Summer Swimsuits

"You... you... you..." Ms. Herta stared at Ruan Mei in shock, because just now, Ruan Mei had fed her plum blossom cake.

After Herta responded, Ruan Mei slightly parted her red lips and took a bite of plum blossom cake, then placed the cake between Herta's lips.

Herta stopped what he was doing, turned around and stared wide-eyed at Nguyen Mai, as if making a silent accusation.

After a long while, Ruan Mei released her mouth, and Herta breathed a sigh of relief, then looked annoyed.

"Why are you sticking your tongue out?"

Sera abruptly closed "Book of My Own," her eyes widening in shock as she looked at Cyrene stood to the side seemingly unaffected.

"You wrote about the Herta and Nguyen Mai?!"

"Hehe♪~"

Cyrene clenched her right fist and lightly tapped her head, stuck out her tongue, and tried to charm Sera into a cute pose.

Did she succeed?

"You, you~"

Sera sighed, but didn't say anything more.

Clearly, Cyrene succeeded once again.

As long as Cyrene acts cute and charming, Sera will almost never refuse; that's based on her experience!

"Okay, stop writing."

Sera gently picked up Cyrene and placed him steadily on the bed. Cyrene looked at him tenderly the whole time without moving.

After Sera placed her on the bed, Cyrene produced a comb from somewhere and then patted the empty space next to her.

"Sit still, Little Sera. Let me groom your wings."

Sera didn't say anything, and sat down next to Cyrene as if it were a habit. Ever since he revealed his Herrscher Transformation form, Cyrene had been pestering him to preen his wings every night.

"Cyrene..."

When Cyrene's combing made Sera feel a little uncomfortable, he would speak up to remind her, and Cyrene would wait for Sera to recover before continuing to comb her.

"Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph~ Hmph♪~"

Cyrene hummed softly the song that Sera had sung at the karaoke bar a couple of days ago. Clearly, combing Sera's wings made her feel good.

Sera lay on Cyrene's lap, letting Cyrene groom his wings. Listening to Cyrene humming a song, Sera slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Noticing that Sera's body was gradually relaxing and falling asleep, Cyrene continued to groom Sera's wings. After she finished grooming them, she gently stroked Sera's head.

Looking at Sera's sleeping face, Cyrene carefully adjusted Sera's position, changing her into a more comfortable position.

Sera wasn't awakened because he subconsciously felt a sense of security from Cyrene's presence, much like when playing Honkai: Star Rail and the screen above displayed "[You have entered a safe zone]"—it was reassuring.

"You've had a tough time these past few days, get some rest♪~" Cyrene hugged Sera and closed her eyes as well.

It's morning now...

This is the third day of the Holy Grail War, and also the day Sera agreed to Kiana's request.

"Hmm..."

Sera opened her eyes groggily, her wings naturally spreading to block the glaring light above.

With a slight lift of her head, Sera saw a pair of eyes, as beautiful as peach blossoms, smiling at her.

Good morning~

Sera replied instinctively.

Good morning, Cyrene.

Cyrene leaned down slightly, her crimson lips covering Sera's lips, lingering for a few seconds before pulling away.

"How are you? Are you awake now?"

"You're awake."

Sera nodded honestly. He was so clear-headed! He had been dazed just now, but after being kissed by Cyrene, he immediately became clear-headed. Even his eyes became clear, and his golden eyes, no longer full of divinity, looked somewhat blank.

"Get up quickly."

Cyrene's tone carried a suppressed smile, which gave Sera a bad feeling.

Kiana was prepared long ago.

Is she really that interested in this?

Sera's lips twitched, her heart filled with helplessness, but she still walked out of the room.

As soon as Sera stepped outside, she saw Kiana waiting outside the dressing room with a small bag in her hand. Kiana's eyes lit up when she saw Sera.

"Here are your clothes for today, put them on quickly!"

Kiana handed the bag to Sera, Sera took it and was pushed into the dressing room.

"Wait? What's this?!" Sera's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died. He opened the bag and found a familiar garment— Sea Breeze.

It was just a swimsuit, Sera remembered it even had cat ears. Sera breathed a sigh of relief after taking out the clothes. Thankfully, Kiana wouldn't go too far; the outfit had been modified into a men's version, but the overall design remained the same.

Although somewhat hesitant, Sera kept her promise and changed into the Sea Breeze outfit.

As soon as I opened the door to the dressing room, I saw Kiana standing outside, wearing cat ears and the same clothes.

"Not bad~"

Kiana nodded in satisfaction, then extended her hand.

"One thing is still missing... Alright!"

Kiana added cat ears to Sera's head.

"Are you satisfied now?"

Sera looked at Kiana like that (ᗜ ‸ ᗜ), Kiana could clearly see the resentment in his eyes.

Hehe~

Kiana turned her head to the side, and the cat ears on her head twitched along with it.

"Let's go, everyone's waiting for us."

"...?"

Sera wore a strange expression, everyone was waiting...?

No, doesn't that mean... everyone except me, the person directly involved, already knew?

OK!

That's awful! We have to glare at these people!

As soon as Sera reached the sofa, everyone's eyes were on her.

"Pretty good~"

Herta and Black Tomb spoke simultaneously, their smiles clearly showing their satisfaction.

"It's beautiful." Himeko arrived early and sat down, drinking coffee.

"Wow, the White Kitty is now White Kitty."

Feiying's eyes instantly transformed into starry eyes. How could she do that? It was due to the power of Path!

"Great, more material."

Xuzhao sat next to Feiying, the two of them very close, seemingly quite familiar with each other, after all, Feiying was picked by Xuzhao from the garden.

The others nodded without saying anything, but were clearly satisfied.

"Why are you guys wearing swimsuits too?"

Sera glanced around and saw that even Xuzhao was wearing it, but how did she know that since she only arrived last night?

"Of course it's because we're planning to go to the beach today♪~" Cyrene had changed into a swimsuit at some point, with a black inner layer covered by pure white fabric, so cute~

"Um."

Sera didn't care; as long as they were happy, that was fine. Besides, he had a private area designated for the summer beach area that no one else could enter.

Let's go.

When Sera activated the teleportation, she also sent messages to Pearl, Yaoguang, and Sparkle.

Busitu and the others are probably still having dinner with the wandering knights. They sent a message last night saying to call him when there's a fight.

"Um!"

Sera stood with her hands on her hips, quite pleased with the deck chair he had set up, and the cat ears on her head twitched as she did so.

Wearing an eye mask, Sera lay back in the chair, holding a coconut in her hand. She took a sip through the straw—pure, natural, and additive-free; quite nice!