The morning after the Harvest Festival ended, Lin Yuan was awakened by the sound of the door opening.
He opened his eyes, his right hand already pressed against the book " Nameless " by the bedside. It wasn't until he heard the sound of a chair being moved downstairs that he remembered who he had given the spare key to the night before.
Lin Yuan put on his coat and went downstairs. Mira was standing in the middle of the living room, her arms crossed. The tables and chairs were unchanged, and the windowsills and floors were clean, but she looked at every corner as if she were inspecting a mission site.
"You're here so early?"
"I have the key. Do I need to report to you before I come?"
Mira raised her chin, speaking with an air of self-righteousness. However, she had strung the key on a red string and tied it in a conspicuous position on her waist, where it swayed gently with her movements.
"No need." Lin Yuan glanced at the red string. "I just didn't expect you to come today."
"Who was it last night who told me to come clean when I had time?"
The house isn't dirty.
"So I just came to take a look."
Mira walked past him and pushed open the kitchen door. The cupboard contained only a few cups, two sets of tableware, and some easily stored dry food. She paused for a moment, then went into the living room and stared at the long sofa, barely big enough for one person to lie down on.
"You bought a house for 20 million J, and this is how you plan to live?"
"We have enough furniture."
"That's enough for one person, of course."
Lin Yuan understood what she meant. "Is there anything else we need to add?"
Mira, who was ready to retort, paused upon hearing this. She quickly pointed to the window. "Add a table there. Put an extra set of tableware in the kitchen, and change everything in the cupboards. Also, that empty room on the second floor—no more piling up the stones brought back from missions."
"Those are True Magic materials."
"It's just a pile of taking up space now."
After considering the matter for a moment, Lin Yuan decided not to argue about it.
When the two left, the streets were still adorned with the colorful ribbons from last night's celebration. Mira headed straight for the furniture store, picking out items faster than she was accepting a mission. Lin Yuan paid for everything, while spatial magic carried the purchased tables, chairs, and kitchenware back inside.
As the furniture pieces vanished one by one, the shop owner smiled and handed the bill to Mira: "Just moved into your new home? Your husband's True Magic is really convenient."
Mira's face flushed instantly.
He's not yet --
She stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, turned and glared at Lin Yuan. Lin Yuan didn't explain for her, but calmly waited for her to finish.
Mira snatched the bill from her. "What are you looking at? Pay up!"
After the two had left the store, she lowered her voice and warned, "Don't laugh about what happened just now."
I wasn't laughing.
You smiled inside.
"You can tell from that?"
Of course.
Mira pinched his arm, but didn't slow her pace.
Back in the house, Lin Yuan followed Mira's instructions and placed the new table by the window. Mira stood at the door for a few moments, then told him to move it a little to the left.
Lin Yuan raised his hand and opened two spatial entrances. The table disappeared from its original spot and landed again half a step to the left.
"A little further forward."
The table moved half a step further.
"The previous spot seemed more pleasing to the eye."
Lin Yuan looked at her. "Did you do this on purpose?"
"Of course, the hostess will choose a satisfactory location."
Mira suppressed a laugh as she went into the kitchen, washed the newly bought cup, and placed it next to Lin Yuan's old cup. The two cups, one black and one white, were very close together.
She stepped back and looked at it, then suddenly felt that it was too deliberate, and reached out to move the white cup away.
Lin Yuan closed the cabinet first. "Just leave it there."
Mira glared at him, but didn't open the cabinet door again.
By the time they finished tidying up, the guild's morning bell had already rung. Mira locked the door, then pulled it twice to confirm before leading Lin Yuan towards the guild. Her earnest expression made it seem as if she had lived there for many years.
When they arrived at the guild, the hall after the Harvest Festival was much quieter than usual. Natsu was slumped over the table catching up on sleep, Gray was leaning against the wall yawning, and Cana was clutching a half-empty barrel of wine. Makarov sat at the counter tallying up last night's losses, his face growing darker with each calculation.
Lisanna was the first to notice the red rope around Mira's waist.
"Sister, you brought the keys with you?"
The hall suddenly fell silent.
Natsu looked up abruptly. "What key?"
" Lin Yuan's spare key," Lisanna replied with a smile.
More than a dozen pairs of eyes simultaneously fell on Lin Yuan and Mira.
Macao whistled first, Wakaba immediately came over to ask what happened after the fireworks last night. Cana even put down her wine barrel, while Elfman stood there with his mouth open, unable to utter a word for a long time.
Mira's brow twitched, and she turned to stare at Lisanna: "This girl, have you been waiting for this moment all along?"
"I was just answering Natsu's question." Lisanna hid behind Lin Yuan, but her smile was nowhere to be hidden.
Natsu hadn't yet figured out what the key meant, but Gray had already regained most of his senses.
"So you two last night--"
A wisp of black magic flew past his head and exploded, creating a crack in the wall behind him.
The entire guild fell completely silent.
Mira stepped onto a long table, one hand on her hip, the other pointing at everyone who was about to start a commotion.
"Listen carefully. From today onwards, I am the mistress of the Lin Yuan family."
The blush on her face hadn't faded yet, but her voice still filled the entire hall.
Anyone have a problem with this?