Ultimately, after realizing that Castorice and Hyacine were both devoted to Lumina, Herta abandoned all her ideas. She rolled her eyes in exasperation and walked alone toward the bathroom deep in the hallway.
Herta finally understood. There was no point in talking.
Talking was completely useless.
You can never wake a person who is pretending to sleep, and Castorice and Hyacine were currently in exactly that state.
Since things were like this, Herta decided to just look out for herself.
Lest she accidentally drag Castorice and Hyacine into the mud while trying to help them.
Just like that, the matter regarding the clothes was naturally settled.
The once lively atmosphere suddenly became somewhat quiet.
After Polyxia and Herta finished bathing, it was Castorice and Hyacine's turn to bathe.
And at the same time, Herta and Polyxia were sitting on the sofa.
The two formed a sharp contrast with Lumina.
They wore very little, very cool clothing. Their long legs, still radiating heat from the bath, were exposed to the air, making the entire room seem much brighter.
If the shirts they wore hadn't been a size larger than their own bodies, they would have exposed even more...
Lumina, on the other hand, was covered completely from head to toe, not a single inch of skin showing.
"When are you going to shower?" Seeing this scene, Herta felt extremely annoyed. Her two slender long legs kept crossing and uncrossing under Lumina's completely undisguised gaze.
"I'll wait for little sister Castorice and Hyie to finish before I go. How else am I supposed to wash? Do you want me to shower right here in the living room in front of you?" Lumina replied to Herta's question while admiring the long legs of Herta and Polyxia.
"Sure." Hearing this, even though she knew Lumina was just joking around, Herta's purple eyes still lit up, looking very tempted.
She pointed to the basin in the living room and gestured to Lumina: "There, hurry up. Just so happen there's a basin in the living room, you can shower there, right in front of us."
"Don't worry, I, Herta, am no pervert. I definitely won't be taking pictures or videos with my phone to record you."
Although she knew Lumina would never agree to the request, Herta still offered a guarantee.
This guarantee was true. Even if Lumina really did it, Herta wouldn't secretly take pictures or videos with her phone to record it.
Not even for her own private enjoyment!
The reason was simply that there was no reason!
After all, this was completely asking too much.
And if she succeeded in winning Lumina over in the future and became her "big sister," there would be even less reason to do such a thing.
As "big sister," she could play with her "little sister" whenever she wanted. Why would she need to record a video of something that happened in the past on her phone?
Herta had no interest in that.
Besides, a phone wasn't a completely private space, and others might discover the recording.
Even if she used an independent Image Stone, she wouldn't do it.
Herta would not stoop so low.
"Heh heh heh." Lumina didn't even spare a glance, continuing her predatory gaze over Herta and Polyxia.
She then took out an Image Stone, brandishing it back and forth before Herta and Polyxia.
"Recording videos and taking photos on a phone is very unsafe, so why don't we use an Image Stone instead?" Lumina smiled, crossing her left foot over her right and leaning her body back slightly against the sofa back.
"Hmm~" After speaking, without waiting for the two in front of her to give any response, Lumina continued to gaze at Herta and Polyxia's fair, smooth, and tender long legs, letting out a soft hum that was clearly perverted, yet sounded not particularly perverted coming from her mouth.
"Why don't we start recording now~"
"Let's start with... Little Herta and Little Sister Polyxia, starting from right now."
After saying that, Lumina deliberately made the motion of activating the Image Stone to start recording, beginning to record their current poses.
"W... Wait, Sister Lumina, don't!" Hearing Lumina's words and seeing her tinkering with the Image Stone, Polyxia's face flushed deep red, and she hurriedly spoke up to stop her.
Taking photos, recording videos, making records... Polyxia had heard Sister Castorice talk about these things before, and they were some very normal activities in life.
But... But if this scene were to be recorded, it would definitely be impossible!
No, it's not definitely impossible, it's absolutely impossible!
If a scene like this, a picture like this, were to be recorded, what would happen if it accidentally got leaked?!
"Don't worry, I can guarantee you that whatever is recorded will definitely not be leaked." Lumina knew what Polyxia was concerned about, smiled gently, and indicated that she could relax.
Although Lumina never intended to record anything in the first place.
Her thoughts were actually the same as Herta's.
She disdained doing such an action.
Preserving a beautiful girl's body within an Image Stone, even if it wouldn't be leaked, Lumina would still feel that this was a "defilement" of a beautiful girl's body.
As long as it was related to "defiling" a beautiful girl's body, Lumina would absolutely never agree! She would absolutely never allow it!
What she was doing right now was simply wanting to see Polyxia's cute little expression.
And the truth was...
"So cute~"
Seeing Polyxia's face flushed red, her anxious yet too shy to move forward posture, Lumina felt completely healed~
"No, no, really... no." Hearing Lumina's words, Polyxia still shook her head vigorously in refusal, not wanting Lumina to record this scene.
Although Polyxia wasn't particularly exposed at the moment, the oversized shirt basically covered her entire upper body, even extending down to her thighs.
Even if Polyxia wasn't wearing pants, with the help of this shirt, it was almost the same as wearing a short skirt.
But... but not wearing them was still not wearing them! No matter how she looked in others' eyes, in Polyxia's eyes, she was not wearing any!
She was only wearing an outer garment and two pieces of underwear...
In this situation, taking photos or recording was a no-no, absolutely a no-no!
Thinking of this, Polyxia pressed her lips tightly together and pulled down at the hem of her shirt with both hands, wanting to cover the skin exposed to the air and give herself a little sense of security.
But this action was not only useless, but instead... it made the originally loose shirt become much tighter.
One could vaguely see the outline traced by this action...
The hazy feeling made Lumina's breathing involuntarily become a bit rapid.
Fortunately, only she could feel this rapid breathing; neither Polyxia nor Herta noticed it at all.
"Alright, alright, don't worry, little sister Polyxia. Since you don't like it, I won't do it." Sensing the water stop in one of the two bathrooms, Lumina also stopped "teasing" Polyxia.
After gently soothing her, she directly crushed the Image Stone in her hand and put it away.
"Phew..."
Seeing this, Polyxia released her tight grip on the hem of her shirt and let out a deep sigh of relief.
Her fondness for Sister Lumina instantly improved a lot.
Sister Lumina... is a good person who respects others' choices and won't force them.
Polyxia felt truly happy and honored to become friends with Sister Lumina...
Thinking of this, Polyxia smiled at Lumina: "Thank you, Sister Lumina."
Lumina: "Huh?"
Hearing this inexplicable thank-you, a hint of confusion immediately appeared on Lumina's exquisite and pretty face.
Hmm...
I just played a trick on her, and she's thanking me?
"You're welcome."
Lumina smiled slightly, returning the thank-you.
Although she didn't know why she was being thanked, there was no reason to refuse it.
As for the so-called "thank-you gift," Lumina remembered it. She would claim it from Polyxia next time...
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"Are you just playing a fool?" Herta complained speechlessly, having witnessed the interaction between Lumina and Polyxia.
The Image Stone in Lumina's hand had never been turned on. It was only because Polyxia didn't recognize the Image Stone... otherwise, she would have exposed her long ago, plunging her into a wave of embarrassment.
Herta didn't expose Lumina's little trick because she felt that Lumina simply wanted to see the cute little expression on Polyxia's face and that nothing special would happen.
Therefore, she adopted the mentality of a spectator, taking the role of a mere bystander as she watched the two of them.
As a result, she never expected... never expected that after the whole thing was over, Polyxia would actually take the initiative to thank Lumina.
It truly left Herta not knowing what to say.
It was fine before, but after that thank-you, things were no longer fine.
Thinking of this, Herta glanced at Polyxia beside her, who had been played with by Lumina and yet still had to say thank you in the end, and sighed silently in her heart.
Then, she issued a warning to Lumina in front of her: "Little Lumina, I'm warning you, bullying a fool will get you thrown into the tower."
Herta's expression was extremely serious, as if she wasn't joking at all.
But whether she was joking or not, it had absolutely nothing to do with Lumina.
Because Lumina never bullied fools!
This could be seen from the fact that she had always spoiled March 7th instead of bullying her.
"Hmm, hmm, hmm." Therefore, in the face of Herta's words, Lumina didn't say anything, but instead replied with a soft hum.
Then she took out her phone, opened a short video app, and began to explore the knowledge-filled community.
The sound of water in the bathroom had already stopped, but neither Castorice nor Hyacine came out for a long time.
This was actually within Lumina's expectations, so she wasn't in a hurry.
After all, besides the old clothes in the bathroom, there was only one old dress. Whether they accepted it or not, they had only one option: to come out of the bathroom wearing that dress.
And as long as they came out, Lumina had ten thousand ways to keep them from stepping a single foot into the dressing room.
As for whether it was possible for them to come out wearing their old clothes, driven by shyness?
Lumina could only say that if it were Polyxia, it might be possible.
But after a period of her own training... ahem, after a period of her guidance, Castorice and Hyacine would definitely not do such a thing.
What reason would there be to keep wearing the dirty clothes taken off during a bath?
Now, Lumina just needed to scroll through her phone for a while and wait for a moment.
Um... and by the way, reply to some messages sent to her by beautiful girls.
For some reason, Lumina's phone signal wasn't being affected by Amphoreus right now. In fact... the internet speed had even become quite a bit faster?
If no one had told her, Lumina wouldn't even know she was currently in a virtual Data World.
This internet speed felt as if Intellitron had installed a network cable directly into her phone, making it super fast.
The same applied to Herta. Even though she was in Amphoreus, her phone's internet speed was super fast, and she was scrolling through short videos with incredible smoothness.
It was just that during this time, Herta seemed to have picked up a bad habit.
She was actually arguing online with those keyboard warriors who only knew how to complain and complain!
This completely shattered Lumina's idealized image of Herta.
But to be honest, Lumina really liked this side of Herta.
"What kind of expression would that keyboard warrior have if he knew the person he was arguing with was the great Madam Herta?" Lumina couldn't help but feel curious when she thought about this.
However, this wasn't a new thought.
Because Lumina had also experienced arguing with keyboard warriors online...
At the time, Lumina was so angry she almost went to find Diamond, traced the network cable to find that person, and gave him a good lesson!
But on second thought, Lumina calmed down.
With her identity and status, if she really took such an action, wouldn't that be rewarding him?
So, tracing the network cable to educate him for a while was absolutely out of the question. And Lumina was no pushover either, she directly had someone ban his account, along with all the game accounts linked to this account, for seven days as a punishment.
Thud~ Creak—
Soon after, the sound of a door unlocking and being pushed open echoed, instantly snapping Lumina's thoughts back to reality.
Lumina's small eyes lit up, and she hurriedly put away her phone, looking in the direction the sound came from.
The bathroom door closer to the living room was not the one that had opened; it was the door to the bathroom furthest inside.
Without a doubt, the person walking out of it was naturally Hyacine.
Her little face was flushed red, her pink hair cascading down with numerous water droplets remaining on it, gleaming with a crystalline luster in the light.
The young girl wore only a clearly ill-fitting white shirt on her body, although the skin exposed was not much, only from her thighs downwards and her hands.
But even so, Hyacine in this state could better arouse a person's most primal desires.
To put it in more common terms, Hyacine in this state, compared to Hyacine in her original state, could add some "attack speed."
After all, there is a saying that is the truth.
Complete nudity is not necessarily more enticing than being partially covered.
Especially when it's someone like Hyacine, wearing only a single, oversized white shirt.
From a gaming perspective, Hyacine in this state would at least grant a 100% attack speed bonus.