed drastically...
She hurried over to Yuyuko, pulled a sky-blue handkerchief from her clothes, and wiped Yuyuko's mouth.
After wiping her mouth, she wiped all the drool off the table as well, then swiftly tucked the handkerchief back into her clothes.
Every movement flowed almost seamlessly. Clearly, this was far from her first time—she had become thoroughly practiced at it.
Mei and Crimson Crow's Wing were both dumbfounded as they watched Youmu's series of actions.
Leaving everything else aside, why did Youmu use the handkerchief to wipe Yuyuko's mouth and then the table without washing it afterward? She just put it straight back into her clothes. Was she going to take it out next time and use it to wipe Yuyuko's mouth again?
And she was way too practiced at this, wasn't she?
"Sorry for making you laugh! Lord Yuyuko wasn't usually like this. I just don't know why she was drooling today." Youmu was a little embarrassed now, since outsiders had witnessed such an unseemly side of her mistress.
"Uh... it's fine..."
Mei looked at Youmu's earnest expression, and the corner of her mouth twitched. How could she lie so calmly? Did she really think anyone would believe such an obvious lie?
"Ah! That felt so good! I accidentally fell asleep. Youmu, you're already back from patrol? But you seem to have returned much earlier than usual today! Could it be that Youmu has learned to slack off?
That's far too heartbreaking. Has even Youmu started to fall from grace?" Yuyuko raised her head and rubbed her eyes, then stretched lazily as she spoke in the sluggish tone of