“Don’t go, Teacher. We still have our romance training to do,” Sophie said with a grin as she took Miaoyue’s hand. Miaoyue gave a small, token struggle, but eventually allowed herself to be led. “We can talk on the way.”
“On the way?” Miaoyue looked down at Sophie’s hand gripping hers. “On the way where?”
“On the way to the mission, of course.”
“I—I never said I’d go out into the middle of nowhere with you to clear some anomalies!”
“Mhm, but I’m sure the Moon Goddess wants to accompany me in her heart.”
“I do not!” Miaoyue cried, trying to pull her hand away.
She couldn’t budge. Her Saintess and exclusive chef had her in a death grip.
What gives?! The food was finished; she should be back on the moon, lying down and digesting! Was this some new form of kidnapping?!
Just as Miaoyue was about to make a forced escape, she saw Sophie slowly lower her head. Her eyes instantly dimmed, and they visibly welled up with a fragile, broken light.
“So... Teacher hates me that much?”
“N-No, I don’t! Why are you saying that all of a sudden?” Miaoyue was startled by the sudden change in demeanor.
“So Teacher is already tired of me, is that it?”
“I wouldn’t go that far...”
“Are you going to be the type who seduces and abandons me?”
“We haven’t even started anything yet!!!” Miaoyue shouted back.
What did she mean, seduced and abandoned?! And why did that sentence sound so strange?
It was as if admitting to it would mean they could start something!
Starting something? That was definitely not happening.
Miaoyue immediately put on a stern face, trying to reclaim her dignity as a teacher. “Anyway! I only agreed to do novice romance practice with you. I absolutely did not agree to go on a business trip. Besides...”
She looked down at her bare feet and added with total confidence, “The ground in the wild will prick my feet!”
Sophie looked down as well.
Miaoyue’s ankles were extremely slender, her skin as white as porcelain. As she stood on the weeds by the roadside, she indeed looked delicate enough to inspire pity.
However, it was worth noting that this was the Destined Crown, a Witch whose status had reached the level of a demigod.
In terms of stats, if a fully loaded heavy-duty truck were to collide with those seemingly ordinary feet...
It would definitely be the truck that shattered into pieces.
Prick her feet?
Even if she walked on a mountain of blades, the blades would be the ones getting blunt!
“...Does it really prick?” Sophie asked softly.
“Even if it doesn't, the outside is very dirty...” Miaoyue’s confidence wavered, and she finally just gave up. “Regardless, I prefer staying indoors.”
So she was a shut-in.
“Then can’t you just wear shoes?”
“No.” Miaoyue’s expression became solemn, her voice filled with righteous conviction. “This is my character design. I can’t break it.”
Sophie: “...” Just who are you maintaining this character design for?!
Seeing Sophie momentarily speechless, Miaoyue thought she had gained the upper hand.
She immediately gave a fake cough and proposed with an air of understanding, “Actually, you can just go ahead. When you reach your destination, or when you miss me... or when you put the sweets on the table, just give me a call. I’ll go ‘whoosh’ along the moonlight and be there in an instant. It’s so convenient! There’s no need to take me along for the journey, right?”
Sophie’s shoulders trembled violently.
She kept her head lowered, her voice carrying three parts grievance, three parts endurance, and four parts desolation.
“Doesn’t Teacher feel any pity for me at all? I’m just a weak girl, and I have to walk all that way all by myself...”
“Aren’t you a vampire? You can just go ‘whoosh’ and fly there yourself!”
“If I do that, I won’t be able to take my ancestral carriage and see the scenery along the way.”
“You literally just finished putting that junker together this morning! How is it ancestral?!”
“This is the beloved carriage I built with my own hands, spending a whole night without holding Miss Hero to sleep!”
“My Saintess is so annoying! I’m really leaving!”
Miaoyue curled her lip; this time, she was truly prepared to shake her off and leave.
Right then, Sophie looked up.
“Teacher... are you really... going to abandon me?”
Password correct.
Miaoyue: “...”
She froze in place, her fleeing steps coming to a grinding halt.
In the end, she could only grit her teeth.
“Sigh, for the sake of all that food you made me, my disciple.”
“Yay!” Sophie immediately looked up, any trace of sadness gone from her face. “Teacher is the best.”
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